As Lingnan High School succeeded in counterattacking again, the rest area of Xiangbei High School was already silent.
Coach Anxi frowned slightly and looked at the court solemnly, with a star already hanging in the air.
The back line collapsed, how to play this ball?
Coach Anzai played point guard when he was young. He clearly knows that Xianghoku High School is facing huge challenges today. Jinguji Budo rarely had a chance to catch the ball under Shinomiya's full coverage, and Miyagi Ryota, who was guarded by Fujima, obviously had no way to seize the fleeting passing opportunity.
This forced the connection between Jinguji Budō and Miyagi Ryota to be interrupted, and Shohoku High School lost ball-handling offensive players like Jinguji Budō, and the offense immediately became stumbling.
The offense and defense switched, and the ball came to Shohoku High School. Miyagi Ryota himself knew that he could not play the ball freely in front of Fujima. Similarly, Hisashi Mitsui, who had been focusing on the court, obviously also noticed Got to this point.
He didn't need any reminder from his teammates. He didn't choose to sink to the bottom line when attacking in this round, but quickly came to Fujima's side to cover Miyagi Ryota.
Miyagi, who received the support of his teammates, successfully broke through Fujima Kenji's defense, but after the breakthrough, he rushed directly in front of Sendō and was covered by Sendō.
There is still no way to successfully hit the ball in front of Fujima. The immortal path higher than Fujima is already a hurdle that Miyagi Ryota cannot overcome no matter what.
Without any hesitation, the moment Miyagi saw Sendō, he immediately passed the ball back to Mitsui Hisashi, giving up the idea of continuing to break through.
"Snapped!"
With the basketball in hand, Hisashi Mitsui bent over and calmed down, his eyes quickly passed over Fujima's face, and then he looked towards Jinguji Martial Arts. It's a pity that at this moment, Jinguji Budo is leading Shinomiya Tanano to run on the court.
Although Miyagi Ryota tried to provide an off-ball screen for Budo after the ball was released, his height and weight were really not good enough, and the quality of the screen was quite poor. It took no effort at all for Shinomiya to break through such a screen. There was no way to close the distance between him and martial arts for a while.
For Budo, it is much easier to break through Shinomiya's defense with the ball than to get rid of the opponent without the ball. Running without the ball depends on the cooperation of his teammates, but when playing with the ball, the opposite Shinomiya would never dare to be so clingy, because the opponent still needs to guard against his emergency stop jumper.
"Mistress, do it yourself!"
Jinguji Budo shouted while leading Shinomiya's field defense force to sink to the bottom corner on the opposite side to Mumu, and then he had no intention of continuing to move. Seeing this, Shinomiya Tano did not dare to let down his guard. He stared at the martial arts with his eyes, and just barely used the corner of his eye to observe the matchup situation on Mitsui Shou's side.
"When we go to Miyagi Ryota outside the three-point line, there is no threat!"
Sendō and Fujima switched defenses. At first, Sendō followed Miyagi to the high position, but Miyagi saw that there was no chance in the middle distance and decisively returned to the three-point line. However, Sendō did not follow up, and made a judgment on Miyagi in his heart, and then moved The focus was on Hisashi Mitsui holding the ball and Budo in the corner.
"Hisashi Mitsui, this is the long-awaited duel!"
Fujima Kenji opened his arms, looked at Mitsui Hisashi in front of him, and said softly. This is not the first time that he and Mitsui Hisashi have played against each other. Last year, before the Jinguji Budo players entered Shohoku, the two of them had played against each other in the county competition in their first year of high school.
That time, Fujima was still in Xiangyang, and the victory in that game belonged to Xiangyang.
Hisashi Mitsui scored 30+ points in that game, but he still failed to lead the weak Shohoku to break through Xiangyang's blockade and enter the national competition.
"You couldn't guard me that time, and you can't guard me this time either!"
Mitsui Hisashi looked at Fujima in front of him, holding the ball and threatening to sweep away, and said at the same time. Fujima was unmoved and had no intention of moving. Moreover, Fujima did not refute Mitsui Hisashi's words. In his opinion, talking with words was meaningless.
"In one year, Mitsui Hisashi has grown so much taller. If you want to defend, you can only attack when he is dribbling and wait for him to shoot.
Now, with my height, it’s not that easy to stop him. "
Fujima Kenji looked at Mitsui Hisashi who was bent over in front of him and thought to himself. Suddenly, Hisashi Mitsui, who was holding the ball, kicked his right foot back and started to break through to Fujima's left side. Fujima reacted quickly, moved his body sideways to block Mitsui Hisashi, and immediately started to steal the ball. The timing was very good. Well, that's when the basketball started to rebound.
"Huh!" Mitsui Hisashi hummed, his body weight dropped again, his right hand quickly reached down, grabbed the basketball, and with a sudden move, he quickly changed the direction of the attack and broke through to Fujima's right side. When dribbling, Mitsui Hisashi's body was close to Fujima, preventing Fujima from turning back to defend immediately.
In one face-to-face encounter, Mitsui Hisashi quickly broke through Fujima's defense and crossed the three-point line.
