This was the first time that Wudao had heard of the competition method proposed by Shinomiya Tano. If the other party proposed to compare data, this would be in line with Wudao's expectations. After all, although data is relatively one-sided, it can still reflect some things.
However, Shinomiya Tano planned to determine the outcome of the duel between the two based on Zebei Rongzhi's defensive tendencies. This proposal did arouse some interest in Wudao.
He also wanted to know, in Zebei Rongji's eyes, whether it was Jinguji Budo who was more worthy of guarding against, or Shinomiya Tano who was more worthy of guarding against.
It can be said that Zebei Rongji has become a touchstone for the strong.
"The competition you proposed is really quite novel."
"It's interesting. I took it."
Wudao nodded and agreed immediately. When he heard Jinguji Wudao's agreement, Shigong Tianye also nodded with a smile, and then asked the players on the sidelines to throw a basketball to him. He slowly walked into the court with the basketball and started warming up.
Today, Shigong Tianye was obviously very motivated. He frequently performed dunks during the warm-up phase, which caused the audience in the stands to exclaim again and again. Compared with his explosive dunks, Jinguji Budo's warm-up activities seemed mediocre. Stretching, shooting, dribbling, these were all Jinguji Budo's warm-up methods.
Shimono's flamboyant warm-up style not only attracted the attention of the audience, but also attracted the attention of the players from Akita Prefecture on the field.
"That's the ace of Ryonan High School, Shinomiya Tano."
"Zebei, the opponent you are facing is not an easy character to deal with!"
At the other end of the court, Matsumoto Minoru, who had just finished a layup and returned to the end of the line, noticed Shinomiya Tano at the other end of the court, and then spoke to Sawakita Eiji in front of him.
Although the members of the Akita Prefecture team are all members of Sanno Industries, the current team is very different from the Sanno Industries during the IH period.
Generally speaking, players in their third year of high school will choose to withdraw from the team after IH. During this period, they will begin to prepare for further studies or job hunting, and generally will not participate in club activities.
This year is the same. Several third-year players of Sanwang Industrial have been booked by various universities early on. At this moment, they will no longer participate in the autumn national sports games and the subsequent winter trials. It is not because the university restricts these players from playing, but these third-year players who have been specially recruited by the university have tacitly given the opportunity to show up to their younger brothers.
As a nationally renowned basketball powerhouse, the main players of Sanwang Industrial are in great demand among various universities. The long-standing tradition of Sanwang Industrial has also attracted batches of young and talented players to join the team.
Even Ryonan High School, the newcomer in IH this year, does not have this. In terms of foundation, both Ryonan and Shohoku are far behind Sanno.
Matsumoto Minoru is a sophomore player who was promoted to the starting position by Domoto Goro after his seniors in the third year of high school retired from the club.
Second-year student Minoru Matsumoto is 182cm tall and weighs 76kg. In Sanno Industrial, he is the best outside scorer after Eiji Sawakita.
"Shinomiya Tianye is very strong. I have already experienced this a few months ago."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of him."
"As for you, you have to be careful. If Shinomiya Tano and Jinguji Budou come on the field at the same time, you will have to deal with Jinguji Budou."
"That's not just a small character. He's someone who can be called the 'Kanagawa Twin Stars' together with Shinomiya Tano, and who can compete with Shinomiya Tano on the court."
"Your pressure is no less than mine."
Zebei Rongzhi stood in the queue, listening to what Matsumoto Minoru said behind him, and turned his head slightly to look at the other end of the court. There, Jinguji Budou was standing on the sidelines, doing warm-up exercises with his back to the basket.
"I certainly won't underestimate my opponents."
"Jinguji Budo, who is a twin star with Shinomiya Tano... An opponent of this level is a very suitable stepping stone!"
Although Matsumoto Minoru is not the ace player in Sanno, he is quite proud of it. With his ability, he can be the ace player of any school. He is very confident in his ability, and today's game is a very good opportunity.
As long as he can rise to the top by relying on Jinguji martial arts, his name, Matsumoto Minoru, will definitely be known throughout Kanagawa Prefecture!
After all, his opponent was one of the most famous high school players in Kanagawa Prefecture.
"A stepping stone..."
"Matsumoto... you..."
"Forget it, just do your best."
When Zebei Rongzhi saw his teammates' confident looks, he wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back and did not discourage his teammates' enthusiasm.
Although he has never fought against Jinguji Budo directly, he has faced off against Shinomiya Tano!
The overwhelming pressure that Shimonoseki exerted on the defensive end was something no one else could compare to. When he faced off against Shimonoseki, his offense was severely suppressed.
