The first half of the match between Shohoku High School and Meiho Industries was in the middle. Shohoku High School, led by Jinguji Budo, was firmly in the lead.
As the competition progressed, Jinguji Budo himself completely let go. In his eyes, this match had become his personal show.
Shohoku High School had the ball. Mitsui Hisashi received the ball in the backcourt and just as he was about to enter the frontcourt with the ball, Jinguji Budou had already taken position and was asking for the ball from Mitsui Hisashi.
Looking at Jinguji Budo who was reaching out to him, Mitsui Shou, who originally wanted to score one himself, did not insist on his idea and quickly passed the ball.
With the basketball in hand, Jinguji Budou quickly swept the ball towards the basket, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and after a casual fake shot, he directly dropped the ball and hit Hayashikijiro directly with his body. The huge force pushed Hayashikijiro back a step.
Jinguji Budo, who got the opportunity, did not make any other unnecessary moves. He simply lowered his center of gravity and accelerated, leaving Hayashi Ping Kijiro behind, and then rushed towards Meipeng's basket at high speed.
"He's broken through again. Takeshi Jinguji's attack is so sharp!" Takeshi Jinguji's breakthrough caused a low cheer from the audience in the stands. In the audience's sight, Takeshi Jinguji quickly approached the basket, and then directly ignored the center who came up to replace him, and went straight up.
In mid-air, Jinguji Budou, holding the basketball high, casually grabbed the ball and swung it, avoiding the opponent's block and quickly approached the basket, then made a low layup and gently threw the ball in the direction of the basket.
The next second, the basketball hit the bottom of the backboard, spun upward along the backboard, and after hitting the backboard again, the basketball spun directly into the net, making a slight sound.
With a simple pull-up layup, Takeshi Jinguji scored another goal. As Takeshi Jinguji scored the ball, the audience in the stands burst into amazing cheers.
Strong, unmatched strength.
Takeshi Jinguji's personal strength can be seen from his offense in this round. From getting the ball to breaking through Hayashidaira Kijiro's defense and then breaking into the inside to score the ball, Takeshi Jinguji's series of movements were all very fast and smooth.
The pull-up layup that seemed difficult to others seemed unusually easy to Jinguji Budo.
The defense of Meiho Industries was useless in front of Jinguji Budo, as if it was completely defenseless.
"Hey, Hayashihira Kijiro, give me some pressure!"
"You are acting like this, which makes me feel a little sorry for my respect for you!"
After scoring the goal, Jinguji Budo slowed down his pace when he ran back to Hayashiki Jiro and said to him with a smile. The reason why he played so actively in today's game was mainly because of Hayashiki Jiro's super long three-pointer.
The match had only been going on for a short while. If Hayashihira Kijiro stopped here, Jinguji Budo would feel very distressed.
My desire to fight has just been aroused by someone. If the other party loses interest now, it will be very uncomfortable to not be able to enjoy the fight to the fullest.
Jinguji Budo said, quickened his pace, and quickly ran back to his own half. Hayashi Ping Guijiro lowered his head, kicked the floor, and then exhaled heavily. When he raised his head again, his eyes had regained their brightness.
"Jinguji martial arts is indeed terrifyingly strong."
"If I want to get a chance to shoot, I have to rely on the help of my teammates."
"But... the other members of Shohoku are not weaklings either."
"I have to cheer up, otherwise there's no way Mingpeng will be able to beat Xiangbei!"
After witnessing the terrifying strength of Jinguji Budou, Hayashi Pinghei Kijiro no longer had any hope of defeating Jinguji Budou, but he did not give up on winning the match.
Losing to Jinguji Budo is not a big deal. As long as the team can win, Hayashidaira Kijiro doesn't mind sacrificing the so-called "ace face".
That kind of thing, anything goes.
"Give me more pick-and-rolls on offense. I need plenty of shooting opportunities."
Hayashidaira Kijiro told his teammates about his idea, and then quickly ran to the front court. After hearing Hayashidaira Kijiro's instructions, the Meiho players looked at each other, quickly served the ball from the baseline, and then brought the ball to the front court.
After entering the frontcourt, Meipeng's defender quickly passed the ball to Hayashidaira Kijiro. After getting the ball, the latter finally stopped playing one-on-one by himself, but quickly made a pick-and-roll gesture to his teammates before dropping the ball.
When Takeshi Jinguji saw the opponent's gesture, his attention was distracted a little, and he used the corner of his eyes to look at the running positions of other players of Meipeng.
At the moment when Jinguji Takeshi's attention was distracted, Hayashi Pingu Kijiro took a step forward to accelerate his advance, lowered his body, and stood at the same level as Jinguji Takeshi.
