Chapter 10 The End(1/2)
Because the Xiangbei team is already quite strong, even without Mitsui Shou, they still have the strength of the top four in the country, so the main purpose of this year's county competition is to train newcomers.
It’s a pity that Xiangbei is the national champion. In the county competition, he can only play in the quarterfinals. This year, Xiangbei’s opponent in the quarterfinals is Wuri, who was killed by Lingnan last year, who was killed in the quarterfinals.
This year, Buri was completely declining. Xiangbei only had a group of newcomers, but it defeated Wuli and successfully promoted to the joint finals. In this game, Mitsui did not appear, which disappointed the audience who wanted to watch Mitsui's performance. However, they also expressed their understanding of this. After all, Buri's strength is too poor, and it is understandable that Xiangbei chooses to train newcomers.
In the joint finals, Mitsui finally played, but Mitsui didn't play much on the court. She completely regarded herself as a guard who was connected to the organization and almost didn't take the initiative. Because Xiangbei has too many scoring points this year, whether it is Ah Shen, Rukawa or Akagi, they all have extremely strong scoring ability. When the whole team has so many scorers, Mitsui only needs to sort out the offense of the whole team. As for the defense, it adopts a man-to-peer and pick-and-roll replacement defensive strategy. After all, Xiangbei has strong personal strength, and man-to-peer is the most effective defense method.
So in the three games of this joint final, Mitsui scored quite strange data, averaging 10 points per game. If you only look at the score, everyone would definitely think that there was something wrong with Mitsui, but if you look at Mitsui's other data, this kind of doubt can be eliminated.
Average 28 assists per game., with a 4-double per game, and averaging 28 assists per game. When those more professional fans saw this data, they were shocked by Mitsui's omnipotence, and more and more college basketball coaches were ruthless: Must dig Mitsui into their own hands!
However, in addition to Mitsui's all-round performance, the terrifying offensive power and the emerging offensive players of Xiangbei also made other teams envious and jealous. Because in the three joint finals, Xiangbei team actually had four players averaged more than 20 points per game. Akagi's average of 25 points per game. Rukawa averaged 24 points per game and Ah Shen's average of 26 points per game. No one expected that it was Sakuragi, a power forward who had only practiced basketball for a year, averaged 20 points per game. Not more than one point. The total average of these four people actually reached 95 points. It accounts for three quarters of the team's total score. In addition, Komu of Xiangbei can also score more than ten points per game. In addition to Mitsui's average of 10 points per game, there are six players who averaged 20 points per game. It's a terrifying attack group.
In this year's joint final, although Mitsui scored less, other data have improved. So in the end, the mvp of this joint final was still awarded to Mitsui, because everyone knows that Mitsui cannot score points, but he doesn't need to score points. Just looking at Mitsui's assists, they actually score more than others, so you can't find any excuses.
The biggest dark horse this year is Lingnan team. In addition to losing to Xiangbei, Lingnan actually relied on the attack line of Yuzhu, Xiandao and Futian, as well as a group of defensive players to knock Hainan and Xiangyang down. Although they both narrowly won, they finally successfully grabbed the last ticket to the national competition.
After the competition, Yuzuru was like Akagi two years ago, crying with joy. Finally, after more than two years of hard work, Yuzuru finally had the opportunity to enter the national competition.
After the Xiandao race, she also showed a sunny and lazy smile. The genius Xiandao finally had the opportunity to prove himself on the stage of the national competition.
After the joint finals, Xiangbei was still doing training in an orderly manner, and at the same time, it also focused on the players' learning. After all, there are three families with learning difficulties, including Liangda, Sakuragi and Rukawa, and Xiangbei this year, Xiangbei was under a lot of pressure.
Fortunately, because Mitsui gave the vaccination in advance, these three people finally passed the exam in a thrilling manner. Since then, the three of them have finally put all their attention on training and competitions.
