NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

The first joint game of the Xiangbei basketball team was against Miuradai.

Miuradai won all the games last year until they met the champion Hainan, where they unfortunately stopped in the quarterfinals.

This year, under the leadership of captain Kengo Murasame, they vowed to reach the joint finals, defeat Hainan and avenge their previous defeat.

For this purpose, they recruited the school rugby team, the second-year student Naito Tetsuya, who can be said to be the person with the strongest physical fitness in Kanagawa Prefecture in the original SD~no one else.

Before the game started, all members of the Ryonan basketball team went to the gymnasium to observe the Shohoku basketball team.

In the eyes of ordinary players of Ryonan, the Xiangbei basketball team is the type with bad luck. In the first game of the schedule, they met the strong opponent Miuradai.

However, only a few players who have personally played against Xiangbei know how powerful Xiangbei is.

"Is there anyone in Miuratai who can suppress Rukawa Kaede?"

"With just Akagi alone, Xiangbei has the strength to be one of the top eight teams in the county!"

"Shohoku has Akagi and Hanamichi guarding the inside, Miuradai is going to suffer a big loss this time!"

……

As an ambitious team, Miuradai wanted to boost morale before the game.

Even though I heard that Shohoku only lost to Ryonan, one of last year's top four teams, by 4 points, even though I saw with my own eyes that all the members of the Ryonan basketball team were sitting in the audience stands.

Miuratai captain Kengo Murasame said bluntly:

"We are Miuratai, the team that is going to beat Kainan. Even if you, Shohoku, only lose to Ryonan by 4 points, it's nothing big. We are not comparable to a second-rate team like Ryonan!"

This made the players of the Ryonan team in the audience immediately furious. You say, I came to watch a game and was provoked and attacked by others. What the hell is this!

So before the game started, the furious players of the Ryonan team yelled at Shohoku, asking them to teach Miuradai a lesson.

On the other hand, the Shohoku basketball team seemed much more nervous than Miuradai. Apart from the fact that the Shohoku basketball team's substitute players had too little experience in major competitions, it was also because this time was the same as the original.

Hanamichi, Rukawa, Mitsui, Miyagi, all of them were benched by their father, Coach Anzai, for one reason:

"This is your punishment for fighting!"

Hua Dao was speechless for a while, and even explained without thinking:

"Dad! The gorilla also beat up the mistress that day, why didn't you punish him!"

This made Akagi hit Hanamichi with a heavy hammer and he was beaten into submission.

Mitsui on the side was dissatisfied with the name of flower path:

"You are such an impolite guy, you should call me senior."

"Then I'll call you Shou Shou!"

"Forget it, you should just call me Xiao San..."

Faced with the shamelessness of flower arrangement, Mitsui made the same choice as Miyagi.

……

"Well, the match between Shohoku High School and Miuradai High School will officially begin now. Beep~~~~"

三浦台首发出场球员：4号小前锋村雨健吾（186cm）、8号中锋川崎昭雄（192cm）、7号得分后卫高津弘（185cm）、5号控球后卫荒木一雄（187cm）、6号小前锋宫本和成（186cm）。

湘北首发出场球员：4号中锋赤木刚宪（197cm）、9号大前锋角田悟（180cm）、8号小前锋潮崎哲士（170cm）、5号得分后卫木暮公延（178cm）、6号控球后卫安田靖春（165cm）。

Judging from the height and body shape on the field, except for Akagi, there is no doubt that the Miuratai players have the advantage, and each of them is over 185cm tall.

It was the first time that the second-year players Kakuta, Shiozaki, and Yasuda officially appeared in the county tournament as a starter. Facing the tall and strong Miuradai players who seemed to be superior to them in all aspects, they were so nervous that they didn't know what to do.

Not only did the nervousness double the physical exertion, but I also didn’t even perform at half the level I usually perform in practice matches. It can only be said that this was the first time that “participation was the most important thing.”

Miuradai also gradually discovered that the Shohoku basketball team was just like the "one-man team" described in the intelligence, and there was no need to worry about the starting players except Akagi Takenori.

