The game between Xiangbei High School and Hainan is in full swing.
As the game progressed, players from both sides began to get into the game state, and apart from necessary communication, players hardly said anything else.
All the players on the field had serious faces and were fully committed to the game, except for Jinguji Budo.
18 minutes into the game, the score between the two teams was 37:29. Xiangbei High School was leading its opponent by 8 points and still had possession of the ball.
In the Hainan half, Jinguji Takeshi held the ball at the corner, looking leisurely with the ball, not in a hurry to shoot, quietly waiting for time to pass.
At this point in the game, Jinguji Budou's face and arms only had a few beads of sweat, and his physical condition was still very good. In contrast, Maki Shinichi, who was responsible for leading the offense in this game and also shouldered the task of defending Jinguji Budou, looked a little embarrassed at this time.
The jersey on his body was tightly attached to Maki Shinichi's body. The sweat on his forehead flowed down the grooves of his nose, gathered into beads of sweat at the tip of his chin, and fell to the ground, splashing countless water droplets.
The next second, Jinguji Budou, who had been holding the ball sideways with a high center of gravity, suddenly lowered his body and changed his dribbling rhythm. Jinguji Budou's action immediately made Maki Shinichi react. He made a mistake in his footsteps and prepared to slide forward. At the moment when his center of gravity shifted, Jinguji Budou changed direction in front of his body and instantly changed the direction of his advance. When the ball landed, his body instantly passed Maki Shinichi.
“Breakthrough!”
At the moment when Jinguji Budo broke through, Mori Shigehiro, who was standing in the middle distance, quickly filled the position. At the same time, Maki Shinichi, who was thrown away, also quickly turned around and chased, forming a double team with Mori Shigehiro.
In this round of offense and defense, Hainan's defensive style was a microcosm of their tactical strategy in defending Jinguji Budo throughout the first half.
When facing a player of Jinguji Budou's level, double-teaming is a necessary defensive method.
However, it can be seen from the score difference that Hainan’s defensive style is mediocre for Hainan.
Facing the double-team, Wudao's expression remained unchanged, with a faint smile still on his face. Before the double-team of Maki Shinichi and Mori Shigehiro was completely formed, he jumped directly, but he jumped not to shoot himself, but to pass the ball.
It was a fake shot and a real pass. When Mori Shigehiro jumped up and tried to block Budou's shot, he had already lost the possibility of intercepting Budou's pass.
The basketball hit Mori Shigehiro's feet and bounced quickly towards the inside.
"Snap!" Akagi Takenori, who was occupying the inside, caught the basketball steadily. The moment he got the ball, Takasago Kazuma's chest pressed against Akagi's back, preventing Akagi from turning around freely.
At the same time that Akagi got the ball, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly ran to the left half of the paint area, opened his arms, and waited for Akagi to pass the ball.
But this time, Xiao Guan, who was originally defending Miyagi Ryouta on the outside, has now run to the inside and stood behind Sakuragi, but Sakuragi Hanamichi did not notice the player behind him.
Sakuragi has been playing basketball for quite a while now, but he is still a little immature in offense. He is completely unaware of similar situations.
Akagi, who was about to pass the ball to Sakuragi, saw the eager Xiaoguan at once, and without hesitation, he directly dropped the ball and shot. Facing Takasago Kazuma, Akagi Takenori would not be afraid at all.
"Bang!"
The two big centers were in physical confrontation in the interior. The collision of muscles made Akagi's adrenaline surge. After pushing Takasago back a step, he made another powerful shot. At this time, Maki Shinichi had also quickly rushed to the interior, leaving Mori Shigehiro behind to guard against Jinguji Budou.
At this mid-range position, Maki Shinichi was simply unable to defend against Jinguji Budou, who was over two meters tall. Instead, Mori Shigehiro was able to play some role.
When Maki Shinichi moved to the inside to fill in the position, Akagi's offense also changed. He relied on the gaps created by two back-to-the-basket shots to force a layup. Takasago on the defensive side was about the same height as Akagi, and his jumping ability was also slightly worse than Akagi's. Facing Akagi's strong layup, he could only raise his arms to interfere.
“Bang!”
“Swish!”
The basketball hit the backboard and went into the net, and Akagi quickly fell back. However, when he landed, his left foot stepped directly on the instep of Maki Shinichi who was filling in the inside.
“Uh ah!
”
With a twist of his ankle, Akagi stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Akagi!"
"Gorilla!"
Akagi Takenori's sudden fall to the ground instantly touched the nerves of everyone in Xiangbei. Mitsui Hisashi and Sakuragi Hanamichi in the corner cried out in unison and quickly surrounded Akagi Takenori.
The referee at the bottom noticed Akagi lying on the ground, curled up and holding his left foot, and immediately blew the whistle.
Official suspension.
"What happened? Akagi Takenori suddenly collapsed?"
"Are you hurt?"
In the stadium, the Xiangbei players on the bench gathered towards the stadium. Maki Shinichi also looked at Akagi Takenori deeply, with some surprise in his eyes, but more of an apology.
