Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

Chapter 278: Xiangbei vs. Aiwa: Opening Ball

"Come out, come out."

"Look, it's Moroboshi Dai."

"Well! Akagi is the leader of the Xiangbei team. Come on, Xiangbei!!"

The top four teams in this year's high school league were decided yesterday, and today, it will be the turn of these four teams to fight against each other.

Compared to the match between Sannoh and Ryonan in the lower half, the match between Shohoku and Aiwa in the upper half attracted more attention.

The reason is not hard to figure out. Although Ryonan is a dark horse in this tournament, having defeated two teams that were in the quarterfinals last year, namely, Changcheng and Hakata Corporation, their opponent is the undefeated champion Sanno Industrial. There is still a certain gap in strength.

The match between Xiangbei and Aiwa is undoubtedly much more interesting. The first point is that Aiwa was eliminated by Xiangbei last year. This year, the Aiwa Academy, which has greatly increased its strength, vowed to take revenge. However, Aiwa's strength has increased, but Xiangbei's strength has not weakened at all. It is still unknown who will win. The second point is the matchup between the two sides. At the center position, Aiwa's super rookie giant Mori Shigehiro was invincible in this competition and rarely met an opponent. And Xiangbei's captain Akagi Takenori performed as stable and strong as ever. The battle for the best scorer between Yasushi Moroboshi and Hisashi Mitsui at the shooting guard position also attracted the audience's attention.

Adding all of this together, if you say this game was not good, I’m afraid no one would believe it.

As soon as the players of the two teams entered the field, they received a standing ovation. Before the game even started, all the audience stood up collectively. Looking at the enthusiastic applause and cheers, those who didn’t know might have thought that the champion had already been decided.

Players warm up, "This guy is so strong." Fukuda, who did not go to Aichi Prefecture to watch the game, looked at Mori Shigehiro and widened his eyes in surprise. It's no wonder that Fukuda was amazed. In his eyes, Captain Akagi can be said to be the strongest man in Kanagawa, but Mori Shigehiro looks no less than Akagi. Such a figure is really outstanding in Japan. This is also Mori Shigehiro's biggest support. Like a heavy tank, he is rampant and unstoppable. Unlimited approach to the opponent's basket, such a shooting percentage is of course very high. You know, the center is the person closest to the basket, even if Mori Shigehiro is still very immature and his skills are rough.

"Mori Shigehiro, I won't let you do whatever you want anymore." The captain of Xiangbei looked at Mori Shigehiro who was warming up, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

"Come on, Akagi," Murasaki sent encouragement to his friend. Turning back, he found that Sakuragi's eyes were full of fighting spirit, and that fire was burning even bigger than Akagi's.

Haha, he is indeed the one who strongly stimulated Sakuragi. Sakuragi dreams of defeating Mori Shigehiro. Seeing this, Mugure went over to add fuel to the fire. Well, it is better to provoke than to invite.

"Sakuragi, in this game you have to work together with Akagi to fight against Mori Shigehiro and defend our own basket!" said Mugure.

What?! Sakuragi immediately refused: "I don't want it, Mugure! I can deal with that King Kong by myself, I don't need the gorilla's help at all!"

Mu Mu had expected Sakuragi to say that, he smiled and said, "Really?"

Sakuragi snorted in dissatisfaction: "Brother Mumu, how dare you doubt the strength of this genius! Damn it! I will soon let you see how this genius deals with that King Kong. I swear, I will definitely defeat him!"

"In that case..." Mu Mu said in a deep voice: "Sakuragi, I'll leave it to you."

Sakuragi rarely showed off his cuteness, but said seriously: "Don't worry, leave it to me."

At this time, Mori Shigehiro, who was warming up, suddenly dunked. It turned out that he and his teammates had cooperated in an aerial relay, and Mori Shigehiro dunked with both hands. The power was so strong that even the basket was shaking, as if it was about to fall apart.

The audience cheered and applauded, applauding Mori Shigehiro's wonderful performance.

"Tsk, what's so great about that?" Murasakibara was quite disdainful. This aerial relay was just because Mori Shigehiro was bigger and looked more powerful.

"Sakuragi, come on." Mugure said, picking up the basketball. Sakuragi understood and started running, and Mugure threw the basketball in his hand. Sakuragi caught the ball and successfully made a back-to-back dunk!

