"You guys want to bet on the success rate of long shots, but I will score every goal myself."
"Shohoku, how is it possible to win the game this way!"
It only took Shimonaka Sakurai one round for him to know what Shohoku High School was planning. From the way Jinguji Budou handled the basketball in this round of offense, Shimonaka Sakurai immediately realized what Shohoku High School was planning.
During the attack, Mitsui Hisashi and Kogure Mitsunobu, who were located in the bottom corners on both sides, both had very good long-range shooting ability, and Jinguji Budou had very good breakthrough ability, which could put considerable pressure on the inside line of Ryonan High School when holding the ball. The traditional breakthrough style of play, combined with two teammates with three-point shooting ability, directly took Xiangbei's offense to a big step forward compared to the first half.
Shinomiya Tano knew that there were only two ways to break this kind of offense. One was that he could defend Jinguji Budou alone. In this way, the "breakthrough" in "breakthrough and score" would lose its effect, and the two three-point shooters would be greatly weakened.
There is another way, which is...
"Sendoh, when you defend later, don't think about coming to help Jinguji Budou. Focus on staring at Mitsui Shou and don't give him a chance to attack."
"Fujima, go guard that Kogure Konnosuke, and let Miyagi Ryouta go."
"Hanagata, on the defensive end, move your position closer to the free throw line. While backing up, be on guard against Miyagi Ryouta's breakthrough. If he shoots from a distance, ignore him. If he breaks through, limit his speed and force him to Uozumi's side."
"With that height, once you lose your speed, you'll be a piece of cake for Yuzumi."
The court commander usually refers to the team's point guard, but in Ryonan High School, Shigong Tianye is the commander of Ryonan. In a round of offense and defense, Shigong Tianye quickly made adjustments to Ryonan's defense.
Kenji Fujima, who received the serve in the backcourt, suppressed the pace of the attack until Shimonoseki arranged the defensive strategy for the next round, then he started to speed up and quickly dribbled the ball across the center line.
Off the court, Coach Anxi also heard what Shigong Tianye said about the players. He pushed his glasses and focused his eyes on Shigong Tianye. After a long while, he murmured:
"Ryonan is also a talented leader!"
On the other side, Coach Tagore sat in the dugout with his arms folded across his chest, listening to Shimono's arrangements for the players with a smug smile on his face.
"Shohoku, no matter how hard you try, it's all useless in front of my Ryonan!"
"Tan Ye is still too cautious. If it were me, I would not care about Xiangbei's three-pointer and just focus on blocking Jinguji Budo."
"How can a three-point shot be used as a means of winning?"
Although Coach Takeo's thoughts were different from Shinomiya's, he quite approved of Shinomiya's arrangements. He simply felt that Shinomiya was making a big deal out of nothing. Shohoku had only made one three-pointer in the second half. If Shohoku had made more shots, the gap between the two teams would naturally widen.
In this day and age, is it possible for high school students to have a three-point shooting percentage of over 40% in a game
On the court, Ryonan High School organized its offense after arranging its defense. After Shohoku High School changed its defense style in the second half, its outside defense seemed quite weak.
Shinomiya Tano received the basketball outside the three-point line, accelerated with the ball and easily passed Kogure Konobu, moved to the mid-range and without waiting for Jinguji Takeshi to come forward to defend, he directly made a quick stop and jump shot from mid-range.
This kind of pressure-free shooting is just like normal training for Shimonoseki. No, the intensity of normal training is much greater than the current match against Kogure Mitsunobu.
The basketball hit the backboard unexpectedly and went into the net. Ryonan High School successfully reversed the score and the score on the scoreboard came to 54:53.
"As you just said, keep an eye on your own people!"
After scoring the goal, Shimono was directing his players to return to their defensive positions while turning his head to look at Jinguji Budou. He did not shy away from his arrangements for his players. As for defense, what would happen if the people from Shohoku heard it
"Budo..." Kogure Konobu walked to Jinguji Budo's side, with deep worry between his brows. Xiangbei's offensive plan in the second half was seen by Ryonan, and the opponent also made arrangements in time. In Kogure Konobu's view, he was no longer useful on the court.
He didn't think that his defense could be better than Chiba Daishi's. Chiba Daishi was the starting player of Takeishi Junior High School during his junior high school years, while he was just a player of an unknown middle school. After entering high school, Chiba Daishi also played in many games, big and small, while he was considered a semi-transparent existence even in Xiangbei.
Although he trained very hard after entering high school, he was still far inferior to Chiba Daishi in defense.
