Jinguji Budo's solo gliding slam dunk caused the audience in the stands to burst into amazing cheers.
In the second half, Rukawa's consecutive goals made the audience think that Shohoku's offense began to rely on the first-year students. Unexpectedly, Jinguji Budou did not become a "guardian". In front of Rukawa's outstanding performance, Jinguji Budou had no intention of giving way to this first-year student.
"Jinguji Budo..."
"This guy's attack power is as terrifying as ever."
"And the personal abilities of that freshman from Xiangbei High School cannot be ignored."
"Shohoku's offense in the second half showed a lot more changes. Their offensive methods no longer relied on Jinguji Budo and became more diverse."
On the sidelines of the court, the tall coach rubbed the stubble on his chin and quickly adjusted his mentality.
The strength of Xiangbei was expected. Although Rukawa Kaede was a variable, that was all. If Mitsui had also given his all in the first half, the strength shown by Xiangbei High School on the offensive end would definitely not be worse than it is now.
The problem of Xiangbei High School has never been the lack of firepower in offense, their problem is defense. Ever since Jinguji Budou entered Xiangbei High School, Xiangbei High School's firepower has always been overflowing. At the same time, Xiangbei's weaknesses have not been successfully made up from a year ago to now.
"Miyagi Ryouda!"
"There is no doubt that this is an excellent point guard, but this kid is not comprehensive!"
"If there is any weakness in the current Xiangbei team on the court, it is undoubtedly Miyagi!"
"As long as we focus on this weakness, Hainan will definitely have a chance!"
In the court, between offense and defense, Coach Gaotou thought for a moment, then stood up and shouted toward the court:
"Adjust your mentality! Don't be shaken by the opponent's goal!"
"Stay firm in our style of play and play at our own pace!"
"Amu, don't rush to catch up, just score one goal at a time!"
Coach Gaotou always looks like he has everything under control. In previous Hainan games, Coach Gaotou rarely loses his composure. There are also not many times when he stands on the sidelines and loudly reminds the players like he does now.
But in today's game against Shohoku High School, Coach Takato had no idea how many times he had stood up from his seat.
This also illustrates a problem, that is, Xiangbei High School did put a lot of pressure on him, and at the same time, it also put a lot of pressure on the Hainan players.
Maki Shinichi heard his coach's call. He had a calm personality, and although the youthful temperament had not completely disappeared from him, compared to the high school students on the other side, Maki Shinichi's playing style could easily give his teammates a sense of "stability".
As long as the basketball is still in Shinichi Maki's hands, Hainan will not be in a hurry.
The players covered Shinichi Maki who was holding the ball and slowly entered the frontcourt. After 6 seconds of the offensive time, Shinichi Maki crossed the center line with the ball and slowly approached the three-point area of Shohoku.
"Pick and roll!"
Shinichi Maki made a pick-and-roll gesture. After receiving the message, Kazuma Takasago did not go deep into the inside. After entering the frontcourt, he directly helped Shinichi Maki to make a pick-and-roll.
If a player like Kazuo Kamiso or Muto comes up to set a screen, Muto can use his body to force his opponent away and continue to chase Shinichi Maki without losing speed.
However, if it is a center forward like Kazuma Takasago, Wudang will definitely be slowed down by the opponent if he wants to squeeze him out.
Taking this into consideration, Budo chose to bypass the pick-and-roll and gave some lead time to prevent Maki Shinichi from forcing a breakthrough.
However, Wu Dao's defensive choice gave Hainan an opportunity to take advantage.
With the help of the pick-and-roll, Shinichi Maki did not choose to break through. Instead, he quickly passed the ball to Ichiro Kamiso who was in position, and at the same time used his body to block some of the pursuing Rukawa Kaede.
He and Kazuma Takasago were actually protecting Ichiro Kamiso behind them, giving Ichiro Kamiso enough space to attack.
"Elevator door?!"
"No, it's a double pick-and-roll... What a coincidence!"
When Wudao saw this scene, his expression froze. He turned around and rushed to the basket to grab the rebound, but Kamiso Ichiro, who was shooting in an open position, did not give Wudao such a chance.
The basketball went into the basket accurately.
"Three-pointer! Another three-pointer!"
“Nice shot, God!
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"There's a chance, there really is a chance! Keep fighting like this!"
Kazuo Kamiya's three-pointer made the Hainan players cheer. Seeing the score difference narrowing a little bit, the Hainan players saw the hope of victory.
"Damn it! Hey! Rukawa Kaede, don't leave anyone behind!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi kicked the floor angrily, turned around and shouted at Rukawa Kaede.
He blamed the loss of points on Rukawa, but this was really unfair to Rukawa. With his physique, it was normal for him to be blocked by Maki Shinichi. Even if Rukawa realized it and took the initiative to bypass Maki Shinichi to chase Kazuo Ichiro, he probably couldn't stop Kazuo Ichiro from catching the ball and shooting.
