Takeshi Jinguji and Tano Shinomiya replaced Toru Hanagata and Mitsui Hisashi and walked into the court.
Kazunari Fukatsu made both free throws very steadily, making two of two. After he made two free throws, the score between the two teams came to 15:25, with a difference of 10 points.
After Jinguji Budou entered the court, he trotted towards the front court, while Shinomiya Tianye went to the baseline and served the ball to Amu. At the same time, he found Akagi while advancing towards the front court and said:
"Akagi, I see you're having a hard time dealing with that Kawata Masashi. Let me switch with you. Let me defend Kawata Masashi, and you go defend Nobe Masahiro."
Shimono's idea was very simple, and he didn't mean to look down on Akagi. He simply felt that Kawata's advantage over Akagi was too great, and if he were to defend Kawata, he would definitely be able to curb the opponent's activity.
But when Akagi heard his words, he misunderstood them.
"Need not!"
"I will deal with Kawata Masashi. Don't worry, I will never hold you back."
Akagi Tsunehiko replied in a muffled voice, his tone was full of dissatisfaction, and after saying this, Akagi quickened his pace and left in a hurry. Shinomiya Tano was stunned when he saw this, and he also realized that his words did not take Akagi's feelings into consideration. He did not expect that Akagi's reaction would be so big.
Shinomiya Tano has a high status in the Ryonan High School team. Not only the players of the same class, but even the players of the senior class will listen to him. But Akagi, who came from Xiangbei, didn't give him any face at all.
"This guy... I didn't realize he's quite arrogant."
Shigong Tianye murmured, and without arguing with Akagi, he quickly entered the front court and walked towards the basket. His movements attracted the attention of all the players from Akita Prefecture.
Zebei Rongji was originally thinking about defending Shinomiya Tano, and he was obviously stunned when he saw him enter the inside. Just as he was about to walk towards the inside, Kawata Masashi waved at him and pointed at Jinguji Budou who was approaching the three-point line.
Akita Prefecture still adopted the standard man-to-man defensive strategy. Kazunari Fukatsu was defending Shinichi Maki, Minoru Matsumoto was defending Sendoh, and Jinguji Budo, who replaced Mitsui Hisashi, was temporarily not defended by anyone.
Zebei Rongzhi saw Kawata Masashi's signal, curled his lips and walked towards Jinguji Budo reluctantly. Compared with defending Jinguji Budo, he hoped to defend Shigong Tianye more and take back his dignity from Shigong Tianye.
"Why is that guy Shinomiya Tano going to play inside?"
"Damn it, is this guy trying to avoid me?"
Sawakita Eiji came in front of Jinguji Budou while cursing, and he had just taken position not long ago when Maki Shinichi crossed the center line with the ball and approached the top of the arc.
"This guy is as famous as Shigong Tianye, let's just be on guard against him and see how it goes."
Zebei Rongzhi thought so in his heart, raised his head and looked at Jinguji Budo, and said:
"Hey, don't let me down!"
At this time, Wudao was turning his head to look at Maki Shinichi's position. When he suddenly heard Zebei Rongzhi say this, he just turned his head slightly and glanced at Zebei Rongzhi with an indifferent look. Zebei was a little unhappy when he saw Jinguji Wudao's expression. He felt that he was ignored. Just as he was about to say something, Jinguji Wudao suddenly started, ran towards Maki Shinichi and reached out to Maki Shinichi for the ball.
Although Zebei Rongji was a beat slow to react, he hurried to catch up with Jinguji Budou and did not dare to relax for a moment.
“Bang!”
Takeshi Jinguji quickly moved behind Shinichi Maki, and Shinichi Maki, who had the ball, quickly turned his back to the basket and passed the ball to Takeshi Jinguji, while at the same time using his back to hold Kazunari Fukatsu to prevent him from chasing Takeshi.
With the help of Shinichi Maki's pick-and-roll, Takeshi Jinguji directly dropped the ball and headed for the inside, but just as he crossed the three-point line, Eiji Zebei arrived and blocked in front of Takeshi Jinguji.
