The feeling of not having competed for a long time made Shinomiya Tianye extremely excited.
Under the arrangement of Coach Takeo, the Kanagawa Prefecture team arranged two lineups. It can be said that two systems were played in the first and second half, the Ryonan High School system and the Shohoku High School system.
This arrangement also made Shimonoya feel like he was competing with Jinguji Budou, and he was already planning to deal with the Kyoto players seriously.
In the warm-up field, Jinguji Budou and others took up less space because they played in the second half, and the warm-up activities were not that intense. However, Shinomiya Tano, Sendoh and other Ryonan players were much more active and serious, and most of the area of the field was also provided for the use of Ryonan players.
Soon, the warm-up time was over.
With the referee's whistle, players from both sides returned to the dugout to make final preparations before going on court.
The players of Ryonan High School have been working together for quite some time. In the first half of the game, the players were very familiar with each other. Coach Takeo did not make any tactical arrangements for the players. He just let Sendoh play point guard and Fujima play shooting. This was the only minor adjustment.
As the players of the Kanagawa Prefecture team and the Kyoto team walked into the field, enthusiastic cheers rang out from the stands. After all, Kanagawa had the home advantage, and the cheers from the audience were overwhelmingly cheering for the people of Kanagawa Prefecture.
As the players took their positions in the center circle, the referee walked into the court holding a basketball and stood on the center line. He looked around at the centers of both teams, blew his whistle, and then threw the ball high into the air.
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“Huh… ..huh… ”
"Why! Why are these people in Kanagawa so strong?!"
“These guys… ..are these guys really high school students?!”
Ten minutes into the match between Kanagawa and Kyoto, Kyoto's coach stood on the sidelines, clenching his fists with a look of disbelief. On the sidelines, the score on the scoreboard had reached 31:13. With overwhelming strength, Kanagawa firmly held the initiative on the field.
On the court, Sendoh controlled the ball and entered the frontcourt, and before he arrived at the frontcourt, the other players had already taken their positions.
Shigong Tianye cut into the middle distance, with his back against the defender, and reached out for the ball. The defender behind him didn't dare to use much force, and couldn't push Shigong Tianye even half a step. Even when he tried to defend in front, Shigong Tianye could keenly sense it, and with a slight move behind him, he was firmly stuck behind him.
Shinomiya Tano simply stretched out his hand, and Sendoh, who was controlling the ball, immediately understood what was going on. He threw the ball seemingly casually and ran in the opposite direction of Shinomiya Tano's half.
"Snap!" As the basketball fell into the hands of Shimoya Tano, all the players of Ryonan gathered in another 1/4 court.
“ohhhhh!!!”
"Shinomiya! Shinomiya! Shinomiya!"
As soon as the basketball was in hand, the spectators on the sidelines burst into amazing cheers, and the cheers continued, one after another, pouring into the stadium.
The player defending Shimoya Tano was already under a lot of pressure from Shimoya Tano himself, and now under the pressure of such noise, his body movements became stiff.
But Shimoya doesn't care what condition his opponent is in. In today's game, he has been giving his all from the very beginning!
"Bang!" After a blast, Sigong Tianye quickly turned around to face the basket. At the same time, the basketball was suspended in his hand. Sigong Tianye's upper body moved slightly. After a fake move, he did not care whether his opponent reacted or not. He directly changed direction and broke through. His body inevitably rubbed against his opponent.
The Kyoto defender didn't even have time to react to Shinomiya's breakthrough, let alone turn around and chase, and was left behind by Shinomiya.
After dribbling past the defense, Shimoya Nono rushed to the basket, and at this moment, something happened that surprised everyone.
The center under the basket of Kyoto, when he saw Shinomiya Tano breaking through the basket, not only did he not intend to step forward to stop him, but he actually trembled and subconsciously took two steps back, leaving Shinomiya Tano with complete space under the basket.
"waste!"
Shigong Tianye, who was ready to attack the basket, instantly noticed the opponent's movement. After a low curse, he jumped up from more than a meter away from the basket and dunked the ball with one hand. Shigong Tianye's body also directly hit the back of the Kyoto center, pushing the latter away several steps.
"whispering sound!"
“It’s getting more and more boring!”
Shinomiya fell back to the ground, casually patted the basketball and hit the ball towards the baseline. After a light spit, he turned around and started to defend. However, his opponent did not have any temper in the face of such Shinomiya. He walked to the baseline silently and prepared to serve. Although the game had only been played for a short time, the Kyoto players showed a heavy mood and no vitality at all.
