Jinguji Takeshi's concentration became more and more focused. Even Mitsui Hisashi and Miyagi Ryouta, who were standing not far away on defense, could vaguely feel the terrifying aura emanating from Jinguji Takeshi.
The two looked at each other from a distance, and both read a little surprise in each other's eyes.
"What happened to this guy Wu Dao today?"
"The concentration is so high, it's completely different from before!"
"Did love and this team give him such a strong sense of crisis?"
Mitsui Shou silently glanced at Wudao's back, thinking to himself that he thought Wudao was so serious because of Aiwa's threat.
"That guy has such a scary look in his eyes!"
Aiwa's players entered the frontcourt with the basketball. Dai Moroboshi walked around the outside with the ball. He was not in a hurry to organize an offense, but quietly observed the defense of Xiangbei.
Dai Moroboshi noticed at a glance Jinguji Takeshi who was leading the defense at the top of the arc. Takeshi's eyes made him a little hesitant. He originally wanted to go to the top of the arc to act as a dealer, but when he saw Takeshi standing there, he decisively gave up the idea and moved to the left along the arc.
The movement of Dai Moroboshi attracted the attention of Mitsui Shou. Mitsui Shou did not give Dai Moroboshi the opportunity to get too close to the three-point line. He defended the opponent when he was about two meters away from the three-point line. The opponent's three-pointer had left some impression on Mitsui Shou, and he would not let Dai Moroboshi have such a shooting opportunity again.
As the offensive time of Aiwa's side passed, Moroboshi Dai held the ball for longer periods of time. Miyagi Ryouta couldn't wait any longer. Seeing that Moroboshi hadn't attacked for a long time, he ran over decisively, wanting to double-team Moroboshi with Mitsui Hisashi in order to steal the ball.
However, just as Miyagi Ryouta left his position, the basketball flew past his head and landed directly in the hands of the open Aiwa No. 9 player. The latter received the ball on the three-point line, dribbled once, then retreated outside the three-point line and shot directly along the three-point line.
"Three-pointer?!" Miyagi Ryouta was a little surprised by the opponent's shooting choice, and then turned his head to look at the basket. Under his gaze, the basketball hit the backboard heavily, and the next moment, it bounced back into the basket accurately.
"!" Miyagi Ryouta saw the opponent's three-pointer go in, and his eyes widened slightly, and his mouth opened in surprise. Although there is an element of luck in hitting the backboard three-pointer, a goal is still a goal after all. Miyagi Ryouta's missed defense allowed Aiwa Academy to narrow the gap to 4 points.
"Sorry..." The players of Aiwa Academy began to retreat quickly after scoring the goal. Miyagi Ryouta walked towards the baseline to prepare for the serve while apologizing to his teammates.
"Don't worry about it. Just keep an eye on your own people. If you encounter a pick-and-roll, just switch defense in time."
"From the pre-match data, these Aiwa players all have good shooting ability. Don't let them run out of open space."
Mitsui Shou patted Miyagi Ryouta's shoulder without blaming him, and then looked towards the front court. There, Jinguji Budou had already crossed the midline and entered the front court. Budou didn't even pay attention to Miyagi Ryouta's defensive mistakes. At this time, Jinguji Budou was concentrating on pulling the score.
"Pass the ball to Takeshi." Mitsui looked at Takeshi's back from a distance, and suddenly said to Miyagi beside him, and then ran to the front court. Miyagi Ryouta received the serve from Akagi Takenori in the backcourt, and after hearing what Mitsui said, he couldn't help but cast his eyes on Jinguji Takeshi.
He could also feel that today's martial arts were somewhat different from before, and he didn't know whether this difference was good or bad.
However, Miyagi would still carry out the task of passing the ball to Jinguji Takeshi. After all, from the beginning of the game till now, Takeshi had not failed in any of his attacks.
Soon, Miyagi Ryouta dribbled the ball into Aiwa's half again.
Shortly after Miyagi crossed the center line, he passed the ball directly to Takeshi Jinguji. As Takeshi Jinguji got the ball, the audience in the stands also cheered. Obviously, Takeshi's previous performance left some impression on the audience. At this time, Takeshi got the ball again, some of the audience who were paying attention to him immediately cheered excitedly.
Although Aiwa Academy is a strong team, it does not have many fans nationwide, and Xiangbei is a little-known team without any fans. Therefore, in this game, the cheers of the audience may be the most fair referee. The team that performs better will naturally win more applause and cheers.
