Contest.

For a team like Lingnan, even Jinguji Martial Arts is completely serious.

"Don't worry, this genius will never let his guard down!"

Sakuragi patted his chest and promised, but Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango looked at each other, spread their hands and sighed, obviously not believing Sakuragi Hanamichi.

"Damn it, you two guys actually dare to underestimate me!" Sakuragi saw the attitude of his two companions and said angrily.

However, his anger may be useful to others, but it is of no use to Qingtian and Nanxiang.

While Sakuragi and Kiyota were fighting, Coach Anzai, who had been chatting with Coach Tianoka for a while, returned to the rest area and directly announced the five starters without any nonsense:

"Akagi Takenori, Mitsui Hisashi, Jinguji Budō, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede, the five of you will come on as the starting players."

"Kaede Rukawa plays point guard, Hisashi Mitsui plays shooting position, and the others remain the same."

After hearing Coach Anxi's starting list, Wu Dao was not surprised. After the other team members looked at each other, they nodded slightly and did not raise any objections.

This lineup is not the first time Xiangbei has used it. It has been tried in previous games and the effect is pretty good.

When Rukawa Kaede was the point guard, Shohoku's offense changed more, and Rukawa Kaede, who is 187cm tall, was much stronger defensively than Miyagi Ryota. On the defensive end, Shohoku's lineup had no obvious weaknesses and would not be like before.

Ling Nan grabbed the weak point and hit hard.

After confirming the starting lineup, the Shohoku players, who had changed their clothes, entered the venue one after another to warm up.

Coach Anxi did not lay out specific tactics. During the pre-game deduction, Coach Anxi had already analyzed what styles of play his team's various lineups need to adapt to.

For example, in Shohoku's current game lineup, when it comes to the court, the person leading the offense is Rukawa Kaede. Point guard Rukawa Kaede can independently change his offensive style according to changes in the court situation.

This is why Rukawa Kaede has such talent, which makes Coach Anzai choose to believe in Rukawa Kaede.

The two teams, Shohoku and Ryonan, were very well-behaved in the warm-up period. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi wanted to make some noise and show himself in front of the national media, he only made a few dunks during the warm-up.

It's eye-catching, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Seeing how active Sakuragi was on the Shobei side, Lingnan was not willing to be outdone. However, Shinomiya and Sendō did not take any action. Instead, they asked second-year Fukuda Koshio to perform a few alley-oops, which attracted the audience.

Their enthusiasm is ignited.

After nearly half an hour of warming up.

With the referee's whistle, the two teams also began to enter the court and began to take positions in the center circle.

Not long after, the referee walked into the court with a basketball. Before the referee could kick off, cheers erupted from the stands.

Watching the referee walk up to the center line with the basketball, Shinomiya immediately lowered his head and looked at the referee intently without speaking to the martial artist in front of him.

Jinguji Martial Arts also calmed down slightly at this time, looking at the basketball in the referee's hand with a solemn expression.

Both of them felt a terrifying pressure from the other. Under the influence of the other's pressure, both of them became more focused.

"Beep——" After the whistle sounded, the basketball was thrown into the air.

Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi jumped up high at almost the same time and swatted the basketball.
Chapter completed!