The second-year player A Shen has grown up and his shooting speed is not slow.
However, it is not in Rukawa's character to explain such things to Sakuragi Hanamichi.
His character is that when someone scores in front of him, he will take the points back with his own hands!
Ignoring Sakuragi, Rukawa moved to run to the front court. However, Sakuragi obviously had no intention of letting Rukawa go. He trotted after Rukawa and kept nagging him. Rukawa was annoyed by the nagging and cursed him, "Big Idiot".
The two enemies quickly entered the front court, one in front and one behind.
"Hainan's offensive system has changed slightly. It no longer relies on Mori Shigehiro's inside attack, but instead shifts to the outside."
"Kamijo Ichiro has made great progress compared to before. There is no doubt that his shooting has become an indispensable weapon for Hainan."
"Now, it's becoming troublesome."
Wudao felt a little depressed and for a moment he couldn't think of any way to deal with Hainan's attack.
Maki Shinichi must never be allowed into the inside. Once this guy enters the inside and cooperates with Mori Shigehiro, Sakuragi and Nango will definitely not be able to stop him.
But the problem now is that if Budo lets Maki Shinichi advance, then Kamiso Ichiro will be able to cooperate with Maki Shinichi and complete the output on the outside.
With the addition of Mori Shigehiro, Hainan’s “Shepherd God” connection threat has become even greater.
"Or... I learn from Shinomiya Tano and play power forward?!"
"But we don't have Sendō, so who will defend Maki Shinichi? Rukawa Kaede? His physique is not as good as Sendō or Maki."
"Let Mitsui come..."
While thinking, Wu Dao had already crossed the center line, and his eyes could not help but glance at Coach Anxi who was off the court. However, Coach Anxi did not intend to make any substitutions, and just sat on the side of the court like a Buddha statue.
“... ..”
Looking away, Wu Dao sighed softly.
"Forget it, since the coach has no plans, let's just play like this."
"I won't think too much about it, I'll just let it go."
Soon, Wu Dao entered the front court, but this time, Wu Dao was no longer passively standing on the three-point line waiting for the basketball to come in. Hainan's offensive firepower made Wu Dao feel deeply threatened, and he planned to use firepower to suppress the firepower!
After entering the frontcourt, Wudao stood at the corner for less than two seconds, then went straight down the three-point arc, and without stopping after entering the bottom corner, he crossed the inside line and quickly ran towards the bottom foot on the other side of the court.
Miyagi Ryouta, who was near the top of the arc, had just received help from Rukawa Kaede and was breaking through with the pick-and-roll of Rukawa Kaede, but suddenly found that Takeshi had already passed through the inside paint area and came to the mid-range baseline on the same side, while Maki Shinichi, who was chasing behind him, was still two body lengths away from Takeshi.
Without any hesitation, Miyagi Ryouta looked at the basket, passed the ball with his left hand, and sent it directly out, accurately into Wudao's hands.
Takeshi Jinguji, who was holding the ball, dribbled once and then turned his back to the basket and shoulder-shaked the ball. After a fake shot, he turned his back to face the basket, thrust his body toward the basket, and faked a shot with the ball. Maki Shinichi was startled by Takeshi's action. He had already been fooled by Takeshi's shoulder-shaking and his body was frozen. When he saw Takeshi preparing to shoot, he jumped up and blocked the shot without hesitation.
Maki Shinichi was well aware of the height difference between himself and Jinguji Budou. If he had any hesitation, he would not be able to block the shot.
However, the moment Maki Shin jumped, Jinguji Budou suddenly caught the ball and shot directly from behind.
The basketball flew out from the zero-degree angle on the left side of the court, flew over Shinichi Maki's head, and hit the basket steadily.
The scoreboard jumped and Xiangbei High School added two more points.
Wudao clenched his right fist and swung it fiercely. The previous indifference on his face was gone. His expression was cold and imposing.
"It's begun! Jinguji Budo is beginning to show his true strength!"
In the stands, Shinomiya Tano saw the familiar footsteps and movements of Jinguji Budou, and he immediately became alert and sat up straight.
Hainan seems to have forgotten that Takeshi Jinguji is not only good at pull-up three-pointers. Although this style of play is already unstoppable, what Takeshi Jinguji is best at is the unstoppable mid-range singles that combine footwork and mid-range shots.
Jinguji Budo's fighting style will affect the entire Hainan's defense line.
During the alternating scoring, Hainan used Kazuo Kamiso to attract the defense of Xiangbei, and then successfully passed the ball to Mori Shigehiro in the interior, who completed the final goal in a one-on-one match in the interior.
Hainan is already able to make good use of Mori Shigehiro and Kamiso Ichiro. Under the threat of Maki Shinichi, Shohoku's defense will inevitably be at a disadvantage.
Mori Shigehiro, who possesses absolute strength, has never let Ran down in a one-on-one fight under the basket.
