novelaction Chapter 203: The Final Battle of Hainan: Before the Game
Chapter 203: The Final Battle of Hainan: Before the Game
"Yuzhu, it's a pity for Ryonan. The players are injured one after another. Otherwise, with Ryonan's strength, it would not be a problem to directly enter the national competition." When the Ryonan players left the field sadly, Akagi looked at Yuzhu who walked over to him.
"Yes, we almost beat Hainan (Amu: What do you mean almost?), but unfortunately I'm injured... Akagi, it's up to you, you must beat Hainan"
"Oh... who would have thought we would be so unlucky" Coach Tian Gang was also very depressed
"A blessing in disguise. Maybe after enough bad luck, good luck will come." Mu Mu comforted the Ryonan players
"Hahahaha" After Mugure said this, the mood of the Ryonan players improved. Mugure didn't know that his words would later become a great success. This detail will be mentioned later
"Sendoh, come on, I'm looking forward to fighting with you." Mitsui walked up to Sendoh.
"Mitsui-senpai, you must defeat Maki Shinichi"
"I am the opponent of Maki Shinichi, so leave it to me." Mu Mu took over the conversation. Mu Mu's voice was loud and the Hainan players not far away could hear it.
"Mumu, I want to see how much you have grown this year." Amu looked ready to fight, and the players from both teams returned to the locker room first.
Hainan's locker room, Hainan's coach Gao Touli: "How is it, are you all ready?"
Amu chuckled: "I feel every muscle is excited. I can't wait for the match with Xiangbei."
Seeing Amu in this state, Gaotou couldn't help but be full of confidence: Yes, Amu, you are like this, extremely eager for battle, even if you are already at the highest point, you still pursue victory almost greedily - this is exactly why you can defeat others and stand at the top!
Gao Tou retracted his thoughts and his face became serious: "Today's game will definitely be very difficult. Xiangbei is not an opponent that can be easily defeated."
Everyone in Hainan nodded seriously, especially veteran players like Takasago and Muto. They still remembered vividly the games from last year and the year before.
"Shohoku is arguably the strongest opponent we've encountered in recent years, so from the start, there's no need to test them, just go all out, do you understand?" Gao Touli, contrary to his usual behavior, asked Hainan to take the game seriously from the start.
"Understood!" Hainan team members answered in unison
"Very good, our goal is--"
The loud voice of "17 consecutive championships" filled the Hainan locker room, and Gao Touli nodded with satisfaction.
Shohoku locker room
Akagi's upper body was naked, his muscles showing off his strength. His arms were crossed in front of his chest, and he was meditating with his eyes closed. "I have lost to Kainan for two consecutive years. This is the last year, and it is also the strongest year for us Xiangbei. We must defeat Kainan!" Akagi thought to himself.
Akagi was about to speak, but Mumu slowly said: "Finally, this day has finally come. To be honest, before the match with Hainan, I really felt excited and terrified. It was a kind of admiration for challenging the king. But this year, at this moment, I only feel excited. How do you feel?"
He turned his gaze to Mitsui and other veteran team members, and he saw the same expression on their faces: excitement of being eager to try, and determination to win.
Akagi couldn't help but look around at everyone: Mitsui, Mugure, Sakuragi, Kiyota, Hasegawa, Fukuda... Each of them is very capable, and now, they have come together like this. If such a group of people really come together, which team is invincible?
As the captain, Akagi was not willing to fall behind. He took a deep breath and said, "People outside say that we are challengers, but I want everyone to remember that we are equal opponents to Hainan. We don't need to look up to them!"
Akagi stood up, and everyone stood up, putting their hands together:
"We are the strongest!"
"Oh, great, everyone is so motivated, let's make this a classic moment in Kanagawa basketball history. From this year on, this day of every year will be the coronation anniversary of the new king of Kanagawa, Shohoku. Let's go on the court and warm up!" Coach Anzai's pre-match mobilization was as concise as ever! After that, he led the Shohoku team to the court!
The stadium was even more excited than the third and fourth place finals.
In the Hainan audience stands, with the "Always Victorious" slogan as the center, the Hainan players who failed to make the roster for this game, as well as all the Hainan students who came to cheer for the team, gathered on one side of the stands - and the other side of the stands directly opposite them were all filled with people from Xiangbei. In addition to the few remaining players from the Xiangbei team who failed to make the roster today, there were also a considerable number of ordinary students.
