"Well done! Budo!"
"What a great goal! The score difference was immediately reversed. This goal by Wu Dao was really crucial!"
Jinguji Budo's 3+1 directly caused a burst of joy in the Xiangbei rest area. Ayako and Mugure Konobu couldn't help but cheer, and the other Xiangbei players also clapped happily. Coach Anzai frowned and looked at Jinguji Budo who started to return to defense. He couldn't help but stand up and wanted to walk to the sidelines to remind him, but he glanced at Coach Tanaoka in the rest area on the other side and sat back on the bench.
When a program is full of bugs but still runs normally, what should the programmer do? The best answer is to do nothing.
Today's Xiangbei is such a deformed program. Although this bug is very obvious to Coach Anxi, the game has only been going on for 5 minutes so far. Not to mention the remaining time, based on the current situation, Xiangbei High School has successfully kept the score.
Although according to Coach Anxi's deduction, it would be impossible for Xiangbei to keep the score close with their current style of play, the fact is that Xiangbei did keep the score close, and judging from the appearance of the Ryonan players, the pressure they were under was actually not small.
Just as Coach Anzai saw, there was wailing in the rest area of Ryonan High School. Although Coach Takeo looked calm, the substitute players behind him were anxious.
“Ahhh!
Coach, think of a solution quickly! That Jinguji Budo is impossible to defend against!"
"Yes! Yes! Even Sendoh and Shinomiya couldn't stop him. He could only shoot mid-range shots before. If he can also shoot three-pointers now, we will lose!"
Hiroaki Konoha and a group of Ryonan players were chattering in Coach Tiangang's ear. Coach Tiangang's mentality was okay, but he couldn't help but frown when he heard the players' discussions, and he couldn't help but shout angrily:
"Shut up, everyone! What are you doing with all that chattering?"
"We are a national powerhouse! Ryonan High School, you guys are losing your temper and bringing shame to me!"
I have to say that Coach Takeoka is a little inflated. The best result of their Ryonan High School at this stage is the top 8, but now Coach Takeoka has already regarded himself as a "strong team". It can be seen that defeating Sanno Industrial has raised Coach Takeoka's self-confidence to more than one level.
"I've already told you guys before, keep calm."
"Basketball is a sport for five people. Jinguji Budou may be able to rely on his excellent offensive power to maintain the balance for a few minutes, but once his physical strength begins to decline, Shohoku, which relies on Jinguji Budou, will collapse in an instant!"
"Ho ho ho ho!"
As Coach Tiangang was talking, he seemed to be very happy and couldn't help laughing. The wrinkles on his face were all shrunken together.
"Coach, why are you laughing suddenly? It looks a little scary!" Yue Yue Hongming kept talking, and when he saw Coach Tiangang's expression, he couldn't help but ask.
"Humph! I laugh at Coach Anxi's lack of planning, and at Jinguji Budo's overestimation of his own abilities and lack of intelligence!"
Coach Tiangang couldn't help but reach out and pat Hongming Yueyue on the head, then he folded his arms and turned his attention back to the court.
In just a few seconds of chatting, Ryonan High School had already completed a round of counterattack. Jinguji Budo's outstanding performance did put a lot of pressure on the Ryonan players, but now the players on the field, except for Yuzumi Jun who was relatively young, the other four were all experienced players.
The greater the pressure that martial arts put on them, the greater the power they can unleash.
In this round of attack, Fujima Kenji still targeted Hanagata Toru. As the game progressed, Fujima keenly discovered that there was a big gap between Chiba Oishi of Shohoku High School and Hanagata. Although Miyagi Ryouta, who was defending him, had an active defensive attitude, due to his physical fitness, Fujima did not feel too much pressure under Miyagi's defense.
It was the same high-post pick-and-roll, with Hanagata moving up to cover Fujima. With Hanagata's cover, Fujima broke through with the ball, and at the same time as Fujima broke through, Hanagata also moved down into the inside. However, this time, Akagi Takenori learned his lesson and actively defended Hanagata. However, as soon as he moved away, the basketball turned into a red light, flew quickly past his feet, and bounced back into the hands of Jun Uozumi.
Akagi didn't even see how Fujima passed the ball to the inside. He didn't even have time to react. Uozumi, who received the ball behind him, finished with a slam dunk.
The offense and defense changed easily. Miyagi Ryouta received the ball in the backcourt. When he dribbled the ball across the center line, Jinguji Takeshi quickly ran towards him. Behind Takeshi was Shinomiya Tano, a little tail.
