Shinomiya Tano easily completed the layup under the defense of Sakuragi Hanamichi and sent the ball into the basket. Looking at the muscular second-year student of Ryonan High School in front of him, Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes not only did not reveal anger, but instead had a strong admiration.
This kind of powerful and domineering layup is exactly what Sakuragi Hanamichi has always longed for.
“What an amazing layup!”
"No matter how many times I see a guy like Shinomiya Tano, I'm always shocked."
"If I could have this ability..."
Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly lost focus, and his mind began to imagine the scene when he had this ability. In his mind, Rukawa Kaede and Kiyota Nobunaga had become chickens and dogs, and they were knocked to the ground as he made a layup, and then looked up at him blankly.
Thinking of this, Sakuragi Hanamichi's face was filled with a bright smile.
"This boy...was he thinking about sex during the game?"
"It's really hard for this guy Budo to teach a first grade like this!"
After Shinomiya Tano landed, he looked up at Sakuragi Hanamichi, only to find that the red-haired boy whose defense he had penetrated was actually smiling. Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes were curved into crescents, and he laughed "hehehe" from time to time.
Seeing this scene, Shinomiya Tianye scratched his hair, somewhat confused.
“Hahahahahaha!”
"I am indeed a genius!"
Just as he turned around to go back to the court to defend, he suddenly heard Sakuragi Hanamichi's loud laughter behind him, which scared him.
Turning around, he happened to see Sakuragi Hanamichi looking at him with burning eyes, which made Shinomiya Tano couldn't help but get goose bumps.
"Why is this idiot looking at me like that?! Is he trying to infect me with his stupidity?"
"Shohoku really has sinister intentions!"
Shinomiya Tano murmured in his heart, quickened his pace, and fled away from Sakuragi.
"Hey, Sakuragi, start the attack!"
Mitsui was preparing to attack, but when he saw Sakuragi Hanamichi and the other Ryonan players standing there stupidly even though they had started to return to defense, he couldn't help but remind them.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was pulled back to reality by Mitsui Shou, nodded at Mitsui Shou, and then rushed to the front court quickly.
Jinguji Takeshi did not notice the brief emotional exchange between Sakuragi Hanamichi and Shinomiya Tano at this moment. Now he entered the frontcourt early, ready to cooperate with his teammates in the attack.
Soon, Rukawa crossed the center line with the ball, and before Rukawa crossed the center line with the ball, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Akagi Takenori entered the inside line. However, this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi's running position was different.
Generally speaking, Xiangbei High School runs a triangle offense tactical formation on the offensive end.
Akagi Takenori entered the basket and stood on the right side of the paint area, ready to receive the ball and attack at any time. Mitsui Shoulu was in the right corner, giving Budou the option to pass the ball while restraining Sendoh's defense. The main attacker Jinguji Budou was used to standing in the paint area outside the three-point line, while Rukawa Kaede, who entered the court with the ball, would be close to the top of the arc.
After observing the Ryonan defense, he chose to break through and pass the ball.
Although the power forward Sakuragi Hanamichi is a "free man", most of the time, Sakuragi needs to be ready to grab rebounds under the basket, or move to the high position to cover for Rukawa Kaede and assist Rukawa Kaede in breaking through.
But now, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly left the inside and went to the mid-range corner on the left.
This position not only compresses Rukawa's space for maneuver after his breakthrough, but also completely leaves the basket to Ryonan.
When facing Sakuragi in this position, Hanagata Toru only needs to move up slightly to block Sakuragi's shooting. At the same time, once a rebound appears, Hanagata can also enter the basket earlier than Sakuragi Hanamichi and grab the rebound.
Generally speaking, unless Sakuragi Hanamichi has a very strong ability to attack with the ball, otherwise, his position will have no effect on the team... ..
When Rukawa saw Sakuragi's position, he cursed "big idiot" in his heart, then turned his head to look at Jinguji Budo on the right and quickly passed the ball.
Sakuragi's position made his breakthrough route much smaller. Rukawa did not try and quickly passed the ball to Jinguji Budo.
Although Sakuragi Hanamichi's position is not conducive to strong rebounds, nor is it conducive to the breakthrough of Rukawa Kaede, the player holding the ball at the top of the arc, it is still of some use to Jinguji Budou who is at the corner on the other side.
Because one of the two Ryonan players in the interior was pulled out.
Even if Budou gave the ball to Takenori Akagi, Akagi would also be able to get a one-on-one opportunity under the basket.
but... .
