Shimono's layup not only added two points for his team, but also because of Oda Ryumasa's foul, Shimono also got a chance to shoot free throws.
As for free throws, for a player like Shimono Shimomiya, it is unlikely that any accidents will happen.
Shimono Shimono plays basketball relying on his body and mid-range shots, and breaking into the penalty area to create fouls is his common tactic. Since he started playing basketball, he has practiced free throws countless times.
“Swish!”
With a slight sound, the score between Ryonan High School and Shohoku came to 11:4, and the difference widened to 7 points.
After the free throw, Shimono and the other Ryonan players quickly retreated and took up their defensive positions early.
On the Shohoku side, Kiyota Nobunaga received a pass from a player in the backcourt, and while advancing towards the frontcourt with the ball, he glanced at the scoreboard on the sidelines.
In just a few minutes since the start of the game, they were already seven points behind. This huge gap in strength was like a huge stone weighing on Kiyota Nobunaga's heart.
"We have to find a way to break through Ryonan's defense."
"We can't rely on Oda Ryumasa in the interior. Should we try Nango? Or should we continue to use Rukawa Kaede as the offensive point?"
"At the moment, Rukawa Kaede's offense is relatively stable. The most urgent task is to stabilize the situation first!"
While thinking, Kiyota Nobunaga had already brought the ball to the frontcourt, but this time, Kiyota did not continue to move towards the top of the three-point arc, but approached Rukawa. When the two were several meters apart, Kiyota Nobunaga quickly passed the ball, and at the same time quickly came to Sendoh's side and made a screen for Rukawa.
Kiyota Nobunaga's pass and pick-and-roll were both quite sudden, and Sendoh did not get around the defense immediately, which delayed his pursuit speed. Rukawa also took this opportunity to quickly drop the ball and rush forward in the direction of Kiyota Nobunaga's pick-and-roll.
However, Ryonan High School's defensive switch was also quite quick. Although Kenji Fujima did not expect Kiyota to suddenly go over for a screen, when Rukawa Kaede broke through, he was still in front of Rukawa Kaede in the first time and blocked the breaking Rukawa Kaede.
With an emergency stop, Rukawa Kaede just crossed the three-point line and stopped in front of Fujima Kenji, with the distance between the attacker and the defender less than one meter. Rukawa Kaede stopped the ball without any hesitation, and directly passed the ball at this position and shot a jump shot.
"What?!" Fujima was a little surprised. He only blocked Rukawa's route and didn't stick too close to him. He saw that Rukawa's speed was very good, and he was afraid that if he stuck too close, Rukawa would turn around and break through. However, the defensive depth he deliberately left gave Rukawa a chance to jump shot.
“Swish!”
There was almost a wide open space, and the basketball flew out of Rukawa's hands and went steadily into the basket.
"Hmm~ Brother with bangs, your shooting is pretty good."
"What is your name?"
Shohoku scored a goal. Shinomiya Tano saw Rukawa scoring consecutive goals and had some impression of this young man. He came to Rukawa while running forward and asked with a smile.
"Rukawa." Rukawa glanced at Shinomiya Tano beside him and replied indifferently. Then he stopped talking and quickly returned to the court to defend.
"Ryukawa Kaede..." Shinomiya Tano slowed down as he approached the Shohoku three-point line.
Shortly after he arrived at the frontcourt, Sendoh and others also entered the court. Fujima crossed the center line with the ball and ran towards the frontcourt.
"Fujima, give me the ball."
Shinomiya Tano stood outside the three-point line and waved to Fujima Kenji. He had just given the signal when Fujima Kenji had already passed the ball to him.
At the same time, the rest of the Ryonan players who entered the frontcourt also gathered on one side of the court, still forming a lineup for singles.
"Are you still alone?"
"Don't you want to try someone else?"
Shimono Shimada took the ball and looked at Oda Ryumasa who was leaning over to defend in front of him, and couldn't help but ask.
"I'll guard you!"
"Come on!"
There was a lot of contempt in Shinomiya Tano's words. How could Oda Ryumasa, who had a strong self-esteem, tolerate this? He just shouted loudly.
"What are you doing so loudly?"
"To give yourself courage?"
"You should know the difference between you and me without me telling you!"
As Shigong Tianye was talking, he looked past Oda Ryumasa and looked at Rukawa Kaede in the distance, and suddenly asked, "Rukawa Kaede, come up and try to defend?"
Shinomiya Tano's arrogant attitude completely angered Oda Ryumasa. Seeing Shinomiya Tano talking to Rukawa Kaede, Oda Ryumasa no longer hesitated, rushed forward, and pounced directly on the basketball in Shinomiya Tano's hand.
However, Shimoya Nono, who had the ball, dribbled the ball behind his back and easily avoided Oda's steal. He accelerated and rushed towards the inside.
Facing the backup defense of Koichirō Minamigo, Shinomiya Tano relied on his absolute bounce to make a light jelly layup, avoiding Minamigo's defense in the air and sending the ball into the basket.
