"Don't worry about it, keep our rhythm and score a goal!"
As Shinomiya's shouts rang out, everyone in Lingnan began to advance towards the frontcourt in an orderly manner. Fujima was undoubtedly very trustworthy as a point guard, but when Lingnan High School was advancing offensively, the other players still It was advancing around Fujima, vaguely protecting Fujima in the center.
Just such a simple little detail can show the sense of order displayed by Lingnan High School.
At some point, Coach Anxi had clasped his hands in front of his stomach and leaned forward slightly, as if he was watching the ball seriously. Coach Tian Gang on the other side looked at the progress of his players with a satisfied smile on his face.
On the court, everyone in Xiangbei had already settled into position. After the Lingnan players entered the frontcourt, they dispersed to find the players they needed to defend.
Xiangbei's defensive method uses the most conventional man-to-man tactics, which is simple and efficient. It has always achieved good defensive results in previous games at Xianghoku High School.
Fujima, who was dribbling the ball, saw Miyagi Ryota approaching. As he approached the three-point line, he made a pick-and-roll gesture towards his teammates.
Hanagata Toru, who was originally cutting towards the inside line, immediately changed his direction when he saw this scene and rushed to the outside line to set up a screen for Fujima. Meanwhile, Shinomiya Tōno and Sendō Akira in Lingnan also moved towards the baselines on both sides in a tacit understanding. For a moment, , leaving only a pair of defenders Fujima and Miyagi in the high position, and Hanagata in the pick-and-roll.
Chiba Oishi did not follow Hanagata forward at this moment. He stopped when he reached the free throw line and did not run any further. He felt that Hanagata did not have the ability to make three-pointers.
The moment the pick-and-roll was formed, Kenji Fujima quickly broke through in the direction of the pick-and-roll, and Hanagata, who had completed the pick-and-roll, also quickly followed the other direction. Chiba saw the breakthrough and Fujima, who was still holding the ball, immediately chose to make up for it. To defend against Fujima, Miyagi, who was blocked for a moment, had no possibility of chasing Fujima and could only be forced to change to the defensive pattern.
Dislocation appeared so easily.
The basketball quickly flew out of Fujima's hands and fell accurately into Hanagata's hands. Hanagata, who was holding the ball, stopped at a high position and quickly shot a jump shot. Although Miyagi Ryota, who was guarding him, took off with all his strength, his hands could only reach Hanagata's at most. The forearm position, let alone blocking shots, can't even interfere with flower-shaped shots.
The basketball flew over Miyagi's head and hit the net accurately.
As the basketball hit the net, a burst of cheers erupted in the Lingnan rest area. Shinomiya Tano also walked up to Hanagata, patted Hanagata's lower back and praised him a few words, and then led everyone in Lingnan to retreat.
"Damn it!" Miyagi Ryota cursed, his face looking quite ugly.
Hanagata Toru is 30cm taller than Go Miyagi. What is the concept? It is equivalent to Miyagi stepping on a folding stool to reach the height of Hanagata. If both of them straightened their arms, the height difference would probably be even greater.
Such a huge height difference means that Hanagata can easily shoot in front of Miyagi, but Miyagi, no matter how hard he works, can't guard Hanagata. This is no longer something that can be achieved with hard work. .
Miyagi Ryota obviously also realized that he might be used as a breakthrough point by his opponent again. It was Fujima before, and this time it’s Hanagata. Next, maybe Sendō and Shinomiya Tōno.
Miyagi Ryota has never felt inferior to his height, and he has never thought that he would be weaker than any tall person. But this time, Miyagi hated himself for not having a good height to stop Hanagata, because he I have already felt a huge threat from Lingnan High School.
I also felt this feeling during the county competition, and that time, they lost in Xiangbei.
"Hey, Miyagi, give me the ball, I'll get the points back!"
Jinguji Martial Arts looked at the people in Lingnan who started to return to defense, walked to Miyagi's side and said in a deep voice. His eyes were always on the people in Lingnan, and he was not aware of Miyagi's state at this moment.
"Okay." Miyagi Ryota said solemnly, and then ran towards the baseline, preparing to catch the ball.
