In the rest area of Xiangbei, Jinguji Budo put aside the cup of tea filled with wolfberries in his hand, stood up, and said:
"It's time to decide the winner!"
"us... .."
As he spoke, Wu Dao had already placed himself in the leadership position. Just as Wu Dao was about to continue to encourage his teammates, Mitsui Shou, who was sitting next to him, rolled his eyes at Wu Dao, grabbed Wu Dao's wrist, pulled it back, then stood up, walked past Wu Dao, and said:
"It's time to decide the winner!"
"Don't let your guard down. The current score difference is not enough for us to rest on our laurels."
"The winner will definitely be us, Xiangbei!"
Mitsui's voice was loud and clear, successfully boosting the players' morale. The Xiangbei players encouraged each other and walked towards the court.
The practice match lasts 20 minutes each in the first and second half. At the beginning of the second half, players from both teams still have to jump the ball. The rules of the game are different from modern game rules.
In the center circle, it was still Akagi Takenori and Uozumi Jun who were jumping for the ball. The other players were scattered along the sidelines of the center circle, all bending slightly, ready to grab the ball at any time.
Standing next to Jinguji Takeshi was Shinomiya Tano, who had rested for nearly twenty minutes. His condition was much better than before, his face was not so pale, and his complexion was pretty good.
It is hard to imagine that just a dozen minutes ago, this Sigong Tianye had a pale face and looked weak.
"It's really hard to explain physical talent. This guy looked like he had kidney deficiency before. How could he recover to this state after only resting for more than ten minutes?"
"No wonder he is a yellow man, but he can develop such a terrifying physique at the age of high school."
Jinguji Budou bent over, looking at Akagi Takenori and Uozumi Jun who were preparing for a jump ball in the center circle, and looked at Shinomiya Tano standing beside him from the corner of his eyes. The opponent's recovery speed was far beyond Budou's expectations. He thought that Shinomiya Tano, who was exhausted in the first half, would not be in the same condition as before even if he played at this time.
But now, judging from his complexion, the other party has already recovered. This extremely fast recovery speed made Wudao sigh inwardly.
"Jinguji Takeshi, the duel continues." Shinomiya Tano seemed to have noticed Takeshi's gaze, turned his head to look at Takeshi, and said in a low voice.
"Beep!" At this moment, the referee's whistle sounded.
The referee threw the basketball into the air. At the center line, Akagi Takenori and Uozumi Jun shouted and jumped up, and their big hands quickly slapped the basketball. This time, Ryonan High School's Uozumi Jun was better than Akagi in grasping the timing of his jump and was the first to touch the basketball.
And Sigong Tianye, who was standing next to Wudao, suddenly exerted force, and his whole body stuck directly to Wudao, squeezing Wudao behind him, and easily took the ball in his hand.
“凸(艹皿艹)!” Wudao didn’t expect that the opponent could actually burst out with such terrifying power. His body was pushed away. He could only curse softly and then quickly returned to defense.
"That guy actually still has so much strength. He has almost recovered in such a short time?"
Wu Dao and his teammates quickly returned to defense, got into position outside the three-point line, and looked at Shinomiya Tano.
This time, Shigong Tianye seemed to have learned from the previous lesson. After grabbing the jump ball, he quickly passed the ball to Sendoh, and had no intention of attacking with the ball. After the ball was passed, Shigong Tianye slowly ran to the front court, did not stop near the three-point line, and slowly tried to penetrate into the inside.
"This guy..." When Wudao saw the opponent's move, his expression froze and he hurriedly followed. Unlike the way Shigong Tianye defended him before, Wudao used a front defense when facing Shigong Tianye who entered the mid-range, cutting off the passing route between Sendoh and the opponent.
Martial Arts' heart is not that big, it is impossible for him to let the opponent have the opportunity to catch the ball in this position.
Ryonan High School's offensive style seemed to have changed, and they were no longer obsessed with Shinomiya Tano holding the ball. Now Sendoh, who was holding the ball outside, did not show any obvious intention to pass the ball. Facing Mitsui's defense, Sendoh actually made a gesture to Nishibayashi Kenichi on the side.
"Pick and roll!"
Sendoh's gesture was so common that Mitsui immediately recognized his intention. At the same time, Nishibayashi Kenichi quickly ran towards Sendoh. Even Uozumi Jun in the paint quickly moved up, and to Mitsui's surprise, Nishibayashi Kenichi, who was a little closer to them, did not go to Mitsui's side to do a pick-and-roll, but followed the arc of the three-pointer to the back of Sendoh.
Instead, Jun Yuzumi was brought up to the inside and came to the side of Mitsui Hisashi to perform a pick-and-roll, while Takenori Akagi in the inside did not follow Yuzumi up. He still remembered Coach Anzai's previous defensive arrangement in his mind, to guard the basket and not be attracted out of the inside by the opponent.
