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Sakuragi did a pretty good job of filling in for Akagi, though it was Rukawa who pushed Shohoku into a fierce comeback against Kainan. He single handedly brought Shohoku back within five points.
Episodes
1The Birth of a Genius Basketman?!? 2Die Basketball! Hanamichi vs. Rukawa 3Gorilla vs. Hanamichi! Big Showdown! 4Basketball Man Hanamichi Joins the Team 5A Gutless Afternoon 6Rukawa vs. Akagi. The Real Showdown! 7Hanamichi's Debut! Dunk Attack 8Hanamichi's Crisis! The Judo Man's Snare 9I Will Play Basketball! 10The 'Beginner's Shot' ....Is Hard! 11Special Secret Love Training for Two!? 12Beat Ryonan! Hard Training Before the Decisive Game 13Shohoku vs Ryonan the Fired Up Captain! 14Super Basketball Match! Ryonan's Attack of Angry Waves 15Hanamichi's Nervous Big Start 16Who Is This Guy?! Taoka's Miscalculation 17Rebound King. Hanamichi Sakuragi's Agony 18The Last Two Minutes! I'm Taking Sendo Down! 19Time Up! The Ryonan Game Is Over 20Basketball Shoes 21Super Problems! Hanamichi vs. Miyagi 22The Fool with the Worst Record, A Combination is Born 23Shohoku Basketball Team's Last Day 24The Allies of Justice, Sakuragi's Army Visits 25The Guy Who Wanted to Conquer the World 26Mitsui's Peak, Trouble at 15 27I Want to Play Basketball! 28The Beginning of Interhigh Preliminaries 29Hanamichi! Pennant Race Debut 30The Introspective Army's Big Counterattack 31Formidable Enemy Miuradai's Secret Weapon 32Genius Hanamichi! Certain Death Dunk 33Walkout King!? Sakuragi's Righteousness 34Gorilla's Initiation, Kill with Your Eyes! 35Hot Blooded Guys 36A Well Seeded School, Enter Shoyo 37Hanamichi's First Start 38Rukawa's Counterattack! 39Lightning Flash Ryota! 40Hanamichi the Genius shows off! 41Shoyo Coach Enters the Court 42Shoyo Ace Fujima's Real Ability 43Has Mitsui Reached His Limit!? 44Mitsui! Stormy 3 Points 45Imminent Walkout!? Hanamichi's Pinch 46Hanamichi, Hot Dunk 47Challenge from a Rival 48The Guy Who Pledged to Defeat Kainan 49Takezono, Last Fight 50Challenge to the King 51Outside Accounts!? Hanamichi at His Best! 52Sakuragi's Confinement's Secret Weapon 53The Gorilla's Injury! Desperate Situation!? 54King Kong, Younger Brother 55The One that Dominates the Game 56Ace Shepherd, Full Throttle 57Anzai, Bet on Victory! 58Stubborn Guys! 59Last 10 Seconds! A Perfect Conclusion 60To relieve guilt: Shave Head ?! 61Baldy attacks back! 62Three-day super training 63Ryonan's genius plan 64Kainan rebounds! 65The strongest rival 66Sendoh's scheme 67The final battle! 68Sakuragi Hanamichi comes to rescue! 69Gorilla goes astray 70King Kong number two! 71Gorilla revives! 72The greatest shame of one's life 73Rukawa Kaede, gambling on the 2nd half 74The most dangerous challenger! 75Peak performance 76The feeling of victory 77You guys are strong! 78Uozumi Revives 79Blue waves - Ryonan attacks back! 80Shohoku's problems 81Sendoh attacks! Shohoku loses 82Amateur Sakuragi Hanamichi shows off! 83Kogure's determination 84Win or Lose 85New Challenge: the national championship! 86Rukawa Kaede's Ambition 87Japan's number basketball player 88The basketball kingdom - United States of America 89Rukawa Kaede's spirit 90Shohoku's real ace 91The sudden barrier to the nationals 92Guys - Sakuragi Gang 93Going toward 20000 shoots 94Shohoku vs. Jousei 95The day when Sakuragi's fired up! 96Basketball Shoes Part II 97Mixed Feelings, Uozumi returns 98Shohoku vs. Shoyo/Ryonan 99Facing the strongest team, Shohoku in danger! 100The one who brought forth a miracle - Sakuragi! 101SLAM DUNK!