The sudden appearance of the Immortal Path was something that Eiji Zebita did not expect at first. He had clearly passed through the Immortal Path, but the opponent was still able to catch up. It was not that he had never encountered a player with such speed, but the previous Immortal Path was obviously Not included in this list.
"This guy...has made great progress in just a few months!"
Zebei Eiji took a deep look at Xian Dao, said nothing, turned around and started to defend himself, but in his heart, his vigilance against Xian Dao had also increased exponentially.
Akita Prefecture retreated very quickly.
Akagi has just received the basketball and has not yet passed it to Makoto Shinichi. Kazunari Fukatsu and Minoru Matsumoto on the outside have already crossed the center line. When Makoto reaches the inside to meet Akagi and gets the basketball, Akita The five players in the county have already passed the halfway line, and the fastest ones have even returned to their own half-court defense.
“Akita County’s defense is so fast!”
"There's no chance for a fast break!"
Off the field, Fujima Kenji couldn't help but sigh softly when he saw everyone in Akita Prefecture returning to defense, and shouted that it was a pity.
"Against such a strong team, there are often not many fast break opportunities."
"Steals and blocks near the basket will not lead to fast break opportunities."
"However, for the Kanagawa Prefecture team currently on the field, fast break is not the optimal solution."
Shinomiya Tano heard the regret in Fujima's tone and looked at the field intently. Coach Tian Gang who was next to him also smiled and nodded when he heard this. He took this opportunity to mention the players:
"When playing basketball, we must formulate a corresponding tactical system based on the characteristics of the players. Blindly going fast is not the right way."
"Akagi is a traditional center. Although his movement speed is good, he cannot perfectly fit into the fast break system."
"The members of the Xiangbei team should know this very well."
"Shobei's fast attack is often centered on Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi. To put it bluntly, Shobei has too few attack points and suffers in positional warfare."
"But in this team on the field now, there are three people who can hold the ball. Whether it is Makoto Shinichi, Sendō or Hisashi Mitsui, they all have the ability to hold the ball and attack."
"The flower shape also has good mid-range shooting ability."
"Under such circumstances, by fighting a positional battle, we will have more offensive possibilities."
While Coach Taoka was talking to the players, the players from the Kanagawa Prefecture team were already pressing forward. After Mu Shen entered the frontcourt with the ball, he did not launch a tentative attack. Instead, he quickly passed the ball to Mitsui Hisashi and at the same time quickly ran inside.
After Mitsui Hisashi received the ball, he had no intention of dropping the ball for a single. The basketball stayed in his hands for less than a second, and he directly passed the ball to Sendō who had just reached the top of the arc. At the same time, as soon as Mu Shen, who was cutting inside, knew that he could not catch the ball and attack inside, he changed his direction and used the ball-shaped pick-and-roll inside to move to the bottom corner on one side of the court, creating an open space.
As soon as Mu Shenyi moved to the bottom corner, Xiandao from the top of the arc made a fake pass and sent the ball towards Mu Shenyi.
As soon as Mu Shen got the ball, Fukatsu Kazunari, who was chasing him, was still about two meters away from him. Mu Shen, who was at the three-point line, took the ball with both hands, and Fukatsu Issei, who was far away from him, jumped up and pounced on him.
The distance between the two of them was really too far. If Fukatsu Kazunari wasn't more active, he would have left Mu Shenyi with an open shot.
However, Shenjin's action was obviously what Mu Shenyi had expected. Mu Shenyi, who deceived Shenjin, suddenly dropped the ball and broke through, stopping directly for a jumper from the mid-range position.
Mu Shenyi's mid-range shot was specially practiced during the training camp before the Qiuzhi National Sports. Coach Tianoka's coaching idea is very clear. For a guard, ball control is the foundation, but shooting is also required. You don't have to use it, but when the opportunity comes, You can’t fail to grasp it when it appears.
Mu Shenyi, who has always relied on his body and strong thrusts to make a living, has made significant progress in his shooting after this period of special training.
"Uh-huh!"
With a crisp squeaking sound, the basketball entered the net.
"Beautiful! Amu!"
Everyone in Kanagawa Prefecture began to return to defense. Sendō and Hisashi Mitsui gave Makaki high-fives to celebrate. They, Kanagawa Prefecture, were the first to score points, which made everyone very happy.
"asshole!"
"Zebei, what are you doing?"
"We won the jump ball, but those guys from Kanagawa scored first."
"Can't you deal with the one with the spiky hair?"
Masashi Kawada under the basket showed a little displeasure when he saw Kanagawa Prefecture scoring first, and yelled at Eiji Sawabita. He didn't really have any objection to Zebei when he said this, it was just a ball. With Masashi Kawada's golf skills, how could he get angry like this.
The purpose of his words was just to stimulate Zebita Eiji. He knew very well what kind of character Zebita Eiji was.
"What?!"
"I can't handle it?!"
