In the stands, Coach Steve Smith, who had traveled from the United States, followed the flow of people and walked to the front row, and then found a seat in the front row and sat down.

With just over an hour to go, none of the semi-finalists have yet to warm up on the pitch. Although Coach Steve Smith was not too late, there were not many seats left in the front row at this time, and it was difficult to find a seat to sit in.

Coach Steve Smith is the head coach of Oak Hill High School in the United States, and the main purpose of coming to Hiroshima this time is to see the game of his player who returned to Asia to play in the high school league, Jinguji Martial Arts.

Ever since Martial Arts played half a year at Oak Hill Academy, Smith has always been interested in Neon's high school basketball world, as he heard that Martial Arts played in Neon's local high school league when he was a freshman, but he didn't win the championship.

But when Jinguji Martial Arts was playing in the United States, their Oak Hill School was always invincible in the state competition, and no matter what kind of opponent they encountered, Martial Arts was never defeated. The team may occasionally lose, but Takedo himself has never lost to anyone on the court.

At most, it's just on par with martial arts.

In Smith's view, it is impossible for martial arts to lose in a high school league in a place like Asia. But the fact is that Xiangbei High School, led by Wu Dao, did not win the national championship last year.

This made Smith curious about what kind of team could win the team led by Martial Arts.

After some understanding, Smith knew the name of Lingnan High School, the name of Shinomiya Field, and the ace of Lingnan High School, which was called "Kanagawa Twin Stars" along with Jinguji Martial Arts.

This made Smith smell the smell of "genius", and made a special trip from the United States to Hiroshima to see how far martial arts have grown now, and to see what kind of genius people can be called Jinguji martial arts.

The flow of people in the stands began to slowly calm down.

With 45 minutes to go, the stands were already full and there were no empty seats.

Smith, who was sitting in the front row, attracted the curious eyes of many people around him, but under the gaze of others, Smith was still calm, raised his left hand to look at the time, and saw that there was still some time before the start of the game, so he took out some information from his briefcase and began to look through it.

"Look, Xiangbei High School, where Ho Ho Wu is located, the height of the team members is very good!"

Smith looked at the relevant information of the Xiangbei High School players and found that there were many players in the Xiangbei High School team who were close in height and more than 190cm.

This average height is higher than that of some middle-level high schools in the United States. Such a situation is still quite rare.

"A 196cm third-year center, a 192cm first-year power forward? Hey? This No. 4 in Xiangbei is a quantile, and it is actually 191cm? ”

"Coupled with Wu, a 203 small forward, the average height of Xiangbei is really surprising!"

Smith said, carefully looking through the information in his hand, and his mouth kept sighing. It was really surprising to him that an Asian team like Xiangbei High School had such height conditions.

And more importantly, the height of the two positions of quarterback and small forward, I have to say that there are many high school scorers in the United States, and there are no such height conditions.

"If I hadn't known I was from Hiroshima, I would have thought I was from Guangzhou."

After looking at the information of the Xiangbei players, Smith's face was a little more puzzled.

Although he hadn't watched the Xiangbei High School competition on the spot, when Jinguji Martial Arts went to Oak Hill Academy, he had watched the video of Martial Arts in the neon local area. Although the Xiangbei team is far inferior to those high schools in the United States in terms of skills and tactics, the basic skills of the players are actually not bad.

When watching those game videos, Smith focused all his attention on the martial arts of Jinguji Temple, so much so that he ignored the other players in Xiangbei. Now seeing the physical conditions of these players in Xiangbei, Smith will not feel that Xiangbei is a weak team.

But it is a team like Xiangbei that did not win the national championship last year, and now, Smith is even more curious about the opponent of Xiangbei High School, the Lingnan High School that stopped Xiangbei and then won the national championship.

After thinking about it, Smith put away the information from Xiangbei, put it in his briefcase, and picked up the information from Lingnan.

And at this time, the spectators in the surrounding stands erupted in amazing cheers.

"Whew—" The cheers of the audience reached Smith's ears.

Smith looked up and muttered, "It's time to enter." After that, he looked into the middle of the court.

At this time, the doors of the players' tunnels on both sides of the court had been opened, and the players of Lingnan High School began to enter the court under the leadership of Coach Taoka.

