"It's actually... Masashi Kawata!"
Masashi Kawata's sudden appearance surprised Rukawa. His cut-in was very sudden. On the Sannoh side, Kazunari Fukatsu and Eiji Sawakita's attention were focused on Takeshi Jinguji who was holding the ball on the outside. Normally, Masashi Kawata should also be on guard against Takeshi Jinguji at this moment.
Rukawa Kaede cut in like this because Sanno Industrial's previous defensive position was biased towards defending Jinguji Budou.
Unexpectedly, Masashi Kawata, who should have left the paint area, appeared in front of him.
“Bang!
!”
The basketball was blocked by Masashi Kawata. Takenori Akagi, who came from the side, quickly took the ball in his hands, then looked directly at the basket and raised his hand to prepare to shoot the ball. Unexpectedly, Masashi Kawata, who was in front of Rukawa Kaede the previous second, was now running towards him quickly.
With Kawata's jumping ability, he is able to block Akagi.
As soon as he hesitated, Kawata had already arrived in front of him. Akagi Takenori leaned sideways and hit the ball with his body hard on Kawata Masashi, but his strong hit did not have any very good effect. Kawata, who had arrived, lowered his center of gravity slightly and stood firm, but was pushed back half a step by Akagi Takenori.
The space created by the forced attack was not enough for Takenori Akagi to make any moves.
Turning his head to look towards the outside, when Akagi Takenori's gaze was cast towards the outside, Fukatsu Kazunari and Sawakita Eiji quickly blocked in front of Takeshi Takeshi, two defending one, and gave Takeshi Takeshi no chance to receive the ball.
Looking towards the baseline, Mitsui was also being closely watched by Matsumoto Minoru, and a hasty pass would be easily intercepted. Looking towards the basket, Rukawa Kaede was already being watched by Nobe Masahiro, who had rushed over, and he also had no chance.
The only one with a chance at this time was Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was standing in the middle distance on the left.
Sakuragi seemed to know that he had a good chance now. He placed his hands on his chest, ready to receive the ball. At the same time, he bent his knees slightly, ready to catch the ball and shoot at any time.
"Sakuragi..." Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi in the open space, Akagi Takenori hesitated for a moment and passed the ball directly.
Although he really didn't want to pass the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi, but at this moment, Sakuragi's conditions were too good. There was a wide open space with no one guarding him. It would be unreasonable not to pass the ball to Sakuragi.
"Youxi!"
"Gorilla, you finally start to rely on me, the genius. Then I will give you an assist!"
“Hahahahahaha!”
Sakuragi Hanamichi laughed and raised his hand to throw the ball, but this guy seemed to be too proud of himself. He used too much force when shooting, and the basketball hit the base of the basket directly and flew out of the basket.
“... ..”
“... ..”
At the moment the shot missed, the players of the Sakuragi Army who were watching the game in the stands covered their heads and sighed, the substitute players of Shohoku off the court were also speechless, and Kiyota Nobunaga even yelled "Gia, Gia" in a monkey voice, looking as if he was gloating.
"Big idiot..." Rukawa muttered, and turned around to trap Nobe Masahiro behind him, but his strength was not as good as Nobe. When the basketball fell, Nobe had already squeezed Rukawa to the bottom of the basket. In this position, it was impossible for him to grab the rebound.
On the other side, Takenori Akagi was directly taken away from the basket by Asaka Kawata and also had no chance to grab a rebound.
"Prepare to counterattack!"
Seeing that the rebound was about to fall into the hands of Masashi Kawata, Minoru Matsumoto in the corner shouted a reminder. However, at this moment, a red figure suddenly appeared in his sight, starting from outside the three-point line, quickly passed the free throw line, and in the blink of an eye, it had already entered the basket.
“I succeeded!”
Masashi Kawata jumped high, ready to grab the ball, but at this moment something strange happened. A strong white arm suddenly stretched out from above his head and actually grabbed the ball directly from above his head.
"!
”
Turning his head, Masashi Kawata actually saw the handsome face of Jinguji Takeshi.
"How... is it possible?!"
Seeing Takeshi Jinguji snatch the basketball from over his head, Masashi Kawata was surprised. He couldn't believe that Takeshi Jinguji could rush into the inside from the outside so quickly. What was even more terrifying was that Takeshi Jinguji's jumping ability was so much stronger than his. Just now, Takeshi's fingertips were nearly the height of a forearm higher than his!
“Bang!”
With a crisp sound, Jinguji Budou grabbed the rebound angrily, quickly landed on the ground, and lifted the ball up. Kawata Masashi in front of him did not hesitate at all and jumped up to block the shot. Facing a player of Jinguji Budou's height, there must be no hesitation when defending. If there is any hesitation, Jinguji Budou will have to watch him shoot.
