On the court, just after the players finished warming up.

The opposing center Mori Shigehiro walked towards the bench of the Kanagawa team.

"Oh! You are the one with red hair, right?"

"Strange?"

Looking at Hanamichi wearing a white coat over his jersey, sitting on the bench, he looked leisurely.

The honest boy Mori Shigehiro also "spoke his mind" and asked:

"Why don't they send you to start?"

"I have played against your 2-meter big guy, this time I want to play with you!"

It's iron, old heart!

Mori Shigehiro's words hit Hanamichi's sore spot!

But looking at the honest boy in front of him who couldn't even call his name, Hanamichi couldn't get angry.

After all, who would blame a [stupid] who didn't even know "what Sanno is"!

But Hanamichi said maliciously:

"This is because I am the protagonist of the team!"

"The protagonist is always the last one to appear!"

Mori Shigehiro felt something was wrong, but there was nothing wrong with what he said!

"Kuan, come back soon! The game is about to start!"

"Got it, uncle!"

So Mori Shigehiro returned to his team with doubts.

"Uncle, am I the protagonist of the team?"

"Nonsense, of course you are!"

"Then should I appear last..."

Coach Meiho: "..."

The rest of Kanagawa looked at Hanamichi with a suspicious look (→_→).

Hanachi smiled awkwardly:

"I just said it casually, but I didn't expect him to really believe it!"

The starting players of the two teams finally officially appeared.

The head coach of Meiho Industries, the drunkard uncle, finally dispelled his doubts by letting Mori Shigehiro be the last one to line up among the starting players.

During the jump ball, Mori Shigehiro said to Yuzumi with a simple but serious face:

"Uncle said, I just need to knock you off the court as soon as possible!"

"The red-haired guy will come up!"

Even though Yuzumi's temper gradually improved, he was still very angry when he heard this.

"What's the matter? You want to loosen my ribs again!"

"This is not allowed in our basketball game!"

But Mori Shigehiro was immersed in his own mind at the moment and couldn't hear Yuzumi's voice at all.

"Uncle said last time that I should fight with the fat guy and the red-haired guy next time!"

"I already fought with the fat guy yesterday, and I am stronger than him!"

"Hehe, today it's my turn to compete with the red-haired guy..."

Mori Shigehiro still believed in the drunk uncle.

After all, he was still very reliable, and he kept his word. He even had a way to make [Big Wide Fish] evolve into [Great Shark].

Only two months had passed since the national competition, and he had already solved the problems of being double-teamed and being far away from the basket.

Immersed in his own thoughts, Mori Shigehiro was very serious.

Just as he had been doing basketball training with the drunk uncle.

It was not until the referee's whistle sounded that his attention was drawn to the court.

Mori Shigehiro, who was a beat late in the jump ball, was evenly matched with Yuzumi who jumped first!

The ball was grabbed by Takasago on the side, and then passed to point guard Fujima Kenji.

The Kanagawa Prefecture team took the lead in attacking.

Mori Shigehiro, who was returning to defense, heard the drunk uncle shouting in the audience:

"Kuan, if you don't concentrate, I will replace you and make it impossible for you to fight with the red-haired guy!"

"Got it, uncle!"

Mori Shigehiro, who was fully focused, stood under the basket with his arms open, waiting for the Kanagawa team to attack.

Fujima nodded to Uncle Maki, who went straight to the [Star of Aichi] Dai Moroboshi.

"What's wrong, Maki!"

"It's not you who's in control of the ball! Be careful that our team's point guard steals the ball!"

Maki Shinichi looked at this close friend since junior high school, smiled and said:

"You should be careful of your point guard!"

Dai Moroboshi soon understood what he meant.

It can only be said that the point guard who is gradually "Maki-like" in front of him really can't be associated with the former [Two Beauties of Kanagawa].

Dai Moroboshi didn't recognize the No. 9 player in front of him who was good at controlling the ball.

It was the one who was kicked off the court by Touou in the national competition last year!