Coach Tiangang saw the state of the Kyoto players. At this time, he was sitting on his seat with a cup of hot tea in his hands, legs crossed, and calmly. After taking a sip of tea, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.
"If you don't have enough mental preparation when facing a player of Tian Ye's level, you will be overwhelmed."
"Because in front of him, the opponent can't see any hope of winning!"
"In ten minutes, Tian Ye has already scored 20 points. Hehehe, overwhelming ability, very similar to when I was young."
Coach Tanaoka is not surprised at all that the opponent would become like this, even if the opponent is a county team from a strong county.
"The overwhelming personal ability is not so much that Shinomiya Tano's ability is too strong, but rather that his opponent is too weak."
"Ordinary ace players are no match for him."
"Only the ace of a strong team is qualified to stand in front of him, but that is only the qualification to fight against him..."
"Zebei, this guy is someone you must surpass!"
The Akita Prefecture led by Goro Domoto was sitting in the first row of the stands watching the match between Kanagawa and Kyoto. Looking at the active Shinomiya Tano, Goro Domoto said to Sawakita Eiji beside him with a serious expression.
At this time, Zebei Rongji did not agree as quickly as usual, but stared at Shinomiya Tianye for a long time before nodding solemnly.
After training in the United States for a period of time, Zebei Rongzhi felt that he had grown a lot. Before that, he thought that with his current level, he could easily beat Shigong Tianye. But after watching Shigong Tianye's game today, he realized how naive he was.
Only after seeing the basketball of that country and the basketball geniuses of that country, did Zebei Rongji know how ridiculously strong Shinomiya Tano was.
That kind of talent is simply not something an Asian player can possess... .
He had even begun to doubt whether the skills he had cultivated over the past few months could successfully overcome Shigong Tianye's defense.
“Bang!!!”
Just as Zebei Rongji was thinking this, a crisp sound suddenly came from the court. As the sound rang out, the basketball turned into a red light and flew out from under the basket rapidly, flying towards the Kyoto half.
It turned out that in this short while, Kyoto had reorganized the offense. Kyoto's forward player used his teammates' pick-and-roll to pass Shinomiya Tano and rushed into the basket to prepare for a layup, but what he faced was Shinomiya Tano's huge hand chasing him from behind.
Speed, jumping, strength, reaction, all-round crushing of the opponent, Sigong Tianye's defense range is not ordinary. If he shoots quickly after the pick-and-roll, he may really have no way to deal with it, but the opponent tries to attack the inside? Isn't this treating him like a dead man? !
The basketball flew rapidly towards the frontcourt. Sendoh, with his quick eyes and hands, grabbed the basketball and threw it directly to the frontcourt. There, Fujima had crossed the center line early, successfully received Sendoh's pass, and then entered the basket and made a light layup to send the ball into the basket.
The Kyoto players, who had lost their fighting spirit after being beaten by Shinomiya Tano, felt that time was too hard to bear. Every second was torture for them. On both offense and defense, they were just the background of the people in Kanagawa Prefecture. Playing basketball was no fun for them.
For them, they just want to end the game as soon as possible.
As time passed, the Kyoto players finally got their wish fulfilled. Including the free throw timeout, the game was going on for 23 minutes and the first half was finally declared over. The game entered halftime.
The score between the two teams was 54:23, and the difference was a terrifying 31 points.
"Hehe, sorry!"
"Your next game is a bit boring!"
As the referee blew the whistle at halftime, Shigong Tianye and the Ryonan players returned to the rest area. Shigong Tianye smiled at Jinguji Budou and others and said.
Even though the game lasted more than 20 points, there was not much sweat on Shinomiya Tano's face. It can be seen that the intensity of the first half of the game was not very high. Although the score difference between the two teams was quite large, Shinomiya Tano still had some strength left and did not play at his best.
"Although I expected this, I didn't expect you to have such a big advantage."
"This way, we will be much more relaxed."
Jinguji Takeshi didn't care. Although he also wanted to compete with Shinomiya Tano in his heart, the competition developed like this. Although he still had the intention to compete, there was no point in competing anymore.
What would it matter if they scored 40 points in the first half against this Kyoto team? It was meaningless.
Coach Tanaoka is quite satisfied with the team's results at this stage. The people of Kyoto have been beaten to a point where they have lost their spirit. In the second half of the game, relying on the abilities of Jinguji Takeshi and others, they can definitely win easily.
