"How's that?! This genius' slam dunk?!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who fell back to the ground, beat his chest excitedly and shouted at the upperclassmen such as Budo and Chiba, with a smile on his handsome face.
The freshmen watching the game on the sidelines also let out bursts of exclamation after being stunned for a few seconds.
"Alley-oop! It's actually an alley-oop!"
"Is this red-haired guy really in the first grade?"
"I dunked on the head of a third-year senior, so awesome!"
"Well done! Sakuragi~~"
Amidst the exclamations of many spectators, Sakuragi Hanamichi instantly caught the soft "Sakuragi" sound. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was still smiling, instantly became serious and turned his head to look at him from an angle that he thought was handsome. Haruko walked to the sidelines, stroking her hair on her temples with both hands, and gave Haruko a smile that was unique to her.
"..." Sakuragi Hanamichi's actions were seen by Takenori Akagi. Although the gorilla was angry and wide-eyed, at this time, it did not dampen Sakuragi's enthusiasm. He just moved towards Haruko. He leaned closer and blocked Haruko behind him.
"The alley-oop, and it looks like it wasn't done by luck."
"This kid has a good sense of passing paths and basketball placement."
"It seems that in the past six months, not only has my physical fitness improved qualitatively, but my skills have also improved a lot!"
Jinguji Budo looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was standing under the basket and was overwhelmed with joy, and thought to himself. Seeing that Sakuragi Hanamichi has grown to this extent, Budao was happy, but he also secretly sighed at the terrible talent of Sakuragi.
Since Sakuragi Hanamichi has improved to this extent, has the other guy also made great progress?
While thinking, Wu Dao looked at Rukawa Kaede who was already on the way back to defense. He looked at Rukawa Kaede's back and pondered for a few seconds, then moved his steps and ran towards the frontcourt.
"Let me try your quality myself! Rukawa Kaede."
In the backcourt, Chiba Oishi served from the baseline and gave the ball to Tetsuji Shiozaki. The latter took the ball and slowly advanced towards the frontcourt. When Shiozaki entered the frontcourt with the ball, the freshmen had already completed their positioning.
Special admissions such as Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede are different from the first-year students they have encountered in martial arts before. As special recruits from Shohoku High School, these guys have been training in Shohoku for a long time, and coach Anzai often puts them into a team during training.
There is a tacit understanding between these five people, which can be seen from the offensive movement, the involvement of the defense line, and the completion of a series of alley-oop actions.
The first grade adopted a zone defense, but the outside defense line was wider. Rukawa Kaede, Katsumi Ichiro and Kiyota Nobunaga stood at 45° on both sides of the three-point line, as well as at the top of the arc.
They had some idea of Tetsushi Shiozaki's ability. Although Tetsuji Shiozaki had already approached the top of the arc with the ball, Katsumi Ichiro, who was at the top of the arc, kept glancing at Jinguji Budo who was not far away from the corner of his eyes. In front of Jinguji Martial Arts stood Rukawa Kaede. Compared to Katsumi Ichiro's loose appearance when defending, Rukawa Kaede looked quite serious.
"Shiozaki, give me the ball!"
When Jinguji Budo saw Shiozaki approaching the top of the arc, he immediately turned sideways, put one hand against Rukawa Kaede's chest, and raised the other hand high, asking for the ball from Shiozaki. And at the moment when Budo wanted the ball, Katsumi Ichiro waited for the opportunity to take action. The moment Shiozaki released the ball, he stepped forward, forced Tetsuji Shiozaki away, and knocked the ball down with one hand.
Katsumi Ichiro, who is in the first grade of high school, is 185cm tall and weighs 75kg. Opposite him, Tetsuji Shiozaki, is only 170cm tall and weighs only 61kg. In terms of basketball skills, experience, and talent, Katsumi Ichiro is better than Tetsuji Shiozaki. In front of Katsumi Ichiro, it is very difficult for Tetsuji Shiozaki to even pass the ball.
"Oops!"
Shiozaki felt a dark shadow flash in front of his eyes, and immediately shouted that something was wrong, but at this time, Katsumi Ichiro already had the ball in his hands. And almost at the same time that Katsumi Ichiro completed the steal, Rukawa Kaede also accelerated violently and ran towards the frontcourt.
“Katsumi Ichiro, this guy’s hands and feet are really fast!”
At the moment Katsumi Ichiro stole the ball, Budo also reacted. The moment Rukawa Kaede started, Jinguji Budo also started. Originally, Budo planned to go around in front of Rukawa Kaede and return to the field to defend in advance.
But after thinking about it, Budo still felt that he was hanging behind Rukawa Kaede. When Rukawa Kaede took the ball and attacked the basket, he blocked the shot from behind! With his speed and burst, he can do this easily.
Sure enough, Rukawa Kaede was one position ahead of Budo, and soon, Rukawa Kaede and Budo surpassed Katsumi Ichiro, who was advancing with the ball. Sensing an opportunity, Katsumi Ichiro gave a head start and passed the ball towards Rukawa Kaede.