In terms of height and strength, today's Mitsui Hisashi is no longer the same as when he was a freshman in high school. Compared with Mitsui Hisashi's growth, Fujima's height and weight have not increased much this year. The gap between the two people was reflected at this moment.
"Damn it!" Teng Zhen cursed and quickly turned around to defend. At the same time, Xiandao, who had been paying attention here, quickly covered up the defense and shouted at the same time:
"Switch defense!" Although Fujima was a little unwilling to receive the order, he immediately changed his direction and cut off the passing route between Mitsui Hisahi and Miyagi. But he is still very close to Mitsui Hisashi. If Mitsui Hisashi wants to break through the immortal way, then Fujima will have the opportunity to steal from the side.
Lingnan's defensive changes were seen by Mitsui Hisashi. Although he broke through Fujima's blockade, Mitsui Hisashi was also a little wary of the opponent's stealing ability. At this time, facing Sendō's supplementary defense, he also gave up the idea of continuing to break through. .
Emergency stop, combination of the ball, and long jump shot. In less than a second, Mitsui Hisashi completed this series of actions. The basketball flew directly out of his hands and flew towards the basket.
"What a quick shot!" Hisashi Mitsui used a flip-flop shooting method, and the shot was very fast. Although Sendao realized that the opponent might be about to shoot, he was still a beat slow when he blocked the shot.
"Whoa!" Mitsui Hisashi's shot was very stable this time, and the basketball went directly into the net, causing a soft sound.
The long-lost score made the Xiangbei substitutes heave a sigh of relief.
Mitsui Hisashi's mid-range shot added firepower to Shohoku High School and also set the tone for the second half of Shohoku High School's game.
The main offensive force of Shohoku High School has been replaced, but Hisashi Mitsui and Budo are a little different. Mitsui Hisashi, who did not attack much in the first half, is very physical. Hisashi Mitsui also knew that Miyagi Ryota had difficulty hitting the ball in front of Fujima, so he protected Miyagi when Shohoku advanced with the ball in the offensive round.
Not long after entering the frontcourt, before Fujima and Sendō could defend, Miyagi Ryota would give the ball to Hisashi Mitsui, and at the same time, after the ball was released, he would take the initiative to block Sendō's position, allowing Mitsui to successfully dribble the ball close to the third. Sub-line.
For Mitsui Hisashi, as long as he enters the shooting range and attacks, it is considered an easy task.
Nine minutes into the second half, the score between the two teams reached 64:60. Lingnan High School held a 4-point lead and steadily dominated the Xiangbei side.
In these nine minutes, Mitsui Hisashi made 2 of 4 three-pointers and hit a mid-range shot, scoring 8 points. There was also a perfect cooperation between Jinguji Budō and Mitsui Hisashi. With the assist of Mitsui Hisashi, Budō also made a hit. A mid-range shot and two points.
The game entered the second half. Lingnan and Xiangbei both strengthened their defense and slowed down their offensive pace.
On the Lingnan side, relying on the outstanding performance of Fujima and Sendō, they scored 16 points in the second half. Fujima scored 4 points, Sendō 8 points, and Shinomiya Tano also scored two goals and scored 4 points.
Jinguji Budo, which performed brilliantly in the first half, could be said to be misfired on the offensive end under Shinomiya Tanano's full defense. Shinomiya Tano also focused his energy on the defensive end, and participated very rarely on the offensive end.
The focus of the entire audience at this moment was on Mitsui Hisashi from Shobei and Xiandao from Lingnan.
On the court, Shohoku High School's offensive round.
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Jing Shou dribbled the ball and slowly approached the three-point line. Far in front of him, Xiandao just weighed slightly and quickly moved closer.
Shohoku High School's offense led by Hisashi Mitsui has been playing for a while, and Mitsui Hisashi Sendou has also adapted to the ball-handling style. Hisashi Mitsui is very good at rapid shooting, and his three-point shooting percentage is also quite good. Facing Hisashi Mitsui, Sendō Akira did not dare to lower his focus too low and did not dare to give Mitsui Hisashi a chance to shoot.
But while guarding against Mitsui Toshi's projection, Sendō didn't dare to get too close, because Mitsui Toshi's breakthrough speed was not slow either.
"You are so tall, how can you prevent Xiaosan's breakthrough?" Jinguji Budo glanced at Mitsui Hisashi during the interspersed movement, looked at the high-centered Sendou, whispered in his heart, and quickly led Shinomiya to the ground. Bottom line, he knew that Mitsui Hisashi was about to break through.
Sure enough, Hisashi Mitsui, who was close to the three-point line, quickly dropped the ball and rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, he was already level with Sendō. Sendō, who had a high center of gravity, turned around to defend, but he was a beat behind Mitsui Hisashi.
"It's not that he is fast, it's that my pursuit is slow!" Sendō began to speed up the pursuit, but when he was about to catch up with Mitsui Hisashi, he suddenly stopped and looked at the basket.
At this time, Xiandao didn't care whether the opponent was making a fake move, because Xiandao knew that if he didn't make any defensive moves, the fake move would turn into a real shot. Sendao followed Mitsui Shou and stopped, raising one hand high.
