Akita Prefecture's formation change was officially declared a failure as Jinguji Budo scored with a dunk.
Coach Domoto’s plan was very loud, asking the players to consolidate the inside line and catch Kanagawa Prefecture’s offensive mistakes, and then relied on the internal and external connections of Kawada Masashi and Fukatsu Kazunari to maintain firepower.
But Goro Domoto still underestimated Jinguji Martial Arts after all. Without Eiji Sawabita's Akita Prefecture team, there is one less player who can involve the defense of Jinguji Martial Arts. But against ordinary players, Wu Dao can allocate a considerable part of his energy to assisting defense and double-teaming.
On the court, between offense and defense.
Fukatsu Kazunari has not realized that his team's offensive system is actually difficult to maintain. In his opinion, the reason why Jinguji Budo was able to steal and dunk just now was simply because Kawada Masashi did not notice the enemy's package. folder.
After entering the frontcourt with the ball, Fukatsu Kazunari still planned to repeat his old trick, calling for a pick-and-roll from his inside teammates when he was near the top of the arc.
However, this time, before Masashi Kawada could step forward, the defender Kenji Fujima struck directly and decisively, stepping forward to steal the ball.
Kazunari Fukatsu, who was holding the ball, was surprised when Fujima made a steal. In a hurry, he avoided Fujima's steal with a bad luck, and then he was ready to speed up and rush forward. However, just as he looked up at the basket, a tall figure suddenly appeared in front of him, covering his sight with one hand.
"Jinguji Martial Arts?!"
When Fukatsu Kazunari saw the person in front of him, he was greatly surprised. He quickly turned his head to look at the substitute small forward of his team, and found that the latter was cutting into the inside and got a better open opportunity. .
Without any hesitation, Fukatsu Kazunari quickly hit the ball to the ground and passed it to his teammate who had already cut to the mid-range position. The latter caught the ball and shot a jump shot directly.
Although Fukatsu Kazunari's ability to seize opportunities is quite good, and his players also traveled to a suitable distance, when the Akita Prefecture substitute jumped up to shoot, the two-meter-long mermaid Sumijun who guarded Kanagawa's inside swooped in to make up for it. Defend.
The tall and tall Yuzumi Jun is quite oppressive under the basket. It is difficult for ordinary players to stay calm when facing such a giant center.
Sure enough, Akita Prefecture's substitute small forward's shooting movement was obviously deformed under the influence of Uozumi, and the basketball hit the base of the basket and bounced out.
The basket has now become a battlefield. Shinomiya and Masashi Kawada both lowered their waists and got into position. Shinomiya was on the defensive side and positioned closer to the basket than Masashi Kawada, occupying the optimal landing point.
Kawada Masashi was stuck behind Shinomiya Tanno, and he pushed Shinomiya Konno's back hard, hoping to push the opponent directly under the basket and seize the best landing position. But to Kawada Masashi's surprise, he and Shinomiya Masashi In the wrestling match in Shinomiya Fields, he was the one who fell into the disadvantage!
"This guy is so powerful?!" Masashi Kawada was also shocked by his discovery. This was the first time he competed head-on with Shinomiya for strength, and he, who is known as the No. 1 center in the country, was in a strength competition. He is actually not as good as the other party as a "part-time power forward".
"Dang~" After a soft sound, the basketball began to fall. Shinomiya opened his arms, stuck Kawada's position, and began to accumulate strength.
Less than ten centimeters after the basketball fell, Shinomiya finished charging up and jumped up. In the sight of the audience, Shinomiya's right forearm easily surpassed the basket, and then he grabbed the ball in his arms. middle.
While grabbing the board, Shinomiya's body inevitably collided with Kawada Masashi's body. After the two fell back to the ground, Shinomiya stood firm, but Kawada Masashi involuntarily took a step back. He stabilized his steps, and then looked at Shinomiya Tano with a surprised expression.
"Quick break!" Shinomiya didn't have time to pay attention to the look in Masashi Kawada's eyes. After shouting, he threw the ball directly towards the frontcourt.
At this time, Jinguji Budo, Hisashi Mitsui and Fujima crossed the center line and attacked Akita Prefecture's basket.
Fujima started the fastest and took the lead in controlling the basketball. Shortly after he received the basketball, Jinguji Budo came from behind, surpassed Fujima, crossed Akita Prefecture's three-point line, and quickly ran towards Akita Prefecture's basket. go. At this time, the two Akita team members who were chasing were still more than one meter away from the martial arts.
"Really, a reliable teammate!" Fujima Kenji saw Jinguji Budo entering the paint, smiled and praised, and threw the basketball in his hand towards the basket.
While traveling, Jinguji Budo saw Fujima passing the ball and began to slow down and adjust his running rhythm. When the basketball came above his head, Jinguji Budo jumped up, held the ball with both hands, and then poured the ball into the basket.
