He was shooting a three-pointer from outside the three-point line the previous second, and in the blink of an eye, Jinguji Budo rushed into the paint to complete a tip-in. This kind of terrifying athletic ability displayed by both shooting and grabbing the ball astonished all the students of Green Wind.
After being dunked by Jinguji Budou, Naito Tetsuya quickly got up from the ground and looked at Jinguji Budou with anger in his eyes. This was the first time he had encountered such a dunk since he started playing basketball.
Before Jinguji Budo, no one had been able to make Naito Tetsuya suffer such a big loss. Although he had only been playing for less than a year, Naito Tetsuya believed that he had outstanding abilities, and the team's practice matches had also given him full confidence.
Jinguji Budo's dunk not only did not make Naito Tetsuya lose his fighting spirit, but instead completely aroused his desire to win.
"Brother Budao, please look at the people when you dunk. I'm still under the basket!"
"That guy is really strong. My butt hurts."
Takeshi Jinguji walked up to Sakuragi Hanamichi, stretched out his hand to pull Sakuragi Hanamichi up from the ground. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was knocked down by Naito, looked depressed at this time. He did not lose his temper at Naito Tetsuya, but just muttered something complaining, rubbed his butt and frowned slightly.
"Sorry, sorry." Wudao patted Sakuragi's waist with a smile, brushed off the non-existent dust on Sakuragi Hanamichi's body, then glanced at Naito Tetsuya, and quickly returned to the court to defend, not taking Naito Tetsuya seriously at all.
"Asshole, I won't let you go." Jinguji Budo's attitude made Naito Tetsuya very unhappy. He was already furious and now he was even angrier. He walked to the baseline with the basketball in his hand and threw it hard at his teammates.
Tsurumi Seiji, who received the ball, seemed not to have anticipated that Naito's serve would be so powerful. His hand slipped and he failed to catch the ball. When the basketball fell to the ground and bounced back, he quickly controlled the ball in his hands.
It was a good opportunity to steal the ball, but at this time the Xiangbei players had already returned to the court to defend and were unable to seize the opponent's mistake.
"Hey, Naito! Why do you have to serve so hard?!"
Seiji Tsurumi shouted to Tetsuya Naito with a complaining tone in his voice, but Tetsuya Naito completely ignored his teammates and quickly ran towards the front court after serving the ball. He didn't even turn his head when he passed by Seiji Tsurumi.
“This guy.”
"He's just a rookie after all!"
Tsurumi Seiji curled his lips, ignored Naito Tetsuya, and started to dribble the ball forward.
"ho..."
Coach Anxi on the sidelines keenly noticed that the Green Wind players seemed to be in some emotions. He murmured softly, raised his head slightly and looked at the court.
Jinguji Budo on the field also noticed the mistake Tsurumi Seiji made when catching the ball. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he thought to himself:
"It is indeed a newly formed team."
"It looks like the running-in is not going well."
"Give them some fuel."
While thinking, Takeshi Jinguji gave a look to Mitsui Hisashi, and at this time Mitsui Hisashi seemed to have noticed something and also looked towards Takeshi Jinguji.
The two looked at each other and understood each other instantly. The next second, Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi, who were originally defending their positions, quickly rushed towards the Green Wind members. They actually gave up their positions and took the initiative to attack.
The actions of Takeshi Jinguji and Mitsui Hisashi were beyond everyone's expectations. Although Rukawa Kaede on the other side did not know what Takeshi Jinguji and Mitsui Hisashi were planning, Rukawa Kaede, who had rich experience in the game, also rushed forward at the first time and cooperated with his teammates to put pressure on Green Wind High School.
The Tsurumi brothers really work together in perfect harmony.
But then again, the possibility of mistakes when two people jointly control the ball is also rapidly increasing compared to a single person. If you are dealing with a defensive player who has no tacit understanding or a defensive player with poor skills, relying on the fast conduction between the two, you can easily dribble the ball to get close to the three-pointer.
However, if the Tsurumi brothers were to face aces of the level of Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede at the same time, the abilities of these two people would seem somewhat pale in comparison.
The Tsurumi brothers, who are only 175cm tall and weigh only 60+kg, are no match for Mitsui Hisashi, who is 192cm tall, and Rukawa Kaede, who is 187cm tall.
Under the pressure of Mitsui Hisashi, Tsurumi Seiji, who had just crossed the center line with the ball, was forced to stop. He wanted to pass the ball to Tsurumi Keiji, but Rukawa Kaede had already defended on the other side. Even relying on his height and weight advantage, Tsurumi Keiji didn't even have a chance to connect with the ball.
Keiji Tsurumi also planned to use running to get rid of Rukawa's defense, so as to give himself a chance to catch the ball, but under Rukawa's defense, he couldn't get rid of it at all and had no chance to catch the ball at all.
