After Yang Jian returned to Kanagawa from vacation, he went to school for a few more days and took the final exam of Shohoku High School. Not only did he not fail the class, his grades were also excellent, ranking third in the class overall.
Yang Jian did not study seriously and even took two long vacations. However, his IQ was too high and casual study was enough to cope with the exam.
According to school regulations, those who fail 4 subjects cannot participate in the national competition. Sakuragi Hanamichi, a poor student, failed 7 subjects and even scored 9 points in mathematics.
Rukawa Kaede, Miyagi Ryota, and Mitsui Hisaya failed more than four subjects, so they had no choice but to ask the teacher for a make-up exam opportunity under the leadership of Takenori Akagi.
Yang Jian was one of the top students in the Xiangbei team. He was called by Akagi to help Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi make up lessons. It was more convenient for Yang Jian to help two first-year students. He found that this make-up exam was not difficult at all.
The school gave the green light to the four of them. The test questions remained the same as those for the final semester. The students only had to memorize the correct answers.
If they can't do this, it's purely because of their intelligence. In fact, the four of them are not stupid, they just don't like to learn.
After one night of surprise training, four people successfully passed the test.
The school is on summer vacation, and the players from Shohoku have to conduct a week-long training camp for the national competition 10 days later. The opponent in the friendly match is Changcheng High School of the Shizuoka Prefecture team, arranged by Coach Anzai.
Another consultant teacher led the team to Shizuoka Prefecture. Sakuragi Hanamichi stayed, and coach Anzai wanted to give him special shooting training. Yang Jian also stayed, and went on a holiday date in Kanagawa. He went to the gym for a while every day to guide Sakura.
Wood shooting technique.
Yang Jian's time in the arena was short, but he was the most important person to Sakuragi. Because he gave financial support to Sakuragi's legion, allowing them money to buy videotapes, and even treated everyone to a big meal after training.
After eating well, Sakuragi's physical strength can naturally keep up, and he doesn't have to exploit the money his four friends earned from part-time work.
Yang Jian also gave Sakuragi another pair of basketball shoes. He exercised too much and the first pair of shoes were worn out. What Yang Jian didn't lack most was money, but he only had a headache how to spend all the money before leaving. In other matters
In people's eyes, he is a super loyal elder brother.
With Yang Jian here, Mito Yohei and others don't need to work part-time to earn travel expenses before going to Hiroshima to support their friends in the national competition. Yang Jian said that the travel expenses for them, Haruko Akagi and her best friend are all covered, which is a joke.
They often ate together, and Yang Jian discovered that Qingzi had a crush on Sakuragi. The two spent more and more time together, but they didn't confess their feelings. At first, Qingzi could teach Sakuragi how to lay up, so it made sense for the two to meet frequently. Now,
Sakuragi no longer needs Haruko's teaching, she still likes to stay close to Sakuragi.
In fact, she was attracted to Sakuragi who worked hard and liked to see him become stronger.
Haruko and Rukawa Kaede didn't exchange a few words in total, and they didn't chat much with other people in the team. Apart from her brother, she was the closest to Sakuragi. Sakuragi joined the Shohoku team because of her, and she was proud of it. She
There is no restraint when facing Sakuragi. This way of getting along will most likely lead to them being together.
Sakuragi has shooting talent. After only practicing for a week, his mid-range shooting percentage has become relatively stable. Although he can only catch the ball and shoot jumpers without interference, this will greatly improve his tactical role.
After Akagi Takenori started school in April, he practiced high-level mid-range shooting under Yang Jian's suggestion. As a result, his shooting rate is not as high as Sakuragi's now. This is the talent gap. Miyagi Ryota is even worse. Yang Jian wonders if this guy has any.
Practice is almost the same as before. He can occasionally hit an open mid-range shot, but his performance mainly relies on breakthroughs and does not want to make progress.
In the manga, in the first game against Toyotama High School, coach Anzai actually sent Yasuda Yasharu and Miyagi Ryota as double defenders to catch up with the score. Sakuragi took a long break before returning to the court.
How Shohoku defended Toyotama's offense is a mystery. The explanation given by the manga is that Yasuda controlled the rhythm of the game and fell into position. In fact, it was probably Toyotama's players who were knocked down by coach Anzai during the positional battle.
Of course, it doesn't matter if they can't practice shooting well. With Yang Jian leading them, they can play some role. It doesn't matter if Miyagi Ryota doesn't play the whole game, the team doesn't need his breakthrough at all.