Lingnan's players seemed to have been accustomed to such a tsunami-like cheer, the players looked calm one by one, and Kenji Fujima in the team even waved politely to the cheering audience in the audience, like a popular star.

Behind Coach Taoka is Jun Yuzumi, who is more than two meters tall, and against the backdrop of his burly body, Coach Taoka at the front is a little petite.

Behind Yuzhu, there is also a tall young man with glasses who looks quite Sven, although his figure is slightly thinner than Yuzhu, but the muscles on his arms are well-lined, and it can be seen at a glance that this person often exercises.

"The one who looks like a middle-aged man is the center of Lingnan High School, Yuzhu Chun, and his height has reached 202cm."

"Uh, Neon's positioning for this kid is too biased, it should be cultivated in the direction of power forward."

"That kid with glasses is a 197cm power forward, and he is really good at backward jumpers? Why don't you play small forward for such a child? ”

"And."

"Oh, I see"

"The 197cm small forward, Shinomiya Field, weighs 103kg? Is this guy really a high school student? ”

When the players from Lingnan High School entered, Coach Smith looked at the players in the field while comparing the information in his hand, trying to match the players with the information in his hand.

When he saw Shinomiya Tianye's personal data, he was so shocked that his jaw was about to drop.

It was the first time he had seen a high school small forward weigh 103kg, and looking at the No. 8 jersey in the field, Smith could see how low the young man's body fat percentage was from the opponent's bare arms.

The arm circumference of the biceps brachii is probably more than 40cm!

"In this kind of place, in addition to Wu, there are such monsters?!"

Smith's hands holding the materials couldn't help but clench, and his eyes fell on the body of the Shinomiya Field, who was following Hanagato at this time, and his eyes were full of fire.

He couldn't wait to see the sight of this 103kg high school small forward running in the middle of the court.

Just as Smith was looking at the Lingnan players who had entered, the door to the players' tunnel at the other end of the court opened.

The cheers, which had subsided slightly, became enthusiastic again at this moment.

“ohhhhhh！！ Xiangbei! Xiangbei! Xiangbei! ”

"Xiangbei is here!"

After the players' tunnel, a fat old man with white hair and a kind face took the lead in walking out of the players' tunnel with a smile, and behind him, a red-haired youth and a bleached young man were followed by a red-haired youth and a bleached young man on the left and right.

The two young men seemed to be familiar with this kind of scene, and they waved to the surrounding audience with bright smiles.

Behind the two, followed by Mitsui Shou and Akagi Goken and others, these senior players had expressionless faces and were quite imposing.

"Xiangbei." Coach Smith turned his head sideways and looked at the Xiangbei players who entered, and then at the back of the Xiangbei team, he found the figure of Jinguji Martial Arts.

Jinguji Takemichi, who followed his teammates out of the player's tunnel, put his hands in his pockets, relaxed and indifferent. For him, this kind of scene has long been accustomed to it.

In the stadium, the Lingnan players who had just arrived at the team's rest area and started to change their clothes heard the cheers that suddenly became enthusiastic, and they also quickly turned their heads to look at Xiangbei.

Sinomiya Tianye had just taken off his coat, and when he saw the Xiangbei team members who had entered, a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Are you here, Xiangbei!"

Immortal Dao also muttered, and his eyes quickly locked on the body of the martial arts of the Jingu Temple at the rear of the Xiangbei team.

And Coach Taoka saw Coach Anzai leading the Xiangbei players in, and immediately greeted him with a smile.

"Coach Anthy, long time no see!"

"Today's game, I still need you to take care of it!"

As soon as Coach Taoka opened his mouth, he said polite words, and Coach Anzai also responded with a smile.

The two coaches greeted each other, and the players from Xiangbei were brought into the rest area by Mitsui Shou. After watching it for a while, the team members in Lingnan sped up the speed of changing their clothes.

Then quickly enter the court and start the warm-up first.

"Finally, we are going to fight against Lingnan High School again, this time, we in Xiangbei will definitely not be able to lose!"

After arriving at the rest area, Mitsui Shou casually dropped his bag on the seat, pulled his pants with both hands, and took off his pants directly, revealing his pants.

