"Let these high school students know how powerful we are!"
Emotions completely exploded at this moment, Aomine Daiki shouted excitedly and quickly ran to the front court. His words made Teiko, who was already full of fighting spirit, even more daring to fight.
After Akashi dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, he still tried to break through the defense of Kiyota Nobunaga. He had forgotten the previous defeat and faced Kiyota Nobunaga again. Akashi had no intention of giving in.
Akashi dribbled the ball between his legs continuously, and when he saw that Kiyota did not leave any obvious gap, he immediately stepped forward. Kiyota Nobunaga had just followed him for two steps when Akashi quickly dribbled the ball behind his back and changed direction, instantly passing through Kiyota Nobunaga's defense. His breakthrough speed and dribbling rhythm were three points faster than before.
"This kid is even faster than before!"
When Kiyota Nobunaga was passed by Akashi, a look of surprise appeared on his face. At the same time, he turned around and quickly chased after him.
Akashi thought that he would be able to break through Kiyota Nobunaga's defense this time, but the hurried footsteps coming from behind him told him that he had not completely gotten rid of the opponent's defense.
Nango, who was occupying the inside, just watched Akashi rushing inside and had no intention of going forward to provide reinforcements.
What can a player who is less than 160cm tall do when he enters the paint? In front of a 192cm center like him, even if the opponent uses a floater, he can still block it!
In front is the tall center of Xiangbei High School, and behind is the chasing team member with terrifying jumping ability.
Akashi knew that he had no chance to score, so he quickly looked at Midorima in the left corner, but in his hand, he passed the ball directly to Aomine Daiki who was cutting to the right.
"Um?!"
Kiyota Nobunaga noticed Akashi's gaze and was successfully fooled by Akashi, and the basketball was successfully shot and passed into the hands of Aomine Daiki.
As soon as Aomine Daiki got the ball when he reached the middle distance, the figure of Sakuragi Hanamichi who was chasing him had already appeared in front of him, and a big hand directly covered Aomine Daiki's vision.
"Go! Little devil, come over here!"
Sakuragi looked at the boy holding the ball in front of him and grinned. Qingfeng heard this and was not annoyed at all and showed a bright smile on his face.
He dropped the ball and took two steps back with it.
Qingfeng moved a little distance away and looked directly at the basket.
"Do you want to shoot?" Seeing this, Sakuragi immediately took a step forward. Aomine Daiki took two steps back, and Sakuragi Hanamichi took only one step and directly arrived in front of Aomine Daiki.
"Ha! Breakthrough!" As Sakuragi took a step forward and followed, Aomine Daiki quickly stepped forward and sped up, trying to seize the moment when Sakuragi Hanamichi raised his center of gravity and followed to complete the breakthrough.
However, what Qingfeng had never expected was that Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had a high center of gravity, suddenly dropped his center of gravity the moment he started to speed up, and landed early with a sliding step, directly blocking his way, as if he had already anticipated Aomine Daiki's breakthrough.
Aomine was unable to dodge and crashed directly into Sakuragi's side. The huge rebound force caused Aomine to stagger and he took a step back before regaining his balance.
"The intention to break through is too obvious and the speed is too slow. Not to mention competing with Brother Wudao, even that stinky fox can't beat him."
"After all, it's just the level of a junior high school student!"
Sakuragi had no intention of taking advantage of Aomine's flaw to steal the ball. After blocking Aomine Daiki, he looked arrogant.
Don't think that Sakuragi Hanamichi is a fool every day. But deep down, he is even more arrogant than Rukawa Kaede. For a guy who can always talk about genius, the word "humility" has nothing to do with him.
"Did he predict it right?"
There were only 10 seconds left in the attack, and Aomine Daiki was preparing to break through on his own, but suddenly he found that Kuroko had moved to the free throw line without anyone guarding him.
Without any hesitation, Aomine Daiki passed the ball directly and then quickly moved into the inside.
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked in the direction of Aomine's pass and saw Kuroko Tetsuya in the wide open space. He was stunned for a moment, and the next second he rushed towards Kuroko, cursing angrily:
"Damn it, we missed someone!"
Sakuragi's shout drew Katsume Ichiro's attention back. Originally, he was still watching the matchup between Aomine Daiki and Sakuragi, thinking that if Sakuragi was broken through, he could go over to defend in time.
But he didn't expect that the black piece he was defending had already gotten into that position and he hadn't noticed it yet.
Katsume Ichiro had indeed taken this frail young boy, who was less than 160cm tall, lightly.
“Peng!
”
The basketball flew towards Kuroko, and just as Sakuragi's defense was about to arrive, Kuroko raised his hand and slapped the basketball hard, directly changing the angle of the basketball, causing the ball flying towards him to fly towards Aomine who was cutting in.
With a dull thud, the basketball flew directly past Sakuragi.
"Squeak!" Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly braked while running, his sneakers rubbed violently against the floor, and his running figure also stopped instantly at this moment, and he turned around and ran directly towards Aomine.