However, the cheers from the Hainan bench did not last long as Xiangbei High School quickly launched a counterattack.
Rukawa originally wanted to give himself a chance to attack with the ball by running, but Wudao had already squeezed to the middle distance on the right corner, leaned against Maki Shinichi and raised his hand to ask for the ball.
Faced with Wudao's request for the ball, Miyagi did not hesitate at all and passed the ball directly.
Taking the ball from mid-range, Takeshi Jinguji didn't make any unnecessary movements. He just turned around and shot a fadeaway jump shot.
Wu Dao's previous attack and continuous fake moves left a deep impression on Maki Shinichi. At this time, when defending, he only hesitated for a moment and watched the basketball fly over his head and fall accurately into the basket.
When Takeshi Jinguji saw the basketball go into the net, he turned around and returned to defense without showing much expression on his face.
Now, he was fully committed to the offense, turning into a cold-faced assassin. From the time Miyagi Ryouta held the ball in the backcourt to the time Budo scored the goal, it took less than 8 seconds in total.
The extremely fast offensive rhythm made the Hainan players somewhat uncomfortable.
Maki Shinichi knew very well that Hainan wanted to play in position and at a slow pace, but after Xiangbei increased the speed of attack, he would unconsciously speed up while holding the ball. The same was true for other Hainan players, who were all affected to varying degrees.
The speed of progress has increased a lot.
In the new round of offense, Hainan did not make any mistakes in the process of basketball transmission. With the help of Kazuma Takasago, Shinichi Maki rushed forward and was stopped by Wudao at the free throw line. However, at this position, Shinichi Maki had more options.
After a pass, the basketball was given to Muto in the mid-range, who took a direct mid-range shot.
The basketball bounced out of the rim, but was grabbed by Mori Shigehiro under the basket for the offensive rebound, who then scored on the second attack.
After a dangerous situation, Hainan scored successfully again, which made the players off the field very enthusiastic.
The mutual attacks between Xiangbei and Hainan also made the audience in the stands very excited, and they cheered and applauded.
The ball once again passed into the hands of Shohoku High School. There was no way to further widen the score, which made Miyagi Ryouta a little anxious. However, after he entered the frontcourt and saw the figure of Jinguji Budou, his heart was completely calmed down.
As long as Jinguji Budou is still on the court, Shohoku will never lose to Kainan.
The basketball was shot high, and Jinguji Takeshi, who also received the ball in the mid-range, dribbled once and turned quickly. But at the moment when Jinguji Takeshi was facing the basket, Mori Shigehiro suddenly let go of Nango Koichiro and moved to defend behind Maki Shinichi.
There was only a difference of less than two body lengths between the two defensive players. With Mori Shigehiro behind him, even if Maki Shinichi was tricked, his teammates would cover for him.
"Two people... are they enough?!"
Wudao murmured something in an undetectable voice, suddenly raised his center of gravity, and while dribbling the ball between his legs, he quickly took three steps back and approached the three-point line. As Wudao moved away from the inside, Mori Shigehiro chased him for one step and did not follow up again, while Maki Shinichi quickly followed up, not wanting to give Wudao a chance to shoot in an open position.
Just when Takeshi was about to exit the three-point line, Takeshi Jinguji, who was dribbling the ball backwards, suddenly dropped his center of gravity, changed direction forward, and quickly turned retreat into advance.
Maki Shinichi, who was following up, hurriedly adjusted his posture to chase, and at the moment when Maki Shinichi adjusted his posture, Jinguji Takeshi's body suddenly paused. Just when Maki Shinichi thought that Takeshi was going to make a quick stop and jump shot, Jinguji Takeshi took another step forward with the ball, passed Maki Shinichi's defense, and then made a quick stop and jump shot.
Jinguji Budou's sudden stop and start made it difficult for Maki Shinichi to adapt, and a huge loophole appeared in his defense. Jinguji Budou's extremely fast shot made it difficult for Mori Shigehiro, who was preparing to fill in the position, to fill in the position in time.
With a crisp sound from the basket behind Maki Shinichi, two more points were added to the scoreboard of Xiangbei High School.
The audience was dazzled by Jinguji Budo's rich offensive methods. Not to mention the spectators who were watching the game, even some players from other counties who came to watch the game today were stunned.
In a corner of the stands, Dai Moroboshi from Aichi Prefecture's Aiwa Academy couldn't help but shook his head and sighed:
"Shohoku High School's Jinguji Budo is really amazing!"
"Hainan's fighting was obviously very good, but I still felt that I couldn't stand up to Jinguji's martial arts."
"Hainan's seemingly rich and unstoppable offensive tactics only put Hainan on the same level as Xiangbei."
"Jinguji Budo alone is enough to rival all of Hainan's offensive tactics."
"As expected, he is the pinnacle of basketball at Junlin High School."
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