"Young~Xiaosan."
"You didn't even say hello when you came back from America. I just missed you, so I came to see you."
"But I didn't expect that you've changed after not seeing you for a few months!"
Jinguji Takeshi smiled and waved to Mitsui Shou, then started to mock him directly.
Mitsui Shou is not much different from a few months ago, except that he is a little darker, a little taller, and a little more muscular, there is no difference... .
"Ah?! If you weren't interfering with me, how could I miss my layup?!"
Mitsui was very angry. Missing the layup was already an embarrassing mistake, and now he had to be ridiculed by Takeshi, a junior high school student. How could he bear it? He directly pushed the blame onto Takeshi.
"It's just that people are not good enough, don't blame the uneven road."
"Look, other people have already shit on your heads."
Jinguji Budo grinned and pointed to the other half of the court.
There, after Akagi Takenori brought the ball across half court, he finally passed the ball to Kogure Konobu. After passing the ball, Akagi smoothly went to the inside. At this time, Kogure Konobu passed the ball back to Akagi. A beautiful inside-outside connection allowed Akagi to successfully receive the basketball in a comfortable position.
Although Chiba Daishi, who was guarding the inside, had already stuck to Akagi and wanted to intercept him, he was so close to the basket that he couldn't stop Akagi at all.
Akagi received the ball in the paint, turned around, took two big steps and jumped high, then slammed the ball into the basket with both hands. When Akagi slammed the ball, a "roar, roar, roar" sound came out of his mouth, and with the posture of his hands hanging on the basket, he looked like a gorilla hanging on a tree branch.
As Akagi Takenori's slam dunk was successful, everyone who had originally focused on Jinguji Takenori and Mitsui Shou looked away. Even Mitsui Shou no longer had the idea of arguing with Takenori, and turned his head to look at Akagi. Looking at Akagi hanging in the basket, Mitsui Shou raised his eyebrows slightly.
"I'll come and deal with you later!" Mitsui Shou said to Wu Dao fiercely, and then trotted towards the front court. After crossing the half court, Mitsui Shou apologized to his teammates again and again:
"Sorry, sorry."
"I got distracted. I'm really sorry."
"I'll get this ball back, let's attack!"
Mitsui Shou stabilized his teammates' confidence and ran towards the baseline to prepare to receive the serve.
Mitsui's teammate included Chiba Oishi, a total of four people from Takeishi Junior High School, and the other one was from another school, but he was also quite convinced by Mitsui. Mitsui's words obviously worked, and the hearts of the people who were originally shaken by Akagi's dunk were stabilized all of a sudden.
Chiba Daishi even pointed at Budou while serving and started chatting with Mitsui Shou: "Mitsui, why is Budou here?"
"Doesn't he have any club activities today?"
Mitsui Shou received the basketball and pushed forward with the ball, shaking his head and answering: "This guy is very idle, don't worry about him, just play well and finish this game."
"Don't let that bastard make fun of you."
Mitsui Shou pursed his lips, glanced at the smiling Jinguji Budou from a distance, and gave instructions.
"Um!"
"That Akagi Takenori is very strong. I can't handle him alone. Next time he has the ball in the paint, Mitsui, come and help me double-team him."
Chiba Daishi nodded in response, and in order to deal with Akagi Takenori, Chiba Daishi also proposed the idea of having Mitsui Shou double-team him. Although Chiba Daishi looked down on Akagi Takenori in his heart, he had to admit that Akagi's physical fitness was indeed quite excellent, and it would be difficult for him to deal with it alone.
But Chiba Oishi is not a one-track person. When he knows he is at a disadvantage in a certain aspect, he does not shy away from seeking help from his teammates. After all, basketball is not a one-on-one game. The key to winning is to make good use of everyone on the field. For Chiba Oishi, personal victory or defeat in a certain aspect is not the key.
"Okay, come to the high post and screen for me, I'll give them a goal first!"
Mitsui Shou nodded, and then quickened the pace of advancement.
After Mitsui Hisashi entered the frontcourt with the basketball, something unexpected happened. Akagi Takenori, who was standing inside to guard the basket, actually left the basket and rushed towards Mitsui Hisashi with his arms open.
Judging from the opponent's appearance, he had no intention of protecting the basket at all.
