Not long after the training match started, the score between the two teams reached 5:4, and the senior team led by Mitsui Hisashi took the lead with a slight advantage.
The first-year player had the ball, and after receiving the serve from Budo at the baseline, Miyagi Ryouta advanced with the ball to the front court. Mitsui Shou, who was defending Miyagi, had no intention of going to the half court to press Miyagi, and returned to his half court early to organize a defense line with his teammates.
It was still a 2-1-2 formation, and there was still only Takenori Akagi in the inside. After entering the frontcourt, Wudao went into the inside, but just as he entered the inside, the defensive formation of the senior team suddenly changed. The two senior players at the baseline on both sides immediately shrank their positions and quickly moved towards the paint area.
"Are you all here to defend me?"
Wudao looked at Chiba Daishi and others at the baseline and started to link up after he entered the inside line. He raised his eyebrows slightly and immediately left the inside line, thinking of walking towards the middle distance at a 45-degree diagonal. As Wudao moved, Mitsui Shou, who was originally defending Miyagi Ryouta, quietly opened the distance between him and Miyagi Ryouta and moved towards Wudao.
Mitsui Hisashi didn't seem to be worried at all about Miyagi Ryouta's open shot, and directly let Miyagi go outside the three-point line.
"Ryouta, open space, shoot!" Wudao saw Mitsui Shou moving and saw Miyagi in an open space. Seeing that Miyagi seemed to be hesitating whether to pass the ball, he immediately shouted loudly and started quickly, rushing towards the inside.
The seniors under the basket saw Wu Dao enter the paint again and immediately double-teamed him. Akagi and Chiba Oishi teamed up to block Wu Dao's position, and they all looked at the basket.
Encouraged by Wu Dao, Miyagi Ryouta did not hesitate any longer. He adjusted his rhythm and shot directly in an open position outside the three-point line.
However, Miyagi's three-point shooting ability is really poor. Even though he has plenty of time to aim, the route of the basketball is still ridiculously off, and the force is also very strong. The arc of the basketball is very ugly, and the path of the ball gives people a straight feeling, which can't be considered an arc at all.
“Bang!”
“Ding~”
The basketball hit the backboard, bounced off the edge of the basket and bounced out. Miyagi's shot was very powerful, and the basketball bounced a long distance, which made Akagi and others who were blocking under the basket in a worse position. On the contrary, Jinguji Budo, who was stuck outside, had a good opportunity to grab the rebound.
"What a lucky guy~" Wudao looked at the basketball falling, sighed lightly, ran forward a few steps, then jumped high and caught the ball in his hands.
At this time, Wu Dao was only four or five meters away from the basket.
"I'll do it!" Akagi, who was under the basket, saw Wudao getting the ball in the distance and was about to step forward to defend, when he heard Chiba Daishi shouting in his ear, and then saw Chiba's figure rushing out quickly from the inside.
Seeing that Chiba went to defend first, Akagi gave up the idea of chasing out to defend Wudao.
Wu Dao grabbed the rebound with both hands, stood on the floor with his legs spread out, and bent his body without looking like he was going to shoot. At this time, he saw Chiba Daishi coming forward to defend, and quickly dropped the ball and started. With just one step, he passed Chiba, who had a high center of gravity, and rushed to the basket.
After Budao started, his speed was fully increased. Although Akagi Takenori and another defensive player were standing in the inside, Budao still had no intention of slowing down and rushed towards the basket.
When he was less than two meters away from the basket, Wudao took the ball and jumped up after one step.
Akagi, who was defending under the basket, was concentrating on blocking Budou, but he did not expect Budou to take off in just one step after the ball was passed. By the time he reacted, Budou had already jumped into the air. Although Akagi Takenori tried to jump to intercept, he had missed the opportunity and did not have time to reach the highest point. Budou had already approached the basket.
"Hmph!!" Wu Dao jumped up with all his strength and hit Akagi Takenori directly. The powerful impact made Akagi couldn't help but let out a muffled groan.
"Bang!
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After a loud bang, Jinguji Budo grabbed the ball with both hands and slammed it into the basket. The net was unable to slow down the speed of the basketball's fall, and the basketball flew directly from under the net and hit Akagi Takenori's head.
However, at this moment, Akagi didn't feel the feeling of the basketball hitting his head at all. After landing, he took several steps back before he could barely stand firm. The stuffy feeling in his chest made him speechless for a long time.
The impact of the martial arts slam dunk is very strong. Even with Takenori Akagi's physical fitness, it was difficult for him to adapt for a while after experiencing such a collision.
