Champion and MVP

After the game between Kitamura and Shoyo, the next game is between Takeishi vs. Yokota. Of course, no one is optimistic about Yokota. After all, Yokota has lost both Shoyo and Kitamura. Crowd are discussing how much strength Yokota can force out of Takeishi and Mitsui. How will Kengo perform in this game?

In Yokota's lounge, Murasame Kengo, Araki Kazuo, and Takatsu all looked lifeless. They couldn't even defeat Kitamura and Shoyo, let alone Takeshi, who had defeated the two teams by a big score.

But not everyone has lost their fighting spirit, especially Fukuda Kicchu! His competitive spirit is very strong. Under Fukuda's trash-talk attack, Murasame and others finally gained the momentum to fight.

Hmm, actually Fukuda did this for himself. After all, Hisashi Mitsui is the best player in the region now. With Fukuda's competitive spirit, of course, he wants to know the gap between himself and the best, but the prerequisite for understanding the gap is that teammates must cooperate , otherwise, Mitsui's teammates alone could beat them.

On the other side, the atmosphere in Takeishi's locker room is just like Christmas. Although it is not stated clearly, everyone's faces is like they are the champions. Even Mitsui inevitably feels arrogant. After all, why would they lose even if they think about it!

It wasn't until he came out of the locker room and saw Coach Anzai in the guest hall that Mitsui woke up as if he were showered with ice water. In the past, Anzai often reviewed various games with Mitsui because Mitsui's tactical literacy was high enough to serve as a substitute coach.

Among them, Anzai pointed out that both Ryonan and Shoyo failed because they underestimated Shohoku. Therefore, Anzai said this to Mitsui "When a lion fights a rabbit, he must try his best!" Mitsui knows very well that he must not underestimate his opponents, and now Takeishi Junior High School is not in a state of competition from top to bottom. It can be seen from the teammates who are still laughing or eating. This will also be a significant factor for the teams, hidden dangers.

Although I understand, and as a captain, Mitsui should stand up and say something. However, the opponent standing below them now is Yokota Middle School, which has lost two consecutive games. Even though they almost defeated Takeishi in the past, Mitsui thought about it and still did not intend to ruin everyone's happy atmosphere.

At this time, Anzai was also looking at Mitsui. He looked at this famous young man, but he didn't find any arrogance in him. This was rare, especially when there were teammates to compare with.

Suddenly Mitsui raised his head and glanced at Anzai. The look made Anzai feel like he and Mitsui had known each other for a long time. "It's really a strange feeling of familiarity? Is it the Mandela effect? Or am I getting old?"

Coach Anzai was a little strange. In fact, Anzai's heart has been closed since Tanizawa's death, but when he saw Mitsui, he didn't know why. It seemed that this young man was like someone who could go directly to their own hearts.

On the field, the more Takeishi Junior High School did not take Yokota Middle School seriously, the angry the faces of everyone in Yokota became. This kind of anger was very scary, but no one noticed it. After all, among the more than 20,000 people in the entire Kanagawa venue, I believe that the competition will never be simple just for Yokota's few.

The game begins. Takeishi Junior High School's main lineup of Hisashi Mitsui, Ichiro Katsumi, Tokuo Horita, Hei Takashima, and Ryoji Ikegami is on display! As for Yokota Middle School, Kamisou Ichiro plays center, Murasame Kengo is small forward, Fukuda Kicchu is power forward, Araki Kazuo is point guard, and Takatsu is shooting guard.

Judging from the lineup on paper, Takeishi Junior High School's optimism is not unreasonable.

Facts have proved that Yokota Middle School is indeed not very good when it comes to fighting with Takeishi.

In the first round of the game, Takeishi attacked first, and the first ball was naturally given to the captain and ace, Mitsui.

As an opposing player, Kazuo Araki understands this very well, so he wants to block Takashima's passing angle. However, after experiencing so many games, Takashima's abilities have improved rapidly, and actual combat is the best teacher!

Takashima used an extremely accurate ground-breaking pass to deliver the ball to Mitsui Hisashi's hands. Facing the defense of Fukuda from Yokota Middle School who volunteered to confront him, Mitsui Hisashi stunned Fukuda with just a fake move, then jumped up leisurely and rubbed Fukuda with his hand, and scored the ball easily!

While making a layup, Hisashi Mitsui also caused a foul to Fukuda. After the goal, Takeishi Junior High School teammates stepped forward to celebrate!

Takashima said "Well done Mitsui! It's so easy to get an assist when I play with you!"

Hisashi Mitsui waved his hand: "It's just a luck! There's no need to be so excited! But I really didn't expect that they dared to let Fukuda defend me, I don't know if they are crazy or I am crazy!"

He easily succeeded in 2+1, and Mistsui's face was full of smiles.

Compared to Takeishi's relaxed side, Fukuda from Yokota Middle School bit his lip unwillingly and refused his teammates' offer of help, with a burning desire to fight in his eyes.

Hisashi Mitsui walked to the free-throw line and easily hit the extra penalty amid the cheers of the audience!

"Takeishi Junior High School's defense also exerted tremendous pressure on Yokota Junior High School. After a round of rotations with no results, Murasame Kengo failed to make a strong shot against Katsumi Ichiro, and Horita Tokuo successfully protected the backcourt rebound.