As soon as he arrived, Jinguji Budo suddenly stopped and looked towards the basket.
"Humph! Worshiping Buddha... How can such a fake move be..."
Zebei Rongzhi saw Jinguji Budao's action and instantly made a judgment in his mind. He didn't think Jinguji Budao would choose to shoot in this position. At this time, Jinguji Budao was one step inside the three-point line, quite a distance away from the basket, and also very close to the three-point line. At the same time, they had nearly 20 seconds of attack time for Kanagawa County, and there was plenty of time.
Any normal person would not choose to shoot in this position or at this time, whether it is pulling out to shoot a three-pointer, guiding the ball to look for a second chance, or continuing to break through, these three options are much better than a long shot from this position.
Based on these, Sawakita Eiji judged that Jinguji Budo's move was undoubtedly a fake.
Normally, Zebei Rongzhi's analysis and judgment are not wrong, but... .
In front of Zebei Rongji, Jinguji Budou made an abrupt stop and quickly looked up at the basket. At the same time, he quickly completed the ball collection with his hands, pulled up directly, and shot a fade away jump shot.
Not only was Jinguji Budou's shooting speed fast, but the timing of his shot was also somewhat contrary to common sense. Until Budou shot, Zebei Rongji was still standing in the same place, without even reaching out to interfere.
"What?"
Zebei Rongzhi saw Wudao shooting, and he exclaimed in surprise, and quickly turned his head to look at the basket. The basketball was passing over everyone's heads at this time, and in everyone's eyes, it flew towards the basket, and then fell steadily into the net with a crisp sound.
“Swish!”
With the sound of the net hitting the target, cheers immediately broke out from the stands.
Under the basket, Shinomiya Tano, who was trying to grab the rebound by blocking Nobe Masahiro with his body, saw the basketball go into the net and pulled back his strength, straightened his back, and while returning to defense, he murmured:
“It’s really scary!”
"This unreasonable shot should leave an indelible impression on the little bald head right away."
"But... if you focus too much on his shooting... he will be broken through..."
As Shigong Tianye returned to defense, he couldn't help but think of the scene of his previous Jinguji martial arts bullfight. The bullfight between the two of them was a complete explosion. From the beginning of the training camp for the Autumn National Games to the end of the training camp for the Autumn National Games, this situation has never changed.
And Jinguji Budou not only left the impression of unstoppable shooting in Shinomiya Tano's mind, but the breakthrough ability derived from this shooting technique is probably Jinguji Budou's most terrifying offensive method.
It is easy to defend a player without a basket, but the difficulty of defending a player with a basket and who is good at breaking through increases exponentially.
"I was careless... This guy really dared to throw!"
Zebei Rongzhi clenched his hands and murmured in annoyance.
At this time, Kanagawa Prefecture had quickly retreated. Akagi Takenori and Shinomiya Tano entered the inside defense, Maki Shinichi led the defense at the top of the arc, Sendoh and Jinguji Takeshi stood outside the three-point line on both sides, waiting for the Akita Prefecture people to enter.
Not long after, Masashi Kawata and Masahiro Nobe quickly entered the frontcourt. Masahiro Nobe chose to sink to the baseline, while Masashi Kawata stood outside the paint area on the free throw line side, in a high position.
His position also forced Takenori Akagi to leave the basket and move to the free throw line.
Not long after, Kazunari Fukatsu entered the frontcourt with the ball. As he crossed the center line, Eiji Sawakita and Minoru Matsumoto made staggered runs, intending to penetrate into the bottom corners on both sides.
Takeshi Jinguji had been paying attention to the position of Zebei Rongji. When he and Matsumoto were running in a cross-position, Takeshi realized it and moved his position in advance. While Zebei was moving towards the bottom corner, Takeshi also followed closely beside him, blocking Zebei's receiving route.
