The basketball passed from Akagi Takenori's hands, and the timer in the stadium started counting.
At 16 minutes and 9 seconds, the basketball fell into the hands of Miyagi Ryouta, who dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt.
Ryonan's Jun Uozumi has already committed two personal fouls, which is already too many at this point in time, and Jinguji Budo's spearhead has already been directed at Jun Uozumi.
"Miyagi, pass the ball!"
Shohoku's offense revolved around Takenori Jinguji. With the help of Takenori Akagi's off-ball screen, Takenori Jinguji successfully shook off Shinomiya Taita for a short distance, successfully moved to the middle distance, and got a chance to catch the ball.
At this time, Miyagi was unable to get rid of Fujima Kenji's defense in the first place and could only pass the ball to Jinguji Budo.
This kind of pass allows Miyagi to make up for the height difference between him and Fujima and allow the basketball to be transmitted unimpeded, but this way of passing also makes the speed of the basketball very slow, which gives the Ryonan players enough time to react.
By the time the basketball fell into Wudao's hands, Shinomiya Tianye had already successfully come to Wudao's side and blocked his way.
Jinguji Budou received the ball and faced the basket sideways. Then he used his left foot as the axis, moved his right foot horizontally, lowered his center of gravity, and swept the ball to the basket. Jinguji Budou's action directly attracted Shigong Tianye's defensive posture. Facing Jinguji Budou, Shigong Tianye also deliberately opened a distance of 30 centimeters, suppressing his center of gravity to guard against Budou's speeding up and breaking through.
At this time, Sendoh Akira, who was in position near the free throw line, saw Jinguji Takeshi holding the ball, glanced at Mitsui Hisashi, and did not choose to double-team Takeshi. He just moved his body and stood between Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi, and at the same time took a step towards Takeshi, preparing to provide backup defense.
At this point in the game, although Mitsui Shou hardly made any shots, Sendoh Akira still didn't dare to completely let him go. However, Takeshi with the ball did occupy a considerable part of Mitsui Shou's attention. Although Sendoh cleverly blocked the passing route between Takeshi and Mitsui Shou, with Mitsui Shou's movement, Sendoh often could not react in time and changed position.
For Mitsui, Sendoh's positioning was full of flaws, but Jinguji Takeshi, who had the ball, seemed not to notice this. Not to mention passing the ball to Mitsui, he didn't even look at his teammates on the outside.
The short-statured Jinguji Takeshi stood still for a while, suddenly dribbled the ball and straightened his body, then made a pick-and-roll gesture towards the inside.
His position was already very close to the basket, and Akagi Takenori was very close to it. At this time, Akagi Takenori and Uozumi Junkaku were competing for a position close to the paint area, so that they could rush into the paint area to grab rebounds at the first opportunity. When Akagi saw the martial arts gesture, he was obviously stunned. It took him two seconds to react and he hurried forward to screen.
Shinomiya Tano also noticed Jinguji Budou's gesture, and at the same time quickly noticed Akagi who was running towards this side quickly. He decisively moved before Akagi and changed his defensive position along the direction of Akagi's pick-and-roll.
As Shinomiya changed his position, even if Akagi came to the pick-and-roll area at this time, he could not make any high-quality pick-and-roll effect. Shinomiya simply moved sideways and easily destroyed Akagi's pick-and-roll.
However, when Shigong Tianye changed his defensive position, it was inevitable that there would be an obvious defensive bias, which gave Jinguji Budou a small gap to break through. If it were an ordinary person, such a small attack gap would not be enough for the attacker to gain the upper hand, but for Jinguji Budou, Shigong Tianye's obvious defensive bias was a real loophole.
“Bang!”
The basketball continued to fall, and Jinguji Takeshi quickly turned around and faced the basket at the moment Shinomiya Tano changed his position. Just when Shinomiya Tano thought that Takeshi was going to play with his back to the basket and lower his center of gravity, Takeshi suddenly turned around and came to the left side of Shinomiya Tano, but the basketball was carried to the right side when Takeshi turned his back to the basket.
The dribbling rhythm was weird, the person's movements were completely opposite to the direction of the basketball. When Shinomiya Tanno saw this, he subconsciously followed the person instead of the ball. But just as Shinomiya Tanno was moving sideways to the left, Jinguji Budou, who turned around again to face the frame, suddenly misstepped and stepped his right foot directly in front of Shinomiya Tanno's right side. He ducked and dribbled past Shinomiya Tanno quickly, accelerating towards the inside.
