"Jinguji Budou...ran to the inside?!"
After the Ryonan people helped Fujima enter the frontcourt, they saw the changed position of Shohoku High School. They were all surprised to see that Jinguji Takeshi had switched positions with Sakuragi Hanamichi, and their eyes turned to Jinguji Takeshi who was standing under the basket.
Fujima, who was holding the ball, couldn't help but slow down his dribbling speed when he approached the three-point line, observing the defensive formation that Xiangbei High School was currently setting up.
Shinomiya Tianye stood outside the three-point line, looking suspiciously at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was standing in front of him, then looked at Jinguji Budou who was standing under the basket, raised his eyebrows slightly, and couldn't help but murmured:
"What kind of fancy tricks are you playing?"
Shinomiya Tianye retracted his gaze and looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was standing in front of him with his waist bent and defending, and couldn't help asking:
"A first-year boy."
"What tricks are you playing, Xiangbei?"
"I'm asking a rookie like you to guard me. Do you think you can stop me?"
Shinomiya Tano looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's serious expression and couldn't help but frown.
Shigong Tianye felt that he was underestimated by his opponent. The red-haired boy in front of him looked serious. Did he really think that he could suppress him with his strength? !
"What are you talking about?!"
"Come on, Shinomiya Tano!"
"This genius will definitely be able to stop you!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi curled his lips, showing no fear in front of Shinomiya Tano. His attitude also completely angered Shinomiya Tano.
"Are you trying to irritate me?"
"If that's the case, then you succeeded!"
"Boy, you said you wanted to stop me, right?! If you can, come up and try!"
When Shigong Tianye was furious, his mind was actually clear. He was different from those idiots who got angry and their blood boiled. When he was angry, his mind was actually calmer.
As he spoke, Shinomiya Tano leaned sideways and leaned his back against Sakuragi Hanamichi, while waving to Fujima Kenji at the top of the arc. Seeing this, the latter quickly passed the ball to Shinomiya Tano, who quickly swept the ball and turned around, took a tentative step to the right, and immediately retracted his feet, dropping the ball to break through to Sakuragi Hanamichi's left side.
And just as Sakuragi Hanamichi was about to follow, Shinomiya Tano turned around with his left hand, turned right and quickly passed Sakuragi Hanamichi.
On the defensive side, Sakuragi was used to defending his opponent's right turn, but Shinomiya Tano's counterintuitive weak-side turn was something Sakuragi had not anticipated at first.
Shinomiya Tano is different from all the opponents Sakuragi Hanamichi has faced. For Shinomiya Tano, there is no difference between the strong side and the weak side. Which direction to turn to pass the opponent depends entirely on the need.
However, just as Shinomiya Tano just crossed Sakuragi Hanamichi and entered the three-point line, Jinguji Takeshi, who was standing under the basket, suddenly walked out of the paint area, moved up slightly, and stood in front of Shinomiya Tano's breakthrough route in advance.
Seeing this, Sigong Tianye, who was moving forward, became serious and immediately made a quick stop jump shot, throwing the ball directly from a high position.
The developments of Jinguji martial arts have touched the nerves of Shinomiya Tano.
Compared to forcibly attacking the basket guarded by the two-meter-tall Jinguji Budou, the open jump shot after the breakthrough is obviously the most reasonable offensive choice for Shinomiya Tano at the moment.
“Swish!”
As expected, Shimono's shot was very accurate and the basketball fell directly into the net with a crisp sound.
After scoring the goal, Ryonan High School quickly retreated. After adjusting their defensive state, Xiangbei High School failed in their first defense, but the Xiangbei players did not care about it.
"Sakuragi, your defense is good. Put more pressure on them. Don't worry about the opponent breaking through. Press forward when defending."
"If your defense is too loose against an opponent like that, it will give the opponent a chance."
"Be decisive. I'm behind you."
While running towards the frontcourt, Takeshi Jinguji came to Sakuragi Hanamichi and taught him what defensive method he should choose.
In fact, from the very beginning, the intention of letting Sakuragi Hanamichi defend Shinomiya Tanaka was mainly to hope that Sakuragi could reduce some defensive pressure on Shinomiya Tanaka, making it easier for the opponent to break through, and there would be someone behind Sakuragi who could provide backup defense.
But try your best not to let the other team have open shots like they are doing now.
"Oh hiss!"
Sakuragi nodded and agreed decisively, and his running pace also accelerated unconsciously.
Sakuragi Hanamichi is very excited now, as he can personally guard Ryonan High School's Shinomiya Tano. This is an opportunity that other Shohoku players cannot even imagine.