After running to the corner, Zebei had no intention of stopping and slid along the baseline towards the basket. Seeing this, Jinguji Takeshi had no intention of relaxing and quickly followed. However, when he was about to reach the basket, Zebei Rongji quickly ran back and instantly created a distance of nearly two meters between him and Takeshi.
The opportunity arose, Kazunari Fukatsu accurately seized the timing of the pass and quickly passed the ball to Eiji Zekita in the middle distance at the baseline.
The basketball was in his hands and Zebei Rongzhi quickly faced the basket. Just as the ball in his hand was raised to his chest, a big hand came down and slapped the basketball in an instant.
When the basketball landed, Jinguji Budou grabbed the ball with both hands and then quickly threw it to the front court.
There, Sendoh and Maki Shinichi had already crossed the center line and rushed towards the basket.
Shinichi Maki received the ball in the frontcourt and then passed it to Sendoh. After receiving the ball, Sendoh quickly rushed to the basket and made a jelly layup, easily avoiding the block of Minoru Matsumoto and sending the ball into the basket.
Jinguji Budou was in the backcourt watching Sendoh scoring in the frontcourt, grinned, then turned around and looked at Zebei Rongji.
"It was almost two meters away... As soon as I got the ball, the guy was already in front of me."
"This guy... is very fast!"
“Definitely not an ordinary player!”
Zebei Rongzhi met Jinguji Wudao's gaze, and the two looked at each other. Wudao saw a strong desire to fight in Zebei's eyes. Unlike before, Zebei Rongzhi now probably only thought about how to defeat him.
"Don't think about saving your energy to deal with Shigong Tianye. Just for this guy in front of me, I need to go all out to defeat him!"
Zebei Rongzhi said in his heart, then left the baseline and moved towards the top of the arc, ready to support Fukatsu and Matsumoto Minoru who were advancing with the ball.
"This kid... is Jinguji Budo from Xiangbei High School..."
"He's really agile. He's so tall, but he plays as a small forward."
"Zebei... You must not underestimate this man. This guy is the strongest scoring machine in Kanagawa Prefecture!"
When Goro Domoto saw Jinguji Takeshi score a goal and make a steal on the sidelines, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
The two strongest players from Kanagawa Prefecture have already stepped onto the court. Now, it depends on whether Akita Prefecture can withstand such pressure. If they can, then this game will be full of variables, but if they can't, they may not even make it to the second half, and the result of this game will be clear.
All of this depends on whether Akita Prefecture can contain the offensive launched by Jinguji Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano after they come on the field.
"Not only is his height excellent, but his speed is also quite terrifying. On the offensive end, we have to find a way to avoid that guy."
Kazunari Fukatsu dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. With just one ball, Fukatsu felt the horror of Jinguji Budou. Seeing that Zebei Rongji was followed by Jinguji Budou, he quickly gave up the idea of passing the ball to Zebei.
His eyes swept towards Masashi Kawata, who was occupying the middle distance at this time, and as the two looked at each other, they also completed eye contact.
Masashi Kawata quickly moved up to set up a screen, and Kazunari Fukatsu also quickly took advantage of the opportunity to break through.
At the same time, when Shinomiya Tanaka in the inside saw Akagi Takenori leaving with Kawata Masashi, he knew that something was wrong. Shinomiya Tanaka, who was originally standing behind Nobe Masahiro, secretly pushed Nobe Masahiro. The opponent felt the huge force coming from behind and immediately lowered his center of gravity, not wanting to be pushed away from his original position by Shinomiya Tanaka.
But as soon as his center of gravity dropped, Shinomiya Tano quickly got in front of him and trapped Nobe Masahiro behind him. Nobe Masahiro was unwilling to lose his position and pushed against Shinomiya Tano's back, but surprisingly, he, a power forward with a height of nearly two meters, could not push against Shinomiya Tano who was just over 190cm tall.
“This guy!!!”
"This guy is a small forward? So powerful?"