As for the attack? Mugure also heard Shinomiya Tano's arrangement. Facing a star player of the same class like Fujima, Mugure really didn't have the confidence to compete with him.
Jinguji Budo saw the gloomy-faced Mugure approaching him and knew what this guy was going to say. Mugure was good in everything except that he was too gentle. In Mugure's heart, he should now feel that letting Chiba Daishi play would be more useful than him on the court!
Although I am considering the overall situation for Xiangbei, it is really a bit self-deprecating.
"Don't say that!"
"I understand your thoughts, but the second half of the game has just begun, are you going to say something discouraging?"
"When you say those words, you really don't deserve to be on this court."
"Think about your normal training. Why do you practice hundreds of three-pointers after training? Is it to walk onto the court and say, 'I can't do it'?"
The words that Mugure Konobu wanted to say were forcibly blocked by Jinguji Budo. Mugure opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say the words that he wanted to give up.
"Don't worry, just focus and don't let your mind wander."
Jinguji Takeshi said something to comfort him, then protected Miyagi Ryouta who had the ball and ran to the front court with the other players.
As the players of Shohoku entered the frontcourt, the players of Ryonan also took their positions according to the arrangement of Shinomiya Tano. Fujima Kenji, who was originally defending Miyagi, found Kogure Kimiyasu, and Sendoh, who was originally positioned high in the front of the court, sank to the bottom corner with Mitsui Hisashi.
Shinomiya Tano observed the positions of the players with his peripheral vision while running towards Jinguji Takeshi, not wanting to let Takeshi catch the ball easily.
"I seem to have noticed something about your plan."
"That's a good idea, but a little naive. I won't let you Xiangbei have any chance to turn the tables!"
Shinomiya Tano was obviously full of confidence in Ryonan and said with confidence.
"That guy Xiao San is not just a three-point shooter."
"Xiandao, I was diligent in defending in the first half... But can he really defend Xiaosan?"
As Wudao spoke, he glanced at Mitsui and Sendoh in the bottom corner, and quickly ran towards Miyagi Ryouta. As Wudao approached, Miyagi Ryouta passed the ball to Wudao, and at the same time used his body to block Shigong Tianye's pursuit.
At the same time, Mitsui Hisashi, who was guarded in the corner, knew that he could not just stand there stupidly waiting for the ball, so he quickly moved up and came to the 45° direction outside the three-point line where Budou and Shinomiya Tano had just confronted each other.
As Mitsui Hisashi arrived, Miyagi Ryouta also quickly cut into the inside, but his direction was not straight to the basket, but instead he went to the diagonal mid-range and made a gesture to receive the ball.
At this moment, Hanagata, who was in a high position, didn't pay any attention to Miyagi who was in an open position. His attention was all focused on Jinguji Budou, who took advantage of Miyagi's short pick-and-roll to start a breakthrough.
"Double-team!" Shinomiya Tano who was chasing Jinguji Takeshi and Hanagata Toru who was defending quickly formed a double-team on Takeshi. However, at this moment, the basketball flew directly out of Takeshi's hands, and instantly passed through the gap between Shinomiya Tano and Hanagata and flew towards Miyagi Ryouta.
"Huh?" Takeshi's pass surprised Shinomiya Tano a little. He thought that Takeshi would pass the ball to Mitsui Hisashi after saying those words, but he didn't expect that he gave it to Miyagi Ryouta instead.
However, Shimono Yamada had no intention of letting Miyagi Ryouta shoot. He turned his feet and rushed towards Miyagi Ryouta at a terrifying speed.
"Ryonan! Don't underestimate me!"
Miyagi Ryouta received the ball in an open position, looked directly at the basket, lifted the basketball quickly above his head. What he didn't realize was that at this moment, Shimonoseki was less than two meters away from him.
"Huh~~" With a light sigh, the basketball flew out of Miyagi Ryouta's hands.
The ball was straight, had a perfect arc, and had just the right amount of power. The moment the basketball was shot, Miyagi knew that the ball would go in.
But the next second, a blue figure suddenly jumped up from the side, and the tall figure instantly blocked the light above Gongcheng's head, shrouding him in shadow.
"Shinomiya Tano! Why is he here?!" Miyagi was shocked, but Shinomiya Tano in the air had already easily caught the basketball in the air with one hand, as easy as an eagle catching a chick.
"Bang!" After landing, Shigong Tianye held the ball in front of his chest, making a crisp sound.
“Catching a shot.....so easy!
"The audience cheered, and Ryonan High School's defensive counterattack began.
