During the Battle of Shonbei Mountain King, Sakuragi was injured by saving the ball, and he did not find an abnormality at the beginning of his rise, but as the excitement slowly subsided, Sakuragi felt the sting in his back, like a person holding a knife, and stabbed him in the back at some point.
And Sakuragi's injury, the earliest perceived is three people, Ryukawa Kaede, Ansai, Ōkawada, at that time Okawada also persuaded Sakuragi, saying that Sakuragi still has a future, do not put all bets on this game, Okawada perceives that if Sakuragi continues to play, then the next game, may be Sakuragi's injury aggravated, after playing this game can no longer play basketball, it is not impossible.
Then there is a problem here, as the opponent Ogawata has cared about Sakuragi's injury, as the coach of Shonbei Ansai, very aware that the injury will erode the career of basketball players, why did not replace Sakuragi in time?
In fact, it is easy to understand that Ansai did not ignore Sakuragi for the sake of winning the game, but various factors influenced Ansai's decision-making.
First of all, at that time, Ansai did find Sakuragi's injury in time, that is, when Sakuragi and Fukazu were competing for rebounds, there was obviously a problem with the jump, and after landing, Sakuragi still stood in the same place for a little while, such an abnormal action, Ansai of course understood that that time to save the ball, Sakuragi must have been injured.
However, Ansai could not judge Sakuragi's injury, so he was worried about Sakuragi at the time, but he also chose to continue to observe.
Second, Sakuragi went from injury to collapsing in Akagi's arms after the dunk, only 1 minute passed between the matches, and within this minute, Sakuragi and others did not have too many physical collisions, so Ansai did not replace Sakuragi for a long time, and the reason for all this is that Ansai has not yet been clear, whether Sakuragi's injury is serious.
And that minute, it was another critical moment for Shonbei to chase the wind, the five main forces of Shonbei, anyone who went down, would cause the situation to be immediately reversed by the Mountain King, at that time, Sakuragi was morale, so Ansai did not replace Sakuragi in time.
Third, Kaede Kawakawa has already tested Sakuragi for Ansai, and after sensing that Sakuragi was injured, Kaede took the initiative to go to Sakuragi and remind Sakuragi that at this time, to concentrate, either Sakuragi will choose to go down, or stay on the field and fight desperately.
The end is not a coward, even if you face defeat calmly, you are not a coward, but staying on the field because of injury and throwing a rat trap is a coward, so Ryukawa Kaede is letting Sakuragi make a choice, whether to fight or retreat, to make a choice quickly.
The conversation between Kaede Ryugawa and Sakuragi, Ansai should have roughly heard the content, Sakuragi's reaction is of course to stay on the field and die, so Ansai temporarily dismissed the meaning of replacing Sakuragi, he also knew that at this time Sakuragi could not be replaced, Sakuragi himself would never agree.
The fourth point is that after Kaede Ryogawa hit a three-pointer, Yamano didn't call a timeout, and when Saeko pointed out that Sakuragi's injury could endanger Sakuragi's basketball life, everyone in Shonbei was waiting for Sakuragi's answer.
At that time, Ansai saw Sakuragi optimistically replying, although he knew that Sakuragi was hiding the true injury, but through Sakuragi's reaction, Ansai at least knew that Sakuragi could continue to play, and the situation was not so dangerous.
The fifth point is that Ansai is also a little hesitant, Ansai said that Sakuragi and Kaede Yasukawa are geniuses who can compete with Tanizawa, and Ansai is glad that he can also train talented players like Tanizawa in his lifetime.
Therefore, seeing Sakuragi playing so well on the court, he was in a trance, as if he saw Tanizawa and himself, and of course Ansai saw the infinite future of Sakuragi and Kaede Yasukawa.
Ansai wanted to watch Sakuragi continue to gallop on the court, making the mountain king a mountain at Sakuragi's feet, after this game, whether Shonbei's name could be loud, Ansai did not know, but Sakuragi's name would definitely be one of the hot words in this game.
Therefore, you say that Ansai has selfishness or selflessness, he is hesitant after all, on the one hand, Sakuragi's injury, there are many unknowns, on the other hand, he hopes that Sakuragi is as big as possible on the field, so Ansai is inevitably entangled, contradictory mood, like a rope, bound Ansai's neck, both ends are tightly pulled by unknown forces, painfully hanging him.
If during that time, someone noticed the look in Anxi's eyes, he would see that the old man who was once familiar with him, who was calm and kind in the face of any difficulty, would now look so flustered, his eyes were scattered, and he could see Anxi's clenched hands trembling slightly, such Anxi was not a white-haired demon, nor a white-haired Buddha.
During that time, time passed very slowly, every second that time passed, Ansai could feel that his heart was kicked, for him, such a time was difficult, but he also had to stop, because in this game, once he lost, Ansi could put it down, but the players could not put it down, so under great pressure, his brain also had to spin rapidly, looking for a perfect way to ensure that Sakuragi's injury did not worsen, but also to keep the situation from being reversed by the Mountain King.
But when Sakuragi collapsed in Akagi's arms, Ansai knew that it was still too late for him to make a decision, so he apologized to Sakuragi, and he deeply blamed himself, but only then, Sakuragi made his own decision.
Sakuragi had a firm belief in his heart at that time, if this game was the end of his basketball life, then he had the belief that death was at the moment, and he would eventually drag the body with several arrows inserted into it, step into the main hall where the mountain king was last dead, smash the long halberd into the ground, and shout angrily at the mountain king in front of him, "I, Sakuragi Hanamichi, come and take the head of the item."
For a time, above the Great Hall, many fierce generals who had once galloped on the battlefield, stepped on tens of thousands of iron bones, and swept through the territory of thousands of miles with sword blades, all lost their former majesty.