"This... this guy is walking, right?!"
On the bench of Ryonan High School, a young player murmured as he watched Wu Dao's goal.
"The referee didn't blow the whistle, it was a good shot."
"And I saw it clearly. The child didn't walk."
Shigeka Tanaka shook his head and said, then Coach Tanaka's expression became serious. Looking at Wudao who was fist-bumping with his teammates in celebration on the court, his face darkened.
"I originally thought that with the addition of Shinomiya Tano and Sendoh Akira to our Ryonan High School this year, we could sit back and relax and advance to the national level. I didn't expect that Shohoku High School would actually have such a genius joining this year."
"He was able to block Tian Ye's dunk before. This kid's physical talent is also unusual. Although he is not as strong as Tian Ye, his offensive skills are more delicate than Tian Ye."
"With that kind of footwork, he can fight head-on against Tian Ye."
Coach Tian Gang thought silently in his heart, and then suddenly stood up, walked to the sidelines, and shouted to the Ryonan players on the field: "Everyone, the ball is in the hands of Shigong Tianye."
"Other players, all move away. You are not allowed to assist in the pick-and-roll."
Coach Tiangang's voice attracted the attention of the players on the field. Sendoh and others were a little confused when they suddenly heard Coach Tiangang's words. They didn't know why their coach suddenly made such a decision.
However, Jinguji Budo immediately understood Taoka Shigeichi's thoughts.
"You're... planning to use me and Xiangbei as a whetstone for that guy?!"
Jinguji Budo's guess was correct. This was what Coach Tanaka was thinking at the moment. In Tanaka Shigeichi's opinion, Shinomiya Tanaka's personal ability was already at the top level among high school players. In the current Kanagawa Prefecture, there were very few teams and individuals who could exert offensive and defensive pressure on Shinomiya Tanaka on both ends of the offense and defense.
The existence of Shohoku High School and Jinguji Budo is the team and individuals that can put pressure on Shinomiya Tano.
In the eyes of Coach Tiangang, the best team is made up of countless best players, and it is very important to train the players' individual abilities. This game was originally just a practice match, and for Coach Tiangang, this is the best training opportunity.
On the court, Ryonan defender Kenichi Nishibayashi passed the ball to Shinomiya Tano. Although he didn't know what his coach's intention was, he just followed the coach's arrangements without knowing why.
"Thank you, coach~" After receiving the ball, Shimonoya smiled at Coach Tagora and shouted loudly.
Then he pressed behind his teammates and slowly entered the frontcourt with the ball.
"Hey, Budo! Don't lose to him!"
"I won't provide you with backup."
Although Mitsui Shou didn't know what Ryonan High School's intention was, in Mitsui Shou's mind, Budo and Shigong Tianye were obviously at odds. In this one-on-one attack and defense battle, Mitsui Shou was full of confidence in Budo.
"Don't worry, I won't lose!"
Jinguji Budou waved to his teammates and immediately walked up to Shigong Tianye after she entered the frontcourt. When defending Shigong Tianye before, Budou had already realized that his strength was inferior to that of the opponent. If he still defended near the three-point line, Budou would not have enough defensive depth after Shigong Tianye broke through.
In order to be able to keep up with the opponent after the opponent's breakthrough, Budou improved his defensive position. Two or three meters outside the three-point line, Budou began to put pressure on Shinomiya Tano.
“Snap! Snap!”
The arena fell into a brief silence, with only the sound of Shigong Tianye dribbling the ball echoing in the arena. Shigong Tianye leaned sideways, with his hand on Wudao's waist, dribbling at a relatively high position, observing Wudao's defense.
All the Ryonan players had already leaned against one side of the court and had no intention of going forward to help. Sendoh was standing outside the three-point line with his hands on his hips. He didn't look like he was playing on the court at all, but more like he was on vacation.
Suddenly, Sigong Tianye changed the rhythm of dribbling, broke through, and stuck his body directly to Wudao. The huge force directly forced Wudao back. Sigong Tianye, who got a gap, accelerated again and quickly broke through the three-point line.
"Breakthrough!" Cheers came from Ryonan's bench, but the cheers only lasted for a few times and then suddenly stopped, as if someone was strangling their throat.
On the court, Jinguji Takeshi reacted when Shinomiya Tano broke through, and this time he was ready to meet the impact. Although he was forced to retreat, he chased after him in the first time and caught up with Shinomiya Tano near the three-point line, forcing the opponent to stop the ball near the three-point line.
However, Shimono's stop was very short. After a simple dribble between the legs, he immediately adjusted the direction of the breakthrough. From the top of the arc, he instantly passed Jinguji Budou and rushed towards the inside.
