Shinomiya ignored Jun Uozumi and Ikegami who were open inside, and came up to score against the defensive pull of Takenori Akagi and Oishi Chiba. The exaggerated and stretched lever action caused a burst of cheers from the audience.
Compared to the boring game between Hainan and Buri, Shinomiya Tano immediately aroused the interest of the audience with just one goal.
"Whether it's staying in the air or bouncing, this guy is terrifyingly strong!"
Takenori Akagi silently walked towards the basketball on the ground, preparing to serve from the baseline. He glanced at the people in Lingnan who started to defend, and Akagi felt as if a huge boulder was pressing down on his heart, making him breathless. Although this was not the first time he faced Shinomiya's attack, no matter which time, the pressure brought by Shinomiya was extremely huge.
In Shohoku's previous games, no opponent has ever been able to give Akagi such a feeling.
"Return the ball!" Miyagi Ryota received a pass from Takenori Akagi near the baseline. After receiving the basketball, he ran toward the frontcourt with the ball while shouting to everyone in Shohoku.
According to Coach Anzai's arrangement for this game, Hisashi Mitsui will lead the offense in the first half of the game. The duty of Jinguji Martial Arts in the first half is to help defend the inside and preserve enough physical energy.
Shohoku High School has specially arranged offensive tactics around Mitsui Hisashi's offense. In view of Mitsui Hisashi's scoring characteristics of "full picture shooting", continuous pick-and-rolls help Mitsui Hisashi obtain enough shooting gaps, which is Shohoku's main offense in the first half. Law.
Miyagi Ryota dribbled into the frontcourt and moved towards the top of the three-point arc. Hisashi Mitsui and Budo Jinguji are located at 45° directions on both sides of the three-point line. Inside, Takenori Akagi and Oishi Chiba were positioned near the free throw line. As long as they took a few steps closer, they could help Jinguji Budo or Hisashi Mitsui on both sides create a pick-and-roll.
"Are you standing so far away because you are afraid of confronting me?!"
Shinomiya stepped on the three-point line and stood two meters away from Jinguji Martial Arts. He noticed that the positions on Xiangbei's side were very shallow, and they didn't seem to have any intention of cutting inside. He was puzzled in his heart and made a sound to test.
"Don't be anxious." Budo smiled and quickly started to move after Miyagi landed at the designated position. It looked like he was preparing to bypass Shinomiya and insert the inside line. Just as Budo made a move, Shinomiya Tano reacted quickly and immediately got close to Budo. Moreover, he moved sideways with his back to the basket. Obviously, he was on guard against Jinguji Budo entering the basket.
However, Budo only ran a few steps and quickly reversed, not only far away from the basket, but also near the top of the arc. At the same time, Miyagi Ryota quickly gave the ball to Budo, heading towards the court along the three-point line. Run to the space just vacated by the martial arts on the left. Shinomiya's follow-up speed was a little slower. He hesitated slightly when choosing between pursuing Budo and defending Miyagi.
After thinking about it, he still chose to guard Budo. But as soon as Budo had the ball, Mitsui Hisahi on the other side had already come over and stood firmly behind Shinomiya Nono, creating a pick-and-roll.
"Sure enough, it's this guy!" Shinomiya Tano narrowed his eyes slightly. He had already guessed that Shohoku would focus on Jinguji martial arts, so when Mitsui Hisashi came to pick and roll, Shinomiya Tano had an expression on his face. .
The pick-and-roll was formed, Jinguji Budo no longer wasted time, and the ball quickly dropped and broke through in the direction of Mitsui Touhou's pick-and-roll. Sendō Akira, who was originally chasing Mitsui Hisashi, also noticed the sudden advance of the martial arts, decisively gave up the pursuit of Mitsui Hisashi, and headed directly towards the front of the martial arts to stop him. And Shinomiya Tano, who was blocked, also pressed from behind the side of Budo,
Xiandao and Shinomiya Tano had a perfect tacit understanding, and in an instant, they formed a double-team on Martial Arts.
"Beautiful defense! Jinguji Budo can no longer attack with the ball!"
In the rest area in Lingnan, Fujima Kenji was overjoyed to see Sendō and Shinomiya Tanoh about to complete the double-teaming. He had watched the competition in Shohoku and knew the strength of martial arts, but he also believed that even Jinguji martial arts would not have a chance to score once they fell into the encirclement of Sendō and Shinomiya Tōno.
"Here it comes!" Budao glanced at him and noticed the approaching Shinomiya. Without waiting for the opponent to get too close, he quickly stopped the ball and jumped up. But this time, Budao didn't shoot towards the basket. When he took off, his body turned sideways. There, Mitsui Hisashi stood outside the three-point line and was already open.
