Although the match between Shohoku High School and Aiwa College lost its suspense early on, the enthusiasm of the audience in the stands did not diminish in the slightest.
“ohhhh!
! 70 points!
This guy already scored 70 points! ”
"So strong! So strong!"
On the court, Takeshi Jinguji received the ball in the frontcourt, and after changing direction in front of his body to create a little space, he directly forced his way into the defense line of Yamato Moroboshi and Ryugo Okamura. When the two defensive players were chasing him with all their strength, Takeshi Jinguji suddenly took a step back and shot a three-point long shot directly from the three-point line.
As a crisp sound of the web was heard, the audience's enthusiasm was once again ignited by Jinguji Martial Arts.
Everyone already knew the result of this game, but every goal scored by Jinguji Budou could touch the hearts of every fan. The fans knew very well that every goal scored by Jinguji Budou that they saw was witnessing history!
"Nice throw, Budo!"
"You are in really great shape today!"
After Jinguji Takeshi scored, the Xiangbei players began to defend. Mitsui patted Takeshi's back excitedly and praised him. Takeshi's performance was really brilliant, which made Mitsui very happy.
Mitsui Shou vaguely felt that Budo was rapidly transforming in this game. His shooting became extremely confident, and Jinguji Budo's hit rate was much higher than in previous games.
"It's really amazing, martial arts."
"Budao, you don't have to worry about anything in this game. We will do our best to assist you in attacking."
Akagi Takenori was also completely impressed by Jinguji Takenori's terrifying performance. When he passed by Takenori on his way back to defense, he smiled and said to Takenori. Not far away, Miyagi Ryouta and Chiba Daishi also focused their attention on Jinguji Takenori. After hearing what Akagi Takenori said, they nodded heavily.
"Well, of course, and I had no scruples."
"Let's win this game easily together!"
Wudao, Akagi, Mitsui and others fist-bumped to celebrate, and after completing their defensive positions, they clapped their hands and shouted loudly to the players around them. Xiangbei High School's morale was already high, and after Wudao's words, the whole team's morale was even higher.
Aiwa Academy, the attacking team, could feel the high fighting spirit of Xiangbei High School and inevitably had a short breath when attacking. Without momentum, the performance of Aiwa Academy players would be affected to a certain extent, and mistakes would become inevitable.
In Aiwa's offensive round this time, Miyagi Ryouta accurately seized the opponent's mistake during the pass and completed a steal. With Jinguji Takeshi's counterattack layup, his personal score rose again to 72 points.
Time passed by minute by minute. During this period, Aiwa Academy also paused once and made some adjustments to the team's defense. Taking advantage of this pause opportunity, Coach Anzai also replaced Chiba Daishi, who had relatively average physical strength, with Mugure Konobu.
When the timeout ended and the two teams returned to the court, Aiwa's team had three more players guarding Jinguji Budou. And these people didn't want to give Jinguji Budou a chance to catch the ball. Starting from the backcourt of Xiangbei, they kept their eyes on Budou the whole time, not even wanting him to touch the basketball.
This level of close defense really played a very good effect. The defensive players did not spare their physical energy at all. The three of them cooperated to use the Death Coil on Wudao. For a moment, Wudao really had no space to receive the ball. Even if he moved actively, he could not find enough space to catch the ball.
On the Shohoku side, both Miyagi Ryouta and Kogure Konobu were in an absolutely wide-open position. Seeing that Takeshi really had no suitable offensive opportunities, Miyagi finally gave up the idea of passing the ball to Takeshi and began to try to pass the ball to Kogure Konobu. Sometimes, he would also make mid-range shots himself.
With plenty of energy, Kogure Mitsunobu finally had the opportunity to demonstrate the results of his shooting training. On the offensive end, Kogure cherished every chance to get the ball and would calm down for a while before shooting.
Aiwa's attention was almost entirely on Jinguji Takeshi, and she was completely unprepared for the open space, which gave Kogure Mitsunobu plenty of time to adjust her posture after catching the ball.
There is a wide open space and enough time to shoot. If Kogure Mitsunobu cannot seize such favorable conditions, it would really be a waste of his long shooting training.
After two consecutive three-pointers, Kogure Mitsunobu's presence finally attracted Aiwa's attention. The defense on Budo's side loosened, and the original three-person death entanglement turned back into two people.