"Ohhhhhh, slam dunk! That was a slam dunk!"
"Amazing! Another dunk! This guy dunked over Takenori Akagi again."
"That guy, is he really a first-year? How come he wasn't famous in junior high? Why haven't I heard of him before?"
The visual impact of Jinguji Budo's slam dunk was very strong. Even the Xiangbei basketball team members who had watched Budo's three-on-three basketball game before couldn't help but marvel when they saw Budo's dunk again. Not to mention that many Xiangbei students present were watching Budo play for the first time.
Under the court, Anxi Guangyi looked at the framed martial arts and raised his head slightly. His eyes behind the lenses flashed with surprise, nostalgia, even a hint of guilt, and a vision of the future. It was hard to imagine that Anxi Guangyi's eyes would flash with so many emotions in such a short period of time.
"That's right, this kid is definitely a genius who surpasses Gu Ze!"
"A true super genius!"
The calm Mitsuyoshi Anzai became excited at this moment, and clenched his fists. Although there were no extra movements or words, Coach Anzai, who was always restrained, was already in turmoil at this moment.
"Miyagi, your three-point shot isn't very good."
"The ball path is completely crooked, I need to practice more in the future!"
Wu Dao loosened his hands and returned to the ground. After taking a glance at the shocked Akagi Takenori, Wu Dao began to defend. When passing by Miyagi, Wu Dao patted Miyagi on the back and gave him a reminder.
Miyagi Ryouta's style of play is quite outstanding. Miyagi himself knows that he is short and fast, and he is also a point guard, so he has been strengthening his breakthrough and passing skills during training. In terms of independent offense, only breakthrough layups have a relatively high success rate.
As for shooting, to be honest, Miyagi doesn't really pay much attention to it.
This is also closely related to his team positioning and personal height.
In this era, in Japan, a point guard is just a point guard. All you have to do is pass the ball well and bring the ball across the half court. As for the rest, it has nothing to do with the point guard.
Moreover, Miyagi is short in height and is easily disturbed by tall defensive players when shooting. Therefore, Miyagi's shooting ability has never been strengthened in the past.
A player like Miyagi Ryouta might be a qualified point guard in high school, but he definitely cannot become a top point guard.
From a martial arts perspective, if Miyagi Ryouta does not have the ability to attack independently, then there will be no place for him in the future of Shohoku High School!
What is a defensive loophole who is less than 170cm tall doing on the court? Dribbling across half court? With Mitsui and Jinguji Budou, does Xiangbei need such a person? Not to mention that Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi will join next year. By then, Miyagi's role will be completely abolished.
But if Miyagi has a stable shooting, then the situation will be different. There is no fear of too many firepower points. Miyagi's physical strength is also quite good. With his speed, as long as his teammates help with pick-and-roll, he can easily run out of space to shoot, which can attract more defense.
Instead of being left alone like now, by Mitsui Shou, and still unable to score a goal.
"As for shooting... I can practice!" Although Miyagi Ryouta was also a stubborn person, he still understood good and bad words. Miyagi himself felt a little embarrassed to shoot such a three-pointer, so when he heard Wudao's words, he directly agreed with a red face.
The first-year players began to retreat and the seniors regained control of the ball.
Mitsui received the serve from the backcourt and began to advance slowly. Wudao's slam dunk just now dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the senior team, but there was no sign of anxiety on Mitsui's face.
On the contrary, there was even a faint smile on Mitsui's face.
"With the addition of martial arts, we really have hope of making a national impact this year!"
"There is no doubt that Budo is definitely the strongest small forward in the county right now!"
"With him cooperating with me in offense, I can't think of any team that can stop us!"
Mitsui thought happily and quickly entered the half court with the ball. Facing Miyagi's defense, Mitsui no longer had the idea of forcing it. He gave a look to Chiba Daishi in the inside, and the other party quickly understood and went straight to a high pick-and-roll.
The first-year team had poor coordination among the players, and Mitsui Shou easily broke through with the help of the pick-and-roll and shot directly from mid-range.
The basketball went into the net smoothly, and the senior class's offense seemed quite easy.
Mitsui's team played offense in a very organized manner. Chiba Daishi in the interior set up a high pick-and-roll. Mitsui chose to shoot himself or pass the ball back to Chiba according to the strength of the defensive pressure, or after mobilizing Budo's defense, he passed the ball to Akagi.
The good turnover of the basketball made the senior team's offense appear very smooth and the success rate was quite high.
