“In…..In?!”
The crisp sound of the net hitting the target brought the audience's discussion to a halt. A large group of people stretched their necks in shock, trying to see the situation on the court clearly. Xiangbei had already started to defend, and the people from Aiwa Academy were gathered under the basket, looking at each other, as if they couldn't believe that Jinguji Budo's poor shooting choice actually scored a goal.
"That guy... is so lucky!"
After a long time, Okamura Ryugo came back to his senses, picked up the basketball and walked to the baseline, muttering something. His words happened to be heard by Dai Moroboshi, who saw Okamura Ryugo attribute Jinguji Budo's goal to luck, and couldn't help but remind him:
"Ryugo-senpai... No, Okamura-senpai."
"Please be alert, this kind of ball is not lucky for that guy!"
"Don't take it lightly, otherwise, we will lose!"
Zhu Xingda changed his usual friendly way of addressing him and spoke seriously. He didn't know if it was because he had watched Xiangbei's games, but he felt a strong sense of oppression from Xiangbei as soon as the game started. This sense of oppression made Zhu Xingda's whole body tense.
But his companions had not yet gotten into the game and were not sufficiently vigilant against Shohoku, which made Moroboshi feel uneasy.
"Don't worry, A-Da, we will never lose!" Okamura Ryugo sent the ball and jogged towards the front court. He seemed to feel what Moroboshi was feeling, and his expression became more serious.
"Don't be impatient, we will play at our own pace. Don't think about counterattacking with three-pointers. Play it steady and safe!"
Seeing that Okamura Ryugo seemed to have adjusted his state, Moroboshi breathed a sigh of relief, and shouted to the players while carrying the ball. Not long after, he successfully crossed the half court with the ball.
The defensive formation of Xiangbei High School is a standard half-court man-to-man tactic. To put it bluntly, the players each guard the person they are supposed to defend, and the switching of defense depends on the specific situation. This is a defensive method with a large degree of freedom. At the same time, if it is a weak team, it is also the most vulnerable defensive method.
The person defending Moroboshi Dai is Mitsui Hisashi. The task of playing against Aichi Star was taken over by Mitsui Hisashi before the game started.
Mitsui Hisashi, a sophomore, was already excited when facing Moroboshi, who was also a sophomore and had already made a name for himself on the national stage.
"Mitsui Shou..." Dai Moroboshi dribbled the ball close to the three-point line, and Mitsui Shou moved up to defend in front of Dai Moroboshi. Looking at Mitsui Shou in front of him, Dai Moroboshi murmured in his heart, and then looked around the half court, observing Xiangbei's defense.
Takeshi Jinguji's defense was in a high position, and there was also Miyagi Ryouta defending at the same high position. While Moroboshi Dai was observing the defense, Takeshi Jinguji had been dragged down by Aiwa's players and sunk to the bottom line.
At this time, in the high position, the only people defending him were Mitsui Hisashi and Miyagi Ryouta who was not far away.
"Well done! The spot is now open!"
The pulling of his teammates gave Dai Moroboshi a chance to play one-on-one with Mitsui Shou without worrying about help defense. Dai Moroboshi cried out in his heart and stood up decisively. Although he did not hold the ball, he pretended to shoot.
"Fake move... right." Mitsui narrowed his eyes slightly, just watching Moroboshi Dai's movements quietly, with no intention of raising his center of gravity at all. Sure enough, Moroboshi Dai, who was still straight in the previous second, quickly dropped the ball and broke through from Mitsui's left side.
"The fake move is just for the sake of action. If this shot was a martial arts shot, even if I didn't want to shoot, I would have already shot the ball by now."
"A fake move of this level will never fool me!"
Mitsui thought to himself, and immediately slid to catch up. The two bodies collided violently. Mitsui saw that there was a slight disorder in the dribbling rhythm of Moroboshi Dai, and he decisively made a move to steal the ball.
However, Moroboshi Dai did not completely lose control of the basketball. He turned sideways and used his body to block Mitsui Shou and protected the ball to his side. Although this movement prevented the basketball from being stolen by Mitsui Shou, the sideways movement also caused Moroboshi Dai to completely lose control. He could only dribble the ball and take two steps toward the outside to readjust his rhythm.
"Did he see through my fake move?" Moroboshi Dai had no idea how "fake" his fake move was in the eyes of Mitsui Hisashi. He murmured in his heart, adjusted his rhythm, lowered his center of gravity again, and after quickly making a disguised inducement, he broke through with the ball once again.
However, the quality of his disguised induction was average. Although Mitsui Shou was deceived by Moroboshi Dai in terms of vision, his body movements were able to keep up with Moroboshi in the first place. When Moroboshi Dai broke through, he quickly rushed to the inside line under the pressure of Mitsui Shou's defense, and directly shot a low-hand shot when he was close to the basket.
Mitsui Shou was on close defense the whole time, but Moroboshi's shot was a bit abrupt, and the three things only provided some interference but did not block it.