Jinguji Takeshi was running towards Miyagi's back, but Shinomiya Tano's pursuit was not to follow behind Takeshi, but to go around in front of Miyagi, reserving sufficient defensive depth in advance.
After Miyagi Ryouta passed the ball to Wudao, he subconsciously did a pick-and-roll. Wudao, who received the ball, stopped in one step, looking over Miyagi's head, observing Shigong Tianye's movements.
It was a simple fake move with the ball. Wu Dao's movement was very small, but it was accurately captured by Shigong Tianye and he responded quickly. But it was precisely because Shigong Tianye's reaction was too sensitive that Wu Dao's small movement could appear as a fake move on the court.
As soon as Shimono Shimoda moved, Jinguji Takeshi broke through with a falling ball in the opposite direction. Shimono Shimoda's expression froze when he saw that he had predicted the direction wrong. While starting to make up for the position, his body seemingly accidentally touched Miyagi Ryouta. This seemingly light movement made Miyagi's center of gravity shake, and the whole person staggered to the side, and actually blocked Takeshi's advance accurately.
Also following Miyagi Ryouta's delay, Shinomiya Tada quickly stood in front of Takeshi without losing his position.
The brief confrontation made Wu Dao's expression slightly tense. Shigong Tianye was not only physically strong, but also very skilled and experienced on the court. His series of actions required too much control, and most people would have been called for fouls by the referee long ago.
Having lost the opportunity to break through in the first moment, Wudao stopped briefly, but the pause was not too long. He just dribbled the ball back and forth to adjust his rhythm, and then started again. He quickly stuck his whole body sideways to Shinomiya Tano, and at the same time, Wudao had already approached the three-point line.
As soon as Wudao made a move, Sendo, who was not far away, looked serious. He glanced hesitantly at Mitsui Shou who was not far away. The next second, he quickly ran towards Wudao, ready to provide reinforcements.
As for Shimono, because he had to concentrate on defending against Takeshi's three-point shot, he did not lower his center of gravity very low when defending. Seeing that Takeshi was trying to outsmart him with his speed, he had no choice but to lower his center of gravity and speed up his pace of pursuit.
But just as he lowered his center of gravity, something suddenly happened on the Jinguji Martial Arts side.
Takeshi Jinguji pulled the ball back from under his crotch, then quickly took a step back and shot a fade away jump shot. Although Shinomiya Tano was half a beat slow to react and tried to jump up to block the shot, that half beat was enough for Takeshi to reach the highest point of the jump and shoot first.
Wudao's shooting position was two steps inside the three-point line, a real high-post shot. Normally, few people would shoot from this position because it was too close to the three-point line. High-post shots were not even as good as three-pointers. However, Wudao still made this shooting choice, and the rhythm of his series of dribbling and shooting was quite smooth. The basketball went straight over everyone's heads and fell accurately into the net.
The basketball went into the net and there was cheering in the stands and the Xiangbei rest area.
Miyagi and Akagi celebrated with Wudao by high-fiving each other and returned to defense with a smile. However, on the way back to defense, Mitsui Shou came to Wudao with a sullen face and whispered: "Wudao, although you scored these few goals, your shooting choices were very ordinary, and even in my opinion, they were a bit forced."
"Ryonan High School is different from the previous teams. Even in singles, they can completely compress your offensive area to the periphery."
"I think you need to run without the ball and get closer to the basket, and also pay attention to my position. In these few rounds of offense, the opportunities on my side were very suitable."
Mitsui Shou had already noticed something was wrong, and as the captain, he felt that he needed to remind Budo at this time. He didn't know if Coach Anzai would notice this, but even if he did, he didn't want Coach Anzai to waste a timeout opportunity for such a thing.
"I know." Mitsui Shou thought that Wudao would just perfunctorily answer him like before. He had even organized what he wanted to say next, but Wudao's words stunned him.
"What? What do you know?" Mitsui Shou was a little dazed and looked at Wu Dao in confusion.
"I know your position is better and suitable for shooting." Wudao turned his head to look at Mitsui Shou and suddenly said with a smile.
"Then...how did you..." Mitsui Shou was a little dazed and asked.
"It's not time yet!"
Jinguji Takeshi patted Mitsui's shoulder, took his own defensive position, and didn't say anything more to Mitsui.
Although Mitsui Shou still didn't understand, Wudao's words made him feel more at ease. At least, from Wudao's tone, Mitsui Shou could hear that the current situation on the field was under Wudao's control. Although Mitsui Shou didn't know what Wudao was planning, he and Wudao had known each other since junior high school and had been teammates for many years, so he chose to believe.
