Jinguji Budou broke through Hainan's defense in the backcourt and entered the frontcourt, then his speed slowed down. The only two players on Xiangbei who could keep up with Budou's speed were Mitsui Hisashi and Miyagi Ryouta.
When Jinguji Takeshi entered the front court with the ball, Mitsui Hisashi and Miyagi had just crossed the center line. As for Akagi Takenori and Mugure Konobu, they were a little behind, and Takeshi did not intend to launch an attack before these two entered the designated position.
And Hainan seemed to have seen through Budou's plan. Takasago Kazuma had no intention of moving into the inside position, but instead he and Omasa Shifuku directly pressed towards Budou.
As the two men approached, Wudao glanced at Mugure Konobu who was in an open position running into the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to him.
This time, Mugure received the ball without hesitation, stepped into the three-point line with the ball, and then shot from a long distance. Although Mugure Gongyan was still very immature, after adjusting his mentality, his mid-range shot was still quite accurate.
The basketball hit the backboard and went directly into the net, scoring a goal for Xiangbei High School.
This was the first goal scored by Kogure Konobu in this game. As the basketball went into the net, Kogure Konobu raised his arms and looked at Jinguji Takeshi with excitement, as if responding to Takeshi's encouragement to him before.
However, Wudao didn't look at him. After the basketball entered the net, Wudao had already entered the rhythm of returning to defense.
Although Murasakibara did not receive a response from Jinguji Budo, he could not hide the excitement in his heart.
"Hainan! I actually managed to score a goal against Hainan!" Mugure Konobu showed joy on his face and was much more active when returning to defense.
It is easy to switch between offense and defense.
Hainan started their attack. Hainan's offensive rhythm was quite solid, and the defensive loopholes on the Xiangbei side were too obvious and too huge. After several passes, the basketball came into the hands of A Kun. The latter received the ball and jumped directly, completely ignoring the interference of Miyagi Ryouta.
However, Kun was lucky that he missed the shot, and the rebound was caught by Akagi Takenori. With the help of Jinguji Budou in the interior, Maekawa Daiki and Takasago Kazuma focused more on Jinguji Budou. At the moment the rebound appeared, the two of them rushed towards Budou and squeezed him out of the interior.
However, while the two were positioning themselves to score, they ignored Akagi's presence and lost the rebound.
Defensive counterattack is the style of play that Xiangbei is best at. When Akagi got the rebound, Mitsui and Miyagi Ryouta had already started running towards the front court. The basketball flew out of Akagi's hand and landed directly in the hands of Mitsui in the front court. Mitsui, who got the ball, increased his speed and quickly rushed towards the Hainan half.
"Senior Mitsui, behind!" Miyagi Ryouta and Mitsui Shou ran to the front court one on the left and one on the right. Suddenly, a white shadow flashed in front of Miyagi Ryouta's eyes, and quickly passed him and moved towards Mitsui Shou. This sudden appearance scared Miyagi.
Mitsui Shou heard Miyagi Ryouta's reminder, turned his head, and saw a middle-aged man with a serious face following behind him. This sudden appearance also startled Mitsui Shou, and he stopped immediately after crossing the half court. At the moment when Mitsui Shou stopped, Maki Shinichi flashed past Mitsui and came in front of Mitsui Shou, assuming a defensive posture.
At the same time as the two of them stopped, Miyagi Ryouta quickly passed them and ran directly towards the inside. Although Maki Shinichi noticed Miyagi, he had no intention of chasing him, but looked straight at the basketball in Mitsui Hisashi's hand.
He wants to snatch the ball from Mitsui Shou's hands!
Mitsui Shou obviously noticed the aggressive look of Maki Shinichi. Mitsui Shou slammed the ball with his right hand, his center of gravity sank, and the basketball floated. At the same time, Mitsui Shou's eyes passed Maki Shinichi and looked towards the inside.
"Pass the ball! No way!" Maki Shinichi widened his eyes slightly, and directly judged what Mitsui would do next, and reached out to grab the basketball in Mitsui's hand.
However, just as Maki Shinichi stretched out his hand, Mitsui Shou suddenly exerted force with his right hand, misstepped his feet, and instantly passed Maki Shinichi. He just looked at Miyagi Ryouta, just because he wanted Maki Shinichi to have the illusion that he passed the ball back to Miyagi.