However, when Kawata jumped, Takeshi took the ball back and raised it again. Zebei Rongzhi, who came to defend, had already jumped out from behind Takeshi and blocked the basketball with an excited look on his face.
Zebei Rongji had just noticed Jinguji Budou's running position. Although his height and bounce were not enough to support him and Jinguji Budou in competing for rebounds, Zebei was ready to block Budou.
The martial arts feint was within his expectations.
What he was waiting for was the opportunity in front of him!
However, just when Zebei thought that his block would definitely be successful, he suddenly found a mocking smile on Jinguji Budou's face, and the hand holding the ball actually retracted.
Fake move, another fake move!
Zebei's figure quickly passed in front of Takeshi Jinguji. This time, Takeshi Jinguji did not hesitate any more and jumped directly to shoot. When the basketball was about to be shot, Kazunari Fukatsu suddenly jumped out from the side of Takeshi Jinguji, jumped up with all his strength, and actually slapped Takeshi Jinguji on the forearm.
There was no way. Fukatsu was only 180cm tall and his jumping ability was far inferior to Takeshi's. Being able to hit Takeshi's forearm was already the best effort he could make.
However, Kazunari Fukatsu's defensive move that involved a foul had no effect.
Jinguji Budo's posture in mid-air remained unchanged. After being hit, his body paused slightly in the air. He actually adjusted his rhythm in an instant and then threw the ball out. The basketball fell steadily into the net, making a slight sound.
"What!
!”
"How could it be?!"
There was a slight sound as the basketball went into the net, and everyone in Sannoh looked towards Jinguji Budo, their eyes filled with shock and astonishment.
There was nothing wrong with breaking into the basket from the outside and grabbing the rebound. It was normal to succeed in grabbing the rebound. The most he was just surprised at Jinguji Budo's speed.
It is normal to be able to continuously fly away defensive players. It only shows that Jinguji Budo is experienced and has a broad vision.
But he still managed to score the ball even though he was forced to commit a foul. This is really creepy. In fact, Takeshi Jinguji was fouled while he was in the air. In this situation, no one could score the ball, but Takeshi Jinguji did it.
Even this kind of ball can be scored. Kazunari Fukatsu really can't figure out how to defend Jinguji Budou. Is it only a frontal block? But is it so easy to block a player of Jinguji Budou's level
The opponent is just shooting, so Kazusari Fukatsu needs to try his best.
This is an absolute gap in strength, which will not change at all due to personal efforts.
“Beep—”
"White team number four, foul!"
The referee's whistle came late but arrived. The players on the field just looked at the referee and saw that the referee made a foul gesture, and then signaled to everyone that the goal was valid.
The referee's decision immediately caused an uproar among the audience in the stands.
No one expected that Jinguji Budou only made a slight move and easily scored a 2+1 over Sanno Industrial. His terrifying personal ability instantly drowned out the stadium with cheers from the Shohoku supporters.
"One free throw!"
Takeshi Jinguji was sent to the free throw line, and after the referee signaled, he threw the ball to Takeshi Jinguji.
Jinguji Budou, holding the ball, faked a shot with his bare hands. After adapting a little, he dribbled and adjusted his rhythm, then threw the ball and the basketball went steadily into the net.
Make it three points.
As Jinguji Budo scored the free throw, the audience cheered even louder.
Wu Dao also grinned, turned around and started to defend.
The audience's cheers lasted for a long time, which put a lot of pressure on the Sanwang team as they began to organize the attack.
It was the first time for them to play under the cheers of the opponent's supporters like this. In the past, these cheers were for them, even when IH faced Ryonan High School last year, most of the audience in the stands supported them.
But this year, when facing Shohoku, the audience in the stands actually overwhelmingly supported Shohoku.
In other words, their supporters of Sanwang were silenced by the other side's performance.
The pressure felt by the audience will also be passed on to the players on the field.
With the ball, Kazunari Fukatsu felt like he was carrying a heavy burden. He took every step forward cautiously, fearing that he would make another mistake and cause the team to lose points.
"Sanwang, be cautious."
Coach Anzai on the sidelines noticed the change in Fukatsu's ball-handling rhythm and suddenly whispered.
Upon hearing this, the surrounding Xiangbei players also looked towards the field and watched Kazunari Fukatsu advancing.
He entered the frontcourt steadily and passed the ball to Zebei Rongji steadily. Fukatsu Kazunari did not make any unnecessary movements and started to run after completing the pass.