Compared with Hainan, which has a deep foundation, the basketball atmosphere in Xiangbei is not very good, but the team's outstanding performance in the past two years has attracted a lot of attention to the basketball team. Therefore, when the basketball team entered the joint finals again this year, many students came to watch the game spontaneously, and under the guidance of several people who entered the venue early, they gradually gathered together and even formed a confrontation with the Hainan cheering group from a distance.
The Hainan players were the first to walk out of the player tunnel, and deafening cheers came from the stands!
“Hainan! Hainan! King Hainan!!”
"Always win! Always win! Hainan always wins!!"
"Amu! Emperor Mu!" Hainan's fans immediately cheered loudly.
Then, the Xiangbei players also came out
"Mitsui is handsome! Mitsui is awesome! Mitsui is the best!!!"
"Akagi! Akagi! Shohoku Pillar!" "Bang bang bang!!!"
"Kurogure MVP!!! Kourogure MVP!!!" Norika Mizuta, who came to help, was also shouting. Kourogure looked at his beautiful girlfriend in the stands, smiled and nodded.
The players of both teams warmed up. Unlike in the past, when Kiyota came to Shohoku, no one played funny before the game. Hainan was just like usual, shooting and layups casually, as if the game they faced was just an ordinary game. This is the king's demeanor. No matter how strong the opponent is, they will deal with it with a normal heart.
Xiangbei seemed a little excited, dunking repeatedly. Kiyota also wanted to dunk. Mumu called him: Kiyota, wait a minute, whispered something, Kiyota nodded repeatedly, turned around and rushed to Hainan's half. At the same time, Mumu also moved, picked up a basketball, took a few steps forward, and threw it high. The basketball landed accurately near the free throw line of Hainan's half, then bounced and slid diagonally above the basket.
The Hainan people who were doing warm-up exercises were stunned, wondering what was going on. Then they saw a figure wearing a red No. 11 jersey rushing in, then rising from the ground, grabbing the basketball high in the air, and suddenly standing up, with a tomahawk dunk, slamming the basketball into the basket.
After Qingtian landed from the basket, he grabbed the basketball he had just used and walked back to Xiangbei's half. When he passed by the people of Hainan, he just said lightly: "Nothing special, I just said hello."
Everything that happened just now happened in just ten seconds. Even the other people in Xiangbei didn't react at all. Now they watched Kiyota Nobunaga walking back very calmly and pretentiously. Mitsui couldn't help but hold his forehead and said, "It's fine for Kiyota to provoke. But is it really okay for you to do the same, Murasakibara?"
Mu Mu smiled but said nothing, while Akagi said with a serious face: "You two are really a bit too arrogant... But I like it."
"Brother Mumur, why do you give this wild monkey a chance to show off instead of giving me, a genius, a chance to show off? No, I want one too." Such a lively occasion is naturally inseparable from the red-haired monkey
"Sakuragi, let me tell you, Kiyota was abandoned by Hainan, so I asked him to give Hainan a gift," Mugure explained.
"Oh, forget it. I am not the kind of person who will be abandoned."
"Who do you say is abandoned?" Qingtian retorted. The two monkeys started to quarrel. Akagi couldn't stand it and gave each of them a heavy punch before the two monkeys calmed down.
As a player from Hainan Junior High School, Qingtian is well known to many Hainan players. His dunk just now surprised the Hainan players.
"Okay, everyone, think about it, has Xiangbei done this in previous games? Why did he only do this to us, Hainan? It shows that he cares about us and wants to use this method to intimidate us. Doesn't this show that they are afraid of us?" Amu was also a little stunned, but soon he spoke
"That's right, Amu is right. Only the weak will try their best to show themselves." Amu's words swept away the shock that Qingtian had brought to the Hainan players just now.
"Well done, Amu." Gaotou nodded with satisfaction.
"Both teams' starting players enter the field" At this time, the referee reminded the players of both teams. The main players of both teams entered the field and stood in the center circle. The centers of both teams faced each other and half-crouched. The referee threw the ball into the air, and the game officially began!