The Road to Stardom: Start as a Slam Dunk Master

"It feels like the super rookie in Xiangbei was beaten to death by our Lin Dongjun! I saw him not saying a word after he sat on the bench. I just saw coach Anxi comforting him."

"Isn't this normal?" Ito Taku laughed and said, "Lin Dongjun, attack more in the second quarter. Let them see our opening show today with 100 points. It will definitely be on the front page of tomorrow's Basketball Weekly. I’m so excited just thinking about it!”

Lin Dong smiled.

100 points in a single game was indeed front-page news, but it was just a prefectural competition under the jurisdiction of Japanese high school basketball. This so-called 'fame' was far from enough to attract the attention of the Dragon Country basketball community. .

It's not because scoring 100 points in a single game isn't awesome, it's just because it's limited by level.

It's meaningless, why is it necessary? Just to be in a newspaper that you never even read?

"I won't play in the second quarter." Lin Dong said with a smile: "Xiangbei is not weak. I think it is very suitable for everyone to practice."

Fujima nodded: "That's what I mean too. There are many stronger teams waiting for us to conquer in the national competition. If we get used to relying on Lin Dongjun in the county competition, it will not do any good to Xiangyang's overall improvement."

He turned to look at Nagano Mitsuru: "Nagano, you can replace Lin Dongjun in the second quarter."

With that said, he looked at Ito Zhuo again: "Ito, I'll play the second quarter, you rest."

"Senior Fujima, are you going?"

Everyone was a little surprised. Xiangyang was now leading by a big score. Even if Lin Dong was replaced, Fujima didn't seem to have the need to go up immediately.

Fujima Keyji took off his coat.

"Sitting on the sidelines is because we need to win and need a coach to observe changes on the court at all times to control the rhythm of the game."

"But now it seems there is no need for that. With Lin Dongjun here, Xiangyang has a guarantee to deal with all situations, and no longer needs an amateur coach like me."

Fujima Keyji laughed: "Don't forget, I also like basketball!"

Yes, seeing Lin Dong's performance like that, anyone who likes basketball will have blood boiling with eagerness to try.

Teng Zhen felt that maybe he was not the only one who felt this way.

Including Mu Shenyi, Xiandao and the others who are sitting in the stands at this time... Haha, their opponents are probably going to be unlucky today.

"Seriously sitting for three periods?" Hana Xingtou made a little joke with Lin Dong.

"Clocking out is what everyone wants." Lin Dong said with a smile: "It's not absolute, right? The score difference is 30 points now. If Xiangbei is pulled below the 20-point score difference... I will play."

The main players who were smiling just now were slightly startled, and then they all showed expressions that didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"Caught up by Xiangbei? Who are you looking down on!"

"Even if Lin Dongjun said this, I can't bear it!"

"You'd better sit down!"

We are the main force of Xiangyang. Even Fujima-senpai, one of the Kanagawa twins, has played. If we are caught up by Shohoku by 10 points after half a game, then we should just shut ourselves down together. We can't afford to lose this person!

"Haha!" Tengzhen stretched out his hand, with enthusiasm and energy on his face that was completely different from the calmness when he was sitting on the bench: "Then let's make a gentleman's agreement, I will let you sit for these three quarters!"

It was just a joke, and several of the main players responded with laughter, but when they turned their heads and prepared to play, their eyes burned with a fiercer fighting spirit than in the first quarter.

How could he be looked down upon by Lin Dongjun?

superior!

Shh!

With the referee's whistle, the second quarter of the game between the two sides began.

Probably because Lin Dong didn't come out, Xiangbei also made corresponding personnel adjustments.

Rukawa Kaede came back on the field and replaced the substitute Kimugue Kimibu, and the starting five tigers in Shohoku gathered together again.

As for Shoyo, Kenji Fujima, Toru Hanagata, Shoichi Takano, Mitsuru Nagano, and Kazushi Hasegawa are exactly the main lineup of Shoyo in the comics of another world.

Xiangyang's side came on the stage with murderous intent, but Xiangbei's side seemed to have a lot of murderous intent as well.

It can be seen that Coach Anzai explained a lot to them just now, and Rukawa Kaede, who appeared again, the anger, despair and other emotions in his eyes have completely disappeared, turning into a colder look than before.

It should be in good condition.

Lin Dong thought so.

Sitting on the sidelines watching the game is completely different from the feeling of being on the court.

Frankly speaking, although Xiangyang had previously emphasized movement and various tactical training in the team's training, in Lin Dong's eyes, tactics were still out of the question.

Maybe Fujima has no problem understanding various tactical theories, but after all, he is only at the high school level, and Xiangyang's team does not have the execution ability to fully implement various tactics.

The movement is okay, but only to the extent of simple space pulling.

This is not only the case in Xiangyang, but also in Xiangbei.

This is why he can easily see through Shohoku's passing line and prevent Rukawa Kaede from even touching the ball.

It's not because of how smart or calculating one is, but because the two parties' understanding of basketball and techniques and tactics are simply not on the same level.