Shohoku began to organize the offense. Since Fujima had shown quite good individual defense ability before, Shohoku High School was also much more cautious when advancing the offense. Akagi Takenori and Chiba Oishi entered the frontcourt early and went to When the inside line was positioned, Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi were supporting Miyagi Ryota, and the distance between the three was not far.
Seeing Shohoku's advancing method, Fujima Kenji did not rush forward to put pressure on the defense. Instead, he waited for everyone in Shohoku to complete their positions in the frontcourt before slowly walking towards Miyagi Ryota.
For Miyagi Ryota's ball to Jinguji Budo, Fujima didn't even think about blocking it at this moment. Let the opponent's trump card be given to those who deserve the headache.
Miyagi Ryota completed the pass in front of Fujima Kenji. During this period, Fujima didn't even think about reaching out to block it, and allowed Miyagi to pass the ball.
Jinguji Budo not far away received the basketball and quickly started a breakthrough trying to complete the assault from the left side of Shinomiya Fields. However, the match lasted for a long time, and Shinomiya Tano had already adapted to the breakthrough habit of Jinguji Martial Arts. He moved his body slightly and easily stopped in front of Martial Arts.
With the ball in hand, Budo's path was blocked, and his body suddenly stopped. Continuous changes in front of his body smoothly guided Shinomiya to defend in the wrong direction. After gaining space, he continued to advance. The blocked Shinomiya Tano maintained his posture pretty well. Even though he was passed by at this moment, he was still able to pursue him immediately, and finally caught up with Jinguji Budo two steps inside the three-point line.
Just as Shinomiya Tōno caught up with Jinguji Budō, Sendō Akira's backup defense was also in place. Jinguji Budō once again fell into the double-team of Shinomiya Tōdō and Sendō.
"Martial arts, don't attack forcefully! Send it out first!"
Faced with the defense of the two men, Jinguji Budo dribbled the ball under his crotch and changed the position of the basketball. At the same time, he observed the defense of Sendo and Shinomiya Tanano and prepared to force a breakthrough.
At this time, Mitsui Hisashi came to the three-point line not far behind Budo, raised his arms and shouted towards Budo. Fujima Kenji noticed that Mitsui Hisashi was in an open position, and decisively gave up Miyagi and went to cover up the defense. , if Budo passes the ball at this time, Mitsui Hisashi will definitely get a good opportunity to take an open shot.
"Sa! Are you going to back down?!" Shinomiya Takashi glanced sideways at Mitsui Shou in the distance and said coldly. As soon as he finished speaking, the Jinguji Martial Arts in front of him suddenly activated and broke through directly to the right side of Shinomiya Fields.
When Wu Dao broke through, he leaned slightly, like a motorcyclist who was cornering, with half of his body leaning directly on Shinomiya Tano. With the help of Shinomiya Tano's counterattack, Wu Dao easily broke through. Able to maintain balance in such a deformed posture. Moreover, the martial arts breakthrough speed was also extremely fast, and he crossed Shinomiya Fields in the blink of an eye.
"Huh, sure enough!" Shinomiya Tano tilted his head and chuckled. He seemed to have expected Jinguji Martial Arts' offensive choice.
He successfully crossed Shinomiya's martial arts in two steps and quickly took off with the ball. At this time, he was very close to the basket, so he planned to use a throw as a finishing method. However, just when the basketball was about to be released, a blue figure suddenly jumped out from Wu Dao's side, and his raised arms suddenly blocked Wu Dao's sight.
This sudden change also caused the martial artist's hole to shrink suddenly, and the basketball was already out of hand and flew towards the basket.
"Sendō?!" The person who suddenly appeared in front of Jinguji Budo was Sendō Akira. Although the opponent's raised arms did not complete the block on Budō, it also successfully affected the rhythm of Budō's shooting.
The basketball he threw hit the edge of the frame and bounced outward.
"Well done! Immortal!"
Under the basket of Lingnan High School, Shinomiya Tanos has already occupied a good position here without knowing it. Takenori Akagi was stuck by Uozumi Jun, and Chiba Oishi was pushed out of the inside line by Hanagata. Under the basket, , the three best rebounding positions have all been occupied by Lingnan High School.