"Lingnan! I've been waiting for this day, and it's not really been a day or two. ”

Akagi Gangxian nodded when he heard this, and said in a deep voice.

Seeing the full battle spirit of his two teammates, Martial Arts of Jinguji couldn't help but smile on his face, and sat on the bench while changing his shoes, and said:

"Akagi, Xiaosan, it's a good thing to have a high fighting spirit, but when you get to the court, you two can't play."

"The difference between Lingnan and the opponents we have encountered before is very big, even if it is a small mistake, it may be seized by the opponent."

"By the way, Sakuragi, especially you, make fewer mistakes."

Takemichi raised his head, looked at Sakuragi, and admonished.

Although Xiangbei High School is not the first time to play against Lingnan High School, Xiangbei has never won several games with Lingnan. No matter how many points Jinguji Martial Arts can score in a match, Lingnan can always win the final match.

For a team like Lingnan, even if it is Jinguji martial arts, it is completely serious.

"Don't worry, this genius will definitely not drop the chain!"

Sakuragi patted his chest and reassured, but Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango on the side glanced at each other, and they all spread their hands and sighed, obviously not believing Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"Damn, you two guys dare to underestimate me!" Sakuragi saw the attitude of the two companions and said angrily.

However, his anger may be useful to others, but it is not useful to Kiyota and Nango at all

Just when Sakuragi and Kiyota were fighting, Coach Anzai, who had been greeting Coach Taoka for a while, returned to the rest area, without any nonsense, and directly announced the five starters:

"Akagi Tsuyoshi, Mitsui Kotobuki, Jinguji Martial Arts, Sakuragi Hanamichi and. Rukawa Kaede, the five of them, played as starters. ”

"Rukawa Kaede plays point guard, Mitsui Kotoshi plays the score, and the others remain the same."

After hearing Coach Anzai's starting list, Wu Dao was not surprised, and after the rest of the team members glanced at each other, they also nodded slightly, and did not raise any objections.

This lineup is not the first time Xiangbei has used it, and it has been tried in previous games, and the effect is not bad.

When Rukawa Kaede was the point guard, Xiangbei's offense changed more, and Rukawa Kaede, who is 187cm tall, was much stronger defensively than Miyagi Ryota, and on the defensive end, Xiangbei's lineup had no obvious weaknesses, and it would not be slammed by Lingnan as before.

After confirming the starting lineup, the Xiangbei players who had changed their clothes entered the warm-up one after another.

Coach Anzai did not arrange a specific tactical play, and when he did the pre-game deduction before, Coach Anzai had already analyzed what kind of play his team's various lineups needed to adapt.

For example, Xiangbei's current game lineup, when it comes to the court, the person who leads the attack is Rukawa Kaede. Kaede Rukawa, the point guard, can autonomously change the offensive style of play according to the changes in the situation on the court.

This is also Rukawa Kaede has such a talent, so Coach Anzai chooses to believe in Rukawa Kaede.

The warm-up stages of the two teams in Xiangbei and Lingnan are very regular, although Sakuragi Hanamichi wants to make some moths and show himself in front of the national media, but he only deducted a few during the warm-up.

It's eye-catching, but it's not out of the ordinary.

Lingnan saw that the cherry trees in Xiangbei were so active, and they were not to be outdone, but the four palaces and the immortals did not make a move, but let the second-year Fukuda Jizhao perform a few empty catches, igniting the enthusiasm of the audience.

After nearly half an hour of warm-up.

With the referee's whistle, the two teams also began to enter the stadium and began to settle in the center circle.

Not long after, the referee walked into the court with a basketball, and before the referee could kick off, cheers broke out in the stands.

Shinomiya Tianye watched the referee walk to the middle line with the basketball, and immediately sank down, and did not talk to the martial arts in front of him, but looked at the referee intently.

And Jinguji Martial Arts also sank his weight slightly at this time, looking at the basketball in the referee's hand, with a solemn expression.

Both of them felt a terrifying pressure from each other, and under the influence of each other's pressure, both of them became more focused.

"Beep-" After a whistle, the basketball was thrown into the air.

Akagi Goken and Uzumi Jun jumped high almost at the same time and slapped at the basketball.

(End of chapter)