Ryonan High School's counterattack was too fast, and it seemed quite easy for Shinomiya Tano to score over Shohoku. Not only was Oda Ryumasa, who was defending him alone, easily passed by him, but Minamigo Koichiro, who was guarding the basket, was also useless in front of Shinomiya Tano.
After several rounds of attacks, Shimono's personal score has easily reached double digits. If this trend continues, Shimono may be able to score 60 or 70 points in a game.
When Shinomiya Tano scored a goal, Sakuragi Hanamichi in the stands unexpectedly did not laugh at his teammates or make a scene. Instead, he quietly watched Shinomiya Tano who was returning to defense, looking thoughtful.
The invincible posture that Shinomiya Tano is now displaying is exactly the state that Sakuragi Hanamichi has longed for.
Although he is a member of the Shohoku team and was introduced to the world of basketball by Jinguji Budou, Sakuragi knew what kind of player he wanted to become when he saw Shinomiya Tano's first game in junior high school.
Although Sakuragi Hanamichi is a fool, he is very sharp sometimes. He knows that he can't play like Jinguji Budou. And Shinomiya Tano is his goal!
“It’s totally unstoppable!”
"Shinomiya Tano's jumping ability is already quite terrifying, and his physical fitness is also outrageous."
"After he gets up to speed, his jumping and physical advantages will be maximized. Facing such a player, if Nanxiang waits for the opponent to come to the basket, he will be a gift."
"Sakuragi, Shinomiya Tano's height looks about the same as yours. Even if he's taller than you, he's not much taller, and..."
"I think your jumping ability is not much worse than his, but, facing Nan Xiang, I'm afraid you won't be able to score as easily as he does."
Seeing Shinomiya Tano score another easy goal on the field, Wudao glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was fascinated by the scene beside him, and said with a smile.
“... ... ..” Sakuragi Hanamichi did not say anything, but his sitting posture changed slightly. He sat straight and looked at the field with burning eyes.
On the court, Ryonan High School has firmly grasped the initiative. Although Rukawa can score points, Sendoh, who is facing him, has also become serious. Under Sendoh's tight defense, Rukawa's shooting percentage has dropped sharply.
When Sendoh was at Ryonan High School, he often served as a sparring partner for Shinomiya Tano. His physique and defense have improved greatly compared to his freshman year.
Although Rukawa's personal ability is top-notch among the freshmen, he can't do what he wants in front of Sendoh. Sendoh's defensive interference gave Rukawa a headache. Although Rukawa also tried to use a wonderful pass to help the team open up the situation, it was a pity that Nango Koichiro and Oda Ryumasa in the interior were tightly covered by Uozumi and Hanagata.
Even if the ball is taken unexpectedly, the opponent will be able to react in the first time.
Only when Rukawa successfully breaks through and attracts Ryonan's inside defense can these two people score successfully.
But in front of Sendoh, Rukawa Kaede's successful breakthroughs are very few and far between.
Ten minutes!
This is the time point for substitutions that Coach Anxi had previously set.
With Shimono's successful attack again, his personal score has reached a terrifying 26 points. At the same time, Ryonan leads Shohoku High School by 19 points with an overwhelming advantage of 31:12.
During the stoppage, Coach Anzai called a timeout and made a direct substitution, replacing Oda Ryumasa with Sakuragi Hanamichi.
However, Coach Anxi did not take advantage of the timeout to give any advice to the players on the field. He simply replaced some players and left them alone.
On the other side of Ryonan, coach Tanaoka also wanted to train his players, so he replaced center forward Yuzumi with sophomore player Guan Ping. At the same time, he also replaced Hanagata with Fukuda Yoshitaka, and Fujima Kenji was also replaced with sophomore player Uekusa Tomoyuki.
Coach Tanaoka made only two substitutions this time, Shinomiya Tano and Sendoh Akira. In his opinion, to deal with the freshmen of Xiangbei High School, he would just let the two of them lead the team to fight casually. Moreover, fighting with the freshmen would not consume too much energy.
As for Hanagata, Uozumi and others, they need to be substituted off the court to rest so that they can focus on dealing with Shohoku's main players later.
Coach Tiangang is not a fool. After watching the games for such a long time, he is also clear about Coach Anzai's training plan. But in the end, he will definitely send the main force to compete with them, Ryonan. There is no doubt about this.
Soon, the pause was over.
Sakuragi Hanamichi was the first to step onto the court, and then, in full view of everyone, he walked to the Ryonan rest area, cleared his throat, and shouted to the Ryonan players who had not yet entered the court:
"People of Lingnan, listen up!"
"My name is Sakuragi Hanamichi! I will lead Xiangbei to completely defeat you. Just wait for me!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's behavior instantly attracted the attention of all the people in the audience. Shinomiya Tanano, who was just about to go on the court, looked at the red-haired young man who blocked his way in astonishment. He was obviously shocked by Sakuragi Hanamichi's extraordinary behavior.
Rukawa Kaede and others who stepped into the stadium also held their foreheads speechlessly, turned their heads away and didn't look at Sakuragi Hanamichi, pretending not to know this person.