"Well, that red-haired boy is amazing, he jumped so high, and even stayed in the air." Sakuragi's dunk attracted the attention of the audience. Of course, the players of Aiwa Academy were also

"That red-headed kid" Mori Shigehiro stared at Shohoku No. 10

"Shohoku..." In the rest area of ​​Aiwa, Aiwa's coach Ishii sat on a bench, looking at the Shohoku players on the field, feeling a little uneasy.

Uncle Ishii was very confident about this match. Even though Akagi of Xiangbei looked very strong, in his mind, his Hiro was the best center among all high school students in Japan. Even Kawata Masashi of Sanno could not be compared with him! Of course, he was not blindly arrogant. After all, Xiangbei's overwhelming progress had fully proved their strength. Therefore, despite his confidence, he did not underestimate the enemy.

Just now in the locker room, after explaining the tactical points, he originally tried to have an in-depth discussion with Mori Shigehiro alone, but Mori Shigehiro seemed a little absent-minded and obviously did not take much of what Ishii said.

But it's not his fault. After all, no matter how big his body is, psychologically he is just a 15 or 6-year-old boy who has not yet completely gotten out of his middle school years. Moreover, Mori Shigehiro has never encountered any major setbacks since his debut. He is usually cultivated by Uncle Ishii. And Ishii is not like Tianang Shigeichi who cultivated Uozumi with both sticks and candies. On the contrary, he protects him like a treasure. As Mori Shigehiro has emerged in national competitions, some reporters have come to interview him. Now Mori Shigehiro has the style of a star player.

Compared with Mori Shigehiro, the fate of the Shohoku players is almost completely opposite.

The growth of the Xiangbei team is a history full of thorns and blood. From being eliminated in the first round of the county tournament that year, to reaching the quarterfinals of the county tournament two years ago, and then to losing to Hakata Corporation in the quarterfinals of the national tournament last year, all the way to the current national top four, Xiangbei has taken one step at a time, and I don't know how many fierce battles and setbacks it has gone through!

Now, when the two teams meet with two completely different mentalities, there may be a difference in who is better based on this point alone.

The game started soon and the starting players of both teams came on the court.

湘北身着白色球衣，先发阵容中锋：4号赤木刚宪200cm大前锋10号樱木花道191cm，小前锋7号长谷川一志192cm，得分后卫6号三井寿188cm，控球后卫5号木暮公延185cm

爱和身着红色球衣，先发阵容中锋15号森重宽199cm，大前锋6号哲木士192cm，小前锋：5号水和三郎186cm得分后卫4号诸星大186cm控球后卫7号铃木青松180cm

"The jumping player is not Akagi, it's that Sakuragi?!" The players from Ryonan and Sannoh who came to watch the game, as well as Yayoi Aida and Nakamura who were sitting in the press box, were all surprised.

Standing in front of the 191-centimeter Sakuragi is the 199-centimeter Mori Shigehiro. Judging from his body shape, Sakuragi looks much smaller.

"Hello. Your name is Sakuragi, right?" Mori Shigehiro politely extended his hand to Sakuragi and said, "To be honest, although I knocked you down last time, that really surprised me. I think you will be an interesting opponent. Today I finally have the opportunity to compete with you. Come on."

"Come on." Sakuragi shook hands with the other party and replied.

"I hope you don't fall down easily, otherwise the game will be too boring." Mori Shigehiro said with a smile.

"Don't worry, the one who will fall this time will be you, Fatty!" Sakuragi bent his waist and knees, his eyes moving to the ball in the hands of the referee who walked to his side.

"Beep!" As the whistle sounded, the orange-red ball flew straight up. The white No. 10 and the red No. 15, one short and one tall, jumped up at the same time. Both of them rose at an astonishing speed, but Sakuragi, who was eight inches shorter, was better.

"Pah~" The fingertips of the two people touched the bottom of the ball at the same time, and they pushed it in opposite directions at the same time. The ball, which was originally falling, was slightly bumped and rose a certain distance.

The two people who landed almost at the same time jumped up again at the same time. Mori Shigehiro, who was taller, landed first and took advantage of the first jump, but Sakuragi, who landed later, exploded with an even more amazing bounce speed this time, rising even faster than before, and passed the ball to Mugure standing beside him with a knuckle advantage. Xiangbei got the first attack right!