"Um?!"
"This is looking down on me, passing the ball over my head?"
Wu Dao turned his head and glanced at the basketball, and happened to see the basketball flying from above his head. Although the ball path was quite high, it was not too high.
Katsumi Ichiro calculated accurately in advance and passed the ball accurately. Normally, when Rukawa Kaede ran to the free throw line, the basketball just landed on top of his head. Rukawa Kaede didn't even need to jump, he could catch the basketball with just one stretch of his hand. .
But...the person following Rukawa Kaede is Jinguji Martial Arts!
As the basketball fell, Rukawa Kaede turned around and stretched out his hand to grab the ball, but in the next second, a black shadow rose from the ground and firmly grasped the fallen basketball in his hand.
The shadow blocked the spotlight of the arena and shrouded Rukawa Kaede.
"What?!"
The basketball in the air was jumped up and grabbed by Jinguji Budo. In the eyes of those watching the ball, Jinguji Budo seemed to be flying, intercepting the ball that ordinary people could not reach.
After completing the steal, Jinguji Budo did not stop for a moment. After landing, he suddenly jumped up. In an instant, he was nearly two meters away from Rukawa Kaede and quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.
"Ohhhh! Jump so high! So fast!"
The sudden rise of Jinguji martial arts caused exclamations in the arena.
In the court, Katsumi Ichiro saw Budo advancing rapidly with the ball, and immediately stopped him and tried to steal it. However, the moment he stepped forward, Budo grabbed the ball with one hand and easily turned around without losing speed, directly approaching the three-pointer. Wire.
Jinguji Budo's sudden advance made Nango Koichiro and Sakuragi Hanamichi on the inside alert. When Budo dribbled the ball and approached the three-pointer, the two were ready to defend, but in the blink of an eye, Jinguji Budo He has already reached the free throw line, and then takes one step inside the free throw line and directly takes off with the ball.
Jinguji Budo's speed was so fast that Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango Koichiro hadn't even fully adjusted from the offensive state. Jinguji Budo had already put the ball in the air.
“Bang!
! "
Taking off from a step inside the free throw line, Jinguji Budo dunked hard with one hand and poured the ball into the basket. The terrifying force pulled the entire basketball stand downwards.
Until Jinguji Martial Arts landed, the entire basketball stand was still shaking violently.
Jinguji Budo's slam dunk made the audience in the entire arena hold their breath, and stared at Jinguji Budo in the court with dumbfounded eyes.
“Hoo ho ho ho!
"
"It seems that martial arts has really developed better in the United States."
"Speed, power, ball skills, and explosion, all these things are combined into a body of more than two meters."
"There is no doubt that players of this level have far exceeded the level of high school students!"
"Martial arts...has surpassed Tanizawa Liang by far!"
When Coach Anzai saw Jinguji Budo's goal, he clenched his fists in excitement, and his eyes under his glasses were already a little moist.
After the martial arts slam dunk, he immediately looked at Coach Anxi on the sidelines. It was only now that he really started to show his strength. Martial Arts also hopes that his strength can be recognized by Coach Anxi and comfort Coach Anxi's dry mind.
"Sakuragi, you must not be complacent just because you have achieved some small achievements!"
"This world is very vast."
"I'm here to open the door to a new world for you! Let you see some of the vastness outside the prison!"
When Jinguji Budo said this, Rukawa Kaede and Katsumi Ichiro also ran back to their own half. The five freshmen all focused their attention on Jinguji Martial Arts. They all felt the suffocating and terrifying pressure from Jinguji Martial Arts. At this moment, these five people all had something on their minds.
Kiyota Nobunaga: "A small forward who is more than two meters tall! There is no such person in the country, right? What kind of monster will the martial arts senior give full play to!"
Kaede Rukawa: "Are all Americans...all players like this?"
Sakuragi: "I can do such a slam dunk!"
Katsumi Ichiro: "Hey, hey, why are you so serious? We are only in the first grade!"
Nanxiang: "Hey, I was careless just now. I will definitely stop the next ball!"
Wu Dao withdrew his gaze and looked around at the five disciples around him. On their faces, there was admiration, contemplation, and a strong fighting spirit. These expressions were all seen by Wu Dao.
"Go on, you're welcome."
As Jinguji Budo spoke, he turned back to defend, but it was only then that several people came back from their thoughts, looked at each other, and began to serve and attack in silence.
During the transition between offense and defense, Nobunaga Kiyota quickly entered the frontcourt with the ball. Facing Miyagi Ryota's defense, Nobunaga Kiyota simply called a pick-and-roll, and then rushed inside under the cover of Katsumi Ichiro. And Kiyota Nobunaga's movements instantly attracted Tsunoda Satoru's attention.
