The next day.
Yuuto found Oyamada Masataka, Homi Academy's center, during lunch in the afternoon.
"Captain?!"
Oyamada Masataka saw Yuuto sitting opposite him and immediately sat up straight.
Yuuto told him not to be nervous.
"Don't be like this. I came to ask you something. When you were in elementary school, did you play as a guard?"
"Yes... yes, how did you know, Captain?"
"Why didn't you say such things from the beginning?"
Oyamada Masataka touched the back of his head somewhat naively upon hearing this.
He said, "I thought about saying it, but after the coach saw me, he said he wanted to cultivate me into an excellent center like Ota-senpai."
"I especially admire Captain and Ota-senpai. Hearing the coach say this, I agreed immediately."
What a simpleton.
He tells you to play, and you play?
Although height increased significantly in a short time, and Oyamada Masataka indeed lost the agility required for an outside player, switching to inside is understandable.
But Yuuto is not an ordinary person.
He knows too well what a big man with a three-point shot can do.
Oyamada Masataka can stretch the space for the team to the greatest extent.
When he stands outside, does the opposing center come out or not?
Come out?
Then the inside has space for Yuuto and Haizaki to impact.
If not coming out, three-pointers hitting the face.
Tell me how other guards should defend him?
"How is your three-point shooting?"
"O... Okay. After growing taller, the basket seems to become clearer."
"Have you practiced three-pointers recently?"
"Coach let me learn low post techniques."
Misleading students.
Yuuto naturally labeled his coach as incompetent.
Of course.
He also knows that given a player like Oyamada Masataka, most coaches in this era would use him this way.
Big man not wrestling in the paint but running to shoot threes?
Too stupid, too soft!
This is the basketball of this era; big men shooting threes is a sign of weakness.
"Captain, the coach is also doing it for my own good, I..."
"Shut up. Starting today, stay with me to practice three-pointers extra after basketball club activities end."
"By the way, where is your home?"
"Just nearby? Isn't ten kilometers nearby?"
"Like this, come to this place at night. Haizaki and I practice extra there at night; you come too."
Yuuto didn't give Oyamada Masataka a chance to speak at all, arranging him clearly very naturally.
No matter how he hides this year, he is essentially a pressure monster.
Of course.
Now he doesn't need so much toxic chicken soup.
Given the attitude of these people in the basketball club towards him now, whatever Yuuto says, they do.
Since Oyamada Masataka is here, arrange that guy Sakurai Ryō too.
...
Afternoon.
They set off again.
This is their last game of the group stage.
Teams that can play here, strength naturally doesn't need to be questioned.
Provided they are not compared with teams like Homi Academy and Teiko.
Today's arena was occupied by a massive amount of Homi Academy and Yuuto fans.
The opponent felt unprecedented pressure amidst the frenzied cheers of fans.
This is a manifestation of immaturity.
Caring too much about fans' opinions will only affect one's performance.
They felt Tochigi Prefecture fans were too unkind; everyone is a Tochigi Prefecture team and shouldn't be treated differently.
But in sports, to win respect, you need to speak with your fists.
It's cruel here.
No sympathy and pity, and won't let you win deliberately just because you look like a pitiful worm.
On the contrary.
The weaker you are, the more excessive the opponent will be, riding on your head all the time.
Today's opponent is like this.
Facing Homi Academy's oppressive defense, their eyes carried resentment.
At this time, the game had proceeded to the last 3 minutes of the second quarter, and Homi Academy's lead had reached 37 points.
The opponent really wanted to ask them, do I have a grudge against you or what?
But responding to them was only a group of wolf-like Okukozome people.
Yuuto held the ball.
Facing a double team, his expression remained unchanged, accelerating suddenly in front of the opponent like a pianist striking a movement of changing notes.
...
Strong rhythm changes allowed him to tear open the opponent's double team instantly.
The next second.
He crashed through the middle of the two like the sun.
Others on the opponent side wanted to help defend; Oyamada Masataka stood horizontally on the pursuit path like a moving Great Wall.
A classic V-shaped screen. Yuuto successfully killed into the paint and completed scoring with a finger roll, widening the gap to 39 points.
This is last year's S-level team.
Whether offense or defense, they are far ahead of other teams.
Halftime ended.
The game lost suspense.
Homi Academy continued to train troops in the second half, letting Haizaki and Kuroko take turns leading the team, with Sakurai Ryō assisting on the side.
...
As for Yuuto.
This "Jordan" of Okukozome sat comfortably on the bench watching the game.
When the whistle blew.
The broadcast immediately announced Homi Academy broke into the final Round Robin of the Prefectural Tournament for three consecutive years.
In a single-elimination format, Homi Academy might still have a tiny possibility of being upset.
But once entering the Round Robin, with margin for error, their probability of qualifying is almost 100%!
On the way back.
Yuuto conducted a simulation again.
This time.
He still didn't draw a powerful talent, as if the red talent Weakness · Correction really exhausted his luck.
Yuuto only obtained a green talent named "Ninja Turtle," the effect is to improve his post-up success rate to a certain extent.
Then it was frantically scoring in the simulated world, obtaining more experience through performance.
At the same time.
Yuuto constantly played against Teiko in different ways and memorized all the keys.
That night.
The extra practice army increased from 3 people to 5 people.
Yuuto one-on-one with Haizaki here; on the other side were Kuroko, Sakurai Ryō, and Oyamada Masataka practicing together.
Some locals discovered their extra practice, infected by their diligence, stayed to cheer for them, even picked up balls for them to help them practice.
This somewhat dilapidated court suddenly became lively.
...
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