He didn't do it on purpose. If he wanted to do it on purpose, he wouldn't have done it to Akagi Takenori.
Jinguji Budou is such an outside player who likes to jump. If Maki Shinichi wanted to step on him, he would have "increased the intensity" to Jinguji Budou long ago. And the most important person in Xiangbei High School is not Akagi, but the ace, Jinguji Budou.
In order to avoid conflict, Shinichi Maki apologized to Akagi and walked off the court with his teammates and returned to their rest area.
Akagi Takenori didn't have the intention to blame Maki Shinichi at this moment. At this time, he was already frowning due to the pain in his ankle.
I didn’t feel anything just now, but now that my body has calmed down, the pain is getting more and more intense.
With the help of the Xiangbei players, Akagi was sent to the rest area. Xiangbei High School did not have a professional team doctor, only Caizi brought some alcohol and quickly rubbed it on Akagi's ankle to cool it down.
The game was briefly suspended due to the injury of Akagi Takenori, but the game would not stop because of the injury of one player. Coach Anzai quickly arranged for Koichiro Nango to be a substitute, and then asked Ayako and several Shohoku substitutes to escort Akagi off the court and to the Shohoku locker room.
Before the game resumed, Coach Anzai waved to Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Budou, and when they came to him, he said:
"I'm going to check on Akagi. There are still two minutes left in the first half. The two of you are responsible for widening the gap to more than 10 points."
“We maintained this advantage going into the second half.”
After saying this, Coach Anzai followed Ayako, Akagi and others out of the venue.
Wudao and Mitsui Shou looked at each other and returned to the court.
After the players from both teams returned to the court, the referee blew the whistle and the game continued.
The ball was passed to Hainan.
Koichiro Nango, who came on as a substitute for Takenori Akagi, seemed a little nervous at this moment, but his nervousness was not because of the game, but because he was worried about Takenori Akagi who was injured and left.
"Nanxiang, relax a little."
"It's not your first time competing."
"Don't worry about Akagi. I saw him walking just now. It's probably just a sprain. No matter how serious it is, it will be fine after ten days of rest."
"This is an opportunity for you!"
"Fill in the vacancy left by Akagi Takenori! Shohoku's inside line is up to you and Sakuragi, two first-years!"
Hainan served the ball in the backcourt, and before the opponent's attack came, Jinguji Budo, who was standing outside the three-point line, turned around and shouted to Nanxiang.
Encouraged, Nango Koichirō breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down, and returned to his usual state. He looked at the Hainan people who were approaching rapidly with burning eyes, full of fighting spirit.
There is 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the game.
Hainan began to speed up the pace, trying to use the last bit of time to narrow the gap between the two teams as much as possible.
"Defense! Nanxiang, keep an eye on that Mori Shigehiro!"
As the Hainan players approached, Wu Dao shouted and immediately found Maki Shinichi. This time, Maki Shinichi passed the ball to Xiao Guan before Wu Dao arrived.
At the same time, Kazuma Takasago and Shigehiro Mori entered the inside, and Xiaoguan used his height advantage to directly pass the ball to Shigehiro Mori in the inside.
"The transmission speed in Hainan has increased."
"We have to fight hard in the last two minutes..."
Wu Dao's heart sank as he looked at the basketball flying into the paint.
Without Akagi Takenori, Xiangbei's inside line seems a bit weak compared to Kainan. Maybe the two teams can be evenly matched in rebounding.
But without Akagi, Shohoku may not be able to withstand Mori Shigehiro's inside pressure!
“Plop…”
Mori Shigehiro, who received the ball in the paint, did not make any unnecessary movements. He simply turned around with the ball and knocked Nango Koichiro to the ground. Then he suddenly stood up and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands.
The referee did not blow the whistle and Mori Shigehiro did not commit a foul.
This is just a reasonable confrontation, but there is a big gap between Nango Koichirō's strength and Mori Shigehiro's.
After Mori Shigehiro, who knocked Nango down and scored a dunk, landed on the ground and lowered his head to stare at Nango for several seconds. Although he did not say anything and there was no expression on his face, this action was full of provocation.
"Bastard... bastard!" Nango Koichirō quickly got up from the ground and cursed angrily as he watched Mori Shigehiro's departing back.
At this time, Coach Gaotou, who had seen this round of offense and defense, tightly grasped the folding fan in his hand, with a look of surprise on his face. He thought that after Akagi Takenori left the court, Xiangbei would send in the experienced Chiba Daishi, and he also knew this player of Xiangbei.
Unexpectedly, the player sent by Xiangbei was a first-year player he didn't know!
What's more crucial is that this freshman is obviously no match for Mori Shigehiro. At the very least, in terms of strength, Mori Shigehiro is obviously more than one level higher than his opponent.
"Liberated! Akagi's fate has completely liberated A-Kuan! Xiangbei, welcome our Kainan's attacking ghost!"
