After the referee blew the whistle again.
Takenori Akagi and Chang Cheng's center Ozu Shiba stood on the midline. Jinguji Budo, Hisashi Mitsui and others completed the jump ball around the middle and waited for the start of the game.
Standing in front of Jinguji Budo is the power forward of Changcheng High School, wearing a white No. 6 jersey, and his height is estimated to be around 180cm. He is not short and thin, but standing in front of Jinguji Budo, he is not only shorter, but also slimmer. The difference in stature between the two is quite large.
"So high! Is Xiangbei a dual-core inside style?!"
"Onikoshiba and I may not be able to deal with it."
Chang Cheng's No. 6 boy raised his head slightly and looked at Jinguji Martial Arts, thinking secretly in his heart. His gaze caught Martial Arts' attention, he lowered his head slightly, glanced at the young man in front of him, and then a gentle smile appeared on his face.
"Please give me more advice." Wu Dao said softly, with a soft tone, which made Chang Cheng, who was under a lot of psychological pressure, subconsciously nod in agreement:
"No...you're welcome. Please give me some advice."
Wu Dao glanced at the opponent and stopped paying attention to the opponent, his eyes fell on the court.
As the whistle blew, the referee threw the basketball high into the air.
Takenori Akagi and Mikoshiba, who had been prepared for a long time, jumped up and swatted the basketball together.
"Snapped!"
With a soft sound, two big hands hit the basketball at the same time. The next second, the basketball flew out. The flying basketball was picked up by Chang Cheng No. 4 who was rushing away.
"Y?!" After the jump ball failed, Mitsui Hisashi and Budao looked at Akagi in unison.
Surprisingly, quite unexpectedly, Takenori Akagi actually lost in the jump ball with Mikoshiba? ! Mikoshiba, who is also a second-year student like Akagi, is only about 192cm tall, which is a bit shorter than Akagi. There is not much difference in stature between the two, and visually they should be about the same in terms of strength.
With almost the same strength, Akagi, who had the advantage in height, failed to jump the ball, which was unexpected for both Budo and Hisashi Mitsui.
"Return to defense!" Mitsui Shou shouted, the surprised emotion fleeting. The Jinguji martial arts had already adjusted, and now they were following Chang Cheng's No. 6 back to the field. At the same time, Chiba Oishi and Takenori Akagi quickly retreated to the basket. Seeing that his team's inside line was positioned, Budo did not follow Chang Cheng's No. 6 into the inside line, but instead positioned outside the three-point line. defense.
"Eh?!"
"Isn't that tall guy playing inside? How come he's standing on the three-point line and defending?!"
"Huh? Don't you know this? That is Jinguji Martial Arts in Shohoku, one of the five AA-level players selected by Basketball Weekly!"
"That guy plays small forward."
As Chang Cheng launched the attack, Xiangbei completed its position. Jinguji Budo's position caused quite a commotion in the stands.
The reputation of martial arts is somewhat famous in Kanagawa Prefecture, but on the national stage, many people still don't know him. The audience at this time could not understand that a tall man like Wu Dao, who was nearly two meters tall, was standing on the outside line.
Some viewers who knew martial arts briefly introduced martial arts to their companions and friends, which also aroused a considerable degree of curiosity in the audience about martial arts.
Chang Cheng High School is a team that has always focused on the inside, and the leading player is the second-year Mikoshiba. Although Budo doesn't know why Mikoshiba can also become the leading player, this is how Chang Cheng's team operates.
The basketball passed through the ball several times and successfully came into the hands of insider Ozu Shiba.
Shohoku High School's defense basically spread to the outside, with only Chiba and Akagi standing inside. When Mikoshiba caught the ball, Takenori Akagi immediately followed it. Chiba on the side had no intention of helping. He was just guarding his own people, and he just diverted some attention to pay attention to Mikoshiba's movements. .
"Hey, Akagi, the guy opposite you is the ace center of Changcheng High School."
"Their team has the same B-level rating as ours. Defeating him shows that you also have the ability of an ace player."
"Come on!"
The two men began to wrestle inside. On the first ball, Ozushiba did not use footwork skills and directly tested Akagi with strength. On the outside, Mitsui Shou shouted loudly with a smile on his face. His sinister tone really made Akagi unable to tell whether the other party was encouraging or mocking.
However, knowing that Mizishai was Chang Cheng's trump card, Akagi's defensive motivation suddenly became much stronger. Akagi, who had been slightly pushed back by the opponent, immediately stood firm and refused to give an inch.
"The ace! It's actually the inside ace!" Akagi thought secretly in his heart, with fighting spirit in his eyes.
"This guy... is so powerful!" Mikoshiba couldn't take any advantage in terms of strength, so he immediately changed his offensive style. He turned around and faced the frame directly, then grabbed the ball with one hand and made a shooting posture. one time. After deceiving Akagi's center of gravity, he lowered his body, got under Akagi's armpit, and shot with a hook.
