"You~Xiao San."
"You didn't even say hello when I came back from the United States. I missed you, so I came to see you."
"But I didn't expect that after a few months of not seeing you, you would become a bitch!"
Jinguji Budo smiled, waved to Mitsui Shou, and started mocking.
Hisashi Mitsui is not much different from a few months ago, except that he is a little darker, a little taller, and his figure is stronger...
"Ah?! If you, bastard, hadn't interfered with me, how could I not have made a layup?!"
Hisashi Mitsui was very angry. A mistake like missing a layup was already very embarrassing, but now he was ridiculed by a junior high school student, Budo. How could he hold back and directly put the blame on Budo.
"It's just that people are not good enough. Don't blame the uneven road."
"Look there, others have already shit on your heads."
Jinguji Martial Arts grinned, and then pointed to the other half.
There, Takenori Akagi brought the ball across half-court and finally passed it to Konobu Kigure. After the ball was released, Akagi smoothly moved to the inside. At this time, Konobu Kigure passed the ball back to Akagi, a The beautiful internal and external connection allowed Akagi to successfully catch the basketball in a comfortable position.
Although Chiba Oishi, who was guarding the inside, had already attached himself to Akagi and wanted to intercept, but so close to the basket, Chiba Oishi couldn't stop Akagi at all.
Akagi, who caught the ball inside, turned around, took two big steps and leaped high into the basket. He poured the ball into the basket with both hands. When Akagi dunked, he made a "ho ho ho" sound. The posture of his hands hanging on the frame is like a gorilla hanging on a branch.
With Takenori Akagi's dunk success, everyone who originally focused on Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi looked away. Even Mitsui Shou no longer wanted to argue with martial arts at this time, and turned to look at Akagi. Looking at Akagi hanging the basket, Mitsui Shou raised his eyebrows slightly.
"I'll deal with you later!" Mitsui Hisashi said fiercely to Martial Arts, and then trotted towards the frontcourt. After halftime, Hisashi Mitsui apologized to his teammates:
"Sorry, sorry."
"I was distracted and I'm really sorry."
"I will get this ball back, Sa, let's attack!"
Hisashi Mitsui stabilized the confidence of his teammates and ran towards the baseline, preparing to receive the serve.
Mitsui Hisashi's teammates on the team include Chiba Oishi. There are four people from Takeishi Middle School in total. Although the other one is from another school, he is also quite convinced of Mitsui Hisashi. Mitsui's words obviously had an effect, and everyone's hearts, which had been shaken by Akagi's dunk, suddenly stabilized.
Chiba Oishi even had the time to point at Martial Arts while serving, and chatted with Mitsui Hisashi: "Misui, why is that Martial Arts guy here?"
"Doesn't he have any club activities today?"
Mitsui Hisashi received the basketball and pushed the ball forward while shaking his head and replied: "This guy is very idle, don't worry about him, just finish this game well."
"Don't let that bastard see the joke."
Mitsui Shou pursed his lips, glanced at the smiling Jinguji Martial Arts from afar, and gave instructions.
"Um!"
"That Takenori Akagi is very strong. I can't handle it alone. Next time he holds the ball inside, Mitsui, please help me double-team him."
Chiba Oishi nodded and responded. At the same time, in order to deal with Takenori Akagi, Chiba Oishi also proposed the idea of letting Mitsui Hisalai double-team. Although Chiba Oishi despises Takenori Akagi in his heart, he has to admit that Akagi's physical fitness is indeed quite excellent. It is difficult for him to cope alone.
But Chiba Oishi is not the kind of person who is single-minded. When he knows that he is at a disadvantage in some aspects, he does not shy away from asking for help from his teammates. Basketball, after all, is not one-on-one. Only by making reasonable use of everyone present can It's the key to winning. For Chiba Oishi, personal success or failure in a certain aspect is not critical.
"Okay, you come up high and give me a pick-and-roll, and I'll give them a shot back first!"
Mitsui Shou nodded, and then accelerated the pace of advancement.
After Mitsui Hisashi entered the frontcourt with the basketball, something surprising happened. Takenori Akagi, who was standing inside guarding the basket, actually left the basket and rushed towards Mitsui Hisashi with his big hands open.
Judging from the opponent's appearance, he has no intention of guarding the basket.
At this time, in front of Mitsui Hisashi, Kimugure Kimonobu was concentrating on Mitsui Hisashi holding the ball, and did not even notice that his center had left the inside line.