"Hisashi Mitsui! Go and defend Hisashi Mitsui!" Shinomiya noticed Jinguji Budo's gaze immediately. Before he could take off to intercept, the basketball flew out of Budo's hands and flew straight to Mitsui Hisashi.
As Shinomiya Tōno shouted, Uekusa, who was originally defending Miyagi, hurriedly ran towards Mitsui Hisashi. At this time, Mitsui Hisashi had already raised the basketball and adjusted his rhythm between breaths and breaths.
The basketball flew out of Mitsui Hisashi's hands and flew straight towards the basket.
An open three-pointer takes a few seconds to adjust. Such a ball is too easy for Mitsui Hisashi.
"Uh-huh!"
With a soft sound, the basketball hit the net hollowly. Although Hisashi Mitsui scored a three-pointer, the numbers on the scoreboard jumped, 3:2, and Shohoku High School, which lost the opening jump ball, gained the lead.
This round of Xiangbei's attack lasted 15 seconds. The attack speed was not fast, but it was not too slow either.
In summary, Xiangbei's offense was very methodical, which was very different from Xiangbei's previous games.
"Is Xianghoku High School... starting to show the true strength of the team?!" Hainan, who has played against Xianghoku High School, can clearly feel that today's Xianghoku is different from the past.
In the past, Shohoku played "superstar basketball" when they played Hainan. As the name suggests, Shohoku's previous games used the core of Jinguji Budo to tear apart the opponent's defense. Shohoku's Akagi, Chiba, Miyagi and even Mitsui People like Shou are just tools of Jinguji martial arts.
But today, Shohoku's playing style is obviously different from before. Jinguji Budo, who is good at holding the ball, actually passed the ball without making any offensive attempts. This is very inconsistent with the characteristics of Jinguji Budo's previous games.
Of course Lingnan could see the problem that Hainan could see. Shinomiya Tiandou and Xiandao looked at each other. Although they didn't speak, after the simple exchange of eyes, the two of them had opinions and a tacit understanding.
Offensive and defensive transition.
As Qiuquan changed hands, the defender became Shohoku High School.
Different from the usual defensive system of returning to the field and playing zone defense, Xiangbei's defense today also has some subtle changes.
Miyagi Ryota, who should have returned to the field long ago, stayed in the frontcourt and surrounded Tomoyuki Uekusa. The rest of Shohoku returned to their own half early and took up defensive positions.
This strange defensive formation aroused everyone in Lingnan to be surprised and didn't understand what Xiangbei was doing.
"Those guys in Xiangbei don't naively think that one person can complete backcourt steals and affect our Lingnan basketball operation, right?"
Coach Taoka frowned, not understanding what Xiangbei was doing, but precisely because he didn't know what Xiangbei was thinking, he was even more afraid of it in his mind.
On the court, Lingnan's Yuzhu served to Zhicao. Uegusa, who was holding the ball, did not dare to dribble when faced with Miyagi Ryota's close defense, and threw it directly into the hands of Sendō who was responding.
With two simple passes, Miyagi was left far behind. When Sendō passed the half with the ball, Miyagi was still following Uekusa, seemingly in no rush to return to defense.
Sendō didn't care about Miyagi Ryota who was slow to return to defense. As he brought the ball close to the three-point line, he looked for Shinomiya's position.
Xiandao glanced over, and at this time, Shinomiya Tōdō was facing away from Jinguji Martial Arts, moving slowly but firmly, squeezing toward the inside line little by little. Shinomiya's strength far exceeds that of martial arts, but he does not seem to be in a hurry to push away martial arts to catch the ball. Instead, he exerts force slowly, evenly, and continuously.
Shinomiya's power oppression is like a professional tug-of-war player. It is not the kind of "one, two, three, one, two, three" kind of force, but a continuous output bit by bit. Faced with such an offensive, Wu Dao could only put his hands on the opponent's back and try to maintain his position.
But his strength is not as good as Shinomiya's. With Shinomiya's continued pressure, both men have reached the free throw line.
"Hey!" When he reached the designated position, Shinomiya Tano suddenly increased his power output and directly pushed Martial Arts Bend back half a step, then raised his right hand high and asked Xiandao for the ball.
Sendō, who was holding the ball, didn't think anything else and immediately lobbed the ball to Shinomiya Tōno.
After catching the ball, Shinomiya turned his head slightly to look at Jinguji Budo, and took the ball and hit the Budo defense line hard. He didn't even think about turning around to avoid Jinguji Martial Arts' defense. Shinomiya just seemed to use strength to beat Jinguji Martial Arts.
"Peng!" Shinomiya Tōdō's back hit Budō's chest hard, and the terrifying force made Jinguji Budō's breath stagnant. But just as Shinomiya was about to hold the ball again and use his strength, a thin figure suddenly jumped out from the side and slapped the basketball in Shinomiya's hand.