Very stable. Under such pressure, Kazunari Fukatsu remains very stable.
"Finally... I have a chance!"
"Jinguji Budo, I will lead Sanno Industrial to defeat Shohoku!"
"Not only will we, the Sanwang, win, I will win too!"
After the basketball was in hand, Zebei Rongzhi bent his upper body slightly, and while talking, he took tentative steps to mobilize Budo's defense.
Wu Dao did not take Sawakita Eiji's provocation seriously.
In his eyes, Zebei Rongzhi was just a jumping ant, and he could crush him to death as long as he wanted!
"Snap!" Zebei dropped the ball and prepared to break through, but at this moment, Jinguji Budou directly stuck in front of Zebei and reached out to hit the basketball.
The space between the two of them disappeared in an instant.
Zebei wanted to control the ball in his hands, but Jinguji Budou's hands were longer than his, and he hit the basketball first.
The next second, Jinguji Budo accelerated and jumped out, grabbed the basketball in his hand, and rushed to the front court quickly.
One on one, easy steal.
After adjusting Jinguji Budou again, Zebei Rongji couldn't even put the ball down and was directly intercepted by Jinguji Budou.
The two of them, one in front and one behind, ran quickly towards the front court.
Among Sanno Industrial's players whose ball was intercepted in the frontcourt, only Zebei Rongji could keep up with Wudao's speed. The others had no chance of catching up.
Jinguji Budou, who was holding the ball, didn't care at all whether there was anyone following him. After crossing the three-point line, he directly passed the ball, took two steps, stepped on the free throw line, took off directly, and glided towards the basket at a rapid speed.
"Bang!
!”
Jinguji Budou was floating in the air with a graceful posture. The moment he approached the basket, he slammed the ball into the basket with one hand. The loud sound of the slam dunk instantly stopped the cheers of the whole audience.
After a brief silence, even louder cheers rang out.
The cameras in the hands of the reporters on the sidelines never stopped moving, and all the camera lenses were focused on Jinguji Budo at this moment.
"Free throw line... He just jumped from the free throw line!"
“How terrible!
Xiangbei actually has such a terrible player! "
"Too strong! Really too strong! Is this the best breakup in the country?"
Yayoi Aida looked coldly at Jinguji Budo who fell back to the ground, muttering to herself. The pen in her hand also stopped at this moment, and she forgot to ask for some reports.
Amid the cheers of the audience, Jinguji Budo walked up to Zebei Rongzhi and whispered softly:
"Come on, I'm waiting for you."
"You've already pushed me to one point of my strength. Keep up the good work."
With Jinguji Budo's arrogant words echoing in his ears, Zebei Rongji stood there for a long time with a dazed look on his face. He came to his senses after being reminded by his teammates, hurriedly walked to the baseline, and passed the ball to Fukatsu.
In the short few seconds of running from the backcourt to the frontcourt, the confusion on Zebei Rongji's face had disappeared. At this moment, he had prepared himself mentally.
Yes, from the day he learned that he was going to play a game with Xiangbei, Zebei had already anticipated the difficulties he might face.
Jinguji's martial arts are very strong, and Zebei has long been aware of this.
It is precisely because the opponent is very strong that Zebei has the idea of challenging the opponent. No matter how many times he experiences the pleasure of defeating the strong, he will never get tired of it. Zebei has been like this since he was a child. In order to be able to defeat his own father, Zebei spent nearly ten years.
He never lacks patience.
Zebei regained his composure, and Fukatsu read a lot from Zebei Rongzhi's face. As he approached the top of the arc with the ball, Kazunari Fukatsu passed the ball to Zebei Rongzhi again.
"Um?"
Wudao saw Zebei catch the ball again and raised his eyebrows in surprise. Wudao understood that Zebei still had fighting spirit, but he didn't expect that Fukatsu Kazunari still believed in Zebei.
"Are my methods not fierce enough?"
"Give them the illusion that you can defeat me?"
Wu Dao spread his arms and whispered.
Hearing this, Zebei's expression remained unchanged, and he still took a low sweep to test the ball. This time, his center of gravity was even lower.
Wu Dao frowned slightly.
Hey, don’t say that, really don’t say that.
This super low sweeping ball really made Wudao feel awkward. With his height, if he lowered his center of gravity further, he would not be able to accelerate immediately when the opponent broke through.
The center of gravity of a defensive player is definitely not the lower the better. The center of gravity that is conducive to acceleration is just right.
"really!"
"This guy is very tall. There's no way he can steal the low sweep ball."
Zebei was delighted to see that the emphasis on martial arts remained unchanged.
"Yes, I can break through him!"
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