The position where Mikoshiba caught the ball was very close to the basket, and the series of movements were quite smooth and fast. Takenori Akagi didn't have time to react before he heard the sound of the basketball hitting the board. He turned around and saw the ball falling from the net. basketball.
"Well done, Ozuchai!" After scoring the goal, Chang Cheng began to retreat quickly. Chang Cheng's captain encouraged Ozuchai and felt relaxed.
At the center position, Mikoshiba faces Takenori Akagi, and Chang Cheng has the advantage!
"Hey, hey, hey, I just asked you to work harder, now you let him score easily?"
"Akagi, work harder!"
Mitsui Shou silently walked to Akagi, poked Akagi's waist, and encouraged him. However, Mitsui Hisashi's encouragement was not much different from ridicule in Akagi's ears.
"Long-winded!"
"Just wait and see! I won't lose!"
Takenori Akagi said in a deep voice, walked to the baseline and kicked off the ball. After throwing the ball, Akagi quickly ran towards the frontcourt, exuding a dangerous aura.
"Hey, mistress, this guy Akagi's enthusiasm has been aroused by you."
Miyagi received the ball in the backcourt, and Budo and Hisashi Mitsui slowly advanced around Miyagi in support. Seeing the emaciated Akagi, Martial Arts was greatly surprised. Because of Jinguji Martial Arts, Takenori Akagi has long recognized his position in the Shohoku team. In terms of offense, he is indeed inferior to Budo and Hisashi Mitsui.
In previous games with Xiangyang, Hainan, Lingnan and other teams, Akagi also had a taste of losing in matchups.
Although Akagi knows his team's position, Takenori Akagi is still proud. He does not feel that he is a dispensable role in the Shohoku High School team.
He feels that Shohoku needs him, needs his defense, and needs his rebounding, so Akagi also focuses on strengthening these two aspects during normal training, and only practices offensive techniques when he really has free time. Takenori Akagi feels that he is definitely an ace-level player in both offense and defense, but he just didn't have a chance to show off in Shohoku.
In today's game, the opponent is Changcheng High School, which is also ranked nationally and rated B. Takenori Akagi knew that the opportunity to show his strength had arrived.
As long as he can defeat Chang Cheng's ace center, it means that he, Akagi, is also a first-line player with ace standards!
Offensive and defensive transition.
Shohoku High School was promoted by Miyagi Ryota with the ball. Before today's game, Budo had made an agreement with Miyagi to try to give the ball to Mitsui Hisashi and others so that they could have a chance to perform. Therefore, after entering the frontcourt, Budo directly helped Mitsui Hisashi make a ball-free pick-and-roll. Mitsui Hisashi, who escaped smoothly, received the pass from Miyagi at the first opportunity.
Without any hesitation, Hisashi Mitsui took two steps outside the three-point line and shot a super long three-pointer.
The extremely long shooting distance and extremely fast release speed surprised Chang Cheng's players on the court.
"What a fast shooting speed! So far? This guy is so confident!"
"Get the rebound, this ball won't go in, it's too far!"
"Give me a chance, Oizashiba, a rebound!"
After Chang Cheng's team members reacted, they shouted towards the inside line. Mitsui Shou listened to the shouts of Chang Cheng's team members, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, with a faint smile on his face.
The basketball passed through the air, and when it fell, it hit the edge of the basket and popped out.
Mitsui Shou's smile froze on his face as he shot and hit the iron.
"Rebound!" Wu Dao shouted while running towards the inside. Before he could arrive, the basketball had already started to fall. However, at this moment, Takenori Akagi shouted loudly, jumped up, tapped the bottom of the basketball with his fingertips, and pointed the ball directly towards the basket.
"Whoa!" After an inaudible sound, the basketball hit the net.
"Roar!" After scoring the goal, Akagi roared, hammered his chest in excitement, and then quickly started to defend.
Budao was a little surprised when he saw Akagi score a tip-in, but then he clapped his hands and encouraged: "Beautiful, Akagi!"
After the encouragement, Budo began to retreat. When passing by Mitsui Hisahi, he whispered: "Xiaosan, you are better. Not only are your ratings better, but your shooting is also better."
"I would like to call you the Clown King!"
Budo smiled and patted Mitsui on the shoulder, quickly settling into the corresponding position.
Mitsui Shou's handsome face turned red when Budo said this.
Missing an open three-point shot already made him quite rude, but the most embarrassing thing was the confident look on his face after shooting. The missed shot turned Mitsui Hisashi into a clown.
"Asshole, this mouth of Martial Arts should be sewn shut!"
Mitsui Shou cursed, immediately turned his anger into strength, and devoted all his energy to defense.
Xiangbei began to defend seriously, and Changcheng High School's offense suddenly became difficult.
Changcheng High School is a team that mainly plays inside, but the absolute height of this team is not that outstanding. Although all the players on the field are over 180cm tall, the tallest center, Mikoshiba, is less than 195cm tall.
Although Xiangbei is a team that focuses on outside offense, the players are not short.
