The game was in the middle of the second half. Whether it was the players from Xiangbei or the players from Lingnan, their physical fitness was undergoing a huge test.
Except for the centers of both teams and Shohoku's Kimibu Nobuhiro, all the other players have been on the court for thirty minutes. Under such intensity of the game, thirty minutes is enough to consume all the physical energy of these players.
"Fujima, the pace of attack should be a little faster."
During the advancement stage of Lingnan High School, Shinomiya Tanano, who was still jogging, noticed that the mental state of everyone in Shohoku was relatively average, and shouted to Fujima who was advancing with the ball.
"Don't you need to take a break? I see that Hanagata is also very tired, and you and Sendou look much more tired than before. The second half of the game has only been played for nearly 10 minutes, and the amount of sweat you have is unusual."
"Do you really want to speed up the pace?"
The attack time was thirty seconds, and Kenji Fujima was not in a hurry. After crossing the center line, he was not in a hurry to get close to the three-point line to pose an offensive threat. Instead, he stayed near the center line and chatted with Shinomiya Tanano.
"We are tired, and they in Xiangbei will only be more tired than us."
"Don't worry about our physical fitness. If anyone can't bear it, just take a rest and it won't affect it!"
Shinomiya's eyes fell on Jinguji Martial Arts. His face was obviously tired, but at this moment he showed a smile.
"I see...is this the plan?" Kenji Fujima followed Shinomiya's gaze and landed on Jinguji Martial Arts. Only then did Fujima have time to take a good look at it. Let’s take a look at this player who is as famous as his trump card.
Jinguji Budo wears a red No. 15 jersey. It was originally supposed to be a bright red jersey, but now it has turned into a dark red. It’s not that Jinguji Budo’s jerseys are different from others when they leave the factory, but that Jinguji Budo’s jerseys are different from others. Sweat had already soaked the entire shirt, and the jersey clung to Jinguji Budo's skin, outlining the muscles on his body.
Fujima's eyes stayed on Budo for a while, and then he looked at the other players in Shohoku. Not only Jinguji Budo, but Hisashi Mitsui and Ryota Miyagi also had an unusual amount of sweat.
Seeing this scene, combined with Shinomiya's instructions to increase the offensive tempo, Fujima easily figured out why Shinomiya requested to speed up the tempo.
These Shohoku players on the court are physically exhausted, and Fujima knows that there are no players on the bench at Shohoku High School who can replace these main players!
After thinking about this, Fujima no longer hesitated, and immediately approached the three-point line with the ball. At the same time, Sendō raised a high position to set a pick-and-roll for Fujima. After a pick-and-roll, Fujima broke through, and Mitsui Hisawa was the replacement. Defending Fujima Miyagi Ryota also quickly changed defense.
Fujima had no intention of trying to attack Mitsui Hisashi's defense. After Shohoku changed defense, he decisively passed the ball back to Sendō. After receiving the basketball, Sendō directly broke through Miyagi Ryota's defense in the blink of an eye. He easily reached the mid-range and took a shot directly before Budō's defense came up.
The basketball hit the net.
"Beautiful! Sendao." Fujima and Sendao celebrated with high-fives, and then quickly led their team back to defense.
Lingnan High School easily scored the ball again, and the Xiangbei bench suddenly burst into mourning. Budo straightened up, looked at Miyagi Ryota, and sighed heavily.
Basketball is such a cruel sport, and physical conditions restrict the growth of players' strength. Budo knew that Miyagi Ryota had tried very hard to prevent Ryonan High School's attack, but he couldn't do it. He just couldn't do it.
Looking back at Xiangbei's bench, Budao couldn't help but shook his head.
No one can change it... That's true, no one can change it!
Shohoku's current substitute only has one Chiba Oishi, but this guy takes a blue-collar route. Asking him to defend Fujima is no different from sending him off. On the court, he can keep up with Fujima's sudden advances. The only ones who are fast are Takedo, Hisashi Mitsui and Ryota Miyagi.
But in martial arts he himself has to keep an eye on Shinomiya Tōno, Mitsui Hisashi has to keep an eye on Sendō, and Miyagi is the only one who can keep an eye on Fujima.
Budo also heard what Shinomiya Tano just said, but to be honest, he had no choice.
"We can only invite Yuzhu down as soon as possible. If Xiangbei can't do it, then there will be no chance of victory in this game!"
Jinguji Budo looked at Jun Uozumi walking away in the distance and thought to himself, without caring about comforting the somewhat lost Miyagi Ryota, he ran towards the front court.
"Miyagi, don't worry, there's nothing you can do about it. Just get back the lost points on the offensive end!"
Mitsui Hisashi took Miyagi Ryota's mood into consideration, patted Miyagi's shoulder, and then trotted away. After Miyagi Ryota received the basketball in the backcourt, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief, adjusted his mentality, and started to advance with the ball.
Although Miyagi Ryota's physical condition is indeed not as good as that of top players, one thing he is good about is that he will never give up easily. Even if he was repeatedly beaten by Lingnan High School, Miyagi Ryota would never give up his desire for victory.
