Chapter 589 "Don't Cry!"

"Box1!! Isn't this the one used against the Warriors' star in this year's NBA finals!"

"I'll go! To be honest, I didn't know this tactic existed before this year's NBA finals."

"When the old thief drew this cartoon, it was obviously before the finals started."

"Isn't that too professional?"

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The basketball animation "Slam Dunk" is so professional that even some professionals can't find too many faults!

Whether it is the offensive and defensive positions on the basketball court or the tactical layout, they are all very professional, and it has brought an unparalleled viewing experience to animation fans around the world.

This Box1 tactic, to put it bluntly, is a bet that the other Hainan players are not good enough. To be honest, Coach Anxi’s tactic is quite reasonable. Except for Ah Shen, the other Hainan players did not have the ability to shoot long distances. From this perspective , not considered gambling!

"The outside defense depends entirely on Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede, right?"

"Um."

The audience talked a lot.

This tactic requires players to provide outside defense and interfere with shots. Mitsui Hisashi's physical fitness is limited, and Miyagi's defense is also poor.

Rukawa Kaede is responsible for the entire team's offensive tasks, so the defensive responsibility naturally falls on Sakuragi Hanamichi!

Sakuragi Hanamichi on the field did not disappoint everyone's expectations. He used his super talent to continuously and successfully interfere with Hainan's outside attack, and even rewarded Ah Shen with a bloody hat!

Then the Hainan coach also saw the lack of outside shooters under the Box-1 tactics and quickly made substitutions!

And the experienced coach Anxi also quickly made tactical adjustments!

This kind of basketball tactical game gave the audience goosebumps every time they watched it!

You must know that sports-themed animations have always been in the form of youth hot-blooded dramas. When faced with a difficult situation, a wave of flashbacks will occur. The protagonist suddenly breaks out, directly reverses the predicament, and wins the victory. There is almost no mention of tactics. I understand anime, but "Slam Dunk" is different.

The real basketball world should be like this. The game between two coaches will also have a vital impact on the situation of the battle. Youdao means that one soldier is in charge and the general is in a nest. Whether the head coach's tactics are successful or not , determines the situation on the court.

With only four minutes left, Shohoku took advantage of Sakuragi's outstanding performance to successfully close the score to 4 points, entering the tug-of-war at the final moment of the game!

The two sides went back and forth. As soon as the Hainan side scored, the Xiangbei side responded, keeping the score between four and six points!

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"The bench is not deep enough!"

"The main force in Xiangbei is too tired!"

Compared with Hainan, the king, there are only 6 players in Xiangbei who can really play. The five tigers in Xiangbei plus Mu Mu, and the other water cooler players can barely play for a few minutes.

In such a high-intensity game, no coach in the world would dare to put these players on the court.

Once on the field, it will become a weak point for the opponent.

"Damn it! Rukawa Kaede is out of energy!"

"Mitsui Hisashi has no strength either."

"Rukawa Kaede is so good in this game! He has a good grasp of offense and defense. Shohoku's offense relies entirely on Rukawa Kaede..."

"Try your best, Rukawa Kaede!"

Rukawa Kaede has never had any problems with his physical fitness, but this game was too taxing on him.

Audiences who have played basketball know how terrible the physical exertion of attacking and defending is, especially when Akagi is injured, Mitsui is locked up, and Miyagi Sakuragi has no offensive ability. The entire Shohoku offense almost relies on Rukawa Kaede...

Rukawa Kaede in this game can be said to have won over all anime fans!

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In the blink of an eye, nearly a month has passed since the first episode of "Slam Dunk" was broadcast. During this month, Lin Qiu has been filming the new film in a low-key manner.

The broadcast of "Slam Dunk" set off a national basketball craze!

Especially after the game against Lingnan, it can be said that the number of people on the basketball courts in Xiazhou doubled. Especially on campus, many students felt itchy after seeing the exciting plot of "Slam Dunk". No.

After school, I go to play for an hour or two, then go home happily to take a shower, eat, and watch anime.

Several characters in "Slam Dunk" have gradually gained extraordinary popularity. Of course, so far, the most popular one is Rukawa Kaede, especially in this battle against Hainan.

Although the last two episodes have not been aired yet, and we still don’t know what the outcome of the final game will be, Rukawa Kaede’s performance is almost impeccable!

The success of "Slam Dunk" has unprecedented influence in and outside the industry.

First of all, within the audience group, the viewers who said that sports-themed animations were not good before were completely conquered by the old thief. Damn, there is no subject that cannot be created by the old thief. A basketball-themed movie The anime finally turned out like this, it’s really wonderful!

Let’s talk about the animation industry. It can be said that “Slam Dunk” is another one, completing textbook-style teaching!

Even if they don't want to admit it, they have to admit that animation clubs all over the world are following the trend of Changan Animation. Whatever Changan Animation does, they will follow suit.

After "Slam Dunk" became a hit, major animation studios are starting to produce sports-themed animations, including football, tennis, basketball, bicycles and even long-distance running!

For those passionate youth fighting series, sports-themed animations are much less difficult to produce. After learning from the success of "Slam Dunk", countless animation agencies have a new understanding of the rhythm of sports-themed plots.

