After a new group of freshmen came up, Sakuragi Hanamichi directly contributed two powerful slam dunks. Combined with Kiyota Nobunaga's previous single breakthrough and high rebound score, the total score of the freshman team reached six points.
At one point they were actually leading the senior team led by Jinguji Takeshi by 1 point.
Although the ball is now in the hands of the seniors, they were evenly matched with them, and even suppressed the senior team for a while after the opening. Sakuragi Hanamichi and his team are the first first-year team to do this.
Kiyota Nobunaga holding the ball, Katsumi Ichiro delivering an alley-oop, and Sakuragi Hanamichi making consecutive dunks all became the focus of all the freshmen. On the contrary, Rukawa Kaede and Nango Koichiro became somewhat invisible.
The senior students served the ball from the backcourt, and the basketball fell into the hands of Miyagi Ryouta, who advanced with the ball. Because the freshmen returned to defense quickly, Miyagi Ryouta deliberately slowed down his advancement this time.
By the time he approached the top of the arc with the ball, 6 seconds of the offensive time had passed. After approaching the top of the arc, Miyagi had no intention of passing the ball. He held the ball and quietly observed the defense of the first-year team.
Tetsushi Shiozaki on the side had completely relaxed his nerves on the offensive end. In his opinion, their senior team had Jinguji Takeshi as the ball-holding core and Miyagi Ryouta as the assault team leader, so he could not play any role at all in the offense.
Therefore, even if Miyagi stood at the top of the arc and did not pass the ball, he had no intention of running.
Chiba Daiishi in the inside seemed to have noticed that Miyagi seemed to want to make some tactical arrangements, so he quietly moved up and made a high-post pick-and-roll for Miyagi Ryouta.
And the next second after Chiba Daishi arrived at the pick-and-roll, Miyagi Ryouta started quickly and broke through with the ball.
Kiyota Nobunaga achieved one attack and one assist in front of him. Even though they were in the same position and his senior was Miyagi Ryouta, how could he be willing to become a stupid dealer
Miyagi Ryouta's breakthrough instantly affected the freshman's double-team defense system. In fact, when Chiba Oishi was preparing for a pick-and-roll, Nango Koichiro also followed out. At this time, Miyagi broke through with the help of a screen, and Nango Koichiro decisively gave up Chiba and followed Miyagi directly.
Although Nango Koichirō is a center, he runs very fast and has a positional advantage. Therefore, as soon as Miyagi broke through, Nango Koichirō easily followed, stuck his body close to Miyagi, raised one hand high, and completely blocked Miyagi Ryouta's layup route.
After Miyagi advanced for a distance, Sakuragi Hanamichi on the side also came up to assist in defense and was about to form a double team with Nango Koichiro. Even Katsume Ichiro outside the three-point line gave up Tetsushi Shiozaki at this moment and surrounded Miyagi from behind.
This sudden attack by Miyagi Ryouta completely exposed the freshman team's joint defense.
Miyagi knew it was impossible to score against two tall men over 190cm tall. He suddenly paused, found the right opportunity and quickly passed the ball. The basketball flew past Sakuragi Hanamichi's body and towards Kakuta Satoru behind him.
Miyagi was very familiar with the athletic ability of Sakuragi and Nango Koichiro. Forceful charge? With his height of 168cm and weight of 60kg, that would be courting death!
Great pass!
"Hmph!" The moment the basketball flew past Sakuragi Hanamichi, Sakuragi subconsciously reached out to block it. Although he failed to block it, his body quickly turned around and rushed directly towards Kakuta Satoru.
The two were less than one meter apart. Just when Kadota Satoru received the basketball and raised the ball above his head to prepare for a shot, Sakuragi Hanamichi rushed directly in front of Kadota Satoru and slapped the basketball with one hand, knocking the ball away.
"ohhhh! That redhead moves so fast!"
"That guy with dyed hair wasn't slow either, he caught up with Senior Miyagi's breakthrough in no time!"
The first-year players had a very good understanding of each other in defense, and the athleticism of the two inside players, Hanamichi Sakuragi and Koichiro Nango, surprised the first-year players.
"Sakuragi Hanamichi... How could this bad boy have such ability?!"
Ryumasa Oda, who was watching the game on the sidelines, was also full of confusion. He didn't remember a bad boy like Sakuragi Hanamichi playing basketball. In his impression, Sakuragi was either skipping classes or fighting. He rarely showed up at school in his third year of junior high school. He even thought that Sakuragi Hanamichi was not going to go to high school.
But the strength that Sakuragi Hanamichi showed now was obviously not something a basketball novice could possess. Although Oda Ryumasa was proud and could not see through a bad boy like Sakuragi, he still had good eyesight. He even felt that with Sakuragi Hanamichi's ability, he could become an inside ace in any junior high school team!
Just as the freshmen were amazed, the basketball blocked by Sakuragi was picked up by Tetsushi Shiozaki who was standing outside stupidly.
"ah!