"Didn't you wait for the pick-and-roll? Was it a fake move?" While Wudao quickly moved sideways to block the defense, he also quickly observed the other players of Mingpeng with his peripheral vision.
When Hayashihira Kijiro accelerated his breakthrough, the Meiho defender who was originally standing at the top of the arc was now running quickly towards him.
"squeak!
!”
After quickly taking two steps forward, Hayashi Ping Kijiro suddenly stopped. His sneakers rubbed against the floor violently, making a sharp sound. At the moment of the sudden stop, Hayashi Ping Kijiro quickly changed direction and the basketball switched to his left hand.
"Huh?!" Takeshi Jinguji's reaction speed was also very fast. The moment the opponent completed the change of direction, Takeshi Jinguji had already stopped. Not only that, Takeshi Jinguji still had the strength to reach out and grab the basketball in Hayashihira Kijiro's hand.
The opponent's sudden stop and change of direction was already within Jinguji Budo's expectations!
“Bang!”
Hayashihira Kijiro quickly dribbled the ball behind his back, avoiding Jinguji Budou's steal. At the same time, Meiho's defender quickly moved to Jinguji Budou's side, blocking Jinguji Budou's right side. At the moment when his teammate set the pick and roll, Hayashihira Kijiro dribbled the ball behind his back again, switched the ball back to his left hand, accelerated sideways, and began to advance.
"Switch defense!" Facing the pick-and-roll of Meiho Industries, Wudao did not try to chase after Hayashihira Kijiro desperately. This defensive method was too inefficient.
Moreover, the point guard here today is not a player with a thin build like Miyagi Ryouta and Kiyota Nobunaga, but Mitsui Hisashi, who is over 190cm tall.
Wudao shouted, and did not continue to follow Hayashi Ping Kijiro, but stood in front of Meiho's defender. Mitsui Shou, who was originally chasing Meiho's defender, heard Wudao's reminder and quickly stopped, and instead blocked Hayashi Ping Kijiro.
Facing Mitsui Hisashi's timely defense, Hayashi Ping Kijiro did not choose to slow down, but instead sped up directly, and inevitably bumped into Mitsui Hisashi by turning sideways.
Hayashi Hirajiro's plan was to use his physical advantage to force a breakthrough route. But when his body collided with Mitsui Shou, Hayashi Hirajiro felt a huge recoil coming from his side, and he staggered and was forced to slow down.
Mitsui Hisashi's strength is not inferior to his at all. Even though Mitsui Hisashi was in a defensive posture, he still withstood the impact of Hayashikijiro and was not broken through by Hayashikijiro.
"Does this guy think he can gain an advantage against Xiao San?"
"This guy Xiao San really has no cards. Any player would want to use him as a breakthrough point!"
"But Xiao San is also an all-around ace player!"
Hayashidaira Kijiro failed to break through Mitsui Hisashi's defense line, and after slowing down, he dribbled the ball in place to adjust his rhythm. Jinguji Takeshi watched this scene not far away and a smile appeared on his face.
Mitsui Hisashi faced Hayashihira Kijiro's attack head-on, his expression showing deep excitement.
It had been a long time since Mitsui had encountered this kind of situation where the opponent was attacking with the ball.
In the teams that Xiangbei High School encountered, the ace players who held the ball were basically defended by Jinguji Budou. Mitsui Shou had long forgotten what it felt like to defend a player like Hayashihira Kijiro in a game.
"Come on! Attack!"
Mitsui Shou bent over, watching Hayashihira Kijiro dribbling the ball and slowly retreating, he pounded the ground with both hands, growled, and then followed in small steps, not letting the opponent get too far away.
After observing for a while, Hayashi Ping Guijiro made up his mind, quickly dropped the ball and accelerated forward. After taking a step, he quickly changed direction, took a side step and shot directly from a high position.
However, at the moment when Hayashihira Kijiro shot the basketball, Mitsui's defense also arrived. Although Mitsui's explosive power is not top-notch, it is still stronger than that of ordinary players. Although Mitsui can't block the ball like Jinguji Budo, his fingertips still touched the basketball.
This caused a significant change in the path of the basketball shot by Hayashihira Kijiro.
"Rebound!" Mitsui Hisashi and Hayashidaira Kijiro realized this almost at the same time and shouted to their teammates under the basket at the same time.
But in fact, there was no need for these two people to remind them. At this time, the Xiangbei basket had already become a battlefield for players to compete for rebounds.
Sakuragi Hanamichi had the advantage of positioning. At this moment, he kept his center of gravity calm, leaned his back against the power forward of Meipeng, and looked up at the basketball that had flown over his head.