"How can this be!"
"Give me the ball and I'll get the points back right away!"
Sure enough, after being so provoked by Masashi Kawada, the proud Eiji Sabahita immediately quit. He has a high self-esteem and will never easily accept that he is inferior to others!
Hearing this, Masashi Kawada nodded towards Kazunari Fukatsu, and then quickly walked to the basket and sent the ball.
"Okay! Then start the attack!"
Kazunari Fukatsu shouted after receiving the basketball and began to advance with the ball.
Akita Prefecture's advancement speed is not very fast. They are a team that can be fast or slow, but stable positional warfare is what Sanno Industries is best at.
Soon, everyone in Akita Prefecture pressed forward to the frontcourt. Kazunari Fukatsu got a hint from Masashi Kawada and decided to give Eiji Sawabita another chance to perform. After reaching the frontcourt, he quickly passed the ball past Sawabita. Although Mu Shenyi was targeting Shenjin, he had no intention of intercepting Shenjin's side pass from the outside.
The basketball came into the hands of Eiji Sawabita smoothly. Eiji Sawabita caught the ball with his back to the basket. After taking the basketball, he turned around and swept the ball frame. He took a tentative step and just tapped his right foot to the right, then kicked the ground backwards. Directly blasting the ball to break through, not only the breakthrough speed is fast, but also the start is quite sudden.
"Um?!"
Zebei Eiji's position quickly surpassed Sendō's. The sentō who was breached let out a light sigh and hurriedly turned around to catch up.
At the same time, Takenori Akagi on the inside saw Eiji Sawabita's breakthrough and quickly stepped up to defend. Zebei's speed did not slow down and he immediately approached the free throw line. This time, he was very concerned about the immortal path and always paid attention to the position of the immortal path. He could only see the shadow behind him with his peripheral vision. Zebei faced Takenori Akagi and joined directly. The ball takes off.
"Boy! You are so naive!"
Takenori Akagi shouted loudly, spotted the position of the basketball, and jumped directly to block the shot. His raised hands instantly blocked Eiji Zebei's sight, and also blocked Zebei's shooting route.
Just when everyone thought that Sawabita would take advantage of Takenori Akagi's hot pot, Eiji Sawabita, who was taking off from the free throw line, actually held the ball with his right hand, swung the ball towards the basket.
"What?!" In front of Takenori Akagi's eyes, the basketball flew out of Eiji Zebita's hands and flew straight past his blocking hands and towards the basket. Akagi who landed on the ground immediately turned back towards the basket. Looking at the basket, he found that the basketball fell into the net and made a soft sound at the same time.
"ohhhh!!! What is that?!"
"That posture, is it a shooting?!"
"Obviously the shooting routes were blocked, but you still scored the ball like this?!"
The spectators watching the game exclaimed when they saw this goal by Eiji Sawabita. This was the first time they had seen such a free throw.
At this time, Akagi was also quite surprised, because he had never seen such a shooting method.
"What is that? Such an ugly shooting posture is actually useful? To shoot mid-range shots with a pick-up approach?"
Shinomiya Tano had also never seen such a shooting method before, and he touched his chin and said strangely.
"This technique...is called a pick shot."
"It was originally a concept in football. In terms of technique, the principles of the two are similar, so it can also be applied to basketball."
"Like you said, it's a mid-range shot with a lob."
"With a high starting point and a high arc, he can often break through the opponent's block when facing forward players. The shooting technique is also different from the throwing shot."
"Because when throwing, the hand is thrown forward, and there is still a pressing movement on the wrist."
"But when taking a lob, the player's posture is to support the ball and use the power of the wrist and fingers to deliver the ball."
"It's more difficult than tossing, but it's more elusive than tossing."
Shinomiya Tanano and others are not familiar with this shooting technique, but Jinguji Martial Arts is somewhat familiar with it.
The lob shot was really used by some people in the early days, but with the development of the times, this mid-range shooting method has been completely replaced by the throw. The reason is also very simple, because the throw is faster.
For a successful lob shot, the offensive player needs to have sufficiently superior bounce and staying in the air.
But in that kind of high-level game, by the time you take the shot, someone else has already slapped the basketball.
"Can you break through the blockade of strikers head-on?"
"According to you, this guy's shooting is invincible? And he can't block shots?"
"Is this possible? I don't believe it!"
When Shinomiya Tano heard what Budo said, he was immediately stunned, then shook his head slightly and said.
"Of course it's impossible to be invincible. The shortcomings of lob shots are still very obvious. This time it's because Akagi's defense is far away. If he takes two steps forward, he can block it."
"Eiji Sawabita deliberately controlled the distance between him and Akagi."
"If you want to defend him, just stay close to him. It's difficult for players who are covering up to stay close to him. If you want to defend him, you have to keep Xian Dao in position."
