Chapter 130: Kazuhiko vs. Toigaoka, where are Sakuragi and Yohei?
Chapter 130: Kazuhiko vs. Toigaoka, where are Sakuragi and Yohei?
The next day, the last round of the county junior high school league was held, and the first match was the much-anticipated championship match. Both Wako and Fuqiu were ready to go. These two teams were star-studded.
Let's talk about Fuqiu Junior High School first. As early as last year, Fuqiu Junior High School had already shown their potential and entered the semi-finals of the county competition. This year, Fuqiu made a comeback. Throughout a series of games, the team's star player Rukawa Kaede is extremely outstanding in both personal ability and data, and has been recognized as the player with the best overall strength. With an average of 38.7 points per game, he is far ahead of other players. You should know that the second place averaged 10 points less than Rukawa Kaede, which shows how terrifying Rukawa Kaede's offensive power is, so Rukawa Kaede was given the title of "Offensive Ghost".
If you think that Fuqiu Junior High School is a "one-man team" of Rukawa Kaede based solely on his scoring data, then you are totally wrong. As the second-in-command, Ichiro Mizusawa is also quite capable. Although Mizusawa's performance is slightly low-key under the shining light of Rukawa Kaede, when needed, Ichiro Mizusawa can always perform his own highlight moment! He also ranked seventh with an average of 18.4 points per game, and the name of the Fuqiu Twins resounded throughout the county.
Wako Junior High School is a dark horse. Captain Oda Ryumasa showed his potential in his second year. This year, Oda has become more mature and his offensive style is more diverse, making it difficult to defend. He ranks fourth with 23.3 points.
Sakuragi Hanamichi can be described as a rising star. His excellent athletic ability and jumping ability are not inferior to those of high school students, making him the nightmare of many inside players in junior high school. His eye-catching red hair makes some players call him "Red Devil" in private to show their fear of Sakuragi. Although his skills are still a little rough, people who understand basketball know that Sakuragi's future is limitless. Sakuragi won the title of rebounding champion and blocked shot champion in the competition with an average of 15.5 rebounds and 4.5 blocks per game.
If the twin towers of Sakuragi and Oda are the offensive and defensive weapons of Wako Junior High School, then point guard Mito Yohei is the controller of Wako. The presence or absence of Mito Yohei has little effect on the data of Sakuragi and Oda. However, with Mito Yohei on the court, the offense and defense of Wako Junior High School appear to be more layered. On the offensive end, the other two players of Wako can also score, and on the defensive end, Mito Yohei's defense makes it difficult for the opponent's point guard to organize the team's offense. Mito Yohei reminds people of Miyagi Ryouta from Rikkai Junior High School. He is also fast, has beautiful passes, and is an unstoppable steal. His only weakness is shooting.
Although this is only a junior high school level game, the core players of both sides are relatively outstanding and comprehensive, and the game is of high quality, so many high school coaches and their main players will come here to observe and even consider recruiting players into the team.
"Rukawa Kaede is a rare offensive genius in the past ten years, and Sakuragi Hanamichi is also quite good. If they both join the team, after my training, the vacancies left by Fujita and Hoshino will be filled soon" by Coach Gaotou of Hainan
"If Rukawa can come to our Ryonan, then our offensive firepower will not be interrupted. He and Sendoh are like two sharp daggers, hitting the opponent's vital points directly. In addition, our team also has a mainstay like Yuzhu and an offensive hub like Miyagi. Once Rukawa comes to Ryonan, entering the national competition is not a dream, and even entering the quarterfinals is not impossible." Tiangang Shigeichi was fantasizing. Tiangang Shigeichi's information was still relatively detailed. He knew that Sakuragi and Mito Yohei had been practicing with the Xiangbei players, and it would be difficult for him to dig these two people.
"We have three tall players in the interior who can cover the interior. Under Fujima's organization, Rukawa Kaede will exert his greatest firepower" by Shoyo's coach Tateyama
"Ryukawa Kaede is a rare talent. We must get him at any cost. Also, there are Sakuragi Hanamichi, Oda Ryumasa, and Mito Yohei from Wako." A short-haired woman murmured to herself.
