"Mitsui Shou?!"
"Yes... I was so attracted by the matchup between Jinguji Budou and Tano that I ignored the others. Mitsui Shou has not played yet!"
"Coach Anxi... what are your plans?"
"Are you planning to give up the fight for victory in order to test the lineup?"
When Coach Tanaoka was muttering about Mitsui Shou on the sidelines, some changes had indeed occurred on the field.
As Ryonan High School launched a counterattack, Katsume Ichiro was trying to stop Sendoh Akira who was advancing with the ball while defending. He pulled Sendoh's arm while he was moving and was called for a foul by the referee.
During the time when the ball was stopped, Coach Anzai asked the referee for a substitution. The player who was substituted was not Ichiro Katsume who made a mistake, but Takeshi Jinguji who had just made a three-pointer in the frontcourt.
With less than two minutes left in the first half, Coach Anzai replaced Jinguji Takeshi with Mitsui Hisashi, who had been sitting on the bench.
"Substitution? Why did Xiangbei High School make a substitution at this time?"
"And he actually replaced Jinguji Budou? Even if it was to let Jinguji Budou conserve his energy, it wouldn't be necessary to replace him at this time, right?"
"It's almost halftime, and the score between the two teams is very close. Why would we make substitutions at this time?"
In the rest area beside the court, Coach Tiangang couldn't understand Coach Anzai's actions for a moment, and his brows couldn't help but frown.
However, the other Ryonan players sitting next to him did not have as many thoughts as Coach Takeo. When they heard that Shohoku had actually substituted Jinguji Budou, they all breathed a sigh of relief and their expressions became relaxed.
"Haha! Shohoku actually substituted Jinguji Budou!"
"We must seize this opportunity and increase the score difference within these two minutes!"
"What a great opportunity! This is a great chance to pull away from the lead. Come on, Ryonan!
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The Ryonan bench actually burst into cheers for Shohoku High School's substitution decision, but such cheers fell into the ears of Mitsui Shou who had just walked to the sidelines, and completely angered Mitsui Shou.
"Damn it, are these guys from Lingnan looking down on me?"
"Assholes, I'll make you pay!"
Mitsui Hisashi high-fived Jinguji Takeshi who was walking off the court, and then stepped onto the court with Takeshi's encouragement.
"Xiao San, it's up to you. The physical energy consumption of the people in Lingnan will be great. This is a good opportunity for you."
"With your ability, you just need to be on guard against Shinomiya Tano and Sendoh. If you have the help of your teammates, you should have a chance to escape."
Wudao walked to the rest area of Xiangbei High School, took the water and towel handed to him by his teammates, wiped the sweat from his face, stood next to Coach Anxi, and did simple stretching exercises on the spot, adapting to the state of transition from movement to stillness.
Coach Anzai looked at Mitsui Shou who was walking onto the court, pushed his glasses, looked at him for a long time, turned his head to look at Jinguji Budo, and suddenly asked:
"In this match, how much of your offensive power did you use?"
Coach Anzai's words also attracted the attention of other Shohoku players. Even Miyagi Ryouta turned his head to look at Jinguji Takeshi, waiting for Takeshi's answer.
"About 80%. I can say that I have already gone all out."
Wu Dao heard this, thought for a moment, and replied.
"What about the remaining 20%?" Coach Anxi nodded and continued to ask.
Faced with this question, Wu Dao did not answer, but looked at the court and fell into silence. Although Wu Dao did not finish speaking, Coach Anxi immediately understood what Jinguji Wu Dao meant, lowered his head slightly, and changed the question.
"What do you think we should do to adjust Xiangbei so that we can fully bring out your abilities?"
Coach Anzai's question made all the Xiangbei players hold their breath and look at Jinguji Budou. Coach Anzai actually planned to consult Jinguji Budou's substitution opinion? A player could actually directly influence the coach's substitution choice.
Such a situation is very rare in the entire high school basketball circle.
"Akagi, you need to have the ability to coordinate from a high position."
Wudao did not directly answer Coach Anzai's question, but instead mentioned Akagi Takenori. However, his answer also made Coach Anzai understand a lot of things.
Coach Anxi nodded silently and stopped talking.
At this time, the game had resumed on the court. Ryonan High School served the ball from the sideline and gave it to Kenji Fujima. Fujima immediately received the high cover of Hanagata, and with the help of Hanagata's pick-and-roll, he immediately broke through.
Hanamichi Sakuragi and Ichiro Katsume switched defense instantly when Ryonan broke through the pick-and-roll. Hanamichi Sakuragi directly blocked Kenji Fujima, but after a fake dribble by Fujima, Sakuragi was slightly out of position.