On the other side of the basket, Akagi Takenori also took advantage of his position and successfully trapped his opponent behind him. His sturdy body directly pressed against Shin's back and slowly pushed his opponent away from the basket.
In terms of strength, Akagi Takenori is far superior to his opponent!
“Ding~”
The ball shot by Hayashihira Kijiro was a bit short, and the basketball hit the front of the basket, flew out of the basket and fell to the ground.
The basketball fell right above Sakuragi Hanamichi. Seeing the right opportunity, Sakuragi jumped up, grabbed the ball tightly with both hands, and then quickly held it in his arms.
"Genius Sakuragi, another rebound!" Sakuragi Hanamichi, who grabbed the rebound, shouted loudly, as if he was afraid that others didn't know that he had grabbed the rebound.
After landing, Sakuragi passed the ball directly to the outside and gave it directly to Jinguji Takeshi.
Jinguji Takeshi, who got the ball, accelerated and pushed, rushing towards Meiho's half with the ball. At the same time he launched a counterattack, Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede also quickly ran to the front court, one on the left and one on the right, to support Jinguji Takeshi on both sides.
In just a few seconds, Jinguji Budou had crossed the three-point line with the ball and rushed towards Meipeng's basket. The only player who could keep up with Jinguji Budou's fast break was Hayashi Ping Kijiro. When Budou approached the free throw line, Hayashi Ping Kijiro also circled in front of Budou in advance and spread his arms to defend.
"Snap!" Takeshi Jinguji stepped on the free throw line. At the same time, he held the ball with both hands, looked at Mitsui Hisashi who was following up from the side, and handed the ball to Mitsui Hisashi with both hands.
"Is he going to... pass the ball!?"
"No, this guy shouldn't be able to pass the ball, it's a fake!"
When Hayashihira Kijiro saw this scene, his mind raced and he made an instant judgment in his brain. He resisted the urge to rush out and stared at the basketball in Jinguji Budou's hands.
Sure enough, Jinguji Budou took the ball back the next moment and took another step forward, but Jinguji Budou grabbed the ball with his left hand and passed it to Rukawa Kaede on the other side.
This time, Hayashi Ping Guijiro did not hesitate at all, his body moved instantly, and he rushed towards Rukawa Kaede. He felt that Jinguji Budou would only fake it once, and at this time, Jinguji Budou was holding the ball with his left hand, which was his weak side hand!
In this situation, Jinguji Budou should really pass the ball!
Not only Hayashihira Kijiro thought so, but also Rukawa Kaede. Seeing Jinguji Budou passing the ball, he quickly raised his hands to his chest and even moved forward, trying to take the ball in his hands. But the next second, Jinguji Budou moved the ball away from Rukawa Kaede!
When Hayashidaira Kijiro gave up the position in front of him, Jinguji Budou grabbed the ball with his left hand and jumped up.
Takeshi Jinguji took the ball from the free throw line and was very close to the basket after two steps. He jumped with the ball in his left hand and approached the basket in a blink of an eye, and then dunked the ball into the basket easily.
For Jinguji Budo, such crackling is like eating and drinking.
As Jinguji Budou dunked the ball into the basket, the audience in the stands burst into cheers.
After scoring the goal, Wu Dao put his arm around Rukawa's shoulders, smiled and whispered in his ear: "I will definitely pass the ball to you next time, hahaha!"
Jinguji Budo's fake moves not only fooled his opponent, but also fooled his teammates.
Amid the cheers of the audience, Jinguji Takeshi and others began to return to defense.
Under the leadership of Hayashihira Kijiro, Meiho Industries reorganized its attack.
Hayashihira Kijiro had a good idea, thinking of using his teammates' pick-and-roll to create shooting opportunities for himself, but the fact is that even after his teammates gave him the pick-and-roll, Xiangbei High School could use the timely pick-and-roll to intercept him.
Mitsui Hisashi's personal ability should not be underestimated. If Shohoku's opponent after the defense switch is Mitsui Hisashi, Hayashihira Kijiro will not be able to gain any advantage at all.
Realizing this, Hayashi Ping Kijiro thought about asking other teammates to set a screen, but when he ran into Rukawa Kaede's cover position, Hayashi Ping Kijiro still didn't get much benefit.
Although his teammates' pick-and-roll did give Hayashidaira Kijiro a chance to shoot, his shooting percentage was not very high due to the defense of the Shohoku players.
The scoring efficiency of Xiangbei and Meipeng is completely at two different levels.
As the game progressed, the gap between the two teams widened. At the end of the first half, Xiangbei High School was already leading its opponent by 32 points with a score of 53:21.
The huge gap in strength made Mingpeng's players see no hope of winning.
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