The audience on the field included not only scouts from various high schools, but also a large number of students from Wako and Fugaoka who came to cheer for their teams under the organization of their schools. In addition, there were some friends and relatives of some players, especially several major players from both sides of the game - Sakuragi, Oda, Yohei. Rukawa Kaede and Mizusawa all had supporters present.
Therefore, the final venue was almost full of spectators.
In the audience, Shohoku players Mugure, Mitsui, Akagi, Hasegawa and others also rushed to the scene and sat down to cheer for Sakuragi and Yohei, but they soon discovered something strange.
"Why aren't Sakuragi Hanamichi and Mito Yohei here?!" The tallest player, Akagi Takenori, was the first to notice something was wrong, and then the other players also noticed it.
"Ryukawa Kaede is not at Fuqiu's place either." Mitsui noticed something was wrong with Fuqiu's place.
At the same time, some viewers also noticed something unusual and started to discuss it.
Off the field, the coaches of both teams were also very anxious.
"Where are Sakuragi Hanamichi and Mito Yohei? Have you contacted them?" Sanmao Kazuo asked again. "Coach, I've called them. Uncle Sakuragi said that Sakuragi went out early in the morning. I called Yohei's house, but no one answered. I guess Yohei is not at home either."
"Where on earth are these two guys going?" Sanmao Yifu paced back and forth anxiously.
"Brother, I've picked up Rukawa. There's a bit of traffic on the road, but we'll be there in 20 minutes." Fuqiu's coach knew that Rukawa had a habit of sleeping in, and today's game was so important. In order to prevent Rukawa from being late, he found his younger brother and asked him to drive to pick up Rukawa to the game site on the day of the game.
"20 minutes, the game will start in 15 minutes, it's not a big problem. It seems that there is no news about Sakuragi and Mito in Wako." Coach Fuqiu breathed a sigh of relief after receiving accurate information about Rukawa Kaede.
"It seems that Rukawa Kaede's problem has been solved." Mu Mu noticed that Coach Fuqiu was no longer as anxious as before, but gathered the players together to make pre-war deployment.
"Where on earth were these two bastards Sakuragi and Mito Yohei? They missed such a crucial game." Akagi was somewhat dissatisfied with the absence of Sakuragi and Yohei.
"Why haven't Sakuragi and Yohei from Wako come yet? Is there any accident?" a spectator muttered.
"If you want to die, say it to me again," Takamiya grabbed the audience member by the collar. "No, sorry, I was just worried and said the wrong thing."
"Takamiya, put him down. Where can Hanamichi and Yohei go?" The members of the Sakuragi Army were also extremely anxious.
"Okay, let's forget about Sakuragi and Yohei for now. Oda, after the start, you have to attack with all your might. It's up to you. We can't let the score fall too far behind. Maybe Sakuragi and Yohei will be back soon..." Sanmao Kazuo calmed down his anxious mood and made tactical arrangements.
"Sakuragi, Yohei, you two bastards, what the hell are you doing?" Although Oda said this, in his heart, he still hoped that Sakuragi and Yohei would come back soon. He knew that he alone was no match for the Togaoka Twins.
At the start of the game, Oda and Rukawa competed for the ball. Rukawa, who had an overall advantage in physical fitness, won the ball, and Fuqiu's guard got the ball. Although Fuqiu's guard level seemed average in everyone's eyes, Wako's point guard strength was even worse. Fuqiu's guard easily broke through the defense.
"Give it to me" Rukawa signaled for the ball, and the Fuqiu defender passed the ball without hesitation, and Rukawa got the ball.
"Come on, Rukawa." The opponent of Rukawa was Oda, the captain of Wako. Rukawa turned left and Oda moved towards Rukawa. But it was just a feint. Then Rukawa made a 180-degree turn, so fast that Oda could not react. After Rukawa passed Oda, he jumped up under the basket, swung his arm and dunked directly.
"Boom!!!" Fuqiu took the lead!
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