“Wow!”
"Good defense, that first-year boy!"
"Successfully interfered with the immortal projection!"
Sendoh's shot was inaccurate, Sakuragi Hanamichi grabbed the defensive rebound, and Ichiro Katsumi, who had an excellent defensive performance just after his debut, immediately attracted a lot of attention. The cheers of the people around him also fell on the ears of Ryouta Miyagi who was lying on the bench at this time.
"hehe... "
"Sure enough, other people's performance is better than mine..."
Miyagi Ryouta, who overheard a sentence when he was feeling lost, put one hand on the sweat towel, and the face under the sweat towel was already full of tears.
"Good defense, sissy!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi praised with a smile, and after Ryonan High School began to retreat, he passed the ball to Katsume Ichiro.
Sakuragi's praise did not make Katsume Ichiro happy. He had been worried about this nickname given by Sakuragi for a long time.
"Don't call me that, rookie."
"Grab your rebounds well."
Katsume Ichiro sneered indifferently, then started to dribble the ball forward.
"Fujima, go try out that first-year guy!"
At the halftime of Ryonan, watching Shohoku High School start to organize a counterattack, Shinomiya Tano nodded his chin towards Katsume Ichiro who was dribbling the ball, and said to Fujima.
Hearing this, Fujima did not hesitate at all and rushed towards Ichiro before he could bring the ball into the front court. As soon as Ichiro crossed the half court, Fujima had already stuck to him and reached out to grab the basketball.
“Hmm!”
Fujima's attack speed was very fast. Facing Fujima's steal, Katsumi Ichiro subconsciously stopped the ball and held it firmly in his hands. At this time, Katsumi Ichiro had just crossed the center line with the ball.
As soon as Katsume Ichiro stopped the ball, Wudao immediately noticed something unusual. Wudao, who had just approached the three-point line, immediately stopped and turned around and ran towards Katsume Ichiro.
“Pass the ball!”
When Jinguji Takeshi's support arrived, Katsume Ichiro was holding the basketball high and swaying left and right to avoid Fujima's steal. As soon as Takeshi arrived, Katsume Ichiro quickly jumped and passed the ball over Fujima's head.
"Did he pass the ball?" Fujima murmured when he saw the basketball fly over his head and fall into the hands of Jinguji Budou, and suddenly a smile appeared on his face.
The Jinguji Takeshi who received the ball was still nearly three meters away from the three-point line. At the same time, Shinomiya Tano's defense had already got in front of Jinguji Takeshi.
"This kind of position... it's too difficult to break through!"
Takeshi Jinguji looked up at the distant basket, and as the ball dropped, he turned sideways and hit Shinomiya Tano directly. The moment the huge force poured into Shinomiya Tano, Shinomiya Tano took a small step back and firmly withstood Takeshi's pressure.
At the same time, after testing the opponent's current strength, Wudao quickly changed his dribble and accelerated forward. However, the defending side, Shigong Tianye, did not want to let Wudao pass. At the moment when Wudao adjusted his position by dribbling under his crotch, he took the initiative to take a step forward and used his body to hit Wudao hard.
The enormous force disrupted Wudao's dribbling rhythm. Before he could fully speed up, Wudao was forced to stop, protect the ball and adjust.
"The defense has increased in intensity!"
Shinomiya Tano began to confront Jinguji Takeshi, but in this position, it was impossible for Takeshi to shoot. The changes during the breakthrough were much less than when he received the ball near the three-point line. At the same time, it made Takeshi's breakthrough become difficult.
Under the pressure of Shigong Tianye, Jinguji Budou adjusted his rhythm and quickly turned his back to the basket with the ball. At the moment when Shigong Tianye's defense pressured him again, he turned his back to the basket with the ball, releasing his strength and quickly accelerating towards the three-point line. Shigong Tianye, who was passed by, only needed a sprint to get to Budou's side again, raising one hand high to block Budou's view of the basket.
The defense is too deep.
Jinguji Budo sighed inwardly, and as he approached the three-point line, he quickly stopped. At the moment when Shinomiya Tano's body paused, he took a step forward to start a breakthrough.
Between the sudden stops and starts, Takeshi Jinguji successfully created some space. While crossing the three-point line, Takeshi Jinguji stopped suddenly and leaned back, then directly shot the ball out.
Although Wudao successfully distanced himself from his opponent, strictly speaking, Shinomiya Tano did not lose his position at all during Wudao's sudden stop and start. At the same time, when Wudao stopped and leaned back, he reacted quickly and jumped up to defend. Although he failed to block the shot, his big hands easily blocked all of Wudao's shooting vision at the moment of his shooting.
For such a strong shot, Wudao had already seen the position of the basket before shooting, and when shooting, he just relied on his feeling and muscle memory.
