In the previous attack of Ryonan, due to the mistake made by Shinomiya Tano, Xiangbei successfully seized the opportunity to expand the score. Therefore, when the offensive ball came to Ryonan High School again, everyone's vigilance increased a lot.
Ikegami served the ball from the backcourt and passed it to Sendoh Akira. With the ball in his hand, Sendoh slowed down his advancing speed and did not continue to advance after half court. Instead, he wandered around the center line, waiting for Miyagi Ryouta from the backcourt to enter the frontcourt and take defensive position.
Miyagi's previous actions obviously left a deep impression on everyone in Ryonan. It was not until Miyagi returned to the court that Sendoh passed the basketball to Shinomiya Tano. At this time, Shinomiya Tano still used his powerful strength to go deep into the free throw line. The moment he received the basketball, Shinomiya Tano did not attack first, but instead looked for Miyagi's location.
Seeing that the palace was not approaching, Shinomiya Tianye began to prepare for a strong attack.
I saw Shigong Tianye's center of gravity sank, and his back was pressed hard against Jinguji Budao's body. As the terrifying force poured onto Jinguji Budao's body, Budao's position was also unconsciously pushed back a step.
When a gap appeared, Sigong Tianye turned around with the ball without hesitation, took a step forward, and crossed the free throw line. After one dribble, Sigong Tianye raised the basketball high in his right hand, took two steps, and threw the ball with a hook shot.
Takeshi Jinguji was at a disadvantage in the power confrontation. By the time he caught up with Shinomiya Tano, the opponent had already sped up. And Shinomiya Tano was obviously a little afraid of Takeshi Jinguji's pursuit and defense, so he used a one-handed hook shot to finish. Such an attack was very difficult to block.
Normally, this is a unique skill of the old men in the park. I didn’t expect that Shinomiya Tano had mastered this “unique skill” at such a young age.
As the ball went into the net, the score between the two teams came to 6:4, and the difference was reduced to two points. And Shinomiya Tano's score also excited the audience in the audience. After a round of cheers, the audience supporting Ryonan began to chant "Defense" rhythmically.
“Defense!
defense!
”
With the cheers of the audience, Xiangbei served the ball from the baseline and the basketball was handed to Miyagi Ryouta. Miyagi quickly advanced with the ball, and after entering the frontcourt, Budou moved to the top of the arc and exchanged the ball with Miyagi. After Budou got into position, Mitsui Shou quickly shook his body and came to the side of Shigong Tianye to do a pick-and-roll.
The same trick was used again. This time, Shinomiya Tano was well prepared. Before Mitsui Shou approached, he had already controlled the defensive distance and stuck closely in front of Wudao. At the same time, he began to put pressure on Wudao and did not give Wudao any chance to use pick-and-roll to break through.
Facing the pressure from Shigong Tianye, Jinguji Budou was indeed under great pressure. Realizing that he could not force his way through, he dribbled the ball between his legs and jumped backwards. When he was retreating, his feet had a "jumping" feeling. When Shigong Tianye raised his center of gravity and prepared to defend Budou, Jinguji Budou suddenly changed his pace and sped up instantly.
“What a fast speed!”
The starting speed of Jinguji Wudao really scared Shinomiya Tanano. After he reacted, he quickly stuck to him. Shinomiya Tanano's reaction was half a beat slow and his body fell behind by a little, but his body still blocked the breaking Wudao in the first time. The huge force easily affected the speed of Wudao's breakthrough.
At the same time, Mitsui Shou was also changing his position, quickly bypassing the entangled Budou and Shinomiya Tano, and came to the three-point line behind Jinguji Budou.
When Mitsui was in position, Budo didn't even look at it, and directly passed the ball to Mitsui. At the same time, he quickly pushed Shinomiya Tano hard, and also blocked Sendoh Akira who was chasing Mitsui. The short delay gave Mitsui a moment of space, and Mitsui, who received the ball, did not hesitate at all and shot a three-pointer directly.
Mitsui Hisashi shot hastily, and although the ball's trajectory was very straight, there was a slight problem in the control of the strength. The basketball flew towards the basket, hit the front of the basket accurately, and broke far away.
Chiba Daiishi under the basket just stretched out his hand subconsciously and grabbed the ball directly. Then he jumped up immediately and sent the ball into the basket with a small lob.
"Tsk, shit luck." Chi Shang curled his lips, feeling unhappy.
He did not lose his position in the matchup with Chiba Oishi, and even had a slight advantage in positioning in this round. However, Mitsui's shot bounced very far this time, and Chiba, who was far from the basket, took advantage and scored a tip-in.
Mitsui didn't care about the missed shot. He smiled and praised Chiba before returning to defense with his teammates.
Shinomiya Tano and Sendoh looked at each other and saw seriousness in each other's eyes.