After a game, the players will not have too much physical consumption, and it will not have any impact on tomorrow's game. It is very important for Coach Tanaoka that Kanagawa Prefecture can face other opponents with the strongest attitude.
For the second half of the game, Coach Tanaoka still did not make any arrangements. He just told Mitsui and others to play freely and did not interfere with the technical and tactical aspects.
Just when Jinguji Takeshi and others were preparing to play in the game, the referee of the competition found Coach Takeoka and whispered something in his ear.
After Coach Tanaka saw the other person off with a smile, he waved to Mitsui Hisashi and Wudao.
"Budo, Mitsui, in the second half of the game, you guys should play a little more restrained and don't push too hard."
"The referee just told us that Kyoto is ready to give up the game, but there are too many spectators for today's game, and the organizing committee doesn't want Kyoto to give up the game at halftime."
"In order to avoid further undermining the confidence of the Kyoto players, you only need to ensure victory in the second half of the game. Don't let them lose too badly."
Coach Tanaoka whispered in the ears of Mitsui and Jinguji Takeshi. Hearing this, Mitsui and Takeshi were both stunned. Although this matter was not considered as "match-fixing", it was the first time they had heard such a request.
Mitsui Shou nodded stupidly, and Wudao spread his hands speechlessly to show that he understood.
After instructing the two, Coach Tanaka sighed, sat back in his seat, patted Shinomiya Tanaka's shoulder, and said nothing more. Shinomiya Tanaka saw Coach Tanaka's expression of emotion, not knowing what happened, and looked confused.
The halftime break passed very slowly for the Kanagawa players, but it passed too quickly for the Kyoto players. They felt that they had to start the torture again before they even had time to sit down.
But when they came on the court, they saw that Kanagawa Prefecture had only five players down and five up, and the terrifying Shinomiya Tano was not on the court.
This discovery made everyone in Kyoto breathe a sigh of relief. The dead silence on their faces disappeared and they all looked excited.
"Hey, hey, hey, you're not treating us like soft persimmons."
Miyagi Ryouta noticed the emotions of the Kyoto team members, scratched his head, and said something strange.
"The defense is a little looser and give them some game experience."
"On offense, we mainly use mid-range shots and more running. In short, we should move our bodies first."
Mitsui Shou whispered to the players. After what Coach Tiangang said, he felt embarrassed to encourage the players.
The players of both teams stood in the center circle again, and with the referee's whistle, the second half of the game officially began.
Akagi Takenori, who was in the middle circle for the jump ball, had not received any instructions from Coach Tanaka. He went all out in the jump ball fight, and the basketball was successfully hit by him, flying straight towards Miyagi Ryouta. The latter received the ball, but he didn't even dribble it, and passed it directly to Jinguji Budo.
Jinguji Budo was stunned after easily getting the basketball. For the first time, he felt that Miyagi was so reliable.
Without saying a word, he passed the ball back to Miyagi Ryouta.
Miyagi, who had just crossed the center line, was stunned when he saw the basketball flying towards him. Then, he saw Takeshi Jinguji giving him an encouraging look. The next second, Takeshi Jinguji actually cut into the inside.
Seeing this scene, Miyagi Ryouta was also shocked. He quickly dribbled the ball to the three-point line, and then shot directly despite the blockade of the defensive players.
In order to avoid the opponent's block, Miyagi's shot this time was very high, and the ball path was not ideal. The basketball fell, hit the edge of the basket, and fell to the side.
"Akagi, block it!"
Seeing the rebound, Jinguji Budou roared at Akagi, then quickly rushed to the basket, rushed to grab the rebound, and got the ball in his hands before everyone else. At this time, everyone in Kyoto also quickly surrounded the inside, ready to block Budou's shot.
But the next second, Jinguji Budou threw the ball and quickly passed it to Miyagi on the outside.
At this time, the palace was in a large empty space.
Miyagi took the ball, adjusted his posture, and shot another three-pointer.
This time, without any surprises, the basketball went straight into the net.
"Well done, Miyagi!"
"Good shot, shoot more in today's game and I'll pass the ball to you!"
Budou praised him, and patted Miyagi's shoulder on the way back to defense, encouraging him. Although he said this, what Budou was thinking about was what Coach Tanaka said.
"With Miyagi's precision... he should be able to complete Coach Takaoka's request without letting anyone know."
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