Jinguji Budo made a three-pointer and hit the net. While making an effective three-point goal, the referee blew the whistle again and pointed at Shinomiya Tano.
"Lingnan No. 8, the thug fouled!"
The referee's penalty shocked everyone in the audience. Jinguji Budo's three-pointer at the buzzer had already severely damaged Lingnan's morale. With the additional penalty, all Lingnan's players looked at each other in shock. , and then all eyes invariably focused on Shinomiya Tōno.
"This...how is this possible! That guy from Xiangbei..."
"He was committing a foul. Even if he missed the shot, he still had the chance to make three free throws. This time, it was Tian Ye who made a mistake!"
"I wanted to stop the opponent so much that I lost my calm judgment. It seems that the guy's dunk ball across the field had a certain impact on him."
Off the court, Coach Taoka stood up from his seat in surprise. The next second, he tried to control his emotions, forced himself to calm down, and then looked at Jinguji Martial Arts with a gloomy face. According to Shinomiya Tano's standard, he would never have made such a mistake with the ball just now. Even if Jinguji Budo had set up a trap, he would not have foolishly stepped into it.
Shinomiya seemed to remain calm after being dunked, but in the final analysis, he was just a young man who had just entered high school. He did not have the kind of mellow temper, and he could still pretend that nothing happened after being dunked. Although Shinomiya's hiding was pretty good, and the previous round of offense handled the ball fairly calmly.
But when he once again faced Jinguji Budo on defense, he couldn't keep his composure.
On the court, a group of Shohoku players happily came to Budo and high-fived him to celebrate. After everyone celebrated, Jinguji Budo stepped to the free throw line.
Shinomiya Tanano was standing outside the three-point line at this time, watching the martial arts free throws. The expression on his face was quite exciting, sometimes full of anger, and sometimes relieved. The seamless switching between the two expressions shows that Shinomiya's mood is very tangled.
"Whoa!" With a soft sound, Jinguji Budo steadily scored the free throw. After the free throw was scored, the people in Xiangbei quickly retreated on defense, not giving Lingnan High School a chance to make a quick move.
Tomoyuki Uekusa originally planned to catch Shohoku off guard with a quick start, but seeing that Shohoku quickly returned to defense, he decisively put out his thoughts and gave the ball to Sendō who came to catch the ball.
Sendō advanced with the ball. When he crossed his three-point line, he found that Shinomiya was still standing near the three-point line and had no intention of attacking with the team, which felt a little strange.
"Hey, Tian Tian, we're attacking!" Xiandao reminded him softly when he saw Sigong Tian Tian standing there dumbly.
Shinomiya Tano did not answer, silently raised his head, and looked at Xiandao with his bright eyes.
"Xiandao, give me the ball." Shinomiya Tano finally raised his feet, dropped a word, and jogged towards the frontcourt. Xiandao smiled when he heard this, gave a reminder, and threw the ball directly towards Shinomiya Tano.
"then."
Shinomiya just crossed the midline and the basketball went directly to him. He glanced at the time on the scoreboard and approached the three-point line with the ball.
"Recovered so quickly? This young man is very mature..."
Budo ran up to Shinomiya when he was approaching with the ball. He took a sneak peek at Shinomiya's expression and knew that the opponent had now regained his composure and stopped provoking him. Budao knew that he could still maintain his position in this situation. It is difficult for a calm person to lose his cool due to verbal stimulation.
"Bang!" After Shohoku's attack ended, Lingnan High School only had 24 seconds left to attack. Sendō took nearly 5 seconds to advance with the ball. Shinomiya held the ball and waited until there were 5 seconds left. Blast the ball, drop the ball directly and rush forward.
His starting speed was very fast, and his martial arts reaction was quick but he was still less than half a body length behind. Just as Budo was about to speed up and pass Shinomiya to confront the opponent from the front, Shinomiya suddenly stepped forward, dribbled the ball under his hips and quickly changed the direction of the breakthrough.
Although Shinomiya Tano's breakthrough speed is very fast, such a disguise will inevitably slow down, which also gives martial arts an opportunity to pursue.
In the blink of an eye, Jinguji Budo quickly adjusted his defensive position and at the same time reached out to poke the basketball. Just when Budo was about to poke the basketball, Shinomiya turned his wrist, hit the basketball with a slap, and slapped the ball directly to the side and behind. The accuracy of the pass while traveling at high speed was quite excellent, and the basketball fell into Xiandao's hands in an instant.
At this time, Sendō was approaching the inside. His original intention was to rush for the rebound. Mitsui Hisahi was hanging behind him and was not in a hurry at all, because in Mitsui Hisashi's impression, the four who broke through against Budo Miyano can't pass the ball. He only needs to follow Sendao and go to the basket to wait for rebounds or cover up Shinomiya.
