After Akagi scored the goal, Ryonan High School quickly retaliated, but the one who shot was not Shinomiya Tano who was facing Jinguji Budou, but Sendoh who was facing Mitsui Hisashi.
After dribbling across half court, Tomoyuki Uekusa passed the ball to Sendoh. Facing Mitsui's defense, Sendoh made a fake pass. Since Sendoh's previous style of passing the ball to Shinomiya Tano was so well-known, Mitsui on the defending side blocked him without thinking, which gave Sendoh the opportunity to break through alone.
As Sendoh rushed into the inside and made a layup, the gap between the two teams was narrowed again.
It was Xiangbei's turn to attack again. This time, Budou did not continue to stand outside the three-point line waiting for his teammates to pass the ball, but tried to cross Shinomiya Tano and cut into the mid-range position. Obviously, Budou's plan was seen by the people of Ryonan. Yuzumi Jun, who was guarding the inside, also slightly changed his position. While blocking Akagi, he tried to get closer to Budou's side to facilitate backup defense.
Shinomiya Tano, who was facing off against Jinguji Takeshi, obviously knew Takeshi's plan. He had suffered such a loss before, and he didn't want to make the same mistake a second time. Therefore, when Takeshi tried to cut into the inside, Shinomiya Tano followed closely behind Takeshi, not wanting to let Takeshi receive the basketball comfortably.
For a player who relies on shooting as his main means of scoring, whether he is comfortable when receiving the ball will largely determine his shooting accuracy. Because if he is uncomfortable receiving the ball, the shooter needs to adjust the position of the basketball and the rhythm, and these adjustments will bring variables to the shooting.
An excellent point guard can often get the ball into the hands of his teammates in the most comfortable state. Obviously, Miyagi is an excellent guard.
In order to get rid of the entanglement of Shinomiya Tano, Jinguji Takeshi increased his running frequency. After being closely watched during another open cut, he decisively ran back from the inside to the middle distance. In the one or two seconds that Takeshi briefly escaped, Miyagi Ryouta had already put the basketball into Takeshi's hands.
The timing of passing the ball is very good, and the position where the basketball is received is also very comfortable.
Wudao received the ball without any hesitation. He turned over and leaned back. The chasing Shinomiya Tano obviously did not expect that Wudao's previous shot had missed. This time the attack was still so decisive. When he jumped up to block the shot, the basketball had already flown out of Wudao's hands.
“Bang!”
“Swish!”
The basketball hit the backboard from a 45-degree angle and went into the net. Wu Dao's turn and backwards was clean and neat, which left a deep impression on Shigong Tianye. He had already done his best in defense. His palm had completely covered Jinguji Wu Dao's face. Shigong Tianye was sure that his "blind defense" had definitely blocked Wu Dao's sight.
But the other party was not disturbed at all.
"This kid, was his mentality not affected after he missed the shot? Facing my defense, he still shot so decisively."
"You really can't underestimate him!"
Shinomiya Tianye secretly praised in his heart. He was a little surprised by Jinguji Budou's psychological quality and shooting instinct.
Between offense and defense.
Everyone in Xiangbei noticed that Ryonan High School's offensive strategy seemed to have changed, and the offensive system originally built around Shinomiya Tano had undergone tremendous changes.
The person holding the ball and attacking changed from Shimota no Tano to Sendoh, and the reason was that in this round, the player who completed the attack on Ryonan's side was still Sendoh.
Sendoh held the ball in the frontcourt, and Shinomiya Tanno went up to set a screen for Sendoh. Takeshi and Mitsui Shou were much more cautious about Shinomiya Tanno than Sendoh, so when Sendoh started to break through under Shinomiya Tanno's cover, Takeshi did not choose to switch defense at the first time, and continued to guard Shinomiya Tanno.
Mitsui was blocked and failed to keep up with Sendoh's pace immediately, allowing Sendoh to advance to the mid-range and make an easy open shot and score the ball.
The two goals scored by Sendoh felt very easy. He easily scored two goals over the heads of Xiangbei. The whole process was smoother and easier than when Shinomiya Tano was attacking with the ball. In front of Sendoh, Xiangbei seemed to be defenseless.
After losing two goals in a row to the same person, the Xiangbei team realized something was wrong.
"Budou, there was a problem with the ball just now. Next time if Shimono sets a pick-and-roll for Sendoh, let's switch defense."