! "Sakuragi, who had blocked the ball, saw that the basketball was taken by Shiozaki, and immediately grabbed his head and howled. Seeing this, Katsume Ichiro's eyes rolled, but he kept going back to Shiozaki to fill in the position.
Nango Koichirō swallowed the word "idiot" and immediately moved towards Chiba Daiishi who was walking towards the inside.
The first-year defense adjusted instantly.
“Hohohoho!”
“These children are really outstanding!”
Coach Anxi on the sidelines saw Sakuragi and others complete the defensive adjustments in an instant, nodded with satisfaction, then leaned back in his chair comfortably, picked up the teacup and drank tea.
On the court, Tetsu Shiozaki, who had picked up the basketball, didn't dare to shoot the ball at all, but as Ichiro Katsumi approached quickly, the second-year student actually showed his fear. Ichiro Katsumi instantly understood Tetsu Shiozaki's mentality, and with a quick three-point shot, he planned to steal the ball.
"Shiozaki, give me the ball!"
However, at this moment, Jinguji Budou suddenly appeared on the side of Tetsushi Shiosaki. While reminding Shiosaki, he arrived beside Shiosaki before Katsume Ichiro and snatched the ball directly from Shiosaki's hands.
Then he dribbled backwards quickly, his eyes looking towards the basket.
If Takeshi's teammate is an excellent player at this time, he will definitely protect the ball with his back to the basket as soon as Takeshi approaches, and use his body to hold back Katsume Ichiro, while also being able to hinder the pursuing Rukawa Kaede, and at the same time quickly pass the ball to Takeshi.
In this way, Jinguji Budou can directly shoot the moment he receives the ball.
However, Shiozaki's condition at the moment was clearly such that he couldn't do this. Katsume Ichiro reacted quickly and bypassed Tetsushi Shiozaki. Together with Rukawa who was chasing after him, they surrounded Budo and double-teamed him.
However, Jinguji Budo would not allow these two guys to surround him. Even if he had the ability to break through and double-team him, he would not deliberately put himself in danger.
Wudao, who had slightly distanced himself from Shiozaki, circled around Shiozaki, changed his form, and then started moving, completely treating Shiozaki as a pillar.
Katsumi Ichiro's reaction was not slow, but facing the sudden start of Budo, he still seemed to be unable to catch up. His explosive power was not enough to support him to catch up with Budo. However, he could not catch up, but Rukawa could. At the same time as Budo's "explosive start around the pillar", Rukawa directly inserted into the three-point line, got into position early, and waited for the opportunity.
However, what surprised Rukawa Kaede and Katsume Ichiro was that after bypassing Shiozaki, Jinguji Budo had no intention of cutting into the inside, and he just stopped and pulled up at the three-point line. His graceful and elegant shot made Katsume Ichiro's eyes shrink suddenly.
“Swish!”
When he and Rukawa looked back, the basketball had already flown over everyone's heads and went directly into the net, making a crisp sound.
"Ohhhhh! Another three-pointer!"
"Two consecutive three-pointers! With that dunk, he scored 8 points alone!"
"As expected of Xiangbei's ace, he is too strong! This two-meter-tall small forward can do a pull-up shot with such accuracy! Who can stop him?!"
"Jinguji-senpai's playing style is really..."
Takeshi Jinguji's consecutive three-pointers instantly made the Shohoku gym lively. If Sakuragi Hanamichi's dunk successfully aroused the enthusiasm of the players, then Takeshi Jinguji's chic pull-up jump shot made everyone's hair stand on end.
Even though most of the first-years had never directly faced off against Wudao, at this moment, they could all feel the despair of the defenders when they were defending Jinguji Wudao.
It was hard for them to imagine a center over two meters tall, and a small forward over two meters tall who was even good at three-point shooting was beyond their cognition.
Although the basketball went into the net, Rukawa Kaede and Katsume Ichiro both withdrew their gazes and looked intently at Jinguji Budo.
And Wu Dao obviously didn't take such a goal seriously. Such a ball was no longer difficult for him. The moment the basketball entered the net, he was already running back to defense, leaving only his back to Rukawa and others.
"His projection is as terrible as ever..."
Rukawa Kaede sighed inwardly, and after a brief moment of distraction, his eyes immediately regained their fighting spirit.
He, Rukawa Kaede, has never been someone who would be easily defeated!
No, no one can defeat him!
During the transition between offense and defense, Rukawa Kaede finally couldn't bear to be left out, and soon after Kiyoda Nobunaga crossed the center line with the ball, he immediately asked Kiyoda Nobunaga for the ball.
Seeing this, Kiyota Nobunaga hesitated for a moment, then gave some lead time and passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa, who was originally close to the three-point line with his back to the basket, hurriedly took a step forward, took the ball in his hands, received the ball more than one meter away from the three-point line, and turned to face the basket.
And Wudao had no intention of pursuing him too much. He simply moved sideways and still stood inside the three-point line, looking at Rukawa.
“Good opportunity!”
