At the end of the first half, although Xiangbei was behind, the score difference between the two teams was not big. After all, Xiangbei's five players were not much different. However, there was also a problem. Rukawa Kaede was determined to become the number one high school student in the island country. When facing Eiji Zeki, who now has the first high school student, he naturally had a strong attack in his heart. Unfortunately, after Eiji Rukawa Kaede used his three axes, he began to be more restricted by Eiji Zeki, and overall he was obviously at a disadvantage.

Takaki Akagi is also a proud master. When facing Masashi Kawada, who is known as the first center, he also started his personal offensive mode. Unfortunately, he was not only frustrated but also frustrated.

In the second half, the situation changed even more, and Shanwang Industry used its own trump card - the whole game was pressing.

The full-game pressing is a relatively simple basketball tactic. It looks very simple, but it is difficult to perform. In addition to the cooperation between teammates, each position also needs to have good follow-up and defensive abilities. It is these two conditions that directly lead to the fact that only Shanwang can use this move in the National High School League.

It is very simple to say that if you want to break the game's tight pressing tactic. The first is to have strong personal ability to break the ball. Unfortunately, the five players in Xiangbei have outstanding personal strength, but those with personal ability to break the ball are Rukawa Kaede, Mitsui Shou and Miyagi. Their opponents have strong defensive abilities. With close cooperation and follow-up defense, they often can't even catch the ball, and even if they grab the ball, they often break twice. The second team without the ball picks up and breaks each other, allowing the defenders to quickly transfer the basketball and use close cooperation to break the game's tight pressing. Unfortunately, the five players in Xiangbei are matched.

It took a few months to get together. Although they know each other well, they only know that their people are watching the defense. The cooperation of the five players can only be considered ordinary. The third is that the high center forward needs the ball to respond sideways in the center circle, and the defender must be quick and accurate when passing the ball. People with strong dribbling ability should advance quickly in the backcourt. If the opportunity is not good in the frontcourt, they must stabilize and play slowly. When encountering someone with a pinch, the pass should be fast and the high center forward raises the ball to respond sideways. Unfortunately, although Takuen Akagi is tall, Masashi Kawada is not much different. As for Miyagi, he was suppressed by Fukuto.

In addition, the five people encountered the pressing of the whole audience for the first time. Without any experience, they naturally became subconsciously nervous. How could there be other thoughts in their minds?

So in the first few minutes of the second half, Xiangbei was completely beaten by Shanwang, and the score difference between the two sides became larger and larger until the score was widened to 60-36. He lost a full 24 points. If he was a normal person, the morale of the players would be completely suppressed, but the five Xiangbei people were all rebellious guys, and their momentum increased in adversity. It can also be said that the legendary protagonist Xiaoqiang halo burst out.

The first one was Mitsui Shou. After being consumed by Ichinokura in the first half, the Little Universe exploded when the team encountered the greatest difficulties, and used a crazy three-pointer strategy. He started to use the three-pointer tactic, but as a result, he made nine out of ten three-pointers. The only missed result was Sakuragi who grabbed the rebound and then made the Mitsui on the spot, and there was also the only four-pointer in the game.

Sakuragi first fought against Nobian in the first half, then competed with Kokawada for strength, and used sports power to defeat him. In the second half, he jumped up and landed with all his might and rushed at full speed, jumping three times in a row to grab rebounds. He learned how to make a tip-in with Okawada, and then injured his back and buzzed with Kokawada, Gazeki, and Rukawa gave him a buzzer ball. Matsumoto was watching Sakuragi's shot and made a hit. As a result, Matsumoto Nian said that the traitor of the Sanwang was said.

As for Rukawa Kaede after his playing style was seen through by Eiji Zeki and suffered consecutive setbacks, he began to pay attention to the importance of teamwork, which is also the meaning that Coach Anxi wants to convey. After changing his mindset, Rukawa successfully broke through the Zeki defense line, organized the offense of the entire team, and chased the wind.

In the end, Takaki Akagi, who was once frustrated by Yamatoda, began to be willing to be a green leaf, no longer singles for personal honors, but only seek final victory.

