Sakuragi Hanamichi laughed loudly after stealing the ball, and quickly passed the ball to Miyagi Ryouta on the outside. Then he kicked his feet and ran quickly towards the front court.
Miyagi Ryouta, who got the basketball from the outside, also quickly advanced with the ball. Under his leadership, Xiangbei High School quickly launched a counterattack.
However, Sanno Industrial's defensive speed was also very fast, although no one expected Sakuragi Hanamichi to be able to steal the ball from Masashi Kawata.
However, the quality of the Sanno Industrial players is very good, and they returned to defense as soon as possible after the incident.
Miyagi Ryouta, who was dribbling the ball quickly, saw that the Sanno players had passed him one by one and returned to their own half, so he simply slowed down, gave up the fast break, and instead planned to fight a positional battle.
After crossing the center line, Miyagi Ryouta slowed down and waited for his teammates to get into position.
At this time, Takeshi Jinguji had already run into the Sanno three-point line, but there were three people guarding him beside him, Minoru Matsumoto, Eiji Sawakita, and Masashi Kawata in the inside.
Another reason why Miyagi Ryouta gave up the fast break was that there were too many defensive players on Budo's side and he was being targeted too closely.
However, at this time, Miyagi Ryouta suddenly slowed down, and Wudao made an emergency stop, quickly ran back, and immediately went out of the three-point line.
As Jinguji Takeshi left, Kawata Masashi did not dare to leave the basket. Matsumoto Minoru glanced at Katsume Ichiro who sank into the bottom corner, and after a little thought, he still did not dare to leave the freshman from Shohoku open.
The defensive force around Wu Dao turned back into one person.
"You, the Mountain King, really do take me seriously."
“I’m a little touched.”
Wudao quickly returned to the three-point line and reached out to Miyagi Ryouta for the ball. Seeing Wudao's signal, Miyagi Ryouta quickly passed the ball to Wudao.
After getting the basketball, Wudao stood up, leaned his back against Zebei Rongzhi, and talked to Zebei Rongzhi with a smile, looking relaxed.
However, it was not so easy for Zebei Rongji in front of Wudao. After Jinguji Wudao got the ball, Zebei Rongji immediately became nervous. He put his left hand on Wudao's back and deliberately controlled the defensive distance between him and Wudao, not daring to get too close.
Jinguji Budou's turning speed is very fast. If the two of them stand too close, Jinguji Budou will pass by him in just a moment. Zebei has suffered the same loss several times.
“Bang!”
This time, Wu Dao did not sweep the ball and turn around, but instead, he dropped the ball directly with his back to the basket, and pushed his back towards Zebei Rongzhi, relying on his strength to push it directly into the three-point line.
“Bang!”
Another explosive shot, Jinguji Budou has stepped into the three-point line.
"This guy, is he trying to get to the basket directly with this back-to-the-basket move?!"
"Damn it, my power can't stop him!"
Although Zebei Rongzhi tried hard to raise his arms and tried to stop Jinguji Budou, his strength was no match for Jinguji Budou's oppression.
The huge size difference between the two made Zebei's defense useless.
"Bang!" The sound of the ball exploding rang in Zebei Rongji's ears. Just when Zebei took a deep breath and was about to exert force, Jinguji Budou in front of him suddenly turned around.
"Um?!
”
"The ball has already landed, how can it turn around?!"
Zebei was surprised and watched Jinguji Budo flash past him with a puzzled look on his face.
However, at this time, the other players on the court saw clearly the actions of Takeshi Jinguji. The last dribble of Takeshi Jinguji before turning around was actually a dribble with a change of hands between the legs while sticking to the defensive player. At the moment of changing hands, Takeshi Jinguji had already turned around and passed Zebei.
With just one dribble, Jinguji Budou went directly into the mid-range, made an emergency stop, and quickly shot a mid-range shot.
With a beautiful and stable shooting posture, the basketball flew directly through the air and went into the net.
"Wow—" As Takeshi Jinguji made the mid-range shot, cheers broke out from the stands.
The imaginative breakthrough moves ignited the enthusiasm of the audience. Jinguji Budo's wonderful offensive performance made some spectators who were not originally Xiangbei fans join the team cheering for Xiangbei.
“This guy… is starting to play.”
“Completely relaxed.”
"Sanwang... can't stop him,"
In a corner of the stands, Shinomiya Tano looked at Jinguji Budo who was performing freely on the field and couldn't help but sigh.
