Sakuragi Hanamichi, the "Master of Dunking," has finally made his move!
However, this time Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't have a basketball in his hand; instead, he slapped Nan Lie on the head with his palm.
When Nan Lie performs a difficult lever maneuver in the air, his body is in a slightly unbalanced state. Normally, he would have to carefully stabilize his body when he lands.
When Sakuragi Hanamichi's powerful palm strike landed on Nan Lie's head, Nan Lie completely lost his balance and crashed heavily to the ground.
Fortunately, when Nan Lie landed, his arms made a protective movement, so that his arms hit the ground first, protecting his head. Otherwise, Nan Lie would probably have been carried into the infirmary by now.
"Referee, you have to be my witness! You were standing right next to me and saw it clearly. I shot to block the ball from his hands... I shot at the ball, not his head... He insisted on sticking his head under my hand..."
Ignoring the murderous glares from the Toyotama players, Sakuragi Hanamichi instead grabbed the referee's arm with a wronged expression, asking the referee to testify on his behalf.
The referee felt a chill run down his spine, and cursed inwardly, "You want me to be your witness? Are you out of your mind, you redhead?"
The referee was in a dilemma at that moment.
At first glance, Sakuragi Hanamichi did not seem to commit a malicious foul; it appeared to be a complete accident, just as he himself said.
But since Nan Lie was lying on the ground, there had to be an explanation.
The referee called a foul on Sakuragi Hanamichi, but did not eject him from the game for the malicious foul.
When Nan Lie sat up from the ground, his head was still buzzing.
At this moment, Nan Lie seemed to understand why Mitsui Hisashi reacted that way after he bumped into him. It turned out that he had met a kindred spirit!
Nan Lie stared at Sakuragi Hanamichi with a dark expression.
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked aggrieved and feigned concern, saying, "Are you alright? I really didn't mean to."
Nan Lie snorted coldly, a wicked smile flashing across his face, and said, "So, is this the start of a war?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi pretended not to understand Nan Lie's meaning, feigning a confused expression, and asked in return, "What are you talking about? This is a basketball game!"
Nan Lie stared intently into Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes and threatened viciously, "Kid, since you want to play like this, then you can wait to be carried off the field!"
Sudden!
Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly grabbed the referee's arm again, pointed at Nan Lie in a panic, and said in a trembling voice, "Referee, he, he threatened me!"
Nan Lie's expression froze instantly!
It has to be said that Sakuragi Hanamichi's acting was a bit over-the-top.
The referee isn't blind; of course he can see what's going on.
However, after Nan Lie knocked down Mitsui Hisashi, Sakuragi Hanamichi threatened Nan Lie, and the referee warned Sakuragi Hanamichi at that time. Now, a similar scene is happening again.
The referee was having a bit of a headache!
"Fengyu No. 4! Watch your words! If you say such things again, I will eject you from the field!" The referee sternly reprimanded Nan Lie.
However, the referee immediately reprimanded Sakuragi Hanamichi in the same tone: "Shohoku's number 10! You need to watch your movements too!"
Haruko Akagi, sitting in the audience, placed her hands on her chest, her face full of worry, as if Sakuragi Hanamichi were the one who had been beaten.
Standing to the side, Takamiya Nozomi smiled faintly and comforted him, "Haruko, don't worry about Hanamichi! Even if all those guys from Toyotama gang came at him together, they wouldn't be a match for Hanamichi!"
Oonan Yuji laughed loudly, "Yes, yes! When it comes to fighting, none of the people here can match Hanamichi!"
Chuichiro Noma blew his trumpet hard and shouted, "Hanamichi! Well done!"
Takamiya Momoya hurriedly shouted, "Hanamichi! That's it! Kill them!"
Led by the three brothers of the Sakuragi Army, the brothers of the Shohoku delinquent youth group also chanted Sakuragi Hanamichi's name.
For a moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed to have become a hero who had won a battle.
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked towards the audience, a wide smile spreading across his face, and exclaimed, "Genius! He's so popular wherever he goes!"
The game continues.
Thanks to Kishimoto Minori's goal, the score between Shohoku and Toyotama became 17-13.
At this moment, the Shohoku team has the ball and is on offense.
As soon as the Shohoku team inbounded the ball, Takamiya Nozomi shouted, "Hanamichi! Slam dunk! Slam it down!"
Encouraged by Takamiya Nozomi, the other brothers also joined in shouting, "Sakuragi! Slam dunk!"
"Sakuragi! Dunk it on him!"
"That's right! Sakuragi! Show me your best skills, dunk this time on him with a basketball!"
Upon hearing this, the members of Sakuragi's Army and the Shohoku delinquents' Army all showed excited expressions, eagerly anticipating what would happen next.
The other spectators around clearly didn't understand what he meant. Of course, a dunk is done with a basketball. What else could it be?
Upon hearing this, Ryota Miyagi, who was dribbling the ball, also smiled. He was also looking forward to Sakuragi Hanamichi dunking on Minami Ryota again.
Immediately afterwards, Ryota Miyagi passed the basketball to Hanamichi Sakuragi, saying, "Hanamichi, it's up to you now!"
Kishimoto Minori, who was standing next to Sakuragi Hanamichi, immediately stepped forward, saying with a disdainful look, "Slam dunk? You? Come on!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi snorted coldly, first quickly dribbling the basketball once in place, and in the process, he also bumped Kishimoto Minori hard with his back.
When Sakuragi Hanamichi's steel-like body bumped into him, Kishimoto Minori's face instantly showed a pained expression.
But this was not enough to make Kishimoto Minori surrender.
Kishimoto Minori immediately steadied herself, pressing firmly against Sakuragi Hanamichi, and roared angrily, "Red-haired guy! You think you can dunk next to me? You're too naive!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's lips curled into a smile as he retorted, "Oh? Is that so?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Sakuragi Hanamichi bumped into Kishimoto Minori again with the basketball.
This collision brought Sakuragi Hanamichi even closer to the basketball hoop.
After dribbling the ball twice quickly with his back to Kishimoto Minori, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly turned sideways and pressed himself against Kishimoto Minori.
Kishimoto Minori frowned. "What is he going to do?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's move wasn't actually going to dunk!
Instead, you need to shoot!
Sakuragi Hanamichi turned sideways, bumping Kishimoto Minori, and with a flick of his right hand, threw the basketball out!
The basketball hit the backboard, bounced, and fell into the hoop.
Hook shot under the basket!
A goal scored off the backboard!
Sakuragi Hanamichi scored 2 points for Shohoku!
"What? He can do that move?" Akagi Takenori, who was under the basket, had been waiting for Sakuragi Hanamichi to pass him the ball. He never expected that Sakuragi Hanamichi would learn this hook shot move under the basket.
Akagi Takenori said with a shocked expression, "Could this be the secret training camp that Coach Anzai arranged for him?"
At this moment, everyone on the Shohoku team looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi in shock.
This man's rate of progress is truly terrifying!
Coach Anzai said with great enthusiasm, "This kid is simply born for basketball!"
Kishimoto Minori, unaware that Sakuragi Hanamichi was a complete novice who had only been playing basketball for a few months, didn't find the hook shot particularly impressive. He scoffed, "Tch! Didn't you say you were going to dunk? Is this your dunk?"
Sakuragi Hanamichi retorted, "You don't know anything!"
Then, Sakuragi Hanamichi glanced casually at Nan Lie under the basketball hoop and thought to himself, "I'm still too kind. I still want to give him a chance! I hope he'll stop!"
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