The opponent of this year's Xiangbei practice competition is still Toyota High School, but Toyota Laoshi came to the northern Hunan for a tournament. As the national champion of Xiangbei, no high school can afford to be condescending to the nobles. What's more, Xiangbei's coach is Anxi Mitsuyoshi, a former national player in Japan. He is highly respected and no one dares to be arrogant.
Unlike the original work, because Xiangbei, the national champion, was a national champion, won the national championship through running and bombing tactics, the principal of Toyota High School did not fire Coach Kitano, so Nan Lie did not become a trump card killer. The atmosphere of Toyota's entire team was also very good and very strong. In this practice game, because Xiangbei was still training newcomers, the two teams played Mars in three games. Both sides won one in the first two games. In order to establish a firm belief in the championship for the national competition, Mitsui made an incredible score, so the third game was played.
188:135, the two teams that were not very defensive teamed up to score more than 300 points, while Mitsui Shou, who was on the Xiangbei side, opened fire with all his energy, and scored 118 points alone, once again showing the style of the super scoring champion two years ago. Moreover, the victory of more than 50 points also allowed Fengyu to see the gap between them and Xiangbei. Well, it was actually not bad, but Mitsui Shou.
After the game, Chouben pretended to be angry and said: "Damn, Mitsui, why are you not our Toyota player? If you were there, we would have won the national championship long ago."
Mitsui Shou laughed and said, "You are not bad either. At least they reached the semi-finals of the national competition last year. We will work harder this year and try to see you in the finals!"
"What's the use of entering the finals? You're not being abused by you." Kishimoto curled his lips and sighed: "Forget it, you have caused great damage to our hearts, treat us! Don't shirk it, I know that you have made a lot of money by writing novels in the past few years."
Mitsui smiled bitterly: "Okay! I'll invite you to a Chinese restaurant to have Chinese cuisine."
"This is almost the same." Kishimoto laughed quite treacherously, and then shouted to his teammates: "Brothers, Mitsui invites everyone to eat luxurious Chinese cuisine. They all go back and take a shower, making Mitsui poor."
"Oh--" Fengyu's player cheered with his fists, and the depression of losing was wiped out.
On the contrary, the players of Shokube, especially the freshmen of Shokube, were a little restrained because they saw Mitsui's scoring ability with their own eyes for the first time. They scored 118 points per person with 188 points, and the scores of the rest of the team were not as high as Mitsui, which was simply too terrible. And Rukawa Kaede, who was in a negative scoring ability, looked cold. For the first time, he had doubts about whether he could surpass Mitsui Shou.
"Captain... is really amazing, worthy of being the strongest young player in Asia." Xiangbei freshmen finally had an intuitive understanding of their captain, the unreasonable scoring method and a frightening hit rate. They realized for the first time what a true genius basketball player is. It was also from then on that. Mitsui's prestige was higher than before, and at least everyone in the first grade was convinced.
However, there is also a tycoon in the first grade, Sakuragi, the arrogant maniac. Sakuragi, who regards himself as the only disciple of Mitsui Shou, is quite lively in the Shokubei team and even claims to be the only candidate for the next captain, which makes Miyagi and Ah Shen very unhappy. However, Sakuragi is indeed a genius. After only one year of basketball, he can average 20 points per game, and has an average of 15 rebounds per game and 4 blocks. His talent and ability are indeed unquestionable.
If Sakuragi plays for another year, it is really unsuccessful to become the captain. As for Kiyoda Nobunaga, who was originally capable of playing as the main player in Hainan, the performance in the joint finals this time is really not very good, with only single digits per game. Apart from occasionally dunking baskets and making fans excited, there is no other performance.
Kiyoda Nobunaga... How to say it! His shooting ability is very bad, and even his free throw shooting rate is so low that it makes people outrageous, but his sense of ball is very good, his dribbling ability is quite outstanding, and his bounce is excellent at being around 1.7 meters tall, and his defensive ability is also very good. If he is in other teams, he will definitely be a starting small forward, but it is a pity that he came to Xiangbei.