Unexpectedly, Shinomiya suddenly passed the ball while he was walking. Sendō who received the ball raised his eyebrows and accelerated towards the basket in an instant. With two seconds left in the attack time, Sendō Akira had already rushed into the paint and faced Go Akagi. Xian's defense took off toward the basket.
Akagi raised his arms high, as if he was going to block all Xiandao's attack routes, but after the collision with Akagi's body, Xiandao changed his posture strangely in the air. He grabbed the ball in his right hand and passed it through Akagi's armpit. Throw, throw the ball towards the basket.
The basketball hit the edge of the basket, rolled twice on the edge of the basket, and then fell into the net.
At the same time, the attack time had all run out, and the referee's sharp whistle also sounded.
This series of offenses of Lingnan High School seemed ordinary. Except for Sendō's pull rod to avoid Akagi's defense at the end, which was wonderful, all the previous series of conduct were ordinary.
The buzzer-beating goal was scored, and the audience supporting Lingnan on the stage naturally applauded. Although the audience supporting Xiangbei was a little annoyed that Lingnan scored the buzzer, they didn't care, because in terms of score, Xiangbei was still ahead by a lot.
However, as the first half of the game ended, everyone in Xiangbei began to walk towards their seats, but their expressions were not good.
"Huh~ The first half is finally over, Xiangbei still has a slight lead."
"But why don't Brother Martial Arts and the others show any happiness on their faces?!"
In the stands, as the players from the two teams walked to the rest area, Sakuragi Hanamichi breathed a long sigh of relief while watching the game. His heart had already been immersed in the game, and his heart was rising and falling with the game between Shohoku and Lingnan. Down.
"I don't know..." Akagi Haruko doesn't know much about it either. She knows about football, but she doesn't understand why there is no happy emotion on the faces of the Shohoku players.
In the Xiangbei rest area, coach Anzai stood on the sidelines, high-fiving the players one by one as they came off the field, and at the same time not forgetting to encourage the players.
After Budo, Mitsui Hisashi and others returned to the rest area, they sat down on the stools. They did not drink water to wipe their sweat immediately, but calmed down their breathing. No one on the team members' faces showed the joy of taking the lead.
Coach Anxi walked slowly in front of everyone, observed the expressions of the players, and smiled on his face.
"It seems that the lead has not made you lose your mind again. Judging from your expressions, you must have realized the danger, right?!"
Coach Anzai said, glancing at Jinguji Martial Arts.
"Um....."
"Shinomiya's playing style has changed. It is not an occasional goal, but a change after careful consideration."
"The second half... was not easy to play."
Wu Dao nodded, and after taking a deep breath, he took the towel handed by his teammate and wiped the sweat from his face. Then he turned his head slightly and looked at the Lingnan rest area.
At this time, Coach Taoka seemed to be in a good mood. He laughed and slapped Shinomiya on the back, looking very happy. The coach of Lingnan High School, which was lagging behind, was even happier.
"It's good that you can see that."
"The slight advantage in front of you does not make you lose your judgment of the situation."
"Shinomiya Tōno's style of play has changed. In the second half, Lingnan High School will be even more terrifying than it is now."
"Basketball is a sport for five people. Lingnan will soon become a whole. When will we in Xiangbei change?!"
Coach Anzai knelt down in front of Martial Arts, looked directly at Jinguji Martial Arts, and asked in a low voice.
"..." Wu Dao didn't say anything, but he had already understood what Coach Anxi meant.
The team compositions of Shohoku High School and Lingnan High School are actually similar. Shohoku High School has super template players like Jinguji Budo, and Lingnan High School also has star-level players like Shinomiya Tanano. At the same time, there are outstanding scorers beside Budo and Shinomiya. Next to Budo is Mitsui Hisashi, and beside Shinomiya is Sendō.
But both teams have the same shortcoming, and that is that the leading player is too dazzling. Whether it is Jinguji Martial Arts or Ryonan Shinomiya Tōno, both of them can hardly pass the ball to their teammates on the offensive end. .
Wu Dao is very smart in terms of "independence". He knows how to use his teammates to help defend on the defensive end, and he knows how to use his teammates to block positions when attacking. But when the basketball comes to Wu Dao's hands, as long as he has already started , and will never pass the ball to a player again. He would rather use an elegant and unrestrained sudden stop and fall back than pass the ball to the players.
However, this thing of sudden stop and recline looks cool and elegant, but in essence it is still a very personal and rough style of play.
Coach Anzai’s philosophy when coaching the university was “team basketball.”
Players exist to serve the team, not for the team to serve individual players. If the martial arts style of play appeared in the team he coached at the university, the extreme force would be criticized. However, after some things happened, Coach Anxi's temperament also changed a bit.
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Coach Anxi has long seen the problems in martial arts, but Xiangbei has been unfavorable since the arrival of martial arts. This makes Coach Anxi happy that he has such talent in martial arts, but the worries in Coach Anxi's heart are getting deeper and deeper.