Jinguji Budou was very relaxed and at ease on the court. Sanno Industrial's defensive pressure seemed to be non-existent to Jinguji Budou, and there was no way to put too much pressure on Jinguji Budou.
From Jinguji Budou's fancy passing moves, it can be seen that he is not under any pressure. There is a big gap in strength between Zebei Rongzhi and Jinguji Budou, and Jinguji Budou can pass Zebei however he wants.
The match between the two had reached this point, and everyone could see the gap between Jinguji Budou and Sawakita Eiji.
“... ..”
"This Jinguji Budo..."
Goro Domoto on the sidelines clenched his fists and looked at Jinguji Budo on the court with disbelief in his eyes.
Compared to last year, Zebei Rongji has grown a lot this year. Goro Domoto thought that even if Zebei did not surpass Jinguji Budou, he should be able to fight with the opponent 55-50 or even 46-46.
However, the outcome of the match surprised Goro Domoto.
Sawakita Eiji was no match for Jinguji Budo.
"Huh..."
"There is no time to hesitate."
Domoto Goro thought to himself, stood up and walked to the sidelines, shouting to the Sanno players who were preparing to attack:
"Keep your full attention on Jinguji Budo!"
"Don't control your energy, don't worry about whether he will pass the ball, just defend him!"
"In the next game, don't let him get even one point!"
Domoto Goro's shout instantly attracted the attention of the players and spectators on the sidelines. The next second, there was an uproar in the stands, and no one could believe that these words came from the coach of Sanno.
To prevent Jinguji Budo from dying? Has the coach of Sanno lost his mind? Can't see the situation clearly
In the stadium, the players of Sanwang looked at each other with a wry smile and quickly ran to the front court. They seemed to have made a decision.
"Seal off the martial arts? How is this possible?"
Mitsui Hisashi, who was off the court, was stunned when he heard what Goro Domoto said. He didn't know what was wrong with Coach Sanno to suddenly say this.
It's easy to imagine, it's impossible to do this, right?!
On the court, offense and defense alternate.
Takeshi Jinguji stood outside the three-point line and watched Sanno Industries slowly advance. Although he heard what Goro Domoto said, he did not say anything.
Although I don’t know how Sanwang Industry plans to defend against him, it doesn’t matter to martial arts!
Masashi Kawata in the interior quickly set up a pick-and-roll, and with the help of Masashi Kawata's screen, Kazunari Fukatsu quickly dropped the ball and rushed forward. His breakthrough instantly attracted the attention of Hanamichi Sakuragi, who was originally chasing Kawata and quickly blocked Kazunari Fukatsu.
As soon as Sakuragi arrived, Fukatsu passed the ball back with a backhand and directly gave it to Masashi Kawata on the outside.
Kawada, who received the ball, blew it away with his butt, knocked Miyagi Ryouta away, then quickly turned around and broke through, rushing to the basket. Nango Koichiro, who was guarding the basket on the Xiangbei side, tried to block him, but Kawada, who broke through, made a small floater and threw the ball directly.
The basketball flew over Koichirō Nango's head and fell into the net.
Although he is a center, Kawata Masashi showed off his extremely strong outside shooting skills at this moment. Whether it was a turnaround breakthrough or a floater, Kawata's series of actions did not resemble a center at all.
Oh, except for the slap on Miyagi's butt.
"That's a deadly bite! Sanwang."
Wu Dao turned his head and glanced at the scoreboard, and said softly.
The people in Sanno Industrial are very strong in every position, and Takeshi cannot handle so many people alone.
He couldn't stop Masashi Kawata from performing well.
Without worrying too much about defense, Wudao knew that it was normal for people to target and attack Miyagi Ryouta when he was on the court.
No team would miss this kind of mismatch opportunity, let alone a dominant team like Sanno Industrial.
Without the support of his teammates, Budo quickly ran into the front court of Sanwang, ready to take the ball and attack after Miyagi arrived. But just as he crossed the center line.
Masashi Kawata, Kazunari Fukatsu and Eiji Sawakita of Sanno Industrial surrounded Jinguji Budo at the same time, without paying any attention to the other members of Shohoku.
“Three people!”
"Three people guard Jinguji Budo!"
"What is Sanwang planning to do? Are the other Xiangbei players not going to defend? Is this... giving up on themselves?"
"Hey, Sanwang, what are you doing? Play basketball properly!"
The audience in the stands turned their heads to look when they saw three people surrounding Jinguji Budo. At this time, both the fans of Xiangbei and Sannoh raised doubts.
Sanno's fans simply couldn't understand Sanno's move.
