Luoan High School's center, Izumi Asao, successfully tricked the referee into blowing the whistle by making a strong jump shot from a back position.
After scoring the goal, he also got a chance to shoot a free throw. Under the gaze of the entire audience, Izumi Asao stood on the free throw line. After receiving the referee's serve, he dribbled a few times on the spot and shot directly.
After receiving the basketball, Izumi Asao raised the ball to his chest, and after a short pause, he raised his arm and pressed his wrist to shoot the ball. Although the rhythm of the entire series of shooting movements is different from that of ordinary players, overall, the shooting movement is still quite smooth.
“Swish!”
With a slight sound, the basketball fell steadily into the net and successfully made a three-pointer.
When the Luoan substitutes saw the basketball go into the net, they cheered. There was also sparse applause from the stands.
Although Izumi Asao's 2+1 was beautiful, it was not very entertaining. After all, he was much taller than his opponent, and although he was able to play such a ball, it proved his ability, but it was not amazing.
Isn’t it a common tactic on the basketball court for tall and strong players to take advantage of their height
However, as the game progressed, Izumi Asao's personal characteristics began to slowly emerge.
With a height of over 210cm, Izumi Aho is different from the traditional center. His position for receiving the ball is not limited to the small area under the basket. Sometimes, Izumi Aho can even pull to the mid-range to receive the ball, and then use the change of footwork to shake off the defender and get into the basket to score.
Five minutes into the first half of the game between Luoan and Qiuyue High School, the score between the two teams was 13:5. In these short five minutes, Luoan High School successfully led the opponent by 8 points.
Among them, Izumi Asao scored 9 points alone, shouldering the main offensive task for Luoan High School.
Moreover, Izumi Asao's scoring positions are not concentrated. In addition to the basket, he also shoots mid-range shots near the free throw line.
Demonstrated quite comprehensive offensive skills.
In the stadium, Luoan High School was organizing an attack. The Luoan guard advanced the ball very slowly, just to match the running speed of Izumi Axi. When the Luoan point guard entered the front court with the ball, Izumi Axi was also in the inside.
Akizuki High School has suffered some losses at the hands of Izumi Asao, so Akizuki High School has also made some adjustments in its defensive strategy.
Akizuki's power forward and center focused all their attention on Izumi Asao. The center pressed against Izumi Asao's back to prevent him from invading the basket, while the power forward wandered in the middle of the paint area, stood inside the free throw line, and defended from the front.
The two inside players, one in front and one behind, blocked Luoan High School's passes while also limiting Izumi Asao's range of movement.
After Luoan's defender dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, he saw that Izumi Yasuo was being closely watched, and quickly made a pick-and-roll gesture towards Izumi Yasuo.
After receiving the signal from his teammates, Izumi Asao quickly walked out from the inside and helped his teammates to make a high pick-and-roll. With the help of Izumi Asao, the Luoan point guard quickly got the ball and broke through, rushing quickly towards Qiuyue's inside.
His breakthrough instantly attracted the attention of Akizuki's inside players. The power forward of Akizuki High School, who had been double-teaming Izumi Asao with the center, turned to fill in for Luoan's point guard.
At that moment, Luoan's point guard threw the ball behind him and passed it directly back to Izumi Asao.
At this time, after the high-post pick-and-roll, Izumi Asao did not go down to the inside with his teammates. Instead, he took another step outside and stood directly outside the three-point line.
At this time, the basketball was in his hand, Izumi Asao raised his head and looked directly at the basket.
"Hey, hey, hey, is this guy going to shoot a three-pointer?!"
"A center shooting three-pointers? Is this how Luoan's coach teaches his players to play?!"
"Is this a mistake? Who does he think he is? Is he Jinguji Budo?!"
Izumi Asao's action instantly made the stands noisy. The audience looked at Izumi Asao holding the ball and looking at the basket, and there was a lot of discussion for a while, and the voices of doubt immediately spread into the stadium.
"Shut up and watch my performance quietly!"
"Jinguji Budo? Who is that? Am I inferior to him?!"
Izumi Asao murmured something, and the next second, he took a three-point shot. The basketball flew out of his hands and flew towards the basket.
“Swish!”
The next second, a clear sound of the net hitting the ground caused the discussion and questioning voices in the stands to stop. The audience who were still talking in the previous second opened their mouths in astonishment and looked at the scene in disbelief.