Mike Okita, who was approaching the three-point line, was about to cut to the inside, but suddenly he saw his teammates stopped advancing. He immediately realized that something was wrong and quickly ran towards Seiji Tsurumi.
Tsurumi Seiji stepped forward and was forced into a corner by Mitsui Hisashi, so he tried to pass the ball in panic. However, just as he raised the basketball over his head, Mitsui Hisashi slapped it down.
"Pass the ball, huh? I saw through it a long time ago!"
After completing the steal, Mitsui Hisashi picked up the basketball on the ground and rushed to the frontcourt quickly. The basketball was intercepted, and the only players who could return to defense in time for Green Wind were the Tsurumi brothers and Mike Okita who was ready to respond.
On the Xiangbei side, Mitsui Hisashi, Rukawa Kaede, and Jinguji Budou launched a charge towards the front from three directions.
Mitsui Shou was holding the ball alone in the center, with Jinguji Takeshi and Rukawa Kaede guarding Mitsui Shou on his left and right respectively, and quickly approaching the Green Wind half.
Mitsui Shou was very fast, and when he approached Midorikaze Sanfen, Tsurumi Seiji who was chasing him had been left behind. Mike Okita, who was chasing Jinguji Budo, saw this and turned and rushed towards Mitsui Shou.
Soon, Mitsui Hisashi crossed the free throw line with the ball, and after holding the ball with both hands, he took a step forward, grabbed the ball with both hands, and made a fake pass in the direction of Jinguji Budou, directly deflecting Mike Okita who was trying to block him. Then he took another step, passed Mike Okita, entered the basket, and scored a layup.
It could be said that it was three against one in the frontcourt. Mike Okita was too wary of Jinguji Budou, which led to him being fooled by Mitsui Shou, and he was unable to stop Shohoku's defensive counterattack.
"How come you can't even hold a ball, you idiot!"
“Is it so hard to bring the ball to the front court?!”
As Tsurumi Seiji was about to serve the ball, he suddenly heard a loud shout. Naito Tetsuya, who was returning to defense, was late. For some reason, Naito Tetsuya suddenly became furious and yelled at Tsurumi Seiji.
"What did you say?!"
"You're so awesome, if you can do it, go for it!"
Although Tsurumi Seiji is not big in stature, he has a bad temper. He walked to the baseline with the ball and threw it directly to Naito Tetsuya. Naito also has a bad temper and a tough personality.
"I'll go for it!" After getting the ball, Naito didn't waste any words. He turned around and prepared to rush forward. However, at the moment the basketball fell, a red figure flashed past him.
Jinguji Budou did not even return to the court. He seized the moment when Naito was distracted and completed a steal. He took a step directly to the basket, looked back at the moon, jumped up and dunked the ball into the basket.
12:2.
Just two minutes into the game, the difference between the two teams had reached 10 points, and Xiangbei High School launched a wave of offense.
"Relax, relax~"
"Come on, don't go back to defend, press the whole court and crush Green Wind!"
After scoring the goal, Jinguji Budou looked relieved and shouted to the Xiangbei players. Hearing this, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango in the backcourt quickly ran to the frontcourt, and Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede who were returning had only run a few steps when they saw Jinguji Budou steal the ball and score a dunk in the frontcourt. At this time, they hurriedly turned around after hearing the instructions.
In an instant, Xiangbei's defense line directly pressed to Green Wind's half.
Naito, who made the mistake, originally wanted to blame Tsurumi Seiji for passing the ball without looking at the player, but the close defense of Shohoku left him speechless.
Compared to Tsurumi Seiji, he was even more annoyed with these people from Shohoku. With this kind of defense, were they looking down on him?!
"Damn it, who can be stopped by such a defense?!"
Naito shouted, bent slightly, and ran quickly to the front court. At this time, Tsurumi Seiji also took the ball and walked to the baseline, ready to serve, but Mitsui Shou directly covered him. Although the two were quite far apart, Tsurumi Seiji, who was more than ten centimeters shorter than Mitsui Shou, had difficulty serving the ball.
Suddenly, Tsurumi Seiji saw Naito Tetsuya running towards the front court. Naito was a rugby player, and running was already in his bones. Sakuragi Hanamichi tried to block the opponent, but was directly rushed away by the opponent half sideways, and the referee did not blow the whistle, and it was judged as a fair collision.
Unable to force Naito to stop, Sakuragi could only fall behind the opponent, looking towards the Green Wind baseline from time to time, paying close attention to whether the basketball was kicked out.
"It's too far. Tsurumi's strength shouldn't be able to reach him. And with his height, if he wants to pass the ball over Mitsui's head, the arc of the basketball must be raised."
