In his first game in the United States, Takeshi Jinguji's performance made coach Steve Smith extremely satisfied. Although the game has not ended yet, in the heart of coach Steve Smith, he has already regarded Takeshi Jinguji as the team's starter.
In the state competitions in the next few months, he plans to put Budo on the 11-man roster so that Budo Jinguji can show his strength on a bigger stage. At the same time, based on the playing characteristics of Budo Jinguji in the game, coach Steve Smith is also thinking about a training plan tailored to Budo's personal situation.
After watching almost the entire game, Steve Smith found that Takeshi Jinguji's shooting and footwork in the mid- and low-post were excellent, much stronger than the rough guys in the low-post on the team. His agile and elegant style of play was also quite entertaining. He had strong explosiveness and fast speed, and was a scorer with comprehensive skills.
The biggest problem is that sometimes the shot selection is a bit poor.
Some of those unreasonable shots scored, but many of them did not. Most of the things that affected Jinguji Budo's actual hit rate were those unreasonable shots.
At present, Coach Steve Smith simply believes that Takeshi Jinguji wants to perform well on the court, which is why he makes so many unreasonable shots. He just secretly notes this characteristic of Takeshi Jinguji in his heart, but is not in a hurry to correct it.
After all, this is America, and there are many players with this kind of playing style. Even coach Steve Smith thinks that Budou's characteristics are quite "American" and he doesn't look like an Asian player at all.
“He’s fast, strong in penetration, flexible in the mid- and low-post, and generally accurate in shooting.”
"This kid is really quite comprehensive. So far, he doesn't have any obvious shortcomings."
"In the next period of training, we will continue to strengthen these characteristics of his, increase weight appropriately without affecting his flexibility, and strengthen his confrontation."
“The competition at the high school level is not that strong, but if you want to compete in higher-level competitions, you absolutely cannot fall behind in the competition.”
"Using high-intensity competitions to help him quickly adapt to the competition in American basketball, strengthen basic training, and ensure physical health should be enough..."
Coach Steve Smith began to plan the future training direction of Jinguji Budo in his mind, while keeping his attention on the field.
On the court, the blue team has the ball.
After entering the frontcourt, Steven immediately passed the ball to Jinguji Budou. While passing the ball, he quickly moved towards Budou, preparing for a pick-and-roll.
Seeing this, Carl Lewis from the blue team quickly moved up, preparing to cooperate with Steven to provide two-way cover for Wu Dao.
Although Wu Dao only played with the players of the blue team for a few dozen minutes, he has already proved his worth by scoring. Now at the final moment of the game, these people have put all the mess behind them. Now everything they do on the court is just for victory!
Two-way pick and roll!
Budou had already noticed when Steven and Carl Lewis came forward. He swung his body and moved directly along the three-point arc towards the top of the arc with the ball. Stephen Jackson on the defending side quickly squeezed in front of Steven, broke his pick-and-roll, and caught up with Budou Jinguji.
However, just as Stephen Jackson arrived in front of Takeshi Jinguji, Takeshi Jinguji immediately accelerated forward, quickly lowered his body and broke through to the inside.
Stephen Jackson turned around and wanted to chase, but a "wall" stood directly in front of him, blocking his way.
"Fuck!" Stephen Jackson cursed under his breath as he looked at Carl Lewis in front of him. Then he saw Takeshi Jinguji cutting into the inside, pushing against their team's center, and with a pull-up shot, he sent the ball into the basket.
Facing the over two-meter tall center of the White Team, Jinguji Budo was not at all afraid. Relying on his jumping and air-staying skills, his attack after cutting into the basket was as easy as drinking water.
The score was 89:88, and the blue team took the lead.
"Nicely done, Takeru!"
Seeing the score reverse, Steven seemed quite excited and celebrated with Wudao by high-fiving. Although Carl Lewis was not as enthusiastic as Steven, a smile appeared on his dark face when he saw Wudao score a goal.
On the bench, a group of white guys were cheering loudly, while on the other side, a group of black guys were cheering crazily for the white team that Stephen Jackson and Danny were on.
The substitute players of the same team were divided into two distinct camps based on their skin color.
The students watching the game did not have so many twists and turns. Wudao's performance had already conquered these young people. When they saw Jinguji Wudao scoring a goal, they cheered one after another. There were even brave girls who glanced at Wudao when he looked at the sidelines.
