After Mitsui Hisashi and Shinomiya Tano alternated between offense and defense, there was only one minute left before the end of the first half.
The score between the two teams was 51:50, with Ryonan High School only leading Shohoku High School by one point.
Jinguji Budou's three-pointer before leaving the court, Sakuragi Hanamichi's block and offensive rebound, and Mitsui's three-pointer after he came on the court all made Ryonan High School's plan to widen the score gap fail.
In the final stage of the first half of the game, Sakuragi Hanamichi's concentration was unprecedentedly high. Now, he has become an indispensable inside pillar of Xiangbei High School.
As the offense and defense changed, the basketball once again came into the hands of Xiangbei High School. The three-point pursuit allowed Xiangbei to narrow the gap from 3 points at the beginning to one point. At the same time, Xiangbei High School, which controlled the ball, also had a real chance to reverse the score.
In this attack, Xiangbei played very cautiously. Ryonan High School originally planned to use full-court pressing defense to force Xiangbei to make mistakes, but Mitsui Hisashi, Katsume Ichiro and Rukawa Kaede all guessed that the opponent might target the guards.
Therefore, the pace of advancement was very slow, and Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede were always supporting Katsume Ichiro, not giving Ryonan any chance to steal the ball.
After a brief attempt, Ryonan gave up the idea of stealing the ball in the frontcourt and instead retreated to the backcourt to defend, intending to fight a positional battle.
Mitsui's three-pointer before left a deep impression on Shinomiya Tano. At this moment, not long after Mitsui crossed the center line, he quickly stuck to him, not wanting to give Mitsui a chance to receive the ball.
Entangled in the defense of Shinomiya Tano, Mitsui immediately lost the opportunity to receive the ball and attack near the top of the arc. In order to shake off the opponent, Mitsui had to move inside and try to create an open opportunity to receive the ball through the off-ball pick-and-roll of Akagi and Sakuragi.
After dribbling into the frontcourt, Katsume Ichiro was unable to pass the ball to Mitsui Hisashi immediately, so he had to settle for the second best and passed the ball sideways to Rukawa Kaede. After the pass was made, he pulled Fujima Kenji's defense line and immediately sank to the bottom corner.
One on one at the horns.
The positioning of Mitsui Hisawa and Katsume Ichiro created a one-on-one opportunity for Rukawa.
Facing Sendoh Akira, Rukawa Kaede's eyes were full of fighting spirit. He moved his right foot sideways and swept the ball to the right, testing Sendoh's defensive direction.
“Nice move!”
"This kid's breakthrough speed is very fast, be careful."
Sendoh noticed Rukawa's movements and reminded himself in his heart. He stepped back slightly with his left foot so that he could move to the left to block Rukawa's advance.
Rukawa noticed the subtle change in position. He received the ball, raised it and faked a move. The next second, Rukawa stepped his right foot in front of the left and rushed towards his left side with the ball dropped directly.
“Here it comes!”
Sendoh was not fooled by Rukawa's fake shot at all. He reacted the moment Rukawa dropped the ball and rushed forward, and then adjusted his position to chase. However, his position was not conducive to his interception to his right side. By the time he started to speed up, Rukawa had successfully crossed the three-point line and approached the paint area.
Hanagata in the inside just moved his feet to prepare for defense when he saw Sendoh waving his right hand and quickly catching up with Rukawa.
While breaking through, Rukawa bumped into Sendoh. The huge force not only failed to force Sendoh back, but instead forced Rukawa to slow down.
Rukawa, who had lost his impact, quickly turned around, stuck to Sendoh's body, and successfully created an open space. Then, before his body was completely stable, he threw the ball directly towards the backboard. Then, without the ball in his hand, Rukawa completely burst out with speed and rushed towards the basket.
"This kid! Is he trying to..." Just as Sendoh adjusted his position, Rukawa had already passed by his side. When Sendoh tried to turn around and chase, Rukawa had already successfully rushed into the paint area.
Hanagata Toru and Uozumi Jun under the basket did not expect that Rukawa would actually shoot in that state. When they came to their senses, they found that the basketball hit the backboard hard and quickly bounced back towards Rukawa.
Rukawa Kaede cut into the paint area and easily received the basketball. After one dribble, he rushed into the basket and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.
A slam dunk in which the player threw the ball to the basket and then grabbed the ball was actually performed in front of Ryonan High School.
As the score on the scoreboard reached 51:52, the audience in the stands burst into amazing cheers after a brief silence.
"Amazing! Amazing! He actually played this kind of ball in front of Ryonan and let that kid score?!"
"This first-year student from Shohoku is really incredible! Hanagata and Uozumi didn't even react!"
"Sendō was passed, but he actually faced the genius Sendō and still scored the ball. He is really a terrifying first-year student."
The cheers of the audience spread into the stadium.
