With Jinguji Budo's unscrupulous scoring, the youth team's coach Otani finally couldn't stand it anymore and directly ordered the players to change their defensive style.
At this time, Xiangbei High School had just passed the ball from the backcourt, and the basketball was given to Kiyota Nobunaga, who dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt. Rukawa and others on the field heard the instructions of Coach Otani and changed their positions one after another. Before Jinguji Takeshi could get the basketball, they had already surrounded Jinguji Takeshi.
Jinguji Budou had just crossed the half-court when he was targeted by the players of the youth team, leaving him no space to receive the ball.
"We really sent three players to keep an eye on Senior Martial Arts."
"But if that's the case, wouldn't the rest of us be left with nothing?!"
Kiyota Nobunaga originally wanted to pass the ball to Jinguji Takeshi, but when he saw that Jinguji Takeshi was being double-teamed by the opponent, he decisively gave up the idea.
At the same time, there was no one defending in front of Kiyoda Nobunaga, which made Kiyoda Nobunaga have other ideas.
He quickly dribbled the ball and approached the top of the arc of the youth training team. At this time, Rukawa Kaede, Mike Okita and Sawakita Eiji were all distributed around Jinguji Takeshi. When Kiyota entered the frontcourt, the three defensive players also became nervous and got closer to Takeshi.
Kiyota made a quick move toward Budo, then quickly dribbled forward with the ball, soon approaching the free throw line. It was not until Kiyota Nobunaga dribbled the ball into this position that Kawata Masashi under the basket made a move, taking a step toward Kiyota Nobunaga, but not getting too close.
It seems that he was only preparing to defend against Kiyota Nobunaga's breakthrough, and was not prepared to defend against Kiyota Nobunaga's shot.
"You actually underestimated me." When Kiyoda Nobunaga saw the opponent's defensive posture, he immediately realized what the opponent was planning. He stopped with the ball, and after a slight adjustment, Kiyoda Nobunaga quickly shot.
"Swish!" In an open shot, Kiyota Nobunaga performed steadily and sent the ball directly into the basket with a crisp sound.
Although Xiangbei High School successfully scored in this attack, there was no frustration on the faces of the players of the youth training team. You could even see a smile on Sakuragi Hanamichi's face.
Although the youth training team lost points, judging from this round of offense, their defense was effective.
Sakuragi Hanamichi was originally a player of Xiangbei High School. He has known Kiyota Nobunaga for more than a year. He has played with Kiyota Nobunaga since the third grade of junior high school. Sakuragi is very clear about Kiyota Nobunaga's shooting ability. This kid often misses free throws during training games.
His free throw percentage is probably less than 50%, and his shooting level is actually very average.
If Shohoku High School planned to let Kiyota be the main attacker, then Sakuragi Hanamichi could even see Kiyota, Nobunaga and the others losing.
Kiyota Nobunaga’s greatest ability is not mid-range shooting, but attacking the basket!
Between offense and defense, the youth training team launched another attack. The overall level of the youth training players selected by Coach Otani is much better than the current lineup of Xiangbei High School.
Although the basketball was brought into the frontcourt by Rukawa, Masashi Kawata, who was entrenched in the interior, suddenly moved up to set a screen. His screen gave Rukawa a chance to break through.
Rukawa Kaede, who broke through with the help of his teammates' pick-and-roll, did not choose to play himself when facing the backup defense of Koichiro Nango, but instead passed the ball back to Masashi Kawata.
The latter received the ball and shot directly from a high position.
Kawata's shooting touch today was average, and the basketball went straight out of the basket. Just as Oda Ryumasa and Nango Koichiro were staring at the rebound, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly appeared under the basket.
The moment the basketball fell, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Nango and Oda jumped almost at the same time, but Sakuragi Hanamichi's explosive power was stronger, and he grabbed the ball before the other two.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who controlled the rebound, raised the ball and looked at the basket, easily deceiving Nango Koichiro. Then, in Nango's annoyed gaze, Sakuragi scored a close-range shot.
As Sakuragi scored the goal, the youth team members on the sidelines cheered loudly, encouraging the players on the field.
"Maintain the previous defense and don't let Jinguji Budou catch the ball!"
When the youth players returned to defense, Coach Otani shouted loudly, asking the players to maintain the current defensive rhythm.
This time, Kiyota Nobunaga did not choose to dribble the ball into the frontcourt himself. Instead, when he was in the backcourt, he saw Takeshi asking for the ball from him, so he had to give the ball to Jinguji Takeshi first.
