Rukawa Kaede beat Mitsui Hisashi and successfully scored. Although there was an element of luck in it, all the senior players of Takeishi Middle School couldn't help but look at Rukawa Kaede.
He was only in the first grade, but he was able to beat Hisashi Mitsui and score consecutive goals on his head. There was no such player in Takeishi Middle School before. Mitsui Hisako is the ace who leads the team to participate in the national competition. His personal ability is not only powerful in attack, but also in defensive ability.
Therefore, the appearance of Rukawa Kaede instantly attracted everyone's attention. Even the well-informed coach Masayoshi Anzai began to re-examine Rukawa Kaede's abilities.
"Rukawa Kaede's shot selection is not the optimal solution."
"But this kid definitely has the potential to become an ace."
Masayoshi Anzai looked at Rukawa Kaede and thought to himself, now that Mitsui Hisashi is already a student in the third grade of junior high school, he can only stay on the team for one year at most. Jinguji Budo is in the suspension period, and it is impossible to lead the team to participate in the competition. Finding a new core for the team will be the most important thing that Anzai Masayoshi will do in the next few years.
In this era, the standard for a team's ace is quite clear.
Being able to break through and score, and being able to defend the opponent's top soldiers, this is what the ace needs to do. As for whether the shot selection is correct, this is not critical.
As an ace, no matter when you shoot, no matter where you shoot, as long as you can score, you are right.
In fact, many ordinary players do not have such advantages, and even many professional players will become hesitant and afraid to shoot after shooting a few times.
But there are still some confident people who dare to take confident shots no matter when and no matter how many shots they have missed before.
At this point, Rukawa Kaede at least has the confidence to take action and has the potential to become an ace.
On the court, offense and defense transition.
Hisashi Mitsui, who was successfully beaten by Rukawa Kaede, obviously wanted to regain the field. Mitsui Hisashi, who brought the ball from the backcourt into the frontcourt, ignored Jinguji Budo who was almost open under the basket and hooked towards Rukawa Kaede. .
Rukawa Kaede, who was originally defending martial arts, had already shifted his target and defended Mitsui Hisashi when he dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. There is some distance between Rukawa Kaede and Mitsui Hisashi. Most of Mitsui Hisashi's previous attacks were based on breakthrough shots. Therefore, defensively, Rukawa Kaede also opened some distance to facilitate timely pursuit.
When the speed of the attacker and defender is similar, the attacker has an absolute advantage. Not only did the offensive team take the initiative when breaking through, but the advancing defense also focused on running.
But this is not the case for the defender. The defender's pursuit is mainly based on lateral movement. The speed of lateral movement must not be faster than the running speed, and in terms of timing, no matter how fast the reaction is, the attacker will lag behind. Some.
Therefore, if the defender does not have an absolute speed advantage, it is best to have a certain distance as a buffer when defending the opponent's breakthrough.
Mitsui Hisashi noticed Rukawa Kaede's defensive intention and didn't pay attention at all. He looked to Rukawa Kaede's left side, glanced at the position of the basket with his peripheral vision, and then suddenly leaned over.
Rukawa Kaede noticed Mitsui Hisashi's eyes, and subconsciously moved to his left side, but just as he moved, Mitsui Hisashi in front of him directly combined the ball and shot.
The same dry pull, but unlike Rukawa Kaede, Mitsui Hisashi was standing outside the three-point line at this time, still more than ten centimeters away from the three-point line. Mitsui Hisashi's shooting posture is quite beautiful. The basketball is still flying in the air. Mitsui Hisashi is already confidently clenching his fist to celebrate.
"Shua!" A clear "shua" sound sounded, Mitsui Hisashi raised his knife and returned a three-pointer.
Compared with Rukawa Kaede's long two-pointer just now, Mitsui Hisashi's offense was more straightforward.
"Boy, don't run away, keep going!" Mitsui Hisashi made a fist with his right hand and put his hand down after watching the basketball enter the net. After saying a few words, he quickly started to defend.
At this time, Rukawa Kaede looked at Mitsui Hisashi with a fighting intent that was even more obvious. After competing in elementary school competitions for several years, Rukawa Kaede didn't meet a player like Hisashi Mitsui until he entered junior high school. A powerful enemy completely inspired Rukawa Kaede's competitive spirit.
This time, the practice match between the old and new students suddenly turned into a contest between Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede. Hisashi Mitsui has great prestige in the senior team. If he wants to play singles, no one will have an opinion. In other words, it is impossible for Hisashi Mitsui to listen to other people's opinions.