Compared to Akagi's single fight with Yuzumi, Jinguji Budo still has more confidence in his own strength!
Even if the opponent is Shinomiya Tano.
“Bang!”
After the basketball was in hand, Jinguji Budou quickly swept the ball to the basket, his upper body was straight, and the next second his center of gravity dropped sharply, and he quickly dropped the ball and changed direction to break through. Jinguji Budou's action did not completely deceive Shigong Tianye. At the moment when Budou accelerated and broke through, Shigong Tianye immediately slid to catch up.
As soon as Takeshi Jinguji stepped into the three-point line, Shinomiya Tano was already chasing him. His terrifying athletic ability was not inferior to Takeshi Jinguji at all.
“It’s as fast as ever.”
"Facing this kind of opponent, simply relying on explosive power and speed is not enough."
Wudang thought to himself that the moment his body touched the opponent, he stopped suddenly and changed direction. Just when Shinomiya Tano thought that Jinguji Wudang would continue to break through after changing direction, he suddenly saw that Jinguji Wudang just dribbled a little after changing direction, adjusted his posture, and then directly stepped sideways to blow the ball and retreated.
He looked up at the basket.
“Step back!”
"Going to shoot a jump shot!"
"No, this step back is different, there's no ball in hand!"
In an instant, Shinomiya Tano adjusted his posture and rushed towards Jinguji Budou with one step, while raising his hands high and slightly bending his knees to prepare to jump and block the shot.
Just as Shimonoya swept Jinguji Budou's hand, he suddenly discovered that Jinguji Budou's retreat did not involve the ball at all.
This also means that... .
Sure enough, at the moment when Shinomiya Tano raised his center of gravity, Jinguji Budo accelerated again after the bow, directly passed Shinomiya Tano and rushed into the inside.
Shinomiya Tano, who adjusted his posture and tried to chase after him, had already been pulled two steps behind by Jinguji Budou.
"Ohhh! Breakthrough!"
"What an amazing breakthrough! What was that?! Did he bow down after the step back? Didn't he take a traveling step?"
"Idiot, he retreated after a block, and didn't even close the ball, how can it be a traveling violation?"
In the stands, the audience exclaimed when they saw Jinguji Budo break free from Shigong Tianye. It was rare to see a person break through Shigong Tianye's defense head-on.
After the breakthrough, Jinguji Budou's speed quickly increased to the maximum. In the blink of an eye, Budou had entered the paint area.
Facing Uozumi's backup defense, Jinguji Budo was not afraid at all. After passing the ball, he grabbed the ball with one hand, jumped up, and glided towards the basket at a high speed. It seemed that he completely ignored the backup defense of Uozumi Jun and tried to dunk?!
"hateful!"
"Don't underestimate me!"
A fierce light flashed in Jun Yuzumi's eyes, and he wanted to jump up to block the shot, but Jinguji Budou's speed was too fast. Jun Yuzumi's feet had just left the ground when Jinguji Budou's body hit him. The huge force pressed Yuzumi back to the ground. In this situation, Yuzumi had no way to use his jumping ability.
At the same time, a loud "bang" was heard above Jun Uozumi's head, and the basketball was directly dunked into the net by Jinguji Budou.
"Dunk!"
"He dunked on the monster Yuzumi head-on?!"
“ohhhh!
!”
As Jinguji Budo scored a slam dunk, the audience in the stands exclaimed again, and a few warm cheers echoed throughout the venue.
Jinguji Budou passed Shinomiya Tano's defense and then went straight to the basket for a dunk, which was too brutal. The fierce attacking style was completely different from Jinguji Budou's previous style.
Not only the spectators were stunned, but even the Xiangbei players were staring blankly at Jinguji Budou who was grabbing the basket. After the audience burst into cheers, the players came back to their senses one by one and felt a burning sensation in their chests.
Jinguji Budo's slam dunk not only aroused the audience's enthusiasm for watching the game, but also pushed the morale of the Xiangbei players to the peak.
“This guy…” Shinomiya Tano watched Jinguji Takeshi fall back to the ground, but there was no surprise on his face.
He already knew about Jinguji Budou's abilities. If this kind of ball was hit by someone else, he would indeed be surprised, but if it was hit by Jinguji Budou, then there would be nothing to be surprised about.
Budo Jinguji has never been a pure shooter who can only shoot from the outside.
"Okay, let's start defending!"