Wu Dao followed closely beside Shigong Tianye, holding his hands high and moving sideways, and was soon pressed to the free throw line by the opponent. Shigong Tianye also quickly gathered the ball and shot directly in the middle of the field despite Wu Dao's interference.
The shooting rhythm of Shinomiya Tano was a bit weird. He did not shoot at the highest point of the jump, but shot when he was falling back from the highest point. Although the shooting point was not the highest, the defending side's Wudao did not stay in the air for long because of his side jump. When Shinomiya Tano shot, Wudao had already fallen a long distance.
There was no way to effectively interfere with Shimono's shooting.
"Snap, swish." With two consecutive soft sounds, the basketball hit the backboard and went directly into the net.
"good!
! "As Shigong Tianye scored the goal, the Ryonan High School bench burst into cheers. Shigong Tianye clenched his fist towards his teammates on the bench, and then quickly returned to defense.
Couldn't defend it.
Wu Dao looked back at the basket, his expression slightly disappointed. There was nothing wrong with his defensive choice for the last shot. The reason why he couldn't defend it was because he couldn't defend it.
"Budo, don't worry about it, just attack!"
"We'll move away too, and you can fight him one-on-one!"
Mitsui Shou walked to the side of Jinguji Takeshi, patted Takeshi on the back, and encouraged him. Mitsui Shou also saw the attack and defense just now. If he was on the defensive side, he would not be able to stop the attack just now by Shigong Tianye.
"Well, you guys will carry the ball up the field, and I'll ask you to pass the ball once I'm in position."
"This isn't a one-on-one duel, it's a game after all!"
"I want personal victory, but I want team victory even more!"
Jinguji Takeshi said to Mitsui Shou. While the two were talking, Miyagi Ryouta also came over. Hearing Takeshi's words, Miyagi was a little confused and asked:
"Why should I wait for you to get into position before passing the ball? Can't I just give you the ball and let you shoot it yourself?"
Wudao rolled his eyes at Miyagi and said, "Stupid! Save your energy!"
"Does the physical strength required to attack from the backcourt with the ball in hand the same as the physical strength required to attack directly from the frontcourt with the ball in hand?"
"You may not see anything after one or two rounds, but if you do it more often, the difference will become apparent."
"It's the same offense, but the physical strength required for catching the ball outside the three-point line and catching the ball in the mid-range is completely different!"
Wu Dao's words made Miyagi Ryouta understand instantly, and an expression of sudden enlightenment appeared on his face.
"I see~ You're really smart!" Miyagi sighed, silently running to the baseline to catch the ball. Wudao looked at the position of Shigong Tianye from a distance, and quickly ran to the front court.
Both teams used a single-core attack, reaching a strange tacit understanding. With such a prerequisite, Wu Dao began to consciously increase the rhythm of the attack. He wanted to deliberately speed up, so as to guide Sigong Tianye to speed up, increase the number of offensive rounds per unit time, and consume Sigong Tianye's physical strength to the greatest extent.
After entering the frontcourt, Takeshi Jinguji did not stay outside the three-point line for even a second. He directly passed Shinomiya Tano and entered the mid-range. When Shinomiya Tano's defense came up again, Takeshi held off Shinomiya Tano in the mid-range and got into position to ask for the ball.
Shigong Tianye did not intend to force Wudao out of the mid-range, nor did he intend to prevent Wudao from receiving the ball.
He was like a boxer who had already entered the ring, standing in the center of the ring, waiting for his opponent to arrive. Jinguji Budo, who was without the ball, was obviously not a qualified opponent.
After being passed several times, the basketball successfully fell into the hands of Jinguji Budou.
The defense of Ryonan High School did not seem to want to limit Wudao from receiving the ball. Xiangbei's transmission was very smooth and the basketball successfully fell into Wudao's hands.
Wudao who received the ball still had his back to the basket. This time, he directly blew the ball and leaned back, with his butt sitting directly on Shinomiya Tano's body.
"Um?"
"Um!"
Shigong Tianye thought that Wudao was just trying to attack, so he didn't use his full strength to deal with Wudao's attack. But now, Wudao used all his strength to attack him, and he involuntarily took two steps back, directly leaving a distance of nearly one meter.
Wudao himself did not expect that he had scored a goal. Realizing that his body position was widened, he immediately took a step forward with the ball, and then turned around and made a jump shot.
Wudao's mid-range shot was already quite sharp. Shimoya Nono, who was completely far away, couldn't affect Wudao's shot at all, and the basketball went straight into the net.
As the basketball went into the net, the substitutes of Xiangbei cheered loudly, not to be outdone. The cheers were even louder than the cheers of Ryonan before.
