The outstanding Hayashi Ping Kijiro ran into this group of players from Xiangbei High School, and he really couldn't play a very good effect. Whether facing Jinguji Budo, or facing Mitsui Shou and Rukawa Kaede, Hayashi Ping Kijiro couldn't use his "skill package" to its fullest.
After the game, Hayashi Ping Guijiro felt very awkward.
He clearly felt that his strength was more than that, but when on the court, Hayashi Ping Guijiro always felt that he couldn't use his strength.
Jinguji Budo could actually understand the predicament that Hayashihira Kijiro was facing now.
The reason is actually very simple, that is, Hayashihira Kijiro's teammates are too weak, and they cannot achieve the running effect that Hayashihira Kijiro expected, nor can they achieve the passing effect he wants.
Sometimes, Hayashi Ping Kijiro clearly took advantage of his teammates' pick-and-roll to create some open space, but his team's guard was unable to pass the ball in the first place.
Under the defensive pressure of Jinguji Budo, such a chance to catch the ball is often fleeting. If you don't seize the opportunity when it comes, then there will be no more opportunities.
In the game against Shohoku High School, Hayashibei Kijiro played very poorly, and this awkward and unsmooth game rhythm also affected Hayashibei Kijiro's shooting feel. In the game against Shohoku High School, Hayashibei Kijiro's shooting percentage was less than 40%.
With his poor touch and bad playing style, Hayashidaira Kijiro has no chance of leading Meiho Industry to compete with Shohoku High School.
Unlike Hayashidaira Kijiro, Jinguji Budo played exceptionally smoothly in this game, or rather, he always played smoothly in high school games, and the defense of Meiho Industries was useless to him.
And when Jinguji Budou got used to shooting, he became even more unstoppable. He only missed the mid-range shot occasionally, and his three-point shooting percentage was also terrifyingly high.
Difficult emergency stop and fadeaway shots were also frequently successful.
At the end of the first half, Jinguji Budou's score alone reached a terrifying 30+. In the second half, Jinguji Budou's offensive continued unabated, and Jinguji Budou also began to share the ball, giving Akagi and Sakuragi opportunities to perform under the basket.
Takeshi Jinguji, who started passing the ball, became even more unpredictable. Meiho himself could not stop Takeshi Jinguji's personal attack. In the second half, he had to watch Takeshi Jinguji connect the entire team and fully bring out the strength of other Shohoku players.
As the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Xiangbei High School easily won the game with a score of 107:53.
All five starting players of Shohoku High School scored in double digits. Takeshi Jinguji scored a team-high 56 points, while Hanamichi Sakuragi also demonstrated unparalleled strength under the basket, grabbing 22 rebounds and scoring 11 points in a single game.
In the entire Shohoku High School, if Jinguji Budou is the most dazzling sun, then Sakuragi Hanamichi can also be regarded as a shining new star. His brilliance has not been completely suppressed by Jinguji Budou.
Compared to these two, the performances of Mitsui Hisashi, Akagi and Rukawa Kaede were not so eye-catching. Scoring in double digits may be a very difficult thing for other players, but for the three of them, it is not something to brag about.
Xiangbei High School crushed Meiho and won a big victory, which surprised all the participating teams.
Although everyone knows that Xiangbei High School is very strong, no one could have imagined that Xiangbei High School could be "so" strong.
Meiho Industries is already a very outstanding team, but it is still crushed by Shohoku High School.
Today, Xiangbei has become the absolute favorite team to win the championship in people's eyes.
After seeing the current strength of Xiangbei High School, Xiangbei fans also became extremely excited.
After seeing the strength of Xiangbei now, these fans no longer take other teams seriously. Don't ask, the answer is Xiangbei High School is the strongest! No team can threaten Xiangbei High School.
Even Ryonan High School, the national champion last year, cannot threaten the status of Shohoku High School. With the fighting power currently displayed by Ryonan, it can only barely fight against Shohoku High School!
Amid the enthusiastic cheers from the audience, the Xiangbei players who had finished the game returned to the rest area and packed their luggage.