Xiangbei's advancing rhythm is very slow, which is different from the fast break style they are good at. So far in the second half, Xiangbei is deliberately suppressing the offensive rhythm. Jinguji Budo was immediately pursued by Shinomiya Nodo after entering the frontcourt. This guy seemed to be a tireless machine, sticking to Jinguji Budo without any slack.
Budo was obviously aware of his situation, and had no intention of standing still to save his energy. He just led Shinomiya Nono and ran around the field. He had no comfortable space to catch the ball, and he would never make Shinomiya Nono feel comfortable!
Fujima's side quickly moved forward after Miyagi came forward with the ball. Hisashi Mitsui knew Miyagi's difficulties and quickly ran over to prepare for the response. The two met at the top of the arc, and Miyagi passed the ball hand to hand. It was given to Mitsui Hisashi.
After catching the ball, Mitsui Hisashi took advantage of Miyagi's blocking position and shot a three-point long shot directly from the top of the arc.
He was in pretty good shape, hitting the ball directly into the net.
"ah!
! "
The crisp sound of the basketball entering the net was the greatest encouragement to Hisashi Mitsui. He punched and yelled at the same time, venting the depression in his heart.
However, before the Shohoku players could celebrate happily, Uozumi at the baseline took the basketball directly to the outside of the baseline for a quick serve. The basketball turned into a red pillar and quickly came to Hanagata's hands. As a transfer, Hanagata threw it directly to Sendō who was conducting a fast break.
The people in Xiangbei quickly retreated when they noticed Lingnan's fast attack.
Shohoku returned to defense quickly. The fast break opportunity lost by Lingnan High School turned to the position. Almost the same as the previous goal, Lingnan still used pick-and-roll tactics around Fujima and Sendō, targeting Miyagi Ryota.
This time Mitsui Hisashi and Miyagi communicated in time. Miyagi knew that the pick-and-roll was coming and took a step ahead. After the pick-and-roll was in place, he slipped through the gap between Sendō and Fujima without being stuck by Sendō.
However, his speed was still slowed down by Sendō, and Fujima took advantage of the situation and passed the ball to Hanagata in the mid-range. Hanagata took the ball and made a jump shot directly on the spot facing Kimugure Kimibunobu's defense. Although his shot did not go in, the offensive rebound was caught by Uozumi. Uozumi did not choose to take the rebound himself and once again returned the ball to Hanagata.
But this time, Hanagata didn't waste any more opportunities and sent the ball directly into the net.
In the next few rounds, the rhythm of offensive and defensive transitions began to speed up unconsciously. Lingnan seems to have completely stopped guarding against mid-range shots. Sendō can only guard against Mitsui Hisashi's three-pointers. If Mitsui Hisashi wants to score two points from the mid-range, Sendō won't care at all. But if Mitsui Hisashi tries to break into the paint, Sendō will do it again. Be on guard.
Fujima also seemed to have received orders from Shinomiya Tano, completely letting go of Miyagi Ryoden, and focusing on Mugure Konobu, the same, and let go of the second one but not the third one. On the other hand, Shinomiya Tano was squeezing his own physical strength and staring at Jinguji Budo, mainly to prevent Budo from catching the ball comfortably.
Five minutes later, the score between the two teams reached 77:71, with Xiangbei High School trailing Lingnan by 6 points.
In such a high-intensity game, someone finally couldn't support it anymore, but this person was not Shinomiya Tōno or Jinguji Martial Arts. Instead, it was Kimuji Kimibu who had not played for long in the second half.
Mumu is also trying hard to run in the air when Fujima is guarding him, but Fujima often only needs to move a short distance to block Mumu's ball. The gap in experience between the two is really too big, and Mumu's ball is in the air. It seems ridiculous.
Mu Mu not only failed to create a comfortable opportunity for himself to catch the ball, but actually drained his physical energy.
Coach Anzai took advantage of the opportunity to stop the ball and called a timeout. While subbing Konobu Kigure off the court, he gave the Shohoku players some time to breathe. Konobu Kigure who walked to the rest area finally couldn't hold on anymore and collapsed directly. On the bench. Chiba Oishi, after resting for more than ten minutes, returned to the court.
Coach Anxi did not have any tactical arrangements during the timeout. In fact, in the eyes of coach Anxi, at this point in the game, any tactics are meaningless, as long as the players are having fun.
With Chiba Oishi's defense, Toru Hanagata, who was originally shooting cheerfully, was not so happy, and his shooting rate dropped significantly. At this time, coach Taoka also took advantage of an opportunity to stop the ball and replaced Hanagata who was performing well. , replaced by a first grader named Fukuda Yoshio.
However, the debut of Yoshihao Fukuda, a first-year student, was the last straw for Shohoku.
Yoshio Fukuda, a first-year student, is 185cm tall and weighs 78kg. He only officially started playing basketball in junior high school. When I entered Lingnan, under the light of Sigong Tianye and Immortal Dao, this was a little transparent.
However, this little transparent person couldn't recognize himself. He would challenge Shinomiya Nono in every practice match. Of course, what greeted him was Shinomiya Nono's ruthless blow.
