Takeshi Jinguji made a three-point shot and the referee blew the whistle again while making a valid three-point goal, and pointed his gesture at Shimonoseki.
"Ryonan No. 8, foul!"
The referee's decision shocked everyone in the audience. Jinguji Budou's buzzer-beating three-pointer had already dealt a heavy blow to Ryonan's morale. Coupled with the free throws, all the Ryonan players looked at each other, and then their eyes were all focused on Shinomiya Tano.
"This... How is this possible! That guy from Xiangbei..."
"He was trying to draw a foul. Even if the shot didn't go in, he still had the chance to make three free throws. This time, Tian Ye made a mistake!"
"He was so eager to stop the opponent that he lost his calm judgment. It seems that the dunk over Tian Ye by that guy had a certain impact on him."
Under the court, Coach Tanaoka stood up from his seat in surprise. The next second, he tried to control his emotions and forced himself to calm down. Then he looked at Jinguji Budou with a gloomy face. According to Shinomiya Tano's usual level, he would never make such a mistake in the ball just now. Even if Jinguji Budou had set a trap, he would not be so stupid as to step into it.
Shigong Tianye seemed to remain calm after being dunked, but after all, he is just a young man who has just entered high school. He is not the kind of person who can be mellow and act as if nothing happened after being dunked. Although Shigong Tianye hid it well, and he handled the ball calmly in the previous round of offense.
But when he was defending against Jinguji Budo again, he couldn't keep his composure.
On the court, all the players of Xiangbei happily came to Wudao and high-fived him to celebrate. After everyone celebrated, Wudao Jinguji walked to the free throw line.
At this time, Shigong Tianye was standing outside the three-point line, watching Wudao shoot free throws. The expression on his face was quite interesting. Sometimes he was angry, and sometimes he was relieved. The two expressions switched seamlessly, and it was obvious that Shigong Tianye was in a very tangled mood.
"Swish!" With a slight sound, Jinguji Takeshi steadily made the free throw. After making the free throw, the Xiangbei team began to retreat quickly, giving Ryonan High School no chance to break through quickly.
Tomoyuki Uekusa originally planned to make a quick pass to catch Shohoku off guard, but when he saw Shohoku's quick defense, he decisively gave up the idea and passed the ball to Sendoh who came to receive the ball.
Sendoh pushed forward with the ball, and when he crossed his own three-point line, he found that Shimonoseki was still standing near the three-point line and had no intention of attacking with the team, which he found a bit strange.
"Hey, Tian Ye, attack!" Xiandao looked at Shigong Tian Ye standing there stupidly and reminded him softly.
Shigong Tianye did not answer, but raised his head silently, looking at Sendoh with bright eyes.
"Sendoh, give me the ball." Shigong Tianye finally raised his feet, said something, and jogged towards the front court. Sendoh smiled and reminded him, then threw the ball directly to Shigong Tianye.
"then."
As soon as Shimotsuna crossed the center line, the basketball went straight into his hands. He glanced at the time on the scoreboard and approached the three-point line with the ball.
"Recovered so quickly? This young man is very mature..."
Wudao ran up when Shigong Tianye approached with the ball. He stole a glance at Shigong Tianye's expression and knew that the other party had regained his composure and stopped provoking him. Wudao knew that a person who could still remain calm in such a situation would hardly lose his composure because of verbal stimulation.
"Bang!" After the attack of Xiangbei ended, there were only 24 seconds left for Ryonan High School to attack. It took Sendoh nearly 5 seconds to advance with the ball. Shinomiya Tano held the ball and waited until there were 5 seconds left, then quickly exploded and rushed forward directly.
His starting speed was very fast, and Wu Dao reacted quickly but still lagged behind by half a body length. Just as Wu Dao was about to speed up and pass Shigong Tianye to confront him head-on, Shigong Tianye suddenly stopped, dribbled the ball between his legs, and quickly changed the direction of the breakthrough.
Although Sigong Tianye's breakthrough speed was very fast, such a disguise would inevitably slow down, which also gave Wudao the opportunity to pursue.
In the blink of an eye, Jinguji Budou quickly adjusted his defensive position and reached out to poke the basketball. Just as Budou was about to poke the basketball, Shigong Tianye turned his wrist and slapped the basketball, directly hitting the ball to the side and back. The high-speed pass was very accurate, and the basketball fell into Sendoh's hands in an instant.
At this time, Sendoh was approaching the inside, his original intention was to prepare to rush for the rebound. Mitsui was also hanging behind him, and he was not in a hurry at all, because in Mitsui's impression, Shinomiya Tanaka who broke through against Takeshi would not pass the ball. He just needed to follow Sendoh, go to the basket to wait for the rebound or defend Shinomiya Tanaka.
