"The difference was only 11 points. Before I knew it, Hainan had already caught up so much."
On the court, Takeshi Jinguji was standing outside the three-point line with the ball. In front of him was Shinichi Maki, who was responsible for defending him. Not far behind Shinichi Maki, Daiki Maekawa also slightly improved his position. From the look of him, it was obvious that he was ready to defend against Takeshi Jinguji's breakthrough at any time.
The other players of Xiangbei were moving around on the court, but no matter how they moved, there was always a Hainan player following the corresponding Xiangbei player, and it seemed difficult for everyone to receive the ball. Even Mitsui Hisashi was stuck by the Hainan players and could not make any suitable space to receive the ball.
"Is it just me who has to do it? If the attack fails and Hainan counterattacks, the score difference will be reduced to single digits."
"Once the point difference is reduced to single digits, the momentum that Xiangbei has accumulated before is likely to collapse."
Jinguji Takeshi carried the ball with his hand against Maki Shinichi's chest. He leaned slightly to the side and glanced at the scoreboard with a sinking feeling in his heart.
It is true that Xiangbei has always been the advantaged side, but when the advantaged side is being chased closely, the psychological pressure they face is also very great. This psychological pressure is even greater than what the lagging side has to bear.
In modern e-sports competitions, there are always teams that make it all the way from the loser group to the winner group and win the championship. BO5 matches also often start with a 2:0 lead and then lose 2:3.
The biggest reason for this situation is not that the players are not strong enough, but because there is a problem with the players' mentality. The feeling of a huge advantage slowly being ruined is enough to make a player collapse.
Today, all the players in Xiangbei High School are experiencing the process of slowly destroying their advantages.
On the other hand, as the score between the two teams gets closer and closer, the morale of the Hainan players will become higher and higher, the team members' concentration will become higher and higher, and unknowingly, the strength displayed by the Hainan players will be far beyond usual.
Now Xiangbei is the biggest villain in Hainan's eyes.
"We need to completely destroy their confidence here, otherwise the game will be uncertain."
Takeshi Jinguji has watched too many games, and he knows very well how important it is for Shohoku to maintain this double-digit score difference. He also knows that Kainan is gaining momentum. Once this momentum is formed, Shohoku will have no way to resist Kainan. In terms of hard power, Shohoku is not much better than Kainan.
Having made up his mind, Jinguji Budo's eyes became sharp. At this time, the team's ace is needed to stand up and stabilize the situation for the team.
12 seconds passed in the attack time, Jinguji Budo suddenly did a crotch dribble, slowly pulling away from Maki Shinichi. He was going to prepare to work alone, and breaking through Maki Shinichi's defense required a certain amount of breakthrough space.
Amu, who was defending Jinguji Budou, never expected that Jinguji Budou would suddenly retreat. After hesitating for a moment, he chose to follow up. After all, Jinguji Budou had the ability to shoot three-pointers, and Maki Shinichi did not dare to take it lightly at this time.
Jinguji Budou saw the situation on the field clearly at this moment. So did Maki Shinichi. As long as they could narrow the score difference to single digits at this moment, the outcome would be uncertain!
"Hmph!" Maki Shinichi's follow-up speed was a little slower, but this gap was enough for Wudao to break through. In the blink of an eye, Jinguji Budao suddenly leaned over and dribbled the ball to break through. The direction of the breakthrough was the right side where Budao's breakthrough speed was the fastest. The next second, Jinguji Budao was already level with Maki Shinichi and was about to pass Maki Shinichi.
"Don't even think about it!" Although Maki Shinichi was a little slow to follow up, he still reacted immediately when faced with the breakthrough of Jinguji's martial arts, and he caught up instantly with a loud shout.
The two bodies collided fiercely, making a dull sound.
Although Maki Shinichi's strength was very formidable, the impact force of Jinguji Takeshi's speed was also quite terrifying. He pushed Maki Shinichi back half a step. However, Takeshi had no intention of using this advantage to continue advancing. Instead, he paused and used this gap to quickly change direction forward.
“So fast!”
"This guy's speed in changing direction has hardly slowed down?!"
Maki Shinichi's body was still in a defensive posture to the left. Jinguji Budo's sudden change of direction was so fast that his body couldn't react at all. Although Maki Shinichi's brain told him to quickly adjust his posture to chase, his body told him that he couldn't do it!
In the time it took for Maki Shinichi to pause, Jinguji Budo had already completely surpassed his opponent and reached the middle distance.
As Takeshi Takeo broke through Maki Shinichi, Maekawa Daiki quickly stepped forward to provide reinforcements. In fact, he had already made preparations to provide reinforcements. However, when Maki Shinichi was broken through in an instant, Maekawa Daiki was shocked and his expression was extremely serious when he stood in front of Takeshi Takeo.
