The basketball flew across half of the court, and in everyone's surprised eyes, it hit the inner edge of the basket and bounced upwards.
When the basketball fell again, it landed accurately into the net.
As the basketball went into the net, the Xiangbei rest area suddenly became lively, and the players were extremely happy and cheered loudly. The Hainan players were stunned when they saw the basketball hit the net.
"This.....this guy is so lucky!"
When Jinguji Budo shot, Maekawa Daiki had already quickly run to the basket. He was ready to grab the rebound, but in vain, and there was no chance for him to show his ability. He picked up the ball from the floor, slapped it angrily, looked at Jinguji Budo, and muttered.
"Shit luck!" A Kun, who failed to defend Wudao, turned around to look in the direction of the basket, then turned back and muttered in a low voice, his tone full of disdain.
In his opinion, if Jinguji Budo plays like this, he won't even get a chance to start in Hainan. This kind of one-man fast break at the start, without even waiting for teammates, and hastily shooting three-pointers, both the offensive method and the shooting choice are garbage among garbage. In Hainan, Coach Gaotou will never allow such a player to stay on the court.
After spending three years in Hainan, A Kun's basketball philosophy has become highly similar to that of Coach Gaotou. In Hainan, players are supposed to serve the team, and team basketball has long been engraved in everyone's heart.
"Shit luck?!"
"Is that what you think?"
Jinguji Takeshi heard the other party's roar. He was about to return to defense, but suddenly he turned his head, looked at the other party, and asked.
“Isn’t it?!” A Kun obviously didn’t expect that Wu Dao actually heard it, but he was not afraid that Wu Dao heard it, so he said directly.
"I see. If that's the case, my luck has always been pretty good."
Wu Dao smiled and did not continue to argue with the other party. He turned around and started to defend. On the way back to defend, Mitsui Shou came over and reminded him:
"Hey, that shot just now was too risky. You had every chance to get into the paint and score a layup. Whether it was a breakthrough or a pass, it would be better than a forced shot, right?"
Mitsui Hisashi's tone was three parts worry and seven parts helplessness. He really had great confidence in Jinguji's martial arts ability, but today's martial arts were a bit too aggressive, which was very different from his previous martial arts. Although there were only some signs just now, Mitsui Hisashi was still a little worried.
The condition of Jinguji Budo will directly affect the combat effectiveness of Shohoku. Mitsui Shou does not want to lose to Kainan. If he can't even beat Kainan, it will be difficult for Shohoku to get a ticket to the national competition.
"Yeah, you're right."
"But today is different."
Wudao nodded, and while speaking, his eyes also swept towards the stands. Over there, the Ryonan people wearing blue and white school uniforms were sitting in the audience seats, watching the game. Then, Wudao's eyes moved away and saw a touch of bright red hair in a corner of the stands, and then a faint smile appeared on his face.
"I will go all out in today's match. Only in this way will Xiangbei not show weakness when facing Ryonan."
"Also, I want to let some of my juniors know that there are many possibilities in basketball. Physical talent is important, but skills are also indispensable."
Mitsui Shou actually only understood the first sentence of Budou's reply. He understood what Budou meant. He wanted to use his performance to tell Shohoku that they also have star-level players in their team and they don't need to be afraid of Shinomiya Tano from Ryonan High School. But he was confused by the second sentence.
"Youngsters? Did Rukawa Kaede come to watch the game as well?"
As Mitsui Shou spoke, he turned his head and looked towards the stands, trying to find Rukawa Kaede, but the stands were so crowded with people that it was impossible to find him so quickly. As for why Wu Dao was able to find Sakuragi Hanamichi and the others in the first place, it was mainly because Sakuragi's red hair was too conspicuous.
In this day and age, who has red hair? !
"Don't look around, Hainan is here!"
After entering his own half, Budo took up his defensive position and reminded Mitsui Shou. However, his reminder was a little late, as Hainan's counterattack came very quickly, and the fast break could be said to be a chase.