At this time, in front of Mitsui Hisashi, Kogure Konobu was concentrating on watching Mitsui Hisashi holding the ball, and did not notice that his center had left the inside.
Mitsui Shou obviously did not expect Akagi's movement to be so bold. He originally wanted to play by himself, but when he saw Chiba Daishi in the inside line had an opportunity, he immediately threw the ball to the inside line.
Mitsui's pass was at a tricky angle, and the basketball hit the floor under Akagi's crotch and bounced into Chiba Daishi's hands. Chiba Daishi, who received the ball inside, just made a simple hook shot and easily scored the ball.
"Is this Akagi Takenori stupid?" Mitsui Hisashi looked at Chiba Daiishi who scored easily, scratched his head, and was a little confused.
A tall center running out to defend a guard, this is stupid...
Akagi Takenori's strange running position obviously caused dissatisfaction among his teammates. After all, in the eyes of others, Akagi Takenori should be able to easily suppress Chiba Daishi under the basket. For a moment, several of Akagi's teammates came to Akagi and told him what he should do and how he should stand.
In response to his teammates' persuasion, Akagi seemed to have listened to some of it, nodded, and then ran towards the frontcourt.
"Kumure, I'll switch defense with you later. I'll defend that Mitsui Shou."
In the midfield area, Akagi Takenori caught up with Kogure Konobu who had already run to the front court, and whispered in Kogure Konobu's ear.
"Ah? You..." Kogure Konosuba's surprise was very short-lived. After taking a look at Akagi beside him, Kogure Konosuba instantly knew what was in his friend's mind.
After nodding slightly, Murasaki and Akagi approached the three-point line together.
Both of them were teammates at Kitamura Junior High School, and they knew each other well. Akagi Takenori did not help Murasakibara with pick-and-rolls or anything like that, but went straight into the inside, with his back against Chiba Daiishi who was defending, and raised his right hand high, asking Murasakibara Konobu for the ball.
The one defending Kogure Konobu was Mitsui Hisashi. He saw Akagi Takenori walking past him, and then he saw Kogure Konobu's eyes scanning the inside, so he immediately took two steps back, ready to go into the inside to assist in defense at any time.
At this stage, Kogure Mitsunobu does not have an excellent ability to read the defense. He did not notice the movement of Mitsui's position at all and still passed the ball to Akagi Takenori.
The moment Kogure Konobu passed the ball, Mitsui Hisashi immediately turned around, gave up defending Kogure Konobu, and rushed towards the inside.
Akagi had just received the ball when Mitsui and Chiba Daishi formed a double-team defense. Akagi obviously did not expect Mitsui's help defense to come so quickly. Under the double-team, Akagi was forced to hold the basketball high and swing his arms, trying to prevent Mitsui and Chiba Daishi from stealing the ball, but at the same time, Akagi also lost all possibilities of passing the ball.
Mitsui Shou is also a little depressed now. He and Chiba Daishi have clearly completed the double-team, but due to the huge disadvantages of height and arm span, no matter how Mitsui Shou dribbled the basketball, he couldn't hit the ball in Akagi's hands.
Mitsui Shou stood in front of Akagi, like a child asking an adult for candy... ..
"Come on, Xiaosan, try harder and you will touch the big guy's knee!" At the edge of the court, Jinguji Takeshi made a cylinder shape with his hands, put them to his mouth and shouted loudly.
"Asshole, shut up!" When Mitsui heard this, he was so angry that he gave up double-teaming Akagi and turned to shout at Wudao.
It was during this gap that Akagi finally found an opportunity to pass the ball and passed it back to Kogure Konobu. After receiving the ball, Kogure Konobu took two steps towards the basket, steadied his body and started to shoot.
"Swish!" Kogure Mitsunobu's luck was pretty good and the basketball went into the net accurately.
When Mitsui Shou saw Murakami Konosuba score a goal, veins on his forehead bulged. He glared at Wu Dou who was laughing with his hands covering his mouth, and finally sighed helplessly.
When Wudao saw the helpless look on Mitsui Shou's face, he laughed even more happily, but when Mitsui Shou couldn't see it, Wudao's smile instantly disappeared.