"That way, the ball won't go far."
"The biggest problem is probably still Mike."
Wu Dao glanced at Tsurumi Seiji who was running to the front court, then ignored him and followed Mike Okita closely.
"Pass the ball quickly! Pass the ball quickly!" Perhaps because Naito was used to playing rugby, he shouted at Tsurumi Seiji while running. Seeing that the other party was slow to pass the ball, he became increasingly angry.
Outside the baseline, Seiji Tsurumi swayed left and right, and after a fake move, he hit the ground and passed the ball to Mike Okita.
"really!"
The basketball was passed towards Mike Okita. Jinguji Takeshi narrowed his eyes and rushed forward. The huge force hit Mike directly on his body. The opponent staggered two steps, steadied himself, and took the ball in his hands.
But as soon as he got the basketball, Mitsui Shou came up to him almost at the same time. Mike, who had just stood firm and had not yet held the ball, was double-teamed and lost the ball.
Mitsui approached the inside with the ball, and although Mike tried to make up for the mistake, Mitsui made a fake shot and passed the ball directly to Rukawa who was making a layup. The latter received the ball and immediately dunked with one hand, continuing to wreak havoc on the basket of Green Wind High School.
14:2.
Xiangbei tasted the sweetness of full-court pressing, and when Green Wind served the ball, they did not move away, and repeated the same trick, pressing the defense line to Green Wind's frontcourt.
“Aiyah.”
"Green Wind is dying!"
"Their defenders can't break our defense!"
"That yellow-haired guy was double-teamed by Captain Mitsui and Senior Martial Arts and was defeated."
Katsume Ichiro on the sidelines suddenly said with a smile, looking at his team's defensive posture, he couldn't help but sigh for Green Wind.
"Why bother? There's such a huge difference in strength, you must be asking for trouble."
"Is there any need to continue this practice match? After only two minutes, the score difference is already 12 points."
Kiyota Nobunaga also talked to himself with a little pride. During the time he was talking, Tsurumi Seiji, who was serving the ball, was careless and the basketball he passed was directly blocked by the quick-eyed and quick-handed Mitsui Hisashi.
Mitsui's jumping ability is indeed average, but it depends on who you compare him with.
Although he is not as tall as Mitsui Shou and has a shorter arm span than Mitsui Shou, Mitsui Shou still crushes Tsurumi Seiji in terms of jumping ability. It is definitely not an easy task for the opponent to pass the ball in front of Mitsui Shou.
After another steal, Mitsui Shou quickly rushed to the basket, made a reverse layup to avoid the Green Wind center who came to defend, and easily scored the ball.
The score difference reached 16 points.
Finally, the coach on the sidelines couldn't stand it anymore and called a timeout in a hurry.
After a long whistle, Green Wind High School was stopped by the frontcourt pressure of Xiangbei High School.
After returning to the rest area, the Xiangbei team and the substitutes high-fived each other. Wudao smiled and refused the towel handed over by his teammates. He just took a sip of water to moisten his throat, but did not drink it.
It’s too short. It’s really too short.
Before he even broke a sweat, Lu Feng had already been beaten.
The gap in strength between the two teams is too big. Green Wind High School, with a weak back line, has no hope of winning at all. Even if it relies on Mike Okita, Green Wind still has no possibility of a comeback.
Takeshi Jinguji alone was able to hold down Mike Okita, while the other ball handlers of Green Wind could not get past the defense of Rukawa Kaede and Mitsui Hisashi.
Unless Green Wind can produce a national star-level defender to cooperate with Mike Okita in offense, the outcome of this game is already determined.
However, national-level star guards are not readily available. Green Wind's financial strength is indeed very strong, but any top player with some goals will not choose Green Wind's newly formed basketball team.
Looking at the entire Green Wind High School, there is only one player worth mentioning, Mike Okita. As for Naito, although he has good talent, he is too young. In other words, he has a chance to play in Green Wind, but if he switches to another strong team, he may not get a chance to play.
The players' level is average, the team is newly formed, and there is no tacit understanding between the players.
Even if the big ship coach really has some good techniques and tactics, Lu Feng probably won't be able to implement them perfectly.
"We, Xiangbei, have indeed become much stronger."
"The defense is really full of talent. If the opponent's defense is a little weak, it may not be easy to dribble the ball across half the field."
"For a team of Green Wind's caliber, the training effect it can provide to its players is probably very limited."
Coach Anxi touched his chin, thought for a moment, and decided to let them off. He waved at Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Shou, and when they approached, he whispered in their ears:
"Give Green Wind some game experience and adopt a half-court man-to-man defense."
"Budo, if you have figured out Mike Okita's abilities, you can switch defense with Mitsui and Rukawa."
"Let them also feel the strength of a four-star high school."
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