After seeing Shinomiya Tano block the shot, Sendoh on the outside quickly rushed to the frontcourt. Fujima Kenji in the corner also sped up and joined the fast break.
Shinomiya Tano looked at the running Sendoh and Fujima, grabbed the ball with one hand and threw it directly towards the front court.
He had enough strength, and the basketball went straight over Sendoh and Fujima and flew to the front court. After crossing the center line, it began to fall.
"Sendoh, be careful behind you!" Shimonoya reminded loudly after passing the ball, but he had no intention of joining the fast break sequence.
When Sendoh heard the call, he did not turn back immediately. After he picked up the falling and rebounding basketball in the front court, he took the time to slightly tilt his head and look behind him with his peripheral vision.
It wouldn’t matter if he didn’t look back, but when he did, he was really shocked.
At some point, the figure of Jinguji Takeshi appeared behind him. The two of them maintained a distance of about 1 meter between them. Looking at Jinguji Takeshi's indifferent expression, the fighting spirit in Sendoh's heart had already burst out of his chest.
Turning his head and looking at the basket of Xiangbei, Sendoh put aside all distractions and began to speed up. On the other side, Fujima was about to call Sendoh to pass the ball, but he saw Sendoh speeding up with the ball and quickly crossed the Xiangbei three-point line, so he immediately shut his mouth.
Although he has only been teammates with Ryonan for a short time, Fujima has some understanding of Sendoh's personality.
Don’t be fooled by Sendoh’s usual casual look, but this guy may be even more proud than Shinomiya Tano!
"You want to challenge me?" When Jinguji Takeshi saw Sendō speeding up, he also speeded up instantly, not giving Sendō any chance to pull away.
Soon, Sendoh, who crossed the free throw line with the ball, quickly passed the ball. He did not slow down to adjust his rhythm. Sendoh did not slow down after passing the ball. He jumped up directly after two steps.
When Jinguji Budou saw this scene, his pupil shrank as well, but he did not slow down either, and jumped up right after Sendoh.
Sendoh stretched his body in the air, grabbed the basketball with one hand and wanted to dunk the ball into the basket, but as soon as he bent his arm, a big hand pressed directly on the basketball in Sendoh's hand from top to bottom, and the huge force pressed Sendoh down quickly.
“ohhhhhhh!
Jinguji Budo, jumps so high!"
After a cry of surprise, Jinguji Budo forcibly pushed Sendoh down. Affected by the huge force, Sendoh was finally unable to maintain his body shape in the air. His body became obviously unbalanced and he completely lost control of the basketball.
Jinguji Budou grabbed the ball with his right hand, held it in his arms, adjusted his posture and fell with Sendoh.
After losing his balance in the air, Sendoh couldn't stand steadily after landing. He staggered two steps and fell towards the reporters at the baseline. The reporters who were filming also reacted quickly, dropping their expensive equipment and opening their arms to catch the falling Sendoh.
"Crash..."
"Bang!"
The filming equipment fell to the ground in a mess, followed by a dull thud. Sendoh's momentum in the sprint dunk was strong, and after being affected by Jinguji Budou, his inertia was still very strong, and several reporters outside the baseline were knocked down.
On the court, Takeshi Jinguji stood steadily, holding a basketball in his right hand, with his head lowered, looking down at Sendoh who was falling off the court.
“Beep, beep, beep!
"The referee blew a quick whistle and pointed at Jinguji who was catching the ball on the court.
"Shohoku No. 15, defensive foul!"
The referee's decision was given to Jinguji Takeshi. Takeshi just frowned slightly and said nothing. He just threw the ball to the referee.
Normally, this shot of his was not considered a foul. But Wu Dao had no objection, after all, Shannon Brown's fatal block was called a foul, so this foul was reasonable.
Sendoh's posture when he landed was quite poor, but fortunately there were quite a few reporters in front of him who helped him relieve a lot of pressure.
Not long after, Xiandao got up and sat on the ground in silence for a long time. He came back to his senses amid the shouts of the people around him, and Tong Kong slowly came into focus.
"Hey, are you okay?"
Jinguji Takeshi walked in front of Sendo and blocked the light in front of Sendo. While speaking, Jinguji Takeshi stretched out his hand towards Sendo.
"ah!"
"fine!"
Sendoh grabbed Jinguji Takeshi's hand with one hand and let Jinguji Takeshi pull him up. He looked at Jinguji Takeshi with an inexplicable emotion in his eyes, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"It's still too early."
After a long time, Xiandao withdrew his gaze, sighed in his heart, and walked towards the free throw line silently.
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