Takeishi's offense, this time Araki Kazuo attacked Takashima with all his strength just after halftime. Takashima was caught off guard and had to move the ball under the opponent's high pressure!

The ball came to Ikegami's hands, and he tried to break through but failed. The opponent also knew that Ikegami had no offensive ability and had to pass the ball to Katsumi. Katsumi held the ball against Murasame's defense, which blocked the shot to his eyes, and hit a long two-pointer! This kind of unreasonable scoring means that if you don't score, it's a bad shot, but if you score, it's a good shot. But since such shot can be scored, Katsumi is more confident.

Yokota Middle School's offense still failed to hit. Compared with their defense, Yokota's constipated offense was really nothing to mention! Yokota Middle School's defense is really good, with constant mismatches and runs, as well as Araki's steals, and Mitsui's lack of intention to take over the game. As a result, Takeishi's other players were frequently beaten by them, but unfortunately, Yokota Middle School's offense has never shown improvement, so no matter how good the defense is, it won't help.

At the end of the first half, Yokota Middle School fell behind by twelve points. Even though they seemed to have tried their best, the insurmountable gap in strength made everything look so desperate.

At the beginning of the second half, Takeishi still maintained its arrogant attitude and even started training. The first-year power forward point guards all came on the court. At this time, Yokota's center Asami unexpectedly stretched out to shoot.

Unexpectedly, Asami actually scored three two-pointers in a row. Although there was still a point difference, Mitsui had already woken up. Don't capsize in the gutter. Coach Anzai was still watching him from the sidelines.

So Mitsui immediately took action with all his strength, no longer allowing others to make random shots. Facing Mitsui with full firepower, the loopholes in Fukuda's defense were infinitely magnified. In addition, under Mitsui's marking Asami was frozen. Yokota was pressed again as soon as they had gained momentum. They went down.

And Fukuda, well, it should be said that he is indeed courageous, but Fukuda is only in his second year. After Araki passed several balls to Fukuda and all missed, the ball was re-concentrated in Murasame's hands.

Moreover, because Mitsui basically watched his teammates beat him in the first half and didn't attack much, in the second half, when facing Mitsui's offense, Fukuda's defensive black hole expanded infinitely, and Mitsui single him to beat him, and he was quickly replaced.

Takeishi's run opened the point difference to 20 points, and Yokota surrendered. The champion, of course, was Takeishi Junior High School, and Mitsui won the Kanagawa Prefecture Junior High School MVP with the highest score and the greatest contribution!

Faced with Takeshi's victory, everyone in the guest seats was, of course, full of admiration. Taoka also approached Anzai again and said proudly to Anzai: "That's him, Mr. Anzai, the absolute ace of Takeshi Junior High School - Mitsui Hisashi, we Ryonan are going to get him."

"Hmm..." Anxi raised his chin because the inexplicable sense of familiarity made Anzai's evaluation of Mitsui rise significantly: "He is a very smart young man, and his skills are quite good. Maturity is at the first-class level even in high school. The key is to score continuously in the second half and to be able to stabilize the rhythm when other players are more or less proud. This maturity is not like that of a middle school student."

Anzai was even more amazed, but after all, Shohoku is only a public school, so Anzai didn't say much because he didn't want Mitsui to be delayed because of himself. Such an outstanding young man.

After winning the championship, everyone in Takeishi was very excited, but they didn't dare to show too much pride because they saw Mitsui's face was not very good.

Looking at the overall situation, if it weren't for Mitsui's effort, they were almost overtaken by Yokota. It can be said that it was all thanks to Mitsui.

But Mitsui? Well, isn't Mitsui their captain and ace? So what's there to be ashamed of? The only ones who are really embarrassed are Tokuo and Ikegami. Tokuo feels that his playing is not up to standard, and Ikegami realizes he has a bad attitude.

But it was a victory after all. If they lost, Mitsui would scold them to death, but since they won, it could cover up many problems. In addition, now that he had achieved his wish and won the junior high school MVP, Mitsui still softened his expression.

"It all depends on what I do. If we win, we are the champions. Let's get the trophy and celebrate!"

"Oh!" they cheered. They are all still teenagers. Even though Mitsui has memories of three years in high school, he is still under 18 years old. The young man also had a smile on his face, and then...

"Hey, what are you doing? Stop, what are you doing? No, ah..."

It's just that Mitsui was surrounded and was held high,

Coach Yamada on the side is also very happy. If his players can win the championship, his qualifications will increased. The most important thing is that if he wins the championship, the school will definitely give him extra bonuses, hahaha.

Mitsui was in mid-air, but his vision was very sharp. He could tell at a glance that the coach was not celebrating. He was relaxing and comfortable on the sidelines. He decisively chose to drag Coach Yamada into the water: "I remember the coach said that he would treat us to a steak dinner after winning the championship. Why don't you go and thank the coach!"

Yamada Shinichi was confused in the wind: When did I say this and give you a steak dinner? The most I can do is treat people to ramen. When Coach Yamada was still doubting his memory, he was lifted up by the boys led by Horita Tokuo... The commotion continued until late at night, and Takeishi's boys were content to support each other.

The team left the restaurant and went back to their respective houses to find their mother, leaving Coach Yamada sadly counting his wallet to pay.

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