“Swish!”
The basketball crossed half court and fell accurately into the net with a crisp sound.
The difficult shot made the audience burst into amazing cheers. When Shigong Tianye looked back and saw the basketball go into the net, he whistled with admiration. However, there was no surprise or anger on his face because of Wudao's shot.
Shinomiya Tano has become accustomed to Jinguji Budo's projectile ability.
The basketball went into the net, but there was no joy on Wu Dao's face.
This kind of projection, after all, is unstable!
Although Jinguji Takeshi's playing style is considered "wasteful" in the eyes of people of this era, for Takeshi himself, he is 100% confident in every shot he makes. Whether the basketball goes in or not is not yet certain. His choice of timing for every shot is the shot that Takeshi himself believes is sure of success.
However, this ball at this moment was not the ideal shooting state in Wudao's mind.
Shinomiya Tano's defense has already put considerable pressure on Wudao.
If Jinguji Budou's mid-range shooting accuracy in previous games could reach a terrifying 60-70%, then after today's game, Budou estimated that his mid-range shooting accuracy would probably be "only" around 45%.
This shooting percentage is probably not enough to lead Shohoku High School to a one-on-four victory over Ryonan.
"Under this kind of defensive pressure, other players must also make good use of it."
"Only in this way can we guarantee the success of suppressing Ryonan High School."
"Shigong Tianye, you are indeed a qualified opponent!"
During the defense, Jinguji Budo thought for a moment and decided to change his style of play.
If he changed his playing style before to take care of his teammates' emotions, then now he changed his playing style to help the team win.
Although the results are the same, the starting points are completely different.
During the transition between offense and defense, Ryonan High School has launched a new attack. With the help of Sendoh's pick-and-roll, Shinomiya Tano easily cut into the inside without the ball with the help of the pick-and-roll, and then completed a beautiful alley-oop with Fujima who had the ball, and Shinomiya Tano scored with a dunk.
Although Takenori Akagi under the basket wanted to stop the shot, the moment he and Shinomiya Tano came into physical confrontation, Akagi was completely at a disadvantage and was directly dunked over by Shinomiya Tano.
After being attacked by Ryonan High School, Shohoku High School immediately began to organize a counterattack, but an accident happened again.
With the ball in his hand, Ichiro Kamii entered the frontcourt and once again encountered the defense of Kenji Fujima. This time, Ichiro Kamii was not forced to stop the ball because of Fujima's defense. Instead, he fought with Fujima for several seconds before passing the ball sideways to Takeshi Jinguji.
Katsume Ichiro relied on his physical advantage to pass the ball smoothly, but the quality of the ball was not high. When the ball was passed to Takeshi, Takeshi needed to make some adjustments before he could launch an attack comfortably.
In the brief moment that Wudao adjusted his posture, Shinomiya Tano's defense completely pressed forward.
Under the pressure of Shinomiya Tano, Wudao could only try his best to maintain his position. After adjusting his posture, he quickly dropped the ball and put some distance between himself and the opponent to leave some space for himself to make moves.
However, Shimono was also an experienced player. He knew that Wudao was going to move away and prepare for a breakthrough, so he didn't give Wudao this opportunity when defending. He kept his body tightly against Wudao and quickly adjusted his position as Wudao moved with the ball. He was like a piece of taffy. No matter how Wudao changed his position or adjusted his dribbling method, he couldn't get rid of the opponent.
However, although Wu Dao couldn't get rid of his opponent, he was getting closer and closer to the basket.
The two players, one attacking and one defending, showed strong personal strength on both offense and defense.
In the contest between Budo and Shinomiya Tano, it was finally the attacking Jinguji Budo who gained the upper hand.
After a fake move, Shinomiya Tano's defense finally made a major mistake. The opponent thought that Wudao would still choose a fadeaway jump shot as the finishing method, but the fact was that after the fake move, Wudao chose to continue breaking through, passed Shinomiya Tano's defense, and went to the basket and used a jelly layup to avoid Yuzumi's defense and put the ball into the basket.
It was Jinguji Budo's strong personal ability that helped Xiangbei High School score. Coach Tanaoka, who was sitting on the sidelines, pondered for a few seconds, then focused his eyes on Ichiro Katsumi who had just entered the court, touched his chin, and stood up and walked to the sidelines.
In the backcourt of Ryonan, just as Jun Uozumi passed the ball, Sendoh heard Coach Takeoka calling him from the sidelines and turned to look at Coach Takeoka.
Coach Tanaka did not say anything, but just pointed at Katsumi Ichiro in the distance. Seeing this, Sendoh immediately understood what Coach Tanaka meant, nodded silently, and then quickly entered the front court with his teammates.
The offensive firepower of Ryonan High School is terrifying, and the individual abilities of Shimoya Tano, Sendoh and Fujima are also very strong. They are ace-level players in any team.