However, the difference between the defense of two people and the defense of three people is really not a little bit. Wudao has no way to deal with three defensive players, but if he is facing only two people, he will have room to play.
By using high-speed off-ball change of direction running, Wudao was able to easily break away from the entanglement of Aihe and get the opportunity to catch the ball.
As Jinguji Budo used his arm span and jumping ability to once again score with a quick stop and pull-up shot in front of Moroboshi Dai and Okamura Ryugo, the morale of the Aiwa players was completely broken and they lost the will to win.
Aiwa, who had completely lost their momentum, performed worse than an ordinary B-class team in the second half, while Jinguji Budo, completely free from any constraints, began to perform at will.
The slam dunks after cutting into the paint, the fadeaway jump shots from mid-range, the pull-up shots from the three-point line, and all kinds of offensive means rapidly widened the gap between the two teams.
When the whistle sounded, Jinguji Budo's personal score reached a terrifying 93 points. In the end, Xiangbei High School easily defeated Aiwa Academy with a score of 121:60, successfully advancing to a higher level in the national competition and achieving the best result since the establishment of Xiangbei, reaching the top eight in the country.
Budo Jinguji scored an amazing 93 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Not only did he break the conference's scoring record himself, he also helped Shohoku High School break the conference's team scoring record.
The series of records broken by Shohoku High School are different from previous conference records. The individual scoring records and team scoring records of the last conference were set by a strong team against a weak team, but Shohoku stepped on the Aiwa Academy, which was once one of the top eight in the country. No one will question the strength of Aiwa, and no one will question the strength of Shohoku, or the strength of Jinguji Budo.
"We lost... We... finally lost..." When the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Zhu Xingda looked at the scoreboard, took a long breath, and said with relief.
The pressure he was under in this game against Shohoku High School was really too great. It was different from all the games he had played before. The absolute strength displayed by Shohoku High School, or Jinguji Budou on the court made him feel deeply desperate. In his mind, he could not even imagine the scene of Aiwa Academy defeating Shohoku.
"How could such a guy win!" Moroboshi stood there in shock, looking at Jinguji Budo who was surrounded by the Xiangbei players who rushed into the field, and sighed heavily. Then he walked towards the center circle in disappointment and prepared to line up.
"We won! We won!"
"We've made it to the national top eight! We've taken another big step towards the championship!"
"You are so strong, Budo! Not only did you break the tournament record, you even raised it by 30 points. You are really strong!"
The substitutes of Xiangbei cheered and surrounded Jinguji Budou, chattering and venting their excitement. The reporters on the sidelines were also busy, with their cameras and video cameras pointing at Jinguji Budou and Xiangbei's players. Everyone knew that this year's Xiangbei High School would be one of the most favorable contenders for the national championship!
It won't be long before today's game shocks the whole country, and Jinguji Budo's name will probably become the most famous name in high school basketball in no time.
After the jubilant celebration, the Xiangbei players lined up in the center circle and shook hands with the Aiwa students before returning to the rest area and starting to pack their backpacks to make room for the next game.
Not long after, the Xiangbei players packed up their things and left the court and walked into the player tunnel. Shortly after the Xiangbei players left, there were several fewer reporters filming the game on the sidelines.
"I really can't believe that guy can be so terrifying when he exerts his full strength."
"93 points! Is this really something a human can do?!"
"That guy has no blind spot for shooting."
In the stands, Sendoh leaned back slightly, leaning on the backrest, and sighed. Although he said "terrible", there was no trace of fear on his face. On the contrary, Shigong Tianye beside him looked much more solemn.
"He was on target. Jinguji Budo was completely on target in this match. As the match progressed, his touch became better and better. In the final analysis, it was Aiwa who didn't do a good job of suppressing him in the beginning."
"Moreover, the two who were defending Jinguji Budou had no tacit understanding, their arm spans were average, and their jumping ability was far behind Jinguji Budou. Even their experience was not as high as Jinguji Budou's. It was impossible for such people to defend him."
Shinomiya Tianye looked at the score of Xiangbei on the scoreboard and said in a deep voice. In his opinion, Budou's personal ability is indeed very strong, but a shooting rate of nearly 70~80% in a game is really too outrageous. Jinguji Budou's performance is really thanks to Aiwa's defensive players.
