After losing two goals in a row in the second half, Rukawa finally scored some points.
The audience in the stands cheered when they saw this. The substitute players of Xiangbei in the stands breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Rukawa Kaede score a mid-range shot after receiving the pass from Jinguji Budo.
Rukawa's performance was a bit sluggish before, but now, it seems that Rukawa's condition has recovered.
This point is actually very important to Xiangbei High School. Even Sakuragi Hanamichi, who has always been competitive with Rukawa Kaede, clapped his hands subconsciously. Then Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly stopped clapping and hummed a little unconvincedly:
"Tsk, I only have the chance to shoot with the help of my teammates' passes."
"Only a genius can score a goal like this!"
At this point, Sakuragi Hanamichi was unwilling to not be able to play in the game. He moved his butt and came directly to the side of Coach Anzai. He put his arm around Coach Anzai's shoulders and pestered him:
"Hey, Dad, it's almost time. I've had enough rest."
"Isn't it time to send me into action?!"
"Look, I've only been away from the court for a short while, but our Xiangbei High School is already so far behind the opponent."
As he spoke, Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes moved to the scoreboard on the sidelines. At this moment, the scoreboard showed: "59:58."
The difference between the two teams is actually only 1 point.
"Hohohoho, don't worry, Sakuragi-san, you have a chance to play, but not now."
"Sit for a while. Sit for a while."
"Only by sitting on the sidelines can you understand the situation on the field."
"Only after you have a clear understanding of the situation on the field can you know what you need to do after you get on the field!"
After hearing what Coach Anxi said, Sakuragi Hanamichi finally became serious. A bit of doubt appeared on his handsome face.
"See the situation clearly?! See what situation clearly?!"
"Isn't this clear?"
"Without this genius' help, our Xiangbei advantage is gone."
"That idiot Bianran Monkey can't stop that muscular man from Ryonan at all."
Sakuragi Hanamichi had naturally given Shinomiya Tano a nickname during the conversation with Coach Anzai. Coach Anzai didn't realize it at first, but then he realized that Sakuragi was calling Shinomiya Tano.
She couldn't help but reveal a smile on her round face, and she laughed "hohoho" from her mouth.
While Coach Anzai and Sakuragi Pirate were chatting off the court, the Ryonan players on the court had already launched a counterattack.
Just as Sakuragi Hanamichi said, Nango Koichiro's defense was like nothing to Shinomiya Tanaka. Fujima Kenji, who dribbled into the frontcourt with the ball, did not stick to the ball at all. After crossing the center line, he passed the ball directly to Shinomiya Tanaka on the side.
After getting the basketball, the latter simply leaned against Koichirō Nango with his back, compressing the opponent's defensive gap, and then turned around and accelerated his advance.
When defending, Nango Koichirō was too concerned that his opponent would use a back-to-back attack to break through his defense, so he kept his center of gravity quite low when standing, and was ready to resist with all his strength.
However, Shimoya Tanno was not the muscular idiot he had imagined. Shimoya Tanno was the kind of player who had skills in his hands. For him, this level of defense was no different from being defenseless.
After passing the defense line of Koichirō Nango, Shinomiya Tano quickly moved to the mid-range, then glanced at Jinguji Budou who was quickly filling in the position towards him, and made a quick stop and jump shot from the mid-range.
“Swish!”
The basketball flew directly out of Shimono's hands and went into the net.
The crisp sound of the net hitting the net made Nango Koichirō turn around in surprise. It was not until Shinomiya Tano made a shot that Nango Koichirō realized belatedly that he had been surpassed by the opponent.
"Well done! Shinomiya-senpai!"
"Lingnan! Lingnan! Lingnan!"
Hikoichi Aida, who was standing off the field, shouted excitedly after Shinomiya Tano scored. The Ryonan cheerleaders on one side of the stands also waved the banners that read "Courageous and Brave" and cheered in unison.
Cheers poured into the stadium. Shinomiya Tianye smiled and waved his hand towards the stands, then quickly turned around to defend. When passing by Nango Koichiro, Shinomiya Tianye said coldly:
"A first-year student at Shohoku."
"Back off."
"This battle is not something you can handle."
As he spoke, Shigong Tianye turned his head and looked at Jinguji Budo who was running towards the front court at this time, and said loudly:
"Hey, Budo, don't let the first-year brats try to test you."