After scoring the goal, Izumi Asao waved his arms, turned around and returned to the court to defend. When he ran to the center line, he stopped and then made a "silence" gesture to the audience in the stands.
Wow——
Izumi Asao's wild actions immediately set off the audience.
"This kid! So crazy!"
“Arrogant... Arrogant!
”
"Who does he think he is?! He got lucky and scored a goal but he's pretending to be so arrogant? Jinguji Budo is not as crazy as him!"
"Hey! Qiuyue High School, stop playing dead, give it a try!
!”
The audience of the high school national competition is actually quite mixed. Except for students from some colleges and universities who support their own schools, most of the other audiences are actually "champion fans" who like whoever is stronger.
In this national competition, there are actually four teams that are most qualified to win the championship. Last year's champion, Ryonan High School; the former overlord, Sanno Industrial; Shohoku High School, which has one of the "Kanagawa Twin Stars"; and the dominant overlord of Fukuoka Prefecture, Hakata University of Commerce High School.
And Luoan High School was not seen as a strong contender for the championship.
To the spectators, Luoan High School was just an A-level team, and Luoan High School's Izumi Axioma was just a taller center for a strong team.
But now, such an "ordinary" center actually made such a provocative gesture to the audience. How could this not make the audience angry
"This... this guy is really... too arrogant!"
"I didn't expect that there would be someone more arrogant than me."
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was sitting in his seat, saw that Izumi Asao actually made a "shut up" gesture to the audience in the stands. After being stunned for a moment, he said in surprise.
Wu Dao was also very surprised to see Izumi Aho's performance. He always thought that a guy like Sakuragi Hanamichi was already very arrogant and out of tune, but he didn't expect that this general from Luoan High School was even braver than Sakuragi...
"Tsk... Arrogant little brat!" Mitsui Shou opened his mouth and only whispered with disdain without giving any further comment.
On the other side of the stands, the players of Ryonan High School looked at each other in bewilderment when they saw Izumi Asao being so arrogant.
Coach Tian Gang put his hands on his chest, snorted coldly, and said to the players loudly with a cold look:
"Listen carefully!"
"After this match, Luoan will most likely advance. Then it will be our match with Jinshan Commercial.
"In the match against Jinshan, don't hold back. Play well and show the spirit of Ryonan!"
"If we meet Luo An in the game the day after tomorrow, we must teach that brat a lesson!"
"Let him know that to be arrogant, one must have the capital to be arrogant!"
"Yuzumi, I'll leave this matter to you. Keep an eye on him when the time comes!"
Coach Tanaoka had a bad temper. He looked at Izumi Aho who was very unhappy and said something. After hearing this, all the players responded in unison. Yuzumi also looked ready to fight and watched the game more seriously.
At this time, the audience almost unanimously began to support Qiuyue High School, but Qiuyue High School's hard power was not as strong as Luoan High School. Qiuyue's two inside players were constantly pulled out of the inside line for military training by Quan Yaxian, and they lost points again and again.
As if to prove his strength to the audience, Izumi Asao attacked and shot from multiple positions, with no so-called blind spots in attack.
Therefore, with the support of the audience, Qiuyue High School began to lose, and the score was widened by the opponent.
The audience who originally had some hope for Qiuyue High School saw that Qiuyue's players were unable to teach Luoan's arrogant center a lesson, and immediately pointed their spearheads at Qiuyue.
On the court, Izumi Asao received the ball under the basket, quickly shook his shoulder, and then turned halfway to shoot a hook shot. The basketball went directly over the defender's head and fell into the net.
As soon as Izumi Ahozo scored a goal, the audience in the stands started cursing, but the curse was not directed at Izumi Ahozo, but at Akizuki High School.
"Idiot! Why don't you put your hands up? You can't even interfere? Interfere? What are you hitting?!"
"You're useless. You can't even stop a guy like that. You'd better stop playing basketball!"
Akizuki High School lost points, and the audience in the stands were more excited than Akizuki's substitute players. At this time, they actually hoped that Akizuki could win the game and give Izumi Asao a good slap in the face more than Akizuki's players did.
Unfortunately, Qiuyue High School did not perform as expected by the audience. The audience, whose expectations were dashed, vented their anger at Qiuyue High School, making the players, who were already under great pressure, feel even more stressed.