Zebei is also quite confident in his own strength. Even though he was not as mature as he is now when he was facing Shigong Tianye, he was able to suppress him at that time. Shigong Tianye's defensive ability is definitely quite terrifying.
However, Jinguji Budo was able to score points crazily on his opponent's head. This kind of attack power is definitely the top strength in the whole country.
Although Matsumoto Minoru is strong, it depends on who he is compared with. Zebei Rongzhi does not think that Matsumoto Minoru has the ability to make Jinguji Budou his stepping stone. In the arena, Matsumoto Minoru can be evenly matched with Jinguji Budou, and he is thankful.
Zebei didn't say anything that would be detrimental to unity, and instead concentrated on warming up.
The nearly half-hour warm-up time was too long for the audience who were looking forward to the start of the game.
But for the players who were preparing for the game seriously, the half-hour warm-up time passed very quickly.
“Beep—”
As the referee's long whistle sounded, the players of both teams stopped warming up at the same time and began to walk towards the rest area to make final preparations before the game.
"Akagi Takenori, Hanagata Toru, Amu, Mitsui Hisashi, Sendoh."
"Are you all... ready?"
Coach Tiangang stood on the sidelines to greet the players leaving the field. The non-starting players returned to their seats in the rest area, while the five starting players gathered in front of Coach Tiangang to listen to his final instructions. However, Coach Tiangang did not make any tactical arrangements at this moment. Instead, he asked the players this question.
“Ready!”
"certainly!"
Mitsui Hisashi and Maki Shinichi answered in unison. Although the others did not speak, the expressions on their faces showed their strong desire to fight.
"very good!"
"Then I'll leave it to you!"
Coach Tiangang glanced at the faces of all the players, raised the corners of his mouth slightly and smiled.
"Yes!" After a unanimous response, Kanagawa Prefecture's starting players began to walk into the field.
At this time, on the other side of the court, the five starting players of Sanno Industrial also walked into the court one after another.
Center, sophomore Masashi Kawata; power forward, sophomore Masahiro Nobe; small forward, freshman Eiji Sawakita; shooting guard, sophomore Minoru Matsumoto; point guard, sophomore Kazunari Fukatsu.
Akita Prefecture did not play any tricks with Kanagawa Prefecture. Right from the start, they sent out their strongest five-man team.
Goro Domoto knew the strength of the Kanagawa team and had no intention of underestimating the opponent, so he sent the strongest starters to the field. When he saw the players from Kanagawa, he was obviously stunned, and turned his head in disbelief to look at Coach Tanaoka in another rest area.
"In fact... .. not even Shinomiya Tano was sent into the field?!"
"The point guard position is played by Shinichi Maki... He is a famous point guard in Kanagawa Prefecture."
"That Sendoh Akira should be the small forward responsible for attacking the defense."
"And Mitsui Shou from Xiangbei..."
"Coach Tanaoka, you don't take our Akita Prefecture seriously!"
Goro Domoto looked at the players of Shohoku on the court and felt a little dissatisfied when he knew that Coach Takeka did not put out the strongest lineup.
At the same time, Coach Gaotou, who was watching the game in the stands, raised his eyebrows when he saw Coach Tiangang's deployment of troops, and then his eyebrows were wrinkled into the shape of a "川" character.
"Tanaka, you fool! How dare you look down on Sanno Industries! Look down on Akita Prefecture!"
"This guy, doesn't he think that his team is invincible just because Ryonan beat IH? How dare he be so arrogant!"
Coach Gaotou cursed in his heart. If Coach Tianoka was standing in front of him at this moment, his saliva would probably spray directly on Coach Tianoka's face.
However, this emotion did not last long, and Coach Gaotou quickly calmed down. He opened the small fan in his hand. It was still raining and there was a cool breeze outside, but he still fanned himself with the small fan, analyzing Coach Tiangang's plan of deploying troops in his mind.
"I see... ."
"This guy Tiangang is really insidious!"
"But... after all these matches, I have never seen Shinomiya Tano and Jinguji Budou on the court at the same time."
"The basketball court is not big, and there are only five people on a team. Can two tiger kings really live in harmony?"
Coach Takato, who was calm and clear-headed, quickly understood Coach Takaoka's intention. Although he understood it, his worries were not relieved much.
“Beep!!”
At this time, the starting players of both teams had already taken their positions in the center circle. With the referee's whistle, the basketball was thrown high into the air.
The roars of Akagi Takenori and Kawata Masashi announced the start of the game.
“Bang!”