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After 26 days and nearly a month of broadcasting, today, "Slam Dunk" will usher in the finale of the first season!

This sports-themed anime, so far, can be said to have perfectly succeeded "Attack on Titan" and set off a basketball craze all over the world.

As for the outcome of today’s battle between Xiangbei and Hainan, it’s hard to say! !

If compared to other sports-themed anime, the protagonist rarely loses, but the old thief is different.

In the first game, Lingnan was defeated by Xiandao in his first match.

What's more, this game is not a life-and-death battle leading to the national competition, but the first round-robin match. It is not impossible to lose...

It is this sense of suspense that has made so many viewers look forward to the finale of "Slam Dunk" season 1, and they have been discussing the plot of this anime on trending searches in various states all day long.

"I feel like Shohoku is in a bit of danger. Rukawa has been replaced. Shohoku is four points away. We must score this attack and then defend against one..."

"It's hard to say, but if Shohoku loses, then Shohoku loses two of the three important games depicted in the first season? Wow, this is the first time a sports-themed anime has done this..."

"expect!"

"It's airing soon!"

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At eight o'clock in the evening, countless Xiazhou animation fans were in front of the TV, mobile phones and computers, as if watching a real basketball game, looking forward to the outcome of this battle.

Many teenagers playing basketball are in groups on the basketball court, sitting under the basketball hoop with mobile phones in their hands, watching the last two episodes together!

Time remaining in the game: 45 seconds!

[Xiangbei] 86:90 [Hainan University Affiliated]!

Shobei ball rights!

Countless spectators looked at the screen nervously, and inside the screen, tension was also spreading. Even Sakuragi did not show any smile, and seriously discussed tactics with Akagi.

Akagi told Sakuragi that if there is an offensive rebound later, if the distance is close, he will dunk directly, and if the distance is far, pass it to him!

This sentence also became a foreshadowing of the ending of the first season!

"beep--"

As the referee blows his whistle, the decisive moment begins!

Without Rukawa Kaede, the most important scoring point, and Akagi injured again, Mitsui Hisashi has become Shohoku's only hope for scoring in the final stage!

The basketball was handed to Hisashi Mitsui, and he defended hard, but Hisashi Mitsui forced a drift three-point shot!

"Too forced!"

"It's sealed to the face!"

"Mitsui!!"

Under the background of the lights, many teenagers who gathered and looked at their mobile phones shouted!

On the basketball court, most of these forced shots have no good results, and the reality is just as they expected, the basketball collapsed out of the frame.

"Rebound!!"

Thousands of anime fans shouted as if they were fighting side by side with Shohoku at this moment.

But Hainan's center Takasago got stuck in his position and grabbed the rebound first. Just when everyone was feeling cold, Miyagi appeared next to Takasago like a ghost and directly lifted the basketball in Takasago's hand into the air.

Sakuragi seized the opportunity, grabbed the basketball with lightning speed, and then dunked with a fake move to complete the score! !

"Oh oh oh -"

"Fuck, Fuck! Sakuragi!"

"Awesome Sakuragi!"

This goal broke the balance on the court and reduced the point difference to 2 points!

The difference is only one ball!

When Sakuragi dunked, Rukawa Kaede in the audience stood up excitedly. At this moment, thousands of spectators burst into tears again.

This is basketball, this is the passion of youth!

"beep--"

Just after Sakuragi successfully dunked Hainan's ace Mu Shenyi, the referee's whistle sounded!

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"What the hell is going on?"

"It won't be another offensive foul!"

"Impossible! Sakuragi doesn't have any additional movements of his arms this time. He suffered a loss last time!"

"Defensive foul! Hahahahaha! The opportunity is here!"

After seeing the plot, the referee awarded Mu Shenyi a defensive foul.

When Sakuragi Hanamichi's two points were valid and a free throw was added, the audience outside the screen was completely excited!

"pretty!"

"There is no time, this ball cannot be scored..."

"I'm going to win."

Countless spectators were nervous and wanted to eat their hands.

There are still 20 seconds left in the game. Under the rules of middle school basketball, each attack time is 30 seconds, not 24 seconds in professional games.

This means that Xiangbei does not have the next attack in the normal round. After Hainan gets the ball, unless it uses foul tactics, the time will definitely run out.

It is even more unrealistic to launch foul tactics and deliberately send Hainan players to the free throw line to regain the ball. First of all, Mitsui Hisokai, the only three-point threat, was tightly guarded and was exhausted. Secondly, there was no timeout in Shohoku. After taking the foul, Only backcourt free throws are possible.

So to sum up, there is only one answer for Xiangbei to win!

That is, Sakuragi missed the free throw, and then Akagi grabbed the offensive rebound and passed the ball to Hisashi Mitsui on the outside, and Bo made the last three-pointer!

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The atmosphere on the court was almost frozen.

The atmosphere outside the screen was the same. The audience didn't dare to breathe and stared at the field closely!

With Sakuragi's free throw, I don't know how many people's hearts were tightened at this moment!

"Rebound!!"

"Akagi!"