Masahiro Nobe tried hard to hold off Shinomiya Tano and was greatly shocked. He knew that Shinomiya Tano was very strong, but this was the first time he officially faced off against Shinomiya Tano. In this confrontation, Masahiro Nobe was exhausted. He really didn't expect that the opponent would be so strong.
On the outside, with the help of Kawata Masashi's high pick-and-roll, Fukatsu Kazunari successfully broke through, and at the same time, he quickly approached the free throw line. At this point, Shinomiya Tano's expression condensed, without the slightest hesitation, he raised his hands high and quickly rushed towards Fukatsu Kazunari.
In Kazunari Fukatsu's perception, it seemed that Shinomiya Tano was diving, but in fact, Shinomiya Tano just moved faster and his feet did not leave the ground at all.
Seeing this, Kazunari Fukatsu raised his basketball, but Shinomiya Tano was not in a hurry. He stood still one meter away from Fukatsu, stared at the basketball in Fukatsu's hand, bent slightly, and was ready to go.
“Bang!”
Facing the defensive threat from Shinomiya Tano, Kazunari Fukatsu did not have the courage to shoot. Even though Shinomiya Tano was one meter away from him, he did not dare to shoot from this position. He had seen Shinomiya Tano's terrifying bounce, and even if the opponent was one meter away from him, he had enough bounce and burst to block him.
Kazunari Fukatsu chose to fake a shot and pass the ball. He pushed the ball down with his right hand and passed it to the inside. At the moment when he shot the basketball, Shinomiya Tano seemed to have expected it and turned back to defend Nobe Masahiro.
At this time, Masahiro Nobe in the inside had just received the basketball, and Shinomiya Tano was already not far behind him. As Nobe Masahiro jumped up with the ball, Shinomiya Tano's figure also quickly flew into the air, and the black shadow completely enveloped Nobe Masahiro.
The basketball was shot, and Masahiro Nobe tried to rebound the ball into the net.
However, the basketball had just risen to the backboard when Shinomiya Tano appeared, flew out from behind Nobe Masahiro, slapped the ball directly on the backboard, and then took the ball into his arms with his right hand.
When Shinomiya Tano landed, he did not pass the ball to Maki Shinichi who had already run across the center line. Instead, he gave the ball to Jinguji Budou who had just approached the center line.
Takeshi Jinguji got the ball and his speed increased by two points. He quickly surpassed Shinichi Maki and ran towards the basket of Akita Prefecture. Shinichi Maki and Sendoh both noticed it and slowed down. When Matsumoto and Fukatsu saw Takeshi Jinguji dribbling past them, they decisively gave up their respective players and chased after Takeshi Jinguji.
All of a sudden, three little tails appeared behind Jinguji Takeshi. Sawakita Eiji, Fukatsu Kazunari, and Matsumoto Minoru quickly approached Jinguji Takeshi from three directions, trying to intercept him.
However, Jinguji Budou seemed to be unaware of the three people following behind him, and he quickly rushed to the basket with the ball, and jumped directly from two positions inside the free throw line. At the same time, Zebei Rongzhi and Matsumoto Minoru had already circled to both sides of Jinguji Budou and jumped up immediately.
Four arms blocked Jinguji Budou's way to score a goal, completely blocking his route.
"Bang!"
However, Jinguji Budo, who carried a strong impact force, was not afraid of the defense of these two people at all. He slammed his body into their arms, and his arms holding the ball directly pushed away the blocking arms, creating a path for himself.
“Bang!!!”
With a loud bang, Jinguji Budou completely pushed away the two defenders and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands. Zebei and Matsumoto Minoru fell to the ground quickly. Affected by Budou's huge force, the two stumbled for a few steps before they stood firm. Then they looked up in shock at Jinguji Budou who was holding the basket with both hands.
“Snap!”
Budo fell back to the ground, then hit the ball towards the baseline, glanced at Matsumoto Minoru and Zebei Rongzhi, and asked softly:
"Is this all your strength?"
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