In terms of timing, in the frontcourt fast break of two against one, passing the ball to Miyagi who entered the basket was the best option. The reason why Shinichi Maki fell for Mitsui's fake move was because the choice of passing the ball to Miyagi was too logical.
Mitsui Shou used this mentality of Maki Shinichi to complete the pass. Mitsui Shou was very fast, and after passing Maki Shinichi, he quickly approached the three-point line, but Maki Shinichi's reaction was also very fast. The next second after Mitsui Shou passed him, he directly chased after him, trying to block Mitsui Shou's passing route.
Until now, Shinichi Maki still judged that Mitsui Hisashi would pass the ball.
However, the next second, something happened that surprised Maki Shinichi. Mitsui Shou, who was approaching the three-point line, had no intention of passing the ball. Instead, he stuck to the three-point line, made an abrupt stop, and shot the ball. Mitsui Shou's entire shooting action probably took less than a second. In an instant, the basketball had already risen into the air.
Even if Shinichi Maki caught up with Mitsui Shou at the first moment, he was unable to block Mitsui Shou's shot in time.
"Hey! The first three-pointer!" Mitsui Shou whispered before the basketball entered the net, turned around and started to defend. He had learned all the pretentious martial arts skills.
"Swish!" With a slight sound, the basketball went into the net, and three more points were added to the scoreboard of Xiangbei High School.
Mitsui's three-pointer officially announced that the offensive system of Xiangbei High School started to work!
In the next few minutes, Kainan High School's full-court press tactic was officially declared bankrupt as the ball handler of Xiangbei turned to Budo. At the same time, Coach Anzai took advantage of the time when Akun fouled and replaced Mugure Gongyan with Chiba Daishi. After that, Xiangbei began to blossom in many places.
Although Chiba Daishi and Kogure Konobu are both sophomores, Chiba Daishi, who was born in Takeishi, is much more accurate in shooting than Kogure. Hainan can leave Kogure Konobu open, but cannot leave Chiba Daishi open.
Jinguji Budou could not form enough defensive pressure with the help of Omasa Shifuku. It was not difficult for Budou to break through Omasa Shifuku. After breaking through the opponent, Budou would often face backup defense. With his excellent height and vision, Budou would choose to pass the ball as soon as possible after failing to let go.
Allow teammates to have open shots.
At the same time, with Chiba Daishi on the court, Xiangbei's inside strength was strengthened again, and the control of rebounds became more solid. Chiba Daishi is also in good shape, and he will also go to the high post for pick-and-roll. For a while, Budo can reduce a considerable amount of physical energy consumption on the offensive end, and with the help of Chiba Daishi, Mitsui Shou can also use pick-and-roll to run into open space.
Shohoku High School opened fire with both guns, and even though Hainan used Miyagi to attack crazily, they were unable to cope with the attack for a while. As the game progressed, the scores between the two teams began to slowly widen.
16 minutes into the first half, Xiangbei High School led Hainan High School by 10 points with 44:34.
In just sixteen minutes, many points were scored by Shohoku. Miyagi scored 2 points, Kogure Konobu scored 2 points before leaving the court, Akagi Takenori in the interior scored 5 points, Chiba Daishiki scored 4 points after coming on the court, and Mitsui Hisashi scored 10 points, successfully reaching double digits.
However, the most terrifying scorer on the Xiangbei side is still Takeshi Jinguji. In only sixteen minutes of the first half, Takeshi Jinguji made 3 of 5 three-pointers and 6 of 8 mid-range shots, with a hit rate of nearly 70%. He scored 21 points alone. If he maintains his offensive efficiency, he can score 50 points in the whole game.
Such offensive efficiency was demonstrated even when facing a strong team like Hainan. In the history of high school basketball in Kanagawa over the past decade, there has never been a player with such ability.
On the court, Xiangbei has the ball.
Takeshi Jinguji received a pass from Ryouta Miyagi on the right side of the arc. Holding the ball in both hands, he bent his body slightly, and kicked his right foot lightly, testing the defensive position of Omasa Shifuku.
In this game, Takeshi Jinguji basically received the ball in the high position or outside the three-point line, and his way of breaking through was also very simple, that is, the triple threat.
After a brief test, Jinguji Budo suddenly started with the ball, took a step forward, and broke through directly to his right side.
The defending Dazheng Sifu had anticipated this and followed Wudao's move the moment the ball landed. Wudao's previous breakthroughs were all sequential breakthroughs, and Wudao had used this method of breakthrough several times.