Mitsui Hisashi obviously didn't expect Akagi's running position to be so bold. He originally wanted to hit it by himself, but when Chiba Oishi inside saw an opportunity, he immediately threw the ball towards the inside.
Mitsui Hisashi passed the ball at a very tricky angle. The basketball hit the floor under Takenori Akagi's crotch and bounced into Chiba Oishi's hands. Chiba Oishi, who caught the ball inside, just made a simple hook and easily scored the ball.
"Isn't Takenori Akagi stupid?" Hisashi Mitsui looked at Chiba Oishi who scored easily and scratched his head, feeling a little confused.
For a big center with height to come out and guard him as a defender, this is not stupid...
Takenori Akagi's weird running position obviously caused dissatisfaction among his teammates. After all, in the eyes of others, Takenori Akagi should be able to easily suppress Oishi Chiba at the basket. For a while, several of Akagi's teammates came over one after another. Akagi told him what he should do and how he should stand.
Facing the persuasion of his teammates, Akagi seemed to have listened to some of it, nodded, and then ran towards the frontcourt.
"Mumu, I'll switch defenses with you later, and I'll defend that Mitsui Hisashi."
In the midfield area, Takenori Akagi caught up with Konobu Mumu who had already run to the frontcourt, and whispered in Konobu Mumu's ear.
"Ah? You..." Mumu Gongyan's surprise was quite short-lived. He glanced at Akagi next to him, and Mumu Gongyan instantly knew what was going on in his partner's mind.
After nodding slightly, Mu Mu and Akagi approached the three-point line together.
Both of them were teammates at Kitamura Middle School, and they knew each other well. Takenori Akagi didn't help Mumu with pick-and-rolls or anything, and went directly to the inside. With his back against the defending Chiba Oishi, he raised his right hand and asked for the ball from Mumu Kimibu. .
Mitsui Hisashi was guarding Kimugure Konobu. He saw Akagi Takenori walking past him. At this time, when he saw Kimugure Konobu's eyes sweeping towards the inside, he immediately took two steps back, ready to enter the inside to help defend at any time.
Konobu Kigure does not have an excellent ability to read defenses at this stage. He did not notice the movement of Hisashi Mitsui's position at all, and still lobbed the ball to Takenori Akagi.
The moment Konobu Mumu fired the ball, Hisashi Mitsui immediately turned around, gave up his defense on Konobu Mumu, and rushed towards the inside.
Akagi had just received the ball, and Hisashi Mitsui and Oishi Chiba instantly formed a double-team defensive formation. Akagi obviously did not expect Hisashi Mitsui's defense to come so quickly. Under the double-team of the two, Takenori Akagi could only hold the basketball high and swing his arms, trying hard not to let Hisashi Mitsui and Oishi Chiba steal the ball. , but at the same time, Akagi also lost all possibilities of playing the ball.
Mitsui Hisashi is also a little depressed now. He and Chiba Oishi have obviously completed the double-team, but limited by the huge disadvantages of height and wingspan, no matter how Mitsui Hisashi teases the basketball, there is no way to capture the ball in Akagi's hand.
Mitsui Hisashi stood in front of Akagi, like a child asking an adult for candy...
"Come on, mistress, keep trying, and you'll hit that big man's knee!" Jinguji Budo, who was on the side of the court, made a cylinder shape with his hands and put it to his mouth and shouted loudly.
"Asshole, shut up, you guy!" These words reached Mitsui's ears, and Mitsui Shoudu was so angry that he gave up on double-teaming Akagi, turned his head and yelled at Martial Arts.
It was during this gap that Akagi finally found an opportunity to pass the ball and passed the ball back to Konobu Kigure. After receiving the ball, Konobu Kigure took two steps toward the basket, stabilized his body and started shooting.
"Whoa!" Mumu Gongyan was pretty lucky and the basketball hit the net accurately.
Seeing Konobu Mugure's goal, Mitsui Hisashi had veins popping on his forehead. He glared fiercely at Budo, who covered his mouth and laughed, and finally sighed helplessly.
Seeing Mitsui Shou's helpless look, Budo smiled even more happily, but when Mitsui Shou couldn't see it, Budo's smile faded instantly.
