Chapter 26: Shohoku vs Miuradai
As expected, Sakuragi and Miyagi, who came back soon, became good friends with each other with their arms around each other.
Seeing this, everyone in Xiangbei breathed a sigh of relief, and finally there was no big mess.
Days pass day by day in hard training.
The day of the competition has finally arrived.
On May 19, the day between Xiangbei and Miura Taiwan.
Kanagawa Prefecture Competition Basketball Hall.
"The competition is finally about to begin, let's see Xiangbei enter the court." Audience A
"Is that Akagi? It's so huge!" Audience B
"I heard that they won last year's semi-finals in the practice competition, which is incredible." Audience C.
"Who is that red hair? It's so weird!" Ding Ding.
At this time, another group of athletes wearing jerseys came to the stands, which were Lingnan and others.
"We have to face Miura Tai in the first game. Shokube is very lucky." As soon as Aida Hikari sat down, he saw that he was speaking.
"Yanyi, don't think of Xiangbei now as before. Xiangbei now has very strong strength. Don't forget that they have won us in the practice competition. Is Lingnan not as good as Miuratai?" Sendao said disapprovingly.
"The competition is about to begin, be careful!" Aida Hikaru shouted.
The lack of obvious shouting scared everyone in Lingnan: "Hey, Yanyi, can't you sit quietly and watch the game?"
"I'm sorry!!! Off-road senior, I will pay attention. It's Xiangbei's ball right!"
There is no doubt that Akagi won the ball right after jumping.
Miyagi rushed towards Miura's halftime as soon as he got the basketball. Joezawa and Rukawa Kaede were faster on both sides, and the speed was no slower than Miyagi.
Miyagi's speed dropped, Rukawa continued to run towards the inside line, but Yuizawa stopped outside the three-point line. Miura's attention was more focused on Rukawa Kaede who was closer to the basket and Miyagi who dribbled. But Miyagi's ball did not hit the inside line but was passed to Makizawa who was outside.
Yukizawa had already shot the ball before the Miura billiards arrived. The 30% shooting speed increased by the speed of three-pointers was not a joke.
"Brush~~~|"
Hunan North took the lead.
Miura Tai is not a soft persimmon, and Murasu succeeded in the inside and scored 2 points.
Murasu, who made the shot, was proud: "Akagi, don't think that he would be so impressed by winning Ryonan in the practice competition. Our Miura-Taiwan's goal this year is to defeat the king Hainan and enter the national competition, which is not comparable to Ryonan.
The people sitting in the stands were very upset when they heard that the Miura billiards players looked down on Ryonan so much: "Just Ryonan? What's the Miura TV? What's the matter! Akagi, what's the matter?! Don't lose to that pig!" Yuzhu roared.
"Yes, yes, we are much better than Miura Tai. Come on, Akagi forward!" Lingnan and others completely turned to Xiangbei at this time.
"Um~~~, it's so noisy!" Akagi sighed at the excited Lingnan player in the stands.
Shokigaki's ball, Miyagi dribbled the ball through the half and passed the ball to Akagi in the inside. Miura Dai thought Shokigaki was Akagi's team alone, and four people doubled the ball without hesitation. Akagi gave the ball to Joezawa who was on the outside. Miura Dai saw Joezawa's three-pointer and did not dare to neglect it. Someone rushed over immediately. Unexpectedly, Joezawa did not plan to shoot at all but passed the ball to Mitsui who was standing outside the three-point line on the other side. When Mitsui received the basketball, there was no one within a few steps. Mitsui naturally would not miss this opportunity, so he shot and the ball entered. Less than 40 seconds into the game, Shokigaki had already scored two three-pointers.
Miura Tai also wanted to use the same trick to pass the ball to Murasu, but Miyagi, who had been prepared, intercepted the ball and rushed out. There were two more people in Xiangbei who were about to get off, but this time the person who was about to get off was Mitsui and Ekisawa who were standing on the outside line closer to the opponent's basket.
The players who chased Miura thought that Ekizawa and Mitsui would shoot three-pointers from the outside again, so they unconsciously reduced their speed when they were almost reaching the three-point line. Unexpectedly, Ekizawa did not stop at all and ran to the basket directly with Miyagi. Seeing Ekizawa following him closely, Miyagi gave up his shot and threw the ball above the basket. Seeing that the arc and angle were not shots at all, Ekizawa understood and flew up and grabbed the basketball in the air and poured it into the basket.
"Ah!! It's air relay, I can't believe it. I played such a wonderful cooperation at the beginning!"
"Yes, Xiangbei is very powerful, with continuous three-pointers and slam dunks, and they play very strongly!"
"Ah, I remember who that number 7 is!" Off-road suddenly shouted.
"Who is that? Who? Off-road senior, tell me quickly." Yan Yi was immediately excited when he heard that the off-road knew the information of the guard who was about the same height as his.
"He is Shonoki's ace goal-handling defender Miyagi Lianga." Cross-country said with certainty.
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"Bastard, how could Xiangbei be so powerful! Give me the ball." Murasu stood in the inside to ask for the ball, turned around and jumped up and wanted to shoot, but unexpectedly there were three figures in front of him, namely Joezawa, Akagi and Rukawa. Faced with the strict defense of the three people in the air, Murasu could only pass the ball out in the air. Unexpectedly, after landing, he saw that his ball was actually passed to the opponent's No. 7.
"Fast attack." Miyagi, who had cut the ball, ran quickly without hesitation. Since Miyagi returned to the team, Xiangbei, who had already had a very fast speed, has once again accelerated.
Mitsui followed Miyagi's footsteps and made a quick attack. Unexpectedly, Miura's defense speed was also very fast. A player had already returned to his side and went in to defend.
Because Miyagi had already had several assists, Miura's players chose the pass route to defend Miyagi and blocked between Miyagi and Mitsui.
Unexpectedly, Miyagi jumped up. Just when everyone thought that Miyagi would shoot for this ball, Miyagi threw the ball back from his crotch with both hands. It was still Yokoze, and it caught the basketball coming, which was another slam dunk.
10:2 Xiangbei leads.
"Oh ah ah! It's this number 8 again, and it's been dunking twice in a row."
"Yes, I made a 3-pointer before. 8 of the 10 points that Xiangbei scored was obtained by this No. 8 player. It's so awesome!"
"Dou~~~" Miura Taiwan requested a pause.
"Beautiful job!" Everyone in Xiangbei who walked off the field was warmly welcomed by the substitute players.
"Listen to everyone, we are very strong. All we have to do now is to dominate Kanagawa in one go." Akagi shouted confidently.
Now Akagi is finally qualified to shout like this because he has a group of trustworthy teammates.
And Miura-Taiwan is another scenario.
The roar of the opponent's coach spread throughout the audience:
"Miyamoto, what happened? You have to keep an eye on the opponent's No. 8 player, and even if you need to foul it."
"Our goal is to defeat Hainan, and we can't be eliminated in the first game!"
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Chapter completed!