Jinguji Budo's series of breakthrough moves were too strange, and there was no trace at all. Shigong Tianye had played basketball for so many years, and this was the first time he encountered such a dribbling breakthrough. He didn't react immediately, and could only rely on his excellent physical instincts to turn around and chase Jinguji Budo.
However, Budou was very fast. Shigong Tianye knew that he was only a beat slower, but he was still nearly two meters away from Budou. With the ball in hand, Jinguji Budou quickly came to the basket, took the ball and jumped. Facing Jinguji Budou attacking the basket, Yuzumi Jun did not think twice and jumped up directly, raising his arms high to block the shot.
Yuzumi Jun had also suffered in front of Jinguji Budou before, so when blocking the shot, his arms were stretched straight, without any downward movement. However, Jinguji Budou, who jumped up with the ball, did not give Yuzumi a chance to dodge, and forced his arm to press down on Yuzumi's hand, and shot the ball out with a layup.
“Ah~~~”
Jinguji Takeshi clearly did not suffer any impact, but when he threw the ball, he let out a scream. People who didn't know would think he had suffered a heavy blow.
What's even more strange is that Jinguji Takeshi maintained an excellent posture in the air when he jumped, but after throwing the basketball, his body seemed to be unbalanced, and he fell sideways quickly to the ground. The flying basketball also deviated greatly from its course, hit the middle position, and fell directly to the ground.
The falling Jinguji Takeshi seemed to have an unstable center of balance. After his feet landed on the ground, he staggered and fell diagonally to the ground, and even slid a short distance. When Yuzumi Jun fell back to the ground, he looked at Jinguji Takeshi with a look of astonishment.
Uozumi Jun was very sure that he didn't use any strength at all in his defense just now. He just raised his arms high without any unnecessary movements. Logically speaking, with Jinguji Budo's physical fitness, he should be able to maintain his posture in the air, let alone scream.
But now, all the performances of Jinguji Budo mean... .
“Beep!
!
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When the referee's quick whistle sounded, everyone on the field looked at Jun Uozumi, while Jinguji Budou on the ground smiled and supported himself with his hands, showing no sign of getting up.
When the referee penalized Uozumi for a defensive foul, Jinguji Budou slowly stood up from the ground and happily high-fived Chiba and Akagi who were nearby to celebrate.
It was not until this time that the head coach of Ryonan reminded Coach Takeoka that this was Jun Uozumi's third foul. It was also at this time that Coach Takeoka realized that something was wrong and decisively called a timeout.
"Third offense! Yuzumi is actually the third offender, and I didn't notice this until now..."
"Being ahead in the score made me lose my sensitivity to the number of fouls. Jinguji Budo's shot was obviously aimed at Uozumi."
"He maintained his layup posture very well, and even his layup movements were very smooth, but..."
"Damn it! Why did I just notice this now!"
Because Coach Tanaoka called a timeout before the free throws, Jinguji Budo's two free throws were postponed to after the timeout. The Xiangbei players chatted and laughed as they returned to the rest area, while the Ryonan players were all frowning.
There was a look of regret on Uozumi Jun's face. By now, no matter how stupid he was, he had realized that something was wrong. The ball that Jinguji Budou had just shot was aimed at making him commit a foul.
From the very beginning, he called for Takenori Akagi's pick-and-roll just to prevent Akagi from affecting his battle plan. He had ordered them to do so in advance, and it was not certain how much use Akagi's pick-and-roll would have.
Moreover, Jinguji Budou was afraid that the referee would not call a foul on Uozumi, so in order to act more realistically, he not only screamed on purpose, but even deliberately missed a steady layup. The opponent's goal from the beginning was not to score!
"hateful!
Damn it!
"That despicable fellow!"
After all, Jun Uozumi is just a simple high school student, and he started playing basketball in his first year of high school. His basketball experience is not much, but not less. It is obviously the first time he has met a player like Budou Jinguji.
Yuzumi realized the evil of society and just angrily cursed Jinguji Budo, but there was no other way. Yuzumi knew that he would not have a chance to play in the rest of the first half after he had already committed three fouls in just over 16 minutes.
There are only three possibilities for them to play again. Either the game is nearing the end and it is a crucial moment for the two teams to decide the winner, or Ryonan is leading by a large margin and enters garbage time early. The last possibility is that Xiangbei has caught up with the score or even surpassed it.
"That guy Jinguji Budou is still as sinister as ever!"