Who is the starting small forward of Xiangbei? Rukawa Kaede, he can't compare. If he goes to the shooting guard position, he can't compare with him, but Xiangbei's shooting guard is Ichiro Shinzo, he can't compare with him, but the point guard can always play! After all, the ball is still good, but Xiangbei's point guard is Mitsui Shou, and in addition to Mitsui Shou, Xiangbei also has Miyagi, an excellent substitute point guard. So after coming to Kotoki, Kiyoda Nobunaga found desperately that he, a genius freshman, had no position and could only be a substitute.
Fortunately, he only needs to endure for a few months, because third-year players represented by Mitsui Shou will soon withdraw from the team. At that time, the center of Shokuto will definitely be topped by Sakuragi, the big man, and the power forward, Rukawa Kaede's height, is also unsuccessful. In this way, the position of the small forward will be empty. Although Shokuto has Imamura Imamura Imamura's scoring power is not enough, and Imamura's height is also over 1.9 meters tall, he will definitely play in the inside line, so by that time, it will be the day for Kiyoda Nobunaga to make a comeback. In short, be patient! Nobunaga.
However, compared with Oda, Kiyoda is already very good. Due to talent issues, although Oda can occasionally play games in Shokuo, his progress is very small. He didn't even get time to play in the joint finals. He only made a pre-season in the practice game and performed very mediocrely. Basically, Coach Anxi gave up Oda. It is estimated that when Akagi withdraws, he will only give Sakuragi a substitute.
There is no way, the national champion is so willful.
Not long after, this year's national competition finally began. As the defending champion, Xiangbei's grouping this year was not very good. He actually met with Toyota in the first game, and the second game was Aichi Academy. If there was no accident, he would even meet with Mingpeng Industry in the semi-finals. As for the finals, it was probably Sanno who had not run away.
"Good guy." Seeing this year's grouping, Mitsui also smiled. Xiangbei actually replaced the Shanwang in history and was assigned to such a brainless competition area in advance. I don't know if the organizers of the event were kicked by the donkey?
"Haha, this year's grouping is not very good!" Coach Anxi walked over and laughed.
"It doesn't matter." Mitsui threw the magazine aside and said: "As a champion, you must have the confidence of a champion. No matter what opponent you encounter, just crush it. Don't be afraid of your opponent being strong, but just be afraid of your opponent not being strong enough."
Hearing Mitsui's words, Coach Anxi smiled and said, "That's good."
"Unfortunate!" On the way, Toyota team also got on the train. After meeting Xiangbei team, Kishimoto immediately complained to Mitsui: "What's going on with this year's competition grouping? Last year's champion and the semi-finals actually met in the first game. It's over. We originally wanted to reach the finals!"
"And in the quarterfinals last year, Aichi Academy, which is not as weak as ours, is waiting behind." Nan Lie looked at the basketball magazine and said, "There must be a problem with the grouping this time."
Mitsui Shou said helplessly: "A fool knows that there is a problem. Maybe the organizers of the event want to see how I can perform under such groupings! After all, this is my last high school competition. From the beginning, I have arranged a few strong teams for me. If I go through it smoothly, I may...hehe. But if I take it, although there will be no changes, it is always imperfect. Japan likes the incomplete beauty very much."
"These damn bastards!" After listening to Mitsui's analysis, Nan Lie and Kishimoto had no other way except to get angry. After all, the group was out. They had to fight.
"You have to treat us to dinner when the competition is over." Kishimoto put his shoulders on Mitsui's shoulders and said, "And I want to eat luxurious Chinese cuisine. The last time I ate it was so satisfying. What's the name of that dish... I think... Yes, fish-flavored eggplant, it's so delicious, I must order ten servings."
"...Foodie." Mitsui was helpless and opened his hand and said, "I heard that another strong team in Osaka has risen?"
"Ah! Yes!" Kishimoto said without caring: "It's just a team that likes slow pace. It's a style that we hate very much, but in terms of strength, they are still almost there."