Compared to the skilled coordination of the senior team, the freshman team's attack was a bit flashy. However, this flashy play was only for Wu Dao alone.
Mid-range shots, low-post hook shots and layups, and even three-pointers from beyond the three-point line, Budo was at full strength, scoring frequently despite the defense of two or even three people, Chiba Daishi and Akagi Takenori, trying hard to maintain the score difference between the two teams.
The freshman team only had Budo as their offensive firepower. After Kakuda Satoru and others missed a few shots, they didn't dare to shoot. Even if they got the ball in an open position, they would pass it back to Miyagi or try to pass it to Budo. As for Miyagi Ryouta, he didn't dare to go inside after Akagi blocked his layup.
In the entire new team, only Jinguji Takeshi can provide stable output.
Although Wu Dao tried very hard, the gap between the two teams inevitably began to widen.
"Swish!" The basketball went into the net. Jinguji Takeshi overcame Akagi's defense and made a fadeaway jump shot in the low post to score the buzzer-beater in the first half.
47:36, the five players of the freshman team played the entire half, but were beaten by the seniors by 11 points. Jinguji Budou scored 24 points, 8 rebounds, and 1 assist in the first half, which was a great statistic, but it was a waste of time. However, it is worth mentioning that Akagi Takenori, who was facing Budou, contributed 2 points and 3 rebounds in the first half, but was beaten by Budou.
Although Wu Dao did not lead the freshman team to gain an advantage in the first half, his terrifying personal ability still left a deep impression on everyone.
He is tall and strong, with skillful and mysterious footwork, strong jumping ability and accurate shooting. Wu Dao's performance on the court really opened everyone's eyes.
If we have to say that there is any shortcoming in martial arts, it might be that martial arts is a unique way of playing basketball.
The first half ended without any rest time and the second half started directly, but the players of both teams were rotated, with five players on and five off.
Jinguji Takeshi sat on the floor beside the court, holding a thermos cup in his hand, and after taking a sip of warm water, he watched the game. His training suit had long been soaked with sweat, but Takeshi, who was sitting on the sidelines, breathed evenly, with no signs of excessive physical exertion.
Wu Dao's physical condition was totally inconsistent with his crazy performance in the first half. If it were any other high school freshman, after such a dominant performance in the first half, he would have been tired like a dead dog by now.
"I didn't expect your basketball skills to improve so much over the years. When we played practice games in Takeishi before, you were just playing with them, right?"
"How well did you perform in today's match?" At some point, Mitsui Shou came to Wudao and sat down, watching the game on the field, and asked.
"Probably... 70-80%. My teammates' abilities have somewhat limited my performance."
Wu Dao smiled and spoke shamelessly.
"70-80%... He beat Akagi before he even used his full strength. I wonder how he would feel if he knew."
"You just came to the basketball team today, and you've already made our team's main center lose confidence."
Mitsui Shou believed Wudao's words, and then turned his head to look at Akagi Takenori who was sitting in the rest area with lifeless eyes, and shook his head slightly. Akagi Takenori was also a proud person in his heart. When Akagi was in the first grade, he was also taught a lesson by the third-year main center of Xiangyang High School. But since then, Akagi has never encountered such a devastating defeat as today.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Akagi was beaten by the first-year martial artist on both offense and defense.
"You mean a gorilla? He's still far from it."
"It's better to be beaten by me than by someone else."
Wu Dao looked in the direction that Mitsui Shou was looking and said meaningfully.
"Gorillas are in great physical condition, but their technique is very crude."
"With his good physical condition, he should rarely suffer any loss in the center position, right?"
"Taking advantage of his physical advantage, he neglected to improve his technique."
"My level and his level are not on the same level."
"If Xiangbei wants to dominate the country, it can't be achieved by relying on a center of his caliber."
Wu Dao retracted his gaze, looked at the game on the field, and said casually.
"It is indeed as you said. The reason why we lost to Xiangbei before was largely due to our disadvantage in the interior."
"Although I don't want to admit it, Akagi is a very hard-working guy. You don't know how weak he was in his first year of high school. Now he is at least much stronger than he was then."
"Budo, what position do you plan to play in the future? Let me make it clear first, there is no position for you at guard."
Mitsui Shou nodded, agreeing with Wudao's statement. At the same time, he retracted his gaze, turned his head and looked at Wudao and asked.
"As for the position, let's set it as small forward for now. Anyway, we'll see how the situation develops once we're on the court."
"From what you said, I was promoted to the regular candidate?"
Wu Dao smiled and asked curiously.
"Isn't this a matter of course?"
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