In the backcourt of Todai Affiliated No. 1 Middle School, the newly replaced Banma took the basketball from the hands of the referee, and then quickly passed the ball to Shinomiya Tanano. He deliberately added some spin to the basketball when passing the ball and passed it out.
Shinomiya didn't notice it, and stretched out his hand to catch the ball as usual. But the next second when the basketball was in hand, the power of rotation suddenly broke out, and the basketball was released directly and rolled towards the sideline. Shinomiya's expression condensed, he quickly ran a few steps, caught up with the basketball, smacked the basketball, controlled the rebounding basketball in his hand, glanced at the teammate who was serving, and silently walked towards the frontcourt with the ball. .
"Haha, Shinomiya-san, are you tired? You don't have the strength to catch the ball."
"How about we attack?"
Itama jogged to Shinomiya's side and said with a smile.
Seeing this, Shinomiya Tano narrowed his eyes slightly, turned his head and glanced at the scoreboard, sighed heavily, the unwilling look in his eyes fleetingly passed, and said casually:
"Come on." Shinomiya threw the ball directly in front of Banma, slowed down, and his original trot turned into a walk.
He gave up. Shinomiya no longer cared about the victory in this game.
"It's really disappointing!" Shinomiya sighed secretly in his heart. After entering the frontcourt, he walked to the sidelines and then stopped advancing. He failed.
As Banma advanced with the ball, everyone at Takeishi Middle School felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, thinking that the opponent was planning to use some tactics, and every defensive player became more vigilant. Martial Arts trotted to the front of Shinomiya Tiandou, still prepared and not letting up at all.
Shinomiya Tano looked at the serious martial arts in front of him and said quietly: "There is no need to guard against me, I will not participate in the attack again."
"I really envy you. You have a group of teammates who fully trust you. Even if you lose many points in front of me, none of your teammates will criticize you even once."
"In this game, although the No. 1 Affiliated High School of Dongda University lost, I did not lose."
When Jinguji Budo heard these words, he looked at Shinomiya Tanano in surprise. He didn't know why the other party suddenly said such things. Although their martial arts successfully blocked Shinomiya Tanano's several goals, if they want to win, there is no way to win. Early on, in Budo's view, the No. 1 Middle School Affiliated to Dongda University only needs to make a slight adjustment, and their Takeshi offense will be in trouble again.
Breaking the pick-and-roll is actually not difficult, it just requires the defensive players to have a little understanding and know when to switch defenses.
"What happened?" Budo straightened up slightly, guarding Shinomiya without changing his position, and asked while looking at Banma who broke through with the ball.
Shinomiya Tano did not answer the martial arts question, and silently looked at Itama who was attacking without speaking. In this moment, Dongda Affiliated No. 1 Middle School's boardroom had already broken through, successfully attracted Takeishi's defense, and then quickly passed the ball to an open teammate in the bottom corner. The latter caught the ball and threw the ball directly outside the three-point line.
The basketball collapsed under the gaze of everyone, and the rebound was grabbed by Hisashi Mitsui of Takeishi Middle School. The basketball crashed far away, and Hisashi Mitsui happened to be relatively close to the basketball.
After getting the basketball, Hisashi Mitsui started the fast break directly. Seeing that Hisashi Mitsui got the basketball, Budo ignored Shinomiya Tano and directly joined the fast break queue.
Although Shinomiya is not attacking, he is still active in defense. However, his teammates are not very fast in returning to defense. Shinomiya, who returns to defense, can only watch Takeishi's fast breakers find openings after several passes. , a field goal.
The scoreboard changed again, the score reached 35:30, and Takeishi extended the lead to 5 points.
Although several players from the No. 1 Middle School Affiliated to Dongda University failed to attack and were successfully counterattacked by Takeshi, those teammates were all smiles and encouraged each other to return to the court and prepare to serve. The atmosphere was quite harmonious and they did not care about losing points at all.
However, Shinomiya did not join his teammates. He ran forward alone and seemed out of place with his teammates.
"Hey, Budo, the atmosphere in the Affiliated School of Dongda University is a bit strange, what's wrong?" Hisashi Mitsui and Budao returned to defense side by side. Hisashi Mitsui also noticed the strange atmosphere in the No. 1 Affiliated School of Dongda University and asked Budao.
"Shinomiya Tōno seems to be isolated." Budō narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the members of the No. 1 Middle School Affiliated to Todai University who were actively communicating and preparing to attack. Then he looked at the Toyo University coach with a grim expression under the court and replied.
"Isolation? The ace of the isolated team? Are they out of their minds? Don't they want to win the game?"
Mitsui Shou was quite surprised, he couldn't understand the other party's brain circuit.
"Haha, who knows."
"Maybe Shinomiya was already a champion before he joined the No. 1 High School Affiliated to the University of Tokyo."
“It’s unbelievable that old and new forces are competing for the right to speak. We can see this in our country.”
"It's a good thing for us. While their conflicts are still there, we can solve them in one go."
"Those team members affiliated with the University of Tokyo are much easier to deal with than Shinomiya Tanano."
A martial artist is not so naive as to take pity on his opponent during the game and keep his hands on him. Killing him while he is sick is the way to treat the game.
In the little time left in the first half, Shinomiya no longer took the initiative to attack, and Budo did not let go of Shinomiya's vigilance and kept guarding him. However, Takeishi and the Dongda affiliate were in a four-on-four match, and Takeishi had an absolute advantage.
There was no timeout for the No. 1 Middle School Affiliated to Dongda University. Their coach could only scream from the sidelines, but he could not change anything. He could only watch the score between the two teams being drawn apart bit by bit.
The people from Dongda Affiliated Middle School, who were still laughing and joking at first, finally stopped laughing as the score got wider and wider. Itama also wanted to let Shinomiya attack, and also tried to pass the ball to the opponent, but after Shinomiya received the basketball, he passed it directly, as if the basketball was hot.
As the game progressed, the cheers from the audience disappeared, and many spectators even left the field, not wanting to watch such a boring game again.
Finally, the referee blew the whistle and the first half of the game came to an end.
Takeishi Middle School ended the first half with a score of 44:32, a 12-point difference.
During halftime, a fierce quarrel broke out in the locker room of the No. 1 Middle School Affiliated to Tokyo University. Shortly after the quarrel subsided, Shinomiya walked out of the locker room with his bag on his back and left the venue without looking back. .
Until the beginning of the second half, Shinomiya did not go back.
On the court, the players of Takeishi Middle School finished their positions and prepared to jump the ball. Takedo looked down at the No. 10 player from Todai Affiliated High School who was defending him. He looked around strangely, but did not see Shinomiya Nono.
In the second half of the game, the opponent seemed to stop playing. There were some coaches from other junior high schools in the audience who were watching the game. After discovering that Shinomiya Tano did not play, they immediately realized what had happened. Many coaches were not interested in watching the next game and left the venue in a hurry. Know what to do.
Without Shinomiya Tōno as a huge threat, Takeishi Middle School opened up completely in the second half, and the game was decided early less than ten minutes into the second half.
In the end, Takeshi Middle School won the first game with 87:48. Until the end of the game, Jinguji Martial Arts was still a little confused. The power of Shinomiya Tano overwhelmed them, but the victory in the game came so easily, making martial arts a bit unreal.
It wasn't just martial arts that felt like this, Mitsui Hisashi and the others also felt this way, but these feelings were ultimately drowned out by the cheers of his teammates.
Takeishi Middle School won and they entered the second round of the national competition.
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