In the stadium.
Rukawa Kaede, who was in the backcourt of Xiangbei, naturally attracted the attention of everyone in Sanwang Industrial. They had already done research on Rukawa Kaede.
But when Rukawa really stood in the backcourt, the Sannoh players were still stunned.
Standing on the center line, Masashi Kawata looked past Takenori Akagi in front of him and looked at Rukawa Kaede.
"What are you planning to do, Xiangbei?!"
"Let a freshman play an important point guard position?"
"Do you think that first-year student can be a match for Fukatsu?"
Masashi Kawata and Takenori Akagi in front of him were acquainted with each other. The two had fought against each other during the Autumn National Games. At this time, looking at Rukawa Kaede, he asked Takenori Akagi this.
“Are you caring about too many things?”
Akagi did not directly answer Kawata Masashi's question, but asked expressionlessly. He sensed a strong sense of arrogance in Kawata Masashi's tone.
The kind of arrogance that completely ignores the opponent.
"I don't think so." Masashi Kawata, with the ape-man face, grinned, tasting the meaning of Takenori Akagi's words, and said it without hesitation.
"snort!"
Akagi snorted and didn't say anything.
Kawata felt bored when he saw Takenori Akagi's look, and turned around to talk about the other players of Shohoku.
He had seen several players from Xiangbei High School who played today. Mitsui Hisashi, who played against Matsumoto Minoru, Jinguji Budou, who played against Sawakita Eiji, and Sakuragi Hanamichi, who played against Nobe Masahiro.
Some of them were people he had played against before, and some of them were people he had seen when watching Xiangbei games.
Masashi Kawata's gaze quickly swept over Sakuragi and others, and finally fell on Jinguji Takeshi who was not far away.
Masashi Kawata knew very well that no matter how Shohoku High School changed their formation, the most threatening person in their team would always be Jinguji Budou!
Feeling Masashi Kawata's gaze, Wudao turned his head and smiled at Kawata.
In today's game, he plans to show his dominance, or consolidate the position of Xiangbei High School.
Otherwise, this A-level team rating is really hard to talk about. If those guys in the United States knew that I was playing in an A-level team, they would probably laugh to death. In itself, many people did not understand why Budo returned to Xiangbei to play.
It’s not that Wudao was afraid of losing face, but he didn’t want those college teams that were interested in him to think too much and think that he came to Xiangbei to play because he couldn’t make it in high school!
"I'm sorry, Zebei."
Suddenly, Jinguji Budo said sorry to Zebei. Zebei Rongzhi was about to ask why, but the referee had already walked into the court and blew the whistle to start the game.
“Beep—”
After a long whistle, the referee threw the basketball high into the air.
Akagi Takenori and Kawata Masashi on both sides of the center line shouted at the same time, left the ground almost at the same time, and slapped the basketball.
"Hey!"
Masashi Kawata's explosive power is slightly stronger than that of Takenori Akagi. When the two of them jumped at almost the same time, he was the first to touch the basketball and hit the ball to the backcourt.
Masashi Kawata, who successfully won the jump ball, flexed his arm muscles, let out an excited roar, and then quickly ran towards the front court.
As the basketball fell into the hands of Kazunari Fukatsu, the Xiangbei players quickly ran towards their own backcourt.
"Come on, defend the next ball!"
"The defense shrinks! They don't have a basket."
Jinguji Budo returned to the field, clapping his hands and shouting to his teammates.
Upon hearing this, the Sanno Gaixian team members all looked towards Jinguji Budo with unhappy expressions.
Budo felt the gazes of the Sanwang people, smiled, quickly retreated to the three-point line, spread his arms, and defended. At the same time, Zebei Rongzhi did not stay outside the three-point line after entering the frontcourt, but quickly sank to the bottom corner.
The Xiangbei team adopted a standard zone defense, with Sakuragi Hanamichi and Akagi Takenori standing on both sides of the paint area under the basket, while Jinguji Takeshi, Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede were all located inside the three-point line, with Rukawa standing at the top of the arc.
As Zebei Rongzhi sank to the bottom corner, Jinguji Budou quickly followed, and a huge gap appeared at the corner.
Masashi Kawata in the inside quickly moved up and made a high pick-and-roll for Kazunari Fukatsu. With the help of his teammates, Kazunari Fukatsu moved several steps sideways along the three-point line with the ball, completely widened the distance between him and Rukawa, adjusted his posture, and raised his hand to shoot a three-pointer.
It took only 8 seconds from the time Sanno got the ball to the time he entered the frontcourt with the ball.
“Ding~~”
It was a wide-open three-point shot, and all the Sanwang players were ready to return to the court to defend, but at this moment, a crisp sound of missing the ball suddenly came from the basket.
