"This is...the national ace!"
"So strong!
"
Jinguji Budo's back-bar buckle plunged the Shohoku Arena into silence. Rukawa Kaede raised his head and looked at Jinguji Martial Arts with a surprised expression, and whispered in his heart.
"It's amazing! You can actually do such a pull-bar back-button action in actual combat."
"Do I... really have a chance to beat him?"
As Jinguji martial arts came to fruition, Kiyota Nobunaga, who witnessed the martial arts buckle from a distance, couldn't help but doubt his own abilities. After spying on Jinguji's martial arts prowess, he felt ashamed of himself for having lightly challenged him before.
He is a confident person, but he is also somewhat self-aware. He clearly knows that what Jinguji Martial Arts can do now, he cannot do. Not only now, but also in the future, he may not be able to do it.
After a long time, the Xiangbei players who were watching the game broke free from their shock and cheered immediately. The Xiangbei players on the court looked at the back of Budo Danding returning to defense, and they were also full of confidence.
"It's really pitiful. These junior high school students are all very talented."
"But they have to bear such a blow today. I hope they can hold on."
After returning to his defensive position, Miyagi Ryota whistled and said with some emotion. Not long after the game started, he was already worried about whether these future students would be able to withstand such a blow.
The players from Shohoku have finished settling in, but the junior high school students haven't served yet. Nango Koichiro is no longer even interested in playing the game.
"This...how to win?"
Nango Koichiro wanted to show off, so instead of going to the baseline to serve, he symbolically ran towards the frontcourt, giving people the appearance of preparing to attack, but his steps were loose and his expression was sluggish, even if he was running All the postures conveyed a sense of powerlessness, and none of the movements were decent. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this kid seems to have been hit too hard and has lost his will to fight.
The status of Kiyota Nobunaga and Katsumi Ichiro is not much different from Nango Koichiro. It is not the first day for them to play. Just looking at this round of Jinguji Budo's attack, they are aware of the gap between themselves and their opponents. Facing such an opponent, they all lost the courage to challenge.
If your opponent is weaker than you, you can enjoy the pleasure of torturing them; if your opponent is about the same level as you, you can enjoy the thrill of fighting; if your opponent is only slightly stronger than you, you can satisfy your desire to conquer.
But if your opponent is a mountain with no end in sight, then most people will lose the courage to climb.
It is true that Kiyota Nobunaga and the others are young players with outstanding talents, but at the same time, they are only junior high school students.
"Hey! Pass the ball! Pass the ball to this genius!"
Just when the junior high school students lost their will to fight, a clear and urgent voice reached everyone's ears. Katsumi Ichiro, who was looking down at the ground, heard the call, looked up and followed the direction of the sound, and found Sakuragi Hanamichi standing near the baseline, shouting to his teammates.
Everyone is intimidated by the slam dunk of Jinguji Martial Arts, but there is also a kind of person who is not afraid of anything.
"Ah!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's voice attracted everyone's attention. Now that all the junior high school students were silent, Sakuragi Hanamichi's voice seemed so harsh.
Katsumi Ichiro was also angered by Sakuragi Hanamichi's state.
Obviously...he is obviously a rookie. Why, at this time, not only is such a rookie not desperate, but he is still thinking of attacking?
Many people may not be able to understand Katsumi Ichiro's psychology, but the fact is that facing Sakuragi Hanamichi who tried to reorganize his attack, Katsumi Ichiro not only did not feel inspired, but felt insulted by the opponent.
Without waiting for Katsumi Ichiro to say anything, Rukawa Kaede on the side silently picked up the basketball, walked to the baseline, held the ball and looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi.
The moment their eyes met, both of them actually felt the emotions in each other's hearts. Sakuragi Hanamichi read the strong fighting spirit in Rukawa Kaede's eyes. At this moment, Rukawa Kaede had quickly adjusted his condition and was ready to climb towards the peak that was too high to reach the top.
And Rukawa Kaede got the desire and passion from Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes. Not long ago, Sakuragi Hanamichi completed his first slam dunk on the court. The feeling of a slam dunk made his pores dilate and he fell deeply in love with this feeling.
Sakuragi Hanamichi doesn't care whether his opponent is strong or not, or whether he can defeat him or not. What he wants is to experience that feeling once.
The basketball was passed from Rukawa Kaede's hands to Sakuragi Hanamichi's hands. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who caught the ball, completely ignored his teammates and quickly ran to the frontcourt with the ball.
The Shohoku side is still playing a zone defense. As Sakuragi is marching with the ball, the Shohoku side is in position early, waiting for the opponent to enter. However, among the junior high school students, only Rukawa Kaede quickly kept up with Sakuragi Hanamichi's advancing pace. Nango Koichiro, who ran first, was overtaken by Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede.