"Three people... No wonder they wanted to ban me!"
"Have you hit the head yet, Sanwang?"
Wu Dao looked at the three people surrounding him, his face darkened at first, then he showed a mocking smile and spoke softly.
Zebei and the others were not affected by Wudao's ridicule at all, and they continued to follow Wudao. Seeing this, Wudao quickly accelerated, trying to break through Sanwang's blockade, but Kawata Masashi and the others were chasing him closely. The three of them stuck to Jinguji Wudao tightly, not giving him any room at all.
Miyagi Ryouta dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and looked towards Jinguji Budou with a puzzled look on his face. The four people over there seemed to be stuck together by glue. No matter how Budou ran or where he went, the three people opposite him just followed him and ignored the other people from Shohoku.
This kind of defense is the first time that Miyagi Ryouta has seen in his life.
“... ..”
"Sanwang, what's going on?"
There was no one in front of Miyagi Ryouta. He glanced at Wudao and others in the distance, and moved towards the inside with the ball. At this time, only Kawata Mikio was guarding the basket.
Miyagi Ryouta stepped on the free throw line and then took an open mid-range shot.
However, at this moment, a black shadow suddenly jumped out from the side of Miyagi Ryouta, slapped the basketball directly, and knocked the basketball away.
Miyagi turned his head in astonishment and happened to see Sannoh's Matsumoto Minoru, who had come to the free throw line at some point and blocked his shot.
"Has Kemei been let go?!"
Miyagi Ryouta hurriedly chased after the basketball and successfully caught it before it went out of bounds. After dribbling the ball steadily, Miyagi Ryouta began to observe the situation on the court.
Matsumoto Minoru, who was originally defending Katsumi Ichiro, had come in front of him, raising his arms high to block Miyagi's passing route. Katsumi Ichiro, who was in the bottom corner, had moved to the top of the arc.
As for Jinguji Budo, he went to the bottom corner and didn't move anymore.
When the Sannoh players who were chasing Jinguji Takeshi saw that Jinguji Takeshi had reached the bottom corner, they did not send three more people to defend him. Kazunari Fukatsu returned to the outside and stared at Ichiro Katsume.
Looking at Sanno's defensive formation, Miyagi Ryouta's face darkened.
"That is to say, if I break through and shoot, there will be help defense."
"Kemei didn't give me any open shots..."
"Are you planning to... eliminate our outside shooting possibilities?"
"Besides, there are two people defending on Wudao's side, so it's hard to pass the ball to him."
"Sanwang thinks that other team members, besides martial arts, don't have the ability to break through?!"
Miyagi Ryouta was analyzing Sanno Industrial's defensive intentions in his mind. He didn't know what other defensive changes Sanno might make, so he could only tentatively pass the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi in the inside.
Sakuragi, who received the ball inside, immediately felt the pressure from Kawata Mikio. Just as he was about to use brute force to compete with his opponent, he suddenly heard Jinguji Budou shouting from the outside:
"Sakuragi, don't play under the basket, pull out and shoot!"
Takeshi's shout made Sakuragi pause, and he ran away with his back to the basket as the ball fell. Just as Takeshi Jinguji said, he left the paint area.
Sakuragi left, but Kawata Mikio did not leave the basket and continued to guard the paint area.
Sakuragi Hanamichi turned around to face the basket in an open position, adjusted himself slightly, and shot directly.
The basketball fell directly into the net.
"Well done, Sakuragi!"
“Nice shot!”
Sakuragi scored successfully, and Miyagi Ryouta praised happily. Budo was relieved when he saw this, and looked at Kawata and Sawakita Eiji in front of him with a smile.
He had seen through Shanwang's plan.
"It's useless. Xiangbei High School has never been a one-man team."
"Even if two people were guarding me, my teammates were still able to score the ball."
"You Sanwang can't win this game."
Wu Dao said, turning around and preparing to return to defense.
But at this time, the voice of Masashi Kawata came from behind Takeshi. His words made Takeshi Jinguji subconsciously slow down his pace.
"Yeah?!"
"You, Xiangbei, can't defend against our Sanwang's attack?!"
"I'm planning to compete with you, the first-year students of Xiangbei, to see who has the stronger attack power!"
Wu Dao did not turn around, but his words were clearly heard by Kawada and others:
"I don't think our first graders will necessarily lose to you."
"Besides, doesn't Xiangbei still have senior students?!"
"You guys focus too much on me and ignore a lot of things."
"The trump card is not the only factor that determines the outcome!"
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