Mitsui passed the ball to Wudao, and then quickly ran to the front court. The person defending Mitsui was a freshman, who looked a little handsome, with brown hair that was the color of malnutrition, and a thin body, but his height was not bad, estimated to be 172cm, and he was not short when standing in front of Mitsui.
However, despite being such a distinctive player, Mitsui Shou didn't remember the other's name.
"Oh! Mitsui-senpai, it's an honor to play with you. I'm your fan!"
The boy defending Mitsui was wearing a yellow training suit No. 20. He quickly ran up to Mitsui after he came to the front court, but when he came in front of Mitsui, he started chatting with Mitsui.
"???" Mitsui Shou was watching Jinguji Budo advancing with the ball, and the first-year student who was not defending him actually approached him to talk. Although he was a little confused, Mitsui Shou still acted like a senior and said with a smile:
"Oh! Hello, welcome to Takeishi Middle School."
"Do your best, I look forward to your performance."
Mitsui Shou spoke the polite words very skillfully, and after that he ignored the other party and looked at Wudao who was holding the ball. The other party became excited when he heard this, and suddenly became active, as if Mitsui Shou's words gave him great encouragement.
"Thank you, senior! I will work hard and will never let you down!"
The brown-haired boy clenched his fists and looked excited. While the two were talking, Wu Dao who was carrying the ball into the front court was intercepted by Rukawa.
The tallest person in the first-year team is Rukawa Kaede. Facing the 190cm Jinguji Takeshi, the first-year can only send Rukawa Kaede to defend. Rukawa Kaede and Takeshi have played one-on-one many times, and he is not familiar with the other members of Takeshi. In Rukawa Kaede's opinion, Takeshi is the biggest threat in the senior team.
"Ryukawa Kaede, why do you put your center of gravity so high? My three-point shooting percentage is not very high."
Rukawa's center of gravity in his defensive posture against Budo was quite high. If he was facing a short player, such a high center of gravity would be easily broken through. However, he was facing the tall Jinguji Budo. If he didn't raise his center of gravity high enough, he would have no way to react to Budo's shot.
The height difference is bound to leave Rukawa vulnerable on the defensive end.
While Wudao was talking, his body did not stop. As soon as he finished speaking, Wudao Jinguji lowered his body, and without any move to confuse the enemy, he took a step forward. His body was instantly parallel to Rukawa. At the same time, the basketball hit the floor behind Rukawa and bounced upwards.
With just one step, Wu Dao passed Rukawa and crossed the three-point line.
Wudao's movements were very quick and decisive, and Rukawa also reacted the moment Wudao broke through, quickly turning around and chasing after Wudao. Rukawa's movement speed was very fast, but when he caught up with Wudao, Wudao had already jumped up from less than two meters inside the three-point line, and the basketball flew straight out of his hands and flew towards the basket.
"I feel good today." Wudao just took a look at the basketball in the air, turned around with a smile, passed Rukawa Kaede, and ran towards his own half with a smile.
"Shua!" The basketball went into the net with a slight sound. Rukawa Kaede saw the basketball go into the net with a calm expression, showing neither surprise nor anger.
He and Wu Dao are already very familiar with each other, and this kind of ball is not difficult for Wu Dao now. Rukawa Kaede will not affect his mentality because of Wu Dao's easy points.
"It's an easy throw, Budo."
"Is this boy you're talking about really as good as you say?"
The senior team began to defend, and Wudao went directly to the inside and played the role of a temporary center. Mitsui Shou also followed Wudao to the other side of the basket, playing the role of a power forward.
"Don't underestimate him. I just use my physical advantage to bully him. When he grows up, he won't be so easy to beat."
"Not all junior high school students have the physical condition like me. Rukawa Kaede's ability will definitely satisfy you."
"If you want to confirm his strength, just go and defend him and you will know."
Wu Dao stood inside, his hands on his knees, looking lazy.
Although everyone is a junior high school student, there are still differences between junior high school students. The physical condition of martial arts has determined the lower limit of martial arts, and his lower limit is also the upper limit that many junior high school students cannot reach no matter how hard they try.