"Roar!" Sakuragi Hanamichi was in a better position under the basket than Nobe Masahiro, and Nobe was already ready to return to defense. Unexpectedly, Fukatsu's open three-pointer was inaccurate, and the basketball fell out of the basket.
Nobe, who was not prepared, could only watch Sakuragi Hanamichi grab the ball. However, Sakuragi ignored Rukawa and passed the ball to Jinguji Budou with his backhand.
“Bang!”
After getting the basketball, Jinguji Budo suddenly laughed:
"Sure enough, they don't have a basketball."
"Come on, let's score a goal first!"
Wudao did not pass the ball, but slowly advanced to the front court with the ball. While he was talking, Zebei Rongzhi, who was originally standing in the bottom corner, suddenly came from behind Jinguji Wudao and took the basketball from Wudao's hand.
"Hmm? To deceive, to attack by surprise?"
The footsteps behind him did not escape Jinguji Takeshi's ears. He just dribbled the ball casually between his legs and switched the ball to his left hand, easily avoiding Zebei Rongji's steal.
After failing to steal the ball, Zebei Rongji did not stay for long and ran quickly towards his own backcourt.
After walking a short distance, Budo saw that all the players of Sanno Industrial Team had returned to defense. He passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede and ran slowly towards the front court.
When Xiangbei attacked, the players entered the frontcourt in an orderly manner and began to take positions in the frontcourt.
Triangle offense.
Takenori Jinguji was positioned outside the three-point line at the corner, Mitsui Hisashi was positioned at the bottom corner on the same side, and Akagi Takenori in the inside was also standing on the same side, close to the paint area, with his back to the basket, seemingly waiting for the pass from his teammates.
Rukawa was approaching the top of the arc with the ball. Sakuragi Hanamichi was originally standing under the basket. When he saw that Rukawa did not pass the ball to Jinguji Budou when he was approaching the top of the arc, he immediately understood the situation and moved to the mid-range on the left.
Although he and Rukawa Kaede don't get along.
But how does the saying go? The person who knows you best is not yourself, but your enemy.
Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa are both teammates and enemies, so Sakuragi Hanamichi actually knows Rukawa very well, and he already knows what Rukawa is going to do!
“Bang!”
“Bang!”
Rukawa Kaede, dribbling the ball towards the top of the arc, lowered his waist and dribbled the ball in front of his body, swinging his arms with a wide range of motion, as if he was preparing for a solo attack.
The defending Kazunari Fukatsu was also very alert at this moment.
Although Rukawa is only a freshman, Kazunari Fukatsu has seen Rukawa's games and does not look down on this first-year.
"Do you want to attack yourself..."
"Don't underestimate your opponent. Fukatsu is considered the best point guard in the country. He is a strong man who can suppress Maki Shinichi by himself!"
Wudao saw Rukawa's movements from the corner of his eye, but did not say anything to stop him. He just prayed for Rukawa in his heart, hoping that he would not underestimate his opponent.
"Bang!" Suddenly, Rukawa changed his dribbling rhythm, and suddenly exploded the ball, rushing to the right. His extremely fast starting speed surprised everyone.
However, the next second, Rukawa's shoulder hit a solid chest, and Kazunari Fukawa, who was defending him, actually caught up in the first moment. While using his body to block Rukawa's advancing route, he actually had enough energy to reach out and hit the basketball in Rukawa's hand.
"Sure enough, I held on!"
Budou had been paying attention to the situation on Rukawa's side, and was not surprised at all to see the 180cm tall Kazunari Fukatsu blocking Rukawa. And at the moment when Rukawa was delayed by his opponent, Zebei Rongzhi decisively gave up Jinguji Budou, and took advantage of Rukawa's weakened control of the basketball to double-team him.
"Pass the ball quickly, Rukawa Kaede!"
Upon seeing this scene, Akagi Takenori immediately shouted loudly, but his reminder was a little slow after all.
The position where Zebei Rongji was standing was not far from the top of the arc. By the time Rukawa Kaede reacted and was about to pass the ball to Jinguji Budou, Zebei Rongji had already come to his side, completely blocking the passing route between him and Budou.
Very dangerous!
“Too tender!”
In the stands, Coach Tanaka saw that Rukawa was about to be double-teamed, shook his head and sighed.
However, the moment Coach Tagora finished speaking, Rukawa looked towards Jinguji Budo not far away, and suddenly threw the ball out with his hand.
The direction of the pass was not Jinguji Budou, but Akagi Takenori in the inside.
Sannoh formed a double-team, and the basketball was now in the hands of Takenori Akagi.
"Hmm?!"
When the basketball was in his hand, Akagi was still a little dazed, as if he didn't see how Rukawa passed the ball. When he reacted, a strong force came from his back.