Nobunaga Kiyota and Ichiro Katsumi only ran to the frontcourt symbolically.
During the Shohoku joint defense, Tsunoda Satoru stood in front of Sakuragi Hanamichi, raising his arms to guard against Sakuragi's breakthrough. Sakuragi Hanamichi was not weak at all when facing Tsunoda Satoru. He directly held the ball and thrust forward, and his body was directly pressed against Tsunoda's body. Sakuragi, who was just a junior high school student, seemed to have turned into a bulldozer at this moment, resisting Tsunoda Satoru's defense and rushing past the three-point line.
As Sakuragi advanced, Tsunoda Satoru, who was moving horizontally with crab steps, finally couldn't keep up with Sakuragi's movements and completely lost his position.
Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi complete the breakthrough, Jinguji Budo, who was relatively close, had a smile on his face. He looked up at Sakuragi Hanamichi and had no intention of making up for his defense.
At this moment, Jinguji Martial Arts was in trouble.
Takenori Akagi, who was a little further away, noticed that Budo did not go up to defend, and rushed towards Sakuragi Hanamichi without thinking. However, by the time he got to Sakuragi, Sakuragi Hanamichi had already taken off from the ball with both hands. Hold the basketball high and want to dunk.
"Boy, don't underestimate me!"
Takenori Akagi saw through Sakuragi Hanamichi's slam dunk intention at a glance, and was angered by Sakuragi's arrogant offensive style. Bao shouted and took off to block the shot. Although his defense speed was slightly slower and his bounce was indeed not as good as Sakuragi Hanamichi's, his hands were still firmly planted on the lower half of the basketball.
The bodies of Sakuragi Hanamichi and Akagi Takenori collided in the air, and the impact of Sakuragi's dunk was also greatly alleviated.
"Bang!"
The basketball was dunked on the rim by Sakuragi Hanamichi and bounced directly out. After Sakuragi Hanamichi fell back to the ground, he immediately looked at the direction in which the basketball flew, and then quickly chased the basketball.
But before he could reach it, the basketball was caught in the hands of Miyagi Ryota who came over. Miyagi, who took the ball, grinned at Sakuragi, and then quickly threw the ball towards the frontcourt, where Jinguji Budo was already in the lead and was close to the midline.
"Good pass, Miyagi." Jinguji Budo shouted after receiving the ball, and quickly ran towards the frontcourt with the ball. The junior high school students were unable to defend in time, and saw Budo dunking with one hand in the frontcourt. The ball hits the basket.
After the slam dunk, Jinguji Budo began to return to defense. At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede were running towards their backcourt one after the other. Looking at Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede who were running back in a hurry, Budao suddenly stopped and said with a smile:
"Are you two very energetic? Yes, keep up the good work."
Sakuragi didn't stop at all when he heard the praise, and quickly went to the bottom line without looking back, while Rukawa Kaede just glanced at Martial Arts in a hurry and went to the bottom line.
Seeing that the two ignored him, Budao smiled and quickly returned to his own half.
Sakuragi Hanamichi served from the backcourt and the basketball was given to Rukawa Kaede.
The other three junior high school students had not recovered and looked absent-minded. Seeing Rukawa Kaede dribbling the ball into the frontcourt, they just stayed on the sidelines and watched, not wanting to go up to help. Sakuragi Hanamichi doesn't know how to pick and roll or cover. At this moment, he has already sunk inside to grab rebounds.
As Nango Koichiro paddled, Takenori Akagi focused his attention on Sakuragi, vaguely letting Nango go. Jinguji Budo stood on the other side of the paint area, looking at Rukawa Kaede on the outside, waiting for the opponent to launch an attack.
As Rukawa Kaede approached the three-point line, Tsunoda Satoru also quickly defended him, but before Tsunoda could get closer, Rukawa Kaede had already started to break through, and with a short body, he passed directly through Tsunoda's defense. In front of Rukawa Kaede, Tsunoda Satoru, a high school student, couldn't even put up a decent defense and was directly passed by Rukawa Kaede.
Seeing Rukawa Kaede's breakthrough, Budo took two steps to get to the free throw line. Rukawa Kaede obviously noticed Budo's action. After crossing the three-point line and rushing more than one meter, he directly pulled up on the spot and took a long shot.
Rukawa Kaede's shooting timing was quite good, and the entire breakthrough and pull-up movement was also very smooth, and the basketball went directly into the net. After successfully scoring the goal, Rukawa Kaede clenched his fists, turned around indifferently, and began to defend.
Sakuragi Hanamichi was a little surprised when he saw Rukawa Kaede scoring the ball so easily. At the same time, he was a little disappointed and had no chance to rebound. He curled his lips and started to defend.
After Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede left, Kiyota Nobunaga, Katsumi Ichiro, and Nango Koichiro looked in a daze at the departure of their two teammates. They couldn't figure out why Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi were still working hard, even though... the gap was so obvious, so big!
Before these three people could figure it out, Shohoku launched a fast break. Akagi served from the backcourt, and the basketball passed through Miyagi's hand and was quickly passed to Jinguji Budo on the front line. The junior high school students were unable to defend themselves in time. At this time, there were only two people in the frontcourt, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede.
For Jinguji martial arts, one against two, he has an absolute advantage!
Jinguji Budo picked up the ball in the frontcourt and quickly dribbled the ball close to the three-point line. Sakuragi Hanamichi was defending inside, and heard the rapid footsteps coming from behind. He quickly looked back and saw Jinguji Budo. The figure who rushes forward with the ball.
Rukawa Kaede's reaction speed was a little faster than Sakuragi. As soon as Martial Arts crossed the center line, he quickly ran up to try to slow down Martial Arts' progress.
Facing Rukawa Kaede's defense, Jinguji Budo did not slow down at all. During the march, his body inadvertently pressed against Rukawa Kaede. The huge force pushed Rukawa Kaede back. Taking advantage of Rukawa Kaede's unstable footing, Budo quickly held the ball in disguise. In an instant, he crossed Rukawa Kaede and approached the three-point line.
Just when everyone thought that martial arts had been unimpeded.
However, Sakuragi Hanamichi's figure suddenly jumped out from the side of Jinguji Budou and directly reached out to shoot the basketball. Sakuragi's appearance was so sudden that the Shohoku players watching the game all exclaimed, and belatedly reminded Jinguji Martial Arts.
"side!"
"careful."
If we had to wait until the spectators alerted Jinguji Budo that there was a steal, it would be too late. Jinguji Martial Arts actually didn't need to be reminded at all. The Martial Arts had already noticed it when Sakuragi Hanamichi stepped forward.
The moment Sakuragi stretched out his hand, Jinguji Budo stepped on the three-point line and directly connected the ball. After two steps, he jumped up. From the three-point line to the distance of several meters near the basket, Budo only used Two steps plus a jump.
As Jinguji Budo picked up the basket, the basketball hit the board and then bounced into the net.
"Too naive, Hanamichi."
"To prevent fast breaks, you must use your body to block the offensive player before trying to steal. If you steal directly from the side, it will be in vain if you are discovered. The flaw is too big."
After Budo scored the ball, he didn't forget to educate Sakuragi Hanamichi. Looking at Sakuragi who was a little angry and blaming himself, Budo smiled happily, didn't say anything more, and quickly returned to defense.
I don’t know why, even though I have just passed a rookie like Sakuragi, I am still very happy in martial arts. It must be because Sakuragi is so silly and cute.
"Damn it! It was almost, almost I was able to guard him." Sakuragi Hanamichi muttered to himself in annoyance, angrily walked to the baseline, picked up the basketball and quickly threw it to Rukawa Kaede, without looking back. ran towards the frontcourt.
Rukawa Kaede didn't show any expression after receiving the ball, he just dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, and then made a sudden jump shot after a strong break. This time, his opponent was Kimuji Kimibu, but Mumu's ending was the same. Tsunoda Satoru is exactly the same, and has become the background for Rukawa Kaede's shooting.
The basketball hit the net again, and Rukawa Kaede scored the ball again, firmly holding on to the score.
"hateful!
"
"Damn it!
! "
"How can I just watch others perform like this!"
"No, I absolutely cannot give in like this!"
The hard work and activity of Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi infected Kiyota Nobunaga. This guy himself is also a mononuclear creature and is easily infected by other people's emotions. In the new round, he decisively joined the defensive team. .
When Katsumi Ichiro saw Rukawa Kaede scoring consecutive goals and Sakuragi trying hard to defend, he breathed a sigh of relief. Unwilling to lose to them, he also joined the defense. As for Nango Koichiro, his character was even more unpleasant. Will accept that there are students in the same grade who are fundamentally better than him.
Facing a high mountain, you may not dare to climb it alone, but if you see someone who is not as good as you starting to climb, can you still stand safely where you are? If you saw that your competitor was already climbing, would you be willing to throw in the towel?
Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede, two completely different people, stimulated the other three junior high school students at the same time.
"Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!"
"Sometimes, it's not the coach or elders who can help players grow, but their opponents!"
Coach Anzai can feel the change in the momentum of the junior high school students. He can see the changes on the court. The future of Xiangbei will only start to show their talents and their value to everyone from now on!
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