The Xiangbei team had just taken position for a short time, and after several passes, the basketball was directly passed to Daiki Maekawa in the inside. After receiving the ball, Daiki Maekawa made a fake move, then quickly broke through Akagi's defense, entered the basket, and scored the ball with a small hook shot.
"Hey! Mitsui, keep an eye on your man and don't let him pass the ball in so easily!" Akagi Takenori failed in defense and shouted loudly at Mitsui Hisashi.
Just now, Maki Shinichi, who was supposed to be defending Mitsui Hisashi, made a horizontal pass and quickly got the ball to the inside. The extremely fast transmission made Akagi Takenori's reaction a beat slow, and Akagi, who was in a hurry to defend, was easily fooled.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't blame me for your defensive mistakes."
"I defended well."
Mitsui Shou would not give Akagi face, and directly counterattacked. After that, Mitsui Shou ignored the furious Akagi Takenori, turned his head and looked at Maki Shinichi, and said: "You were a little careless just now. You won't have such an opportunity next time."
Although Hainan High School lost to Ryonan some time ago, the players of the champion Hainan are not without temper. Maki Shinichi shrugged his shoulders and faced Mitsui Shou who was speaking harshly. Not only did he not care at all, he even replied provocatively:
"Then you can try it."
Attack and defense changed, Xiangbei had the ball, and Akagi Takenori served the ball from the baseline and passed it to Miyagi. The people of Hainan had no intention of retreating, and all the players pressed on Xiangbei's half.
After Miyagi Ryouta got the basketball, Hainan's No. 6 directly pressed forward. At the same time, the tall and strong Takasago Kazuma also directly surrounded Miyagi Ryouta.
Maki Shinichi stuck to Mitsui Shou tightly, not wanting to give Mitsui Shou a chance to catch the ball. Omasa Shifuku and Maekawa went straight to Budo, and on the Xiangbei side, only Akagi Takenori and Mugure Konobu were not defended.
Miyagi, who was double-teamed, couldn't advance at all. Moreover, the two people blocking him, A Kun, were agile, and Takasago Kazuma was tall and strong. With the cooperation of the two, Miyagi Ryouta, who was less than 170cm tall, didn't even have a chance to pass the ball.
For a while, Xiangbei was stuck in its own half.
"Miyagi, pass the ball!"
Two or three seconds later, Akagi Tsunehiko ran towards Miyagi and shouted. Hearing his teammates' shouts, Miyagi hurriedly hit the ball to the ground.
However, his pass was predicted by A Kun, who blocked the ball in time.
"What?!" Miyagi Ryouta was shocked when he saw the ball was intercepted. Just as he was about to chase, he bumped into Kazuma Takasago. Miyagi, who weighed less than 60kg, was like an egg hitting a rock when he bumped into a giant like Takasago. The huge recoil directly knocked Miyagi to the ground.
After successfully stealing the ball, A Kun rushed towards the inside of Xiangbei with the ball. In the blink of an eye, he was already under the basket and made a layup.
"Overtaken!" A Kun was delighted. After scoring this goal, Hainan would be able to overtake Shohoku with a score of 4:3. The advantage of Jinguji Budo's three-pointer at the beginning would be gone.
However, his joy did not last for more than a few seconds. A huge black shadow quickly rose into the air from his side, and a loud shout reached his ears.
"Don't even think about it!"
Akagi Takenori yelled and slapped the basketball thrown by A Kun. The basketball was pressed onto the backboard by Akagi Takenori and was held in Akagi's arms after it fell.
"Akagi!" When Akagi got the basketball, Mitsui was running towards him quickly, and behind Mitsui, Maki Shinichi was following closely. Even if Mitsui caught the ball, it would be impossible for him to dribble across half court in the first place.
However, Akagi seemed not to see the person following Mitsui Shou and passed the ball directly to Mitsui Shou.
The basketball flew towards Mitsui Shou, but he had no intention of catching the ball. When the basketball came, he turned his head to look at the front court, and slapped the bottom of the basketball, pushing the ball directly to the front court.
