The completely different offensive styles of the ace teams of Shohoku High School and Ryonan High School allowed the audience to see how the strongest high school students in the country play.
In today's game, not only basketball fans gathered in the stadium to watch the game between Xiangbei and Ryonan, but also many high school players from other high schools across the country were also watching this game.
The match between Xiangbei and Ryonan was called an early final. It was a match between two teams that were favorites to win the championship, and it was also a head-to-head match between the strongest high school students.
"It's really scary! Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tano are completely beyond the scope of high school students."
“Watching the two of them play is like watching a professional game on TV.”
"Really? So strong!"
A spectator watched the Ryonan players return to the court and praised them softly. If he hadn't seen Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tano's performances with his own eyes, he would never have imagined that the offensive abilities of high school players could be so terrifying.
On the court, the ball has been given to Xiangbei High School.
Akagi Takenori served the ball from the baseline and passed it to Rukawa Kaede, who quickly advanced to the front court with the ball. Ryonan High School still maintained its previous defensive method and did not make any adjustments to Jinguji Budo's terrifying offensive ability.
When Rukawa dribbled the ball into the court and was about to break through, he saw Sakuragi Hanamichi standing in the middle distance on the left side.
"This idiot, doesn't he know how much trouble his position has caused to others?!"
"asshole!"
Rukawa cursed in his heart, but he did not slack off in his dribbling. He turned his head to glance at Takeshi Jinguji, and just as he was about to pass the ball, he saw Shinomiya Tano take a step forward and block Takeshi Jinguji behind him, preventing him from getting the ball.
In response to this, Jinguji Takeshi did not run outside again. Instead, he faked a shot without the ball and then quickly cut into the inside.
The opponents that Shimonoseki and Takeshi Jinguji have encountered in the past are different. If they were facing other people, facing this kind of defense, Takeshi Jinguji would not care at all. He would move a little further outside the three-point line, and then receive the ball and break through.
But when his opponent is Shinomiya Tano, Jinguji Budo will not use this way of receiving the ball.
Because when the opponent is weak, Jinguji Budou can easily break through even if he receives the ball on the center line, and then rush into his most comfortable offensive area to score.
But when the opponent is a player of Shigong Tianye's level, Wudao needs to shorten the distance between himself and the basket as much as possible. Because only in this way can he use as little rhythm change as possible when breaking through, or even break through the opponent without rhythm change.
In this way, the physical energy consumed by each attack can be as little as possible.
Saving energy is very important for those high-intensity competitions.
"An off-ball cut? Just like the previous shot, he was planning to use the pick-and-roll to create a mismatched singles opportunity for himself."
When Shinomiya Tano saw Jinguji Budou cutting into the inside and glanced at Rukawa Kaede on the outside, his heart sank.
To be honest, if Shohoku High School is determined to target Fujima and launch a crazy attack, Ryonan really doesn't have any good way to stop him.
Apart from filling in the positions as much as possible, the rest can only be left to fate.
Sure enough, Jinguji Budou was just like before, with no intention of staying in the inside for long. He left as soon as he touched the inside and immediately ran in the direction of Rukawa Kaede.
"Flower shape!"
While chasing Jinguji Takeshi, Shinomiya Tano shouted to Hanagata Toru who was on the side of the free throw line. The latter immediately understood and looked at Jinguji Takeshi who was rushing to the top of the arc. He immediately raised his foot and moved up a bit, but he did not dare to leave Sakuragi open. When he was filling in the position, he was obviously worried and did not chase him very closely.
But if Rukawa breaks through, Shinomiya Tano can ignore Rukawa and directly focus on Shinigamiguji Budou. As for Rukawa, Hanagata can fill in the position.
As for saying that this kind of defense will leave Sakuragi Hanamichi open... ..
In Shinomiya Tano's opinion, it is more useful and urgent to defend Jinguji Budou and Rukawa Kaede. Sakuragi Hanamichi... still needs to let go when it's time.
But this time, Rukawa didn't even wait for Takeshi Jinguji to set the pick and roll. He just faked a dribble and passed the ball sideways to Takeshi Jinguji who had just reached the free throw line.
When Hanagata and Shinomiya Tano saw this, they rushed directly towards Jinguji Budou and double-teamed him in an instant.