Masashi Kawata's defense has arrived.
Zebei, who failed in the double-team, quickly returned to his position, carefully guarding against Jinguji Budo.
"Bang!" Akagi Takenori blocked the ball and leaned his back hard against Kawata Masashi behind him, but his back-to-the-basket attack had no effect at all. Kawata Masashi leaned against Akagi's back and did not retreat a single step.
"Damn it!" Just as Akagi was about to attack fiercely, Jinguji Budo's shout suddenly rang out from the outside:
"Pass the ball!"
“Don’t be impatient!”
Wu Dao was already far away from the three-point line at this time, and he shouted to Akagi. His shouting also made Akagi calm down quickly, and he passed the ball with both hands and lobbed it towards the outside line.
Zebei Rongji wanted to steal the ball, but Akagi's pass was too high for Zebei to reach, and the position where Jinguji Budou received the ball was very far from the three-point line, so Zebei gave up the idea and relaxed his body a little.
"Good pass! Very calm."
Budou caught the ball with one hand, dropped it smoothly, and praised it with a smile. At the moment when Zebei Rongzhi looked at Jinguji Budou, Jinguji Budou, who was dribbling the ball, was nearly two meters away from the three-point line and was actually planning to pass the ball.
"!
!”
When Zebei Rongzhi saw Wudao's little move, he was immediately shocked and rushed forward.
He did not forget that Jinguji Budou has the ability to shoot long three-pointers. In this wide open space, the opponent has a high probability of directly shooting the ball in, and Zebei dare not take the risk.
"You are so alert!"
Wudao sighed lightly, and his original ball-handling posture changed instantly. He lowered his body and broke through with the ball. In the blink of an eye, he had passed Zebei Rongji.
His current dribbling ability is fully capable of adjusting according to the opponent's defensive posture. Zebei Rongzhi has already revealed a huge flaw in front of him.
"Fake move?!"
Jinguji Budo passed by him, Zebei was startled and quickly turned around to chase him.
However, the extremely fast Jinguji Takeshi had already stepped over the three-point line and rushed towards the defense line where Kawata Masashi was.
Masashi Kawata watched Jinguji Takeshi's breakthrough and hurried forward, while Zebei did not slack off and followed closely behind Takeshi, waiting for an opportunity to block the shot.
Just when Wudao was approaching Kawata Masashi, he suddenly turned around, scaring Kawata Masashi so much that he quickly stepped back half a step to chase him.
However, Jinguji Budo's turn was not for a breakthrough at all. Instead, he turned to the outside. In an instant, a distance of more than one meter between him, Zebei and Kawata Masashi was opened.
Huanqiu made a big turn, faced the basket, and made a fadeaway jump shot.
A series of actions were completed in an instant, and the basketball flew directly from Jinguji Budo's hands and hit the side of the backboard accurately. The basketball hit the side board and entered the net with a slight sound.
The relaxed and chic projection made the audience cheer after a brief silence.
"Awesome... Awesome!
!”
"He scored the goal with such ease?! Jinguji's martial arts are so strong!"
"Very comfortable, not taking Sanwang's defense seriously at all!"
The audience exclaimed. Just by watching Takeshi Jinguji hit a ball, they could intuitively feel that Takeshi Jinguji's strength far exceeded that of his opponents.
Relaxed and comfortable, the way Jinguji Budo scored points from Sannoh seemed too easy.
"Beautiful..." Coach Tagore murmured to Jinguji Takeshi who was looking at the field and shaking his finger at the Sanno Industrial players.
If we say that Shinomiya Tianye's playing style is solid and steady.
Then Jinguji Budo's playing style is chic and elegant.
The defensive pressure from Sanno Industrial was obviously not small, but Jinguji Budou still looked relaxed when scoring points.
"What a huge gap in strength." Sendoh commented, covering his forehead. If it were him who was in Zebei's shoes on the field, he would not be sure of being able to block Jinguji Budou's attack.
"We scored a goal! Well done, Jinguji-senpai!"
"Come on, Xiangbei, defend!"
The Xiangbei substitutes on the sidelines shouted and cheered for the players on the field.
The Xiangbei players on the field have now completed their defense and are waiting for Sannoh to launch an attack.
Shenjin slowly advanced with the ball, thinking about countermeasures while moving.
He had already seen through Shohoku's plan. He was afraid that the style of play would be the same as in the Autumn National Games, which was to give the ball to Jinguji Budou and let this super ace play one-on-one.
Simple, no-brainer.
"We have to execute the coach's defensive plan."
"We have to increase the strength of Jinguji Budo, otherwise, he will beat us all by himself."
"As for this first-year student... he's still too young."
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