Not long after Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tanano came on the field, the game between Kanagawa Prefecture and Akita Prefecture really reached a turning point.
Seventeen minutes into the first half, the score between the two teams reached 44:32. Under the leadership of Jinguji Budo, Kanagawa Prefecture not only erased the previous deficit, but also opened up a 12-point lead. Difference.
In just seven minutes since Jinguji Martial Arts came on the field, his personal score had already reached a terrifying 17 points.
Kanagawa Prefecture has the ball.
As soon as Makoto entered the frontcourt, everyone in Kanagawa Prefecture completed their positions. Sendō Akira sank directly to the bottom corner on one side of the court, involving Matsumoto Minoru's defense and freeing up a large space. When Mu Shenyi dribbled the ball, he also deliberately avoided the 1/4 zone where Jinguji Budo was at this time, and when he reached the three-point line, he quickly passed the ball to Jinguji Budo in the distance.
As soon as the basketball was acquired, the cheers from the stands started.
Standing in front of Jinguji Budo, Zeboku Eiji stared at the basketball in Budo's hand, with his arms spread out, looking on guard. Beads of sweat fell from his forehead, gathered between his eyebrows, and slowly slid down the bridge of his nose. Zebita Eiji was completely unaware, all his attention was focused on the martial arts of Jinguji Temple.
After Jinguji Martial Arts came on the field, they scored crazy points on Zebei Eiji's head. Zebei's defense line was useless and did not pose any threat to Jinguji Martial Arts. On the contrary, Zebita Eiji's offensive coefficient was intercepted by Jinguji Martial Arts. Since Jinguji Martial Arts guarded him, he has not scored any points.
Akita Prefecture's point guard, Kazunari Fukatsu, also stopped giving the ball because of Zebei's weakness. At first, Zebei was filled with anger, feeling that his teammates didn't believe in his ability by not giving him the ball. But after several consecutive defeats on the defensive end, Zebita Eiji simply stopped thinking about offense.
He put all his energy on defense in order to be able to block Jinguji Budo's attack. He didn't believe that Jinguji Martial Arts, who was also a high school student, could be so strong that he was helpless.
It is precisely because of the strength of Jinguji Martial Arts at both ends of the power amplifier that Kanagawa Prefecture was able to overtake the score in such an extreme period of time, and even opened up a 12-point difference. Jinguji Budo, which scored 17 points in just seven minutes, naturally became the focus of the audience.
Zebita Eiji's defensive focus was very low. Faced with such a defensive posture, Jinguji Budo grabbed the ball with both hands and protected it at his waist. He leaned forward slightly and actively sought confrontation. Half of his body was lightly pressed against Zekita. On Kiteiji's body.
It was obviously just a simple probing move, but Eiji Sawabita on the defensive side had a great reaction. He retreated directly to distance himself from the martial arts, without giving the martial arts upper body a chance to exert force. At the same time, he put his left hand on the waist of the martial arts. Once When Wu Dao drops the ball, he can immediately steal it.
Zebei's hand test defense was quite clean. He only put his hands on his martial arts waist and did not actively exert force.
But Martial Arts would not let Sawehita rely on hand tests to judge his offensive intentions. Jinguji Martial Arts grabbed the ball with one hand and raised it above his head. The ball protector gently touched Sawehita Eiji's hand. The next second, God Miyadera Budo quickly exploded the ball, and almost at the same time, the martial arts started directly, and his body directly pressed against Zebei's body.
Zebei Eiji's breathing was stagnant due to the huge force. Zebei Eiji held his breath in his chest, and his body also experienced a brief stagnation. But just because of his short delay, there was no possibility of pursuing Jinguji Martial Arts.
With just one step, Jinguji Martial Arts crossed Zebei and rushed towards the inner line of Akita County.
Kawada Masashi under the basket was far away and did not move. Not far away, Nobe's Hiromi Jinguji Budo rushed towards his defense area. He wanted to step forward to cover up the defense, but as soon as he moved his steps, his body was directly hit. on a solid back.
"Where are you going?" Shinomiya murmured, secretly blocking Masahiro Nobe's position. Watching Jinguji Budo quickly approach the basket without slowing down, his face suddenly changed as he originally wanted to say something. Quickly ran away from the basket.
"Damn it!" And Nobe Shohiro's eyes were empty, and just as he was about to start, he saw a black shadow rising into the sky. The next second, his vision went dark, and a huge force was poured out on him.
“Bang!!!”