However, Takeshi Jinguji didn't give the two men a chance to double-team him. The moment the basketball entered his hands, Takeshi Jinguji dropped the ball, took one more step towards the three-point line, and then turned over and leaned back to shoot the ball.
The decisive shot, powerful bounce and extremely high shooting point made the defending Shinomiya Tano helpless. He could only stretch his arms as far as possible to block Jinguji Budou's sight, hoping to affect Jinguji Budou's hit rate.
However, this kind of turnaround and fadeaway shot has long been ingrained in Jinguji Budo's bones. For this kind of shot, as long as he confirms his position on the court, he can have a good hit rate even if he shoots with his eyes closed.
“Swish!”
The next second, the basketball went straight into the net with a crisp sound.
"oh!
Goal, what a great shot! "
"Very decisive, Shinomiya Tano's hand was about to poke Jinguji Budou's eyes, but he still let him score the goal!"
"Such a terrifying attack power, it's impossible to block it!"
Takeshi Jinguji's exaggerated goal immediately aroused cheers from the audience in the stands. Some young children, seeing Takeshi Jinguji's unrestrained and cool shooting posture, even imitated it in their seats, putting themselves in Takeshi Jinguji's position in their minds and imagining how they would play in the future.
"Wow... what a great shot!"
"I want to play like him in the future!"
In a corner of the stands, a purple-haired elementary school student clenched his fists excitedly, his eyes shining.
The graceful figure of Jinguji Budo's fadeaway shot has been engraved in the boy's young mind.
Sitting on both sides of the elementary school student were his parents who brought him to watch the game. When the child's father heard what the boy said, he smiled and touched the boy's head, encouraging him:
"Our A-Da will definitely be able to do it."
In the stadium, Jinguji Budo clapped his hands after scoring the goal and called on his teammates to return to defense. The players of Ryonan did not lose their minds for the goal or two. The Ryonan players, along with Shinomiya Tano, were already immune to the word "surprise".
Between offense and defense, the players of Ryonan pressed into the Shohoku half.
Shinomiya Tano obviously knew that Jinguji Budou was different from other opponents he had encountered. He did not receive the ball outside the three-point line, but relied on his powerful strength to sit and beat Jinguji Budou.
Shimono Shima also had the awareness of distributing his physical energy. After entering the frontcourt, he did not stay on the three-point line for long, but cut directly into the inside.
When Wudao saw the opponent's move, he did not rush to chase him. Instead, he looked at Fujima who was holding the ball at the top of the arc. While trotting after Shinomiya Tano, he consciously killed the possibility of inside and outside connection.
Jinguji Budo himself knew very well that if Shimono received the ball, it would be difficult to defend the opponent. The best way was to prevent the opponent from getting the basketball as much as possible.
Of course, several players of Ryonan could see what Jinguji Budou could see. Seeing that Shigong Tianye had no chance to get the ball under Jinguji Budou's pursuit, Yuzumi in the interior immediately winked at Shigong Tianye who was running, and the latter understood and quickly penetrated into the interior.
When Budou passed through the paint area and wanted to continue blocking the passing routes of Fujima and Shinomiya Tano, Uozumi Jun moved his feet slightly and seemed to inadvertently block the position of Budou Jinguji.
The quality of Yuzumi's screen was average, but Shinomiya was able to get a good gap. However, Fujima, who was holding the ball on the outside, was unable to pass the ball at the moment when Shinomiya was in an open position under the defense of Rukawa.
Rukawa had his back to the basket and just by observing Fujima's eyes and expression, he actually judged the opponent's possible passing intention. He simply raised his arms high to block Fujima's sight.
"This freshman from Xiangbei... is really tough!" Fujima's face darkened when he saw the opportunity missed. While accelerating the breakthrough with the ball, he quickly passed the ball behind his back to Sendoh on the side.
Fujima's pass was very sudden, and the target was Sendoh, which was beyond some people's expectations.
However, Sendo had no intention of playing himself at this moment. The moment he got the basketball, he raised the ball and made a fake shot, and then quickly hit the ground to Shimonoseki who had just run to the free throw line.
It was almost exactly the same position as the ball that Takeshi Jinguji had just hit.
However, the way Shinomiya Tano handled the ball was completely different from Jinguji Budou's previous one. After a pause, Shinomiya Tano quickly turned around and swept the ball towards the basket. After raising the ball and making a fake shot, Shinomiya Tano directly dug a step and rushed into the inside.