However, under the strong pressure of Shinomiya, Fukuda not only did not give up, but completely burned his own small universe. He trained hard and played aggressively. If he had any shortcomings, it was that he didn't like to practice defense, and on the field, he often Do not conduct running training according to coach Taoka's requirements.
Even when playing practice matches with the Shinomiya and Sendō teams, he still likes to take the ball and go it alone. This makes Coach Taoka very angry. He scolded the opponent more than once or twice. Even during a certain training, when he saw Fukuda, he still went his own way. He was aggressive with the ball, yelling angrily and trying to expel the opponent from the basketball team.
But that conflict was stopped by Shinomiya Tano.
Shinomiya's method was simple and crude. That day, Futian was dragged by Shinomiya to play one-on-one and had military training all afternoon. By the time of training the next day, Fukuda will listen to others and follow Shinomiya's instructions to move and attack.
And it was after that that Coach Taoka noticed the talent of Fukuda Yoshihao. This first-year boy had a sense of the game that many people did not have. Fukuda Yoshihao had the potential to become a master of air-cutting offense.
Today's Fukuda Yoshio is still on the rise. His defensive frame protection ability is not as good as Hanagata, and his offensive methods are far less rich than Hanagata, but Fukuda has characteristics that Hanagata does not have.
Fast and good at air cutting!
Facing this tired Shohoku High School team, Yoshihao Fukuda was put on high hopes by coach Taoka and stepped onto the court.
After playing, Fukuda was obviously a little nervous at first, but after two offenses and defenses, he seemed to adapt to the rhythm of the game.
Finally, he caught Chiba Oishi's negligence and cut into the basket. Sendō, who was attacking with the ball at the time, made a fake shot and passed the ball to Fukuda. Fukuda immediately hit the ball with a slam dunk, scoring his first two points on the national competition stage.
Full of physical energy and good at cutting, Fukuda Yoshio has become the key to Lingnan High School's victory.
Eighteen minutes into the second half, Xiangbei High School trailed by 9 points, 79:88, and the ball was still in the hands of Lingnan High School.
"Run, run!"
"Don't relax. Although we are ahead, we must not be careless."
"Move more aggressively!"
Fujima Kenji dribbled the ball into the frontcourt and directed the players to move. Point guard, as a coach on the court, Fujima Kenji obviously knows what it takes to win.
Suddenly, Fujima, who was dribbling the ball, suddenly flicked the ball, and the basketball flew directly into the hands of Yoshio Fukuda in the bottom corner. Fukuda, who was holding the ball, just made a simple test step, immediately dropped the ball to break through, then slipped through the baseline and entered the basket, and forced a layup in front of Akagi.
Although Akagi failed to block the shot after taking off, he also surprised Fukuda. After the basketball hit the board, it bounced out of the frame and Uozumi took advantage of the opportunity to make a dunk.
79:90.
Lingnan High School finally opened the point difference between the two teams to 11 points. The Lingnan bench cheered. They knew that victory was getting closer and closer to them.
"Ho...ho..." Jinguji Martial Arts gasped and looked at the people in Lingnan who were returning to the defense, their eyes a little hollow.
He was so tired that black spots appeared in front of his eyes. The feeling of dizziness and suffocation hit his brain, making him wish he could fall asleep immediately.
After shaking his body, Jinguji Budo found his balance, stood firm, breathed for a while, and then ran towards the frontcourt with heavy steps. During this period, he did not have any communication with his teammates.
Exhaustion has made Wu Dao unable to say anything.
On Shohoku's side, Akagi and Chiba's physical condition is pretty good. They can run and jump and can still keep up with Lingnan's movements. However, on Miyagi and Mitsui Hisashi's side, their flexibility has dropped a lot compared to the beginning. .
On the other hand, Lingnan, whether it's Sendō, Fujima, or Uozumi Jun, all of them are in pretty good shape, and Fukuda, who hasn't been on the field for a long time, is even more active. On the contrary, Shinomiya Tano put his hands on his knees after returning to defense, lowered his head and panted heavily, and did not look at Shohoku's advancement.
After a while, everyone in Xiangbei entered the frontcourt. When Jinguji Budo crossed the center line, Shinomiya Tōdō seemed to have a spiritual feeling in his heart. He immediately raised his head, his eyes immediately locked on Budō, and he raised his steps. Walked up.
"Hey, you kid, you finally have no strength!" Shinomiya Tano laughed hoarsely, and at this time, he still had the heart to tease.
"..." Budo glanced at the opponent, turned to look at Miyagi Ryota who was holding the ball, and suddenly started to move. Shinomiya didn't give in at all, and directly stood sideways in front of Budo.
The two bodies collided, and Shinomiya Tano was unable to stand steadily at this time. His legs and feet were weak, and he fell directly backwards to the ground. Unbalanced, he also tripped over Martial Arts. The two of them went forward and backward, and Peng's fell to the ground. on the ground.
The referee did not blow the whistle, but neither of the two people who fell to the ground were able to stand up immediately.
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