Seeing the basketball hit the basket and come out, Shinomiya shouted excitedly, then jumped up hard, grabbed the rebound in his hand, and then put it into his arms with a "pop".
"Quick attack!"
At the same time as a loud shout rang out, the basketball quickly flew from Shinomiya's hands to the front court. Kenji Fujima has crossed the center line at this moment and is running on the front line of the fast break. On the Xiangbei side, Mitsui Hisashi was the only one who noticed Fujima's movements and returned to defense in time.
"Defend! Go back and defend!" Takenori Akagi shouted angrily and ran towards his own half, but his position was deep and his running speed was not fast, so he couldn't catch up with the fast-breaking Fujima.
Fujima, who received the basketball in the frontcourt, mentioned his speed and didn't even look back to see Mitsui Hisashi's position. He rushed directly into the Shohoku basket and scored the ball with a layup. Although Hisashi Mitsui wanted to block the opponent's shot from behind Fujima, he was still half a beat too late in grasping the timing of his jump, and could only watch Fujima score a layup.
A beautiful defensive counterattack by Lingnan High School brought the score to 18:14, and the point difference finally opened to 4 points.
"It's open, 4 points. Although the point difference is not big, it takes two goals to make up for it."
"From the beginning of the game to now, this is the first time that the point difference between the two teams has widened to the point where two goals are needed to win back."
"Well done, Sendao, Fujima and Tian Tian!"
“Next, on this basis, let’s widen the gap in one go!
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When coach Tian Gang saw the score difference reached 4 points, he did not hide the joy on his face. On the other side, Coach Anxi's hands were clenched unconsciously. Although this was just a regular missed shot, what this shot revealed was what Coach Anxi was most worried about.
Instead of passing the ball when the ball is open, he chooses to force a breakthrough himself. This kind of unintentional offensive choice should not be something a top player like Wu Dao would do.
In this competition, the mentality of Jinguji Martial Arts seems not to be right. In other words, as the national competition progresses, the mentality of Jinguji Martial Arts seems to be undergoing a huge change. And when did this change begin? ?
Coach Anzai frowned and recalled that it seemed that he had always played like this since Jinguji Budo joined Shohoku. However, in the early days of joining Shohoku, Mitsui Hisashi had a lot of ball rights, and the martial arts style was not as eye-catching as it is now. , but as Wu Dao gradually gains more and more possession of the ball and the team's status becomes higher and higher, his playing characteristics become more and more distinctive.
I don't know since when, Shohoku's other outside killer no longer has the ball, and in Shohoku games, he has long been accustomed to Jinguji Martial Arts leading the team to victory.
The game against Aihe Academy had completely detonated the issue of ball distribution in Xiangbei. However, in that game, Xiangbei won. Everyone was immersed in the terrifying performance of martial arts scoring 90+ points in a single game, subconsciously Ignoring the problems existing in Xiangbei High School.
"Martial arts, this kind of ball should be passed out first. I am open and have a good chance to make a shot."
Lingnan began to retreat, and everyone in Xiangbei also returned to their own half to prepare to support Miyagi's advance. Mitsui Hisashi took advantage of this gap and walked to Budao and whispered softly. He didn't mean to criticize Wu Dao, he just wanted to remind Wu Dao to pay attention to whether his teammates had opportunities when attacking.
"Um...."
"I'll get my points back!"
Jinguji Martial Arts nodded slightly and looked at the people in Lingnan with stern eyes. The determination and desire in Jinguji Martial Arts eyes made Mitsui Shouwei stunned.
"That's not what I meant..." Mitsui Shou could tell that Budo didn't listen, and he was thinking of saying something else, but Jinguji Budo accelerated across the center line, and then reached out directly towards Miyagi Ryota for the ball.
Miyagi Ryota could see Budo's eagerness to attack, so he gave the ball away without thinking too much.