"Your Xiangbei defensive tactics are completely useless to me."
"If I were to do shooting practice, it would be too boring."
"I can do this kind of training in private!"
Having said that, Shinomiya Tianye turned around and started running towards his own half of the court.
"hateful!
This bastard actually dared to look down on me!
”
"Senior Jinguji, I will definitely stop him!"
"Believe me! I will never let you down!"
Nango Koichiro looked at Shinomiya Tano's departing back and said angrily. Then he turned around and gave Jinguji Budo a serious reassurance.
Wudao had just passed by Nango at this time. When he saw Nango Kouichirō talking to him seriously, he paused.
"Yes! I believe you, behave well."
Jinguji Takeshi smiled and patted Nango Koichiro on the shoulder, said something encouraging, and then ran towards the front court.
“ohhhhh!
”
"I must not let that guy score so easily like this again!"
"I absolutely cannot let down Senior Jinguji!
!”
Jinguji Budo's encouragement to Nanxiang seemed to be extremely useful. Nanxiang seemed to be energized by a shot of chicken blood. After a low roar, he quickly passed Jinguji Budo and rushed towards the front.
Between offense and defense, Xiangbei High School has organized another attack. After Rukawa Kaede dribbled into the frontcourt, he was soon intercepted by Fujima.
Ryonan's defensive strategy against Rukawa's attack with the ball was quite effective. They had blocked Rukawa's attacks twice in a row before. And this time, after seeing Fujima's defense, Rukawa did not dare to break through directly like before.
Because Rukawa knew that in this position even if he could break through Fujima's defense it would not be of much use.
Not to mention whether the basketball would be intercepted by the opponent under Fujima's desperate defensive style, just the double-team from front and back that he would encounter after breaking through Fujima is not something Rukawa Kaede wants to face.
Under Ryonan's double-team, it would be very difficult for Rukawa to pass the ball even if he wanted to, because Fujima, who was attacking from behind him, had a high probability of being able to judge Rukawa's passing tendency.
Rukawa is good in everything except his passing, where there are still many details that need to be improved.
The basketball quickly passed from Rukawa's hands. After the basketball left his hands, Rukawa quickly flashed past Fujima and quickly approached the three-point line.
As Fujima's pursuit approached, Rukawa stopped suddenly without the ball, quickly ran back and changed direction, and after finding a gap, he went straight into the inside of Ryonan.
The target of Rukawa's previous pass was Jinguji Budou.
Seeing Rukawa quickly entering the inside, Wudao also raised the ball high and passed it to Rukawa in the inside again.
But this time, Hanagata Toru of Ryonan High School saw through Rukawa's intention. When Budo gave the ball to Rukawa, Hanagata Toru got in front of Rukawa before Fujima, raised his arms to block Rukawa's sight.
After seeing Hanagata take the initiative to fill in the position for him, Fujima quickly changed direction and double-teamed Rukawa from the side.
"The opportunity is not good, Rukawa Kaede, pass the ball!"
Outside the three-point line, Mitsui Shou took two steps back and shouted to Rukawa Kaede in the paint. Jinguji Budo, who was originally standing at the corner of the three-point line, also quickly sank to the bottom corner at this moment, in order to give Rukawa Kaede an option to pass the ball.
But Rukawa seemed not to hear Mitsui's call, nor did he see Jinguji Budou's running position.
After getting the basketball, his right arm was transformed into a ball-protecting hand and placed on Huaxing's body. He moved sideways and made a direct lob shot.
However, Hanagata's height is completely different from Fujima's. At the moment Rukawa shot, Hanagata's arms directly covered Rukawa's face. The strong sense of oppression was completely different from when Fujima defended Rukawa before.
Rukawa's shooting rhythm was inevitably affected by Hanagata Toru's defense, and the basketball directly broke out of the rim and fell to the side.
Akagi Takenori and Uozumi Jun huddled together under the basket, both looking up at the slowly falling basketball, trying desperately to occupy the best position.
In terms of strength, Takenori Akagi is similar to Jun Uozumi, and his pure strength is even slightly weaker than Uozumi. However, Takenori Akagi is better than Uozumi in judging the landing point of the basketball and positioning skills.
When Akagi was wrestling with Yuzumi, he pulled out a stool, causing Yuzumi to lose all his strength, and then he quickly bypassed Yuzumi and trapped Yuzumi behind him. After Akagi took the best rebounding position, the basketball began to fall faster.
