"Don't be misled by the rankings in the national competition. In fact, Xiangbei is very strong." Ma Bo emphasized this point again, "The five starting players in Xiangbei are definitely capable of winning the championship."

"Is it that exaggerated?" Shen Long was a little confused. In his impression, Xiangbei is indeed very good, but to say that it is definitely capable of national championship is a bit too much. "They lost to Hainan and Lingnan in the county competition. , Xiangyang also had a hard time playing. National teams such as Mingpeng Industrial, Aihe Academy, and Daiei Academy are also not bad. In addition, Hakata Commercial and Luoan, who have not played in any game, are also strong. Among the seeded teams, I think there are quite a few that may be stronger than Xiangbei, right?"

"This is the atmosphere that Inoue deliberately created. After all, if the opponent is too weak, how can it bring out the strength of Xiangbei?" Mabo got excited, picked up the cup and took a sip of beer and continued.

"Let's talk about the prefectural competition first, and let's not talk about the theatrical version. Those are not adaptations of Inoue's original comics. Before meeting Xiangyang, Shohoku always won easily. And at that time, how long had the starting five of Shohoku trained together? ?”

"When we played against Xiangyang and Hainan, Sakuragi Hanamichi had no shooting ability at all, and Rukawa Kaede hadn't learned to pass yet. Oh, by the way, when we fought against Hainan, Akagi was injured and was off the field for a while. If it was against Sanno, The Shohoku team they are playing against is definitely qualified to win the Kanagawa Prefecture competition."

"Sanno is indeed the only team in "Slam Dunk", but using Hainan as a reference, we can see that Xiangbei already has the strength of the top four in the country. After all, Hainan took third place last year. Here, We won second place again the next year, but Xiangbei is as good as them."

"In addition, the practice match between Xiangbei and Changcheng High School also proved this. Xiangbei can still draw with Changcheng High School without Sakuragi Hanamichi. You must know that the ace of Changcheng High School is power forward Mizashiba. If Sakuragi Hanamichi is It's definitely better to defend him. Tsunoda's defense against Zi Chai is equivalent to leaving the field open, and Rukawa Kaede and Mitsui are not suitable for playing inside. Under such circumstances, Shohoku can beat Changcheng High School once, which is enough to prove Shohoku's strength."

"Looking at the strong teams you mentioned, Daiei Academy was able to defeat Toyotama with a big score, while Shohoku only won a small victory. It gives the impression that Daiei Academy may be much better than Shohoku, but this is more about style suppression. For this reason, Jun Tsuchiya deliberately slowed down the pace, making it impossible for Toyotama's run-and-gun tactics to be used."

"Actually, Daiei Academy does not have a big advantage over Toyotama. In the first half, Daiei Academy led by eight points. In the second half, Daiei Academy adapted to the rhythm and played back and forth. In the end, one or two main players were sent off before Daiei Academy started again. After widening the score, they only lost 13 points in the end; but these children in Shohoku were more willful and insisted on running and gunning with Toyotama. If they slowed down the pace of positional warfare and let Akagi dig in one by one, they would gain It’s not difficult to win by more than ten points.”

"Think about it, Toyotama's run-and-gun tactics have been practiced for several years. How long has Shohoku been practicing? Being able to win like this means that the top eight in the country are only as good as that."

"Hakata Business, Luo An hasn't played in the game, so it's hard to judge. Next, let's talk about Aiwa Academy and Mingpeng Industry. The game between these two teams is described in the comics."

"At first, Aiwa Academy failed to withstand Mori Shigehiro's attack and was beaten 17-37. After Morohoshi left the court, the score expanded again. When he came back, it was already 56-27. Morohoshi returned and re-adapted. Mori Shigehiro's play began to explode and he knocked Mori Shigehiro off the court. At the end of the game, the score had reached 74 to 68, which was only eight points away. If the time had been longer, it would be hard to say who would lose and who would win."

"This shows that the industrial strength of Aihe College and Mingpeng are not much different. The Hainan national competition is in the same zone as Aihe College. In the end, Hainan won the runner-up. This shows that they beat Aihe College. Since Hainan can beat them, Xiangbei can also win. There will be no chance, and by analogy, it is also possible for Xiangbei to defeat Mingpeng Industry."

"Xiangbei only tied with Changcheng High School, but Mingpeng Industrial beat Changcheng High School by 46 points. Even if there is another Sakuragi Hanamichi who can shoot, Xiangbei can't beat Changcheng by that much, right?" Shen Long still felt that Somewhat unacceptable, I thought about it and brought up the case of Shigehiro Mori beating Mikoshiba.

"This is the reason for the restraint of the lineup." Ma Bo shrugged, "Chang Cheng is Ozu Shiba's one-man team, oh, at most we can add another Yufune who can shoot three-pointers, and Mori Shigehiro just restrained Ozu Shiba, and Ozu Shiba played a few games. A lot, but it can be seen that he is a very stinky person. This kind of person usually has a tough head. He probably got offended by Morishigehiro's block at the beginning. After that, he kept challenging Morishigehiro for a one-on-one challenge, and Morishigehiro blocked ten shots. If this were not the case, the score between the two teams would not be so big. It is not easy to block shots in double figures in the game."

"After talking about other teams, let's talk about Shohoku and Akagi, the top three centers in the country. Among the players who have played, the only one who is definitely better than him is Ohda. Mori Shigehiro is more talented than him. It's hard to say technically. Akagi Even if we can’t win against Morishigehiro, we can still impose some restrictions.”

"Rukawa Kaede is the second-best scorer after Eiji Sawabita, and even if you just talk about scoring, you may not be able to beat him; Hisashi Mitsui is one of the best three-pointers in the country, and he has good ball control, breakthrough, defense, and overall view. If it weren't for the delay, After two years, Shohoku's ace will never be Rukawa Kaede; Miyagi is a bit shorter and has limited shooting ability, but his breakthrough and rapid advancement are definitely top-notch, his organizational skills are good, and his judgment of the ball path is very accurate. Contributed key steals many times.”

"Finally, let's look at Sakuragi Hanamichi. Although he has only played basketball for a short time, his talent is the highest in the entire manga. In Inoue's other future comic works, it is clearly stated that Sakuragi Hanamichi will become a real basketball star in the future. This But other players don’t have the benefits; after just a few months of playing basketball, they have developed top rebounding ability, assist defense ability, relatively excellent individual defense ability, and keen insight, which is quite scary.”
Chapter completed!