Do you still remember that summer? You played basketball tirelessly on the playground, thinking about the girl you liked.
But in a daze, that was already something from many years ago.
...
Can you believe that a national high school basketball league finals can attract 50,000 people to watch live?
That's right!
This is the scene of the finals between Shohoku and Sannoh!
When the Shohoku delinquent youth group, Sakuragi's group, and Rukawa's fan club entered the venue, they were completely shocked.
Because Shohoku's core cheerleading squad only has about two hundred people.
It's really hard for two hundred people to make a big splash in a venue with fifty thousand people.
Currently, the leader of the delinquent youth group in Shohoku is Takeshi Tokuda. Seeing so many spectators at the scene, Takeshi Tokuda was a little nervous, but he remained strong and calm, and shouted: "What are you afraid of? Today, our Mitsui-nii will definitely crush the Sannoh team!"
"That's right! Crush the Sannoh team!"
The delinquent youths of Shohoku roared in unison!
Immediately, a huge banner reading "The Man of Flames, Hisashi Mitsui!" was hung up!
The three Takamiya brothers hung up a huge banner with the title "Sakuragi Hanamichi the Genius".
Of course, the banner that reads "Rukawa, I love you!" will definitely be there too!
At this moment, some spectators pointed at the Shohoku cheerleaders and said, "Look everyone! It's the names of the Shohoku players!"
"Shohoku team is really strong! I've never heard of this team before, I never expected them to make it all the way to the finals!"
"Yeah! The biggest dark horse this year is Shohoku! They're amazing!"
"But our opponent is Sannoh Industrial, the three-time national champion! Can Shohoku handle it?"
"Although I don't know what the outcome will be, I hope that the Shohoku team can play with spirit and determination!"
"That's right! I also hope that the Shohoku team can play with full fighting spirit! I look forward to them breaking the undefeated myth of the Sannoh team."
The audience members were all talking at once, and surprisingly, many of them hoped to see Shohoku defeat Sannoh.
The reason is simple: rather than seeing strong teams crush weak teams, they prefer to see so-called "underdogs" create miracles.
After all, we are all just ordinary people. Although we cannot defy fate, we can still be inspired when we see others achieve great things.
Immediately, many spectators in the stadium shouted, "Go Shohoku!"
Coach Gao led the Hainan team to the competition venue.
Coach Taoka and the entire Ryonan team also arrived at the competition venue.
Seeing the Kanagawa team advance to the finals, the players from both Hainan and Ryonan were naturally very happy.
Kiyota Nobunaga couldn't help but shout, "Red-haired monkey! Go for it! Crush the Sannoh team! Don't embarrass Kanagawa! If you lose, you'll be a stinky red-haired monkey forever!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi happened to hear Kiyota Nobunaga's roar, and he responded domineeringly, "You wild monkey! If I win, you'll wash my stinky socks for a year! Do you dare?"
Kiyota Nobunaga was taken aback, then pretended not to understand and asked, "Huh? You mean you'll wash my smelly socks for a year? Oh dear, how could I possibly accept that?"
"Chirp!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi rolled his eyes.
Kiyota Nobunaga then made a face, as if to say, "Hmph, you red-haired monkey, you dare to mess with me? You're far from it!"
But I must say, it was really great to see the wild monkey Kiyota Nobunaga, the monkey boss Uozumi Jun, the middle-aged Maki, the handsome Jin, the Buddhist Sendoh, and the extremely proud and arrogant Fuku... at the finals!
Meihou Industrial, Aiwa Academy, Daiei Academy, Toyotama Team... Countless teams came to watch the game.
These former rivals of Shohoku are eagerly anticipating the final battle between Shohoku and the undefeated Sannoh team.
In the Shohoku team's locker room, Takenori Akagi called out loudly, "Everyone! Time's up! Are you all ready?"
The entire Shohoku team suddenly stood up, full of vigor and high spirits, and charged towards the battlefield!
At the same time, the Sannoh team also launched a full-scale attack!
When the Shohoku team and the Sannoh team appeared at the venue at the same time, a deafening roar of cheers erupted from the crowd.
After a brief warm-up, the match officially began.
Shohoku's starting lineup is:
Number 4, Takenori Akagi, third year student, 197cm tall, center.
Number 7, Ryota Miyagi, second year student, 168cm tall, point guard.
Number 10, Sakuragi Hanamichi, first year student, 189cm tall, power forward.
Number 11, Rukawa Kaede, first year student, 187cm tall, small forward.
Number 14, Mitsui Hisashi, third year student, 184cm tall, shooting guard.
The starting lineup for the Sannoh team is:
Number 4, Kazunari Fukatsu, third year student, 180cm tall, point guard.
Number 5, Masahiro Nobe, third year student, 198cm tall, center.
Number 7, Masashi Kawata, third year student, 194cm tall, center.
Number 8, Satoshi Ichinokura, third-year student, 171cm tall, guard.
Number 9, Eiji Sawakita, second year student, 188cm tall, small forward.
After the two teams took to the court, Sakuragi Hanamichi carefully observed each player on the Sannoh team. Then, he couldn't help but look around at the spectators and exclaimed, "A high school basketball league can attract 50,000 people to watch. This atmosphere is just amazing!"
In high schools here, not everyone needs to work hard for the college entrance examination.
If they play football well, they can become football stars.
If they play basketball well, they can become basketball stars.
The sports environment here is excellent; a national high school league has a total of 4,000 teams participating.
If you have the ability, you will definitely be discovered.
Unlike some places, where no matter how well you play football or basketball, if you don't have money, connections, or a background, you can never even get close to that circle in your entire life.
If everyone in that circle were dragged in and executed, perhaps some of them would be innocent.
But if they line up and execute every other one, there will inevitably be some who slip through the net!
Sudden!
Sakuragi Hanamichi slapped himself: "Damn it! Why was I thinking about all this? It's such a downer!"
The members of the Sannoh team looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw Sakuragi Hanamichi slap them across the face for no apparent reason.
What is this red-haired Sakuragi Hanamichi doing?
Slapping yourself in the face to calm down because you're nervous?
What a strange person!
"drop!"
The referee blew his whistle, signaling that the match was about to begin.
The basketball was tossed high into the air by the referee.
The competition has officially begun.
At the same time, Takenori Akagi and Masashi Kawata, both in the center circle, touched the basketball in mid-air.
The basketball bounced upwards again due to the combined force of the two large hands.
Immediately, Mitsui Hisashi and Ichinokura Satoshi also jumped up and fought for the ball in the air, but neither of them managed to get it, and the basketball bounced away again.
Just then!
A fiery red figure appeared out of nowhere!
It's Sakuragi Hanamichi!
Sakuragi Hanamichi unleashed an astonishing leaping ability, snatching the basketball in mid-air.
"Good fields! Charge!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi yelled and passed the basketball to Miyagi Ryota.
Shohoku team, launch an attack!