After packing up, they walked through the player tunnel and left the field amid cheers.
After defeating Meiho Industrial, Shohoku High School successfully advanced to the quarterfinals.
After the match at Shohoku High School, the Group A match was held. The two players in the match were Tokushima's Tobita Dadi and Tobita's opponent was Urayasu Commercial who had won against Takamizawa High School.
In the second round of the game, Tobita's second opponent was Umezawa High School. In that game, Tobita won extremely hard, only beating the opponent by 4 points.
Urayasu Commercial, which defeated Takamizawa, is leading by a large margin.
The strength of the two teams can already be seen from the last round of games.
When the game between Tobita and Urayasu Commercial started, the direction of the game was as expected by the audience. Eight minutes into the first half, Urayasu Commercial had already taken the initiative.
At the end of the first half, Urayasu Commercial was already leading its opponent by 7 points with a score of 43:36.
In the second half, Urayasu Commercial played steadily and gradually turned the advantage into victory, maintaining the lead until the end of the game.
As the referee's final whistle sounded, Urayasu Commercial won the game 88:70, beating its opponent by 18 points.
After winning the victory, Urayasu Commercial successfully entered the quarterfinals. Their next opponent will be the favorite to win this national competition, Shohoku High School!
"Urayasu Business doesn't seem to have any particularly outstanding players."
"This team has evenly matched players and good coordination. All players performed well in this game."
“It’s a very good team!”
In the stands, Mitsui Shou folded his hands over his chest, lowered his head slightly and looked at the Urayasu players on the field, commenting.
After defeating Meiho, Xiangbei has secured a place in the top 8. At this time, the victorious Urayasu Commercial is their next opponent. Therefore, Xiangbei did not leave the stadium after the game, but came to the stands to watch the game between Urayasu and Tobita.
In this game, Urayasu's players did not score any amazing goals. They just relied on solid basic skills, abundant physical strength, excellent positioning and overall view to crush Tobita Dadi from a macro perspective and win the game.
In fact, Xiangbei High School has never encountered such an opponent before.
There are no star players, but the team wins the game by relying on solid defense, counterattacks and team movement. The whole team gives people a feeling of calmness and determination, and it is a very good team.
"Well, they are indeed very good, but... Urayasu is like a team without any personality. It is difficult for such a team to reach the top."
"They had no hope of winning against a team like ours with such a strong character."
Takeshi Jinguji agreed with Mitsui Hisahi's evaluation of Urayasu Commercial, and he also felt that Urayasu Commercial was an excellent team.
However, it is precisely because of the characteristics of Urayasu Commercial that the ceiling of this team is determined.
Although basketball is a team sport, the team needs an absolute leader on the court. If there is no such person in a team, and everyone is a leader and everyone is a player, then such a team will have no cohesion during the game.
Although Urayasu Commercial won the game, it is a team without soul.
Such a team could never be a match for Xiangbei High School.
"After the next game, we sophomores and juniors should have a good rest."
"Let's give the stage to the first graders."
Mitsui Hisashi nodded. Although he thought Urayasu's team was good, it was just good. To threaten Shohoku, it would be impossible without outstanding star players.
After all, a player of Jinguji Budou's level is enough to raise the team's strength by two levels. If the opponent does not have a player who can compete with Jinguji Budou, they have already lost from the outset!
When Sakuragi and the others heard that Mitsui Shou intended to give the next game to the first-year students, they all became excited. Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango, who rarely had the opportunity to play on the national stage, also showed deep joy on their faces.
Urayasu and Tobita's players quickly left the field after packing up their things.
After the two teams vacated the venue, the last game of the morning was about to begin.
Both teams in the game are strong and highly anticipated.
The match between strong teams, Luoan High School and Ryonan High School!
Luoan, which has a super high center forward, faced last year's national champion, Ryonan High School.
Everyone thought that this match would be a fierce battle between dragons and tigers, but when the match officially started, everyone was surprised.
Luoan’s center is named Izumi Asao, who is 213cm tall and weighs 91kg.
During the jump ball, Izumi Asao really took advantage of his height, easily grabbing the basketball in front of Uozumi Jun and passing the basketball to his team's guard.
