The words of Jinguji Takeshi were heard by Shinomiya Tanano. When he heard what Takeshi said, Shinomiya Tanano's face finally changed slightly, and a look of obvious surprise appeared on his face.
Shinomiya Tano has played basketball since he was a child, and no one has ever been able to challenge his majesty in the air. And what Jinguji Budo said after blocking his layup was indeed quite powerful.
"Aerial battle..."
"I will not lose, Jinguji Budo."
"Not only will I not lose, but we at Ryonan will not lose either."
"I have already tasted the taste of failure. I definitely don't want to taste it a second time."
"Don't think that blocking a ball is a big deal."
"Come on!"
As Shinomiya Tano spoke, he glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was holding the ball in his arms, and then quickly ran towards the Ryonan backcourt.
Jinguji Budo successfully blocked Shinomiya Tano's attack, which really boosted the morale of Shohoku's supporters.
The score on the scoreboard on the sidelines has now reached 89:89, and the ball has successfully fallen into the hands of Xiangbei High School.
At this moment, everyone in the audience realized that the turning point of this game might depend on the performance of Xiangbei High School in this ball!
After the players of Ryonan High School returned to the court, Sakuragi Hanamichi passed the ball to Jinguji Budou. He did not choose to give the ball to Rukawa Kaede first. This also indirectly shows that Sakuragi Hanamichi still has the competitive mentality with Rukawa Kaede in his heart until now.
Wudao passed the ball to Rukawa who came up to receive the ball. After seeing this, Sakuragi Hanamichi looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated. Then he looked at Wudao with resentment and ran towards the front court in silence.
When Wudao saw Sakuragi like this, he smiled and shook his head, then quickly ran to the front court. When he passed Rukawa Kaede, he reminded him:
"Ryukawa Kaede, this ball is crucial for our Xiangbei team. Pay more attention to the situation on the court."
"Be cautious, but also be brave enough to fight."
Budou said as he quickly passed Rukawa Kaede and entered Ryonan's half. After encountering the defense of Shigong Tianye, Jinguji Budou just touched the corner and quickly cut into the inside, trying to exploit the gap in Ryonan's defense.
Mitsui Hisashi, who was originally running towards the right corner, did not stay in the corner after seeing Wudao's running position, and quickly moved to the corner where Wudao was before.
Rukawa Kaede, who dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, originally wanted to pass the ball to Takeshi, but after seeing the running positions of Jinguji Takeshi and Mitsui Hisashi, the intention of passing the ball disappeared instantly.
"Be cautious, but also be brave enough to fight."
Wudao's words echoed in Rukawa's mind. Thinking of what Wudao said before, Rukawa made up his mind secretly. While controlling the ball and guarding against Fujima's defense, Rukawa began to scan the entire Ryonan half, trying to find exploitable loopholes in the opponent's defense.
Today, Rukawa has finally realized what a point guard can do. He can certainly break through the opponent's defense relying on his personal ability, but an excellent point guard can judge the situation.
Only point guards truly understand that whether it is dribbling with the ball or passing and controlling to find loopholes, it is all to tear apart the opponent's defense. Choosing the best solution according to the situation on the court is the quality that an excellent point guard needs to possess.
"Stop!" Rukawa looked at Takeshi Jinguji who was quickly cutting through the inside. His eyes slowly moved along with Takeshi Jinguji's movement. At this moment, the basketball in Rukawa's hand suddenly passed out.
However, the target of the pass was neither Jinguji Budou who was at the left corner, nor Mitsui Hisashi who was waiting to receive the ball at the right corner, but Sakuragi Hanamichi who was standing in the inside with his back to the basket.
“Bang!”
The basketball crossed half court and fell directly into Sakuragi's hands. When he took the ball, Hanagata Toru's attention was still on Jinguji Takeshi in the distance. No one expected that Rukawa would pass the ball directly to Sakuragi in the inside.
Even Sakuragi Hanamichi, who caught the basketball subconsciously, was slightly stunned at this moment, and then he reacted quickly, jumped lightly, and shot directly, sending the ball off the backboard and into the net.
"Swish!" As the basketball fell and lifted the net, a tsunami-like cheers rang out from the stands at this moment.
Sakuragi Hanamichi watched the basketball go into the net, his face still a little confused, as if what had just happened was a dream.
"Damn fox... passed the ball to me?!" Sakuragi Hanamichi murmured, looking at Rukawa Kaede who was retreating to defense, and said to himself in surprise.
Then, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly laughed wildly:
“Hahahahahahaha!”