The offense of Xiangbei High School was very systematic and methodical. They had never seen Xiangbei execute such an offense before. Both of them had seen many games, but in Japan, they had never seen a similar style of play as Xiangbei.
Although Mitsui Hisashi failed to score the goal, it served as a reminder to Shinomiya Tano and others.
"It seems that Xiangbei is going to put all its hopes on Mitsui Shou today. This guy seems to use three-pointers as his main scoring method, but in fact, Mitsui Shou can both drive and shoot."
"With other Xiangbei players assisting in the pick-and-roll, it's hard to defend him relying on individual ability."
"Tian Ye, what should we do?"
Ryonan served the ball, and Uekusa in the backcourt slowly advanced towards the frontcourt with the ball under the support and cover of Ikegami. During the attack, Sendoh and Shinomiya Tano ran side by side. Facing the threat posed by Mitsui Hisashi, Sendoh found Shinomiya Tano to discuss countermeasures.
“The pick-and-roll is very basic, but it’s also very effective for guys who can shoot.”
"Jinguji Budo's strength and awareness are both good. With him helping Mitsui Shou, I can't just rely on myself to keep an eye on Mitsui Shou's shots."
"Let Ikegami leave the inside and help defend Mitsui Shou."
"Leave the inside line to Yuzumi. He should be able to handle it."
Shigong Tianye looked back at Yuzumi who was not far behind him and said with a smile. Sendoh nodded, quickened his pace and quickly took his position in the front court.
Tomoyuki Uekusa's dribbling became very unsmooth due to the defensive interference of Miyagi Ryouta. In order not to lose the ball, he just crossed half court and immediately found Ikegami on the side to complete the pass.
And Ikegami was just a transit station for Ryonan's basketball turnover. After receiving the ball, Ikegami didn't even dribble the ball, and directly passed the ball to Shinomiya Tano who was heading to the inside.
To deal with Jinguji Budou, Shigong Tianye had a very clear idea in his mind, and he didn't plan to use any "techniques" at all. He just planned to use his body to force Jinguji Budou to score the ball steadily, and also use his body to fight against Jinguji Budou to consume his physical strength, thus reducing the possible threat of Jinguji Budou on the offensive end to the greatest extent.
Although the previous few offensive rounds of Xiangbei were led by Mitsui Hisashi, the people of Ryonan had experienced the terrifying offensive ability of Jinguji Budou and would never forget it.
"Bang!" Another strong physical collision. Akagi Takenori in the inside did not dare to give up Yuzumi to help Wudao. Similarly, Chiba Daiishi did not dare to leave Ikegami alone. The positions of these two people were very deep. Once they were left alone, they would definitely give away points.
Miyagi Ryouta noticed that Wudou was having a hard time fighting against Shinomiya Tano, so he immediately threw away Uesugi and quickly rushed towards Shinomiya Tano.
Sensing Miyagi Ryouta's movements, Shinomiya Tano sped up his offensive rhythm, quickened his back-to-the-basket rhythm, stepped a little deeper, and immediately turned half-way to make a small jump shot. Wudao saw all the opponent's various play styles and made predictions, but when the opponent really shot, Wudao still failed to jump up and block the shot in time.
Shigong Tianye's strength was really exaggerated. After the physical confrontation, Wudao had no way to jump immediately. Moreover, the opponent used a lob attack. If Wudao jumped a little late, he would not be able to complete the block. At most, he could only cause some interference.
“Bang!”
“Swish!”
The basketball hit the backboard and went into the net again. Shinomiya Tano seemed to be quite good at this type of shooting. He had not missed a shot since the start of the game.
"This guy..." Sigong Tianye's fighting style was simple and rough. Wudao frowned slightly. He could clearly feel that today's physical energy consumption was much faster than in previous games. He hadn't attacked much since the start of the game, and his physical energy consumption was even greater than when he was attacking in the past.
"Hey, Budo, don't let that guy score too easily."
"You don't look good today!"
Seeing that Shinomiya Tano easily scored points over Wudao again, Mitsui Shou couldn't help but remind him.
"It's not that I'm not in shape, it's that guy is a little bit over the top."
Wu Dao muttered to himself, and suddenly grabbed Miyagi Ryouta who was about to receive the ball and serve.
"Miyagi, just let go of that little bald guy from Lingnan and come help me."
"You don't have to help me fight. When Shigong Tianye attacks me, just go around and defend to steal the ball."
"As long as that guy doesn't play post-up and relies on front-end face-up offense, I will defend him."
Wudao said something in Miyagi's ear, and then slowly ran towards the front court. Miyagi was a little surprised to hear this. He originally thought that Wudao would try every means to compete with Shigong Tianye for a few more balls. After all, in Miyagi's impression, Wudao was also the kind of person who would not easily admit defeat.