He repeatedly influenced Hisashi Mitsui several times in order to prevent His Holiness Mitsui from concentrating on the competition. Even though His Holiness Mitsui had the experience of traveling to the United States, martial arts was still afraid that Mitsui Hisashi who was fully focused on the competition would be injured.
On the contrary, making this game seem less serious may prevent Mitsui from getting injured.
"Xiaosan, don't blame me. I'm just trying to prevent you from getting hurt."
"This is for your own good~"
Wu Dao thought so in his heart, but his smile gradually became distorted, and then he shouted loudly:
"Mistress, come on, I'm not here to watch you being tortured. Let that bald orangutan know how powerful you are~"
Jinguji Budo's words immediately offended two people. Not only Hisashi Mitsui, who was advancing with the ball, glared angrily, but Takenori Akagi, who returned to the field to defend, was also stunned, and then glared fiercely at Budo on the sidelines.
Feeling the gaze of the two people, Budo smiled and did not care, and continued to "encourage" Mitsui Hisashi in the audience.
Jinguji Martial Arts who was active off the court finally attracted the attention of Anzai Mitsuyoshi. The fat old man with white hair turned his head and cast his eyes on Jinguji Martial Arts.
The reflection of the glasses blocked the old man's sight, but martial arts with keen senses felt that someone was watching him. Budo looked around and noticed Anxi Guangyi, then stood up and smiled at Coach Anxi as a greeting.
"Oh~"
"This kid is the Jinguji Martial Arts mentioned by Zhengyi... He is really high!"
Anzai Mitsuyoshi pushed up his glasses and examined Jinguji Martial Arts.
Jinguji Budo, who is in the third grade of junior high school, is 192cm tall and has a well-proportioned figure. There is fluff around his mouth, but Coach Anzai is far away and cannot see clearly.
When Wu Dao stood there, he had a tall and straight posture, and Wu Dao's handsome appearance made him exude a strong heroic spirit.
The appearance of Jinguji Martial Arts made Coach Anxi feel a little stirred. Looking at the excellent physical condition of Martial Arts, Coach Anxi recalled his former student in his mind.
After Budao greeted Coach Anxi, he withdrew his gaze and focused on the court. After Coach Anxi stared at the martial arts for a long time, he also withdrew his gaze and looked at the game. However, at this time, he didn't know how much attention Coach Anxi was focusing on the game.
On the court.
Mitsui Hisashi attacked with the ball, and Akagi Takenori and Kigure Kimonobu switched defenses as scheduled. The person defending Mitsui Hisashi changed from Kigure Kimonobu to Akagi Takenori. Mitsui Hisashi looked at the huge body in front of him. Not only did he not have the slightest fear, but he showed A faint smile.
"Are you here to defend me?"
"Do you think you can stop me?"
Mitsui Shou's tone was full of pride, and at the same time he also showed a slight disdain for Akagi.
"I will stop you." Akagi's eyes were firm, and he was about one meter away from Mitsui Hisashi, guarding against Mitsui Hisashi's breakthrough.
"Really?" Mitsui Shou chuckled, and then, under the surprised eyes of everyone, he quickly put the ball together and shot the ball, still sixty or seventy centimeters away from the three-point line.
Mitsui Hisashi's ball speed and release speed are very fast, as if there is no aiming process.
The basketball went directly over Takenori Akagi's head and flew towards the basket. Under Akagi's surprised gaze, the basketball fell into the net, making a crisp squeaking sound.
A simple three-pointer instantly shattered Takenori Akagi's defense.
"Can you really stop me?" Mitsui Hisashi said calmly after he scored, and turned around and ran back. His words seemed to be talking to himself, but also like a mockery of Akagi.
"Damn it!" Takenori Akagi gritted his teeth and followed Mitsui Hisashi as he ran toward the frontcourt. Konobu Mugure once again received the serve from the backcourt and organized a new round of attack.
"Xiao San's shooting seems to be different from before."
It was obviously just a three-pointer shot by Hisashi Mitsui, but Jinguji Budo touched his chin and looked a little surprised.
There is a huge difference between Hisa Mitsui's shooting just now and Hisa Mitsui's shooting in Budo's mind. In Budo's mind, Hisa Mitsui's shooting posture is flawless, but Mitsui's shooting just now, although the action is still beautiful, the aesthetics are not the same. It was a big discount, but Mitsui Hisashi's shooting speed was much faster.
"Is it an illusion... or..."
