"After leaving Kanagawa, I'm afraid I won't be able to meet you in the national competition."
Shigong Tianye smiled, and after that, he ignored Jinguji Budou and ran to the backcourt to prepare for defense. While returning to defense, he said something in Sendoh's ear, and then looked at Jinguji Budou on the opposite half of the court and hooked his finger at Budou.
"This guy is still like this. It seems that he hasn't been beaten in these years."
Jinguji Budo saw the provocative action of Shinomiya Tano on the opposite side, murmured something, then turned his head and shouted to Akagi who was about to serve: "Akagi, pass the ball to me."
Miyagi Ryouta, who was originally preparing to receive the ball near the baseline, was stunned, looked at Akagi, and then nodded to Akagi Takenori.
In today's Shohoku High School, if Mitsui Hisashi is the captain and has the first say, then after him, the second is not Akagi Takenori, who is also a sophomore, nor other third-year seniors, but Budou, the freshman who has just joined the team.
The reason is very simple, because of strength!
Akagi Takenori served the ball from the baseline and passed it to Jinguji Takeshi. Takeshi caught the ball with both hands and moved forward with it. Mitsui Hisashi, Miyagi and others accelerated and entered the front court before Takeshi.
With Jinguji Takeshi's appearance, Ryonan High School's defense also changed slightly. Shinomiya Tano, who was originally defending Mitsui Shou, stopped defending Mitsui Shou and moved in front of Takeshi to defend him. The player defending Mitsui Shou also became Sendoh Akira. There was no change in the matchups at other positions.
"Are you going to attack with the ball?!"
"I've never seen your level of offensive ability with the ball before. I hope you won't let me down!"
Shimonoya bent his body and although he was talking, his eyes were on the basketball in Wudao's hand. At the same time, his peripheral vision was paying attention to Wudao's footsteps, and he was focusing all his attention on defense.
There was no flaw in Shinomiya Tano's defensive posture. He was standing not very far from Wudao, and the distance between them was only about thirty or forty centimeters. At this distance, no matter whether Wudao wanted to break through or shoot, Shinomiya Tano could react in the first time and make corresponding defensive moves.
"Shigong Tianye... looks quite strong."
"It's foolish to compete with strength. Let's rely on speed and footwork to gain the advantage first!"
Jinguji Budo observed Shigong Tianye's defense and Shigong Tianye's current physical condition, and thought to himself. When approaching the three-point line, Budo suddenly stopped and glanced at Mitsui Shou who was not far away.
Mitsui understood and quickly ran up to set a screen for Takeshi. After Mitsui successfully got into position, Takeshi quickly broke through the ball, and the direction of the breakthrough was in the direction of Mitsui's screen.
"It's not that easy to get through!" Sendoh Akira, who was originally defending Mitsui Hisashi, chuckled, stretched out his hand to signal Shinomiya Tano to switch defense, and then quickly followed the breaking through Jinguji Budo.
Facing Sendō, Jinguji Takeshi doesn't care about physical confrontation. Looking at their body shapes, Takeshi's body shape is not much different from Sendō's, and Takeshi's height is taller than Sendō. Facing Sendō's defense, Takeshi is not afraid at all. He sticks his body directly to Sendō's body, and with the impact of his first acceleration, he pushes Sendō towards the inside.
"Bang!" Wudao's body hit Xiandao's hard, and the huge force slowed down Xiandao's pursuit speed a little.
"This guy is so strong!"
Sendoh Akira raised his hands high, following Wudao's steps while guarding against Wudao's sudden attack. However, he was passively defending and was dodged by Wudao. Sendoh, who was moving sideways with a crab step, could not catch up with Wudao who was already speeding up.
Two steps inside the three-point line, Sendoh was out of position, Jinguji Takeshi took the ball and jumped, and made a direct shot from several meters away from the basket. The basketball hit the backboard and went into the net with a very crisp sound.
“Good shot!”
"Nice throw, Jinguji-san!"
Seeing Jinguji Budou score a goal, the substitutes of Xiangbei cheered. Zhang Yongjun, who was sitting on the sidelines, was slightly surprised to see Budou's goal, and then nodded silently.
Sendoh breathed a sigh of relief, and the look he gave Jinguji Takeshi was obviously different from before.
"How's that guy's attack power?"
Shimono Shimomiya walked to Sendoh's side and asked with a smile. His expression seemed as if the person who just scored the goal was his relative.
"It's so-so." Xiandao Zhang smiled gently, but the look he gave Wudao was much more serious.
"Really? He just managed to beat you successfully once, and he's likely to use the same trick again in the next attack."
"Sendoh, if you can't hold on, tell me and I'll let Mitsui Shou take your place."
Shinomiya Tano seemed to have noticed the offensive intention of Shohoku High School. His eyes wandered between Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi, and then he spoke to Sendoh beside him.
"No, if you still play pick-and-roll, I'll defend that guy!"