Because there was no coach Kitano who was fired, Toyota's strength was much stronger than in the original work, so he still qualified as the number one in the Osaka region this year. Unfortunately, they were miserable by the organizing committee and were destined to go home early this year to rest.
Not long after, the national competition began. Xiangbei's first round was bye and went to the stadium to watch the Fengyu team's game. Fengyu's first opponent was an unknown team. In the end, Fengyu's run and bombarded directly into a sieve. The big victory of more than 60 is a bit brutal no matter how you look at it.
The Lingnan team, who participated in the national competition for the first time, was assigned to another half of the district. There are not too strong teams in this district, but there are three quarter-finals of last year. If Lingnan is lucky, he may even have the chance to enter the semi-finals of the country.
He entered the semi-finals for the first time in the national competition, and only Xiangbei did it two years ago. Lingnan can be said to be quite happy this year.
When Lingnan faced his first opponent, he broke the score with no blood and scored 100 points. He won the opponent with a big victory of more than 30 points, revealing the fangs of the Kana Prefecture representative team.
"Last year's semi-finals Hainan was eliminated by Lingnan. It seems that Hainan has not become weaker, but Lingnan is stronger." Some professionals who watched the game commented so.
On the second day, Xiangbei finally made its debut. Because of Xiangbei's game, the crowded one hour before the game started. Almost all of them were Xiangbei fans, and there were more than 300 cheerleaders organized by girls. They were all members of Mitsui Shou's support team. Now Mitsui Shou has a support team throughout Japan, with hundreds of members in almost every region, and they are all young, beautiful and good-looking female fans. More than 300 beautiful girls wearing mini-skirt cheerleaders uniforms suddenly emerged on the scene. Whether it is the Xiangbei team or the Toyota team, they are all envious and jealous of Mitsui.
"You guy, really popular!" Kishimoto said jealously during the warm-up: "No, you have to treat me to a meal after the game today, and you also have to treat me to a nightclub. I want two beauties."
"Go to play." Mitsui kicked him away, and then said to Nan Lie: "Put out all your strength in this game! No matter who leaves in the end, don't leave any regrets."
"That's of course." Nan Lie smiled slightly and said, "I will let everyone know that in terms of scoring ability, I, Nan Lie, will not lose to you Mitsui."
Mitsui smiled slightly: "Who knows! See you on the field."
Soon after, the game officially began. Because of this game, Mitsui stated in advance that he would fight Toyota's running and bombing tactics, and he would face Aiwa Academy in the next game, so Takaki Akagi and Hirota, Imamura did not start in this game. Shokuki's starting center was Sakuragi, power forward was Rukawa Kaede, small forward Jisu Ichiro, scoring guard Mitsui Shou, ball guard Miyagi Ryoda, and Shokuki directly put the fastest, best athletic ability and strongest scoring ability on the field. The comparison was who scored more points.
When the game started, Sakuragi easily grabbed the jump ball. After Miyagi got the ball, he immediately quickly advanced to Toyota's half-court. As soon as he passed the half-court, he directly passed it and smashed it towards the rebound.
A mistake?
Just as everyone was thinking so, a red-haired figure jumped high, caught the basketball in the air, and then pushed the ball into the basket.
Bang--
The scene was silent. Then there was a burst of exclamation.
"Hahaha... I'm a genius!" After Hananida Sakuragi successfully dunked, she put her hands on her hips and laughed wildly.
"Sakuragi, it's a good job!" Mitsui Shou went up and slapped him on the butt, encouraging: "That's it. Be good at performing well. Let people across the country see how powerful my disciple Mitsui Shou was! "
With Mitsui's encouragement, Sakuragi Hanamichi's fighting spirit reached its peak instantly: "Don't worry, Brother Mitsui! I, Sakuragi Hanamichi, will never let down Brother Mitsui's expectations! Hahaha!"
"..." Rukawa Kaede's eyes became more sharp.
