"In today's game, I plan to easily get 30 points."
"From your head!"
Jinguji Budou said provocatively, let's put aside the competition, we must not lose in terms of momentum. Facing Budou's ridicule, Shigong Tianye was not angry, but a smile appeared on his slightly solemn face, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter, and the fighting spirit in his eyes became stronger.
Hunting is meaningless if the opponent does not struggle. For Shinomiya Tano, he would be unhappy if Takeshi lay down. Now seeing that Jinguji Takeshi also wanted to fight with him, Shinomiya Tano felt even happier.
"Sendoh, give me the ball."
While Wudao and Shigong Tianye were talking, Sendoh had already entered the frontcourt with the ball. Shigong Tianye was standing near the three-point line at this time, not in the most ideal position for Shigong Tianye to receive the ball. However, Shigong Tianye still waved at Sendoh after Sendoh entered the court, and then quickly turned his back to Wudao, with his right arm raised high.
Shinomiya Tano's strength far exceeds that of Jinguji Budou. Budou, who has suffered many losses in a row, has no intention of wasting his energy on the confrontation of strength. He slightly distanced himself and let Shinomiya Tano catch the ball, while giving a look to Miyagi in the distance.
Miyagi Ryouta, who was defending Uekusa, actually never paid attention to Uekusa. He had played against Ryonan before and knew that Uekusa's biggest role on the court was to dribble the ball across half court and serve as a transit station for basketball turnover.
Uekusa may indeed be able to attack independently, but in the Ryonan team, Uekusa does not have such ball possession.
When Miyagi Ryouta saw Takeshi's signal, he decisively gave up on Uesugi and quickly moved towards Shinomiya Tano. His actions attracted the attention of Ryonan and others. While Sendoh passed the ball to Shinomiya Tano, he reminded Shinomiya Tano out loud.
"Snap!" With a slight sound, the basketball was in the hand. Shimonoseki, who received the ball, turned his head to glance at Miyagi's position, then quickly turned around with the ball to face the basket.
At this time, Wudao also lowered his body to guard against Shigong Tianye's breakthrough. In fact, Wudao had already figured out the opponent's offensive characteristics.
However, at this moment, Sigong Tianye, who had the ball, suddenly lowered his head slightly and looked at Wudao. Then, in Wudao's surprised eyes, Sigong Tianye directly took the ball and jumped from a distance of nearly 30 centimeters outside the three-point line. In the blink of an eye, the basketball flew out of his hands.
"Three... three-pointers!?"
"Akagi, rebound!"
Shigong Tianye's shot choice really surprised Wudao. It was not the first time that Wudao watched the opponent's game since the county competition started, but it was the first time that Wudao saw Shigong Tianye shoot a three-pointer. And Wudao had deliberately opened up the distance to avoid losing his position in the confrontation, which turned out to be the best opportunity for Shigong Tianye to shoot in an open position.
"Although my shooting is average, I can still make the shot if I'm in an open position!"
Shimonoseki murmured to himself, looking at the path of the basketball, then turned around confidently and ran towards his own half.
Under the basket, the two strong men, Akagi and Uozumi, were already pressing against each other, wrestling madly just to occupy a comfortable rebounding position. However, with the slight sound of a basketball entering the net, the two wrestling men froze in place at the same time.
Shinomiya Tano's three-pointer was successful, and even his teammate Jun Uozumi was stunned.
"How... How is this possible?!" Akagi opened his mouth slightly, with a look of disbelief. The rest area of Ryonan erupted in cheers, and the players waved their towels excitedly, watching the score difference narrow to one point, and the hope of overtaking was already within sight.
30:29.
With Ryonan trailing by 4 points, Shinomiya Tano used a three-pointer that he was not good at to narrow the gap. And his shot did disrupt some of Xiangbei's plans.
"That guy can actually shoot three-pointers? In the previous games, he rarely even shot mid-range shots, let alone three-pointers."
"He can actually shoot three-pointers? Is it luck?"
Xiangbei lost points, and Mitsui Shou walked to Wudao's side and said in surprise. Shigong Tianye has excellent physical fitness, and his breakthrough attack can be said to be invincible in a one-on-one situation. However, even such a person who has maxed out his breakthrough skills started to shoot three-pointers, which also means that the opponent they are facing in Xiangbei is even more terrifying.
"It can't be luck. The team is four points behind and needs to catch up. At this time, everyone is playing it safe and will not hope to break the point difference to more than five points."
"Either the other team can't play basketball, or they are absolutely confident."
"Does Shinomiya Tano look like the type of person who can't play ball?"
"I underestimated him. We are not the only ones who have grown in the past few months. I gave him too high a position."