Fujima, who got the chance, dribbled the ball directly to the basket, and prepared to make a layup. However, at the moment the basketball was shot, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had been left behind by him, suddenly flew out from behind him, blocked Fujima's shot with the top of the backboard, and then put the ball in his arms.
"Don't underestimate this genius! Bastard!" The sudden appearance of Sakuragi Hanamichi startled Fujima. He had clearly shaken Sakuragi Hanamichi off just now, but the other party caught up with him so quickly.
This block made Fujima refresh his understanding of Sakuragi's athletic ability. It turned out that this red-haired boy from Xiangbei High School not only had great jumping and explosive power, but also had an amazing movement speed.
Sakuragi, who blocked the shot, immediately found Katsume Ichiro and passed the ball. Sendoh saw the opponent's pass so obviously, and immediately rushed forward to intercept. However, Katsume Ichiro was obviously prepared. When the basketball approached, he did not catch the ball, but directly hit it and changed the path of the ball.
The basketball successfully fell into Mitsui's hands.
As the basketball came into his hand, Mitsui immediately took the ball and ran towards the frontcourt.
Mitsui Hisashi replaced Jinguji Budou, so the defender he had to face was Ryonan High School's Shinomiya Tano.
Seeing Mitsui advancing with the ball, Shinomiya Tano had already stuck to Mitsui's side before Mitsui crossed the center line, trying to use his strength to force Mitsui to stop.
Faced with the pressure from this muscular monster, Mitsui made a very smart choice. He had no intention of wrestling with the opponent. The moment Shinomiya Tanaka pressed forward, Mitsui immediately stopped and changed direction. When Shinomiya Tanaka completed the adjustment and caught up again, Mitsui repeated the same trick. After the continuous stops and changes, Mitsui's advancement speed was slowed down, but the basketball was still safely brought into the frontcourt by him.
However, when the basketball entered the frontcourt, the other players of Ryonan had also completed their retreat, and Xiangbei High School had already lost the opportunity for a fast break.
The continuous rhythm changes and physical collisions made Mitsui, who had just entered the court, a little anxious. After entering the frontcourt, Mitsui planned to dribble the ball on the spot to adjust his breathing and dribbling rhythm, but Shigong Tianye did not give Mitsui such a chance at all. The moment Mitsui stopped, he quickly rushed forward and tried to take the ball from Mitsui.
“Pass the ball!”
At this moment, Rukawa Kaede, who was supporting Mitsui's advancement, quickly walked to Mitsui's side and shouted.
Seeing the person coming, Mitsui's eyes flashed, and he quickly changed hands under his crotch, dribbled the ball with his left hand, and looked at Rukawa, intending to pass the ball.
And Mitsui's dribbling changes were also seen by Shinomiya Tano, who moved his body in advance, blocking Mitsui's passing route. But in the next second, Mitsui, who was dribbling in the air, lowered his body and broke through by himself, quickly passing Shinomiya Tano and quickly approaching the three-point line.
"What?!"
Mitsui's fake breakthrough was beyond everyone's expectations. The faces of the Ryonan players were also full of shock. No one had expected that Mitsui could actually break through Shinomiya Tano!
In Ryonan, Shinomiya Tano is undoubtedly the strongest person. Even Sendoh and Fujima are only a step behind him.
In the team practice match, even Sendoh couldn't break through Shinomiya Tano alone, but at this time, Mitsui Shou actually did it. This is completely different from the impression of some Ryonan 1.2-year players that "Mitsui Shou can only shoot".
However, third-year students Fujima and Hanagata quickly recovered from their shock.
Unlike those inexperienced juniors in grades one and two, they know Mitsui's abilities. Although Mitsui has had less ball possession since Jinguji Budou joined Shohoku, this does not mean that Mitsui does not have the ability to play one-on-one.
“Breakthrough!
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"Beautiful, Captain!"
The Xiangbei bench cheered, but Wudao felt a little depressed and said to himself: "Be careful, Xiaosan, that's not an opponent that can be defeated so easily."
As if to verify Jinguji Budou's words, Shinomiya Tano, who had been left some distance behind by Mitsui Shou on the court, reacted quickly and turned around to catch up.
At the moment of pursuit, Shigong Tianye burst out with an unprecedented speed.
In just a blink of an eye, Shinomiya Tano appeared behind Mitsui Hisashi, and at this time, Mitsui Hisashi had just reached the three-point line.
A fierce aura came from behind him, and Mitsui Shou knew that he had not completely shaken off Shinomiya Tano.
But, so what? !
Without any unnecessary movements, Mitsui Hisashi, who was approaching the three-point line, quickly gathered the ball and shot directly.