However, just as Sendō stopped, Mitsui Hisashi took advantage of the opportunity to combine the ball. After combining the ball, Mitsui Hisashi took a side step, opened a distance of less than half a meter from Sendō, and shot directly.
The sudden stop and side step combined with the overturned throw made Mitsui Hisashi's shots very fast. Although Sendao was prepared, his feet seemed to be filled with lead when he stopped suddenly, and there was no way to stop Mitsui Hisashi.
The basketball crossed the court directly and landed accurately in the net.
As Hisashi Mitsui scored another goal, cheers erupted from the stands, and the score on the scoreboard reached 64:62.
"I never expected that Shohoku High School could compete so fiercely with Lingnan High School."
"After Jinguji Martial Arts failed, Shohoku High School still had players who were able to step up and continue their offensive firepower."
"This Mitsui Hisashi didn't even get the ball a few times in the first half. I didn't expect him to be such a powerful player."
Hisashi Mitsui did not perform much on the national competition stage. Many viewers were not familiar with Hisashi Mitsui. When playing against a strong team like Lingnan, the audience was surprised that there was a player like Hisashi Mitsui in Shohoku High School.
"Hisashi Mitsui... This player's foundation is also quite good, and this player's shooting method is unique. His shooting speed is very fast, combined with the emergency stop fake action, and his terrible shooting rate, which makes him The offense became very sharp.”
"Zebei, if you faced such an opponent, what would you do?"
In the stands, Goro Domoto looked at Hisashi Mitsui who was scoring consecutive goals, turned his head and asked Zebei.
"Just defend like this. Sendō is actually very good at this. His inability to defend is not because of poor skills or mistakes in defensive judgment, but simply because his body cannot keep up with Mitsui Hisashi's movements."
"As an attacker, Hisashi Mitsui himself has an advantage over the defender, and his height and speed are about the same as Sendō's, which makes the attacker's advantage crucial."
"Misui Hisashi's advantage is outside shooting. Facing this kind of player, if the opponent has already shot away, unless the defensive player's hard power is much greater than the opponent's, it will be impossible to guard against him."
"Now Mitsui Hisashi is feeling hot. On Lingnan's side, unless a player whose height, strength, jumping, speed, reaction, and ball skills can overwhelm Mitsui Hisashi in all aspects comes to guard him, he won't be able to stop him."
"Or, send more players to guard him."
Sawabita Eiji helplessly spread his hands in the face of Domoto Goro's inquiry. His own offensive style is very similar to Mitsui Hisashi, but his range is not as far as Mitsui Hisashi. At the same time, his speed and strength are stronger than Mitsui Hisashi. .
It is normal for Sendō to be unable to stop Mitsui Hisashi who has already thrown away.
"How about guarding the player who can crush Hisashi Mitsui in all aspects... Even though there are players like this in Ryonan High School, right now, we can't get away from him."
Goro Domoto murmured, looking towards the stadium.
Lingnan High School pushed forward, and Shinomiya Tano ran at the back of the team, walking slowly and panting heavily. He was recovering his physical fitness with the help of Lingnan's pushing.
On the Xiangbei side, Jinguji Martial Arts settled down early, with his hands on his knees, supporting his torso with his hands, his face full of exhaustion. Sweat seeped out of his skin, flowed down his cheeks, pooled on his chin, and dripped onto the floor.
"Fortunately, Xiao San has enough physical strength to play and hold the ball, otherwise, Xiangbei may have been defeated."
"That bastard...he's clinging to me and won't let go. This bastard's physical energy hasn't been exhausted yet!"
Budao looked at Shinomiya Tano who was slowly entering the front court, wiped away the sweat with one hand, and quickly walked towards Shinomiya Tano. He had already switched defenses with Mumu Gongyan. Martial arts knew that Mumu could not stop Sigong Tiandou. Even facing Mu Mu, Sigong Tiandong did not expend much effort on the offensive end.
In order to be able to wear down Shinomiya Tano's physical strength, Budo could only defend himself. When Shinomiya Tano faced him, his physical strength was still quite high.
In front of him, Shinomiya Tano approached the three-point line. Looking at the Jinguji Martial Arts in front of him, he felt a little depressed.
"This guy attacked so fiercely in the first half and moved very diligently in the second half. Why does he still have physical strength now? With my defense, shouldn't he go down and rest a long time ago?"
"I don't believe it, I can't bring you down, you bastard!"
Shinomiya Tano was secretly furious. The duel between him and martial arts had changed from a real sword and gun fight on the court to a competition based on knowledge and basics.
The duel between the two has returned to the original form of sports competition, a competition of physical fitness!
The two of them were fighting each other on the court and it was hard to tell the winner. Now, it depends on who can't hold on in this high-intensity competition first!
In the second half, the focus of the court was indeed on Hisashi Mitsui and Sendō, but Jinguji Budō and Shinomiya Tano were very clear. Once they fell first, the team might face a defeat.
The winner of the game actually lies with the two of them.
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