With a crisp sound, the basketball fell rapidly from the air. In the jump ball, Kawata Masashi overpowered Akagi Takenori and slapped the basketball first. The basketball also flew straight into the hands of Fukatsu Kazunari.
In terms of explosive power and jumping ability, Masashi Kawata is better than Akagi.
"Hehe! Kawada is still reliable!"
Kazunari Fukatsu caught the basketball easily, and was about to drop the ball when he saw a figure running towards him quickly out of the corner of his eye. The action of dropping the ball suddenly stopped, and Fukatsu took the ball and made a loop around his waist on the spot, instantly avoiding the steal from the side. After that, he dropped the ball and moved forward.
"What a quick move!"
"This guy is very dangerous!" Kazunari Fukatsu avoided a steal and moved forward with the ball while looking at Shinichi Maki who quickly returned to defense after a failed steal, and said to himself.
At this time, Maki Shinichi quickly returned to defense and secretly felt it was a pity.
"As expected of Sanno Industrial's point guard, Kazunari Fukatsu... has a broad vision and really fast reaction speed!"
At this time, Maki Shinichi couldn't help but look up to the other party. He didn't expect that he was seen by the other party even though he was rushing over from a blind spot, and the other party was so agile.
After a small confrontation, everyone from Kanagawa Prefecture quickly returned to their positions.
The starting players had not trained in defense systematically, and faced Sanno, Maki Shinichi and Mitsui Hisashi adopted a man-to-man tactic. Maki Shinichi was responsible for Kazunari Fukatsu, Sendoh was responsible for Eiji Sawakita, Mitsui Hisashi faced Minoru Matsumoto, and Akagi and Hanagata in the interior guarded Masashi Kawata and Masahiro Nobe respectively.
After Kazunari Fukatsu entered the frontcourt with the ball, he immediately passed the ball to Eiji Zekita.
The first goal of the game should naturally be given to the ace!
Zebei Rongji got the ball outside the three-point line. Facing Sendoh's defense, he didn't make any unnecessary movements. He just made a simple fake move to induce the opponent, and then he broke through with the ball. His extremely fast breakthrough speed made the audience in the stands cheer.
“Breakthrough?!”
"No! No!"
Zebei Rongji dropped the ball and rushed forward. Everyone thought that his fast breakthrough speed could instantly pass the defensive players, but to everyone's surprise, the defending player Sendoh was also fast. In a blink of an eye, he not only caught up with the opponent, but even went around in front of Zebei and blocked Zebei's way.
Faced with such a situation, Sendo Eiji did not choose to rush forward. He stopped immediately and started to adjust himself.
"That Zebei Rongzhi... ..his speed is even faster than when he was in IH!"
Shigong Tianye watched this round of attack and defense between Sendoh and Zebei, touched his chin and spoke in a serious tone.
"It's already much faster than before, but it will probably be even more difficult to deal with in reality."
“He’s a very good player.”
"But... what surprised me even more was Xiandao. He actually caught up with such a breakthrough?"
Takeshi Jinguji was sitting next to Shimonoseki. Compared to Zebei's performance, he was more surprised at Sendoh's performance.
"Humph, don't you see who he usually practices with?"
"How could Xiandao lose to an opponent of Zebei's level?!"
"Hey! Sendo, be on guard, let that bald guy see how powerful you are!"
Shigong Tianye snorted and said to protect his child, then jumped up from his seat and yelled at Xiandao in the field.
His voice reached Sendoh's ears, and Sendoh subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the sidelines. The game had just begun, and Sendoh, who was slow to warm up, had not yet fully entered the game.
"Ahh! Where are you looking, idiot?!"
Coach Takeo noticed that Sendoh was distracted immediately, and he pulled Shinomiya Tano back to his seat and cursed at the field.
And how could Sendoh's opponent, Zebei Rongji, not see through Sendoh's loophole? He took advantage of Sendoh's distraction, held the ball close to him, then turned around and quickly passed Sendoh, rushing towards the inside.
Seeing this, Akagi at the basket moved up to intercept, but Zebei passed Sendoh and made a quick stop jump shot from mid-range. The shot was extremely decisive and the posture was very cool.
"Motor motor~"
Just when Zebei Rongji thought his attack was about to succeed, a light voice came into his ears. Sendoh, who was clearly passed by him, appeared behind him at some point and slapped the basketball from top to bottom with one hand.
The basketball that had just flown changed its path and flew straight into the arms of Akagi who came to defend.
"What?!" Zebei Rongzhi was also shocked by this sudden scene. After landing, he quickly looked back and what caught his eyes was Sendoh's calm expression.
"Don't think you can get past me so easily!"
"Sawakita Eiji!"
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