With three minutes left in the first half, Qiuyue's center finally couldn't stand the tremendous pressure anymore and vented his emotions.
When Izumi Asao was attacking a layup, Akizuki's center gave the opponent a flagrant foul and pulled Izumi Asao to the ground in mid-air.
"Bang!" Izumi Asao's body hit the floor with a dull thud. After a brief silence, the audience actually applauded Akizuki's center.
However, basketball cannot be won by venting emotions or committing malicious fouls.
Izumi Asao, who was pulled to the ground, was not angry. He quickly got up with the help of his teammates, patted the dust off his butt, and glanced at his opponent with contempt. Although he did not say anything, his meaning was very clear.
At the same time, the referee also called a flagrant foul on Qiuyue's center.
Luoan High School, which already had a huge lead, also got a chance to throw a free throw, which made Qiuyue High School, whose chances of winning were already slim, even worse.
At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was 47:20, with a difference close to the terrifying 30 points.
In the second half, the performance of the Akizuki High School players became even worse, and Izumi Asao began his scoring journey.
As the final whistle sounded, Luoan High School won the game with a score of 98:34.
When the results of the game came out, the audience cursed and criticized Qiuyue High School for being "waste". Before the game, no one would have thought that Luoan and Qiuyue, both A-level teams, could have such a huge score difference.
The audience's anger towards Izumi Asao was all transferred to the players of Akizuki High School.
The Qiuyue players, who were already sad about losing the game, had to endure the "greetings" from the audience. Even some senior players with better psychological qualities finally couldn't hold it in anymore and broke down in tears.
"Qiuyue really is... an unprovoked disaster."
The players of Ryonan had already passed through the player tunnel and entered the stadium to wait. Looking at the Akizuki team wiping tears and packing their things, they couldn't help but sigh.
Coach Tanaoka stood on the sidelines and watched for a while, then waved to Shigong Tianye, took a basketball from Fukuda Yoshitaka's hand, and put it in Shigong Tianye's hand. Then he patted Shigong Tianye's shoulder and said softly:
"Tian Ye, go and divert the audience's attention."
"The young people of Qiuyue High School have been scolded enough."
"It's just a game, there's no need to be like this."
Although Akizuki's players were not from Ryonan High School, Coach Tiangang felt sorry for them as they wiped their tears and packed their things. The foul language in the stands did not stop until the end of the game, which was really too much.
"Okay, coach."
Shimono took the basketball and responded with a smile.
Then he slowly walked towards the center of the court with the ball.
"Hey... classmate..."
"We need to clean up the ground..."
At this time, the cleaning staff of the conference were preparing to enter the venue to clean the floor, and then they saw Shimada Tanye walking into the court with the ball. Just as they were about to call out to Shimada Tanye, they saw Shimada Tanye walk to the three-point line, and then threw the ball directly towards the backboard. The next second, Shimada Tanye rushed out directly.
"Bang!" The basketball hit the backboard and bounced out. At this moment, Shinomiya Tianye had crossed the free throw line and jumped up directly one step inside the free throw line.
In mid-air, Sigong Tianye raised his arms high and received the ball facing the basket. The next second after the basketball was in his hand, Sigong Tianye pulled the lever in the air, and the raised basketball actually sank to his crotch. As Sigong Tianye glided closer to the basket, the basketball pulled under his crotch was lifted up again and then directly poured into the basket.
"Bang!
!”
The alley-oop slam dunk that he threw to the basket and then grabbed immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the audience.
After falling back to the ground, Shinomiya Tano bent down and caught the ball in his hands. Then he smiled apologetically at the cleaners, walked off the court and returned to Coach Tanabe.
The audience watched Shigong Tianye's slam dunk and forgot to continue scolding Qiuyue High School. After a short silence, the stands erupted in amazing cheers.
"Stupid Luo An, you're so crazy just because you beat a rubbish team. Have you forgotten that you're in the same group as Ryonan High School?!"
"Hello!
Ryonan, win this game quickly and teach Luo An a lesson in the next game!"
"Shigong Tianye, come on! Beat up that arrogant kid Luo An!"
He just performed a slam dunk, and all the audience instantly became supporters of Ryonan High School, with endless cheers.
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