"You really have to be more careful when playing with him, otherwise it's easy to fall into his trap."
Shigong Tianye walked to the rest area, took the towel handed over by his teammates, wiped the sweat off his face, and sighed. All the Ryonan players looked very heavy, but only he and Sendoh were still as relaxed as ever.
Xiandao even took the opportunity of the timeout to drink two sips of water, and also took out the lunch box, took a slice of lemon and started chewing it. He didn't take Yuzumi's three fouls to heart at all.
Coach Tiangang looked around at the status of the players, and when he saw Sendoh taking a break to eat, he glared at him fiercely, then calmed down and said:
"Yuzumi, you've already committed three fouls! Go off the court and take a rest!"
"Although Jinguji Budou's actions are despicable and mean, but... as a player, he is undoubtedly excellent!"
"He noticed the hidden dangers of our Lingnan and launched an attack on it. Such a delicate mind is something we all need to learn!"
"Guan Ping, you will replace Yuzumi. Hanagata, you will play center and defend Akagi Takenori. Guan Ping, you will play power forward."
"Don't think about other things after you get on the court. All I ask of you is to block the position and grab the rebounds!"
"Chiba Oishi from Xiangbei is much taller than you. Don't worry about it. Just be bold. Hanagata will help you!"
While Coach Tiangang was speaking, a skinny guy wearing a blue No. 14 jersey stood up from the bench.
Guan Ping, a freshman at Ryonan High School, is a new student who joined Ryonan this year. He is 189cm tall and weighs 76kg. He looks gentle and gives people a "soft" feeling.
Guan Ping has been playing basketball since junior high school, but the teams he joined at that time were all weak teams. Since he started playing basketball, Guan Ping has always played center. He was used to playing center for weak teams, which completely restricted Guan Ping's basketball career.
He has an excellent height, which gives him a considerable advantage when facing off against others. On the court, he is often accustomed to standing under the basket, waiting for his teammates to pass the ball to him, or waiting for a rebound.
Due to the single-minded approach of the junior high school coach, Guan Ping, who had played basketball for more than three years, had surprisingly poor basic skills. His physique was average, his jumping ability was average, and his height was just average for a center. What's worse, Guan Ping's dribbling and skills under the basket were terrible, which made him lose the opportunity to play after joining Ryonan.
That is to say, now that Yuzumi has committed a foul, Ryonan High School needs someone who can replace Yuzumi, otherwise, Guan Ping will still be sitting on the bench without any chance to play.
"Shohoku's offense is focused on Jinguji Budo, and our defense still needs to focus on him."
"Although Yuzumi is out, we don't need to change our offensive and defensive methods."
"Jinguji Budo has been playing for a long time. His offensive efficiency cannot be maintained for the entire game. We just need to maintain the current rhythm and wait for the opportunity to widen the gap!"
"Victory will definitely belong to us, Lingnan!"
Coach Tiangang's voice became higher and higher as he spoke. In order to boost the confidence of his players and eliminate the impact of Yuzhu's death, Coach Tiangang transformed himself into a mentor of the pyramid scheme organization and encouraged his players.
At the same time, Xiangbei also made personnel adjustments.
"What?! Coach, you want to take me off the court?! How can this be possible? Then we in Xiangbei will have no rebounding guarantee!"
"Jun Yuzumi already has three fouls. Coach Tanoka will definitely not let Yuzumi continue to stay on the court. He absolutely doesn't dare to take this risk."
"Isn't this the best time for Xiangbei to catch up? Why do you want to replace me?"
In the Xiangbei rest area, Akagi Takenori was excitedly analyzing the situation on the court to Coach Anzai. Just now, Coach Anzai arranged for Kogure Konobu to replace him and made a lineup adjustment. Akagi Takenori obviously did not understand Coach Anzai's arrangement and was a little excited.
"Substituting you off the field is to give you enough time to rest and prepare for the next game."
"As for rebounding... .Budo, you switch to the inside."
Coach Anxi pointed at Wudao, making Wudao, who was drinking water, look confused.
"What? Me?" Wu Dao pointed at himself in disbelief, his face full of question marks.
"Yeah! But only on the defensive end."
"I'm going to speed up Xiangbei! In the last 4 minutes of the first half, we'll speed it up completely!"
"Martial Arts, you should be able to understand what I mean!"
Coach Anzai rolled his glasses and looked at Jinguji Budou. Budou was also stunned when he saw Coach Anzai's look, and then a bright smile appeared on his face.
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