Sendoh showed some interest in Sakuragi Hanamichi, and walked slowly in front of Sakuragi Hanamichi, smiling and saying, "Okay, then we'll see how you perform."
"I'll wait for you."
After Sendoh finished speaking, he walked towards the court. Shinomiya Tianye glanced at Sendoh and Sakuragi speechlessly, and led the other players into the court. Although Sendoh looks like a mature man, he is sometimes very childish. There are really not many men who can be on the same wavelength as Sakuragi.
His immortal path can be considered a... .
"Damn it!" Ryumasa Oda, who was substituted out, sat in the place where Sakuragi had sat before. Sitting on the bench, he seemed to be very upset about his poor performance on the court just now. He pounded the bench angrily with a look of unwillingness on his face.
Jinguji Budo, who was sitting next to him, glanced at Oda Ryumasa, sighed in his heart, and then said:
"Oda."
Oda Ryumasa was attracted by Budo's voice and quickly raised his head.
"Senior Jinguji!" Although Oda Ryumasa looked proud, he was still quite humble in front of a powerful team senior like Jinguji Budou.
"Now that we're done, don't think about those unnecessary things."
"Whether you or Sakuragi Hanamichi performed better or worse, Coach Anzai and us starters don't care."
"What we care about is who among you can help us win!"
"Just now on the court, you defended very hard, which is very good. You should keep it up in the future."
"but... ."
“Only when a qualified player can clearly see his own strengths and recognize his own shortcomings can he improve and become stronger.”
"You are quite different from Shigong Tianye, but you recklessly chose to defend alone and did not actively call for help from your teammates. This is not good."
"I think you should be able to feel that although you are on the court, the players on the court are obviously not in tune with you and your defense is terrible. This is their problem, but also your problem."
Wu Dao patted Oda Ryumasa's shoulder, pointed at the court and gave some advice.
Although Oda Ryuzheng is a scumbag, but for martial arts, he is not a scumbag now, and Oda Ryuzheng is a player of their Xiangbei team, and can be considered as his junior. Although his basketball talent is not top-notch, it is still much better than Kakuta and others. It is also his duty as a senior to give him some advice.
After hearing this, Oda Ryumasa lowered his head and pondered. After a moment, a hint of dissatisfaction appeared on his face, but he said, "I know, senior."
Wu Dao didn't care about it and kept his eyes on the court.
At this time, Xiangbei had the ball, and the newly-appeared Sakuragi Hanamichi was quite active. As soon as he entered the court, he rushed to the inside. Ryonan sent Fukuda Yoshitaka to follow Sakuragi Hanamichi, while Shinomiya Tano himself sank into the inside and played the role of protecting the rim.
After Kenji Fujima was substituted, the defensive pressure that Tomoyuki Uekusa put on Nobunaga Kiyota suddenly decreased a lot.
Sensing this, Kiyota approached the three-point line without stopping at all. He rushed forward with the ball, and his body hit Uekusa Tomoyuki directly. The next second, he passed directly by Uekusa.
At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi had already penetrated from the inside to the three-point line. At the same time as Kiyota Nobunaga broke through, Sakuragi Hanamichi also quickly turned around without the ball, instantly passed Fukuda and rushed towards the inside of Ryonan.
Shinomiya Tianye looked intently at the breakthrough Kiyota, and also noticed Sakuragi Hanamichi running over from the side. After a moment of thought, he narrowed his eyes slightly, gently pushed Guan Ping in front of him, and ordered: "Go to reinforce the defense!"
As for Shinomiya Tano himself, he turned slightly and looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi.
He felt from Sakuragi Hanamichi's running that Sakuragi must have very strong athletic ability!
After a successful breakthrough, Kiyota Nobunaga soon encountered Guan Ping's backup defense. While stopping suddenly, Kiyota dribbled the ball between his legs and then passed the ball to Sakuragi on the side with one hand.
After getting the basketball, Sakuragi suddenly accelerated two steps, then glided towards the basket from the side with the ball, grabbed the ball with one hand and raised it high, shouting: "Look at the power of this genius!"
When Shimoya Tano, who was under the basket, saw that Sakuragi Hanamichi was trying to dunk, a sharp light flashed in his eyes. He jumped on the spot and blocked the basketball in Sakuragi's hands with both hands.
“Bang!
!”
Shimono Shimada jumped on the spot and his height was not lower than Sakuragi Hanamichi. He pressed his hands accurately on the basketball, making a muffled sound.
Sakuragi's eyes widened, and he tried to use his strength to break through Shinomiya Tano's blockade, but the next second, a huge force came from his arm, which pressed him directly to the ground.
Sakuragi Hanamichi fell back to the ground and was unsteady on his feet. He staggered two steps and then sat down on the ground, looking up at the man in front of him in astonishment.
At this time, Shinomiya Tianye grabbed the ball with one hand, looked down at Sakuragi Hanamichi, and praised him lightly:
"The strength is not bad, almost the same as when I was in junior high school."
But his praise sounded like naked mockery to Sakuragi.
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