The basketball flew directly towards the basket, but Zhu Xing was obviously facing a lot of pressure when shooting. He lacked control of the strength and the basketball flew out of the rim.
Under the basket, Takenori Akagi was in the best position to grab the rebound. He jumped up and quickly grabbed the ball into his arms.
"Quick attack!"
Akagi had just grabbed the rebound when a loud shout came from the frontcourt. There, Miyagi Ryouta took the lead and ran towards the frontcourt, and not far behind him was Jinguji Budou who was also launching a fast break.
Akagi didn't hesitate at all and threw the ball directly towards Miyagi Ryouta. The basketball flew across half of the court and fell into Miyagi's hands. After getting the ball, Miyagi quickly accelerated and rushed towards the front court.
On the Aiwa side, there were only two people who chased and defended in time, but they returned to defense very quickly and arrived at their own basket in the first time to deal with Xiangbei's fast break.
Miyagi and Budou crossed the center line quickly, one after the other, and soon they approached the defense line.
However, Jinguji Takeshi suddenly changed direction while running, and did not run towards the basket at all, but came to the side of the three-point line. Miyagi dribbled the ball to the basket, and seeing the two defending players spread their arms and were on full alert, he couldn't help but grin, and quickly passed the ball to the side to Takeshi who was outside the three-point line.
"Good pass!" Wudao caught the ball with both hands in front of his chest, murmured softly, and pulled up on the spot, throwing the ball directly out.
“Swish!
!”
There was another soft click, and the basketball went into the net again. Wu Dao clenched his right fist, gave Miyagi an affirmative look, and then did not stay in the front court for even a moment, and quickly returned to defense.
"Another goal! Two consecutive three-pointers!"
"Who the hell is this guy? Not only did he shoot a three-pointer at the start of the game, but now he's shooting a three-pointer on the fast break as well?!"
"In less than half a minute, this guy has already scored 6 points!"
There was a cry of surprise from the stands, and everyone was shocked by this scene. In this era, no one would play basketball like Wu Dao, with a three-pointer at the start and a three-pointer on a fast break. If someone really played basketball like this, they would have been substituted off the court by the coach a long time ago.
Mitsui Shou, who is also Wudao's teammate, looked at Wudao in surprise. He thought Wudao would attack the basket, but he didn't expect Wudao to choose a three-pointer. Mitsui Shou thought he was good at three-pointers, but he would never use a three-pointer as a finishing method for such a fast break opportunity. If there is no chance to attack the basket, waiting for teammates to get into position and reorganize is the correct way for a player to play.
And the fighting style of martial arts... is too reckless!
"This kid's shooting choices are getting worse and worse... I clearly asked him to change his playing style, how come he's becoming less and less reliable!" Mitsui Shou murmured, but he didn't say much to Wudao. After all, Wudao scored the goal, what else could he say
After Xiangbei finished returning to defense, the ball was given to Aiwa Academy.
Less than half a minute into the game, Xiangbei made two consecutive three-pointers. The players on Aiwa's side were under considerable psychological pressure at this moment, and the urgency of catching up was on every player.
The one holding the ball in the frontcourt was still Zhu Xingda, but this time, he wisely called a pick-and-roll. Under the pressure of 6 points, Zhu Xingda also wanted to fight back with a three-pointer. If other players on their team took a three-pointer, it would be a bad shot.
But if it was Dai Moroboshi who made the open three-pointer, it would be a good scoring opportunity!
After a pick-and-roll, Mitsui Hisashi failed to follow up with Dai Moroboshi immediately, and Miyagi's switch defense was a little slow, giving Dai Moroboshi a good shooting opportunity.
Zhu Xingda didn't hesitate and shot a three-pointer. He was in good shape today and scored the first three-pointer easily, successfully stopping the bleeding for Aiwa Academy.
At the same time, Aiwa's players also knew that Xiangbei was very good at fast breaks, so they quickly started to return to defense after the attack was successful.
Seeing that there was no opportunity for a fast break, Miyagi Ryouta suppressed the speed of attack. After the match with Touou, Miyagi Ryouta's game experience has been enriched a lot, and he has become more experienced in controlling the rhythm.
"That guy Takeshi seems to be in hot form today. Let him keep playing." Miyagi carried the ball across the center line. He had no intention of holding the ball close to the three-point line. He passed the ball directly to Takeshi Jinguji who was outside the three-point line.
This is an unwritten rule on the court. It is to let the hot players keep their hot hands and give them more ball rights. This is what every guard will do. Not to mention that Budo is the core of their Xiangbei's ball-holding offense.
"I can see that you are very confident in your three-point shot."
"A tall shooter like you is indeed difficult to defend, but I won't give you another chance to shoot!"
Although Okamura Ryugo is a power forward, he is positioned near the three-point line, less than half a meter away from Wudao. When he saw Wudao take the ball again, he slightly raised his center of gravity and raised his right arm high, as if he was not going to let Wudao shoot.