Xian Dao Zhang shook his head and refused directly. Obviously, how could the arrogant Xian Dao Zhang accept failure like this
After the offense and defense switched, the ball came into the hands of Ryonan High School.
At this time, Shinomiya Tano was in high spirits. Nishibayashi Kenichi had just received the serve from Uozumi in the backcourt, and Shinomiya Tano asked Nishibayashi Kenichi for the ball.
Seeing the eager Sigong Tianye, Xilin Jianyi didn't think twice and directly passed the ball to Sigong Tianye. After receiving the ball, Sigong Tianye quickly dribbled forward without waiting for his teammates to get into position, and entered the front court on his own.
Then he waved to Jinguji Budo who was standing near the three-point line.
"You! Come!" Shigong Tianye acted quite conceited, greeting Wudao as if he were a minion.
"Hey young, what the hell!"
Seeing the other party's appearance, Wu Dao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, cursed, stretched his body and walked directly towards the other party. This guy is too arrogant, he must teach him a lesson.
Wudao came in front of Shigong Tianye without any nonsense, and his body was directly pressed against Shigong Tianye. At the same time, he consciously reached out to grab the ball. Even though he was separated by Shigong Tianye's ball-protecting hand, Wudao did not want to give the opponent easy space to dribble.
Under pressure from Wudao's defense, Shigong Tianye turned sideways and protected the ball to his side, while his left hand rested on Wudao's waist. When Wudao reached out to grab the ball again, Shigong Tianye suddenly exploded the ball, leaned his body hard against Wudao's body, and quickly broke through along his right side.
The defending Jinguji Budo only felt a terrifying force pouring down on him, and his body was involuntarily forced back two steps by the opponent. If he was in junior high school, Budo would definitely be completely out of position after being hit by Shigong Tianye, but now, although his strength is far less than Shigong Tianye, he can still keep his body steady under such an impact.
In just a moment, Wudao gained a firm foothold and quickly moved sideways to block Shigong Tianye's breakthrough route. Shigong Tianye obviously did not expect Wudao to be able to keep up. His body was completely defenseless and he bumped directly into Wudao. At the same time, the rhythm of his dribbling became obviously disrupted.
Wu Dao’s ability to seize opportunities is also quite good. Seeing that Shinomiya Tianye seemed to want to adjust, he rushed forward and pounced on the basketball, trying to steal the ball.
But just when Wudao was about to grab the basketball, Shinomiya Tianye suddenly grabbed the basketball with both hands, and after passing the ball, he turned around and avoided Wudao's steal, and then took a long shot with the rhythm obviously disrupted.
"What? He shot?" Shinomiya Tianye's shooting choice was quite poor. Wudao obviously did not expect the opponent to shoot in this situation and was not prepared at all.
"Ding!" Although Shimoya Tianye threw the ball, he failed to make it in. The basketball hit the edge of the frame and bounced out.
Under the basket, the two big men, Akagi Takenori and Uozumi Jun, had already crowded together, both wanting to occupy an advantageous position. When the basketball fell, both of them were unable to jump in the first place due to the influence of the other. However, in terms of position, Uozumi Jun had more advantages than Akagi.
"The rebound is mine!" Yuzumi Jun watched the basketball fall, so he simply stopped jumping and pushed Akagi outwards. Akagi's strength was dispersed when he wanted to jump, and Yuzumi pushed him away from the basket.
Just when the rebound was about to fall into Yuzumi Jun's hands, Shigong Tianye suddenly appeared in the paint, leaped up and hugged the ball in his arms. Then he quickly raised the ball and wanted to shoot under the basket.
"What?!" Akagi obviously didn't expect that Shinomiya Tano would suddenly appear under the basket. Seeing the other party holding the ball and preparing to shoot, he rushed over.
However, Shinomiya's shot was simply a fake. After tricking Akagi into jumping, Shinomiya caught the ball, took one step closer to the basket, and then held the ball with both hands under the basket and jumped up.
"Humph!" Just as Shigong Tianye was about to wreak havoc on Xiangbei's basket, a cold shout suddenly entered Shigong Tianye's ears. At some point, Jinguji Budou's figure appeared behind Shigong Tianye, also jumping high and pressing one hand on the basketball.
"Bang!" Before Shigong Tianye reached the highest point, he was pressed down on the basketball by Wudao's palm. The basketball hit the edge of the frame and flew out.
It was a clean big hot pot. The referee on the sidelines had a whistle in his mouth, but it didn't sound at all.
The flying basketball was picked up by Miyagi Ryouta who rushed over. After getting the ball, Miyagi was like a flash of lightning, dribbling the ball quickly towards the Ryonan half. Mitsui Shou also quickly ran to the front court to support Miyagi.
Only Sendoh was left on defense at Ryonan High School. In the frontcourt situation of two against one, Miyagi Ryouta made a fake pass to deceive Sendoh's position and successfully made a fast break layup.
"Slam dunk, how can it be so easy?!" Jinguji Takeshi stood under the basket, clenched his big fist, looked at the silent Shinomiya Tano in front of him, and whispered.