Jinguji Martial Arts, the only one who could speak to Mitsui Hisashi, did not stop the duel between Mitsui Hisashi and Rukawa Kaede. He even vaguely encouraged Rukawa Kaede and even had several opportunities to block Rukawa Kaede who broke into the inside. , Budo did not choose to cover up, but watched Rukawa Kaede score a layup.
And after Rukawa Kaede scored, Budo would go to Mitsui Hisashi to stir up trouble. He told Hisashi Mitsui to "play well and don't be embarrassed." And so on.
Personally speaking, I really want to see the result of the duel between Rukawa Kaede and Mitsui Hisashi. At the same time, Budo is also very clear about the purpose of the old and new practice matches. It is simply that Masayoshi Anzai wants to give the freshmen a show of strength first, and then look at their abilities and potential.
The protagonists of this practice match are the freshmen, and Hisashi Mitsui needs to use this game to let the freshmen know who is the talker on Takeishi's court.
As a banned person, how could Wu Dao take the spotlight at a time like this?
Although Mitsui Hisashi is simple, he is not a fool. How could he not see that martial arts are deliberately misleading.
But Mitsui Hisashi is not angry, because in the duel with Rukawa Kaede, he already has an absolute advantage!
The practice match lasted for more than twenty minutes, and the first-year players had changed one after another. Only Rukawa Kaede and Katsumi Ichiro remained on the court.
The members of the senior team have changed several times, but Takedo and Hisashi Mitsui have always stayed on the court.
No matter how the players were changed, the point difference between the two teams began to gradually widen.
41:26.
Although Rukawa Kaede worked hard to close the score difference between the two teams, facing Mitsui Hisashi, he really felt unprecedented pressure. Unlike facing Jinguji Martial Arts, although Rukawa Kaede also felt a strong sense of suffocation from Martial Arts when training with Martial Arts in singles, in Rukawa Kaede's mind, Martial Arts only achieved this by virtue of his height advantage. Effect.
But the Mitsui Hisashi he faced at this time was different. Mitsui Hisashi was about the same height as him. Rukawa Kaede could not blame his height for his defeat.
The game lasted for more than 20 minutes, and Rukawa Kaede's jersey was already soaked with sweat. His whole body seemed to have just come out of the water, and there was not a single dry spot in his entire shirt.
On the other hand, Hisashi Mitsui's jersey was only wet on his chest and back. Although other parts of his jersey were wet, they were not as exaggerated as Rukawa Kaede's.
The difference in physical strength between the two can be seen intuitively.
"This kid is really difficult to deal with!" On the court, Hisamasa Mitsui took the ball and looked for breakthrough opportunities outside the three-point line. Rukawa Kaede in front of him was sweating profusely, but the fighting spirit in his eyes had not weakened at all.
This half of the game also made Mitsui Hisashi realize Rukawa Kaede's ability. Mitsui Hisashi is also quite optimistic about this first-year freshman.
To be honest, there are three main reasons why their senior team was able to take such a big lead.
One is because Hisashi Mitsui is indeed better than Rukawa Kaede, and the second is that the ball rights in the lower grades are not completely concentrated in the hands of Rukawa Kaede. New players always want to prove their strength, but facing The defense of the senior team, these first-year players who are full of confidence often have poor results. After conceding a few goals, they will remember and give the ball to Rukawa Kaede.
The last reason is that the senior team has Jinguji Budo. Whether it is offensive rebounds or defensive rebounds, Jinguji Budo has an overwhelming advantage.
By the time the game got to this point, Wu Dao had already gotten 14 rebounds.
At this moment, Mitsui Hisashi seemed to have found a loophole in Rukawa Kaede's defense, and quickly broke through. When getting close to Rukawa Kaede, he was not afraid of physical confrontation, and half of his body collided with Rukawa Kaede.
However, Mitsui Hisashi did not rush forward with all his strength. After feeling the power coming from his body, he immediately changed his pace, turned around and quickly changed the direction. At the same time, the ball protector directly blocked Rukawa Kaede who wanted to pursue him, and entered the three-pointer first. When the line was traveling to the middle distance, there was a sudden "bang" sound behind him.
Mitsui Hisaya didn't pay attention to what was happening behind him. He quickly stopped and shot a jumper before the first-year defenders came up to defend. The basketball went directly into the net and scored two more points for the senior team.
When Mitsui Hisashi, who scored the goal, turned around, he found that Rukawa Kaede was lying on the ground. He wanted to get up, but his calves gave way and he fell to his knees.