Perhaps some people would be afraid of Shinomiya Tianye's powerful attacking power, fearing that they would become the background board of the opponent's offensive performance, and would refuse to mark Shinomiya Tianye.
But Sakuragi Hanamichi wouldn't think so. He would only think that his strength was recognized by his teammates, so he was responsible for defending the ace of Ryonan High School.
What?! You said that Shinomiya Tianye is the best player in the country and ordinary people can't defend him
That’s just perfect!
As long as Sakuragi Hanamichi can stop Shinomiya Tano, he will be able to prove that he is the best player in the country!
Thinking of this, Sakuragi Hanamichi's steps became lighter.
Jinguji Budou couldn't help but smile as he watched Sakuragi Hanamichi running to the front court. If Sakuragi could curb Shinomiya Tano's outside shooting as expected and force the opponent into his preset pocket, then they, Xiangbei, would definitely be able to cool down the offensive firepower of Ryonan High School.
On the sidelines, Coach Tiangang crossed his arms over his chest and watched the game with a serious face.
The adjustment of Xiangbei High School's defensive formation caught his attention.
He had already guessed what Xiangbei High School was planning, and Coach Tanaoka was thinking of a countermeasure.
The purpose of Xiangbei High School's defense is not to completely kill Shigong Tano's offense. Their plan is just to increase the difficulty of Shigong Tano's offense as much as possible and reduce Shigong Tano's offensive efficiency.
As long as they can do this, Xiangbei High School will be able to maintain the score advantage until the end of the game with its higher offensive efficiency.
On the court, Xiangbei High School is organizing an offense.
Rukawa Kaede, holding the ball on the outside, broke through Fujima Kenji, broke through Fujima's defense, and made a quick stop jump shot.
However, this time, Rukawa's overall rhythm from breakthrough to shooting was affected by Fujima's defense, his shot was inaccurate, and the basketball hit the rim directly.
The rebound was taken by Jun Yuzumi who had a more advantageous position.
Ryonan High School successfully blocked Shohoku's attack and quickly launched a counterattack.
However, the Xiangbei players returned to defense very quickly, and Ryonan, whose fast break failed, quickly readjusted its rhythm and planned to play positional defense.
At the top of the arc of Xiangbei, Kenji Fujima held the ball in his right hand and observed the defensive formation of Xiangbei High School.
Just as he was about to pass the ball to Shimomiya Tano, Sendoh Akira quickly set a screen for Fujima.
Seeing this, Fujima decisively changed his offensive thinking and decisively broke through. At the moment of his breakthrough, Shohoku's Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede quickly switched defenses.
Mitsui Shou raised one hand high, pressed his body against the fast-moving Fujima, and used his strength to force Fujima to stop.
If an offensive player maintains high-speed movement while dribbling the ball under tremendous defensive pressure, it is easy for him to lose control of the basketball.
Forced to lose speed, Fujima could only quickly switch the ball to his right hand after an abrupt stop, and then hooked the ball behind him with his right hand and passed it to Sendoh Akira behind him.
At this time, after helping Fujima with the pick-and-roll, Sendoh also took advantage of the situation to trap Rukawa behind him, ready to get the ball. In terms of game experience, Sendoh is more experienced than Rukawa, and he had already predicted what Fujima might do.
After getting the basketball, Rukawa made a big circle, came in front of Sendoh, and took up defensive position.
By the time Rukawa arrived, Fujima had already quickly cleared the way, and Mitsui was also quickly pulled away from his original position by Fujima, leaving space leading to the basket.
"Hello, Rukawa!" Sendoh greeted with a smile and raised the basketball above his head. Rukawa didn't pay too much attention to Sendoh's actions. After all, Sendoh had just got the ball, and he was in a high position one step within the three-point line, and there was still quite a distance from the basket.
This lifting action of Sendoh was most likely a fake move, the purpose of which was to deceive Gao's center.
Rukawa was thinking so in his mind, but Sendoh in front of him jumped slightly while raising the ball, and at the same time, the basketball was thrown out quickly.
Sendoh’s ball-lifting action was not a fake at all!
"What?!" Rukawa turned around in surprise, and at this time a smile appeared on Sendoh's face.
“Swish!”
The basketball went into the net, and two points were added to the scoreboard of Ryonan High School.
Seeing the basketball go into the net, Sendoh chuckled and whistled, attracting Rukawa's attention. Looking back, Rukawa couldn't help but frowning at Sendoh's smiling face.