Budo also chuckled when he heard Shinomiya Tōno's words. How could there be invincible shooting techniques in this world? If so, it must be because the defender is inexperienced or the talent is not explosive enough!
As far as Zebei's lob shots are concerned, Wu Dao dares to say that if the opponent uses such a shooting method in front of him, he will definitely be covered.
While Jinguji Budo and others were talking, strange changes occurred in the stadium.
After the transition between offense and defense, Shinichi Maki, who was holding the ball, was suddenly double-teamed by Minoru Matsumoto and Kazunari Fukatsu. He was caught off guard and could only pass the ball in a hurry, but the path of the ball was accurately judged by Eiji Sawabita and grabbed the ball. Before reaching Xiandao, he took the ball in his hands and completed the steal.
Akita Prefecture, who had completed the frontcourt steal, launched a fast break counterattack. Eiji Zebita took the lead and drove the ball straight to the basket. With Sendō's pursuit, he performed a pull-up layup and easily scored the ball, bringing the score to 4:2. .
The next wave of Kanagawa Prefecture's counterattack also went very quickly. This time, after dribbling the ball into the frontcourt, Makoto Shinichi chose to call his teammates for a pick-and-roll. With the help of Hisashi Mitsui, Makoto Shinichi broke through Fukatsu Kazunari and headed towards He cut inside, and he instantly attracted the attention of Minoru Matsumoto and Masashi Kawada inside.
Before the two men completed the encirclement, Makoto passed the ball back to Hisashi Mitsui on the outside. Mitsui received the ball and made a strong shot from beyond the three-point line against Kazunari Fukatsu who was changing defense.
But even this shot, which looked extremely reluctant in the eyes of everyone, still plunged into the basket, adding three points to the scoreboard of the Kanagawa Prefecture representative team.
Mitsui Hisashi, who has no gap period, has no physical shortcomings. After living in the United States, he also developed excellent flip shots. As a sophomore in high school, he is now 186cm tall. With his extremely fast flip shots, even with experience The rich Fukatsu Kazunari could not face the offensive Mitsui Hisashi.
With Mitsui Hisashi's three-pointer, the Kanagawa Prefecture team also found the team's early firepower!
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"Pass the ball!"
After several rounds of offense and defense, the score between the two teams reached 12:11, with the Kanagawa Prefecture team taking the lead with a slight advantage of one point.
On the court, Hisashi Mitsui relied on Amu's off-ball pick-and-roll and quickly ran towards Sendō. It was not easy for Sendō, who was holding the ball, to break through Eiji Sawabita's defense. When Mitsui Hisashi asked, he gave the ball decisively.
The person chasing Mitsui Hisashi was none other than Matsumoto Minoru from Akita Prefecture. Like Mitsui Hisashi, he was also a sophomore in high school and the two were similar in height.
"Snapped!"
Starting with the basketball, Hisashi Mitsui lifted the ball and feinted. It was just such a simple action, and he deceived Minoru Matsumoto in an instant.
Mitsui Hisashi, who deceived Minoru Matsumoto with a fake move, immediately dropped the ball and moved sideways. Instead of taking this opportunity to break into the inside, he followed the three-point arc and opened up a distance of nearly one meter with Matsumoto and then directly pulled up outside the three-point line. Jump shot.
Under the gaze of everyone, the basketball hit the net.
"ohhhh!!! Mitsui!!"
"The third three-pointer! He has scored three three-pointers in a row. This touch is really hot!"
As Mitsui Hisashi's basketball hit the net, the audience burst into cheers.
The game lasted only 5 minutes, and Hisashi Mitsui's personal score had reached 9 points. As the scoreboard jumped, Kanagawa Prefecture led the opponent by 4 points at 15:11.
Facing Hisashi Mitsui, the former national hegemon and Sanno Kogyo's starting small forward Minoru Matsumoto was actually completely blown away by Hisashi Mitsui.
However, facing the strong Kanagawa Prefecture, Akita Prefecture had no intention of surrendering. Although Mitsui Hisashi's strength was beyond their expectations, Akita Prefecture would not lose the game just because of Mitsui Hisashi!
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Akita Prefecture, which had just lost a point, quickly cheered up. Kazunari Fukatsu entered the frontcourt with the ball and forced a singles breakthrough against Mu Shenyi. Fortunately, Mu Shenyi was solid and experienced in defense and was not passed by the opponent, but Fukatsu. However, Kazunari quickly passed the ball to Kawada Masashi inside with the help of Mu Shen's adjustment.
Masashi Kawada, who caught the ball, pulled Akagi to the mid-range, performed a fadeaway jumper in front of Akagi, and successfully sent the ball into the net, narrowing the difference to two points.
The scores of Hisashi Mitsui and Masashi Kawada respectively represent the offensive trends of the two teams on the offensive end.
Facing Mitsui Hisa's unreasonable three-pointers, Akita responded with solid inside scoring. Although the game started not long ago, the competition between the two teams became extremely fierce.
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