Facing mistakes, Wu Dao would not look for any excuses. Wrong is wrong. He knew that he was in too big a position and did not notice that the opponent might shoot a three-pointer when defending, so the opponent had an open shot opportunity.
"Attack, get the points back first." Wu Dao said, and started to jog towards the front court. In the back court, Miyagi Ryouta received Chiba's serve and began to advance slowly with the ball.
The score difference was only one point, and the next ball was crucial for Xiangbei, so Miyagi became cautious. Similarly, Akagi and others also tightened their skin, and every step they took when advancing was solid.
When Miyagi came to the frontcourt, the first person he looked for was Jinguji Takeshi. He was already used to Xiangbei's style of play where Takeshi was the main attacker. Even though Mitsui's previous performance was very impressive, from the moment Takeshi asked for the ball, he thought Takeshi had taken over the main attacking rights.
Sure enough, just as Miyagi Ryouta's gaze was cast, Jinguji Budou, who was originally near the three-point line, quickly started and moved towards the inside. However, Shigong Tianye's speed and reaction were not slow, and he followed Budou closely, and he looked like he had some strength left.
The opponent didn't seem to care about Wu Dao catching the ball. He just fell behind. He didn't lose his position, but he also had no intention of speeding up to strangle Wu Dao.
Takeshi Jinguji moved from the right side of the court to the left side of the court, and then ran out of the three-point line again. Shinomiya Tano did not chase too far, and stopped near the three-point line, waiting for Takeshi.
Miyagi had been holding the ball for a few seconds. Seeing that there was a lot of space around Takeshi, he immediately passed the ball to Takeshi. After passing the ball, he quickly ran down, hoping to find an open position, but Uekusa kept following Miyagi and did not relax.
Akagi and Yuzumi fought for the position under the basket, and Chiba landed near the baseline, in an open position. Mitsui was guarded by Ikegami and Sendoh, and after Wudao got the ball, Mitsui obviously had no desire to attack, and pulled two defenders to the bottom corner on the far right.
Miyagi failed to cut inside and ran to the left corner. For a moment, the high position became a one-on-one situation between Jinguji Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano.
"The stage is set, you can start taking your thirty points!"
Shinomiya Tano straightened his waist slightly, with one arm raised high and the other arm horizontally, and he kept a distance of half a meter from Wudao. In front of him, Wudao held the ball facing the basket with his legs straight and his upper body slightly bent forward. The basketball was held by Wudao near his right waist, and he could start at any time.
"Don't worry, it's only thirty minutes, it will be quick."
Wudao murmured softly, and as the ball fell, he quickly stepped forward with his left foot to the right front, and turned his back to the body of Shigong Tianye, as if he was about to break through. The defending Shigong Tianye's expression froze, and he made an agile backward jump and quickly moved sideways, regaining enough defensive gap and getting into position.
Opposite him, Jinguji Budou suddenly paused, gathered the ball with his right hand, and seemed to be turning around. Shigong Tianye did not pause at all, and slid to change direction directly, but his defensive position changed, and Jinguji Budou's turning action suddenly stopped, and he accelerated to break through with the ball.
"It's just a fake turn!" Jinguji Budo's fake move was very real. Although Shinomiya Tano was fooled, his defensive action just now gave him enough defensive gap to respond.
At the same time as Wudao broke through, Shigong Tianye immediately started to catch up. Although he was half a body behind Wudao, one of his arms was able to block Wudao's sight. At the same time, his body inevitably impacted Wudao while chasing.
The huge force caused Wu Dao's dribbling to be somewhat deformed and his dribbling speed decreased, but at this moment, Wu Dao also successfully crossed the three-point line.
The breakthrough was stopped, and Wu Dao simply stopped and dribbled on the spot. The defending Si Gong Tian Ye also obviously held back, and when Wu Dao paused, Si Gong Tian Ye also stopped instantly, and his basketball shoes rubbed against the floor crazily, making a sharp sound.
"squeak--"
Budo stopped, observed the other players of Ryonan, then looked at Shigong Tianye in front of him, and started again without any warning. As expected, Shigong Tianye still followed up easily, while maintaining a good defensive gap. After just two steps, Budo stopped again.
"A difficult guy."
Jinguji Budou's continuous breakthrough movements, with fake turns, sudden stops and starts, did not cause Shinomiya Tano to lose his position at all. The opponent not only had rich defensive experience, but also had terrifying physical fitness and was able to easily adapt to Budou's rhythm.
Cursing inwardly, Wudao rushed forward, his hands seemed to be holding the ball, but also seemed to be preparing to change direction. The ambiguous action made Shigong Tianye hesitate a little, and it was during this hesitation that Wudao jumped up and shot a fadeaway jump shot.