With a loud bang, Jinguji Budo drove into Akita's basket and dunked directly with both hands. Masahiro Nobe under the basket also suffered a disaster and became the backdrop for Jinguji Budo's slam dunk.
"This bastard of martial arts...if I hadn't been able to dodge quickly, this guy would have dunked on me too."
Shinomiya Tōdō, who avoided it for the first time, looked at Jinguji Budō holding the basket with both hands and his face darkened slightly. He said "nice buckle" on his lips, but in his heart he was "greeting" Jinguji Budō.
As Jinguji Budo scored a dunk, the audience cheered wave after wave towards the court. The Kanagawa Prefecture substitutes on the sidelines were all smiling, and Coach Taoka was also smiling. He even fantasized about getting the winning trophy and showing off in front of his boss.
The rest area in Akita Prefecture on the other side of the venue was completely silent at this time.
Goro Domoto held a tactical board in one hand and a pen in the other. He put both hands on his knees and stared at the game on the field. His lips were pressed together with a serious look on his face.
Suddenly, Goro Domoto took a deep breath, turned his head and glanced at the remaining time in the middle half of the court, and finally made up his mind to ask the players to go to the referee's bench to call a timeout.
However, when Coach Domoto called a timeout, Akita Prefecture had already served. There was no dead ball, and the timeout was not executed. The only way to timeout was to wait for the dead ball or Akita Prefecture to finish the round.
So far in the game, people in Kanagawa Prefecture are already familiar with Akita Prefecture's offensive operations.
When Kazunari Fukatsu dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Shinomiya Dano let go of Nobe Masahiro who was about to enter the basket, and went to the mid-range near the free throw line in advance, vaguely blocking Akita Prefecture's internal and external connection.
At the same time, Masashi Kawada on the inside thought of repeating his old trick, going to the high post to set up a pick-and-roll for Kazunari Fukatsu. At this time, seeing Shinomiya Nobano being positioned early, he decisively gave up this plan and instead ran along the baseline toward the bottom corner. go. Akagi, who was guarding Masashi Kawada, did not dare to let Masashi Kawada catch the ball and make a mid-range shot, so he followed up directly.
And just halfway through Kawada's march, Kazuki Fukatsu at the top of the arc quickly passed the ball to Masashi Kawada. After the basketball was released, he quickly moved towards Kanagawa Prefecture's inside line.
Seeing this, Shinomiya took a few steps back silently, returned to the basket, and stood faintly behind Akagi. If Akagi Takenori was broken through by Kawada Masashi, he would be able to react immediately.
Masashi Kawada, who caught the ball near the baseline, stopped immediately, held the ball in front of his chest with both hands, pressed his back tightly against Takenori Akagi's body, and made a simple "leaning" movement. The next second, Masashi Kawada dropped the ball and turned around. The ball protector put it on Akagi's chest and easily passed Akagi's defense.
When Akagi reacted and turned around to pursue, Masashi Kawada paused in his steps. He actually took a step back and instantly shortened the distance between him and Akagi, and then made a mid-range shot.
The basketball flew out of Kawada Masashi's hands and hit the board into the net.
Kawada Masashi's goal gave some vitality to the dead Akita Prefecture rest area, and Domoto Goro narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw this scene and strengthened his idea.
"Beep!"
"The Akita Prefecture team requests a timeout!"
And just after Masashi Kawada scored, a long whistle sounded and the game entered a timeout.
"Hehehe, well done, well done!"
"Martial arts, you feel good today. You will continue to work hard in the future. Don't hold back against Akita County. Fight me hard!"
"Amu and Xiandao are performing very well. Keep it up. You can take action if you have a chance. Don't make martial arts too hard, hahaha!"
"Akagi, Masashi Kawada has great abilities. Looking at the entire high school basketball world, he is definitely one of the best centers."
"It's normal to have some disadvantages when facing him. Don't take it to heart, as long as you try your best. By the way, don't be afraid of physical confrontation with him. I don't think you will lose to him in physical confrontation!"
"In the second half, Uozumi will step in for you and play center. No matter how powerful Kawada is, can he still beat the two of you in a wheel-to-wheel battle?"
"Take advantage of this pause and take a break!"
Coach Taoka stood on the sidelines to greet the players who were coming off the field, and at the same time encouraged the players who were coming on one by one. But when Shinomiya arrived, Coach Taoka changed the subject:
"field...."
"You bastard! Are you trying to fish for me when you come on stage?! Ah?!"
"Can't you see that Akagi can't guard against Kawada Masashi? Are you blind? Why don't you make up for it?! With your moves, can you still be unable to make up for it?!"