Unexpectedly, Shimoyama Nono suddenly passed the ball while moving. Sendoh raised his eyebrows after receiving the ball and instantly accelerated towards the basket. With two seconds left in the attack time, Sendoh Akira had already rushed into the inside and jumped towards the basket facing the defense of Akagi Takenori.
Akagi raised his arms high, as if he wanted to block all of Sendoh's offensive routes, but Sendoh changed his posture strangely in the air after colliding with Akagi's body. He grabbed the ball with his right hand, passed it under Akagi's armpit, and threw the ball into the basket with a light toss.
The basketball hit the edge of the basket, rolled twice around the edge of the basket, and then fell into the net.
At the same time, the offensive time had run out and the referee's sharp whistle sounded.
This series of attacks by Ryonan High School seemed ordinary. Except for the final pull-up shot by Sendoh that avoided Akagi's defense, which was wonderful, all the previous series of passes were ordinary.
The buzzer beater was scored, and the audience supporting Ryonan in the stage naturally cheered. Although the audience supporting Shohoku was a little annoyed that Ryonan scored the buzzer beater, they didn't care because Shohoku was still leading by a large margin.
However, as the first half of the game ended and the Xiangbei players started walking towards their seats, their faces did not look good.
"Huh~ The first half is finally over, and Xiangbei still has a slight lead."
"But why can't we see any happiness on Budo-ge and the others' faces?!"
In the stands, as the players of both teams walked to the rest area, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was watching the game, also breathed a long sigh of relief. His heart had long been immersed in the game, and his heart was up and down with the match between Shohoku and Ryonan.
"I don't know..." Akagi Haruko didn't quite understand either. She knew basketball, but she didn't understand why there was no happiness on the faces of the Xiangbei players.
In the Xiangbei rest area, Coach Anxi stood on the sidelines, high-fiving each of the players who were leaving the court, while also not forgetting to encourage the players.
After returning to the rest area, Wu Dao, Mitsui Shou and others sat down on the stools. Instead of drinking water or wiping their sweat, they calmed their breathing. None of the players showed any joy at being ahead in the score.
Coach Anxi walked slowly in front of the crowd, observed the expressions of the players, and a smile appeared on his face.
"It seems that the lead in the score hasn't made you lose your mind again. Judging from your expressions, you should have realized the danger, right?!"
Coach Anzai said, glancing towards Jinguji Budo.
"Um... .."
"Shigong Tianye's playing style has changed. It's not just a one-time change, but a well-thought-out change."
"The second half... was not easy."
Wudao nodded, took a deep breath, took the towel handed to him by his teammate and wiped the sweat off his face. Then he turned his head slightly and looked towards the Ryonan rest area.
At this time, Coach Tanaoka seemed to be in a good mood. He laughed loudly and patted Shinomiya Tano on the back. He looked very happy. The coach of Ryonan High School, who was behind in the score, was even happier.
“It’s good that you can see that.”
"The slight advantage you have now has not caused you to lose your judgment of the situation."
"Shinomiya Tianye has changed his playing style. In the second half, Ryonan High School will be even more terrifying than it is now."
"Basketball is a sport for five people. Ryonan is about to become a whole. When will we, Shohoku, change?!"
Coach Anzai squatted down in front of Budou, looked directly at Jinguji Budou, and asked in a low voice.
"..." Wu Dao didn't say anything, but he understood what Coach Anxi meant.
The composition of the players of Xiangbei High School and Ryonan High School is actually similar. Xiangbei has a super-templated player like Jinguji Takeshi, and Ryonan High School also has a star-level player like Shinomiya Tano. At the same time, there are excellent scorers beside Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano. Next to Takeshi is Mitsui Shou, and next to Shinomiya Tano is Sendoh.
However, both teams have a common shortcoming, that is, the star players are too dazzling. Whether it is Takeshi Jinguji or Shinomiya Tano of Ryonan, they almost never pass the ball to their teammates on the offensive end.
Wu Dao is very smart in being independent. He knows how to use his teammates to help defend on defense and to block the opponent on offense. But when the basketball comes to Wu Dao's hands, he will never pass the ball to his teammates once he has started the game. He would rather use a graceful and elegant quick stop and fade away than pass the ball to his teammates.
However, the sudden stop and fade away may look elegant and graceful, but in essence it is still a very personal and reckless way of playing.
Coach Anxi’s philosophy when he coached in college was “team basketball.”
Players exist to serve the team, not for the team to serve the individual players. If Budo's style of play appeared in the team he coached in college, it would definitely be criticized. However, after some things happened, Coach Anxi's temper also changed a little.