Luoan High School's first round of offense after the opening was also very smooth. After a high-post pick-and-roll by Izumi Aho, the Luoan guard broke through and attracted Ryonan to switch defense, then turned around and passed the ball to Izumi Aho.
This gave Izumi Asao the opportunity to play one-on-one against Uekusa Tomoyuki. One was a 213cm super center, and the other was a small guard who was just under 170cm tall. The result, of course, was obvious.
Izumi Asao didn't even jump, deliberately humiliating Uekusa Tomoyuki. He stood in place, raised his hands high, used the "standing shot", and sent the ball steadily into the basket.
Tomoyuki Uekusa jumped up with all his might, but he couldn't even stop Izumi Asao's attack, let alone interfere with it!
In high school competitions, Izumi Asao's height is such a foul!
Luo An easily scored the ball at the beginning, making all the spectators think that Ryonan High School would face a tough battle in this game. However, after the switch from offense to defense, Ryonan's next attack made everyone realize the horror of Shinomiya Tano.
Between offense and defense, the basketball was quickly passed to Tomoyuki Uekusa. The sophomore backup point guard of Ryonan High School slowly dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. After observing the positions of some teammates, he chose to pass the ball to Shinomiya Tano who was standing at the corner outside the three-point line.
After the latter got the ball, he tapped his right foot to the left. The opponent thought it was a tentative step and would pull the ball back and readjust his position, but the next second, Shigong Tianye suddenly accelerated and directly passed the defender. While breaking through, his body inevitably leaned on the opponent and pushed the opponent away.
Shimono Shimotsuna's breakthrough posture was quite clean. Although the defensive player was staggered, the referee on the sidelines watched this scene and did not blow the whistle.
After successfully breaking through, Shimonomiya accelerated towards the inside, and when Izumi Asao saw Shimonomiya breaking in, he quickly moved up to defend and tried to intercept Shimonomiya.
However, facing the replacement of the tall center Izumi Asao, Shinomiya Tano did not dodge at all. After receiving the ball from the free throw line, he jumped up directly, grabbed the ball with one hand and glided quickly towards the basket.
Seeing that Shinomiya Tano dared to ignore him like this, Izumi Asao jumped up immediately and blocked the basketball in Shinomiya Tano's hand with both hands.
In mid-air, Shinomiya Tano's body directly hit Izumi Asao. The terrifying force made Izumi Asao's breathing stagnate. He was knocked off balance by Shinomiya Tano and fell directly to the ground after landing. However, Shinomiya Tano in mid-air still maintained an excellent posture. After a short stay in the air, he threw the ball out.
The basketball he threw hit the backboard and then fell into the net.
The referee did not blow the whistle. There was nothing wrong with Shimono's attacking posture. The referee did not think there was any problem with this level of collision.
At the same time, since Izumi Asao was directly knocked into the air by Shinomiya Tano in mid-air, there was no possibility of a foul, so the referee could not blow the whistle.
But even with such a goal, Izumi Asao was unable to get up immediately after falling to the ground. Instead, he curled up on the floor with his hands covering his ankles.
It turned out that Izumi Asao, who was knocked off balance by Shinomiya Tano in the air, had a very bad landing posture and twisted his ankle when he landed.
Seeing Izumi Asao lying on the ground with a look of pain on his face, the referee blew the whistle and the game entered injury time.
The medical staff of the tournament quickly rushed into the stadium and began to check on Izumi Asao's injuries.
The result was a huge blow to all the Luoan players. Izumi Asao's injury was very serious. At this moment, his ankle was swollen and it was impossible for him to continue the game.
Shinomiya Tano and the Ryonan players gathered together and stood on the sidelines watching Izumi Asao who was surrounded by the crowd. After a while, everyone was surprised to see Izumi Asao being carried off the court.
Shigong Tianye couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, and whispered in disbelief:
"That guy... He looks so tall and strong, but he got hurt?!"
"He was carried off the field? That's all?"
"No way... Luoan's people, are they trying to blackmail me?!
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