"You're lazy and don't even want to run. Should I let you eat on the field?!"
"It's 14 points. That Kawada Masashi got 14 points! He got nearly half of Akita's points!"
"If you don't play well for me, come down! Our Kanagawa team can still win even without you!"
Coach Tagoka pointed at Shinomiya's nose and cursed angrily. This sudden curse made Shinomiya stunned. He wanted to say that he was responsible for defending Nobe Masahiro, and Nobe Masahiro was in front of him. , didn't score a single point, and only caught one rebound.
But Shinomiya Tano did not say these words, he just nodded his head calmly, looking obedient.
Although Coach Taoka pointed at Shinomiya's nose and scolded him, the substitutes such as Fujima, Hanagata, Kamizou Ichiro, etc. secretly glanced at Takenori Akagi's face. And Akagi lowered his head, his face was obviously very dark, but at this moment, it was flushed.
"Coach Taoka! I will definitely defend Kawada Masashi to death!"
Takenori Akagi felt that Coach Taoka was criticizing Huai. After listening for a long time, he finally couldn't help it, raised his head, mustered up all his courage, and shouted loudly.
Coach Taoka was also startled by Akagi's loud shouting, and turned to look at Akagi in confusion. Seeing Akagi's expression change, Coach Taoka also realized something, waved his hand and said in relief:
"Eh!"
"Akagi, you misunderstood, I didn't mean what you meant!"
"What you've done is already very good. What I said is true. Even if I ask Yuzumi or Hanagata to replace you, I may not be able to do better than you."
"Your strength has already met my expectations, so you don't have to bear any burden. You can just fight."
"Shinomiya Tōno and you are still different, and the requirements for him and for you are also different!"
Although Coach Taoka’s original intention was to tell Akagi not to think too much, how could the young man’s self-esteem allow Akagi to accept such comfort? After hearing this, Takenori Akagi not only did not relax at all, but stood up straight and shouted again:
"Coach! I will defend Kawada Masashi to death!"
Takenori Akagi shouted so loudly that even the spectators who were closer heard it. Even the people in Akita County on the other side of the venue heard the movement and looked sideways.
"concentrated!"
"Don't look over there, we'll fight our own!"
Goro Domoto was adjusting his tactics. Seeing that the team members were distracted, he immediately reminded him. When the team members all turned back to look at him, he continued:
"I think you have also seen the ability of Jinguji Budo on the offensive end."
"To stop him head-on, I don't think it's enough to rely on Zebei's strength!"
"From now on, we will abandon man-to-man defense and start using zone defense!"
"Fukatsu, Matsumoto, on the defensive end, you should pay more attention to the matchup situation on Zebei's side and be prepared to provide support at any time."
"Kawada, your opponent is not very strong. You can ignore him appropriately when defending."
"On the offensive end, reduce the internal and external connection style, and use Matsumoto's offensive point more!"
"Zebei, you make cuts without the ball, make more moves, and the rest of the team members use pick-and-rolls without the ball to avoid a head-on confrontation with Jinguji Budo or Shinomiya Tano!"
"In the first half, we must not allow Kanagawa Prefecture to open up more scores. As long as it lasts for a while longer, Jinguji Martial Arts physical fitness will decline, and the offensive efficiency will inevitably decrease. At that time, it is the time for us to really chase points!"
"Before that, we must persist and we must bite the score!"
"Zebei, you..."
The timeout was short, but Coach Domoto wanted to say a lot at this moment. Before he could finish speaking, the referee's whistle sounded, interrupting what he was about to say next.
When Sawabita Eiji saw Coach Domoto calling his name, he thought that Coach Domoto was going to encourage him and let him concentrate on Jinguji Martial Arts. He immediately gave him a thumbs up and said cheerfully:
"Coach, don't worry!"
"I have found a way to deal with Jinguji martial arts!"
"Next, let's see how I perform!"
Zebei's words made Domoto Goro swallow back what he was about to say. He originally wanted Zebei to give up and block the idea of Jinguji Martial Arts and shrink the defense line, but after hearing what Zebei said, he did not attack the opponent. He showed his enthusiasm and waved his hands to the players, indicating that they should hurry up and play.
It wasn't until all the players entered the field that Goro Domoto looked at Eiji Sawabita's back and murmured:
"Is there any way to stop Jinguji martial arts..."
"If you really only need an idea to stop such a player, then the sport of basketball is really too easy."
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"But basketball...is it really that easy?"
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