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Rukawa Kaede who was dunking with a dull look on his face. His mouth was so big that he could easily fit an egg in it. At this time, warm cheers poured into the court, which surprised Sakuragi and made him jealous of Rukawa Kaede.
"Damn it! This stinky fox is only interested in showing off himself again."
"It's too dangerous. If Ryonan steals the ball, the score difference will become three points!"
"asshole!"
Sakuragi was angry that Rukawa stole his limelight. His amazing block just now was completely overshadowed by Rukawa's slam dunk.
In a corner of the stands, Sannoh's ace Sawakita Eiji was looking at the freshman on the field in some surprise. He didn't expect that after Jinguji Budou was eliminated from Shohoku High School, there would still be someone who could perform like this.
"Interesting." Zebei Rongji became interested in this freshman from Xiangbei. He knew that this handsome boy with bangs on the field would be the trump card of Xiangbei High School in the new era.
Being able to hit this kind of ball in front of Ryonan is enough to attract his attention.
"It's incredible..."
"After Jinguji Budo, another incredible figure has appeared among the first graders of Shohoku High School!"
On the other side, Moroboshi Dai also murmured that Rukawa Kaede's performance was beyond his expectations.
He had thought that the one carrying the banner for Shohoku now would be Mitsui Hisashi, who replaced Jinguji Budou, but he did not expect that the person who took over Jinguji Budou's offensive banner and was responsible for the tough battle would be this freshman!
Not to mention that outsiders were surprised, even Mitsui Hisashi, who had been watching Rukawa Kaede's growth, was a little confused at this moment.
He originally thought that Rukawa Kaede... .was here to assist him... ..
47 seconds.
After the players of Ryonan High School reacted, they immediately launched a counterattack. Shinomiya Tano looked deeply at Rukawa Kaede, quickly broke away from Mitsui Shou, and ran quickly towards the front court.
"Defend! Defend quickly!"
When Mitsui Hisashi saw Shinomiya Tano start, he immediately chased after him, but while chasing, he suddenly found that the distance between him and Shinomiya Tano was slowly widening.
“Drink!
!”
At the baseline, Uozumi Jun shouted and threw the ball, not to Fujima, but to Shinomiya Tano who was running in the frontcourt.
The basketball flew over Mitsui Hisashi's head and fell into the open space in front of Shinomiya Tano.
While running, Shigong Tianye just turned his head slightly, then lowered his head and accelerated again.
As the basketball fell, Shimoya stretched out his right hand and controlled the ball in his hand. At the same time, his speed did not decrease and he quickly rushed towards the inside line of Xiangbei.
"Damn it, don't even think about scoring!"
Mitsui's explosive power cannot keep up with Shinomiya Tano's pace, but there are still people in Xiangbei High School who can keep up!
Sakuragi Hanamichi had already circled in front of Shinomiya Tano at some point, and after watching Shinomiya Tano standing firmly on his feet as he rushed towards him, he raised his arms and shouted.
"Sakuragi, don't foul!"
“Watch the game!”
Seeing this scene, Jinguji Takeshi in the audience couldn't help but remind him.
But when he spoke, Shinomiya Tano had already approached the basket, and at the moment of passing the ball, he jumped in front of Sakuragi, and the basketball in his hand flashed past Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes to complete the pass. The next second, Shinomiya Tano took another step, directly passed Sakuragi, easily broke into the basket, and put the ball into the net with ease.
European step.
In front of Shinomiya Tano, Sakuragi Hanamichi stood there like a piece of wood. It was not until Shinomiya Tano made a layup and scored that he turned his head to look at the basket, looking at Shinomiya Tano behind him in surprise.
"What is that?!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed to have seen this kind of technique before, but this was the first time he encountered a breakthrough in this way.
The Warriors only had six seconds to carry out the one-stop attack from the backcourt to the frontcourt.
This brought the cheers that Rukawa had just started to an abrupt end, and they were replaced by the cheers of Ryonan supporters.
41 seconds, 53:52.
Shinomiya Tianye quickly returned to the field and shouted to the players:
"Cheer up, don't slack off just because time is running out."
"There are still more than forty seconds left, enough to score a lot of points!"
"Sa, come with me and stop Xiangbei's attack!"
After Shimomiya Tano returned to the court, he stood directly at the top of the arc and spread his arms to lead the defense. With his encouragement, the Ryonan players immediately returned to their peak condition.
After the Xiangbei players entered the frontcourt with the ball, all of Ryonan's outside players stepped up to defend.
Ichiro Katsume, who had just crossed the center line with the ball, quickly accelerated when Fujima moved forward, and was caught up by Fujima after bypassing some distance.
At this critical moment, Katsume Ichiro didn't dare to stick to the ball at all. When Fujima approached, he hurriedly passed the ball to Mitsui Hisashi.
The quality of Katsume Ichiro's pass was average, and Mitsui bent his waist a little low when he got the ball, but it was this moment of gap that was seized by Shinomiya Tano, who stuck directly to Mitsui and grabbed the basketball with one hand.