Wudao just glanced at the opponent. The defense was full of loopholes and was really ugly!
Wudao quickly lowered his body and broke through. In just a blink of an eye, the tall Wudao disappeared from Okamura Ryugo's sight.
"!?!" Okamura Ryugo still maintained his original defensive posture after Wudao completed the breakthrough. It was not until Wudao passed him that he reacted and turned around to chase him.
But when he turned around, Wudao had already distanced himself from the opponent. Wudao had no intention of rushing into the inside with the ball. He just stood up from a high position and shot the ball out.
From the time Wu Dao got the ball to the time Wu Dao shot, the entire process only took about three seconds.
Okamura Ryugo couldn't keep up with Wudao's attack rhythm at all. He just watched Wudao's back falling from the air, and then he heard the sound of a net hitting the target.
Hearing this voice again, Okamura Ryugo couldn't help but twitch his eyes and froze there.
"Hey! Okamura, what are you doing, you bastard?! Defend yourself!"
"That kid has already scored 8 points on you. If you can't defend him, I'll replace you right away!"
"Get serious, bastard!
!”
When the coach of Aiwa Academy saw Jinguji Budou score another goal, he was so angry that he jumped up from his seat, walked to the sidelines and shouted angrily at the field. His fluent tongue-twisting curses stunned the people around him who heard it.
Okamura Ryugo's face flushed slightly, and he went to the baseline to serve without saying a word. He didn't dare to respond to the coach's words, because he knew that the coach was really angry. However, Okamura Ryugo finally adjusted his attitude, and after serving the ball, he ran towards the front court. His steps gave people a much calmer feeling.
Jinguji Budo's consecutive goals in less than a minute obviously attracted the attention of a large number of spectators. Many spectators were still immersed in the previous match between Ryonan High School and Sanno, and were immersed in the terrifying performance of Shinomiya Tano, but now, their attention was attracted by Jinguji Budo in the stadium.
"Great! You got 8 points in just such a short time?"
"The gap between the two teams widened in an instant."
"The Kanagawa Twins, these are the guys who are as famous as Shinomiya Tano, so amazing!"
The exclamations did not affect the mentality of the Xiangbei players. Wudao did not pay any attention to the audience's shouts. He now had only one goal. He wanted to use the first half to completely destroy Aiwa Academy and force the game into garbage time!
"Hey, hey, hey, is this guy crazy? He plays like this." The players of Ryonan had already returned to the stands. Sendoh glanced at the timer on the scoreboard and couldn't help but sigh. Jinguji Budou's scoring ability is too terrifying. This game has just begun!
"Jinguji Budou's playing style has always been like this. And in terms of offensive power alone, Jinguji Budou is good at three-pointers and mid-range shots, and has the ability to break through. He may be even stronger than Tian Ye."
"If Aiwa Academy cannot quickly devise a method to suppress him, this match will probably lose its suspense soon."
Coach Tanaka crossed his arms over his chest and said with a smile. Shohoku's performance was within his expectations. Ryonan and Shohoku had played against each other before, and Coach Tanaka knew very well what kind of player Jinguji Budou was.
Jinguji Budo, who was able to break through Shinomiya Tano's defense and score crazily, is not someone that an ordinary player can stop.
The kid from Sannoh who was known as the best high school player in the country suffered a lot of losses when he faced Shinomiya Tano. It was because of his kindness that he did not let Shinomiya Tano strangle Zebei, otherwise, Sannoh would have lost even more miserably than it did now.
And Jinguji Budo... .
In Coach Tanaoka's deduction, it is impossible for any player in the high school basketball world to defend Jinguji Budou alone, unless... a super player with a height of more than two meters and excellent athletic ability appears, there will be a chance to curb Budou's offense.
otherwise... ..
While Coach Tiangang was talking to his players, there was a quick attack back and forth on the court.
Aiwa Academy's offensive rhythm was very fast. With the help of his teammates, Dai Moroboshi ran into an open space and made a mid-range shot. However, when he was shooting, he was interfered by Mitsui Hisashi who came over. The basketball hit the rim and the rebound was caught by Akagi.
The counterattack from Xiangbei was even faster. Akagi made a long pass to Jinguji Budou. After Budou got the ball, he just changed direction in front of his body and easily broke through Okamura Ryugo's defense. He used the European step to break into the basket and scored a layup easily.
Jinguji Budo, who is nearly two meters tall, used the European step with a strange rhythm, which was simply not something that Aiwa's forward line could resist.
Just over a minute into the game, Jinguji Budou scored 10 points for Shohoku, easily widening the gap between the two teams to 7 points.
This opening also made the hearts of the members of Aiwa College sink to the bottom.
"Only ten points... With this kind of scoring ability, there is still room for improvement!"
Wu Dao took his position in his own half, glanced at the scoreboard and murmured. His eyes looking at the players of Aiwa Academy became more and more focused, and the aura emanating from his body became terrifying and heavy.
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