He tried to influence Mitsui several times in order to prevent him from concentrating on the game. Even though Mitsui had experience traveling to the United States, Wudao was still afraid that Mitsui would get injured if he concentrated on the game.
On the contrary, making this game seem less serious might have prevented Mitsui from getting injured.
"Xiao San, please don't blame me. I'm doing this to prevent you from getting hurt."
"This is for your own good~"
Wu Dao thought so in his heart, but his smile gradually twisted, and then he shouted loudly:
"Come on, Xiao San, I didn't come here to watch you get abused. Let that bald gorilla know how powerful you are~"
Takeshi Jinguji's words offended two people at once. Not only did Mitsui Hisashi, who was advancing with the ball, glare at him, but Akagi Takenori, who was returning to defend, was also stunned, and then glared fiercely at Takeshi on the sidelines.
Feeling the gazes of the two people, Wudao smiled and didn't care at all, still cheering for Mitsui Shou from the sidelines.
Jinguji Takeshi, who was active on the court, finally attracted the attention of Anzai Mitsuyoshi. The fat old man with white hair turned his head and cast his gaze on Jinguji Takeshi.
The reflection of the glasses blocked the old man's vision, but Wudao, with his keen sixth sense, felt that someone was watching him. Wudao looked around and noticed Anzai Mitsuyoshi, then stood up and smiled at Coach Anzai as a greeting.
"Wow~"
"This kid is the Jinguji Budo that Zhengyi mentioned... He's really good!"
Anzai Mitsuyoshi pushed up his glasses and looked at Jinguji Budo.
Jinguji Takeshi, who is in the third year of junior high school, is already 192cm tall, with a well-proportioned body and a light layer of hair around his mouth, but Coach Anzai was far away and couldn't see it clearly.
When Wu Dao stood there, his posture was upright, and coupled with his handsome appearance, he exuded a strong heroic spirit.
The appearance of Jinguji Takeshi caused some ripples in Coach Anzai's heart. Looking at Takeshi's excellent physical condition, Coach Anzai recalled his student from that year.
After Wu Dao greeted Coach An Xi, he withdrew his gaze and focused on the court. After Coach An Xi stared at Wu Dao for a long time, he also withdrew his gaze and watched the game, but it was unknown how much of Coach An Xi's mind was focused on the game at this time.
On the court.
Mitsui Hisashi was attacking with the ball, and Akagi Takenori and Kogure Kiminori switched defense as scheduled. The person defending Mitsui Hisashi changed from Kogure Kiminori to Akagi Takenori. Mitsui Hisashi looked at the huge body in front of him, and not only did he not feel the slightest fear, but instead he showed a faint smile.
"Is it your turn to defend me?"
"Do you think you can stop me?"
Mitsui's tone was full of pride, but he also revealed a hint of disdain towards Akagi.
"I will stop you." Akagi's eyes were firm. He stood about one meter away from Mitsui Shou, guarding against Mitsui Shou's breakthrough.
"Really?" Mitsui Hisashi chuckled, and then in front of everyone's surprised gaze, he quickly took the ball and shot from about sixty to seventy centimeters away from the three-point line.
Mitsui's ball and shot speed were extremely fast, as if he didn't even have to aim.
The basketball flew directly over Akagi Takenori's head and headed for the basket. Under Akagi's surprised gaze, the basketball fell into the net with a crisp sound.
The simple and clean three-pointer instantly broke through Akagi Takenori's defense.
"Can you really stop me?" After Mitsui scored a goal, he said this calmly and turned around and ran back. His words sounded like he was talking to himself, but also like a mockery to Akagi.
"Damn it!" Akagi Takahiro gritted his teeth and followed Mitsui Shou to run to the front court. Kogure Konobu received the serve from the back court again and organized a new round of attack.
"Xiao San's shooting seems to be different from before."
It was clearly just a three-pointer shot by Mitsui Hisashi, but Jinguji Budou touched his chin and looked a little surprised.
There is a huge difference between Mitsui's shot just now and the shot that Wudao has in mind. In Wudao's mind, Mitsui's shooting posture is flawless, but Mitsui's shot just now, although the movement is still beautiful, the beauty is greatly reduced. However, Mitsui's shooting speed is much faster.
"Is it an illusion... or...?"