Jinguji Takeshi took only two steps after dropping the ball and stopped after cutting into the mid-range. At the same time, Omasa Shifuku took position in front of Takeshi, raised his arms high to prevent Takeshi from shooting, and Takasago in the inside also came up to defend.
Facing two defenders, Jinguji Budou looked at the basket and raised the ball with both arms. However, his fake move failed to fool Daisho Shifuku, as the man in front of him did not jump. However, Budou, who failed to fake, did not change his moves. He bent his body and suddenly jumped up. When he stood up for the second time, he was already shooting from behind.
Da Zheng Shifu anticipated all of Wudao's moves, but unfortunately, when Wudao jumped up to shoot, the third-year starter from Hainan jumped with all his strength, but no matter how hard he tried, his arms could not reach the basketball in Wudao's hands.
The basketball flew out of Wudao's hands and hit the backboard into the net.
46:34, amid the cheers of the audience at halftime, Takeshi Jinguji lifted up his jersey, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and started to return to defense with his teammates.
The reason why only half of the audience cheered was because the other half were Hainan's supporters. As Wudao's shot hit the target again, these audiences fell into complete silence.
"Jinguji Budo's shooting is really accurate! This guy, his real-time hit rate must be around 70% right?"
In the stands, looking at Jinguji Budo returning to defense, Coach Tanaoka sighed.
Takeshi Jinguji and their team's Shinomiya Tano have completely two different offensive styles, but both of them are equally unstoppable. Judging from the scores between Shohoku and Kainan, Shohoku's hard power is even a few points stronger than that of Ryonan.
"Very accurate. Jinguji Budo's shooting accuracy in the game is even higher than Uozumi-senpai's free throw accuracy during training!"
Yueyue Hongming said with a smile. Although he was telling the truth, as soon as he finished speaking, his neck was strangled by Yuzumi Jun.
"Damn it, I'm a center, isn't it normal for my shots to be a little off?! Ah (second beep)!
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Yueyue, whose "fate was strangled by Yuzhu, struggled weakly. Yuzhu let him go only when he was about to die. Then Yuzhu hugged his arms angrily and said nothing. However, the anger in his eyes would not disappear for a while. After Yuzhu made such a fuss, Yueyue didn't dare to joke with Yuzhu anymore. He rubbed his neck and shut his mouth tactfully.
"Tan Ye, are you confident that you can stop him?!" Coach Tago looked at Shinomiya Tan Ye in the team and asked.
Hearing this, Shigong Tianye nodded first, then shook his head, and did not answer Coach Tiangang immediately. Seeing Shigong Tianye's appearance, Coach Tiangang was also a little surprised. It was the first time he saw Shigong Tianye give him such an ambiguous answer. He had never seen hesitation from this young man.
"What's wrong? You're nodding and shaking your head? Can you handle it or not?" It was the first time that Sendoh saw his good friend show such an expression. He patted Shinomiya Tano's arm and asked.
"Honestly, the ability he has shown alone is already very difficult to deal with."
"Jinguji Budou is very tall, taller than most strikers. Not only that, his first step in breaking through is very fast. Even if you know he will break through from the right, you may not be able to keep up with him."
"As long as he's close to the three-point line, he's within his shooting range. He's used to stopping and shooting when he breaks through, or pulling up after a fake stop. He has a very good bounce, a long time in the air, and a fadeaway."
"In general, although the skills displayed by Jinguji Budo at this stage are not very advanced, but combined with his hit rate, it becomes quite terrifying."
"His quick first step, his height and wingspan far exceeding that of an average person, his jumping ability, and his ridiculous shooting percentage are enough to help him defeat almost all high school students."
"Moreover, his ability is not limited to this. From the beginning of the game until now, he has not shown his superb footwork."
"Jinguji Budo, even when facing Hainan, didn't really go all out."
Shinomiya Tano said a lot, and Coach Tanoka and others finally understood. What Shinomiya Tano meant was that he could defend against the current Jinguji Budou, but he might not be able to defend against Jinguji Budou who was at full strength.
"Is that so? So it's difficult to target him?" Coach Tiangang touched his chin and thought.
"Not really. Just destroy his shooting touch."
"Severe physical collisions or fouls that affect his competitive state and concentration."
"Once his accuracy is gone, all his weapons are useless."
As Shigong Tianye was talking, a sharp whistle sounded in the court. The team was 12 points behind, and Hainan's coach Gaotou finally couldn't sit still and called a timeout.
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