Entering August, the national competition is about to begin, and the group draws have been decided. A total of 59 teams will participate.
The Hainan team's overall record in the two games was better than that of Xiangbei and became the fifth seed in the competition. The fourth seed was Luoan Middle School in Kyoto. In the comics, the two teams were the 4th and 5th seeds. Now the positions have been reversed.
If neither team is upset, they will meet in the quarterfinals in the lower half on the left.
The No. 2 seed team in the lower half on the right is Meito Industrial Co., Ltd. from Aichi Prefecture. This area is concentrated with a large number of strong teams. This is probably the reason why Meito failed to reach the finals despite having Shigehiro Mori in the manga.
The upper half on the right is the No. 3 seed team Hakata Shoudai. This half is the least introduced in the comics, and the strengths and weaknesses of each team are completely unknown. But according to the cartoonist's introduction, Hakata should be the final champion.
Shohoku's performance in the qualifiers was extremely eye-catching, but like Osaka's Daiei Academy, they could only draw lots to meet the seeded teams early. Under the leadership of the core Tsuchiya Jun, Daiei Academy defeated Toyotama High School when they qualified.
Perhaps the organizers of the competition don't want Sanno Industries to win three consecutive championships. There are many strong teams in the upper left half where the top seed is, including the top 8 Toyotama High School in the last competition, the top 4 Aiwa Academy, and the upstart Shohoku.
The matchup situation in Xiangbei was exactly the same as in the comics. The county competition championship did not make their schedule better. It was said that it was a draw, but no one in Xiangbei came to draw. This was obviously a matchup deliberately arranged by the organizer.
With this kind of schedule, Yang Jian can only say that Sanno Industrial is too unlucky and will be eliminated in the second round. This format is in line with his wishes. If the opponents are all unknowns, then it will be pointless to torture them.
The teammates were not surprised when they saw that our team was going to face Sanno Industries in the second round. Their confidence was high after the prefectural competition.
On the train to Hiroshima, everyone was chatting about their opponents. Toyotama High School's power forward Minori Kishimoto came all the way to look for trouble. It was a pleasant surprise.
Kishimoto hugged Konobu Kigure's neck from behind and said angrily: "You only mention Sanno and Aiwa, do you think Toyotama is a subpar team?"
Yang Jian waved his hand and said with a smile: "Are you from Fengyu? I'm sorry, I'm not targeting you. In my opinion, all the teams on this list are happy."
"What did you say?" Kishimoto was furious. Just as he was about to cause trouble at the Shohoku Elite Center, he was stopped by the coach who was chasing him.
Yang Jian smiled and said: "You are in the third grade, right? This must be your last game. Believe me, you won't want to play basketball anymore after this."
Aida Hiko provided information about Toyotama High School to the Shohoku team, focusing on Kishimoto. His flamboyant character and arrogant attitude are annoying. After reading the report on Yang Jian and Shohoku in "Basketball Weekly", he still
Dare to speak nonsense. Yang Jian doesn't mind crushing him to death as casually as crushing an ant.
Yang Jian didn't have a good impression of Fengyu's "ace killer". He was disgusting when he couldn't defeat someone who resorted to dirty tricks. The little awakening plot in the comics couldn't clear his name at all.
There are three major competitions in Japanese high school basketball: the Summer National Competition, the Autumn National Sports Competition, and the Winter Trials. The most important of them, known as the supreme honor in the high school basketball world, is to win the Summer National Competition.
Each team arrived in Guam one after another and checked into the hotel. In the afternoon, the players gathered in the arena to take the oath. When leaving the arena, the Hainan players, led by Mu Shenyi, greeted the Xiangbei players and made an appointment to meet in the semifinals.
At this time, Feng Yu's people came to find trouble again, saying that "a corner of the top four has collapsed."
The people in Hainan were too lazy to argue with them, and looked at them with a bit of pity in their eyes. Mu Shen smiled and said: "It's so pitiful. We met Xiangbei in the first game. Will the coach never show you the game video?"
Yang Jian was silent on the side, but someone took the initiative to talk to him. "Ace Killer" Nan Lie said to him: "I have read your news reports, and I will keep an eye on you. Whoever is stronger will see the real results tomorrow. We basketball players
No matter whether you win or lose, you must fight without any regrets."
Yang Jian smiled and didn't reply, only glanced at Nan Lie. Poor little Japan, I will make your high school career full of regrets. It's a pity that after the world restarts, you have no memory.