Not long after the blue team scored, the white team quickly launched a counterattack. The white team's players were all black players, and their inside strength was actually much stronger than the blue team. Carl Lewis alone could not cover the basket.
The white guy named George who returned to the court had very poor strength and could not play power forward at all. The blue team actually had a lineup of 1 big and 4 small players.
Of course, Wu Dao can also be regarded as a big man on this court, but he is restrained by Stephen Jackson and cannot enter the inside. He can only let Carl Lewis guard the second under the basket, and such a defensive formation is obviously unable to stop the attack of the white team.
Stephen Jackson received the ball outside the three-point line, and as the ball landed, he dragged his steps to test Wudao's defensive position. After two moves, he saw that Wudao's defense had no obvious flaws, so he rushed forward with the ball and pressed his body directly against Jinguji Wudao. At the same time, Stephen Jackson's inside teammates quickly left the basket, engaged George's defense and stood near the basket on the side of the baseline.
Carl Lewis knew that George could not withstand the forward player who left the inside, but he did not leave the basket. After all, there was still someone under the basket who needed him to defend.
Stephen Jackson successfully created some gaps by relying on physical confrontation, and then quickly passed the ball to his teammates at the baseline. Then he changed direction without the ball, quickly passed Wu Dao, cut into the inside, and at the same time attracted the attention of Wu Dao and Carl Lewis.
The power forward of the blue team received the ball at the baseline, and directly backed up to shoot, then took a low step, turned around and made a high jump shot, easily sending the ball into the basket.
This series of moves also showed exquisite inside footwork, soft touch and excellent strength. This level of strength is far beyond the forward players in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Budou knew very well that no matter whether it was Akagi or Uozumi, or Hanagata or Takasago from Kanagawa Prefecture, they would not be able to gain any advantage over the player from the blue team.
Every player playing on the court now would be top-notch in Kanagawa. Even Steven, whose offensive ability is not very strong, has better vision, speed and control of passing timing than Fujima and Miyagi. Perhaps only Amu can compare with him.
With the blue team scoring a goal, the score came to 89:90.
In the next two minutes or so, the offensive tempo of the white team and the blue team slowed down, striving to seize every opportunity in every attack.
The players who led the offense of the two teams were Takeshi Jinguji and Stephen Jackson, and both of them were very strong in key ball abilities. Near the end of the game, both of them still had plenty of physical strength and their performance became more stable.
Time was running out quickly in the rotation of offense and defense. If everyone scored two points normally, the White Team would have won the game. However, in the last few attacks, Jinguji Budo didn't score two points at all, but three points.
It was still a game of one goal each, but Wu Dao scored three three-pointers in the final moments, which completely secured the victory for the blue team.
98:96. As the referee's whistle sounded, the score between the two teams was fixed at this value.
In the end, Wu Dao failed to achieve the 50-point goal he had set before, and only scored 47 points in the whole game. His debut on the Oak Hill Academy court stunned everyone in Oak Hill.
Yellow storm.
After a simple warm-up match within the team, Jinguji Budou was given such a nickname, and with the terrifying record of 47 points in a single game, it became extremely easy for Budou to integrate into the team.
It is true that the United States is a xenophobic country. Discrimination against blacks and Asians is not uncommon.
But in the sport of basketball, both players and spectators admire the strong. Strength is the best ticket to Jinguji Budo!
Relying on his strength, Wu Dao officially gained a foothold in the team.
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The night is rich.
The dormitory of Oak Hill College is quite remote. Outside, it is peaceful and quiet, and the stars in the sky are twinkling.
Takeshi Jinguji was lying on his bed in his new dormitory, listening to his roommate Steven's complaints.
"Lily, she didn't stay with me after all."
"Wu... Why? I obviously like her so much, and I'm so good to her, why doesn't she choose me?"
In the dark dormitory, starlight and moonlight shone into the room, illuminating the desk in front of the window. In the darkness, Steven curled up on the bed with a pillow in his arms, staring blankly at the scenery in front of the window.
After the practice match, Wu Dao and Steven became friends. From him, Wu Dao also learned that there were other stories behind this game.
To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than the old-fashioned love entanglement between adolescent boys and girls.
The girl Steven liked was called Lily, and she became Danny's girlfriend, but Danny was not a good man either. While he was dating Lily, he had several other girls outside. Lily didn't know about this, but Steven, who was her teammate, heard Danny bragging about it every day in the team, so how could he not know
Steven and Lily talked about Danny's situation, which was considered as throwing mud.
