December 25th. Yuki Kawamura, who received national attention as a “high school student B leaguer” three years ago, has returned to the B league as a specially designated player of the Yokohama B-Corsairs, continuing from last year.
Kawamura stood on the court 5 minutes and 47 seconds into the first quarter of the match, which was the first day of bench registration. In a fierce battle with the Ryukyu Golden Kings, the leader in the west district, he gained a playtime of 18 and a half minutes despite the fact that it was four days after the merger, and recorded stats of 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals.
For Kawamura, the “third year debut match” seems to have become a particularly exciting game. This is because Ryukyu’s PG Narito Namizato has been a longing for Kawamura since he was a child, and he is also a senior at Fukuoka Daichi High School. The day before the match, which he finally visited in the third year of the special designation, his two teachers, coach Takashi Ideguchi of the school, received a line from Kawamura saying, “I want to learn a lot from Mr. Namizato.”
After that, Kawamura boldly challenged Narito in both offense and defense, perhaps because he was inspired by the message “Kill Narit” sent by coach Ideguchi.
“Narito-san was a player I’ve always admired, so I enjoyed the matchup today, and I was able to feel the strength and will of my seniors on the court. I have to be such a strong player. I felt it was bad. “
20 years old responsible for defeat
Kawamura was willing to talk about the matchup with Narito before being questioned by the press, but he regretted the two-point defeat in the content of the match and, above all, the four turnovers he had committed.
“I don’t think that a play that lacks a sense of stability is forgiven just because you are young. But losing is losing. I think we need the power to win at the end, so I felt that I had to reduce simple mistakes and play more directly to win. “
The 20-year-old on the fourth day of the merger is already aware that he is a game leader who can win the team.
Currently a sophomore at Tokai University. As the main force of the prestigious team, the second year was a troublesome season, turning from the first year, which ended with a spectacular result of winning the Incare and winning the three-point king. Sota Okura (Chiba Jets), who was leading the team together as a guard, suffered a serious injury that almost shook the season, and the burden of game control was heavily placed on Kawamura.