On the court, Wudao still had the ball two steps outside the three-point line. Okamura Ryugo, who was defending Wudao, did not dare to underestimate him this time. The moment Wudao got the ball, he immediately moved forward and did not give Wudao any chance to break through or pull up for a shot.
Facing the opponent's active defensive posture, Wudao grabbed the basketball with one hand and slightly turned sideways to resist the invasion of Okamura Ryugo.
Mitsui Hisashi, who was not far away, saw that Okamura Ryugo's defense seemed to be very tough. Just as he was about to step forward to help Wudao with a pick-and-roll, he found that Wudao waved at him. It seemed that Wudao didn't want to do a pick-and-roll
"This guy..." Mitsui Shou also stopped when he saw Wudao's gesture.
At the same time, Wudao took the ball with both hands, moved his left foot sideways, and quickly swept the ball to the basket. Wudao's sudden action scared Okamura Ryugo, and the opponent subconsciously lowered his center of gravity and stepped back half a step, trying to slide to defend, but at this time, Wudao only faced the basket and dropped the ball, with no intention of breaking through.
Okamura Ryugo's reaction was a bit too much.
"Are you scared?" Wudao guessed his opponent's mind after seeing his movements. He dribbled the ball with his left and right hands in front of his body, keeping his center of gravity very low. Suddenly, Jinguji Wudao stretched his left foot forward to the right and broke through Okamura Ryugo's left side. Although Okamura Ryugo's reaction was a little slow, he still tried to slide and follow up, not wanting Wudao to complete the breakthrough.
However, just as Okamura Ryugo made his move, Jinguji Budou, who was originally planning to break through on the left, suddenly grabbed the ball with one hand and turned his back, instantly changing the direction of the breakthrough, and quickly broke through from Okamura Ryugo's right side with the basketball. Jinguji Budou's turn was not only smooth but also sudden, and Okamura Ryugo didn't even have time to react, and could only watch Budou rush towards the basket.
"Such a fast, beautiful breakthrough move!" Although Dai Moroboshi was responsible for defending Mitsui Hisashi, a large part of his attention was actually on Takeshi Jinguji. He had watched the games of Shohoku and knew very well that if he wanted to defeat Shohoku, he had to curb the performance of Takeshi Jinguji.
Seeing Jinguji Budo easily defeat Okamura Ryugo again, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
After making an easy breakthrough, Budou slowed down his pace when he was approaching the paint area. He glanced at the Aiwa player who came to defend. Budou passed the ball without hesitation, stopped and jumped, and then took a direct jump shot from mid-range.
The Aiwa player who came up to defend jumped up hard, trying to block Budou's shot, but when his hand reached its highest point, it only reached the position of Jinguji Budou's elbow when he was shooting, which was far from the height required for blocking.
"So high!" This was the second time that Aiwa's center had a head-on confrontation with Wudao. Before, when Wudao broke through with the European step, he didn't quite feel Wudao's bounce, but this time, when he stepped forward to defend and block the shot, he clearly realized the difference in bounce between himself and the opponent.
Unlike Shinomiya Tano, whose physical talent is shown to all the audience through the most intuitive slam dunk, Jinguji Budou's talent is hidden in the "ordinary" pull-up jump shot.
But everyone who has played basketball knows that sometimes, a mediocre pull-up jump shot is more difficult to defend and more threatening than an explosive dunk.
The pull-up jump shot was also called "the strongest offensive method of outside superstars" by later generations.
"Swish!" There was no surprise at all. This kind of projection, which could be said to be without interference, had been practiced countless times for martial artists.
Watching the basketball go into the net, there was no expression on Wudao's face. He just glanced at Aiwa's center and then turned around to defend.
"Come on, it doesn't matter, just defend well on the next ball."
"Prepare to attack."
Jinguji Takeshi scored again, but the players of Aiwa were already used to it. In fact, after seeing Takeshi's attack this time, the players of Aiwa relaxed a lot. They quickly adjusted their mentality and began to actively organize the attack.
Although Jinguji Budo's shooting accuracy is extremely terrifying, his offensive method does not give Aiwa's players a feeling of being "invincible".
A simple turnaround breakthrough, a simple pull-up jump shot, and an open three-pointer.
Although Xiangbei is already 6 points ahead of Aiwa thanks to the power of martial arts, most of the Aiwa players do not think they will lose this game, and the current lag is only temporary.