It has to be said that when all the Xiangbei players were almost on the verge of despair, Sakuragi carried the hopes of all off-field players on the court, betting on his reputation. When he stood on the rostrum and issued a victory preview, he was a desperate fight and a shout for victory that could not be defeated. Sakuragi had never been so expected. At that moment, the off-field players in Xiangbei placed their hopes on not the pillar gorilla captain or the ace super newcomer Rukawa Kaede, but a super layman who treated basketball as a carpenter and a carpenter as a basketball four months ago.

"What you mentioned about basketball is useless to me, because I am just a layman!"

It was this sentence that revitalized the morale of the team. The super layman Hanamichi Sakuragi became the spiritual pillar of Xiangbei with his powerful aura of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers! It confirmed the exclamation that coach Tiangang gave in his heart when he first visited Sakuragi, "Who knows what will become in two or three years?"

It is precisely because of these aspects that Xiangbei will defeat Shanwang with a score of 79 to 78 in the end.

At the moment when the dust settled, the high-fives between Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede were even more cited as a classic story by comic fans.

However, although Xiangbei defeated Shanwang, it does not mean that Xiangbei is stronger than Shanwang. I am afraid that no matter which comic fan you are, you can see the gap between the two teams. Compared with the players' personal strength, Shanwang has the advantage. Compared with the team cooperation, Shanwang still has the advantage, which can be seen intuitively.

Perhaps the reason why Shanwang will fail is not only the explosion of the small universe among the five people in Xiangbei, but also the contempt brought by the big score in the second half. They may think that they are sure to win and are already retaining their strength to prepare for the next game.

In addition to subconsciously retaining physical strength, he did not pay enough attention to the players' mentality. Of course, this is normal for the unknown team for the Sanwang who stood at the top. The head coach Domoto never felt the threat of losing, so he quickly let the novice Kokata come on the court to practice, instead of changing to the powerful and experienced Matsumoto Nian.

Coach Domoto was careless, while Coach Anxi on the other side was quite experienced, which fully demonstrated the importance of the team coach. In addition, Sakuragi's multiple dunks in the game and Mitsui's three-point explosions have greatly increased morale, including Rukawa Kaede's performance after recognizing the gap between himself and Sendo, which led to the twists and turns of the game.

Of course, there is another last point, and this is the most important point, that is, Xiangbei's growth in the game caught Sanno off guard and could not find a suitable solution for a while. In terms of on-the-spot adaptability, coach Domoto lost completely.

After Xiangbei defeated the former national champion Sanno in the second round of the national competition. After entering the third round, he spent too much physical strength in the battle with Sanno and was injured in the back of Sakuragi, so the team suffered a crushing defeat and fell to Aihe Academy.

As for the final championship in the national competition, there is no such thing, and not many readers will care about it, because even if other teams win the championship, they are not well deserved.

The national competition in Xiangbei ended here, but actually winning Sanwang is equivalent to winning the national competition, so even comic fans don’t have many regrets, it’s just a pity.

After the national competition, Akagi and Mumu, who were in the third grade, chose to retire, but Mitsui Shou still stayed in the team and hoped to make up for the first two years to play more balls and prepare to participate in the winter season; as for Miyagi Ryoda, he became the captain and was in the limelight, but he still chased the team manager Akiko; Haruko successfully joined the basketball team and became the team manager; Rukawa Kaede did not go to the United States in the end, and after the national competition, he trained in the island nation youth selection team.

As for the protagonist, Sakuragi was recuperating in a sanatorium on the Shoko coast. When he was happily watching Haruko's letter at the beach, Rukawa ran to him along the sea, pulled out his coat to show Sakuragi the uniform of the island youth team inside, and successfully made Sakuragi so angry that he jumped up. Then the two of them faced the sea and blue sky together. At this time, the aunt from the sanatorium came out to ask Sakuragi to do rehabilitation exercises. Sakuragi said confidently, and once again expressed his motto - I am a genius!
Chapter completed!