Jinguji Budo was distracted by the opponent's fake shot, and when the opponent broke through, he lagged behind the opponent by half a body length.
But it was just this half body length that gave Shigong Tianye the opportunity to attack.
At the free throw line, Sigong dribbled the ball once, then took a direct pass, jumped up after two steps, and glided towards the basket.
Akagi Takenori, who was defending under the basket, noticed Shinomiya's movements and jumped high to try to block Shinomiya, but when his body hit Shinomiya in mid-air, he couldn't stop and began to retreat, completely giving up his defensive position.
"Snap!" After a physical confrontation, Shimonoseki made a light layup. He hooked the ball with his left hand and sent it hitting the backboard into the net.
Shinomiya Tano landed on the ground with both feet firmly on the ground. However, Akagi Takenori, who was fighting against him, stumbled when he landed, and took three or four steps back before he could keep his footing and not fall.
Seeing Akagi standing firmly, Shigong Tianye also raised his eyebrows and praised with a smile: "Not bad, you actually stood firmly."
“The power is pretty good!”
Although it was a compliment, it sounded quite harsh to Akagi Takenori and he did not feel happy at all.
When Yuzumi Jun was returning to defend, he passed by Akagi and said sarcastically, "You are overestimating yourself. Who do you think you are? Can you block Tian Ye's attack?"
"No foul, you're just lucky."
After saying that, Uozumi Jun trotted towards his own half of the court, ignoring Akagi Takenori's changing expression.
"Tsk!" Akagi Takenori curled his lips, feeling a little unconvinced but also a little helpless.
A small forward actually crushed him, a center, in physical confrontation. For Akagi, this was indeed a humiliation.
"Good defense, Akagi."
"make persistent efforts."
Jinguji Takeshi gave Akagi an encouragement, and then quickly ran towards the front.
The offensive performances of Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tano had already pushed the audience's enthusiasm to the peak. The cheers surged into the stadium like a wave.
With the cheers of the audience, both Jinguji Takeshi and Shinomiya Tano maintained a considerable level of offensive ability, and with the two sides going back and forth, the first half of the game lasted only 7 minutes.
The score between the two teams was 16:17, with only one point difference.
Xiangbei High School took a one-point lead and also had the ball. Indeed, under the leadership of Shigong Tianye, Ryonan High School's offensive efficiency was very high, and Shigong Tianye's offense rarely missed.
However, the offensive efficiency of Xiangbei High School was also not low, but Ryonan was indeed strong, and Jinguji Budou's hit rate was far lower than when he faced those weak teams before. Therefore, after playing for 7 minutes, Xiangbei only scored 17 points.
If he hadn't made two three-pointers, Xiangbei High School might not have had such a lead.
"Defend! Defend! Defend!"
As the team was trailing in the score, the players of Ryonan sitting on the bench loudly cheered for the players on the field.
Rhythmic cheers spread into the stadium as the Xiangbei players slowly moved the ball into the front court.
After Rukawa dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Mitsui quickly pulled from the baseline to the top of the arc and made a screen for Rukawa. With the help of Mitsui's screen, Rukawa quickly dropped the ball and broke through.
At this time, Ryonan's Sendoh and Fujima Kenji also quickly switched defenses.
However, Rukawa did not break through the inside line, but instead moved quickly along the three-point line towards the right corner.
When he came to Wudao's side, he quickly passed the ball to Jinguji Wudao, and at the same time quickly ran to the bottom corner.
Shinomiya Tianye hurriedly glanced at Rukawa Kaede who was running to the bottom corner, and did not choose to defend him. Seeing this, Sendoh was also forced to chase Rukawa Kaede to the bottom corner.
For this ball, Wudao did not shoot it himself. Instead, he broke through and passed the ball to Mitsui Shou at the top of the arc.
The latter took the ball and shot directly from the three-point line.
With this speed of attack, even if Fujima, who was more than ten centimeters shorter than him, reacted, he would not have had time to jump up and block it.
“Swish!
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As the net flipped with a crisp sound, the scoreboard on the sidelines also reached 16:20.
The difference between the two teams reached 4 points.
This is the first time that Ryonan High School has faced such a lagging situation in the national competition this year.
There is no doubt that for Ryonan’s fans, Ryonan is currently facing a major crisis!
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