After the hesitation step, he chose to fade away and shoot.
Jinguji Takeshi's attack selection and timing were very good. Although Shinomiya Tano's explosive power was enough to threaten Takeshi's backward movement, the opponent's reaction was ultimately half a beat slow.
Shinomiya Taneno reacted quickly and blocked Wudao's sight with his whole arm. His fingertips even reached Wudao's wrist. His reaction was obviously half a beat slow, and Wudao obviously jumped backwards, but his fingers still almost touched the basketball.
"Dang~" a crisp sound of hitting iron was heard. Although Sigong Tianye failed to successfully block Wudao's jump shot, the interference was enough. Wudao's usually successful fadeaway jump shot missed under the pressure of Sigong Tianye.
Under the basket, although Akagi Takenori and Uozumi were shouting loudly, the fight for the rebound became the focus of the entire audience for a moment.
"He~wu~~" Akagi Takenori roared like a gorilla. His roar seemed to help him grab the rebound. Akagi jumped up and grabbed the basketball in his hand.
A beautiful frontcourt rebound was grabbed by Akagi.
Akagi, who got the basketball, raised the ball with both hands and looked at Mitsui who was rushing towards the inside. His action aroused Yuzumi's vigilance, and he immediately changed his position to block Akagi's passing path.
"Hmph!" However, as soon as Yuzumi made a move, Akagi sneered and shot the ball under the basket without any warning. The basketball hit the backboard and fell directly into the net.
"Well done! Akagi!"
"Akagi-senpai, great shot!"
The first-year students of Xiangbei cheered, Akagi pounded his chest excitedly, and started to return to defense amid the cheers of the crowd.
Ryonan lost points again, but there was no disappointment on Shinomiya Tano's face. He won this round of confrontation!
No matter how other players of Shohoku perform, Shimonoya is always clear about his mission. He will control Jinguji Budo and suppress his score within 15 points. In today's game, Ryonan will definitely win.
As for completely sealing off Jinguji Budou? Shigong Tianye is confident, not conceited. He is not arrogant to that extent. Jinguji Budou with unlimited firing rights is very scary. Among high school students, Budou's attack power is definitely among the best in the country. If Budou played every game in Xiangbei's previous games, averaging 45 points per game would not be a dream.
Being able to suppress Jinguji Budou to just 15 points in a single game, Shinomiya Tano's defense was a success.
"28 minutes, you have less than half an hour."
"Thirty points. I hope you can really do it."
As Shinomiya Tano said this, he no longer paid attention to Jinguji Budou and turned back to cover his teammate's kick-off.
"Although it looked very reluctant, that guy definitely kept up with my movements."
"I didn't rely on prediction or experience, I just used my physical fitness and on-the-spot reaction."
"Facing such a defense, the risk of breaking through with the ball in the high position is very high, and the probability of missing the shot will be greatly increased."
"I need to be in a deeper position, at least inside the free throw line. Only in that position can I have an absolute shooting threat and my footwork can be used to its full potential."
Jinguji Budou began to defend himself and began to think in his mind. This round of confrontation made Budou see the strength of Shigong Tianye. He was able to keep up with his movements just by relying on temporary reactions. He had never seen such a person before.
Under such defense, it is difficult for a breakthrough to penetrate the opponent's defense, and even if Wudao shoots, the opponent will still interfere.
In order to reduce the impact of Shimono's interference on Wudao's own shooting, he had to get closer to the basket.
If he had not shot the jump shot from a high position but instead shot a fadeaway jump shot within the free throw line, he would not have missed the shot.
"It looks like we'll have to attack from mid-range, just like we did the first time we faced Ryonan."
Wu Dao thought about how to deal with it, feeling somewhat unwilling. Needing Wu Dao to go deeper to receive the ball meant that Wu Dao's offensive power was not enough when holding the ball outside, and as a scorer, this was not an honorable thing.
"After this game, high-post and three-point-line anti-interference shooting training will be put on the agenda."
"I thought that in high school, we would use mismatch offense anyway, so I wouldn't be able to use it for the time being, but now it seems that's not entirely true."
"Let Sakuragi be your sparring partner when the time comes, and practice his defense as well."
Takeshi Jinguji is 196cm barefoot and nearly two meters tall with shoes. With such a height when playing on the outside, the players he faces are basically 10 to 20 centimeters shorter than him, and some are 30 centimeters shorter. In front of such an opponent, a fadeaway jump shot is just like an open shot.
But Shimota is obviously not the kind of player that you would normally face off against.
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