Wu Dao took a few steps forward, pushed aside the Xiangbei players who were standing in front of him, and watched the game on the court as if no one else was around. The few Shohoku players who were squeezed away by the martial arts originally wanted to scold the people who jumped in line, but when they looked up and saw that it was the Jinguji martial arts, all their dissatisfaction disappeared instantly.
They don't know martial arts, and they don't know that martial arts is just a junior high school student. They only know that if this tall man makes a move, they will definitely not be able to stop him.
In the transition between offense and defense, Akagi's team's offense seemed a bit monotonous. Konobumu Mugure still gave the ball to Takenori Akagi inside, and handed it over to Akagi for singles in the low post.
But how could Hisashi Mitsui give them such an opportunity? When the basketball was in the hands of Akagi, he rushed forward early and double-teamed Chiba Oishi.
Akagi is not Yao Ming, and his shooting ability is average. Under the pressure of the double-team between the two, Takenori Akagi takes a shot in a hurry, and the basketball collapses out of the basket. The rebound is taken by Chiba Oishi who has a positional advantage.
The opportunity arose. The moment Chiba Oishi grabbed the rebound, Mitsui Hisashi had already started running towards the frontcourt. Chiba Oishi threw the ball across the half court and accurately sent the ball into the hands of Mitsui Hisashi.
The speed of Kimugure Kimibu and others' return to defense was pretty good. After Mitsui Hisashi held the ball for half-time, they had already set up a defensive line inside and were ready.
However, Hisashi Mitsui dribbled the ball close to the three-point line, and had no intention of breaking into the inside. He made an emergency stop, pulled up and shot, leaving no time to aim.
"Vote...voted?!"
"Quick break three-pointer?"
When facing the opponent's complete defense, Mitsui Hisashi had no intention of stopping and waiting for the support of his teammates. He directly shot a three-pointer. His choice of shot shocked everyone's jaws. Even coach Anxi raised his head slightly. The eyes under the glasses were also full of surprise.
"Uh-huh!"
"hiss!
!
"
The basketball fell into the net. Seeing the basketball entering the net, there was a sudden gasp from everyone in the arena. A fast break three-pointer and he actually made it? This was something that no one expected. They were prepared to watch Hisashi Mitsui's joke, but they never expected that Hisashi Mitsui actually scored the ball successfully.
This time, Budo saw Mitsui Hisashi's shooting action clearly.
"oion!"
"This guy, Xiaosan, actually changed the way he shoots!"
Seeing Mitsui Hisashi's shooting posture, Budo unconsciously clenched his hands into fists, his face full of excitement.
The two most mainstream shooting postures on the basketball court are owo motionion. The shooting point is low, the take-off range is low, and the shooting speed is fast. When there is enough space, the ball can be thrown as quickly as possible. The representative of this shooting posture is, That's Curry and Lillard.
The characteristic of oion is that it is fast and saves energy. The disadvantage is that the low shooting point makes this shooting posture insufficient in attack ability. When facing defense, it often needs enough space.
As for the two motion, its characteristic is that when the shooting point is the highest point of the jump, it has the characteristics of high shooting height and strong attack ability. The representatives of this shooting posture are Jordan and Kobe.
Both shooting methods have their own advantages and disadvantages. Mitsui Hisashi used to have a standard two motion shooting rhythm.
But for Mitsui Hisashi, two motion consumes a lot of physical strength and requires high core strength. Moreover, Mitsui Hisashi's height, wingspan, and jumping are not outstanding. Strictly speaking, two motion is not suitable for Mitsui Hisashi.
On the contrary, oion suits Mitsui Hisashi very well. Hisashi Mitsui is fast, smart in his movement, and his ability to draw space is top-notch. This kind of shooting rhythm is more conducive to Mitsui's use of his physical characteristics.
For martial arts, he has height, wingspan, and bounce. The low release point kills his advantage. Therefore, martial arts' shooting training over the years has been two motion. In this era, two motion is also the shooting posture that all players practice.
But Hisashi Mitsui, in the mainstream wave, changed his shooting posture!
"It's not bad. Although I'm not very adaptable at this stage, my shooting rate has improved a lot."
"In order to deal with those talented monsters, it is quite necessary to develop this shooting posture."
“It’s become a lot easier to shoot the ball.”
Mitsui Shou was thinking in his mind as he returned to the field to prepare for defense. When returning to defense, he glanced at Akagi, chuckled, shook his head, and said to himself:
"Akagi Takenori...193cm...can you guard against me just by relying on your height?"