Jinguji Budo, who took the ball, quickly approached the three-point line with the ball. After a simple exchange of dribbles in front of the body, he quickly launched a breakthrough. At this time, Mitsui Hisahi and Miyagi had just completed their positions.
Martial arts's breakthrough speed is very fast. Everyone in Lingnan has expected this. Even Shinomiya Tano himself knows that he alone may not be able to stop the opponent's breakthrough. Therefore, Xiandao, who plays a defensive role, stepped forward early and cooperated with him. The Shinomiya field formed a two-person defense against martial arts.
The addition of Xian Dao not only did not make martial arts retreat in any way, but instead completely inspired the fighting will of Jinguji martial arts.
The basketball changed its position at high speed with the movement of martial arts. Sendō and Shinomiya Tano kept adjusting their defensive positions according to the movements of martial arts. For a while, the confrontation between the three caused a burst of surprise from the audience. Phew, the reporters on the sidelines also focused their cameras on the offense and defense.
Facing the defense of Shinomiya Tōno and Sendō, Budō never stopped dribbling, and the basketball flipped back and forth between his left and right hands. But no matter how he changed his position and dribbling posture, there was no loophole in Shinomiya's defense and Sendō's defense.
Seeing that the strong attack failed, Jinguji Budo suddenly slowed down his rhythm, while dribbling under his hips, he retreated towards the three-point line.
Shinomiya Tōno and Sendō originally thought that Budō had given up the attack. The next second, they saw Jinguji Budō suddenly join the ball while retreating. He took a step back and stood directly outside the three-point line, and then at the three-point line. Pull out from behind and release your hand.
This sudden cold arrow caught Shinomiya and Sendō off guard. Shinomiya knew that shots like Jinguji Budō could not be intercepted at all. It was just a symbolic jump to block the shot. But Sendō was different. He and Shinguji Budō were facing each other. Wei Shao, thinking about trying to block the shot, had already rushed towards the martial arts.
"Peng!"
Xiandao's body collided with Wu Dao's, but at this moment, the basketball had already flown into the air.
Wu Dao stood firm, looked at the basketball in the air, and grinned slightly.
"Shua!" A crisp sound of the net squeaked immediately, and together with it, there was the referee's sharp whistle.
"Blue team No. 7, defensive foul!"
"The goal is valid, one penalty goal!"
When the referee blew the whistle, he was still making a valid gesture for a three-point goal. When the referee's penalty came out, all the Lingnan players on the field looked at Jinguji Budo.
"How can this be?"
"It's... three plus one?!"
"This...this guy..."
Sendō raised his hands when he heard the penalty, with a little confusion in his eyes. He did not expect that his full defense not only failed to stop Jinguji Budo's goal, but actually caused himself a foul. The comments from the teammates around him made Xiandao's brain go blank for a short time.
"Haha, Xiandao, you are still too young!"
"We have too little experience against that guy. Don't be impatient, maintain our own defensive rhythm, and don't get distracted by the opponent's goals."
Shinomiya Tōno did not mean to blame Sendō at all, but instead smiled and raised Sendō's shoulders and said. His words didn't sound like encouragement, but rather mockery, but it was his words that quickly brought Xiandao's thoughts back to the stadium. He breathed a heavy sigh of relief, spread his hands helplessly, and thought about it.
Jinguji Budo was sent to the free throw line, and without any surprises, the free throw was made steadily.
The score difference between the two teams instantly reached 18:18. The 4-point gap was recovered by Jinguji Martial Arts in just one round.
Although the Shohoku side was cheering, the faces of Hisashi Mitsui on the court and Coach Anzai off the court were not very good-looking.
"Uh...this kid actually scored 3+1..."
"Really are......"
"Well... with his ability, it's not surprising that he can score goals like this occasionally."
"The more we fight like this, the closer Xiangbei High School will be to the abyss!"
"Xiangbei's weakness was only temporarily covered up, but it never disappeared!"
When Coach Taoka saw Jinguji Budo defeating Sendō and Shinomiya's defense to score a three-plus-one score, he suddenly let out a low cry of surprise, but the astonishment only stayed on his face for a few seconds before disappearing. Instead, there was a smile of unknown meaning.
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