Budou took a few steps forward, pushed aside the Xiangbei players who were standing in front of him, and watched the game on the field without paying attention to anyone else. The Xiangbei players who were pushed aside by Budou wanted to scold the person who cut in line, but when they looked up and saw that it was Jinguji Budou, all their dissatisfaction disappeared instantly.
They didn't know Wudao, and didn't know that Wudao was just a junior high school student. They only knew that if this tall man took action, they would definitely not be able to stop him.
In the transition from offense to defense, Akagi's team's offense seemed a bit monotonous. Kogure Mitsunobu still passed the ball to Akagi Takenori in the inside, letting Akagi play singles in the low post.
But how could Mitsui Shou give them such an opportunity? When the ball passed to Akagi, he rushed forward early and double-teamed Chiba Daishi.
Akagi is not Yao Ming, and his shooting ability is very average. Under the pressure of double-teaming, Akagi Takenori made a hasty shot, and the basketball bounced out of the basket. The rebound was caught by Chiba Daiishi who had the advantage of position.
The opportunity came. The moment Chiba Daishi grabbed the rebound, Mitsui Hisashi had already started running towards the frontcourt. Chiba Daishi threw the ball across half court and accurately sent the ball into Mitsui Hisashi's hands.
The speed of returning to defense by Kogure Mitsunobu and others was quite good. After Mitsui Hisashi crossed the half court with the ball, they had already set up the defense line in the interior and were ready to fight.
However, Mitsui only dribbled the ball close to the three-point line and had no intention of breaking into the inside. He made an abrupt stop and shot without leaving any time to aim.
"Vote....Vote?!"
"Fast break three-pointer?"
When facing the opponent's complete defense line, Mitsui Hisashi had no intention of stopping to wait for support from his teammates. He directly took a three-point shot. His choice of shot dropped everyone's jaw. Even Coach Anzai raised his head slightly, and his eyes under his glasses were full of surprise.
“Swish!”
"hiss!
!
”
The basketball fell into the net. Seeing the basketball enter the net, everyone in the stadium suddenly gasped. A fast break three-pointer, it actually went in? This was something no one expected. They were ready to see Mitsui Shou make a fool of himself, but who would have thought that Mitsui Shou actually managed to score the ball.
This time, Wudao saw Mitsui's shooting action clearly.
"oion!"
"This kid Xiaosan actually changed the way he shoots!"
Seeing Mitsui's shooting posture, Wudao clenched his hands into fists unconsciously, his face full of excitement.
The two most mainstream shooting postures on the basketball court are owo motioion, with a low shooting point, low jump amplitude, and fast shooting speed. When there is enough space, the ball can be thrown out at the fastest speed. The representatives of this shooting posture are Curry and Lillard.
The characteristics of oion are speed and saving of physical strength. The disadvantage is that due to the too low shooting point, this shooting posture lacks the ability to attack, and often requires sufficient space when facing defense.
As for two motion, its characteristic is that the shooting point is the highest point of the jump, with the characteristics of high shooting height and strong attacking ability. The representatives of this shooting posture are Jordan and Kobe.
The two shooting methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Mitsui Shou used to be the standard two motion shooting rhythm.
But for Mitsui Shou, two motion consumes a lot of physical energy and requires high core strength. Moreover, Mitsui Shou's height, arm span, and jumping ability are not outstanding. Strictly speaking, two motion is not suitable for Mitsui Shou.
On the contrary, Oion is a good match for Mitsui. Mitsui is fast, has smart movement, and has top-notch ability to create space. This shooting rhythm is more conducive to Mitsui using his physical characteristics.
As for Wu Dao, he has height, wingspan, and jumping ability, so a low shooting point would kill his advantages. Therefore, Wu Dao's shooting training over the years has been to practice two motion. In this era, two motion is also the shooting posture that all players practice.
However, Mitsui Hisashi, in the mainstream trend, changed his shooting posture!
"Not bad. Although I'm not that used to it yet, my hit rate has improved a lot."
"In order to deal with those gifted monsters, it is quite necessary to develop this shooting posture."
“Shooting became a lot easier.”
Mitsui Shou thought in his mind as he returned to the court to prepare for defense. While returning to defense, he glanced at Akagi, chuckled and shook his head, muttering to himself:
"Akagi Takenori... .193cm... .Can he defend me just by relying on his height?"