Shinomiya Tano didn't react. After a while, he seemed to come back to his senses, turned around to look at Jinguji Takeshi and smiled grimly.
"You are stronger than the last time I met you. You were able to block my dunk. Your burst and jumping ability are excellent."
"Jinguji Budo, you really irritated me."
"Next, I will use all my strength to destroy you!"
Shigong Tianye quietly left the inside line, and without returning to the court, he stood outside the three-point line waiting for his teammates to bring the ball into the front court. Wudao did not shrink back because of the opponent's harsh words, and still followed behind Shigong Tianye and followed him to the vicinity of the three-point line.
"Pass the ball!" Shimoya Tianye raised his right hand and whispered to his teammates. When Xilin Jianyi passed the ball, he took a small step forward and caught the ball in his hands.
"Everyone, pull away!"
After receiving the ball, Shinomiya Tano swept the ball and turned around, then quickly dropped the ball, maintaining a low center of gravity, and shouted to all his teammates.
Although Shinomiya Tano has only been a member of Ryonan High School for a short time, his Ryonan teammates are already familiar with his playing style. After Shinomiya Tano spoke, everyone spontaneously gathered to the other side of the court. Even Jun Uozumi under the basket moved to the other side, for fear of affecting Shinomiya Tano's offense.
The strange offensive formation surprised all the Xiangbei players, except, of course, Mitsui Hisashi, who had played against the First Middle School affiliated to the University of Tokyo.
"Wow~" Coach Anxi became curious when he saw the strange offensive formation of Ryonan High School. He pushed his glasses and sat up straight involuntarily.
Seeing his teammates completely pull away, Sigong Tianye also sped up and broke through along his right side. The right side was Sigong Tianye's strong side, and when breaking through in this direction, his speed was the fastest.
Wudao reacted quickly, and when Shinomiya Tano broke through, he immediately moved sideways to block the attack. However, when Jinguji Wudao's body came into contact with the opponent, a force even more terrifying than before poured into him, causing Wudao's body to involuntarily freeze there.
Shinomiya Tano seemed to be able to sense Wudao's condition. After a physical contact with Wudao, he quickly turned his back and leaned towards Wudao, then turned around and made a jump shot.
Wu Dao on the defending side had no way to block the shot by Shinomiya Tano because of the opponent's terrifying power. His body had not even recovered from several consecutive collisions, and he could only watch the opponent shoot.
“Swish!”
Shimono Shimono's series of movements were quite smooth, and the rhythm of his shooting was not affected at all, and the basketball went directly into the net.
After scoring the goal, Shimoya Tano shook his index finger at Wu Dao. Although he didn't say anything, his meaning was already quite clear.
"This little brat! So crazy!" Jinguji Takeshi clenched his fists, and light sounds came from between his finger bones.
"Miyagi, pass the ball to me later!"
"I want to give him one back!"
Wudou didn't want to swallow this inexplicable anger, so he shouted to Miyagi who received the ball, and then quickly ran to the front court.
"The game has just started and I haven't warmed up yet. If I force a breakthrough, I'll get hurt easily."
"It would be better to receive the ball from a position a little further inside."
Wu Dao thought so in his heart, and after entering the frontcourt, he did not plan to receive the ball outside the three-point line and break through, and then led the defense of Shigong Tianye to move towards the inside. Shigong Tianye did not seem to want to stop Wu Dao from receiving the ball in the inside, and when defending Wu Dao, he did not intend to go around to defend. He just faced Wu Dao, Wu Dao took a step forward, and he took a step back, and did not even want to stop Wu Dao from entering the inside.
Shinomiya Tano didn't seem to care where Budou caught the ball.
"Pass the ball!" Budou noticed Shigong Tianye's intention and asked Miyagi for the ball from the mid-range. In fact, Budou didn't even need to shout. Miyagi saw Budou's look and quickly passed the ball to Budou.
"Come on, I will block every one of your shots!"
After Wudao received the ball, Shinomiya Tianye reacted, quickly came behind Wudao, pressed close to his back, and whispered while applying pressure.
"Can you do it?!"
Wu Dao whispered, and quickly shook the ball with his shoulder, using his right foot as the axis, and turned around to shoot the ball. However, his shoulder shake did not fool Shigong Tianye at all. When Wu Dao raised the ball to shoot, Shigong Tianye suddenly jumped up and slapped the basketball in Wu Dao's hand with one hand.
However, just as Shinomiya's hand was about to hit the basketball, Wudao actually used his right foot as the pivot foot, turned back with the ball in both hands, instantly avoiding Shinomiya's block, and then turned on the spot and made a backward jump shot.
He faked a back-to-the-basket move, then turned around and followed up with a fake move to do a turnaround and fade away.
Wudao's offensive footwork and the entire series of actions dazzled the referee on the sidelines, and the basketball thrown by Wudao also steadily went into the net.
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