"It seems like all of my teammates are taking today's game very seriously!"
Miyagi sighed in his heart, then quickly dribbled forward after receiving the basketball in the backcourt.
When he entered the frontcourt with the ball, Ikegami, who was originally guarding the inside, also moved to a high position and stood not far behind Sendoh, guarding against Mitsui. Seeing this, Mitsui didn't care. He didn't continue to stand stupidly at a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line waiting for his teammates to pick and roll. Instead, he sank to the bottom corner along the three-point line, and then started to cross the court from the baseline.
Sendoh followed Mitsui all the way and never relaxed for a moment, but just when Mitsui crossed the paint area and came to the other corner area, Sendoh, who was chasing him, disappeared.
The basketball turned into a red light and instantly went straight from the top of the arc into the bottom corner and into the hands of Mitsui Hisashi.
Mitsui Shou received the ball without any hesitation and took a three-point shot in an open space. The basketball drew an arc in the air and fell accurately into the net.
"It went in?! Xiangbei scored again, and it was another three-pointer!"
After a brief moment of surprise, the audience burst into amazing cheers. The German men and others excitedly waved the "Man of Fire" flag and cheered for Mitsui Shou loudly.
Seeing Mitsui's three-pointer go into the net again, Shinomiya Tianye looked at Mitsui in surprise. When he found Sendoh, he discovered that Sendoh had just come to Mitsui's side.
When Sendoh followed Mitsui through the paint area, he had already fallen into Mitsui's offensive trap. Chiba Daishi and Akagi in the interior moved their positions one after another to help Mitsui block Sendoh. Although each time did not delay Sendoh much time, the two overlaps gave Mitsui a comfortable gap to shoot.
“Hohohoho!”
"Mitsui is finally beginning to show his true talent."
Coach Anzai looked at Mitsui Shou who was returning to defense with satisfaction, smiling broadly. Mitsui Shou's shot seemed to be made by his teammates who helped him to set off-ball screens, but Coach Anzai knew in his heart that all this was Mitsui Shou taking advantage of his teammates' positions to lure Sendoh into a pick-and-roll trap.
If someone in this era has put themselves in the first-person perspective of defending Curry, then they will understand how difficult it is to defend Mitsui alone at this time. Even if Sendoh is as strong as Mitsui and his physical fitness is even better than Mitsui, he still cannot defend Mitsui alone.
Facing Mitsui's attack, there is no way to rely on individual defense.
11:6, Xiangbei scored in double digits and the difference between the two teams widened to 5 points.
Ryonan's counterattack came very quickly. After receiving the ball in the backcourt, Uekusa suppressed the rhythm and came to the frontcourt. After arriving at the frontcourt, he simply passed the ball to Shinomiya Tano.
Facing Miyagi's double-team, Shinomiya Tano was more decisive in handling the ball this time. After getting the ball, he turned around and broke through, moving away from Miyagi while pressing towards the inside.
Then, after attracting the attention of Akagi in the interior, he faked a shot and passed the ball to Jun Uozumi.
Yuzumi got the ball and jumped up and dunked with both hands to finish the game.
The offense of Xiangbei still revolves around Mitsui Shou. The main attacker Mitsui Shou does not spare his energy at all. On the offensive end, he runs all over the court with Sendoh, takes advantage of his teammates' repeated pick-and-rolls, fires several times in open space, or stares at the defensive players and forces shots, including long two-pointers, three-pointers, and misses.
For a while, Shohoku and Ryonan actually formed an offensive situation. Shohoku used Mitsui's shooting as the main means of scoring, while Ryonan relied on Shinomiya Tano's outstanding personal ability to engage Shohoku's defense, and either forced a layup themselves or passed the ball to the open inside.
The scores of both teams soared, but the score difference could not be widened for a while. The game was fierce and stalemate.
After 8 minutes of the game, the score between the two teams was 28:24, with a difference of four points.
As a loud bang broke out in the court, Jun Uozumi grabbed the defensive rebound and quickly passed the ball to Sendoh. Shinomiya Tano, who had already rushed back to the court, received the ball and dunked an empty basket, helping Ryonan further narrow the score gap.
As the game progressed, Ryonan High School had adapted to Mitsui's running patterns, and Ikegami and Sendoh specifically marked Mitsui, which reduced Mitsui's offensive efficiency a lot.
In terms of rebounding, Yuzumi Jun fought against both Akagi and Chiba at the same time and did not lose. Although Yuzumi Jun's offense was far inferior to Akagi Takenori, he was able to suppress Akagi in the fight for rebounds.
There's nothing we can do about it, since Akagi is not 202cm tall.
As the game progressed, Xiangbei's over-reliance on Mitsui's shooting began to show its drawbacks. Even though Mitsui still had enough physical strength, Xiangbei knew that they needed to change their offensive methods.
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