Even though Daiki Maekawa blocked his way, Takeshi Jinguji's speed did not slow down, and soon he arrived in front of Daiki Maekawa. At the same time, Takeshi Jinguji suddenly slowed down, turned his back with the ball, and pretended to turn around.
Maekawa Daiki didn't think twice. After all, Jinguji Budou had used his breakthrough turn many times, and it was within his expectations that Budou would do such a move now.
I saw Maekawa Daiki move sideways quickly, blocking the path that Budou was about to turn and rush forward. But just as Maekawa Daiki moved his front foot, Jinguji Budou turned back with the ball. He had no intention of turning and breaking through at all. From the beginning, the turning action was just a fake move.
"this... ."
"Can you fake a turn?!"
It was the first time that Daiki Maekawa saw Jinguji Budo display such a technique. It was the first time he had seen a fake turn in all his years of playing basketball.
The fake turn in the highway traffic ban is not something that ordinary people can do, but Jinguji Budou in front of him actually did it!
Due to the obvious change in the defensive position of Maekawa Daiki, there was already an open space in front of Jinguji Budou. The inside line of Hainan High School was still defended, and Budou did not think of entering the inside line to force an attack, but quickly held the ball with both hands, turned around and directly made a dry jump shot.
Jinguji Budo's series of actions were very smooth. From his breakthrough to the basketball shot, it took only three or four seconds in total. Moreover, this time, Budo did not take a backward move in the wide open space, and he also aimed well while in the air.
The basketball shot was very straight.
"Swish!" With a crisp sound of the net, the basketball went directly into the net. As Jinguji Budou scored a goal, the scoreboard of Xiangbei High School also jumped again.
The difference between the two teams returned to thirteen points.
"Return to defense!" After scoring the goal, Jinguji Takeshi showed no emotion. He shouted to his teammates expressionlessly and then quickly returned to defense.
The players of Xiangbei on the field were already under a lot of pressure. Although Wudao's goal made them feel relieved, after Wudao's yell, the players who had just relaxed also tightened up and started to defend immediately.
Xiangbei High School's defense was very fast, and before long, all the players had already taken their positions in their own court. Not long after Xiangbei's players took their positions, Hainan's players also entered the front court with the ball.
In order to grab points and narrow the gap between the two teams, Hainan's entire offensive rhythm was very fast.
"They return to defense so quickly." When Maki Shinichi, who had the ball, dribbled into the frontcourt, Xiangbei had already got into position, and their plan of quick serve from the baseline failed.
However, Maki Shinichi quickly adjusted his mentality, made a pick-and-roll gesture to his teammates, and prepared to launch an attack.
Soon, Maekawa Daiki in the interior moved to the high position and set a screen for Maki Shinichi. Maki Shinichi, who got the chance, pretended to break through, and with the help of Maekawa Daiki's screen, he passed the ball to Omasa Shifuku, who did not break through after receiving the ball, but dribbled the ball along the three-man line to Maki Shinichi and Maekawa Daiki, and then took advantage of Maki Shinichi's off-ball screen and quickly rushed to the interior.
However, when he broke through, the basketball was passed to Shinichi Maki.
Omasa Shifu's sudden speed-up was obviously a ruse to attract attention. Hainan's real offensive point was Maki Shinichi who got the basketball back.
Although it was a cover, the effect was very ideal. Both Mitsui Hisashi and Akagi Takenori who came out with Maekawa were attracted by the attention of Omasa Shifuku. When Maki Shinichi broke through at high speed, only Miyagi Ryouta, who had a relatively good vision, noticed it and followed him immediately.
The big ones beat the small ones, and the strong ones beat the thin ones.
Facing the defense of Miyagi Ryouta, Maki Shinichi played too easily. He did not avoid Miyagi's defense at all. He dribbled the ball directly and stuck to Miyagi Ryouta's body, and then dribbled the ball directly to the inside.
Miyagi, whose strength was far inferior to that of Maki Shinichi, was like having hit a bulldozer. He completely lost control of his body and could only move his feet backwards, unable to control his body at all.
In the blink of an eye, Maki Shenyi entered the shooting range and with a hook shot, he sent the ball directly into the net.
The difference is 11 points.
"Damn! This bastard!" Maki Shinichi's goal made Miyagi Ryouta feel very unhappy. Although Hainan's running position just now was dazzling, Miyagi knew that from the beginning, Hainan's target was him.
The opponent definitely regarded him as a breakthrough point, and they were going all out to attack him. Although Miyagi was reluctant to admit it, the fact was that he was the weakest point in Xiangbei's entire defense.
