Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

"Buri and Minowa were eliminated, Shohoku and Ryonan advanced, and Kanagawa has entered a new era. If Ryonan is slightly weaker, Shohoku is strong enough to challenge us. This will be a tough opponent. With 0.5 more places this year, the joint finals will be even more brutal." Shoyo coach frowned as he looked at the Shohoku players celebrating off the court.

"The score of this game doesn't mean much. But against such a team, Coach Anzai still dared to use rotation. Akagi and Mitsui both rested for more than five minutes in a row. Even if they were off the court, the situation was not at a disadvantage. Shohoku should not be underestimated. They have enough strength to shake our position with Shoyo." Hainan coach Gao Touli also had a serious look on his face.

"Coach, it's our turn to play," the Hainan players interrupted Gaotou's thoughts.

"Oh, Kawashima, you and Saijo take Muto, Takasago, and Kamiso Ichiro to the court. Fujita, Amu, and Hoshino, you three don't go on yet, let's study how to deal with Xiangbei." Although it was the quarterfinals, Hainan didn't take Tsukutake's strength seriously. He only sent the vice-captain Kawashima, another third-year point guard Saijo and Muto, two second-year students from Takasago, and the first-year Amu to the court.

"Hainan is really strong. Without the three trump cards, Tsukuba won't be able to take advantage." The Xiangbei players expressed their admiration for Hainan's strength.

Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and Jin Jiuwu called a timeout. Hainan led Jin Jiuwu by 28 points at 21:7. Jin Jiuwu was a little angry at first because Hainan did not play with all its main players, and used this momentum to start the game and beat Hainan 9:2. But Hainan is Hainan, and their years of kingly momentum have made them unperturbed by praise or criticism. Gaotou did not call a timeout, but relied on his own adjustments. He recovered the points difference and established a score advantage.

Compared to Kawasaki who was adjusting tactics. Takato said nothing, but encouraged the players, "Just play like this, Kawashima, you and Takasago control the rebounds in the paint. Tsukuba's three-pointer can't last the whole game. Control the rebounds and we will win. A-Shen, I see your efforts. I know you regard Mitsui Hisashi as your idol and have been practicing three-pointers. Everyone give A-Shen more balls. A-Shen, shoot freely." Although A-Shen was only a freshman at this time, his three-pointer had not yet been practiced to the state of being sophomore. But who doesn't like hard-working players? Takato wanted to train Kamiso Ichiro in this game.

"Amu, you just said that Xiangbei's trident has weaknesses. Keep talking." After instructing the team members, Gao Touli turned his head and continued to study the countermeasures against Xiangbei.

"I think Murasakibara is a breakthrough point. Among the three main players of Xiangbei, Murasakibara has played the longest time. And when Murasakibara was resting at the beginning of the second half, Takeshi took the opportunity to tie and overtake the score. Coach Anzai rotated Akagi and Mitsui. But he didn't dare to rotate Murasakibara easily. In this game, Murasakibara rested for less than three minutes. It can be seen that although Akagi and Mitsui's data are relatively impressive, Murasakibara is actually the most indispensable player of Xiangbei, and he has no good substitute. Once Murasakibara gets into trouble, Xiangbei's offense and defense will be a level weaker." Maki Shinichi expressed his opinion

"Coach, Amu is right." Hoshino and Fujita nodded at the same time.

"Very good, Amu, your analysis is excellent. I understand how to target Xiangbei. At the beginning of the second half, you three will go on the court and play for ten minutes to get a feel for it."

At the end of the first half, under Tsukutake's tenacious resistance, Hainan only led by 12 points, but with Hoshino, Amu, and Fujita coming on the court in the second half, Tsukutake truly experienced what it means to be a king. The three of them played for 10 minutes, and Hainan played a shock wave of 32:8. The score difference was immediately widened to 36 points. Tsukutake saw that there was no hope of winning, so he gave up the resistance. The two sides played the last ten minutes of the game calmly, and Hainan finally won 109:72 and entered the joint finals. As a result, the top four of the joint finals were officially formed, the two traditional strong teams in the county: Hainan and Shoyo. New challengers: Xiangbei and Ryonan! The joint finals will be held in a week.

"Everyone worked hard in today's game, so take a day off tomorrow. If you want to train, you can, mainly restorative training. Extensive training is not allowed, and you must pay attention to the combination of work and rest. Especially you guys," Coach Anzai pointed at Akagi, Murasakibara, and Mitsui.

"Well, that's great. Tomorrow is the first round of the county junior high school. Our match will be in the afternoon. Why don't you come and watch the debut match between this genius and Yohei. Yohei and I came here today, first, to watch your match, and second, to invite you to watch my match with Yohei."

"Is that so? Okay. We'll train a little in the morning, and we'll come over to cheer you up in the afternoon." Mu Mu nodded in agreement. He also wanted to see what kind of strength Sakuragi had in junior high school.

"I won't go. I still have to review my lessons." Akagi declined the invitation.

"Gorilla you——" Sakuragi was a little unhappy

"Sakuragi" Mugure grabbed Sakuragi and pulled him aside "Did you invite Haruko as well?"

"Yes," Sakuragi replied with a blush.

"If Akagi goes, do you think you will still have a chance to be alone with Haruko?" Mugure reminded

"Right, right, right." Sakuragi nodded repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice. "Brother Akagi, I was wrong just now. Studying is more important. I won't disturb your studies."

"If I have time, I will go to watch your game and see how you perform in actual combat." Having rejected Sakuragi directly just now, Akagi felt embarrassed.

After agreeing on a time with Shohoku, Sakuragi and Yohei were on their way back.

"Yohei, do your best in tomorrow's game."

"Sure!" Yohei nodded vigorously. Both of them were looking forward to tomorrow's game.

"Hey? Isn't this Yohei and Sakuragi?" Passing by a small steel ball shop, three people walked out and saw Sakuragi and Yohei.

"It's Takamiya, A Zhong and Danan, long time no see. You guys are playing marbles, why don't you come play with us?" Ever since Sakuragi and Yohei started playing basketball, we rarely see Takamiya and the other two.

"You two are both obsessed with basketball. You are no longer the same kind of people as us. As former friends, I wish you all the best. Don't bring shame to the former Sakuragi Army," said Danan.

"What do you mean we are not on the same path? We are former friends and we were once the Sakuragi Army. We are still good friends now. The Sakuragi Army will always be the Sakuragi Army and will never disband." Sakuragi Hanamichi corrected the three people's mistakes with a serious face.

"Sakuragi, Yohei" were deeply moved and said, "I thought you guys forgot about us because you were playing basketball."

"Silly boy, we will always be friends" Yohei also stepped forward

"Well, we'll always be friends!"

"Tomorrow is my first fight with Yohei, do you want to go and watch?"

"go"

"Okay, Yohei and I need to practice extra for tomorrow's game, so it's just right that you three can pick up the balls for me two."

"Okay, huh? No."

"No, no! Pick up the ball for me!" Sakuragi grabbed two people, and Yohei also grabbed another person.

"Let us go!" screams came