"Innocent!"
Although he scored a three-pointer on a fast break, Mitsui Hisashi, who had mastered the oion, did not take Akagi Takenori seriously at all.
As Mitsui Shou scored another three-pointer, cheers for Mitsui rang out in the stadium. "He deserves to be the MVP", "He deserves to be the captain of Takeishi", "He deserves to be Mitsui Shou" words of praise surrounded and overwhelmed Mitsui Shou. The words of praise made the young Mitsui smile happily.
In the following games, Mitsui fully demonstrated his strong strength, smart and high-intensity running, and quick shots after receiving the ball. Halfway through the game, Mitsui's mid-range shooting percentage of about 55% and three-point shooting percentage of nearly 60%, the terrifying scoring efficiency once allowed the freshman team led by Mitsui to crush Akagi and others by nearly 30 points.
47:20, under the leadership of Mitsui Hisashi, their team has gained an absolute advantage.
Although Akagi Takenori, who challenged Mitsui Hisashi, also successfully scored 12 points and had many outstanding performances, under the brilliance of Mitsui Hisashi, Akagi's advantages were completely overshadowed, and Akagi's shortcomings were being infinitely magnified.
Sometimes he moves inexplicably, only has the ability to attack under the basket, has a narrow attack range, and dribbles poorly. Akagi's various performances on the court make his teammates think that he is just a big man with nothing but height.
When Mitsui's team was leading by 15 points, Budo left the Shohoku gym and went home to practice. In his opinion, it was impossible for Mitsui, who had just returned from the United States, to get injured in the confrontation with Akagi Takenori. The jumping height of Mitsui's newly mastered oion shooting posture was not high, and the load on the knees was almost zero.
Therefore, Wudao was very confident in Mitsui and left the Xiangbei gym early.
If nothing unexpected happens, this freshman practice match will end with Mitsui Hisakata winning a great victory.
But if nothing unexpected happens, accidents are definitely unavoidable.
Fate always plays a big joke on those who are successful.
When Mitsui was trying to save the ball to make up for his teammate's mistake, he fell to the ground and his knee inexplicably hit the floor.
With Mitsui Shou's cry of pain, this practice match ended abruptly.
...
"Minor contusion of the knee joint, no fracture."
"Luckily, the injury is not serious. You just need to rest for 5-8 weeks and you will be able to recover."
"Pay attention, you must not do strenuous exercise while recuperating. If you cause secondary injury to your knee, it is very likely to cause irreversible and permanent damage to your knee."
"I'll prescribe some medicine for you, put on a plaster cast, and give you a pair of crutches. You don't need to be hospitalized. You will be able to recover after a period of rest."
In the hospital, a middle-aged man holding a film in his hand spoke to the young man sitting in front of him.
After hearing the doctor's words, the nervous Mitsui Shou finally relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief, then hurriedly said with a smile: "Thank you, doctor, I will follow the doctor's advice and take good care of myself."
"I'm really sorry to bother you."
The person who came to the hospital with Mitsui Hisashi was Chiba Oishi. After hearing the doctor's diagnosis, a smile finally appeared on his serious face.
"It's okay, it's not serious."
"After a period of recuperation, I can still catch up with the preliminaries for the county competition."
Chiba Daishi was also very happy. He was heartbroken when he heard that Mitsui Shou was injured before, but now he was immediately happy when he heard that Mitsui Shou's injury was not serious.
After the doctor put a plaster on Mitsui, prescribed some medicine, and gave him crutches, Mitsui Shou clumsily used the crutches and left the hospital with Chiba Oishi.
Takeshi Jinguji was unaware of what happened in Shohoku High School. Chiba and the others would not specifically notify Takeshi Jinguji, who was still in the third year of junior high school, about Mitsui's minor injury.
Ever since he watched the practice match in which Mitsui Hisashi joined Shohoku, Wudao's life has returned to normal and peaceful. Although Wudao has not joined any school clubs, the intensity of his training is still increasing little by little. Whether it is physical training or the cultivation of basketball skills, Wudao never relaxes for a moment.
Wudao hasn't played basketball for a long time, so he silently set a goal in his heart. After entering high school, he will join hands with Mitsui Shou to win the first national championship of Xiangbei High School!
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