Until Fujima's eye-catching and distinctive left-handed three-point shot, and his teammates called out his name.

Dai Moroboshi realized that this No. 9 was not an ordinary person.

"Sure enough, the one who can replace Amu as the point guard is no small character!"

"In that case!"

Zhu Xingda took the ball from his teammate and glanced at his coach who nodded off the court.

"Let's do it!"

Zhu Xingda dribbled the ball forward, but Maki Shinichi did notEasily steal the ball.

He knew that the strong outside ball-holding offensive ability of his friend was supported by his ball-handling level far exceeding that of ordinary point guards.

In the past, in order to save energy and focus on offensive ability, he played in the form of a shooting guard.

In fact, the real characteristic of Da Zhu Xing!

In this game, the drunk coach of Meipeng Industry suggested to his own coach that Da Zhu Xing should change to a point guard!

"The point guard of the Kanagawa team is very powerful."

"Although I don't know the Maki Shinichi that Da Zhu Xing said!"

"But the No. 7 of Ryonan will definitely play!"

"Your Aiwa Academy and our Meipeng Industry's point guard are definitely not his opponents!"

"If you don't want the backcourt to be messed up, the best way is to let Da Zhu Xing control the ball."

Although the drunk coach said it very bluntly, Da Zhu Xing had to admit that he was right at this moment!

After protecting the ball steadily and bringing it to the frontcourt.

Dai Moroboshi passed the basketball to Mori Shigehiro who had made a deep run into the edge of the penalty area.

This position is really a good place for a center forward to play!

So Dai Moroboshi also decisively passed the ball.

As soon as Mori Shigehiro received the ball, he used his left hand to hold Yuzumi and squatted deeply.

Yuzumi, who was trying his best, was so excited that he almost lost his balance despite his 2-meter-tall figure!

"What? This strength!"

"It's even stronger than two months ago!"

Immediately afterwards, Mori Shigehiro's second wave of hard headers followed.

Yuzumi lost his balance and stepped back.

Mori Shigehiro, who was concentrating on playing basketball, was very keen to notice this.

Then, Hiro didn't care about the people behind him and turned around forcefully.

He slapped the ball hard on the floor with one hand.

Then he collected the rebounding ball with both hands and pushed it hard towards Takasago who came to defend.

Takasago fell to the ground in an instant, and then raised his hands to complete the attack.

Yuzumi, who had retreated to the side, steadied his steps at this time and jumped up to prepare for a block.

But Mori Shigehiro didn't care, and just jumped from Yuzumi's spot and completed a double-handed dunk.

Yuzumi couldn't bear Mori Fatty's brute force in the air, and sat down on the ground.

Just like that, Mori Shigehiro hung his hands on the basket, looking down at the two people lying on the ground.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Until... the drunk uncle shouted...

"A Kuan!"

Mori Shigehiro realized the problem that the uncle often mentioned like a conditioned reflex, and hurriedly let go of the basket and fell to the ground.

The referee saw this, and the breath that was originally blown by the whistle disappeared from his throat!

In fact, every time he hung the basket, it was when he, Mori Shigehiro, was in the most comfortable mood.

The metal-like whining sound of the basket rack sounded in his ears, and he admired his masterpiece in front of him.

What could be more interesting than this?

If it weren't for the uncle's repeated warnings.

After the summer national competition, he often explained to him that he was "dismissed for fouling".

And he used fighting with the fat guy and the red-haired guy to lure him.

Mori Shigehiro didn't care about fouls!

With a pure heart, what he wanted most at the moment was to quickly collide with the red-haired guy!

So as soon as he received the pass from Moroboshi Dai, he used all his strength to dunk and score.

This powerful inside explosive power made the audience cheer!

Between men, a tough collision can stimulate the hormones of male audiences.

What's more, this time Mori Shigehiro's attack hit 2 people in a row!

Next, they are looking forward to the start of the game!

"Come on! Mori Shigehiro!"

"Knock down a few more."

"You are worthy of being a basketball treasure. What the newspaper said is true!"