In the stands.
"Hey, there seem to be a few more amazing new students in Xiangbei this year!"
"Yes! That red-haired bounces so strongly, and he plays so passionately."
"There is also a good number 11. There are many offensive methods, and it is simply a weakened version of Mitsui."
"It's far from that. Mitsui's defense is very powerful, but he can't stop the opponent's attack."
"After all, only one Mitsui has been released over the years, which is already very good."
"Yes! Haha."
As expected before the game, the game was full of passion. Because no one wanted to leave regrets, the players on both sides showed their greatest energy and showed their best condition. Therefore, the scores in this game also rose steadily. After the half-time game, Xiangbei team scored 100 points, and Toyoyu also scored 88 points surprisingly, only 12 points behind. To be able to play like this with Xiangbei, Toyoyu's attack power shocked all the players and coaches who came to watch the game.
Mitsui scored 48 points in the first half, which was the result of too many scoring players in Xiangbei and deliberately controlling the offense. If Mitsui had to open up all the firepower, it would be a possibility that he would win 60 or 70 points in the first half.
"Hu..." In the rest area of the Toyoyu team, several main players such as Nan Lie and Kishimoto were all tired and sweating profusely, drinking water to replenish water.
"Xiangbei is really strong. We have already shown our best form and performed better than ever, but we are still twelve points behind. This game is really bad." Nan Lie said with a wry smile.
"There is no way to do this," Coach Kitano smiled and said, "After all, there is Mitsui in Shoku. If Mitsui were in our Toyota, we would have been the champion two years ago."
"Yes!" All Toyota players smiled bitterly. The difference between them and Xiangbei was Mitsui Shou. During the practice game, you can see that it was a win and a loss in the first two games, but when Mitsui appeared in the third game, he directly defeated them more than 50 points. This is the value of Mitsui alone.
"No matter how much you say, it's useless." Coach Kitano said: "Don't care about the winning or losing of the game, just spread your youth and sweat, and don't leave any regrets, because this is the most precious journey and wealth in your long life."
After listening to Coach Kitano's words, the Fengyu players showed strong fighting spirit and fighting in their hearts. Yes! Don't leave any regrets, because this is our youth.
After the second half, Shokibe had already replaced a group of players. Akagi, Kimu, Hirota and Imamura, who did not make a debut in the first half, replaced Sakuragi and others and appeared in full strength.
However, after the start of the second half, Xiangbei was surprised to find that Toyama seemed to have performed even more crazily, completely giving up defense, and devoted all her energy to offense. After concentrating on the offense, her shooting percentage increased a lot. In just five minutes, not only did the score not be widened by Xiangbei, but it narrowed to single digits, which scared Xiangbei team into a cold sweat, but that's it. After all, Xiangbei has Mitsui Shou. In terms of scoring ability, who can compare with Mitsui?
So Mitsui opened fire after closing the shooting five minutes before the second half.
Two minutes later, Kishimoto gritted his teeth and said, "You demon."
Five minutes later, Nan Lie wiped the sweat from his face and said breathlessly: "Can you stop being so crazy?"
When the game ended, I saw a score of 203:168. All the players on the Fengyu team were slumped on the ground, their chests fluctuated violently, and they were obviously overdrawn.
"Is it okay?" Mitsui stretched out his hand when he walked to Nan Lie and Kishimoto who were lying on the ground and his chest was undulating violently.
Looking at Mitsui's hateful smile, Nan Lie and Kishimoto smiled bitterly, held Mitsui's hand and stood up, saying, "You guy, you actually won more than 100 points. It seems that all Japan... no one can take away the title of the number one attacker in Asia."
That's right. Mitsui scored more than 100 points in this game, accounting for more than half of the team's total score. You should know. Mitsui only scored 48 points in the first half. And she didn't take much action in the first five minutes of the second half. These 60 points in the second half were basically completed in the last fifteen minutes, which also shows the horror of Mitsui's scoring ability.
To be continued...