So under the special arrangement of Murasame Kengo, the method of double-teaming Akagi was adopted:

With No. 8 center Akio Kawasaki as the main force, he focused on defending Takenori Akagi. Once Akagi got the ball, No. 7 shooting guard Hiroshi Takatsu and No. 6 small forward Kazuchi Miyamoto assisted in double-teaming Akagi.

Miuradai's strategy was quite effective. Just 2 minutes and 10 seconds into the first half, the Xiangbei basketball team was already trailing Miuradai by a large margin of 4:16, which further strengthened the confidence of everyone in Miuradai.

At the same time, the Ryonan players who were watching the game were quite confident about Shohoku.

After all, the Xiangbei basketball team did not appear with a complete lineup. Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede from the team did not appear. In addition, there were the mysterious men A and B.

Under the gaze of Ryonan's best intelligence agent Hikoichi Aida, the four people on the Shohoku bench were like a fire, burning with flames!

Compared with the four players on the bench, Kakuda, Shiozaki, and Yasuda seemed to have given up on themselves.

They were even looking forward to Hanamichi and others on the bench replacing them as soon as possible, as the team's momentum had completely lost to Miuradai.

Murasame took this opportunity to make a loud noise and further attack the Xiangbei basketball team:

"Let's not waste time in a place like this. Let's defeat Shohoku in one fell swoop and then take revenge on Kainan! Go!"

The Miuradai players' confidence increased after hearing this, and they responded loudly to their captain's "declaration of victory."

Seeing this, Akagi and Murasaki, the only two normal players of Xiangbei on the court, confirmed with each other's eyes that it was the same scene as last year!

So began the efforts between the captain and the vice-captain!

First, Murasakibara used Akagi's rebounding ability and wanted to launch a second attack under the basket, but Akagi was fouled maliciously by the opponent and was awarded free throws. Although Akagi made both free throws, it did not greatly improve his team's momentum, and Miuradai quickly recovered 2 points.

Akagi then dribbled the ball at a high speed. It should be said that the high-speed dribbling of a big guy about 2 meters tall scared the No. 8 center Akio Kawasaki and No. 7 shooting guard Hiroshi Takatsu, who were guarding the basket at Miuratai, so much that they trembled. When Akagi attracted the attention of the two to himself, he cleverly passed the ball to Murasaki on the side in the air.

Akio Kawasaki and Hiroshi Takatsu subconsciously followed the ball and ran towards Murasaki, relaxing their defense against Akagi.

Thus, an amazing aerial relay was born:

After catching the ball, Murasakibara used the reflection of the floor to bounce the ball into the air close to the basket. Then Akagi jumped seamlessly, held the basketball firmly with both hands, and used the inertia of the jump to smash the ball into the basket.

In basketball games, there are often several ways to greatly boost team morale:

One is to score a slam dunk; two is to score consecutive three-pointers; three is to block the opponent.

What is most suitable for the Xiangbei basketball team right now is to use perfect cooperation to let the "gorilla" dunk.

This "gorilla dunk" completely activated the vitality of other players of the Xiangbei basketball team on the court. Their movements returned to normal levels, they were no longer nervous, and gradually adapted to Miuradai's rhythm.

The most obvious reaction is that the players of Miuradai feel that the players of Shohoku are becoming more and more difficult to deal with!

However, no matter how difficult it is, Shohoku is still no match for Miuradai at the moment. Miuradai also sees that Shohoku's offensive coordination mainly relies on Akagi and Murasakibara, so they strengthen their defense against the two of them when receiving the ball in front.

In particular, Miuradai's No. 6 small forward Kazunari Miyamoto completely restricted Murasakibara in the following time, completely blocking Murasakibara's shooting and passing direction to Akagi, and still scored jump shots under Murasakibara's positional defense, and occasionally participated in the double-teaming of Akagi.

In addition, Xiangbei dug a big hole in the previous game and fell behind by more than ten points.

It is difficult to catch up just by relying on the lineup on the field.

So, when there was no way to equalize the score on the court, and the Xiangbei problem children's team expressed their thorough reflection, Coach Anxi took advantage of a dead ball opportunity, waved his hand, no, stood up and signaled to the referee: Four up, four down!

Open the gate, the tiger is out of the cage!