Mitsui Hisashi received the pass from Miyagi at the center line, and while dribbling the ball, he spoke to Wu Dou who was still dribbling beside him.
"Yeah!" Wu Dao actually realized his own problem. He was too focused on Shigong Tianye and had forgotten that Ryonan High School was not a one-man team from the beginning to the end. Sendoh Akira was also Ryonan's trump card.
Like Shohoku, Ryonan has a standard three-core system, and their three-core is even more mature than Shohoku's.
After responding to Mitsui Hisashi, Wudao sank into the bottom corner along the three-point line. He did not stay in the corner for long. Seeing Shinomiya Tano following up, he immediately moved towards the inside along the baseline.
When Takenori Jinguji passed through the inside, Takenori Akagi cleverly helped to block the pursuing Shinomiya Tano, giving Takenori Jinguji another chance to catch the ball near the basket.
However, the position where Mitsui Hisashi held the ball was a little far away from Wudao. When he was waiting to pass the ball to Wudao, Shinomiya Tano's defense was already in place.
Jinguji Budou grabbed the ball with one hand, leaned his back against Shinomiya Tano, held the ball horizontally in front of him, and tilted his head slightly to look at Shinomiya Tano with his peripheral vision.
He is 4~5cm taller than Shimono and has a longer arm span, so although Wudao's ball-grabbing action looks rude, he can indeed make full use of his body advantage to prevent the basketball from being intercepted.
Michael Jordan's most classic way of holding the ball was performed by Jinguji Budo in the Kanagawa Prefecture Tournament.
“Ohhh!
! Jinguji Budo's ball-catching posture is similar to Michael Jordan! This guy is pretending!"
“Shinomiya Tano, steal him! Steal him!
”
The way that Wudao held the ball caused some commotion. The audience supporting Ryonan shouted loudly, wanting Shinomiya Tano on the field to teach Wudao a lesson. In their opinion, Wudao's action was just to show off.
But Shigong Tianye, who was facing Jinguji Budou, had no such idea in his mind. Budou was standing only about three or four meters away from the basket. With Budou's stride, once the opportunity arose, he could take off and layup in one stride. At the same time, when he was so close to the basket, Budou's shooting accuracy was also quite high.
There are so many offensive options available to martial artists.
"This position is too close to the basket!" Sigong Tianye looked solemn. As he thought so in his heart, his body moved quickly. Sigong Tianye crossed his arms and pressed them on Wudao's back. Although he did not exert any force, he was ready for confrontation. As long as Wudao dared to attack with his back, he would counterattack with his own strength.
Sure enough, just as Shigong Tianye reacted, Jinguji Budou quickly collected the ball, and after a blast, he fiercely pushed Shigong Tianye with his back. He was well prepared and exerted force at the same time. Although his arms did not obviously push outward, the power transmitted to Budou was extremely terrifying.
Taking advantage of the force of the counterattack, Wudao took a step forward away from the basket with the ball, turned quickly, grabbed the ball with his right hand and made a shooting motion.
Jinguji Budou's move was obviously anticipated by Shigong Tianye, who raised his center of gravity and flew forward. This time, he took the absolute initiative, and even if Budou leaned back, he would definitely be able to block the shot. However, Shigong Tianye was cautious, and his feet did not leave the ground to prevent Budou from making a fake move.
Sure enough, Jinguji Takeshi's next reaction was guessed by Shinomiya Tano. Jinguji Takeshi, who was holding the ball with one hand, had no intention of shooting at all. His pivot foot did not move, and the high-raised basketball was quickly lowered, and it seemed that he was preparing to break through.
"Opportunity!" The moment Takeshi Jinguji received the ball, Shimono Yamamoto keenly sensed the opportunity, stepped forward quickly, and poked the basketball in Takeshi's hand with one hand. If Takeshi was ready to break through, he would be able to accurately steal the ball.
However, something unexpected happened to Shinomiya Tano. Jinguji Budou, who had already received the ball and was preparing to break through, quickly gathered the ball and shot out the moment Shinomiya Tano shot.
The extremely quick shot prevented Shinomiya Tano's steal from happening.
The basketball flew out of Wu Dao's hands and fell accurately into the net.
"Well done, Jinguji-san!
"The Xiangbei rest area was filled with cheers from his teammates. Wudao smiled towards the rest area and trotted back to defense.
"Coach Tanaoka, Jinguji Budo has started to get into shape. Do we, Ryonan, need to change our defensive strategy at this time?"