"Ryukawa Kaede, do you know why Jinguji Budo's attack is so difficult to defend?"
After scoring the goal, Sendoh did not immediately return to defend, but instead started talking to Rukawa.
Rukawa Kaede heard this and frowned at Sendoh without answering. He didn't understand Sendoh's intention. Sendoh didn't care that Rukawa Kaede didn't respond and asked himself:
"It's simple, because almost every shot he makes is unexpected."
“At the same time, he also has the ability to score these unexpected attacks.”
"I have more or less learned some of his offensive ideas, which are quite useful."
After Sendoh finished speaking, he glanced at Jinguji Takeshi in the inside, then raised his chin towards Takeshi from afar and quickly turned around to return to defense.
Sendoh's "demonstration" was seen by Takeshi Jinguji. At this time, Takeshi felt it was very difficult to deal with Ryonan, which had two ace core players on the outside.
“It’s not easy to fight!”
"On the offensive end, let Mitsui Shou have more shooting opportunities. With his three-point shooting ability, he should be able to suppress Ryonan in terms of firepower."
"It's very difficult to win against a team like this simply by relying on defense."
Takeshi Jinguji had a plan in mind. During another attack by Shohoku, Takeshi began to try to mobilize Mitsui Hisashi, the outside scoring point. Not only did he take the initiative to change his corner position, he also took the initiative to set up pick-and-rolls for Mitsui Hisashi.
Sure enough, after Jinguji Budou's pick-and-roll, Mitsui Hisashi slipped from the bottom corner to the bull corner, and Ryonan's Sendoh and Shinomiya Tano also quickly completed the switch.
Rukawa seemed to have noticed Wu Dao's intention, and when Mitsui moved towards the corner, he quickly passed the ball to Mitsui.
Mitsui, who got the basketball, raised the ball and pretended to shoot, but after switching defense, Shinomiya Tano rushed in front of Mitsui at the first time and pretended to jump to block Mitsui's shot.
Mitsui Hisashi saw Shinomiya Tano's action. Seeing Shinomiya Tano trying to jump up to block the shot, Mitsui Hisashi immediately dropped the ball and moved sideways. However, at the moment Mitsui Hisashi received the ball, Shinomiya Tano's body quickly sank down, and with a slid step, he blocked Mitsui Hisashi directly.
Mitsui's fake move was seen through by Shinomiya Tano!
Not only that, when the basketball realized that there was no chance to shoot, Shinomiya Tano's defense pressed directly towards Mitsui Hisashi.
Jinguji Budo could barely withstand Shinomiya Tano's defensive aggression, but Mitsui Shou couldn't bear it at all. His feet were unstable and his control over the basketball was rapidly declining.
Shimono Shimomiya sensed the opportunity and acted decisively, tapping the basketball with one hand and stealing the ball.
After stealing the ball in the frontcourt, Shimoya Takeno took off directly, grabbed the ball firmly in his hands, and then rushed towards the Shohoku half.
Facing Ryonan's defensive counterattack, no one on the Shohoku side could keep up. At this time, Jinguji Budou was cutting into the inside, intending to grab the rebound under the basket if Mitsui Hisashi missed the shot.
Unexpectedly, under the defense of Shinomiya Tano, Mitsui not only had no chance to shoot, but even the ball was intercepted.
"Bang!
!”
Shimotsuna dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, and then performed a 360-degree dunk in the air for the audience, putting the basketball into the basket.
The cheers of the audience poured into the stadium, and the cameras in the hands of reporters around the stadium were all aimed at Shigong Tianye, and some reporters holding cameras were also frantically pressing the shutter buttons.
“Roar, roar, roar~~~~”
Coach Smith in the stands couldn't help but cheer when he saw Shimoya's explosive dunk performance. He was very interested in this Asian high school player.
Shohoku High School failed in two consecutive offensive rounds, and Ryonan High School instantly narrowed the gap to four points.
Jinguji Budo glanced at the scoreboard on the sidelines and realized what went wrong with his plan.
In the same pick-and-roll switch defense, Sendoh can break through Rukawa's defense, but it is not easy for Mitsui to break through Shinomiya Tano's defense.
It’s best to…
Soon, Rukawa went to the backcourt of Shohoku to get the ball, and then advanced towards the frontcourt with the ball. Wudao watched Rukawa and Mitsui slowly running towards the frontcourt, gave Mitsui a look, and then glanced at Fujima subtly.
Mitsui Shou, who noticed the martial arts moves, was stunned at first, and then quickly understood the meaning of martial arts.
Shohoku High School plans to make a breakthrough through Fujima!
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