"There's a chance! There's really a chance!
”
"As long as A-Kuan maintains this offensive efficiency, even if Jinguji Budo takes over the offensive ball again, we Hainan will still have a chance!"
"I can do it! I can definitely do it!"
"We in Hainan will definitely make it through the county competition!"
Coach Gaotou tried hard to suppress his emotions, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't control the expression on his face.
Coach Tanaka in the stands had obviously discovered the problems that Xiangbei High School was facing, but he still didn't think highly of Hainan. When Mori Shigehiro scored a dunk, Coach Tanaka also noticed Coach Takato's irrepressible joy, and he couldn't help but curl his lips and reveal a mocking smile.
"Gaotou... Don't be happy too soon!"
"If you have never fought against the current Jinguji Martial Arts, you will never understand how terrifying the opponent is!"
"Jinguji Budo really can do whatever he wants in the high school basketball world."
"Soon, soon you will be able to see how terrifying your opponent is! It will definitely scare you... Ha! Ha!"
Thinking of this, Coach Tiangang couldn't help but laugh out loud.
On the court, offense and defense switch.
Mori Shigehiro easily scored a goal to bring the score back to single digits, which boosted the morale of Hainan. On the Xiangbei side, Akagi's departure also hit the morale of Xiangbei High School to some extent. The absence of Coach Anzai in the rest area also made the Xiangbei substitutes feel impatient. They tried hard to shout at the guys, hoping that the players on the field would quickly get the score back.
Coincidentally, Miyagi Ryouta also thought so, and his advancement speed increased a lot. However, when he dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and began to look for Takeshi Jinguji, he found that Takeshi Jinguji was actually very slow, and he had just stepped across the center line.
"Budo, get into position quickly and fight back!"
Miyagi couldn't help but urge.
“Here it comes!
Wudao smiled and said perfunctorily. After getting into position, he turned sideways to push against Maki Shinichi and asked Miyagi Ryouta for the ball.
The basketball was passed, and seeing this, Maki Shinichi tried to push Wudao away to grab the ball, but Jinguji, who noticed his opponent's intention, took a step forward and pinned Maki Shinichi to his side again, then stretched out his hand and hugged the ball in his arms.
"Amu, defend well!"
“Don’t blink!”
Wudao held the ball sideways, then quickly swept the ball sideways. While provoking Maki Shinichi, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the attack time.
Maki Shinichi had no idea how many times he had seen the same feint, but every time, he had to move and follow up.
Jinguji Budou is different from other mediocre people. Each of his feints can be instantly transformed into a real attack. If there is no reaction, Jinguji Budou will definitely accelerate the breakthrough.
Sure enough, when Maki Shinichi moved, Jinguji Budou immediately retracted his step and dropped the ball, rushing forward from Maki Shinichi's right side.
With just a simple triple threat move, Wu Dao found an opening for himself to advance.
However, when Maki Shinichi adjusted his position to chase, Jinguji Takeshi who was rushing forward suddenly paused. Everyone thought that Jinguji Takeshi was going to break through in a different direction, but unexpectedly, Jinguji Takeshi stopped his offensive steps and then dribbled the ball quickly back to the three-point line.
"Huh?! What happened?!"
"This guy clearly has an opening to attack. Whether he passes the ball or attacks on his own, he has a chance!"
"Is it because of A-Kuan's replacement?!"
Maki Shinichi looked at Wu Dao in confusion. The next second, an idea flashed in his mind and he glanced at the timer on the sidelines.
“13 seconds!”
"This guy is stalling for time!"
Sensing this, Maki Shinichi no longer hesitated and rushed forward to press for the opportunity, while shouting:
"Press the entire court! Don't let them waste time, get the ball, and let's score a few more goals!"
As soon as Maki Shinichi finished speaking, Jinguji Budou quickly turned around and broke through, sticking to Maki Shinichi. While his opponent followed up, he changed his hands under his crotch and then connected with a series of changes of direction in front of his body, shifting the focus of Maki Shinichi's defense.
Jinguji Takeshi's strong ball-holding ability made it difficult for Maki Shinichi to attack. At the same time, Maki Shinichi also felt an unprecedented strong desire to attack from Jinguji Takeshi.
"He will definitely hit this ball himself!"
Maki Shinichi was on high alert, and as the offensive time was about to run out, Jinguji Takeshi suddenly held the ball with his back to the basket, swayed his shoulder, and then leaned back to shoot, completely ignoring Maki Shinichi and directly shooting.
Even if Maki Shinichi tried his best, he couldn't reach Wudao's shot. The basketball flew directly over Maki Shinichi's head and headed towards the basket.
“Swish!”
As the crisp sound of the net was heard, 28 seconds had passed on the 30-second offensive timer.
It was almost perfect control, Jinguji Budo's attacks were completely timed!
"hehe!"
"really!"
"Gaotou, you have to hold on!"
In the stands, Coach Tanaoka crossed his arms over his chest, looking as if he had expected it, with a bright smile.
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...