However, Xiangbei's running position also caused Mitsui Shou to be completely open after the pick-and-roll. Yuzumi's body is huge, and the quality of the pick-and-roll is also very good. Sendoh easily follows the direction of the pick-and-roll and breaks through to the inside.
Takenori Akagi was ready to defend Sendoh under the basket, but Sendoh didn't give him such a chance at all and took a direct jump shot near the free throw line.
The basketball went into the net.
After scoring the goal, the players of Ryonan High School quickly retreated, and the entire attack lasted less than ten seconds.
For the players of Xiangbei, Ryonan High School's play was very routine, and Sendoh's score was just a simple breakthrough jump shot. There were no fancy footwork or explosive dunks. Although he scored, it was very ordinary and there was no special feeling.
Only Jinguji Budo frowned after seeing Ryonan's attack, realizing that something was wrong.
Wu Dao was once a referee, and he had judged countless matches, and he had also watched countless matches. He knew that a truly strong team would often be simple and unpretentious when attacking.
The attacking style of Ryonan, which is as bland as drinking water, often contains deep-seated terror. If Ryonan still relies on the individual abilities of Shigong Tianye or Sendoh, Wudao is not worried at all, because no matter whether it is Shigong Tianye or Sendoh Akira, they are all individuals, even if one person cannot defend, it is still possible to limit them.
However, the attack of Ryonan today conveys a completely different message.
The opponent's attack is easy, which means that there is a huge loophole in our defense!
"Akagi, if Uozumi Jun still uses a high pick-and-roll, you should follow him and switch defense in time."
Jinguji Budou mentioned something to Akagi when he served the ball from the baseline, and then he started running to the front court. Although Akagi Takenori didn't know what Budou meant, he also vaguely realized that it was wrong for him not to chase and defend just now, so he didn't refute it, but remembered Budou's words.
The offense and defense transition, Xiangbei High School has the ball.
The initiators of Xiangbei's offense were Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi. In the first half, the firepower was concentrated in Mitsui Hisashi. After Takeshi came up in the second half, Miyagi Ryouta had one more option when passing the ball.
Wu Dao still cut into the mid-range position and tried to catch the ball at this position. However, unlike the first half, Shigong Tianye's defensive style completely changed. The opponent no longer stood behind Wu Dao stupidly waiting for Wu Dao to catch the ball.
Shinomiya Tano seemed to have really taken Wudao seriously. When defending, he not only tried hard to squeeze Wudao out of his original position, he even turned sideways and put one hand in front of Wudao, putting enough pressure on him to prevent him from catching the ball.
Wudao noticed the change in the opponent's defensive style at the first time. Realizing that something was wrong, he quickly broke away from Shinomiya Tianye and ran towards the three-point line. However, Shinomiya Tianye was like a sticky candy. He went wherever Wudao went. When defending, he did not forget to give some physical confrontation, which made Wudao feel more pressured.
Miyagi Ryouta noticed the entanglement between Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano, turned his head to look at Mitsui Hisashi, and found that Mitsui Hisashi was also trying to get rid of Sendoh Akira's defense at this time and did not have a good chance to receive the ball.
"Senior Akagi!" Miyagi Ryouta realized that Takeshi and Mitsui were under a lot of defensive pressure. After a fake move, he quickly passed the ball to Akagi Takenori in the inside.
Miyagi is now very familiar with the offensive system of Shohoku High School. On the offensive end, Akagi Takenori in the interior ranks third in the team's offensive position.
"Snap!" When Miyagi passed the ball to him, Takenori Akagi was actually preparing to catch the ball temporarily. He did not expect that Miyagi would actually pass the ball to him. Although the basketball was in his hand, the position where Akagi received the ball was some distance from the basket.
However, Akagi did not think much about it. After raising the ball and making a fake shot, he quickly turned around with the ball and approached the inside.
Akagi got a little space and quickly hooked the ball to the basket. However, the position where Akagi took the ball was not in his comfort zone. Although the rhythm was the same, the accuracy was very different from Akagi's accuracy in attacking under the basket.
The basketball hit the backboard, but fell directly in the other direction.
Fortunately, Chiba Daiishi overpowered Ikegami Ryoji and grabbed the rebound, then scored a point.
After scoring the goal without any danger, the Xiangbei players began to retreat quickly.
Nishibayashi Kenichi was still the one holding the ball on the Ryonan side. Just after crossing the midline, the ball was quickly handed to Sendoh. Shinomiya Tano followed his teammates into the front court without any hurry, and then sank directly to the bottom position, as if the offense had nothing to do with him.
Sendoh, who received the ball outside the three-point line, still kept his center of gravity high while dribbling. Looking at Mitsui Hisashi who was crouching not far in front of him, he made a gesture to Nishibayashi Kenichi beside him.