"Stinky fox, have you finally realized how powerful this genius is? Have you passed the ball to this genius?!"
"Hahaha, good pass! You stinky fox, as long as you assist me well, I will definitely lead you to defeat all opponents and lead you to win the national championship!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's sudden laughter startled Yuzumi beside him and Hanagata who was not far away. Akagi Takenori, who was about to run back, stumbled when he heard this, turned his head and rolled his eyes at Sakuragi, ignoring this boy who was a little too proud of himself, and quickly returned to defense.
"good!
!”
"This genius is about to start showing off his power!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed to be inspired by his own shot. After successfully scoring the goal, he rushed directly towards the Shohoku half, instantly passing Akagi Takenori, Jinguji Budou and others, and was the first to return to the inside, spreading his arms to defend.
Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi's positive look, Rukawa Kaede looked thoughtfully at Sakuragi who had returned to the court early, and quickly took up his defensive position.
During the alternation between offense and defense, Ryonan's Fujima had already entered the frontcourt with the ball. After a series of changes of direction, Fujima Kenji called for a pick-and-roll. The person who came for the screen was none other than Shinomiya Tano. With the help of Shinomiya Tano's broad body, Fujima quickly broke through and changed direction in front of his body when Rukawa Kaede chased him forward.
He went straight to the inside through the gap between Shinomiya Tano and Rukawa Kaede. Wudao followed Shinomiya Tano closely. When Fujima broke through, he hesitated for a moment and did not choose to provide backup defense.
After successfully breaking through, Kenji Fujima entered the mid-range and finished with a short lob.
The basketball flew out directly and fell steadily into the net with a crisp sound.
The game was tied at 91:91. Takeshi Jinguji just glanced at the scoreboard quickly, and did not enter the frontcourt immediately. Instead, he prepared to support Rukawa Kaede in advancing with the ball in the backcourt.
After receiving the pass from Rukawa and successfully scoring a goal, Sakuragi Hanamichi obviously had a different opinion of Rukawa.
Single-celled people are like that. If you are nice to them, they will be nice to you. As for why, Sakuragi doesn't think about it.
Sakuragi actively took the basketball to the baseline and quickly passed the ball to Rukawa, then ran to the front court with great enthusiasm. When passing by Rukawa, he patted Rukawa's back vigorously and encouraged him as an "elder":
"Hey, Rukawa Kaede!"
"That pass just now was pretty good, keep it up."
After saying that, Sakuragi left quickly. Rukawa looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's departing back, scratched his back, and was speechless.
However, in the cooperation with Sakuragi just now, Rukawa seemed to have found the "instructions for use" of the player Sakuragi Hanamichi.
This gives Rukawa an extra option when passing the ball during offense.
Soon, Takeshi and Mitsui Shou escorted Rukawa into the Ryonan half. After entering the front court, Takeshi Jinguji immediately raised his hand to signal Rukawa.
Seeing that Wudao wanted the ball, Rukawa Kaede did not hesitate and quickly passed the ball. When Jinguji Wudao received the ball, he was standing at the corner outside the three-point line. After falling behind once, Jinguji Wudao tried to post up.
However, under the huge counter-pushing force of Shinomiya Tano, Jinguji Takeshi decisively gave up this idea, dribbled the ball quickly and turned around, followed by a change of direction dribble between the legs. When Takeshi broke through, Shinomiya Tano also followed closely behind Takeshi, and the strength of his body directly crushed Takeshi's ball-protecting hand, forcibly squeezing the breakthrough gap of Jinguji Takeshi.
After sprinting two steps, under the pressure of Shinomiya Tano, Jinguji Budou had to stop the ball, hold the ball with both hands and stand in a high position, then hold the ball with both hands, looking for someone to pass the ball to.
When Shinomiya Tano saw that he had successfully forced Jinguji Takeshi to stop, his expression changed slightly, but his vigilance did not decrease at all. He quickly searched for the positions of other players in Shohoku with the corner of his eyes, guarding against Jinguji Takeshi's pass.
While Jinguji Takeshi stopped the ball, the players of Xiangbei were running in a staggered manner, all trying to find an open space to support Jinguji Takeshi.
But at this moment, Takeshi Jinguji, who was holding the ball with both hands, suddenly shot directly without even jumping. The shot was so sudden and the shooting state was so strange that no one realized that Takeshi Jinguji would actually shoot like this.
Standing still and throwing... .
Weird shooting posture, weird shooting rhythm, weird shooting timing.
In front of Jinguji Budou, even Shinomiya Tano did not expect that Jinguji Budou would deal with this attack in this way.