Wu Dao ran back to his own half of the court to defend, making a goal gesture with his right hand. His steps were light and he looked quite relaxed.
In the transition from offense to defense, Shimono received the ball in the backcourt and started a new round of offense.
Shimono Shimono's offensive habit is to receive the ball in the backcourt, and after entering the frontcourt, he mainly relies on breakthrough shooting. His breakthrough method relies more on his terrifying strength, relying on physical confrontation to carve out a gap for shooting and thus score.
Or he could rely on his excellent physique to break into the basket and make a layup.
The offensive styles of Jinguji Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano are completely different. Takeshi is used to receiving the ball in the middle and long distances, and often relies on his footwork to get a shooting gap within three dribbles, either by force shooting or faking a pull-up shot.
These two completely different offensive methods have equally terrifying scoring efficiency.
17 minutes into the first half, neither Shohoku nor Ryonan called a timeout. Takeshi Jinguji made 11 of 17 shots, including five three-pointers, and scored 27 points in the first half. However, he inevitably received two fouls while defending Shimonoseki.
As the opponent, Si Gongtian Ye made 13 of 18 shots, made three two-plus-ones, and scored 29 points. In terms of the number of fouls, he only received one foul in the first half.
But judging from the data, Shinomiya Tano's offensive efficiency and foul control are better than Wudao's. In terms of points, the difference between the two is only 2 points, which is considered to be evenly matched.
Normally, the situation on the field between Ryonan and Shohoku High School should be similar, but in fact, Shohoku High School successfully took the advantage through the duel between Jinguji Budou and Shinomiya Tano.
The score is 42:33, with Xiangbei High School leading by nine points.
The offensive efficiency and offensive rounds of Budo and Shinomiya Tano are similar, but the biggest difference between the two teams is in rebounding control.
Shohoku High School's inside player, Akagi Takenori, is more powerful than Ryonan High School's Uozumi Jun in the fight for rebounds!
“Drink!
”
On the court, Jinguji Budou pushed Shinomiya Tano away for a short distance, then stepped back and shot a three-pointer. Budou, who was exhausted, shot a little off the target, and the basketball hit the edge of the rim and fell to the side. Under the basket, Akagi Takenori squeezed Uozumi Jun, shouted and jumped up, then lightly touched the bottom of the basketball and passed the ball.
The basketball went into the net, and the score between the two teams became 44:33, with the difference widening to 11 points.
"Beautiful! Akagi!" Mitsui Shou was standing on the other side of the basket, blocking Sendoh. When he saw the basketball go into the net, he shouted happily and then started to return to defense.
"Well done, Akagi."
When Akagi came out, Wudao bumped fists with Akagi, breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a little fortunate.
"Budao, your offensive efficiency has decreased!"
"I got two boards in a row."
Akagi smiled and called Wudao by his name directly, appearing very intimate.
"I'm tired. It's normal."
"Don't worry, I've actually already won this duel!"
Jinguji Budo smiled and replied, while returning to defense, he turned his head to look at Shigong Tianye who was standing near the three-point line. Shigong Tianye was standing inside the three-point line and breathing heavily.
In the attack and defense just now, with his physical fitness, he was actually pushed back half a step by martial arts. Before, such a thing would never happen.
The reason why this happened is... .
"I'm so tired! This feels like when I was in junior high school and led Yokota to the national competition."
“I’m so tired!”
Shimono did not notice Akagi's tip-in under the basket. He just felt dizzy. Only when he inhaled oxygen could he feel his mind clearer.
After more than ten minutes of high-intensity attack, Shigong Tianye was already a little exhausted. His jersey was completely wet, his face was covered with sweat, and his physical exhaustion was like a boxer fighting in the fourth round. However, a boxing match only lasted for 8 minutes, and there was a break every two minutes, but a basketball game lasted for 40 minutes.
On the other hand, Jinguji Budo, who was facing off against Shinomiya Tano, was refreshed. Although his breathing was rapid and he was sweating a lot, he still retained most of his physical strength!
"Field, ball!"
"Um?"
While shouting, Xilin Jianyi passed the ball to Shigong Tanye, but Shigong Tanye, who received the ball, seemed absent-minded. His hands were weak and he couldn't catch the ball steadily. The basketball slipped directly from his hands and rolled to the sidelines. In the blink of an eye, it rolled out of bounds.
As the referee's sharp whistle sounded, Ryonan High School's coach Takeo stood up from the dugout with a gloomy look on his face and sent his players to call a timeout.
"Is that the end?"
"There's actually such a huge difference in physical strength between Tian Ye and that Jinguji Budo?"
“… … .”
"No, it's a trap!"
"We've fallen into a trap!"
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