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The opening match officially began in the afternoon.

The first game was played by the host Kyoto team.

Tiandao absolutely does not believe that the lottery is absolutely fair.

From the information obtained from May, Tiandao and his friends learned that Kyoto's number one seed's opponent in the opening game this year is the weakest team among all the participating teams.

The result did not disappoint the local fans. Kyoto's number one seed defeated the opponent by 10 points and got off to a good start.

Then it was Teiko's turn, and their match was scheduled for the second game of the day.

The opponent is a team from Kanagawa.

Tiandao also saw a familiar figure in the opponent's lineup.

Kasamatsu Yukio is a third-year student who will become the captain of Kaijo High School. He is a senpai with a bad temper but is extremely reliable.

Walking into the locker room, Shirogane Kozo's face was full of seriousness.

Although they have had a smooth journey, the qualifiers cannot be compared with the main competition.

It's like you can't compare the intensity of the preseason with the real regular season or even the playoffs.

What's more, their opponent today is a team from Kanagawa, the second largest division.

The opponent's core player, Yukio Kasamatsu, was a player who had been guaranteed in advance by the wealthy club Kaijo.

That is a recognition of his strength.

He is considered to be the best point guard in Kanagawa Prefecture this year, who can score and assist his teammates.

Such a point guard is still relatively rare in this era.

At this time, Bai Jin Gengzao's gaze fell on Tiandao.

Today, the task of defeating Yukio Kasamatsu will naturally fall on him.

There weren't many motivational words spoken in the locker room; the players were already cautious enough in this game.

It’s too late.

Tiandao changed into his No. 14 jersey and, like Kobe, put the wrist guard on his elbow. He jumped twice and was about to go on the field, but was grabbed by Platinum Kozo.

"coach?"

"Don't be nervous, just perform normally. Believe in your hard work during this period. Hard work will not lie."

I feel like you're more nervous than I am.

Tiandao could feel his coach's arms shaking.

There is no way around it. This kind of match where the winner is decided in one round is indeed quite exciting and cruel.

If you are not careful, a year's hard work will go to waste.

Tiandao smiled and put on his favorite sunglasses that he used to show off.

"Don't worry, coach."

"I'm the strongest!"

'6666666! '

'Oh wow, that's so cute!'

"Here it comes, the national competition is finally here."

"Is this the first basketball show to be broadcasted all the way to the national tournament? SD ended at the preliminaries, so sad..."

The audience had already bought melon seeds and soda, waiting for the national competition to begin.

If nothing unexpected happens, today will be Heizi's debut, and many people don't want to miss it.

After leaving the player tunnel, noisy sounds surged in from all directions.

Speaking of it, Tokyo and Kanagawa are old enemies.

Just like the Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the past.

As the two cities with the highest and second highest living standards, the people have been competing with each other since a very early time.

Now that the teams from the two places meet in the national competition, it can be described as a clash of titans.

Of course, there is no such grudge between the two teams, they just simply want to win the game.

There are a total of sixty-four participating teams, and half of them will be eliminated in the first round.

In other words, the winner can enter the top 32, then the top 16 and top 8, then the top 4 and finally the champion and runner-up.

No extra chat, the game started right away.

Right from the start, Murasakibara used his incredible fighting ability to help the opponent gain the right to attack first.

He was fouled again while scrambling for the ball.

Tiandao and the others looked at Murasakibara speechlessly, their disgust evident in their words, and the latter pouted in grievance.

"Did this guy jump this high when he was watching the video?"

Kasamatsu Yukio's expression became even more serious.

This man who would later become the captain of Haichang seemed to be like this all the time except when he was angry and hit someone.

Cold, or rather calm to the extreme.

After receiving the pass from his teammate, he slowly ran to the frontcourt.

It seemed that he was waiting for his teammates to get into position, so the pace of play was extremely slow.

Teiko's opponent today, besides the outside player Yukio Kasamatsu who needs attention, is their center position.

A big center with a height of 196cm and a weight of 90kg, such a tonnage makes him an absolute inside killer at this age.

Kumamoto Iwao, the opponent's center, sat directly in the inside. His fleshy figure made Murasakibara look thin when he stood in the penalty area.

The opponent hit the ball into the penalty area on the first attack.

Murasakibara chose to defend. Although he looked thinner than his opponent, he was able to withstand the impact.

However, Kumamoto Iwa was not as hard-working as people imagined. He just turned around and hooked the ball without even jumping, and scored the goal.