Ryonan entered the frontcourt, and Sendoh skillfully set a pick-and-roll for Fujima. When Fujima broke through, Shohoku switched defense. Rukawa chased Fujima, and Katsuragi Ichiro chased Sendoh. When Fujima, who broke through, met Rukawa, he quickly passed the ball back to Sendoh.
At the same time that Sendoh received the ball, Hanagata in the interior actually quickly moved up and made a high pick-and-roll for Sendoh, allowing Sendoh to break through smoothly.
Katsume Ichiro obviously didn't expect that Ryonan High School would actually play a double pick-and-roll, and he was caught by Hanagata without checking. Sendoh, who broke into the inside, faced Sakuragi's defense and jumped without hesitation, and Sendoh's attack also attracted the defense of Akagi Takenori in the inside.
Two defenses one.
Sendoh in the air had no intention of passing the ball. He twisted his body strangely in the air, and with his good waist, he avoided the blocks of Sakuragi and Akagi in the air. He grabbed the ball with his right hand, passed between Sakuragi and Akagi, and then spun the ball towards the backboard.
"Snap!" The high-speed spinning basketball hit the backboard and bounced quickly into the basket.
The difficult layup instantly made the Ryonan supporters excited, and cheers filled the entire stadium.
"What happened... why the cheering was so loud?"
"..."
"Ah! It's Sendoh! Haha, genius Sendoh..."
The deafening cheers reached Miyagi Ryouta's ears. When he heard the audience cheering Sendoh's name, Miyagi Ryouta's face was full of bitter smile.
Genius Immortal Path.
Isn't it natural for a player like this to be cheered?!
"The ball is stopped!"
"Shohoku stopped the ball again!"
"Double-team! Ryonan is double-teaming the open spot for Shohoku!"
"Jinguji Budou went over to provide support. It was really hard work. He had to attack and help his teammates at the same time."
At this moment, the conversation between the two spectators in the front row reached Miyagi Ryouta's ears. Hearing that Xiangbei stopped the ball, Miyagi Ryouta's expression froze, he came out of his emotions, slowly sat up, and the sweat towel fell from his face.
However, at this time, none of the Xiangbei substitutes saw this scene. Everyone's attention was focused on the court, watching Katsume Ichiro who was stopping the ball in the backcourt.
On the court, after receiving the pass from his teammate in the backcourt, Ichiro was about to dribble the ball into the frontcourt, but at this moment, Kenji Fujima of Ryonan High School did not return to defense, and blocked him after Katsume received the ball. At the same time, Sendoh Akira also let go of the defense against Rukawa Kaede, and together with Fujima, wrapped up Ichiro.
Being double-teamed, Ichiro Katsumi was forced to stop the ball, but the place where he stopped was in his own half.
At this time, there were less than two seconds left before Xiangbei High School violated the rules. When Jinguji Takeshi noticed this and rushed to support him, Shinomiya Tano immediately followed up and used his strength to block Takeshi's position, leaving him no space to catch the ball.
The audience in the stands saw that Ichiro Katsume was unable to pass the ball and realized that Shohoku's attack was likely to fail.
"Pass the ball! Pass the ball quickly!"
At this moment, Rukawa, who was left open, had already run to the side of Katsume Ichiro. Hearing the shout, Katsume Ichiro was about to pass the ball directly, but the moment the basketball was shot, Sendoh dodged, stepped out, and slapped the basketball with one hand.
"Too young, a first grader!"
Katsume Ichiro's pass was completely within Sendoh Akira's calculations. Rukawa Kaede's movements had already been grasped by Sendoh. Katsume Ichiro's pass in a hurry just fell into Sendoh's trap.
After completing the steal, Sendoh Akira quickly dribbled the ball towards the Shohoku half. At this time, the only ones who could go back to defend were Katsume Ichiro and Rukawa Kaede. Takeshi, who was about to chase, had just accelerated when he was deliberately blocked by Shinomiya Tano and completely lost speed.
"Where are you going?"
"Your opponent is me! Budo."
Shinomiya Tano said with a smile as he looked at Jinguji Budo who was stuck behind him.
At this time, Sendoh had already dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, and with him was Fujima.
Two on two in the frontcourt.
This defense, which seemed to be able to withstand Ryonan's fast break, was completely shattered by Sendoh's fake breakthrough when he was near the basket.
Both Rukawa and Katsuragi Ichiro were fooled by Sendoh, thinking that the other party was going to pass the ball to Fujima, but the result was that Sendoh broke into the basket and scored with a one-handed dunk.
Ryonan High School scored consecutively.
The delicate balance that Ryonan High School and Shohoku High School had maintained since the first half was completely broken by Sendoh's efforts.
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