Sakuragi's movements were smooth and there was no pause in the rapid transition between movement and stillness. At the moment of transition, his running speed was directly pulled to the peak. His terrifying explosive power and outstanding athletic talent were undoubtedly revealed at this moment.
"Nice pass, Kuroko!"
The basketball was back in his hands, and Qingfeng, who was in an open position, shouted excitedly, then raised his hand and threw the ball out.
"Hmph!" However, the basketball had just risen for a short while when a cold snort exploded from Qingfeng's ears. At the same time, a red figure quickly jumped out from his side.
In Qingfeng's child's hole, the basket and the flying basketball have disappeared, replaced by a leaping red figure.
"So... so high!"
"How is this possible?!"
Qingfeng looked at the figure in front of him and couldn't help but mutter to himself.
“Peng!
”
The basketball was slapped away by the oncoming player and flew out of the court.
"Hey! Hey hey hey!"
"Do you think you can defeat me like this? Junior high school student!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi fell back to the ground and chuckled twice. He turned his head slightly and looked at Aomine Daiki who had a dazed look on his face.
"Ahh!
Super hot pot! ”
"Sakuragi's jumping ability and leg strength are truly terrifying!"
"Poor junior high school student!"
At the side of the court, as Sakuragi blocked a shot, the players of Xiangbei let out a strange cry. In the internal practice matches of Xiangbei High School, Sakuragi did not have many such highlights. Of course, the most important problem was that he was usually responsible for the matchup with Jinguji Budou.
As for Rukawa Kaede, most of the time he is played against Mitsui Shou.
When facing Jinguji Budou, Sakuragi Hanamichi couldn't fight so freely.
"Wow~ Sakuragi really is like a fish in water when playing in a junior high school level match!"
Mitsui Shou looked at Sakuragi in the field and couldn't help but laugh. In his eyes, Sakuragi Hanamichi was just a talented rookie. But he didn't expect that this rookie would become a giant in the junior high school level.
"Of course..."
"After all, there is an age gap. Sakuragi has already reached his growth spurt and his physical talents have begun to fully display."
"He has been receiving systematic training at Xiangbei since his third year of junior high school, and his opponents in the competition are also top players at the national level."
"He has both physical condition and defensive experience. Isn't it easy to beat a junior high school student who hasn't grown up yet?"
Wudao didn't seem too surprised by Sakuragi's performance. Compared to Sakuragi, he was more surprised by the strength of these junior high school students. Their luck was not as strong as he imagined.
But it is normal. After all, he is just a junior high school student. It is hard to tell how he will grow in a few years. Teenagers of this age are at two completely different levels before and after development, or even far more than two levels.
"I'm just a little surprised at Sakuragi's performance. This guy is not unreliable at times."
However, just as Mitsui Hisashi finished his words, changes occurred on the court.
Teiko Junior High School served the ball from the baseline, and after several passes, the basketball came into Midorima's hands. Seeing that the offensive time was about to expire, Midorima made a hasty shot under the defensive pressure of Katsume Ichiro, and the basketball bounced out of the basket.
I don't know if it was because Sakuragi Hanamichi was too excited, but when the rebound fell, this guy rushed to grab the rebound from a long distance. He directly competed with Nango Koichiro who was in a favorable position under the basket, and the rebound that was securely in his hands fell to the side due to the competition between the two teammates.
The quick-eyed and quick-handed Murasakibara Atsushi took advantage of the opportunity.
"Dye monkey! Why are you trying to rebound the ball from this genius?!"
"Asshole! Idiot! Red-haired monkey, if you don't come in, this rebound will definitely be mine!
”
However, Sakuragi and Nango both ignored Murasakibara Atsushi who had the ball under the basket, and instead blamed each other without even looking at Murasakibara.
"Are all the people in Xiangbei such fools?"
Seeing Sakuragi and Nango quarreling suddenly, Murasakihara was confused and tilted his head in confusion. He didn't see any reaction from Sakuragi and Nango until he raised the ball. He couldn't help but mutter and casually threw the ball into the net.
Even until the Teiko team started to return to defense, Sakuragi and Nango were still arguing and had no intention of returning to the game.
"Two idiots!"
“Just focus on the game!
!”
It was not until Akagi Takenori, who was also watching the game on the sidelines, couldn't stand it anymore and shouted loudly that the two men looked at Akagi angrily, spat at each other with disdain, and then ran towards the front court.
"Hey! You two, serve the ball to me!
!”
Kiyota Nobunaga looked at Sakuragi and Nango who were leaving and couldn't help but shout, but the response he got was the two of them said in unison, "Get away, wild monkey!"
"Wha....what!"
“Two bastards!”
The hot-tempered Kiyota was about to have a good talk with Sakuragi and Nango, but was stopped by Oda Ryumasa who arrived.
Oda Ryumasa hurried to the baseline to serve, and at the same time comforted Kiyota Nobunaga with some kind words.
He is different from Sakuragi and others. They don't care about winning or losing the game, but he can't! He still hopes to perform well in the game and impress Coach Anxi.