The perfectly timed alley-oop dunk completely threw off the defender.
And as Jinguji Budo scored another slam dunk, cheers surged from the surrounding stands.
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"How can I stop that guy's attack?"
"Can we really stop such a guy?"
In the rest area of Akita Prefecture, Eiji Sawabita, who was sitting in his seat with his head down in thought, seemed to be in two different worlds from the excitement on the field. The excitement around him seemed to have nothing to do with him, and he couldn't hear the wailing on the bench.
At this time, scenes of fighting against the martial arts of Jinguji Temple flashed through his mind.
He tried to find the flaws in martial arts from the attack scenes of Jinguji martial arts.
Not to mention, such meditation is really useful. Zebita Eiji discovered that most of Jinguji Martial Arts’ attacks tend to attack to his left side. In other words, Jinguji Martial Arts’ offensive habits are from his own side. The right side of the ball, that is, the strong side attack.
Although Zebei was aware of this, Zebei Eiji was unable to apply this awareness to his defense.
Just knowing that Jinguji Martial Arts is accustomed to attacking from the right, there is still no way to defend the opponent.
He also needs to find the more fatal weakness of Jinguji martial arts!
In later generations, there would be dedicated team analysts responsible for analyzing players' offensive styles. But in high school basketball in this era, it is usually the coaches or the players themselves who do this.
Goro Domoto has also watched many Jinguji Budo game videos. He believes that the only way to guard against players like Jinguji Budo is to crush them with hard power.
He can jump higher than Jinguji Martial Arts, run faster, has more experience, is more powerful, and even needs to be quite familiar with Jinguji Martial Arts. These defensive conditions are indispensable.
When Domoto realized this, he gave up his plan to seal Jinguji Martial Arts. He only hoped that he could rely on the power of his ace Zebei to limit the scores of Jinguji Martial Arts.
But the reality is very cruel. Zebei Eiji was unable to limit Jinguji Budo's scoring when he was on the court. The opponent scored more than 20 points on Zebei's head in more than ten minutes, which directly destroyed Zebei's mentality. .
Goro Domoto watched Kanagawa Prefecture completely spread the offense, and his team's offense was frequently blocked. At this time, coach Domoto no longer had any hope for victory.
"Our Akita Prefecture really lost completely this time. None of these players from Kanagawa Prefecture are easy to deal with."
Goro Domoto sighed softly, looked at Zebei who lowered his head and muttered, silently walked to Zebei and squatted down.
"Zawakita!" Domoto Goro whispered, but Sawabei Eiji still lowered his head, as if he didn't hear it.
"Zawakita!!" Goro Domoto increased his volume, and at the same time, he slapped Eiji Zekita's shoulder hard with his right hand.
The slight pain coming from his shoulder finally made Zebei come out of his meditation. Looking at Coach Domoto in front of him, Zebei's eyes were empty and he subconsciously called: "Coach."
"..." Goro Domoto looked at Eiji Sawabita, who had empty eyes in front of him, and remained silent for a long time.
He did not expect that his proud disciple would become what he is now. The blow that Jinguji Martial Arts gave him was far greater than the blow that Shinomiya Tano gave him at that time.
"Zebei, it's impossible to defeat your opponent just by thinking."
"No matter how good your brain is and how many deductions you make, when it comes to the court, you still have to lose."
"Basketball relies on sweat to accumulate ability. I recognize your efforts. At the same time, I don't think you will lose to anyone."
"The martial arts of Jinguji Temple are indeed very strong, but you are definitely not weak either!"
Domoto Goro said a lot, but Zebita Eiji's eyes were still empty and unfocused.
"Zebei, speaking of...three threats, which three threats are they?"
Goro Domoto asked suddenly, and after hearing this, Eiji Sawabita's face finally had some expressions, and his eyes were focused.
"Three threats...shooting, dribbling, and..."
Speaking of this, Sawabei Eiji stopped and looked at Goro Domoto attentively.
"And passing! Right?"
Goro Domoto patted Zebei on the shoulder and told Zebei the answer he had not said.
As Goro Domoto spoke, he pointed his finger at the center of the field, which was during Akita County's offensive round.
Fukatsu Kazunari, who brought the ball from the backcourt into the frontcourt, was once again double-teamed by Jinguji Budō. Facing the defense of Jinguji Budō and Fujima Kenji, Fukatsu chose to pass the ball with a high throw. out.
However, the intention of this passing method was too obvious. At this moment, Shinomiya ran out from the inside and stopped in front of Akita's substitute small forward who was cutting in the air, preparing to intercept.
Faced with Shinomiya's interception, the pass that was seen through the ball obviously had no way of falling into the hands of his teammates according to Fukatsu's idea. When the basketball was falling, it was intercepted by Shinomiya and caught in his hands.