If Jinguji Budou reaches out for the ball on the court, no point guard will refuse to give it to him.
No matter whether Jinguji Budou's position to hold the ball is appropriate or not!
With the basketball in hand, Jinguji Budou quickened his pace and quickly entered the front court.
Seeing Wudao approaching, Rukawa and others also became alert.
"Defending with three people, the feeling is indeed very different!"
When Budou approached the three-point line, Mike Okita was the first to come up, while Zebei Rongji and Rukawa Kaede both stood about one and a half meters behind Mike Okita, ready to steal the ball at any time.
Mike Okita, who was sticking to him, also defended very resolutely and directly confronted Jinguji Budou physically.
Wu Dao slightly turned sideways, put his left hand against Mike Okita, dribbled the ball with his right hand, and observed the opponent's defense. Looking at the focused looks of Rukawa Kaede and Zebei Rongji, Wu Dao knew that it was impossible to break through the opponent by distracting him.
He has to use dribbling to create opportunities for himself.
Takeshi Jinguji quickly accelerated and moved sideways, taking two steps to the right side of the corner while facing Mike Okita's defense. While stopping suddenly, the basketball had already changed direction. At the same time, Takeshi Jinguji also began to force his way forward, with his body directly hitting Mike Okita.
"Now!"
"Snatch him!"
Mike Okita tried hard to push against Jinguji Budou with his body, hoping to suppress the opponent's speed, but Jinguji Budou seemed to be unaffected, and his speed was still very fast. In the blink of an eye, he approached the defense line of Zebei and Rukawa.
With two people defending, Jinguji Budou set his target on Rukawa. Budou who was attacking from the left side quickly changed direction and rushed directly towards Rukawa on the right side, while his body was also pressed against Rukawa.
Unable to withstand the power of Jinguji Takeshi, Rukawa was pushed back repeatedly, and Zebei saw that Rukawa was stuck in his position to defend in front, so he could only steal the ball from Takeshi from behind. At this moment, Mike Okita also went into the paint area early, intending to make up for Takeshi's attack from the front.
The moment the three of them staggered their positions, Jinguji Budo's chance came!
He held the ball with both hands and jumped in the opposite direction, breaking away from the double-team of Rukawa Kaede and Sawakita Eiji. After jumping and landing, Wudao touched the ground with one foot, stood on one leg, and shot a fade away.
The basketball flew directly out of Wudao's hands, and Rukawa and others watched in surprise as the basketball fell into the net.
When switching between movement and stillness quickly, the one-legged shooting posture is much more stable than the leaning back posture. Wudao's height and arm span also make it impossible for the opponent to follow up and defend when he uses this shooting method.
Nowitzki's iconic shooting technique was easily replicated by Jinguji Budo.
As the basketball fell into the net, the court fell into a brief silence.
Obviously, no one expected that Jinguji Budou could break through the double-team of three people so easily and score the ball with such a shooting posture.
This goal dealt a considerable blow to the youth training team which had just made defensive adjustments.
"He actually made a breakthrough!"
"And... it doesn't look like it's hard at all?!"
Coach Otani on the sidelines opened his mouth slightly, his face full of astonishment. He knew that Jinguji Budo was very strong, but he did not expect Jinguji Budo to be so strong.
The three players defending Jinguji Budo were all excellent players, and each of them was very sharp in single defense. Otani could guarantee that the defensive ability of these three perimeter players in his team would not be inferior even when facing most college players.
However, the defense line formed by these three excellent players was easily broken by the opponent.
The strength is totally not on the same level!
"Such a terrifying guy actually appeared!"
"What is the limit of this kid? Even this is impossible to defend him?"
Just as Coach Otani was sighing in a low voice, the youth training team completed another attack. This time, Rukawa Kaede found a loophole in Kiyota Nobunaga's defense, and after a series of changes in front of his body, he successfully broke through Kiyota's defense and quickly got to the basket for a layup.
Before Nanxiang and others had time to digest their defensive mistakes, the basketball had already been given to Jinguji Budou, who led Shohoku to launch a counterattack.
After getting the ball, Takeshi Jinguji advanced very quickly. He had no intention of waiting for his teammates to come up and directly accelerated forward.
When Mike Okita came up to defend, Jinguji Budo made an emergency stop, and after a simple dribble adjustment, he dropped the ball with his left hand and hit Mike Okita's "crotch" directly.
After an extremely insulting crotch-penetration pass, when Jinguji Takeshi regained control of the ball, he was only a dozen centimeters away from the three-point line.