Ziyuan was dumbfounded. It was the first time he encountered someone who attacked without even jumping.

Chapter 67: Didn’t these bastards watch it?

"Doesn't this idiot have any information on his opponent?"

When Shirogane Kozo saw Murasakibara's dull look, he knew that this naughty kid was definitely not obedient.

He asked the team members to make good use of May's intelligence capabilities.

That kind of analysis that anticipates the enemy's moves can improve the team's chances of winning.

Shirokane Kozo believes that Momoi Satsuki is also a precious gift from God to his team.

As a result, the intelligence collected in May was used as toilet paper by those bastards.

Yes, you heard it right. It's not just Murasakibara. Several first-year students at Teiko don't have the good habit of reading intelligence.

Tiandao has the habit of studying his opponents, but he doesn't like to read this kind of information.

In his words, "I don't want to let these numbers affect my judgment."

It fits his personality very well; following the rules is not his style.

Qingfeng?

"Research? Why research? May, you should do less of this kind of boring stuff in the future."

He is not even as good as the way of heaven. He never studies his opponents. He just takes the ball and plays based on his feelings.

Akashi's reason was similar to Tiandao's. "Rather than using data to predict my opponent's actions, I prefer to adapt to the situation."

Midorima did take a look at these data, but they were not particularly useful to the bespectacled guy, who was simply unwilling to step into the three-point line.

It seemed as if shooting a 2-pointer was disrespectful to the 3-pointer, so he took note of the opponent's habits when defending the 3-pointer.

Not to mention Murasakibara, a typical McGee-type player, everything below the brain is configured.

As long as he doesn't use his brain, he will be a thumbs up in everything he does.

"So in the end, only our coaching staff and Nijimura analyzed this information properly?" Bai Jingeng was so angry that his liver hurt.

What kind of monsters are these?

"Pfft~ I died of laughter. I didn't watch any of it."

"I feel sorry for Xiao Taozi for a second. The information I worked so hard to prepare was thrown away."

'They are so willful.'

"It should be self-confidence, absolute confidence in oneself."

While Platinum Kozo was roaring, the barrage in reality was laughing.

Tiandao and his friends' behavior is consistent with the audience's impression of two-dimensional geniuses.

Highlight one's willful and reckless behavior!

At this time, Kuroko raised his hand weakly, "Coach, I have studied the information carefully."

"You've got it?"

“I don’t understand.”

"........."

Bai Jin Gengzao's blood pressure began to rise.

I don’t understand, what the hell are you talking to me about? The audience burst into laughter again.

Just after the first round of the match, Platinum Kozaku couldn't sit still. This was something that would never happen in the qualifiers.

And this is the difference between the qualifiers and the finals, you can't relax for a second.

Afterwards, Nijimura Shuzo broke into the interior with the help of Tendō's cover.

His impact is very strong. Generally speaking, once he breaks through, it is basically equivalent to a defense failure.

Kumamoto Iwao quickly went to the basket to defend, and Kasamatsu Yukio also ambushed on the wing to cut off the connection between Nijimura Shuzo and Murasakibara.

Unexpectedly, Nijimura Shuzo did not pass the ball into the penalty area, but passed the ball to Tiandao on the outside.

At this moment, there was only one defender standing in front of Tiandao.

Teiko's charge, run and pass disrupted the enemy's tight defense.

Tiandao took the ball and took a step forward.

The defender, who was afraid of Tiandao, the ace of Teiko, hurriedly retreated, but saw that Tiandao braked after only one step forward, and his center of gravity fell behind because of the excessive retreat.

Even though he tried his best to defend, he could only watch Tiandao throw the ball into the basket.

"Shh!"

Teiko's triangle offense yielded results in its first game.

"Come on, you almost inhaled my exhaust." Tiandao casually said some trash talk after scoring.

He originally wanted to say, "Come on, you almost defended me."

After thinking for a moment, I realized that this kind of rubbish is really boring and has been used too much. I suddenly had an idea and came up with something even worse.

As expected, the opponent's No. 3 position was visibly red.

Kasamatsu Yukio hurried over and comforted him, "Calm down, he just wants to irritate you."

However, having said that, Kasamatsu Yukio had a bad feeling in his heart.

When he knew that Teikou was his first opponent, he wanted to deal with Tiandao Jingyan, Teikou's trump card.

They prepared many defensive tactics against Tiandao's possession of the ball.

The result?

He actually stopped holding the ball and tried something new.