Maki Shinichi is Hainan's strongest singles player. He uses the strongest spear to attack the weakest shield, making it easy for Hainan to score.
“… … .”
“Hainan... .”
Jinguji Budo's face was gloomy. Hainan's easy attack made him feel the pressure. Although he knew from the day he joined Xiangbei that Miyagi Ryouta would be a loophole in Xiangbei's defense, one day a team would attack this loophole.
But what Wudao didn't expect was that Ryonan did not take advantage of the loophole in the previous practice match with Ryonan, and when playing against many other teams, those teams did not take advantage of this loophole. But when playing against Hainan, Hainan used it!
If it was just an ordinary weak team, it would be fine. Budo had the confidence to lead Xiangbei to launch an attack wave. However, if a strong team like Hainan were to break their weaknesses, it would be difficult for Xiangbei to beat them.
Although Wudao can provide backup defense, at this time, Hainan must not be allowed any open shooting opportunities.
"Miyagi, don't worry about it, prepare to attack."
"Pay attention and slow down the offensive tempo."
Although Jinguji Budo was in a heavy mood, his mood would not affect his judgment of the situation. Compared with Hainan's fast break to score points, Xiangbei now needs to play steadily, score every goal steadily, and try to extend the attack time and reduce the number of rounds. Only in this way can they successfully maintain their advantage until the end of the game.
With a double-digit lead, only Xiangbei maintained a certain offensive efficiency and reduced the number of rounds. With such an advantage and less than ten minutes in the second half, it was impossible for Hainan to turn the tide.
This is an open conspiracy.
"Yeah!" Miyagi nodded, received the pass from his teammate in the backcourt, and then slowly dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt. The 30-second offensive countdown started. Miyagi listened to Wudao's words and was not in a hurry. He pressed at the end of the team and took 4 seconds to cross the center line. After crossing the center line, Miyagi stopped near the center circle and did not continue to advance.
It was not until 7 seconds had passed that a Hainan player could no longer hold back and pressed the ball, and Miyagi Ryouta finally passed the ball to Jinguji Budou. The position where Budou received the ball was also very far from the three-point line.
“Snap! Snap!”
Starting with the basketball, Jinguji Budou dribbled the ball, observing Hainan's defensive formation, and was not in a hurry to attack.
Another five or six seconds passed, Jinguji Budo did not move, and Maki Shinichi, who was defending him, did not dare to act rashly. The audience in the stands watched this matchup, holding their breath and not daring to speak loudly. For a moment, the entire stadium fell into a strange silence, with only the sound of the basketball hitting the floor echoing in the stadium.
9 seconds.
The timer jumped, and when there were ten seconds left for Shohoku's attack, Jinguji Takeshi suddenly spread his arms, with the basketball suspended in his left hand. The next second, Takeshi took a wrong step and quickly accelerated to break through.
crossover!
With a quick cross step breakthrough, in the blink of an eye, Wudao once again passed Maki Shinichi and rushed towards the inside. Although Wudao's breakthrough was fast, Maki Shinichi also reacted quickly, and he crossed his body to block Wudao's advancement route.
The two bodies collided violently again, but this time, Wudao didn't seem to have the intention of forcing a breakthrough. He just took a step forward, and then used the recoil force of the collision between the two bodies to stop suddenly, and then took a step back and stepped diagonally outside the three-point line.
The next second, Jinguji Budo lifted the basketball above his head and shot a three-pointer.
Wu Dao's step-back is quite clean, unlike Harden's step-back that has a sticky and dragging feeling. Although the gap created by the step-back is far less than Harden's "fake walking", with excellent bounce and air retention, Wu Dao's step-back is also unmatched in this arena.
Shinichi Maki's defense had no way to affect Jinguji Budou's shooting rhythm. The basketball directly crossed half of the court and flew towards the basket.
“Swish!”
The basketball spun at high speed and fell into the basket net. With a slight sound, the net swung, weaving a "gorgeous" effect.
“ohhhhh!
!”
“Hey~~~”
As the ball went into the net, the audience burst into cheers after holding their breath, while those who supported Hainan groaned.
Of the 30 seconds of attack time, Jinguji Budou took 24 seconds to complete the attack. As for why it took 24 seconds, only Jinguji Budou knew.
The difference between the two teams reached 14 points, and Hainan's rest area was full of lamentations. Coach Gaotou clenched his fists, his expression changed several times, and finally his emotions turned into anger, and he punched the bench.
"Damn it! If we in Hainan had a three-point shooter, both Shohoku and Ryonan would have been defeated by us long ago!"
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