"Miyagi Ryota?! When did this guy come over?!"
The basketball flew out of Shinomiya's hands. Miyagi rushed over and grabbed the basketball and started to counterattack with the ball. As Miyagi approached, Shinomiya didn't notice the opponent's presence at all. It wasn't until the basketball was cut off that he looked at the position of Tomoyuki Uekusa on the field.
"That's it! This is Xiangbei's original plan!"
Shinomiya's feet suddenly exerted force, like a speeding cannonball, chasing Miyagi. He already understood why Shohoku arranged for Miyagi not to return to the field to defend immediately.
Xiangbei's purpose is to keep Miyagi's energy out of the sight of everyone in Lingnan, so that Miyagi can get some free time on the court.
Just imagine, when attacking, will you pay special attention to the defensive player who has been thrown away as early as the service stage?
Although Shinomiya's basketball vision is very good, he still pays attention to whether there is anyone approaching his half court when attacking.
Shohoku stole the ball and made a fast break. Miyagi dribbled the ball and ran a few meters when he heard the sound of "whooshing" coming from behind him. Without any hesitation, Miyagi passed the ball directly to Mitsui Hisashi who was already running towards the front court.
"The First Minister of the Ming Dynasty"
Hisashi Mitsui caught the ball and quickly crossed the Lingnan half, with Sendō following closely behind him. Sendō's pursuit is very fast. What is certain is that when Mitsui Hisashi reaches the inside of Lingnan with the ball, Sendō will definitely be able to give Mitsui Hisashi a head-on blow.
"Are you in time?!" Mitsui Shou accelerated, tilted his head slightly and glanced at the position of Xiandao. When he was close to the Lingnan three-point line, he suddenly stopped the ball and took a side step to instantly widen the distance between him and Xiandao, and then quickly Take action.
Mitsui Hisashi's time from stopping the ball to taking the shot was only about one second. Not to mention the speed of the shot, his choice of attack also surprised Sendō and Shinomiya who were pursuing the ball.
Fast break, one-on-one in the frontcourt, and the offensive player's position is closer to the basket.
Under these conditions, it is unlikely that anyone would choose to use a side-step three-pointer as the final offensive method, because such an offense is unreasonable. Hisashi Mitsui took advantage of this unreasonableness and allowed him to shoot without the interference of Xian Dao.
Because when Mitsui Hisashi shot, Sendō didn't stop. Even someone who was so aggressive in Sendō's game would never have thought that Mitsui Hisashi would actually shoot a three-pointer in this situation.
Poor shot selection, independence, arrogance, stupidity, these thoughts just came to Xiandao's mind, and then they were shattered by the crisp sound of the net.
"Go in... actually go in?!" Xiandao turned his head and looked towards the basket, and happened to see the basketball falling from the net. For a moment, Xiandao opened his mouth slightly in shock.
"How is this possible?!" Shinomiya Tano, Ikegami and others were late in their pursuit. Seeing Mitsui Hisashi's fast break three-pointer, Shinomiya Tano whispered in disbelief. For an offensive man like him who is a poor three-point shooter, a goal like Hisashi Mitsui's is too unreal.
Even Jinguji Budo, who was thinking of assisting Hisashi Mitsui in attacking, was in a daze at this time. Even as a teammate, Budo never thought that Hisashi Mitsui would play like this.
This... is really... too wasteful!
"Easy!" Hisashi Mitsui shouted happily, with a bright smile on his face.
Listening to Mitsui Hisashi's slightly arrogant celebration, Budokai finally covered his head and shook his head with a smile.
I don't know since when, Taketou naively thought that he was the strongest scorer at Shohoku High School. He seemed to have forgotten that Mitsui Hisaka was the absolute core of Takeshi back then.
Although after Budo joined Shohoku, Hisashi Mitsui had less power in the competition, but don't forget that Hisashi Mitsui led the team with a single core back then and almost broke through Shoyang's top ace.
Mitsui Hisashi's scoring ability has never been lost to anyone.
At 6:2, Xiangbei led by four points. Lingnan obviously won the jump ball, but was 4 points behind Xiangbei.
The attack power displayed by Mitsui Hisashi also made the hearts of Shinomiya Tano, Sendō and others sink. The second-year captain of Xiangbei seems to be very difficult to deal with. His level of difficulty may not be inferior to that of Jinguji Martial Arts.
"Uekusa, please remind me of Miyagi's location."
During the transition between offense and defense, Shinomiya Tōno gave instructions to Tomoyuki Uekusa before running to the frontcourt, and then jogged towards the frontcourt with a solemn expression.
Less than a minute into the game, the score difference was 4 points. As Lingnan’s trump card, Shinomiya Tano must stand up at this time to help the team stabilize the situation.
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