Slam Dunk: Noon Sunshine

Chapter 323 A Halftime Accident
Sakuragi's self-confidence was hit, this is not a common thing, after all, the iron-headed baby!

The reason why coach Anxi gave up Sakuragi's rebounding ability and made him work hard to defend Wang Zhengyang was because of his obvious characteristics.

Confidence is Sakuragi's shining point, and it has advantages and disadvantages. First-class players like Xiandao and Zebei will feel powerless the more they understand Wang Zhengyang.

The second-tier players like Mu, Shenjin, and Zhu Xingda will also be affected by the strength revealed by Wang Zhengyang.

In other words, the more you know basketball, the more you will feel terrified. On the contrary, novices like Sakuragi don't have so many worries.

Most importantly, Sakuragi's mobility is very flexible at his height.

You can keep up with Wang Zhengyang's footsteps and change to Akagi. Even if you have more experience than Sakuragi, you can't defend Wang Zhengyang's breakthrough.

But now Xiaobai Sakuragi is gradually becoming an old fritter, and certain problems are becoming more and more clear.

For example, Wang Zhengyang's attack just now seemed to be just a change in footsteps, but Sakuragi just didn't keep up, and was scored cleanly!
At that moment, Sakuragi didn't know what was going on in his mind, and the figures of Zebei, Xiandao and even Rukawa Kaede began to emerge.

"This ball, they should be able to keep up with Wang Zhengyang's rhythm!"

Sakuragi's judgment is correct, the others may be able to keep up with the rhythm, but it doesn't mean they can defend against it!

Sakuragi was a little lost, but Rukawa Feng was not. Xiangbei's last attack in the first half was in the hands of the little fox!
Mitsui began to move tacitly, even if he couldn't get the ball, it could still involve Lingnan's defense.

In the left area outside Lingnan's three-point line, Rukawa Kaede faced Xiandao with the ball.

Rukawa Kaede, who was dribbling with his right hand, quickly switched the basketball to his left hand, took small steps forward, lowered his center of gravity, and made a breakthrough attempt!
At this time, Mitsui led the defensive players and ran behind Xiandao. Xiandao, who had all five senses on the court, naturally felt the commotion behind him, but he was unmoved!
He firmly believed that Rukawa Kaede would only attack by himself, so facing the forward pressure of the little fox, Xiandao did not retreat but advanced, defending closely!
Rukawa Feng's movements came to a slight pause, and he took the initiative to open the distance between the two with a retreat step and dribble.

"Do you want to pay back with a sudden shot?" Xiandao visually estimated Rukawa Feng's position, which happened to be one step away from the three-point line.

If it was Wang Zhengyang, Xiandao would press again without hesitation, because he knew that his teammates had the ability to score from this distance.

But Rukawa Kaede...

But before Xiandao could take any action, Rukawa Feng suddenly accelerated his dribble and retreated towards the top of the arc.

"Oh?" Xiandao immediately moved sideways, and then slammed into a mountain of meat.

It turned out that it was Daisuke Hirakawa who took the initiative to move up and cover at a high position, perfectly blocking Immortal Dao.

And Rukawa Kaede took the opportunity to suddenly go near the free throw line, and before Fukuda made a block, he threw the basketball in with one hand!

Mingjin retreated in the first half.

Xiangbei is temporarily behind Lingnan at 47:54.

The super high number of rounds brings high scores, and the abandonment of defensive tactics temporarily makes the scores of the two teams almost the same.

Rukawa Kaede's score this time is extremely critical, controlling the point difference between the two teams to about seven points, which keeps the Xiangbei players in a good psychological state.

If the score is drawn in the first half, then the second half is destined to be a fierce battle!
in the player tunnel.

Sakuragi followed behind the big team with heavy footsteps, and was out of tune with the other people who were obviously relieved.

"Damn it!" Suddenly, Sakuragi beat the wall of the aisle with his fist, which attracted the attention of all his teammates.

"You enter the locker room!" Akagi showed the authority of the captain, shouted off the others, and stayed alone to face the dejected Sakuragi.

"Gorilla..." Looking up at Akagi, the red-haired monkey blamed himself quite a bit.

"You are doing very well, Sakuragi!" Akagi's broad palm patted Sakuragi's back.

"You don't need to comfort me!" Sakuragi shook her head, expressing that she clearly understood the gap with Wang Zhengyang.

"Hehe!" Seeing Sakuragi like this, Akagi decided to change the angle.

"You know? In terms of rebounding ability alone, you have surpassed me!"

"Huh?" Sakuragi's ears perked up, he was always very sensitive to this kind of information.

"You are now the well-deserved rebounding king!" Akagi's words came from the heart, and Akagi recognized Sakuragi's rebounding ability.

"But, gorilla." Sakuragi was obviously still a little annoyed by his performance.

"Haha, why do you want to compare with that monster?" Akagi smiled heartily.

"Remember, what you want to defeat is never others, but yourself! Don't you claim to be a genius?"

"Am I a genius?" Sakuragi muttered to himself, the persistence in her heart collapsed.

"Of course, from the first moment I saw you, I had a premonition that you would be the savior of the basketball team!" This is when Akagi started talking nonsense.

"Savior?" Sakuragi's eyes finally began to light up, and the simple little bull would eat this.

"Yes, we need your strength!" Akagi grabbed Sakuragi's shoulders with both hands, and stared at Sakuragi with wide eyes.

Being stared at by an orangutan, Sakuragi's breath became heavier, and the light in his eyes became more intense.

"Leave it to me, Yingmu Huadao, I am a man who never gives up!"

Finally, Sakuragi declared victory to Akagi.

"Hey, cheer up! Especially you, Rukawa Kaede, don't hold me back in the second half!"

"Big idiot!"

Seeing Sakuragi enter the locker room aggressively, Akagi finally heaved a sigh of relief, and started to enter the locker room.

"Senior Akagi!" But at this moment, a nervous voice sounded.

"Uh, it's Caizi! What's wrong?" Akagi looked at the sweaty Caizi suspiciously.

"Senior!" Caizi glanced at the locker room first, and then whispered, "Coach, he's not feeling well, and I'm afraid he won't be able to show up for the second half!"

"What?" Akagi was shocked, and then asked nervously, "How is the coach?"

It's no wonder that Akagi was nervous, because of the butterfly effect, Coach Anzai's old illness relapsed, and it didn't break out until Akino Kunti.

This is why he declined to be the coach of the Kanagawa team, not long from now.

"It's still an old problem, so I can only stay in the infirmary!" Caizi said in a low voice.

"I'm going to take a look!" Akagi heard this, and immediately turned around and rushed to the infirmary.

"Wait a minute!" But Caizi grabbed the jersey tightly.

"The coach told you not to worry, and concentrate on preparing for the second half of the game!"

"How is this possible, I must go and see!"

"Senior, do you know the location of the infirmary?"

"........."

In the end, Akagi, who calmed down, also understood that the coach didn't let them visit him at this time, just not to add burden to everyone.

Pushing open the door and entering the locker room, looking at the noisy teammates, Akagi didn't know how to speak for a while.

(End of this chapter)