Takeshi Jinguji turned around, without provoking or making any intense celebration moves. He just turned around and spoke loudly to his teammates in a calm tone.
But it was such a plain sentence that made all the Xiangbei players respond in unison, and even the most "boring" Rukawa Kaede whispered "OK".
The Xiangbei players retreated to the backcourt, leaving the Ryonan players behind.
Yuzumi's face was a little dark at this time. He couldn't accept being dunked by Jinguji Budo for a while. Yuzumi was convinced by Jinguji Budo's ability, he was just dissatisfied with his own performance.
He failed to grasp the opponent's speed, failed to grasp the timing of jumping, and failed to fully exert his own bounce and strength. What Yuzumi regretted was actually his own performance.
"Yuzumi, don't worry about it. You'll have experience next time."
Sendoh smiled and said something to comfort Yuzumi, but after he finished speaking, both Shinomiya Tano and Yuzumi looked at Sendoh.
It was not until this moment that Xiandao realized that there was something wrong with what he said.
"Haha~Don't worry about it, don't worry about it."
"Next time, Tano will be able to defend against Jinguji Budo."
However, just as he finished his words of reparation, Shimonoya glanced at Sendoh speechlessly, patted Yuzumi's arm, and walked towards the front court.
Sendoh didn't feel embarrassed at all. He spread his hands towards Uozumi and followed Shinomiya Tano's footsteps to run towards the front court.
"Is this Sendoh guy... an idiot?!"
Yuzumi looked at the leaving Shinomiya Tano, and could vaguely feel a very low air pressure coming from Shinomiya Tano.
It is obvious that although Shigong Tianye didn't say it, he must be very angry in his heart at this moment.
Xiandao, who was following behind Shigong Tianye, obviously also sensed the terrifying aura emanating from Shigong Tianye, but Xiandao did not feel embarrassed at all. Instead, he still had a faint smile on his face and did not care.
Between offense and defense, all the players of Ryonan High School had entered the frontcourt, which was different from the tight attack position of Shohoku High School.
The players of Ryonan High School are basically concentrated in the left half.
Uozumi and Hanagata were guarding the basket, while Sendoh, who entered the frontcourt, went directly to the left corner, and Fujima, who entered the frontcourt, advanced towards the top of the arc.
Due to Ryonan's offensive formation, the entire right half of Xiangbei's side concentrated almost all its defensive forces on the left, leaving only Jinguji Budou to guard Shinomiya Tano.
"Have all the teammates spread out and prepared to play solo?!"
"The competition has just begun, why are you so eager to show off your muscles..."
Wudao looked at Shigong Tianye landing in front of him and suddenly whispered. Hearing this, Shigong Tianye also smiled and replied: "Of course, if I don't show my muscles, people will look down on me."
As he spoke, Shinomiya Tano leaned his body directly against Jinguji Budou, facing the basket sideways, and raised his right arm. While he was doing these movements, the muscles in his back were completely tensed, and he actually succeeded in forcing Jinguji Budou back.
"!"
The powerful force made Wudao frown. At the same time, the basketball had already flown out of Shigong Tano's hands. Shigong Tano with the ball quickly stepped forward to break through. When Jinguji Wudao was chasing him, he dribbled the ball and changed hands quickly. Without slowing down or changing direction, he directly crossed Jinguji Wudao's defense line.
"He can change direction at this speed! Is this guy really that outrageous?!"
Wudao turned his head and happened to see Shinomiya Tano jump up after successfully changing direction and shooting a long shot from a high position.
It seems that Shimoyomiya cannot really change direction without slowing down like Iverson. When he completes the change of direction, the rhythm of dribbling is no longer good, and he needs to pass the ball to stabilize the basketball and posture.
However, someone like Iverson can easily change direction while maintaining high speed. His speed and his ability to connect with the ball are beyond the current capabilities of Shimoya Tano.
But even so, completing a change of direction while moving at high speed is already terrifying, and this offensive ability is also very difficult to defend against.
“Swish!”
The basketball flew directly over Wudao's head and went into the net.
After scoring the goal, Shimoya Yamaguchi looked expressionless, as if he had done something insignificant, and then turned around and returned to defense.
"Clean and neat, the ultimate physical fitness creates an extremely simple style of play."
"A completely different player from Wu, but equally strong!"
"Besides Wu... there are actually players like this!"
"if... "
In the stands, Coach Smith watched the scene on the field with his fists clenched and his eyes shining.
He seemed to have seen... a brand new future for Oak Hill Academy!
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