It's no big deal if Sakuragi and Nango drop the ball, but if Kiyota Nobunaga also takes up the challenge, he will have no chance to perform.
"Don't be angry, Kiyota."
"There's no need to bother with them."
"Those two guys probably don't have the heart to play anymore, just pass the ball to me more!"
Oda Ryumasa still had some of his own little thoughts, but for Kiyota Nobunaga who was angry, this request was not unacceptable.
After all, it was just a practice match with junior high school students.
The offense of Xiangbei High School began to show a clear bias. Most of the time, on the offensive end, Kiyota Nobunaga would choose to dribble the ball and break through by himself, and after the break, he would also choose to go to the basket and make a layup.
However, Kiyota Nobunaga still underestimated Teiko Junior High School's inside player, Murasakibara Atsushi.
Murasakibara's several backup defenses greatly interfered with Kiyota Nobunaga's layups, causing him to miss several shots. However, Nango Koichiro was still quite capable. After all, he had the advantage of age and was much stronger than Murasakibara in terms of strength. He defended the frontcourt rebounds many times.
Moreover, Sakuragi had calmed down and did not blindly rush for rebounds and hit his teammates. Taking advantage of the frontcourt rebounds, Xiangbei's offensive was not interrupted.
In addition to his own solo attacks, Kiyota Nobunaga would often pass the ball to Oda Ryumasa. From his sight, there were no longer any of Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro.
In fact, Ryumasa Oda's personal ability is quite good. His mid-range shooting accuracy is also acceptable, and his dribbling is also quite skillful. Midorima, who is facing him, is not as physically fit as him, and his disadvantage is fully exposed in the matchup. He has to watch Ryumasa Oda shoot many times.
Compared to Oda Ryumasa and Kiyota Nobunaga who had more ball possession, Katsumi Ichiro, who had the most obvious positional advantage on the Shohoku side, hardly got the ball. However, Katsumi Ichiro didn't seem to have any intention of participating in the offense. He just made shuttle runs as the two teams switched between offense and defense.
Even the defense against Kuroko was relaxed. After several rounds of attack and defense, Katsume Ichiro had seen through Kuroko's true colors. This short man did not have the ability to attack alone and could only play the role of a passer.
Realizing this, Katsume Ichiro completely let go of Kuroko.
A character who can only pass the ball does not deserve to be taken seriously.
Maybe Kuroko's pass is indeed very tricky and can connect the players well, but what's the use
For Xiangbei, all they need to do is keep a close eye on those players who can finish. No matter how tricky your positioning is or how fancy your passes are, won't the basketball eventually end up in the hands of Qingfeng and others
After letting Kuroko go, Ichiro Katsume even double-teamed the player holding the ball of Teiko, making things even worse for the other players of Teiko who were already struggling in one-on-one play and causing them to make frequent mistakes.
Xiangbei's defensive style put great pressure on the junior high school students. As the game progressed, the gap between the two teams began to widen slowly.
"Kuroko Tetsuya... a character who can only pass the ball, does he really have the capital to stand on the court?"
"In basketball, passing the ball cannot exist independently."
"If you want to make the pass threatening, you must have enough individual offensive capabilities, such as breakthroughs and shots. The ball handler must be able to attract defense, so that the rest of the players can run out to open space."
"Only in this situation can the pass become threatening."
"He is average in height, and his speed, strength, shooting and ball-handling skills are all average... even worse than average players. How can he help his teammates seize the opponent's flaws just by passing the ball well?"
"With 5 vs. 4, the defensive pressure will only overwhelm his teammates."
Wu Dou, who was standing on the sidelines, looked at Kuroko Tetsuya and couldn't help but sigh.
The "Phantom Sixth Man" of Teiko Junior High School? That's a little ridiculous. He actually has no way to gain a foothold on the court.
Use the pass to help teammates break through the defense
Don't be ridiculous. Kuroko couldn't even attract the defense of the Xiangbei players. Even if you were allowed to take the ball to the inside, what would happen? As long as the 5 vs. 4 blocked the others, even if Kuroko's pass was good, it would be useless.
As the game progressed, the score difference between the two teams became larger and larger. Aomine Daiki, the most threatening offensive player of Teiko, was completely blocked by Sakuragi Hanamichi. The rest of the players occasionally took shots, but under the high-intensity defense, their hit rate was really average.
There is no way to make up the gap in the interior, the rebounds can be said to be one-sided, and the situation is completely under the control of Xiangbei.
Teikou himself didn't even notice Kuroko's problem. Coach Sanada simply thought that the individual abilities of the Shohoku players were too strong, which resulted in Kuroko not being able to play his role well.
The huge score difference did not discourage the players of Teiko. They organized attacks again and again. Even though the score gap became larger and larger, Qingfeng's face was still filled with smiles and his fighting spirit became stronger.
Sakuragi and others finally put away their contempt in the second half, and they admired the opponent's spirit.
In the end, the two teams played for only a 20-minute half before the game was declared over, and Sakuragi led his team to victory with an absolute advantage of 63:22...
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