Mitsui hugged the ball in front of his chest, turned sideways to protect the ball, and then stepped back, but Shinomiya Tano didn't seem to give him any chance at all. He moved forward directly. The huge defensive pressure made Mitsui's eyes shrink, and he quickly threw the ball to the inside.
At this time, the three outside players of Xiangbei were all being closely watched by Ryonan. At this time, the defensive players of Ryonan did not spare their physical energy and played the death coil. It was very difficult for Mitsui Hisashi and others to run out of open space in a short time.
The pressure from outside is huge.
The pressure inside is also not small.
The moment Akagi received the ball with his back to the basket, Uozumi Jun stuck behind him.
"Akagi! Attack me!"
"I'm going to defeat you completely right here!"
While Yuzumi was talking, Akagi Takenori had already turned around with the ball, and instantly passed Yuzumi and attacked the basket. However, it was not known whether it was due to the influence of the foot injury, Akagi's breakthrough action was not smooth, and Yuzumi Jun actually followed Akagi's action and came behind Akagi.
However, Akagi did not seem to notice anything unusual about himself. He thought he had successfully broken through Yuzumi and rushed to the basket, so he stood up and prepared to dunk. But at this moment, a big hand suddenly covered the basketball.
Yuzumi grabbed the basketball from behind Akagi and pulled Akagi down.
"Ah!" Akagi fell back to the ground quickly, with his feet on the ground. He lost his balance and the basketball fell from his hands. His body leaned back towards Yuzumi, which made Yuzumi, who was trying to grab the ball, subconsciously support Akagi.
But the basketball was also caught in the hands of Sakuragi Hanamichi who came rushing over.
"Hanagata, stop him!"
"Stop that red-haired boy!"
Coach Takeo from the sidelines shouted loudly towards the field, "This kid Sakuragi Hanamichi has already made a name for himself in Coach Takeo's eyes."
Sakuragi raised the ball and looked at the basket. This simple shooting action immediately deceived Hanagata Toru. However, Sakuragi Hanamichi himself did not even jump.
"Varied!"
“What!”
Hanagata and Uozumi both looked towards Sakuragi, and at this time Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had deceived Hanagata, lowered his body, dropped the ball directly over Hanagata, and jumped up with the ball in both hands near the basket, and smashed the basketball into the basket.
"Boy! Don't be so arrogant!
”
Just when the basketball was about to be dunked into the basket by Sakuragi Hanamichi, a loud shout suddenly exploded in Sakuragi's ears.
At some point, Shinomiya Tano appeared in the inside and came behind Sakuragi Hanamichi.
A big hand pressed down hard, directly on the basketball.
The dunk path changed, Sakuragi dunked the ball directly into the basket, and the basketball bounced out.
"asshole!
”
Sakuragi looked up at the flying basketball, turned his head and glared fiercely at Shimonoseki behind him, but Shimonoseki ignored Sakuragi at this time and looked in the direction the basketball flew.
But the figure that came into view in the distance made his eyes shrink suddenly.
"Three! Well!"
Near the sideline, Mitsui Hisashi was looking at the basketball, waiting for it to fly over, with a smile on his face.
At the end of the fight, he actually got a bargain!
With the basketball in hand, Mitsui adjusted his posture slightly, jumped, and shot.
A beautiful jump shot, the beautiful shooting posture is just like when he first entered Xiangbei. Coach Tian Gang on the sidelines couldn't help but murmured when he saw this scene: "So beautiful..."
At this moment, Coach Tanaoka seemed to see himself when he first met Mitsui Hisashi, the boy with the beautiful 3:7 shooting posture.
“Swish!
”
The crisp sound of the net brought Coach Tiangang back to reality, and the ticking of the scoreboard made Coach Tiangang furious.
29 seconds, 53:55.
Shohoku High School truly achieved a comeback with 29 seconds left in the first half.
A 2-point lead allowed Xiangbei to truly enter the safety line.
The 29-second offensive time meant that Ryonan dared not play fast and could only press the time for the final attack. Mitsui Shou breathed a sigh of relief and looked excited when he saw the basketball go into the net.
However, a blue figure suddenly passed directly in front of his eyes, and then a red light flew out from the bottom line.
Glancing sideways, I saw Shinomiya Tano actually rushing to the front.
With 29 seconds left, Ryonan actually played a fast break instead of wasting time and hitting the buzzer!
When the Xiangbei players realized this, Shinomiya Tanaka had already crossed the center line. Although Rukawa had caught up with Shinomiya Tanaka and tried to intercept him, as Shinomiya Tanaka turned around while moving and completed the separation between man and ball, the last obstacle blocking him disappeared.
"Bang!
!
!”
The loud sound of the slam dunk echoed throughout the stadium, and Mitsui Hisashi, who had just relaxed, also felt a tightness in his heart.
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