They didn't arrange for three people to use Death Coil until the end of the game. What were they doing before? A player like Jinguji Budou needs to be given intensity. Otherwise, if Budou starts shooting, whoever goes up will die. Even if Ryonan High School goes up to play in the second half of the game, they will definitely be beaten by Jinguji Budou.
"Tian Ye is right. You guys, don't be intimidated by the fact that Jinguji Budo got a score of 90+ in this match."
"We in Lingnan are different from them in terms of love and harmony."
"It's clear now. In tomorrow's quarterfinals, we, Ryonan, will face Shohoku, who is in the same group. This is an old rival. We have lost to them and we have also won against them. We will win tomorrow's game as well!"
"You must not take it lightly, but don't be afraid either. You must have enough confidence. We, Ryonan, are the strongest team. The national championship will definitely belong to us!"
Coach Tiangang listened to the discussion of the players behind him, turned his head and spoke to everyone confidently.
Although he had a look of confidence on his face, he was still a little worried in his heart. The attack power displayed by Jinguji Budou was too strong. To be honest, he, Shigeichi Tanaoka, was not sure whether Ryonan could completely suppress Jinguji Budou.
At least from the previous match between Ryonan and Shohoku, Ryonan did not suppress Jinguji Budou. But after watching this match, Coach Tanaoka suddenly realized that being able to control Jinguji Budou's individual score within 50 points was already a victory for defense.
Relying on this level of defensive intensity is enough for Ryonan High School to win.
Thinking of this, Coach Tiangang couldn't help but think of the highest basketball hall on the other side of the ocean. In this world, there are really some people who cannot be defended no matter what, but even if an individual cannot be defended, the team still has a way to win!
"yes!"
"Don't worry, coach. We will definitely do our best."
The players of Ryonan were encouraged by Coach Takeka's words and responded one after another.
Coach Tian Gang looked at the confident players, nodded with a smile, and then sat upright in the stands, waiting for the upcoming game.
...
"Jinguji Takeshi, I'd like to ask you how you feel about breaking the individual scoring record in the national competition this time?"
"Jinguji-san, Shohoku High School will play against Ryonan High School next. Do you have the confidence to lead Shohoku to victory in the next game?"
"Jinguji-san..."
The players of Xiangbei High School had just changed their clothes and left the locker room, and the reporters who had been waiting outside the door for a long time aimed their cameras at Jinguji Budou. As soon as Budou walked out of the locker room with his teammates, a large group of reporters surrounded him, and put microphones in front of Budou's face, asking questions one after another.
"... ..."
Wu Dao was also startled by this sudden posture. He took a step back and subconsciously wanted to go back to the lounge, but a force suddenly came from his back, pushing him out of the team and in front of the reporters.
Turning his head, he saw Akagi Takenori looking at him with a smile.
Wu Dao smiled helplessly, turned to face the reporters, and organized his words.
"Well, breaking the conference's scoring record was actually a little beyond my expectations. I was able to achieve this result thanks to the trust of my teammates and the trust of my coach. This is actually everyone's credit."
"As for the upcoming game against Ryonan High School... well, as you know, Ryonan High School is an excellent team..."
While Wudao was dealing with the interviews from the reporters, Akagi Haruko and Sakuragi Hanamichi came to the lounge to look for Akagi Takenori. Xiangbei High School advanced to the quarterfinals, and the first thought in Akagi Haruko's mind was to congratulate her brother. Unexpectedly, she encountered such a scene when she came to the lounge.
"Ohhh~ Awesome, is Brother Wudao accepting an interview with a reporter?"
Mito Yohei stood beside Sakuragi Hanamichi, looking at Jinguji Budo surrounded by reporters, and exclaimed in admiration. This was the first time he had seen such a scene, and it was impossible not to be surprised when he suddenly saw this scene.
“So…..so dazzling!
!”
"if... ... "
At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was standing next to Mito, had already been deeply attracted by this scene. In his mind, he imagined himself replacing Jinguji Takeshi's position, and in front of Akagi Haruko, he gracefully accepted interviews from reporters.
"If it was me standing there being interviewed, Haruko would definitely look at me with new eyes!
!”
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at the scene in front of him, and an unprecedented light burst out in his eyes.
That is, yearning.
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