Today, Hisashi Mitsui is 186cm tall. Budo and Akagi are both close to two meters tall. Chiba is also close to 190cm. Although Miyagi Ryota is short, his speed is faster than the opposing defender Chang Cheng. A lot. He couldn't guard against the opponent's pass, but it wasn't that easy for the opponent to break through.
And Chang Cheng, the player who was facing off against Wu Dao, was now guarded by Wu Dao and had no chance to connect with the ball. It is a complete mismatch to defend the opponent with tall people, big horses and fast martial arts.
As for the matchup on Mitsui's side, Mitsui Hisashi's defense was airtight as he turned his anger into strength. The Chang Cheng player who faced him did not have the ability to break through Mitsui Hisashi's defense.
There was no chance on the outside. Although Chang Cheng tried to use pick-and-roll tactics to allow his players to have comfortable breakthroughs and shooting gaps, Xiangbei's defense rotated smoothly and did not give the opponent the slightest chance.
Helpless, Chang Cheng finally chose to pass the lob and gave the ball to Mizishai, who was standing in the middle distance, allowing the team's ace to complete the attack.
Chang Cheng's offensive intention was obvious, but Xiangbei still defended each other on the defensive end and did not double-team Mikoshiba.
After catching the ball, Mikoshiba was a little wary and saw that no one from Shohoku was double-teaming him. He sneered and began to lose focus.
"Do you think you can stop me with such a nobody?!"
"This is too much to underestimate me, I am the ace!"
Mikoshiba caught the ball with his back to the basket. After receiving the ball, he half-turned and feinted. It was impossible to see whether there was any gap in Akagi's defensive position. After the feint, Mikoshiba dropped the ball directly and turned around to break through.
Mikoshiba's series of movements were relatively smooth, but they were far from swift. Akagi has seen the same breakthrough technique countless times from martial arts, not to mention that Mikoshiba's speed is far inferior to martial arts.
With a sliding step, Takenori Akagi caught up with Mikoshiba in an instant, raised one arm high, and blocked Mikoshiba's hook shot. Mikoshiba's strength is not much different from Akagi's. Although Mikoshiba broke through while Akagi was on guard, although he was moving forward, it was towards the bottom line, which was completely different from the direction of the basket.
Mikoshiba, who was rushing to the basket, had no time to brake at this time, and was directly driven to the baseline by Takenori Akagi. The shooting angle also changed from about 45° at the beginning to -10°.
When the defensive position reaches this angle, Takenori Akagi no longer continues to guard against shots, but becomes wary of the opponent's passes.
However, Mikoshiba's choice was beyond Akagi's expectations. Mikoshiba, who was about to be forced out, suddenly stopped, tried his best to face the frame with his upper body, and shot directly from a negative angle.
"Too forced!"
Budao was already aware of the opportunity for a double-team when Ozuchai broke through. At this moment, when he saw the opponent's negative angle shot, he took advantage of the situation and landed under the basket, directly blocking the Chang Cheng player behind him.
Sure enough, Mikoshiba is not Kobe. This kind of negative angle shooting in sports battles is too difficult for him. The basketball hits directly behind the backboard and does not even go over the backboard.
"Fuck, there's a rebound missing!"
"This weakling!"
The referee blew the whistle, and Wu Dao was stunned when he saw this, and then cursed secretly. He had already taken his position, but Mikoshiba was like this...
The audience who supported Chang Cheng also lamented when they saw Mizushiba shooting such a hip shot. Some people couldn't even hold back their laughter, and there was a noise in the stands.
After all, Mikoshiba, who has just entered the second grade this year, is a little less experienced and plays in a hurry. At this time, he heard some audience members laughing at him, and his face turned red.
"Don't worry, Ozushiba."
"If the next attack time is rich, there will be no chance to pass the ball first."
"Don't be discouraged, defend!"
Chang Cheng's captain comforted Ozu Chai for a few words, and then everyone began to return to defense before Xiangbei kicked off.
"This is a bit worrying compared to the standard of the core of the family!"
"The idea is very good, but just having ideas is useless!"
"In this game, either...let this guy Akagi get a good workout?!"
Hisashi Mitsui served in the backcourt, and after serving to Miyagi, he ran forward while thinking secretly. He was used to seeing the core leaders of Lingnan and Hainan teams, and his own martial arts were also very strong. Suddenly seeing an ace of Mikoshiba's level, Mitsui Hisashi felt guilty.
He was originally planning to perform well today, but now it seems that he should simply let Akagi train.
"Weak chicken, why is this Chang Cheng so weak?"
"It's weird... Next year's Chang Cheng and the remnant formation Xiangbei are also 50-50 apart. Apart from anything else, when Xiangbei and Chang Cheng played in the practice match, only Sakuragi, a layman, was not there."
"If he can tie with Xiangbei like that, Chang Cheng shouldn't be so weak this year."
"what happened?!"
Wu Dao was a little surprised at Chang Cheng's level, but he didn't know that Chang Cheng No. 5, who was facing him, was really in trouble right now. There is an important piece of the puzzle in Chang Cheng's inside play that is being unconsciously suppressed by martial arts.
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