It took him less than a second from the time he received the ball to the time he shot the ball. His quick shot made the pupils of Shimoya Tano, who was chasing him from behind, shrink suddenly. When he jumped up to block the shot, the basketball was already flying rapidly towards the basket.
The basketball flew through the air at high speed. Unlike the ball thrown by Jinguji Budo, the basketball thrown by Mitsui Shou spun extremely violently, and the arc of the entire shot was much flatter. Moreover, the shooting point of Mitsui Shou was also very strange, in front of his forehead, not on top of his head, giving people the feeling that the basketball was not thrown by him, but pushed out.
The weird shooting posture has no aesthetic appeal at all.
“Swish!”
However, a crisp sound of the ball hitting the net made all the Ryonan players turn their heads and look at the basket.
"It went in?! That shooting posture actually led to a goal?"
"This... this kind of female push-up shot can also go in?"
Aida Hikoichi on the sidelines exclaimed in disbelief. When Coach Tian Gang saw this, his face darkened slightly, and then he sighed softly:
"What is a female push-up?"
"This is a flip shot, which is different from the traditional jump shot. A flip shot is a shot that is taken before reaching the highest point of the jump."
"As the name suggests, this kind of shot doesn't require you to jump very high. You just need to bounce a little and you can shoot directly."
"Although the shot is not pretty, the speed is very fast. After all, you don't need to jump very high. The rhythm of the traditional jump shot is completely different."
"If it's a jump shot, Tian Ye will definitely be able to block it!"
Coach Takeo explained to Hikoichi Aida, and at this time, the other first-year students of Ryonan also said "Oh" as if they suddenly realized it, and then looked at Mitsui Hisashi.
"Mitsui Hisashi... has completely adapted to this shooting style."
Coach Tiangang said this with a sigh in his voice. He was once deeply intoxicated by Mitsui's beautiful and perfect shooting posture and wanted to bring this player with beautiful shooting into his team.
But a few years later, Mitsui Shou completely abandoned what he should have been most proud of, and switched to this... ugly... simple projection method.
Although it doesn't look good, there is no doubt that Mitsui's personal strength has become even stronger with the assist of the left and lower back shots.
"You actually made the shot!"
"You're stronger than I thought."
"I even think that you are not inferior to Xiandao!"
Shinomiya Tano looked back at Mitsui Shou and praised.
However, Mitsui Shou was not impressed by his praise: "Isn't it that I am not inferior to Sendoh? Shouldn't I be stronger than him and you?!"
"That brat Budo was able to achieve something in Xiangbei, but it was all because I let him do it!"
Mitsui Shou, who scored a three-pointer as soon as he came on the court, was a little too proud of himself. In terms of arrogance, Mitsui Shou was actually similar to Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede. He was full of confidence in his own strength and talent.
After scoring the point against Shimotsuna, Mitsui didn't feel that he had done anything great.
In his opinion, this is what he should do!
"... .." Shinomiya Tianye did not speak. He had played against Shohoku many times, but not against Mitsui Shou very often. Seeing Mitsui Shou making a jump shot, he was a little confused.
"You got carried away after scoring a goal... I won't underestimate you anymore."
"I will defeat you with all my might, just like I did to Jinguji Budo!"
As Shimono spoke, he ignored Mitsui and ran quickly towards the front court.
Yuzumi was also serving the ball from the backcourt, and Fujima quickly advanced with the ball. Before long, Ryonan High School's offensive pressure reached Shohoku.
After several passes, the basketball finally came into the hands of Shigong Tianye.
Shinomiya Tano, who got the ball, seemed to want to regain the field from the previous goal. He didn't wait for his teammates to run, but rushed forward directly. Mitsui Shou reacted quickly and immediately followed him, but Mitsui Shou also knew that the opponent was powerful, so he didn't stick to him when he followed up, but followed Shinomiya Tano closely and put pressure on him.
At the same time, Akagi, who was under the basket, saw Shimono's breakthrough and quickly came up to defend.
When Shinomiya Tano dribbled the ball across the free throw line, Akagi Takenori and Mitsui Hisashi surrounded Shinomiya Tano from two directions.
The double-team was completed, but Shinomiya Tano was not panicked at all. He calmly passed the ball and rushed towards the inside with big strides. Akagi's defense came up and he directly hit Akagi and jumped up.
At this moment, the strong and healthy Akagi was pushed away by Shinomiya Tano by dozens of centimeters. Even though he jumped with Shinomiya Tano, he could not affect Shinomiya Tano's layup.
With a small hook shot, Shinomiya Tano sent the ball to the basket and scored easily.
He ignored this two-on-one double-team.
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