He was afraid that Jinguji Martial Arts would be lost in "victory" and feel that he could do anything.
If there is one person in Shohoku who hopes that Shohoku will lose, that person is Coach Anzai. He hopes to encounter a failure on the road of growth in martial arts. The sooner this failure comes, the better.
In this game, Coach Anzai's original intention was to let Budo and Hisashi Mitsui play half a game each, hoping to maximize Budo's "independence", but then he lost at the hands of Lingnan. However, the development of the situation was somewhat beyond Coach Anzai's expectations. Jinguji Budo actually led the team to suppress Lingnan after taking over Mitsui Hisashi's offensive rights.
As for Lingnan High School, when faced with Jinguji Martial Arts, they didn't even try to cover up the defense. Instead, they sent two people to chase Mitsui Hisashi. They had a one-on-one martial arts fight with Shinomiya. They were mutually exclusive on the offensive end, but Martial Arts with three-point ability , the offensive efficiency is higher than that of the opponent. Because Martial Arts knows how to draw on the strength of teammates when defending, but this "smartness" is not used on the offensive end.
Coach Anzai thought that Xiangbei would win this game smoothly. The setbacks of martial arts may have to be experienced in the national competition. But what he didn't expect was that Shinomiya Tōno of Lingnan High School was the first to change. This made Coach Anzai very happy, because Shinomiya Tōno who changed his playing style was absolutely unstoppable to Shohoku now. This is a crisis, and the same is true. An opportunity to change martial arts.
"Coach, I understand what you said."
"I want to give it one last try. If my talent is really not enough to support my style of play, I will seek changes."
Wu Dao was silent for a long time and promised. Wouldn’t he know about his own problems? Of course it is clear, but why does martial arts never think about changing? Because at this stage, he can still increase the ball, have more ball rights, more opportunities, more training, and greater improvement.
China produces centers and big centers, but has anyone considered why China cannot produce defenders or strong forwards? Why are the ball-handling abilities of those forward players so weak compared to players trained in the United States?
Because of the growing environment.
In China, tall players are quickly positioned as centers and power forwards. Those players are often tall and strong, and the task given to them by the team is to stand under the basket, grab rebounds and eat cakes. Martial Arts, a person who wears shoes close to 2 meters, what position should he normally play on the high school court?
No need to think about it, he is definitely a center, right? So what is his mission? Attacking with the ball from outside? If you answer like this, the coach will probably break your head.
The center's requirements are rebounding, interior offense, and defense.
If he had been positioned like this since his martial arts junior high school and was trained as a center, would he be able to have such a shooting level now? Can you possess such elegant and agile offensive skills?
In the same way, if Wu Dao encounters some resistance, he chooses to pass the ball to his teammates for assists. With his height, wouldn't passing the ball be an extremely easy task? A person who is accustomed to relying on passing to set up the football field can grow into The absolute core of the offense?
Everything he does in martial arts and his style of fighting are actually the most beneficial to his own growth. When his body cannot become stronger, when his technical growth encounters an unprecedented bottleneck, and when one day he faces an opponent that he cannot break through anyway, his playing style will naturally need to change. .
Because if you don’t change, you won’t be able to gain a foothold.
But the ambition of martial arts told him that as long as he continues to develop like this, one day, he will go to the highest palace of basketball, and he will still have no solution. Before martial arts encounters real setbacks, he himself will not break the goals he has set in his heart.
Template Durant? Are you kidding me? Durant's template is him, martial arts!
Before Durant entered the league, he was already in the league. Before Durant became a superstar, he was already a superstar!
If Xiao Du plays with him one day, he will tell Xiao Du: "We were already champions before you came."
"Dominating the whole country? This is just a small goal at this stage!"
Wu Dao murmured, wiping the sweat from his face and looking at the scoreboard with a determined expression. Coach Anxi heard Wu Dao's answer and Wu Dao's murmur at the same time. He looked slightly startled and pushed up his glasses. Under the lenses, Coach Anxi's eyes that could see through people's hearts stared at Wu Dao for a long time.
He originally thought that cultivating martial arts into an outstanding national player was his greatest ambition, but it was obvious that Jinguji Martial Arts' own goal was not this.
The ambition of Jinguji Martial Arts is bigger and broader than his coach Anxi imagined!
"Hoo...ho...ho!"
"Then let me see what you can do!"
"At my age, I should be able to see your future!"
Even though Coach Anxi's hair and beard are already gray, he is just 58 years old this year and has three years left before retirement. Even if he retires at 61, he can teach until he is 65 if he is rehired.
And if martial arts develops smoothly, it will be famous within 10 years. If it is not famous within ten years, it will never be famous!
Coach Anxi said softly, and the heart that had been silent for countless years became restless at this moment.
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