"Hah!" Akagi Takenori bent his knees slightly, shouted loudly, then jumped up and grabbed the basketball.
Jun Uozumi jumped after Akagi, and the height of his palm was half a head shorter than that of Takenori Akagi.
Just when Akagi Takenori was about to grab the ball, a blue figure suddenly flashed past Akagi Takenori. After entering the basket, the man suddenly jumped up and actually came from behind, and the height of his fingertips instantly surpassed Akagi Takenori.
Then he actually grabbed the ball before Akagi Takenori, and then swung his right arm to grab the ball and hold it directly in his arms.
"!
!
”
"What?!"
Akagi watched as the rebound ball was snatched away and looked intently at the person who came.
I saw Shimoyomi Taneno in mid-air, falling rapidly towards the floor, and the basketball was held in his arms at this moment.
“ohhhhh!
!
”
"Fight back! Ryonan!"
"Good board!"
Seeing Shinomiya grab the rebound, Ryonan's supporters began to cheer. After getting the basketball, Shinomiya did not pass the ball, but dribbled the ball quickly past Yuzumi, Akagi and others. In just a blink of an eye, Shinomiya had crossed the three-point line.
Seeing that Shinomiya seemed to be preparing for a fast break, several outside players of Xiangbei returned to defense and ran back to their own half of the court to defend before Shinomiya entered the frontcourt.
However, it seemed as if Shimoya was trying to tease the Shohoku players. He dribbled the ball a few steps past the three-point line and then slowed down. He had no intention of launching a fast break.
Soon, all the players from Xiangbei returned to the court and took their positions. Just after Xiangbei and others had returned to the court and taken their positions, Shinomiya Tano slowly dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and slowly approached the three-point line.
After entering, Shinomiya Tianye looked up and saw that the player blocking him was still Nango Koichiro from Xiangbei High School. His face suddenly became a little unhappy, and he said in a slightly dissatisfied tone:
"Is it you again, brat?!"
"That's meaningless. Does Xiangbei expect a guy of your level to stop me?!"
"What are you thinking about?!"
As Shinomiya Tano spoke, he lowered his body and slowly dribbled the ball towards Nango Koichiro.
Jinguji Budo also heard Shigong Tianye's trash talk. Seeing Nanxiang approaching Shigong Tianye eagerly and having no intention of retreating to maintain a defensive distance, he hurriedly reminded him:
"Nan Xiang, don't rush in casually, pay attention to the gaps in defense."
However, Jinguji Budo's reminder was still a little slow, and Nango Kouichirō, who was a little too excited, didn't even notice the defensive gap between the two.
Shigong Tianye simply accelerated and passed Nanxiang directly. Nanxiang actually wanted to turn around to defend, but when Shigong Tianye broke through, his ball protector directly hit Nanxiang. After he turned around, he had no way to chase immediately.
Moreover, Sigong Tianye's breakthrough was also very particular. When he passed Nanxiang, Sigong Tianye's body was close to Nanxiang's waist and abdomen. At the moment of Sigong Tianye's breakthrough, it was actually difficult for Nanxiang to even turn around.
“It’s been broken through!
”
“So relaxing!”
"Well done! Shimono!"
As Shimonoya completed the breakthrough, cheers rang out from the stands, and after breaking through Nango, Shimonoya quickly crossed the three-point line.
However, when he was at a high position, he immediately encountered the defense of Jinguji Budo.
Since Budou had already anticipated that Nango Koichirō would be broken through, it was impossible for him to stand foolishly inside and wait for Shinomiya Tano to shoot and score.
"You're here, but have you forgotten something?!"
"You are not playing from the outside right now!"
It seemed that Shinomiya Tano had anticipated that Jinguji Budou would raise his defense, and when Jinguji Budou came up, Shinomiya Tano directly passed the ball to the other side.
“Bang!”
Hanagata received the pass from Shinomiya Tano in the mid-range, bent his knees slightly, and shot directly.
As the basketball fell into the net with a crisp sound, the gap between Xiangbei High School and Ryonan High School widened again.
Looking at Hanagata Toru who easily scored the ball and Nango who was completely ineffective in defending, Wudao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He glanced at the time and whispered:
"That's right... strategies like this and that are meaningless after all!"
"In that case, I will personally defeat Lingnan!"
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