Chapter 48 - Practice Game, Part 1 (1/2)

Today the first-string of Tokiwadai Middle School was going to have a practice match with Nambara Middle School. Nambara Middle School was coming to Tokiwadai Middle School for the practice match.

Nambara Middle School was a top sixteen middle school in the Tokyo prefecture. They requested a practice match with Tokiwadai Middle School.

Tokiwadai Middle School had accepted the proposal as Nambara Middle School was a well-known school, and Tokiwadai Middle School wanted to check their new lineup.

Shun was getting ready in the locker room. He had worn his jersey and was pulling a shirt over his jersey.

Shun made his way back to the gym.

Nambara Middle School had already arrived, and when Shun entered the gym, all eyes moved towards him.

Shun felt the eyes on him, but he didn't react and made his way to Tokiwadai's bench.

Nambara member One: ”Hey, isn't that Kageyama Shun?”

Nambara member Two: ”Yeah, that's him. The super rookie who won all the individual awards and the MVP award.”

Nambara member Three: ”He scored seventy-seven points in the finals. How in the world did he manage to score that many points.”

Nambara members looked at the rest of the Tokiwadai team.

Nambara member One: ”He isn't the only one on the team that is a monster. Look at the person beside Kageyama.”

The other member looked at the person beside Shun.

Nambara member One: ”Mibuchi Reo, the second-year shooting guard from Tokiwadai. He is an extremely dangerous shooter. His defenders are scared of making contact with him as they might get drawn in to commit a foul.”

Mibuchi was famous in the middle school basketball scene. The ability to draw in fouls and make four-point plays was extremely flashy and dangerous.

Nambara member Two: ”His 'Heaven' shoot is also almost impossible to block.”

The other members agreed with him.

Nambara member Three: ”Yeah, he is already tall, and over that, he jumps so high and back that it makes it impossible to block.”

Next, they saw the looming figure on the Tokiwadai's bench.

Nambara member Two: ”Aone Takanobu, he is over 185 cm tall and was Tokiwadai's power forward with that height, most players with that height would be the center on the team. I think he is Tokiwadai's center now.”

Nambara member Three: ”He is going to be difficult to fight over rebounds. He looks so intense and serious.”

Nambara didn't know about Kaitani and Yuki as they hadn't played in any high-profile matches, so they were still unknown.

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Tokiwadai's coach was going to be the referee of the practice match.

He called upon the members from both the teams to the center of the court.

Coach: ”Both teams, please lineup.”

Both teams lined up as ordered.

Coach: ”Bow.”

All players bowed and greeted each other.