There, Jinguji Budo had already crossed the center line, with two little tails hanging behind him.
"You lived up to my expectations, Mitsui." Jinguji Budou ran while looking at the basketball in the air, adjusted his steps appropriately, and when the basketball fell, he jumped up and caught the ball in his hands. When Jinguji Budou slowed down to catch the ball, Maekawa Daiki and Omasa Shifuku had already surpassed Budou.
The two of them did not think about intercepting the basketball, but chose to double-team Wudao after he received the ball. As soon as Wudao got the basketball, the two men pressed towards him from the left and right.
"Full-court press? There is a fundamental difference between me and that kid Miyagi!" Wudao murmured in his heart. Before two people formed a double team, Wudao simply ducked and broke through. His extremely fast starting speed scared the two defensive players. The two who were rushing forward stopped immediately and sank to the center.
However, Wu Dao's breakthrough speed was too fast. Not only was he fast, but most importantly, his stride was very large. With only two steps, he had crossed the defense line of Omasa Shifuku and Maekawa Daiki and approached the three-point line.
The two defensive players did not give up defending Wudao. When Wudao sped up, the two players regained their center of gravity and ran towards Wudao with all their strength. Hainan's players had a solid foundation and the two players reacted quickly. When Wudao was about two meters over the three-point line, they successfully came in front of Wudao.
It was one against two in the frontcourt, and Hainan's two defensive players had already taken their positions, while the rest of the players had crossed the center line and were on their way back to defense.
Just when everyone thought that Wudao would give up this fast break and wait for his teammates to come in and reorganize the attack, Wudao Jinguji suddenly stopped in the middle distance, then jumped up and raised the basketball above his head.
"It's a shot! Defense!" Maki Shinichi shouted as he ran towards Jinguji Budou, but he was too far away to get in front of Budou. As for Maekawa Daiki and Omasa Shifuku who were in front of Budou, they were raising their arms high and trying to jump up to block Budou's shot.
However, when Wudao jumped, he leaned back about 30 degrees, and his preparation for the jump was more thorough. Not only did his jumping height far exceed that of the two Hainan players, but his shooting point was also very high, and the defensive players could not interfere at all.
“Swish!”
With a slight sound, a red light passed through the net.
5:2, less than a minute into the game, Jinguji Budo scored 5 points, helping Shohoku to take a slight 3-point advantage.
“This guy…”
"He actually attacked without waiting for his teammates, and he actually scored again!"
Maekawa Daiki and Omasa Shifuku looked back at the basketball that fell to the ground, and both frowned.
"Don't worry about it, prepare to attack!"
"That kind of unexpected play can't last long. Both of these goals were due to luck. Don't worry, there's no problem with your defense!"
Off the field, Coach Gaotou shouted at the players, encouraging them.
He understood Jinguji Budou's playing style. The first-year player played like a lone wolf. He didn't wait for his teammates and liked to work alone. Such an unsystematic offense could not be sustained and could not help the team get the final victory.
Scoring is only temporary, but becoming a blacksmith is the ultimate destiny of such a player.
After hearing Coach Gaotou's shouting, the Hainan players quickly calmed down and did not lose their composure because of Wudao's two unreasonable goals.
"Luck is a factor, but it can't last forever..."
"This is how Jinguji Budo fights. If Hainan can't quickly realize this and target him, then..."
Shigeichi Tanaoka in the stands looked at Coach Takato on the sidelines and said seriously that he knew much more about Jinguji Budo's abilities than Takato Riki.
Although Hainan had watched Shohoku's games before, that level of intensity did not bring out all of Jinguji Budo's strength. He Tiangang dared to say that in Kanagawa today, the people who knew Shohoku basketball team best, besides Shohoku itself, were Ryonan.
"Yes! Although Jinguji Budou and Tano are not the same type of players, there is one thing they can say is the same."
"Both of them are equally unsolvable!"
