With the farce over, the competition returned to normal.
Sakuragi Hanamichi glanced smugly at the furious Coach Taoka, thinking to himself, "This is much more exciting than me personally stepping onto the field and giving you a Thousand Years of Death in the anime, hehehe."
Immediately afterwards, Sakuragi Hanamichi turned his gaze to the Shohoku team players on the court. Kogure Kiminobu, Yasuda Yasuharu, and Shiozaki Tetsushi seemed less dejected than before.
Well, it's good that it works.
Brothers, let's get our fighting spirit back!
At this moment, the basketball is in the hands of Kiminobu Kogure, who is positioned at the three-point line.
So far in this game, no player has made a three-pointer.
Everyone was scoring through layups or mid-range shots.
To be precise, Ryonan has scored through layups or mid-range shots so far, while Shohoku has had very few effective attacks and no points at all.
Kogure Kiminobu took a deep breath and then calmly observed the members of the Ryonan team.
The player defending Kogure Kiminobu from Ryonan was Hiroaki Koshino. Judging from Koshino's defensive stance, he was clearly waiting for Kogure Kiminobu to break through with the ball.
Kogure Kiminobu seized the opportunity and pulled up for a jump shot!
The basketball was thrown from Kogure Kiminobu's hands—the first three-pointer of the game!
The basketball slammed against the rim with a "bang," but the shot didn't go in.
Go for the rebound!
Takenori Akagi jumped!
Jun Uozumi jumped!
Even Rukawa Kaede and Sendoh Akira, who had positioned themselves near the basketball hoop beforehand, jumped up as well!
Four people, jumping at the same time!
A pair of large hands grabbed the basketball first!
It's Jun Uozumi!
Jun Uozumi was in a better position, grabbing the basketball with both hands, while Takenori Akagi, Kaede Rukawa, and Akira Sendoh were positioned slightly to the side, with all three of them extending one arm to contest for the ball.
As a result, Jun Uozumi firmly controlled the basketball with both hands!
Seeing this, Sakuragi Hanamichi couldn't help but curse, "What on earth is that gorilla doing? He can't even get a rebound from Uozumi? That's too much!"
After Uozumi Jun grabbed the basketball, he immediately passed it to Ikegami Ryoji.
At the same time, Sendoh Akira immediately ran forward to position himself.
Ryoji Ikegami and Akira Sendoh both sprinted forward at top speed.
Tetsuji Shiozaki immediately stepped forward to defend Ryoji Ikegami, who then cleverly passed the ball to Akira Sendoh.
Rukawa Kaede has caught up with Sendoh Akira's pace, and this time he must protect Sendoh Akira.
Moreover, Rukawa realized that Sendoh Akira would definitely use his superb offensive organization skills again and pass the ball to other teammates. Therefore, Rukawa planned to steal the ball before Sendoh Akira could shoot!
Sendoh Akira is fast, but Rukawa Kaede's movement speed is even faster!
Rukawa Kaede has moved from behind Sendoh Akira to directly in front of him, now facing Sendoh Akira head-on!
At this moment, Hiroaki Koshino appeared to the right rear of Akira Sendoh. Obviously, according to Akira Sendoh's playing style, he would definitely find an opportunity to pass to Hiroaki Koshino next to him.
Rukawa Kaede also noticed Koshino Hiroaki; he was determined not to let Sendoh Akira pass the ball this time!
Then, Sendoh Akira made his move; he was really going to pass the basketball to Koshino Hiroaki next to him.
I knew you'd be like this!
Rukawa Kaede immediately made a steal!
But at that moment, Rukawa Kaede's eyes widened in shock!
It was a feint!
This time, instead of passing the basketball to Hiroaki Koshino next to him, Sendoh Akira made a passing fake and fooled Rukawa Kaede.
Sendoh Akira feinted past Rukawa Kaede and then immediately jumped!
Since Sendoh Akira was playing a fast break, Akagi Takenori and Uozumi Jun had not yet reached Shohoku's basket. At this moment, only Kogure Kiminobu was under Shohoku's basket.
Sendoh Akira completely ignored Kogure Kiminobu's presence and leaped high into the air right in front of him.
Sendoh Akira's speed is too fast! And his aura is too strong!
Before Kogure Kiminobu could even react, Sendoh Akira had already jumped up with one hand raised!
Kogure Kiminobu instinctively thought of jumping and reaching out to intercept.
But it was too late!
Sendoh Akira's hand had already gripped the basketball hoop!
boom!
Slam Dunk!
Akira Sendoh dunks with one hand, with force!
Sendoh Akira first faked out Rukawa Kaede's defense, then ignored Kogure Kiminobu's presence and slammed the ball in with one hand!
The entire basketball arena erupted in cheers once again!
"ah!!!"
"That's so violent! That's amazing!!!"
"As expected of Sendoh Akira!!!"
"Sendou! Sendou! Sendou!!!"
The four members of Sakuragi's gang, who had returned to the basketball court, could not believe what they were seeing. It turned out that their efforts had been completely in vain!
It turns out that Takamiya Nozomi's farce had no impact on the Ryonan team's rhythm at all!
At this moment, Rukawa's fan club couldn't hold back their tears of sadness. Sendoh Akira's goal didn't matter to them, but they didn't want to see Rukawa being toyed with by Sendoh Akira!
Matsui, with his thick lips, sighed next to Haruko Akagi and said, "It's over, there's no point in watching anymore, Shohoku has no hope."
Haruko Akagi immediately retorted, "No way! It's only just begun, and the first half isn't even over yet. It's still early. My brother and Rukawa will definitely catch up. And, and there's Sakuragi Hanamichi too... Sakuragi Hanamichi hasn't even played yet..."
At this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi was extremely dissatisfied with the performance of everyone on the field.
Suddenly, Sakuragi Hanamichi strode forward and roared angrily, "Gorilla! You bastard, pull yourself together! The day before yesterday you were teaching me how to rebound! And look at your performance today, it's like a pile of shit! What are you doing? Do you have to wait for me to come on the court and teach you how to rebound?"
Upon hearing this, Aida Hikoichi of the Ryonan team said with shining eyes, "As expected of Sakuragi Hanamichi, who is valued by the Akagi family! He actually dared to speak to Captain Akagi Takenori like that. It seems that what he told me about Akagi Haruko, Akagi Takenori and him is true."
Akagi Takenori roared back, "Sakuragi Hanamichi, you bastard, I'll show you what real rebounding and dunking are all about!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi wants Akagi Takenori's anger!
He couldn't understand why things were going on today. From the beginning until now, it seemed that Akagi Takenori's fighting spirit had not been fully ignited.
At the same time, Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Rukawa Kaede.
The two locked eyes.
Rukawa Kaede thought to himself, "Sakuragi Hanamichi just insulted Akagi Takenori, is he going to insult me now? I'm not going to bother with that kind of thing."
Unexpectedly, Sakuragi Hanamichi clenched his fist, signaling encouragement, "Rukawa Kaede, stay calm, you can beat Sendoh! Don't worry, when I go on the court, we'll team up and crush Sendoh!"
Rukawa Kaede did not respond to Sakuragi Hanamichi's words, but his eyes were filled with determination.
Coach Taoka scoffed, "A newborn calf isn't afraid of a tiger. Does Sakuragi Hanamichi, a basketball novice, really think he can defeat Sendoh?"
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