The moment Rukawa turned around, he saw where Wu Dao was standing. He was one meter away from the three-point line, holding the ball directly, preparing for a long shot. Seeing this, the defending Wu Dao shrank slightly, not only did he not move forward, but he lowered his center of gravity by two points and stared at the basketball.
The moment Rukawa looked at the basket, he noticed Wudao's movements from the corner of his eye, thinking that Wudao was guarding against his breakthrough after the fake shot. So he didn't care and shot directly.
However, at the moment when the basketball left his hand, Jinguji Budou, who was one meter away from him, suddenly jumped up on the spot. With a big hand, he blocked the sky and the sun, and instantly blocked Rukawa's sight. The next second, with a "bang", a red light flew past Rukawa's ears quickly, bringing up a gust of wind.
And just after the basketball was blocked by Wudao, Wudao who landed on the ground started quickly, passed Rukawa in the blink of an eye, picked up the basketball on the ground in the frontcourt, and rushed towards the first-year basket.
Rukawa stood there blankly, his face bewildered, not daring to believe what was happening before his eyes.
Jinguji Budo... ..actually blocked his three-point shot from a distance of more than one meter from him? !
"Bang!
!”
Jinguji Budou, who was making a solo fast break, also felt playful and wanted to show off his strength. He dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and performed a windmill dunk with both hands.
The explosive and gorgeous slam dunk stunned the first-year students. Even the second- and third-year players who knew Wu Dao and had seen him play were stunned.
Although Coach Anxi looked calm off the court, no one noticed that the fingertips of his hands, which were holding the teacup with too much force, had turned white.
"Second year of high school... I've just entered my second year of high school!"
Coach Anxi was feeling emotional, his eyes were already moist, he suddenly felt that God still cared about him.
The audience cheered, whether they were freshmen or seniors, they all cheered for Wu Dao. The cheers in the stadium also attracted some students passing by.
After a while, many more students came to watch the fun at the Xiangbei gym.
Even people from the Xiangbei High School News Club took action after hearing the news.
Originally, the news agency led by Mari Kawai was planning to do a "back-to-school roadside interview" today, but when they were interviewing students on the playground near the stadium, they suddenly found that people were running towards the stadium one after another. They smelled the scent of a "big event" and ran towards the stadium.
The basketball team of Xiangbei High School performed well last year, and Jinguji Budo became famous throughout the country, but this is also what happened in the campus basketball circle. It is normal that the news agency led by Kawai Mari, a girl who doesn't like sports, didn't pay attention to the basketball team before.
When Mari Kawai and a group of students from the News Club arrived at the stadium, many students were already surrounding the outside of the court in three layers.
When Mari Kawai squeezed through the crowd and came to the front row, she just saw a tall boy in a blue team uniform and red hair leap past her eyes, instantly invaded the basket, knocked a squinty-eyed boy into the air, and forced the ball into the basket.
"Bang!
”
After a loud bang, as the red-haired boy scored a dunk, the surrounding audience instantly burst into cheers.
The scoreboard on the sidelines flipped over, and the score was 18:12. The blue team, where the red-haired boy was, had a total score of 12 points.
"This.....what on earth is going on?!"
Even though Mari Kawai knew nothing about basketball, she was shocked by the slam dunk performed by Hanamichi Sakuragi. The violent aesthetics of this slam dunk made her, a girl who had never played basketball, feel her blood boiling. Mari Kawai had never experienced this wonderful feeling before.
Her eyes were instantly attracted to Sakuragi Hanamichi.
On the court, between offense and defense, the basketball had already fallen into the hands of a tall and handsome young man. Mari Kawai looked at the height of the man holding the ball and opened her mouth wide.
When the basketball fell into the hands of the handsome young man, the audience who were originally cheering suddenly closed their mouths and looked at the person holding the ball with bated breath.
Suddenly, the boy raised the ball, and it seemed that he wanted to shoot. As the boy swung his body, the handsome man with bangs on the opposite blue team also stepped up and stretched out his hand to block. The next second, the boy with the ball dropped his center of gravity and stepped forward with his right foot. The handsome man with bangs on defense also reacted quickly, stepped up and adjusted his posture.
However, the young boy with the ball who was about to break through suddenly retracted his feet, made a series of movements and then shot from the spot.
As the handsome young man threw the ball, the spectators in the stadium immediately howled, especially a group of young men in white training suits on the sidelines, who howled particularly loudly.
“Swish!
"With a slight sound, the basketball went into the net, and the audience's wails became louder.
Mari Kawai was confused, so she pulled a classmate who was watching the game next to her and asked in a low voice:
"Classmate, this is the basketball club, right? What are they doing?"
However, Kawai Mari's gentle question did not receive a gentle response. The audience, who were immersed in the game, were sympathizing with Rukawa Kaede and said unhappily:
"Can't you see? It's the underdog defeating the strong!"
"What a pity, we still couldn't defend this ball!"
Mari Kawai turned her gaze back to the court. She had never played basketball before, so she had no way of understanding her classmate's feelings. However, she had no intention of leaving the gym. She wanted to learn more about the sport of basketball.
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