Reality is often magical and bloody.
Steven, who couldn't bear to see Lily fall into the pit, wanted to solve it with the players' way, but he also knew that he was no match for Danny in a one-on-one duel. Both of them were point guards, but their styles were completely different. Considering his own disadvantage, Steven proposed a 5v5 game. If he led his team to win, Danny would take the initiative to break up with Lily.
Just like “girls helping girls” as some people advocate, “white helping white” and “black helping black” are also popular in America.
The teammates that Steven found were all white, and the teammates that Danny found were all black. However, in the Oak Hill basketball team, the strength of black players was much stronger than that of white players. Therefore, Steven begged Carl Lewis and others humbly and successfully recruited them into the team.
However, on the court, people like Carl Lewis still helped Danny and did not let him play freely. Or, they did not want to be excluded by the black group. If they devoted themselves to helping Steven play the game, he might have no black friends on the team later.
Normally, there's no way Steven would win.
But the appearance of Jinguji Budo made things turn around. After being ridiculed by Budo, in order to protect the honor of Oak Hill Academy, Carl Lewis and his people had no time to care about whether they were excluded or not.
Everyone's attention was shifted to Jinguji Budo because of his arrival, and few people cared about the entanglement between Danny and Steven.
The result of the match also surprised Steven, as his attack centered around Jinguji Budo actually managed to overwhelm his opponent and win the match.
But after the game, when he approached Danny...
"Adolescent boys are really... so naive that it makes you feel sorry for them!"
Wu Dao was lying on the bed, looking up at the starry sky, listening to Steven's complaints and cries, thinking so in his heart.
He did not try to persuade Steven, nor could he offer his experience. Although the two could be considered friends, it was a taboo to talk too much with someone who was not very close. As a listener, Wu Dao would occasionally scold Danny according to Steven's mood, which was the greatest use of him as a friend.
From today on, Jinguji Budo has officially opened a new chapter in his American career!
Gossip is something that you should just listen to.
...
Just as Jinguji Budou started a new chapter in his career in the United States, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was far away in Kanagawa, also ushered in a new stage in his basketball career.
On this day, after the team's daily training, Coach Anzai left Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi alone.
Ever since Jinguji Budo went to the United States, Coach Anzai has seldom come to the team, and the team's training tasks are all arranged by Mitsui Hisashi.
Coach Anxi comes three or four times a week, occasionally adjusting the team's training plan. Most of the time, he sits quietly on the sidelines, either watching the players train or staring at the sky outside the window, lost in thought, not knowing what he is thinking.
And today, one month after Wu Dao left.
Coach Anzai's friends overseas passed on the news about Jinguji Budo to him.
Oak Hill High School in the United States has produced an ace player known as the "Yellow Storm". In the more than one month since the "Yellow Storm" emerged, he averaged 33.4 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game in warm-up games with other colleges and universities in Virginia.
Moreover, the player known as the "Yellow Storm" is adapting to the game at a terrifying speed, and his personal data is also on an upward trend.
That strong attitude has attracted the attention of many NCAA colleges and universities. ESPN in the United States has also noticed the existence of the "Yellow Storm". Relevant personnel revealed that if the "Yellow Storm" continues to maintain this attitude, after dozens of games, it will be included in ESPN's top 100 high school students in the United States.
Predicted draft pick: 91st, a four-star high school student.
If the "Yellow Storm" can maintain his scoring data as the games progress and his rebounding, assists and other data increase further, he will have the potential to challenge the position of the top high school student in the United States.
Coach Anxi seemed extremely excited after learning the news this morning. During the Xiangbei team training today, Coach Anxi also changed his usual behavior and sat on the sidelines watching the game, correcting some players' problems from time to time.
After the game, Coach Anzai kept Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Coach Anzai also saw "possibility" in Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi. His heart was already restless. He was tired of the retirement life.
"Dad, what are you doing here? Is there anything?"
After the rest of the Xiangbei players left the gym one after another, Sakuragi Hanamichi walked up to Coach Anzai, held Coach Anzai's chin with one hand, and asked in a mean way.
“Hohoho.”
Coach Anzai was not angry about Sakuragi's outrageous behavior. He smiled, straightened his expression, and said:
"Sakuragi, I kept you here because of something."
"You... and Rukawa Kaede, do you want to become stronger?"
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