"Timeout!" Coach Masayoshi Anzai stood up and called a halt to the game. The team doctor quickly ran into the court, while Jinguji Budō and Mitsui Hisashi and other players quickly came to Rukawa Kaede's side. Check the status of Rukawa Kaede.
As he got closer to Rukawa Kaede, Budo discovered that Rukawa Kaede's legs were trembling slightly at this time. Even though Rukawa Kaede quickly sat back on the floor from the kneeling position just now, the trembling of his legs was still very obvious.
The team doctor came forward and breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this situation. He quickly asked Rukawa Kaede to lie down, then grabbed one of Rukawa Kaede's legs with both hands, quickly raised it, and began to stretch Rukawa Kaede's legs.
"Quick, come on, someone, break your other leg like this to me. This kid has cramps!"
Jinguji Martial Arts had learned some knowledge about emergency treatment, and he took action quickly before the team doctor could speak. After a short treatment, Rukawa Kaede's condition improved, and with the help of the team members, Rukawa Kaede was lifted off the court.
Masayoshi Anzai asked the team doctor to check carefully, and he arranged the players on the court. The first-year Katsumi Ichiro and Rukawa Kaede were both replaced, and the seniors Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Budō were also replaced. . The practice match started again immediately after a brief pause.
Rukawa Kaede, who had cramps in his legs, remained silent throughout the whole process, with a cold face and said nothing. Only Jinguji Budo and the team doctor just now couldn't help but let out a low cry of pain when they were stretching Rukawa Kaede's legs. After that, nothing else was said.
On the edge of the rest area, Budo still let Rukawa Kaede lie on the ground. He and Mitsui Hisashi, one on the left and one on the right, continued to move Rukawa Kaede's leg muscles.
Cramps occur frequently when athletes train, and even more frequently during high-intensity confrontations. If not handled well, the probability of athletes getting injured will also increase. Many players' injuries do not appear suddenly, but due to fatigue accumulating bit by bit and suddenly erupting.
"Your first grade is not bad. You can't hold on after playing for such a long time. I wonder if any of our freshmen at Yokota Middle School are as outstanding as him."
At this moment, a clear male voice came from behind Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi. After hearing the words, Budo and Mitsui Hisashi turned around and saw a familiar handsome boy.
It was a handsome face that even the martial arts could not help but admire when they saw it. There were not many people who could match the martial arts in appearance, and the other party could barely be considered one.
"Shinomiya Tōno? Why are you here?!"
It was only now that Jinguji Budo discovered that the opponent was actually in Takeshi's basketball gym. He had never noticed it before on the court.
"Together with our team's coach, we will come to your school and invite you to a practice match."
"Your coach has agreed. The coach and I wanted to observe whether you are strong enough to compete with our Yokota, so we stayed to watch your practice match."
"How is he? Do you need my help? I have learned some first aid knowledge and can be of help."
A gentle smile appeared on Shinomiya's face, and he said to Martial Arts, then glanced sideways at Rukawa Kaede on the ground, and asked aloud.
"Practice match? Yokota Middle School? You transferred to Kanagawa?!"
Jinguji Budo's first reaction after hearing Shinomiya Tanoko's words was surprise. He clearly remembered that the opponent was a player from the No. 1 Middle School Affiliated to Tokyo University. How could he suddenly come to Kanagawa Prefecture and transfer to Yokota Junior High School? I had a code match with the other party, but the other party couldn't type it out. He should be a person from this world, but the other party still came to Kanagawa and joined Yokota Middle School.
At this time, Mitsui Shou was also slightly surprised. After a short period of surprise, Mitsui Shou's mood suddenly became heavy.
When it comes to their team's participation in the national competition last year, what was Mitsui Hisashi's biggest gain? That's because Mitsui Hisashi saw the strength of Shinomiya Tano and clearly understood what it means to have people outside the world and heaven outside the world. Hisashi Mitsui has been training very hard this year, in order to lead Takeshi Middle School to achieve better results in the national competition in this last year.
But the appearance of Shinomiya Tōno at this time cast a shadow over Mitsui Shou's heart.
"Yes, I came to Kanagawa and joined Yokota Junior High School."
"Speaking of this time, my teammates are all very good. I'm looking forward to the game against Takeishi Middle School."
"Our battle is not over yet!"
When Shinomiya Tōno said this, his eyes were looking at Jinguji Martial Arts. The so-called contest also alluded to the contest between him and Martial Arts.
"Want to compete with me? That's really disappointing for you."
"You are no longer worthy of fighting me!"
"Because I've been suspended!"
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