Compared with the differences in each other's skills, physical fitness, etc., this aspect may be the biggest gap between Japan's high school basketball and our own...

The two teams on the field quickly entered the game.

Takenori Akagi began to show the power of a traditional center, and when facing off against the flower shape under the basket, it was basically a state of mutual explosion.

In terms of technique, Toru Hanagata is slightly better, but the collision of forces at the basket is more important, so overall, Takenori Akagi is still better.

Hasegawa's defense put Mitsui Hisashi into physical exhaustion, but perhaps because of Lin Dong's dismissal, he saw an opportunity to catch up again. In the face of adversity, Mitsui Hisashi became another trump card of Shohoku.

In the second quarter, Hasegawa's three unreasonable three-pointers without defensive position became the biggest contributor to Shohoku's ability to close the score.

Takano's skills were obviously superior to Hanamichi Sakuragi's, but the matchup between the two quickly ended with Takano's defeat.

On the offensive end, neither of them had any outstanding performance, but on the defensive end, Sakuragi Hanamichi's two steals and consecutive rebounds began to push Takano to the ground and become a key point for Shohoku to start to catch up in the second quarter.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's growth rate is so fast that even Lin Dong is a little concerned about it.

Without the constraints of the comic plot, Sakuragi Hanamichi seems to be growing faster...

This is not only due to his physical talent that is not inferior to his own, but also Sakuragi Hanamichi's intuition for basketball.

This is real intelligence and talent. This guy is not just physically gifted.

My opinion when I first met Sakuragi Hanamichi in the Mito bathhouse was not wrong. If he didn't give up basketball, his future growth attributes might really be unique in Japan.

If they hadn't been placed in Zone B, if they hadn't met their own Xiangyang in the quarter-finals in advance...this Xiangbei team might have been able to defeat Hainan and Lingnan now and advance to the national competition.

There's not much to say about the defender.

Fujima's strength is higher than Miyagi Ryota.

The speed and athletic ability of each other are similar, but Fujima is only slightly better in organization and field control ability, but the height of 178 cm vs. 167 cm directly determines the outcome of the matchup.

Over there, the points Mitsui Hisashi recovered from Hasegawa were basically half that Fujima recovered from Miyagi Ryota.

After the return of Rukawa Kaede lost the constraints of Lin Dong, he also regained his position from the words of coach Anzai, and finally played to the level of an ace.

Nagano basically gave it away. He succeeded in a single, and Nagano made a fast break with a steal, and a three-pointer at the end of the second quarter, scoring 7 points.

The Rukawa Meimei duo in the stands finally burst into tears and regained their ashes...

At the end of the second quarter, 68:43, Xiangbei recovered 5 points.

Lin Dong has been observing Xiangyang's changes and strengths and weaknesses. In this quarter, Xiangbei played well, but Xiangyang did not fully show his true strength.

Although Xiangbei has evolved ahead of schedule, this Xiangyang is actually stronger than the Xiangyang in the comics.

Strong in overall physical fitness and mentality, there are two main reasons why we are still chasing points.

First, being too obsessed with not letting Xiangbei catch up within 20 points made Xiangyang appear a little impatient on both offense and defense.

Secondly, Fujima was benched for the entire first quarter, which prevented him from quickly finding his touch when he came on the field. The 5 points he was overtaken by Shohoku were also lost at that time, and were even recovered at one time. 7 points.

But when Fujima recovers, compared with Shohoku, who has evolved in advance, they will be in a relatively balanced state.

During the halftime break, several of the main players were a little out of breath, but their emotions were getting higher and higher.

"Rukawa Kaede seems to have recovered. There may be an explosion in the second half. Hanagata, be careful to switch defenses against him and don't let him gain momentum." Fujima explained.

"good."

"That No. 10 from Xiangbei is so strong... Even though he is shorter than me, he can't rebound the ball well at all."

"Misui Hisashi's touch is showing. This guy's shooting is completely unreasonable and has obviously blocked his field of vision..." Hasegawa was a little depressed: "They also said that he would be limited to less than 5 points."

"Don't mention your 5 points. I get a headache when I hear 5 points... They actually caught up with 5 points in one quarter."

"Come on, if we are overtaken by 5 points, I can see the heroic figure of my Lin Dong again!" Ishihara Yuya looked like a smile on his face, and he didn't know whether he was really looking forward to it or teasing them.

Then several people glanced at Lin Dong, who had an innocent face, and suddenly felt his face flush a little. Even Teng Zhen couldn't help coughing twice this time.

"Damn it, can you guys tolerate this?!" Hasegawa asked the other people with blazing fire in his eyes.

"Fuck!" Takano Shoichi wanted to find a piece of cloth and tie it on his forehead.

Nagano clenched his fist: "Fight them!"

Lin Dong laughed. Xiangbei, who had been saving for a long time, should have a small explosion in the second half, but now it seems that Xiangyang is also in the state.

Such a match should be much more interesting than a one-sided match.

I was impulsive. It seems that there was an update of 8,000 today. Friends, come and count the votes to encourage me.