Sakuragi missed the free throw, but the rebound fortunately broke out. Akagi lived up to everyone's expectations, enduring the severe pain in his ankle and jumping high. He grabbed the frontcourt rebound under the pressure of two Hainan inside players!

In a flash, Akagi threw the ball outside the three-point line.

The camera panned, Mitsui Shou came out and received the ball steadily. Under the desperate defense of Kiyota Nobunaga, he shot a three-pointer!

"Got it!!"

"Mitsui!"

"Got it!!"

For this shot, Mitsui Shou burned up all his strength, with a perfect shooting posture, and the whole action was done in one go. The basketball drew a beautiful arc and flew towards the basket!

At this moment, time seemed to freeze.

Everyone stared at the spinning basketball, and even Mitsui clenched his fists, ready to cheer!

A three-point shooter knows whether the ball goes in or not the moment the ball is shot!

Mitsui Shou is very sure that the ball goes in!

Just as thousands of spectators were preparing to cheer like Mitsui Shou, the basketball hit the basket and bounced high into the air!

"Fuck..."

"What's going on!!"

The mood of the audience was like a roller coaster.

The moment the rebound came out, their hearts were chilled.

It didn't go in...

In a short period of time, they didn't realize that Kiyota Nobunaga's fingernail touched the basketball, but they just focused all their attention on the key rebound that came out!

At the critical moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi stood up again!

As the countdown continued to pass, he first made a high shot and flew the basketball over Maki Shinichi's head, and then used his superhuman speed to take off a second time and picked up this precious rebound like gold!

"Sakuragi Hanamichi!"

"Woo woo woo!"

"Sakuragi!"

"Sakuragi!"

At this moment, Sakuragi seemed to have become the hero of Xiangbei. These anime fans who had long recognized Sakuragi Hanamichi's status as the protagonist also held their heads and exclaimed.

In this game, all the players of Xiangbei gave their all!!

The audience's originally cold hearts became hot again!

But Hainan is Hainan. At this critical moment, Hainan's on-the-spot reaction is as fast as lightning. Maki Shinichi and Ashen instantly launched a double-team attack on Sakuragi, and Kiyota Nobunaga stuck to Mitsui Shou tightly, not giving Mitsui Shou the opportunity to catch the ball and shoot again!

Although Sakuragi Hanamichi sometimes rushes forward, in such a crucial battle, at such a critical moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi knows that he must give the ball to Akagi!

In a flash, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was double-teamed, glimpsed a figure that looked like Akagi in the penalty area. He didn't react too much at all. Before the double-team came completely, he passed the ball out!

...

But when the man in Hainan's interior received the basketball, the camera moved up to give the man's face.

Sakuragi's face was full of astonishment and horror.

The audience outside the screen were all dazed, holding their heads in their hands, not knowing what to say!

The person who received the basketball was not Akagi, but Takasago, a member of the Hainan team!!

Sakuragi...

At the critical moment...

Mistakes!!

On the basketball court, with the Hainan team members celebrating their victory crazily, only the backs of the Xiangbei team were left, swallowing the defeat.

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"Ahhhhhhhh..."

"Old thief!! You fucking!"

"Don't blame Sakuragi, Sakuragi really tried his best."

"Wuwuwuwu, I was fucking made to cry by the old thief again!"

"The efforts of the whole court were ruined in an instant, is this the cruelty of competitive sports?"

"Sakuragi tried his best. Even if the ball was passed to Akagi and scored, Xiangbei would have no chance of winning in overtime."

"Sakuragi wuwuwuwu..."

Thousands of audiences from the Kyushu world were once again depressed by the old thief!

Just now, Mitsui Shou's three-pointer, which was determined to win, was touched by Kiyota Nobunaga, and Sakuragi fell into deep self-blame!

The audience who had not collapsed because of the loss of this game, when they saw Sakuragi's unacceptable expression, tears flowed down.

Sakuragi thought he had failed Akagi's dream.

He also failed all his teammates who had been fighting hard throughout the game...

No one was joking anymore. Sakuragi's best friends looked at Sakuragi with heartache, and Haruko burst into tears!

Under the tearful gaze of all the audience, Sakuragi shed tears of unwillingness!

From a basketball novice who knew nothing, to now, Sakuragi gradually fell in love with basketball and dedicated everything on the court!

In any competitive sports, teammates will forgive you for mistakes at this critical moment, but you can't forgive yourself.

In this game, no one can blame Sakuragi, but from the perspective of Sakuragi Hanamichi, everyone can feel his unwillingness!

"It's not over yet..."

"The finals are just starting now!"

"Don't cry!"

Akagi rubbed Sakuragi's head, comforting and encouraging Sakuragi!

This round-robin match is only the first game. If they win the next two opponents, Xiangbei will still have the initiative to enter the national competition.

But when the words "don't cry" came out, the audience who were already crying cried even more miserably, especially on the basketball courts under the lights, countless teenagers squatted on the ground, wiping tears from the corners of their eyes, silent.

This is the romance of men.

The romance of basketball.

The so-called passionate comic is nothing more than this.

…(End of this chapter)