"Innocent!"
Although he scored a fast break three-pointer, Hisashi Mitsui, who had mastered oion, didn't take Takenori Akagi seriously at all.
As Hisashi Mitsui scored another three-pointer, cheers for Mitsui erupted in the stadium. "As expected of the MVP", "As expected of Captain Takeishi", "As expected of Hisashi Mitsui", the words of praise surrounded Mitsui Hisashi. , submerged, and the words of praise made the young Mitsui smile with joy.
After the next game, Hisashi Mitsui fully demonstrated his strong strength, smart and high-intensity running, and quick shots after catching the ball. Halfway through the game, Mitsui Hisa's mid-range shooting rate of about 55% was still close to With a 60% three-point shooting rate and terrifying scoring efficiency, the freshman team led by Hisashi Mitsui once crushed Akagi and the others by nearly 30 points.
47:20, under the leadership of Hisashi Mitsui, their team has taken an absolute advantage.
Takenori Akagi, who challenged Hisashi Mitsui, also managed to score 12 points and had many outstanding performances. However, under the light of Hisashi Mitsui, Akagi's advantages were completely obscured. On the contrary, it was Akagi's shortcomings. be infinitely magnified.
Sometimes there are inexplicable movements, only offensive ability at the basket, narrow attack range, and poor dribbling. Akagi's various performances on the court made his teammates think that he was just a big man with no height.
Budō left the gym in Shohoku when Mitsui Hisashi and his team were 15 points ahead and went home to practice. In his opinion, Mitsui Hisashi, who had returned from the United States, would not be able to compete with Takenori Akagi. Injured, the oion shooting posture mastered by Mitsui Hishin is not very high in jumping, and it can be said that there is almost no load on the knees.
Therefore, Budo was also very relieved about Mitsui and left the arena in Shohoku early.
If nothing else goes wrong, this freshman practice match ended with Mitsui Hisakata's victory.
But if nothing happens, accidents cannot be avoided.
Fate will always play a small joke on those who are going smoothly.
Mitsui Hisashi fell to the ground while making up for a teammate's mistake in saving the ball, and his knee inexplicably hit the floor.
Accompanied by Mitsui Hisashi's painful cry, this practice match ended hastily.
...
"Minor contusion on the knee joint, no fractures."
"Luckily, the injury is not serious. You only need to rest for 5-8 weeks and you will be able to recover."
"Be careful, you must not engage in strenuous exercise while recuperating. If it causes secondary damage to the knee, it is very likely to cause irreversible and permanent damage to the knee."
"I'll prescribe you some medicine, put a plaster on it, and give you a pair of crutches. You don't need to be hospitalized. You can recover after a period of recuperation."
In the hospital, a middle-aged man held a film in his hand and said to the young man sitting in front of him.
After listening to the doctor's words, Mitsui Shou, who was nervous, finally relaxed and breathed a sigh of relief. Then he quickly said with a smile: "Thank you, doctor. I will follow the doctor's orders and take good care of myself."
"I'm really sorry to trouble you."
Chiba Oishi came to the hospital with Mitsui Hisashi. After hearing the doctor's diagnosis, his serious face finally had a smile.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's not serious."
"After a period of training, I can still catch up with the preliminaries of the county competition."
Chiba Oishi was also very happy. Mitsui Shou's injury before made him feel heartbroken. Now that he heard that Mitsui Shou's injury was not serious, he immediately became happy.
After the doctor put a plaster on Mitsui, prescribed medicine, and gave him a crutch, Mitsui Hisashi used the crutch awkwardly and left the hospital with Chiba Oishi.
Jinguji Martial Arts didn't know everything that happened in Shohoku High School. Chiba and the others would not specifically notify Jinguji Martial Arts, who was still in the third grade of junior high school, about a minor injury like Mitsui Hisashi's.
Ever since I watched the practice match when Mitsui Hisashi joined Shohoku, my martial arts life has returned to regularity and calmness. Although martial arts has not joined any clubs in the school, the intensity of martial arts training is still increasing little by little, regardless of physical fitness. Whether it’s training, or practicing basketball-specific skills, martial arts never relaxes for a moment.
Budo has not played basketball for a long time. For this reason, Budo also silently set a goal in his heart. After entering high school, he will join hands with Hisashi Mitsui to win the first national championship of Shohoku High School!
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