It's still pick-and-roll.
However, Nishibayashi Kenichi's running position was exactly the same as before, following the top of the arc and coming behind Sendoh. This time, Miyagi Ryouta learned his lesson and directly left Nishibayashi Kenichi open and double-teamed Sendoh. While Nishibayashi Kenichi was making a move, Uozumi Jun once again mentioned the high pick-and-roll.
This time, Akagi Takenori also followed. He recalled the style of play that Sendoh had just played in his mind, and his defensive attention was focused on Sendoh.
Sure enough, Yuzumi set up a pick-and-roll and Sendoh broke through instantly. Mitsui Hisashi, Akagi, and Miyagi Ryouta all double-teamed Sendoh. But at this moment, Yuzumi Jun went down and everyone's attention was focused on Sendoh. No one paid attention to Yuzumi's position. Sendoh Akira didn't even look at anyone before the encirclement was completed, and directly passed the ball to Nishibayashi Kenichi behind him.
"What?!" Sendoh's pass attracted everyone's attention. Mitsui Hisashi and Miyagi reacted the fastest. They quickly changed direction and rushed towards Nishibayashi Kenichi.
But Xilin Jianyi had no intention of shooting at all and just threw the ball directly towards the basket.
There, Jun Yuzumi had already accelerated completely. As the basketball was falling, he jumped up, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and slammed the ball into the basket.
"Duang!
!
”
Chiba Daiishi, who was defending under the basket, wanted to block Yuzumi's dunk, but was directly pushed away by Yuzumi Jun. Not only did he fail to defend Yuzumi, he even received a blocking foul, sending Yuzumi Jun to the free throw line.
"roar!
! "After successfully dunking the ball, Yuzumi roared with joy, and then he finished hanging the frame and fell back to the ground. Chiba Daishi sat on the floor, looking shocked and angry.
He was blocked, he was actually blocked!
Wudao came to the basket in silence, stretched out his hand to Chiba, pulled up Chiba Daishi who was looking shocked and angry, then turned his head to look at Yuzumi Jun, and his eyes swept over the faces of Yuzumi, Sendoh, Nishibayashi Kenichi and Shinomiya Tano in turn.
His hunch was correct. Ryonan High School started to play their tactics, and unfortunately, the opponent seemed to have found the weakness in Shohoku High School's defense!
"A high pick-and-roll organized around Sendoh!"
"If Akagi doesn't follow Uozumi, Sendoh can easily make a mid-range jump shot."
"If Akagi follows, then Yuzumi will go down and Akagi's attention will be attracted by Sendoh, so he will not have time to care about Yuzumi who is going down. This will give Yuzumi a chance to score."
"Although Chiba Daishi in the inside line has a chance to defend Yuzumi, he is only a little over 180cm tall and there is no way he can stop the two-meter-tall Yuzumi."
"As for me, there's no way I'll just abandon Shinomiya Tano."
"If you want to crack it, you can only do it before the opponent's pick-and-roll is formed..."
While Jinguji Budou was thinking about how to break the opponent's tactical positioning, Uozumi Jun was already standing at the free throw line under the guidance of the referee. Budou silently retreated to the three-point line, but his brain did not stop working.
"To prevent the opponent from setting a pick-and-roll... that's a little difficult."
"What if we surround Sendoh before he passes the ball? That won't be easy either. The guy being guarded by Miyagi is moving to provide Sendoh with a passing point."
"The reason why Sendoh passed the ball to that person instead of directly to Yuzumi just now was probably because the route to Yuzumi was blocked, so he passed the ball to that person instead."
"I'm afraid that Mitsui and his team don't have the tacit understanding to switch defenses in an instant..."
“There is no solution...”
While Wudao was thinking, Yuzumi Jun shot a free throw. Yuzumi's shooting accuracy was quite poor, but this time he was lucky, the basketball hit the base of the basket, bounced twice on the edge of the basket, and fell into the net.
After the goal, the players of Ryonan clapped each other's hands and began to defend.
The offensive ball was passed to Xiangbei High School.
Wu Dao, who had been silent all this time, suddenly brightened up his eyes. He looked at Akagi Takenori, raised the corners of his mouth and laughed.
"For the time being, I have no way to crack Ryonan's tactics, but this high-post pick-and-roll tactic is indeed very useful!"
"Why don't we, Xiangbei, use this tactic all the time?"
Wu Dao thought to himself, and then walked towards Akagi Takenori. They, Xiangbei High School, also have the conditions to use this tactic. On the Ryonan side, except Yuzumi, there is no other inside player who can compete with Akagi.
Wudao briefly mentioned his idea to Akagi, but Akagi's reaction surprised Wudao.
"What? You want me to set a screen for him?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"Even if I die, even if I jump off the shore, I won't set a screen for him!"
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