Watching the basketball fly out, he didn't know whether to say that Jinguji Budo was unique or that Jinguji Budo was confident.
“Swish!”
However, with a crisp sound coming from behind him, Shigong Tianye no longer had such doubts in his mind.
I guess it's self-confidence... .
After all, the basketball went into the net.
After quickly looking back at the basketball falling from the net, Shimonoseki ran quickly towards the Shohoku half in silence.
Soon, Fujima dribbled the ball into the Shohoku half. This time, Fujima's passing speed was obviously slower.
As the game time passed, Fujima became more cautious in handling the ball.
After a simple pick-and-roll call, Sendoh and Shinomiya Tano from Ryonan both sandwiched Rukawa.
After taking a look at Jinguji Budou's position, Fujima Kenji changed direction in front of his body and quickly passed Rukawa Kaede, relying on Sendoh's pick-and-roll to break through to the left.
Seeing this, Mitsui Hisashi did not stare at Sendoh, but quickly chased after Fujima who broke through. However, after running two steps with Fujima, Mitsui Hisashi was blocked by Hanagata.
Sakuragi Hanamichi also appeared in front of Fujima at the right time to fill his position.
However, despite Fujima's prayers, Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense was finally broken by Fujima. But when Akagi Takenori went to defend Fujima again, Fujima had already entered the basket. Facing Akagi, Fujima just made a ground pass and gave the ball to Yuzumi.
It was easy to break through the Xiangbei defense line.
"roar!
"With Yuzumi Jun's roaring dunk, the score between Xiangbei and Ryonan returned to the same starting line.
"You're such a hassle, Ryonan."
When Mitsui saw that the scoreboard was tied again, he wiped the sweat off his face and couldn't help but murmur.
But soon, Mitsui Hisashi turned his attention back to the court and ran quickly to the front.
After Rukawa dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Takeshi Jinguji pretended to cut into the inside without the ball. When Shinomiya Tano caught up with him, Takeshi Jinguji suddenly ran back and quickly ran past Rukawa. Then, at the moment of crossing paths with Rukawa, he passed the basketball to him.
The moment he got the basketball, Takeshi Jinguji didn't hesitate at all and shot a fade away shot from one meter outside the three-point line.
The moment the basketball was shot, Shimono's pursuit came late and he stretched out his hand to block Wudao's face.
But at this time, the basketball easily passed over Shinomiya Tano's fingertips and fell quickly towards the basket.
“Swish!”
With a slight sound, the basketball went into the net. At the moment the basketball went into the net, there was an astonishing cheer from the stands.
Warm cheers poured into the stadium, surrounding Jinguji Budo who was running back on defense.
Shinomiya Tano watched as Takeshi Jinguji scored yet another difficult goal, and his eyes became unusually solemn as he looked at Takeshi Jinguji's back.
"Fujima, give me the ball."
As he spoke, Shimonoseki had already quickly passed Fujima and ran towards the Shohoku half.
After receiving the signal, Kenji Fujima nodded, and after receiving the serve from his teammate, he quickly dribbled the ball into the frontcourt.
By the time Fujima entered the frontcourt, Shimonoseki had already run to a position two meters inside the three-point line.
After Fujima entered the court, Shimonoseki quickly changed his position and reached for the ball with his back to the basket.
Jinguji Budou was pushed behind by the opponent and could only watch the basketball fall into the hands of Shinomiya Tano.
The moment the basketball was in his hands, Shimoya Nono quickly turned around and broke through the martial arts defense and quickly headed towards the basket.
Jinguji Takeshi followed closely behind Shimono Tane, looking at Shimono Tane's back with an inexplicable expression, quietly waiting for an opportunity.
Soon, Shimonoseki invaded the basket. With Akagi's backup defense, Shimonoseki did not dodge at all. He caught the ball with one hand and jumped up directly.
"If you want to stop me, then come on! Jinguji Budo."
With a loud shout from Shimono, his body quickly flew into the air, directly knocking away Akagi who was defending, gliding to the bottom of the basket, and then dunking with one hand, directly pouring the ball into the net.
The terrifying aerial confrontation ability directly broke through Akagi's defense. Shimono's figure didn't even slow down and directly slammed the ball into the net.
Jinguji Takeshi, who was following behind Shinomiya Tano, did not expect that Akagi could be pushed away so easily. He was half a beat late in jumping and could only watch the basketball go into the net.
Warm cheers rang out from the stands.
At this time, the score between the two teams was 96:95, and there were less than two minutes left in the game.
Xiangbei High School took the lead with a difference of 1 point.
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