"The players on the court didn't seem to realize, should we call a timeout?!"
In the rest area of Ryonan, Kenji Fujima, who had been paying attention to the progress of the game, saw Jinguji Takeshi score another goal. He couldn't help but asked Coach Tanaoka beside him.
"Oh? Calling a timeout? Why?" Coach Tanaoka crossed his arms over his chest, and when he heard Fujima's question, a smile appeared on his face. He was very happy that a student discussed this issue with him.
"Isn't this obvious? Shohoku's offense is beginning to focus on Jinguji Budo, but our defense is on Mitsui Hisashi."
"And it can be seen that although Shinomiya Tano is indeed very strong, he is also unable to stop Jinguji Budo, right?"
"In order to curb Xiangbei's scoring, isn't it the best way to let other players help defend at this time?"
Fujima expressed his thoughts, and Hanagata and other team members nodded after listening to Fujima's analysis. They could also see the situation on the court and thought that what Fujima said was correct.
"Haha, yes, your idea is correct. If it were any other team, they would have called a timeout."
"But, Fujima! You just came to Ryonan, and you don't know much about some of the team's situations and the personality traits of the players yet."
Coach Tian Gang said, looking towards the field. He continued:
"As a coach, the team's performance is important, but the growth of the players is what the coach should focus on most."
"Jinguji Budo is indeed outstanding, with excellent height, excellent wingspan, terrible athletic ability, good strength and a soft shooting touch."
"The most important thing is his terrifying threat in the low post. Every move can be easily converted into points. Watching him play, I seem to see Olajuwon with Jordan's shooting skills."
"I am also very clear that even if it is Shigong Tianye, he may not get much benefit from fighting against Jinguji Budo at a low level."
As soon as Coach Tiangang finished speaking, Fujima couldn't wait to ask: "Then why don't you let other players help defend?"
"Yes, Jinguji Budo is very strong. He seems to have never been defeated on the field."
"but... .."
"Has our Shigong Tianye ever suffered any loss?!"
"As long as Tian Ye can defeat Jinguji Budo, his confidence will reach an unprecedented height, and the belief of invincibility will be deeply engraved in his mind, which is very important for his career as a player."
"The outcome of this game is not important. No matter what ranking we get in the national competition, no matter what group we will be assigned to in the national competition, it doesn't matter."
"The important thing is that Tian Ye can grow through this game. He still has a long way to go in the future. As a coach, I can't hold him back!"
The more Coach Takeo spoke, the brighter his eyes became. He didn't care whether Kenji Fujima could understand what he meant, and didn't continue to explain to Fujima.
Although he did not call a timeout to prevent other players from helping Shinomiya Tano, Coach Tiangang would not sit idly by and watch his players at a disadvantage. Coach Tiangang, who had been sitting on the bench, suddenly stood up and shouted at the players who were organizing the offense.
"Sendoh, Uesa! Give the ball to Tianye and let him play!"
"Tian Ye, what are you doing dawdling like that, you idiot? You're playing ball so weakly, are you hungry?!"
"You can't defend against a one-on-one. If you can't do it, get off and rest!"
"Give me some resistance! Give that guy some resistance!
!”
Coach Tanaoka's words off the court were full of love for Shimonoseki Tano, but when he stood up, he immediately turned into the Roaring Lord Rotk, and not a single nice word came out of his mouth.
Coach Tanaka's furious expression and angry words could be heard throughout almost half of the stadium. For a moment, the spectators in the stands and the Xiangbei players on the other side of the court all looked at him.
“Hahaha… ..” Coach Anxi chuckled, then pushed up his glasses, his expression turned serious, and he sighed secretly in his heart.
"Coach Tanaoka seems to be thinking the same thing as I am."
Whether it is Coach Anzai of Shohoku or Coach Takeka of Ryonan, both of them regard this game as a testing ground for the players, and the opponent is the whetstone they prepared for their players.
However, who will sharpen whom will depend on the players' own performance and the invisible confrontation between coaches.
On the court, Shigong Tianye, who was inexplicably criticized, scratched his cheek, feeling a little embarrassed.
The last time Coach Tanaka got angry with him was the time before.
However, Coach Tagore's words could be regarded as a reminder to him, and Shinomiya Tano was also preparing to do so.
Shinomiya Tano already had a deduction in his mind on how to deal with Jinguji Martial Arts.
"Then let's fight! A stronger fight, a more oppressive attack!"
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