Coach Anxi had seen the problems with Budou a long time ago, but Xiangbei has been successful since Budou came. This made Coach Anxi happy that Budou had such a talent, but Coach Anxi's worries were growing.
He was afraid that Jinguji Budo would get lost in "victory" and think he could do anything.
If there is one person in Xiangbei who hopes Xiangbei loses, that person is Coach Anzai. He hopes to encounter a failure on the road of martial arts growth, and the sooner this failure comes, the better.
In this game, Coach Anzai originally intended to let Takeshi and Mitsui Shou play half the game each, hoping to maximize Takeshi's "independence", and then lost to Ryonan. However, the development of the situation was somewhat beyond Coach Anzai's expectations. Jinguji Takeshi actually took over the offensive rights of Mitsui Shou and led the team to suppress Ryonan.
Ryonan High School, facing Jinguji Budou, did not go to defend, but sent two people to chase Mitsui Shou, and Budou and Shinomiya Tano one-on-one, and they fought each other on the offensive end, but Budou, who had the ability to shoot three points, had a higher offensive efficiency than the opponent. This was because Budou knew how to use the strength of his teammates when defending, but this "cleverness" was not used on the offensive end.
Coach Anzai thought that Xiangbei would win the game smoothly. The frustration of martial arts might be felt in the national competition. But what he didn't expect was that Shigong Tano of Ryonan High School changed first, which made Coach Anzai very happy, because Xiangbei could never resist Shigong Tano who changed his playing style. This was a crisis, but also an opportunity to change martial arts.
"Coach, I understand what you said."
"I want to give it one last try. If my talent is really not enough to support my playing style, I will seek changes."
Wu Dao was silent for a long time, and then promised. How could he not know his own problems? Of course he knew them, but why did Wu Dao never think about changing? Because at this stage, he could still improve, get more ball possession, more opportunities, more training, and greater improvement.
China has centers and big centers, but has anyone ever thought about why China can't produce guards or strong strikers? Why are the ball-handling abilities of those strikers so weak compared to those trained in the United States
Because of the growing environment.
In China, tall players are quickly positioned as centers and power forwards. Those players are often tall and strong, and the team's task for them is to stand under the basket and grab rebounds. What position should Wu Dao, who is nearly 2 meters tall when wearing shoes, normally play on the high school court
No doubt, it must be the center, right? Then what is his role? Attack from the outside with the ball? If you answer this way, the coach will probably break your head.
The requirements for a center are rebounding, inside offense, and defense.
If he had been positioned like this since Budo Junior High School and trained as a center, would he be able to achieve such a shooting level now? Would he be able to have such a graceful and agile offensive technique
By the same token, if Wu Dao chooses to pass the ball to his teammates for assists when he encounters some resistance, wouldn't it be an extremely easy thing to pass the ball given his height? Can a person who is accustomed to relying on passing to gain a foothold on the court grow into an absolute offensive core
Everything that Budo did, his fighting style, was actually the most beneficial to his own growth. When his body could no longer become stronger, when his technical growth encountered an unprecedented bottleneck, when one day he faced an opponent that he could not break through no matter what, his fighting style naturally needed to change.
Because without change, there will be no way to gain a foothold.
But Wu Dao's ambition told him that as long as he continued to develop like this, one day, when he entered the highest hall of basketball, he would still be an unstoppable existence. Before Wu Dao encountered a real setback, he would not break the goal he had set in his heart.
Template Durant? Are you kidding? Durant's template is him, Martial Arts!
He was in the league before Durant entered it, and he was a superstar before Durant became one!
If Xiao Du is on the same team with him one day, he will tell Xiao Du: "We were already the champion before you came."
"Dominate the country? This is just a small goal at this stage!"
Wu Dao muttered, wiping the sweat from his face, and looked at the scoreboard with a determined look. Coach Anxi heard Wu Dao's answer and his muttering at the same time. He was slightly startled and pushed his glasses. Under the lenses, Coach Anxi's eyes, which could see through people's hearts, stared at Wu Dao for a long time.
He thought that training Budo to become an outstanding national player was his greatest ambition, but it was obvious that Jinguji Budo's own goal was not this.
Jinguji Budo's ambition is bigger and broader than his coach Anzai imagined!
“Wow…Wow…Wow!”
"Then let me see how far you can go!"
"At my age, I should be able to see your future!"
Although Coach Anxi's hair and beard are already gray, he is only 58 years old this year and he still has three years before retirement. Even if he retires at 61, he can teach until he is 65 if he is re-employed.
And if one's martial arts develops smoothly, one will be able to become famous within 10 years. If one fails to become famous within 10 years, one will never become famous!
Coach Anxi said softly, and his heart, which had been silent for countless years, became restless at this moment.
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