The reason why Takeshi was able to perform easily against Rukawa was that the other person was tall and had long legs. Even though Rukawa had a fast lateral movement speed, he was unable to catch up with Takeshi's first step.
But in the same situation, if Mitsui Shou attacked in front of Rukawa Kaede, the situation would be different.
"I'll do it if I want to. I want to see how powerful this first-year is!" Mitsui was indeed very curious about Rukawa Kaede's strength. Without waiting for the first-years to advance to the frontcourt, Mitsui walked out directly from the inside and walked towards him.
"Huh?"
"Mitsui-senpai, aren't you going to defend me?" In the first-year team, the person holding the ball was the brown-haired boy who had defended Mitsui Shou before. Seeing Mitsui Shou walking towards Rukawa Kaede and having no intention of defending him, he immediately asked.
"Hmm? There will be other seniors to take care of you, you have to work hard!" Mitsui Shou didn't expect that the other party would talk to him again at this time, so he said perfunctorily.
"Huh?! It would be boring if it wasn't Mitsui-senpai!"
The tan-haired boy showed some disappointment on his face, and he stopped talking to Mitsui Shou, and dribbled the ball along the top of the arc toward the baseline. The senior defensive player came forward, but before he could get in front of the tan-haired boy, the boy suddenly started, catching the defensive player off guard, and then made a small floater from mid-range without any hesitation.
"Hmm? This kid has very agile footwork." Wu Dao's eyes lit up when he saw the brown-haired boy breaking through. Then he noticed the trajectory of the basketball in the air, adjusted his position, and held the two first-year students beside him to his side.
"Ding!" The brown-haired boy's shot accuracy didn't seem to be very high, and the basketball didn't go in.
After a slight sound, the basketball hit the edge of the rim. The basketball had just shown a downward trend when Jinguji Takeshi under the basket had already jumped high. His entire palm easily exceeded the height of the basket and he held the basketball in his arms with one hand.
After landing, he didn't pass the ball, but rushed towards the frontcourt with the ball.
Although Jinguji Takeshi is tall and strong, he is very fast when he dribbles the ball. A tall figure suddenly appeared on the court and quickly ran towards the frontcourt. In just a few seconds, Takeshi had crossed the half court. It was not until Takeshi was near the three-point line with the ball that Rukawa and another brown-haired boy caught up with Takeshi and stood in front of him.
Facing the defense of two people, Wu Dao did not hesitate at all. He did not even have time to adjust his posture. He directly stopped and jumped outside the three-point line.
"What? Just shoot directly?!" The brown-haired boy was shocked when he saw this sudden scene. Normally speaking, who would use a pull-up three-pointer in a fast break when there is plenty of time
That's not just a poor shot selection, that's using teammates as a report.
"rebound!"
Although Rukawa was a little surprised, he quickly recovered and ran directly to the basket. He didn't know whether Wu Dao's shot would go in, but he knew it would. Now all he could do was grab the rebound.
But at the same time that Rukawa Kaede ran towards the basket, Jinguji Budou's figure had already disappeared outside the three-point line.
Wu Dao, who shot a quick three-pointer, had already passed the brown-haired boy's defense and was running quickly towards the basket.
"Ding!" A crisp sound of hitting the iron was heard, and the basketball hit the rim as expected. The emergency stop three-pointer was indeed unreliable.
Just as Rukawa was looking at the basketball falling from the sky and preparing to catch it, the figure of Jinguji Budou suddenly jumped out from his side, and with his right hand he gently pushed the ball under the basketball, directly pushing the ball away from Rukawa's head.
Then Wu Dao jumped again and held the ball firmly in his hands.
After grabbing the rebound, Budou just tilted his head back and raised the basketball to his chest, and Rukawa jumped up directly, trying to block Budou. However, Budou put the ball down again after taking a shooting stance, and after dribbling once, he turned sideways to Rukawa and hooked the ball towards the basket with his left hand.
After a slight snapping sound.
The basketball hit the backboard and went directly into the net.
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