NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

The Shizuoka Prefecture team did not go to full strength in the game.

Only the original four starting players of Mikoshiba and Changcheng High School defeated the Saitama Prefecture team and advanced to the top eight.

Their coach Ohfunerudo was as steady as a rock throughout the game and did not send a sixth player onto the court no matter how much the basketball manager requested.

"Coach, why don't you let Mike and the others play?"

"Do you think Mikoshiba is stronger than the elite team from across the country that I recruited?"

Basketball manager Fujisawa Eri asked anxiously.

"Eri, don't get excited! You still remember what you promised me!"

Huili didn't know what she was thinking about. Her excitement calmed down instantly, but she still summoned up the courage to whisper:

"Our school spent a lot of money to recruit them, not to let them sit on the bench!"

Ofunyudo looked at the short-haired girl in front of him, smiled and said:

"Let them play in the next game. Kanagawa is a tough nut to crack!"

“So we have to…”

Huili suddenly realized and took over the conversation and said:

"…Hide your strength and surprise them!"

As if she had thought of something, Huili said viciously:

"We must teach that arrogant Rukawa Kaede and that red-haired monkey Sakuragi Hanamichi a lesson!"

…………

The first round of qualifying matches on the fourth day passed without any incident.

The teams that advanced to the top 8 in the country are the Tokyo team in the first group; (Akizuki High School + Jimbo University Affiliated)

The second group of Aichi Prefecture team; (Aiwa Academy + Meiho Industry)

The third group's Fukuoka team; (affiliated with Hakata University of Commerce)

The fourth group's Kanagawa team: (Ryonan + Kainan + Shohoku + Xiangyang)

The fifth group's Shizuoka representative team; (Changcheng High School + Midori Wind High School)

Osaka representative team in the sixth group; (Daiei Gakuin + Toyotama High School)

The seventh group's Ibaraki representative team; (Kashimura First High School)

Akita representative team in Group 8; (Sanno Industrial, Sawakita Eiji absent)

PS: In the photo, Sawakita Eiji is participating in the Autumn National Games, but in order to avoid writing about the match against Sannoh again, it is set here that Sawakita Eiji went to the United States and has not returned yet.

At night, everyone sat around the long table again.

This time, everyone's expressions were no longer so relaxed.

Everyone knows that now is the time to get serious!

At the signal from Coach Tiangang, Hikoichi Aida spoke first:

"I learned from reporters in Shizuoka Prefecture that the Shizuoka Prefecture team is not a mixed team of Tsunesei High School and Hamamori High School."

"It's a team formed by Changcheng High School and Green Wind High School, with Green Wind High School in the lead."

Many of them were regular participants in the national competitions in recent years, but none of them had ever heard of the name of Green Wind High School.

Coach Gaotou explained at the right time and dispelled everyone's doubts:

"This Green Wind High School is an aristocratic school that was just established last year. In the past two years, it has not signed up for the national competition at all."

"I heard that the school was originally planned to be built in Kanagawa, but for some reason, it was later chosen to be located in Shizuoka Prefecture."

"Their school director is Fujisawa Yuichi. Oh, and his daughter Fujisawa Eri happens to be the manager of the basketball club!"

Coach Takato told him the news he had heard. Hikoichi Aida nodded and took notes from time to time, then continued:

"Since last year, they have spent a lot of money to recruit many basketball players from all over the country."

"Among them are center Ming Gaoguang, point guard Ebina Jia, our student Katsumi Ichiro from Takeishi Junior High School in Kanagawa Prefecture, and the Japanese-American mixed-race Mike Okita."

"The head coach is Ohfune Nyudo, the head coach of the U17 tennis team. He's the elder brother of Mifune Nyudo, and I heard he's no ordinary guy!"

This is their data information...

Hanamichi looked at the list and data sent by Hikoichi Aida.

Although not completely detailed, his impression of the Green Wind High School players was different.

But it is impressive enough to be able to collect so much information in less than a day.

You have to know that the opponent is not a nationally renowned basketball school like Sanno Industrial. Before this, Green Wind was a newly built and unknown school.

Coach Tian Gang looked at the list and thought for a moment before saying:

"According to the information provided by Yan Yi, this should be a team that relies mainly on outside attack. Sure enough, today's game is confusing and deliberately fooling us!"

Coach Gaotou then said:

"It seems that the main scoring points of the Shizuoka Prefecture team should be power forward Mikoshiba, small forward Mike Okita and shooting guard Katsume Ichiro! What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Miyagi said:

"Mikoshiba is a power forward who is proficient in low-post techniques and has solid fundamentals. He is extremely good at scoring within the basket."

Mitsui followed suit:

"Katsumi Ichiro is my junior. He has excellent physical fitness in the first year of junior high school. He was probably the captain of Takeishi Junior High School last year. He has certain leadership skills!"

After listening to this, Coach Gaotou slowly closed his folding fan, tapped the table and said:

"Apart from the unknown strength of the center, the weakness of the Shizuoka Prefecture team is the point guard!"

"If you look at it this way..."

Coach Takato's gaze swept back and forth over Shinichi Maki, Kenji Fujima, Ryouta Miyagi, and Akira Sendoh, and finally stopped on the middle-aged man Uncle Maki.

"Amu, a point guard from Shizuoka Prefecture, his height and weight are much lower than yours. What do you think of him?"

The middle-aged man carefully looked at the information that said point guard~Ebina Jia:

A traditional point guard.

Advantages: Very good offensive organization awareness, very few mistakes, excellent defensive ability;

The disadvantages are: relatively weak innate physical conditions, and personal abilities and speed are not particularly outstanding.

Then he chuckled:

"He's still too young!"

"In that case~"

Coach Takato turned his head and looked at Coach Tianoka, who nodded in agreement!

"Then tomorrow's starting lineup will be... take the field, and the rest of the players should be ready at any time!"

"Go and rest!"

"Yes!" x13