Therefore, Mitsui Shou did not ask any more questions and just returned to his position to defend.
On the court, Takeshi Jinguji looked at Kenji Fujima who was starting to organize an attack, his expression slightly stiff.
Can Xiangbei High School beat Ryonan High School? Since the county competition began, Jinguji Budou already had the answer in his heart. Ryonan itself is unprecedentedly strong with the presence of Shinomiya Tano, Sendoh, and Uozumi. These three people are enough to bring Ryonan to the national stage. Budou has long known this.
After the county tournament, Fujima Kenji and Hanagata Toru joined Ryonan High School, which made Ryonan's overall strength leap forward. Suddenly, Ryonan High School became invulnerable. As the draw for the national tournament was announced, Budo knew that there was a high probability that Xiangbei would meet Ryonan on the national stage.
As for Sanno Industrial, according to Budo's calculations, it is absolutely a high probability event that they will lose to the current Ryonan! He knows very well that the young ace of Sanno is definitely not a match for Shinomiya Tano. It may be a bit conceited to say this, but Budo believes that in today's high school basketball world, he is the only one who can limit Shinomiya Tano.
How can Xiangbei defeat such a powerful team like Ryonan High School? He has been thinking about this question for a long time.
Relying on the elevator door tactics that he had practiced for nearly half a month? Although Akagi and Chiba were both smart, this tactic could not be formed in a short time. Implementing the run-and-gun strategy and having a head-on confrontation with Ryonan High School? That would be no different from sending themselves to death.
From the perspective of martial arts, these cannot be factors for victory.
The answer to victory may lie in a sentence that Wu Dao once heard.
"Look at Rukawa in good times, look at Sakuragi in bad times, and look at Mitsui in desperate times."
"Xiao San, I will keep the score difference within 10 points in the first half, and I will also keep Sendoh's attention firmly."
"A player like Kamiso Ichiro can become the top scorer in Kanagawa with the help of Maki Shinichi. If it's you, with my help, you should be even stronger!"
"I hope you won't let me down at the critical moment! Let me see your strongest form."
As Fujima Kenji and others approached the three-point line, Jinguji Budou put aside all distractions in his mind and began to concentrate. The premise for winning this game is that Budou needs to rely on his own ability to keep the score difference between the two teams in single digits, and then rely on Mitsui Shou's three-pointer to widen the gap before Ryonan can react.
Otherwise, it will be difficult to win.
Both Miyagi Ryouta and Chiba Oishi are excellent players, but facing Fujima and Hanagata's level of point guard and power forward, the two are at a huge disadvantage. Xiangbei's defense is full of loopholes, and even if Budo spends a lot of energy, it can't make up for these loopholes.
Now, let Mitsui Hisashi become the light and shadow under the scorching sun. The brighter the sunlight, the deeper and harder it is to be noticed.
As Fuji entered the court with the ball, Ryonan High School and others began to take their positions. They were like wolves licking their wounds and knew clearly where Shohoku's wounds were.
After entering the frontcourt, Sendoh and Shinomiya Tano fell to the bottom line on both sides, one on the left and one on the right. As a result, Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Takeshi were also forced to move to the bottom line, and they did not dare to leave these two people open.
At this time, at the top of the arc, only Miyagi Ryouta was left to defend Fujima Kenji.
Fujima, who is a point guard, has a strong desire to attack Miyagi, and he dribbles the ball between his legs while approaching Miyagi. Miyagi knows that Fujima's breakthrough speed is fast, so as Fujima approaches, he slowly retreats, maintaining a certain defensive distance, and dares not get close to him.
But after taking a few steps back, a huge shadow once again loomed over him, and Hanagata Toru's pick-and-roll was in place.
After a pick-and-roll, Fujima quickly attacked in the direction of the flower-shaped pick-and-roll. Facing Chiba Daishi who came to fill in the position, he had no intention of slowing down. The basketball hit the ground slamming and accurately hit the floor under Chiba Daishi's crotch, thinking that it would bounce back. However, Fujima had already passed Chiba Daishi, separated himself from the ball, and took the ball in his hands again.
He then rushed into the inside and made a small lob shot. The basketball easily passed over Akagi's arm and hit the backboard into the net.
"Beautiful! Fujima!" Shigong Tianye stood at the foot and saw his teammate score a goal. He shouted loudly, then frowned at Wudao, pointed his thumb at Fujima, and said softly:
"You better do your best."
"Don't wait until I make a move and you guys, Xiangbei, fall down. That would be meaningless."
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