In the entire team, perhaps only coach Aiwa off the court and Dai Moroboshi on the court could feel the horror of the martial arts passed down from Jinguji.
"Jinguji Budo's way of playing makes my hair stand on end no matter how many times I watch it. It's so terrifying!"
In the stands, Sendoh Akira saw that Takeshi had succeeded in his attack again. Although the weather was not very cold, he could not help rubbing his arms with his hands and sighed softly.
"His and Tian Ye's offensive styles are two extremes. Their jumping abilities are probably comparable, but Tian Ye's jumping ability is used to attack the basket and dunk, while this guy's jumping ability is used for shooting."
"Jinguji Budou's height is already very high. Most teams' centers are not as tall as him. With his jumping ability and shooting ability, it is impossible for a team like Aiwa Academy to contain him with personal strength."
"It seems that the people of Aiwa are far from realizing the horror of Jinguji Martial Arts. Their defense of Jinguji Martial Arts is too lax!"
Coach Tanaka watched the game and spoke. Aiwa Academy sent someone to guard Jinguji Budou. Although it seemed that they had taken it seriously enough, in the opinion of Coach Tanaka, such defense was still too lax.
They have played against Ryonan and Shohoku before, and they know very well that it is impossible for a player like Takeshi Jinguji to complete a single defense on his own. At least, for this Aiwa team off the court, no one can do such a thing.
While everyone in Ryonan was whispering and analyzing the game situation, Aiwa Academy had already completed its attack for this round.
This time, Aiwa's side used passing and pick-and-roll to help player No. 9 once again successfully create an open shooting opportunity, but this time, Aiwa's No. 9 missed the shot, and the basketball he shot hit the rim and was rebounded by Akagi under the basket.
Xiangbei made a fast break, and the basketball was passed directly from the backcourt to the hands of Jinguji Budou who was the first to enter the frontcourt. Budou got the ball without any pause and shot directly from outside the three-point line.
However, he missed the shot this time. Fortunately, Wudao realized that he did not use enough power at the moment of shooting, and he rushed to the basket after throwing the basketball.
The basketball hit the base of the basket and bounced high. Under the basket, Okamura Ryugo and Aiwa's center looked forward to the ball falling, but when the ball just started to fall, a red figure suddenly appeared from behind the two of them, and his hands went directly over their heads, firmly grasped the basketball, grabbed the ball with both hands, and dunked the ball into the basket.
Okamura Ryugo and Aiwa's center didn't even have time to see who it was before a huge force was transmitted to both of them, causing them to stagger. By the time they stood firm, they were already at the baseline.
"What?!"
"This guy just shot a three-pointer, and he got to the basket so quickly?!"
Okamura Ryugo and Aiwa's center turned their heads and saw Jinguji Budo letting go of the basket and falling back to the ground.
Just as Okamura Ryugo and the other man were surprised, deafening cheers had already sounded from the stands. No other way of scoring a goal could arouse the enthusiasm of the audience more than a slam dunk.
Although Jinguji Budou missed the three-pointer in the fast break, he performed a series of self-shooting and dunking, and the entire offensive time only took 5.6 seconds.
"Martial Arts, he's completely let go now."
"And we can also see from Aiwa's defense that they really have no one who can defend against this guy."
"Even if Wudao doesn't waste his three-pointers and steadily goes inside to grab rebounds, people who love and love can't compete with him."
In the rest area of Xiangbei, Mugure Konobu said with a smile in his eyes. Although the game started not long ago, Mugure could already see Xiangbei High School winning. Although Aiwa Academy is a veteran strong team, this year's Xiangbei will definitely not be weaker than Aiwa Academy!
Amid the cheers of the audience, the Shohoku players surrounded Jinguji Budou and returned to their own half of the court to defend.
From the beginning to now, Jinguji Takeshi has scored all the points for Shohoku High School. In more than two minutes, Takeshi has scored more than ten points. It was only at this time that the players of Aiwa Academy truly realized it.
Their team's Okamura Ryugo, who was called the best power forward in the country by Aichi Prefecture fans, seemed unable to defend against this freshman from Shohoku!
The future of their Aiwa Academy's match against Shohoku is bleak. Jinguji Budo's terrifying scoring ability has turned into a mountain, completely blocking the way forward for their Aiwa Academy.
"He actually missed the shot. Looks like he hasn't practiced enough."
"Facing such an opponent, I don't know how many points I can get if I give my all."
"Let's set a small goal, get 40 points in the first half!"
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