As the steal appeared, Kanagawa County once again launched a counterattack, Jinguji Budo, Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima once again rushed to the frontcourt.
"Yes." Sawabei nodded dully, and looked in the direction of Domoto Goro's finger. He happened to see Jinguji Budo receiving the ball in the frontcourt and driving to the basket alone, while Akita Prefecture's two defenders The team members also quickly moved towards Jinguji Martial Arts to double-team.
But this time, Jinguji Budo did not choose to force a layup. Instead, after taking off, he suddenly half-turned, made a fake shot and passed the ball to Mitsui Hisashi who moved to the bottom corner of the three-point line.
The latter takes the ball and shoots a three-pointer directly from the three-point line.
After a soft sound, 3 points were added to Kanagawa Prefecture's scoreboard.
Domoto Goro's eyes twitched slightly when he saw this scene, but he quickly adjusted his mentality and calmly said to Zebei:
"Offensive players are not just players who can only score."
"Zebei, your characteristics are actually very distinct. You have excellent offensive power and rich scoring methods. No matter what kind of opponent you face, you always have a way to score the ball into the basket."
"But your biggest problem is that your offense is so strong that you neglect other abilities."
"I thought your problems would be exposed when you went to the United States for training."
"But what I didn't expect is that your talent is so good. When facing those talented monsters, you actually developed such a shooting method, so that you can still score points by yourself when facing those players."
"So at that time, I didn't point out your problem."
"But today, I'm afraid you have to face your own problems."
Goro Domoto was talking to Eiji Sawabita while watching the game on the field. The "problem" mentioned by Goro Domoto is actually that Zebei doesn't like to pass the ball.
Most of the opponents Zebita Eiji faced in the past were able to defeat them with his personal abilities. But today, when he met Jinguji Budo, Zebei relied on himself but it was not enough. Even if he called his teammates to pick and roll, it was still not enough to support him in getting past Jinguji Budo's defense.
Zebita Eiji needed more weapons to induce Jinguji Budo's defense. Sawabita Eiji is very sensitive when it comes to basketball. Domoto Goro did not explain his problem thoroughly at all, but Sawabita Eiji already knew what his coach was going to say after listening to the previous words.
Domoto's suggestion brought a glimmer of light into the dark world of Eiji Zebei. The impeccable martial arts of Jinguji Temple also seemed to have a slight crack.
"coach...."
"I understand, please let me play!"
Domoto Goro's words cheered Zebei up. He wanted to play quickly to verify his ideas. But when Zebei was about to stand up, Goro Domoto held down Zebei's shoulders firmly, preventing him from getting up.
"No."
"Let's give this victory today to Kanagawa."
"I hope you can remember today's failure and work hard during training."
"When we meet them next time, we will get back the honor that belongs to us."
Goro Domoto's words were very beautiful, but there was no way to tell Eiji Sawabita what he really thought. He didn't let Zebei play. In fact, the fundamental reason was that he didn't expect Zebei to be able to change the team's situation.
A player who has never passed the ball in the past, now you tell him that he wants to pass the ball, and he can pass the ball in a timely manner? How is this possible?
The purpose of Domoto's words to Zebei is to give Zebei a direction to work hard in. After the game, he can practice his court vision and passing ability to make his offense more unpredictable.
Now, if the half-experienced Sawehita is allowed to step onto the court, he will definitely be beaten by Jinguji Martial Arts. When the time comes, it may not be a matter of a few words for Eiji Sawehita to adjust.
As for the game, from the moment he replaced Eiji Sawabita, Goro Domoto no longer had any hope.
"Zebei, take a good look at Jinguji Martial Arts and the Shinomiya field."
"These two people are the ones you need to overcome!"
"One day, you have to pull these two people down and reach the top by yourself!"
Goro Domoto had a heart-to-heart talk with Eiji Sawabita off the court, but the Akita Prefecture players on the court were having an extremely hard time.
Jinguji Budo's defensive radiation range is very large, which caused huge problems in the operation of basketball in Akita Prefecture. In the second half, Shinomiya finally stopped paddling and became more active. With his terrifying foot strength, the defense covered the entire basket area and mid-range.
When Akita Prefecture's offense was blocked, Kanagawa Prefecture's outside line also blossomed.
Jinguji Budo still maintained a hot touch in the second half, and the replacements Hisashi Mitsui and Kenji Fujima also felt hot.
Under the three-point bombing of three people, the score difference between the two teams began to widen rapidly.
As the second half of the game progressed, there was no longer any suspense about the outcome.
114:71.
The Akita Prefecture team, once the hegemon of the Aki no Kuni Sports, lost the game with a rather ugly score.
And Kanagawa Prefecture has officially reached the top!
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