With his left hand toward the basketball, Jinguji Budou quickly raised his eyes to look at the basket, and his action immediately attracted a double-team from Rukawa Kaede and Sawakita Eiji.
"It might be a fake!"
"I'll defend him from breaking through!"
Zebei Rongzhi looked at Jinguji Takeshi's movements and immediately reminded Rukawa Kaede. After coming in front of Takeshi, he did not raise his center of gravity and just looked into Jinguji Takeshi's eyes.
However, Rukawa Kaede jumped directly up and blocked Jinguji Budou's head.
Sure enough, after Rukawa jumped, Jinguji Budou changed direction again. He took a step sideways toward the top of the arc and then jumped sideways. He faced the basket when his body was in mid-air, and the basketball in his hand was thrown out the moment it reached the highest point facing the basket.
Although Zebei Rongji said that he would prevent Takenori from breaking through, when Takenori moved sideways and shot a graceful three-pointer, Zebei Rongji was in no position to stop Jinguji Takenori.
The basketball flew directly out of Wu Dao's hands and fell towards the basket.
"If three people double-team the defense, they can indeed take all my offensive intentions into consideration."
"But so what? Even if you know how I'm going to attack, can you stop me?"
"When your strength reaches my level, you can't defend it just by hard work!"
"You need enough talent to stop me!"
"Obviously, you three don't have such talent!"
Takeshi Jinguji looked at the basketball in the air and said to Rukawa and others.
As if to confirm what Jinguji Budo said, the basketball fell directly into the net under the gaze of everyone, making a crisp sound.
The three-pointer, under the siege of three people, still successfully made a three-pointer. In these few short rounds of offense and defense, Jinguji Budo scored another 5 points.
Moreover, all of them were obtained from the encirclement and suppression of several people. His terrifying scoring ability once again refreshed the impression of Jinguji Budo among the members of the youth training team.
"Come on, make the game more interesting!"
Takeshi Jinguji hooked his fingers at Rukawa and Zebei, and at the same time, he cast his eyes towards Sakuragi Hanamichi in the inside and smiled at him.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jinguji Budo turned around and went back to defend.
Kiyota Nobunaga and the others followed Jinguji Budo back to the field. Before leaving, Kiyota Nobunaga even sneered at Rukawa Kaede and Zebei, mocking them, "There must be a limit to overestimating one's own abilities!"
"Master Martial Arts, you are not someone that players of your level can challenge!"
Under the murderous gazes of Rukawa Kaede and Zebei, Kiyota Nobunaga happily followed the footsteps of Jinguji Budo and quickly returned to the field.
After that, the pace of the game between Xiangbei High School and the Youth Training Team began to become compact, and both Xiangbei High School and the Youth Training Team began to play fast-paced offense.
There is indeed some gap between Xiangbei and the opponent in terms of hard power. When Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kawata Masashi joined forces, Xiangbei's two inside players Oda Ryumasa and Minamigo Koichiro were beaten so badly that they didn't know what to do.
Not only were they frequently broken through and scored against, but they also lost a lot of backcourt rebounds.
Although Budou scored frequently under the double-team of three people, he is not the "God of Basketball" after all. No matter how sharp his shooting is, he will occasionally make mistakes in body control. Under such defensive pressure, it is impossible to guarantee that Budou Jinguji's shooting accuracy is 100%.
Although the opponent was the same in this regard, the youth team did a great job in controlling rebounds.
Therefore, as the game progressed, Xiangbei gradually fell into a disadvantage.
After about 15 minutes of the first half, the score between the two teams was 41:40, with Xiangbei only one point behind the opponent.
Taking advantage of a foul by Nanxiang, the youth training team called a timeout and replaced Mike Okita, who was seriously exhausted, with a "black guy".
After the game was restarted, Heige took on Mike's previous job, putting "pressure" on Wudao on the defensive end. Moreover, this Heige was more ruthless, which greatly affected Wudao Jinguji's shooting percentage.
In order to prevent the opponent from widening the score gap further, Budou started to call for pick-and-roll, but Kiyota Nobunaga and Katsume Ichiro on the outside were too thin, and their pick-and-roll was not enough to provide Budou with a chance to break through.
Helplessly, Wu Dao could only move sideways through the pick-and-roll, and then make a quick stop and jump shot, turning his play into that of a pure shooter.
However, what no one expected was that after Jinguji Budo changed his playing style, Xiangbei not only did not fall into a disadvantage, but instead gained an advantage... ..
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