When Sendoh said this, he was thinking back to the practice match with Shohoku, and his expression was somewhat emotional.
On the court.
Hainan High School completed a new round of offense under the organization of Shinichi Maki. They still played with Daiki Maekawa in the interior. In the matchup with Akagi, the third-year player of Hainan showed his advantages.
The basketball was passed to the inside, and Daiki Maekawa got the ball in the paint area. He didn't do any fancy moves, just a simple half turn, and threw the basketball against Takenori Akagi's hook shot, and the basketball hit the backboard and went directly into the net.
Hainan's entire attack took only ten seconds.
Facing the offensive of Daiki Maekawa, Takenori Akagi had no other means of counterattack except to grit his teeth and refuse to give in. In terms of inside techniques, Akagi, who had just entered the second year of high school a few months ago, still needed to hone his skills.
Hainan High School still adopted a full-court pressing defense on the defensive end. Coach Takato seemed to have seen through Xiangbei's weaknesses. He faced Akagi Takenori on the offensive end and Miyagi Ryouta on the defensive end.
As soon as Miyagi received the ball near the baseline, the Hainan players pressed forward directly.
But this time, Miyagi Ryouta made good use of his speed and small stature and broke through quickly before the double-team was formed. However, before he had taken a few steps, Maki Shinichi, who was supposed to be guarding Mitsui Hisashi, suddenly appeared in front of him and slapped the basketball in Miyagi's hand.
In a panic, Miyagi passed the ball to Mitsui, but he was a beat too slow and the basketball was directly intercepted by Maki Shinichi.
The basketball fell into the hands of Maki Shenyi. Just as he was dribbling towards the basket, he suddenly heard a slight sound in his ears. He pressed his palm down, but the basketball did not bounce back into his hand like usual.
"Don't leave in such a hurry~"
"It's not that easy to get rid of me."
Mitsui Hisashi appeared behind Maki Shinichi at some point and intercepted the ball from behind. This series of actions was silent and did not attract Maki Shinichi's attention at all.
"I didn't get rid of him?!" Maki Shinichi looked surprised, and when he turned around, he found that the basketball had been thrown to the front court by Mitsui Shou.
There, the one who was about to defeat Xiangbei was the same person!
"Jinguji Budo!"
"Stop him, stop him!"
Maki Shinichi shouted loudly. In fact, he didn't need to remind him, because Maekawa Daiki and Omasa Shifuku from Hainan had already started and chased after Budo.
Jinguji Takeshi still received the ball in the frontcourt, and then pressed Omasa Shifuku and quickly advanced towards the three-point line. However, with Omasa Shifuku's interception, Takeshi's advancement speed was inevitably slowed down, which also gave Maekawa Daiki time to catch up.
Facing the joint defense of two people, Wudao just stopped for a while, still without waiting for his teammates. After a short pause to adjust the rhythm, he started quickly again and broke through to the side of Maekawa Daiki who was moving slower.
Following Wu Dao's move, the two defensive players followed immediately, but they could not keep up with Wu Dao's first step, and still allowed Wu Dao to cross the three-point line and advance towards the mid-range.
And when the two men caught up with Budo, Jinguji directly received the ball, turned around, and shot a fade away jump shot.
Others turned to get closer to the basket, but Wudao turned towards the three-point line. In a flash, Wudao directly opened up a distance of nearly two meters between himself and the two defenders.
He turned his back and shot backwards. The defensive players had no time to react. Even if they had reacted, there was no chance to intercept him. From the moment they made the wrong judgment, their defense had already failed!
“Swish!”
The basketball slipped away from Budo's hand when it rose to its highest point, and under the astonished gazes of Daisho Shifuku and Maekawa Daiki, it steadily went into the basket and fell into the net with a crisp sound.
Takeshi Jinguji's back-turning fadeaway jump shot was neat and chic, light and graceful, with the charm of Kobe at his peak. The clean goal caused the audience in the stands to exclaim in surprise.
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