The upperclassmen, except Jinguji Martial Arts, the rest of the team members have already played countless training matches with these special recruits. In the previous training matches, Rukawa Kaede and others who were in junior high school were able to compete with the high school team led by Hisashi Mitsui and Akagi.
And Tsunoda Satoru, in a competition of that level, is no match for these first-year students!
Tsunoda Satoru, who was on the defensive position, was instantly dodged by Kiyota Nobunaga. Kiyota Nobunaga, who was attacking the basket, finally attracted Chiba Oishi's cover, but he was still too late. With Nobunaga Kiyota hitting the board high, the basketball easily entered the net.
The senior defense was easily torn apart by Nobunaga Kiyota.
"Um?"
The first grade's counterattack was so easy and fast, something Martial Arts did not expect at first. He didn't expect that the basket guarded by Chiba would be broken through so easily, which really surprised Martial Arts.
However, Martial Arts didn't care about this. He probably knew the level of Shiozaki and Tsunoda.
"It's our turn to attack."
"Pass the ball to me when you get to the frontcourt!"
Wu Dao clapped his hands, encouraged him, and then trotted towards the front court.
On the senior class side, everyone also realized that facing this group of first-year students, Shiozaki was not very good at controlling the ball, and the ball-controlling task returned to Miyagi Ryota.
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Miyagi, who received the ball in the backcourt, traveled much faster than Shiozaki. Not long after Budo entered the frontcourt, Miyagi Ryota quickly crossed the center line.
Entering the frontcourt, Miyagi Ryota briefly observed the first-year defense and saw that there were no obvious loopholes. Without waiting for Katsumi Ichiro to come up, he quickly gave the ball to Jinguji Budo.
Jinguji Budo, who was standing outside the three-point line, was also standing on the right side of the court, half sideways facing Rukawa Kaede, with his right hand against Rukawa Kaede's chest and his left hand catching the ball.
Starting with the basketball, Jinguji Budo took the ball with both hands and quickly swept the ball's frame, lowered his center of gravity, moved his right foot laterally, and used probing steps to shift Rukawa Kaede's defensive focus. Seeing Rukawa Kaede's steps retreating, he stood up and pulled out his hand on the spot.
The core strength of Jinguji Martial Arts is very strong, and the in-situ pull-up can still bring out the advantage of jumping.
With a height of more than two meters and jumping, Wu Dao shot a three-pointer directly in front of Rukawa Kaede, looking relaxed and comfortable.
Rukawa Kaede, who is in the first grade of high school, is already 188cm tall and weighs 77kg.
But in front of the 201cm Jinguji martial arts, it is still not enough to watch. Not to mention that the center of gravity has been mobilized by martial arts. Even if it is not mobilized, it is very difficult to guard against the martial arts.
"Uh-huh!"
With a crisp sound, the basketball hit the net.
The dry pull is one of the scoring tools of the outside superstars. Today's Jinguji Martial Arts has developed this skill into a unique skill. If the defensive players can't put too much defensive pressure on him, they won't be able to guard him at all.
Before returning to China, in the warm-up match against Mount Zion Christian Academy, relying on this one-two punch, Wu Dao scored 36 points in a single game. The kid nicknamed T-Mac only scored 29 points.
And Rukawa Kaede's defense is too quiet for the current Jinguji martial arts!
"Be on guard! Rukawa Kaede!"
"I feel no pressure!"
Martial Arts shouted softly at Rukawa Kaede and raised his fingers towards Rukawa Kaede.
After playing more games with old and American players, Wu Dao's personality has also changed a little subtly, and he has become more talkative on the court.
"Phew~ The three-pointer is so sudden and so accurate!"
"Stinky fox, you have to work harder! If you can't stop it, talk to me as soon as possible, and I will come and take your place!"
When Sakuragi Hana passed Rukawa Kaede, she said sarcastic words and followed the footsteps of Jinguji Budo and ran towards the front court. Sakuragi's words made Rukawa Kaede's eyelids twitch. Rukawa Kaede, who was originally expressionless, became even colder at this moment.
Soon, the first-year backcourt served, and Kiyota Nobunaga once again entered the frontcourt with the ball.
After arriving in the frontcourt, Nobunaga Kiyota repeated his old trick and called for a pick-and-roll. This time, Miyagi, who was opposite him, noticed Katsumi Ichiro's movements and deftly bypassed the pick-and-roll and came to the front of Nobunaga Kiyota.
However, the arrival of Miyagi did not make Kiyota hesitate. Nobunaga Kiyota, who rushed a short distance, hit the ball to the ground and passed it to Sakuragi Hanamichi inside.
Sakuragi caught the ball and hit Satoru Tsunoda hard under the basket. With a back hit, Tsunoda was easily pushed past Tsunoda, and then he invaded the basket with a deep step. There was no long-distance run-up. He turned around to face the basket and pulled green onions on dry land. It was a direct attack with both hands. buckle.
Chiba Oishi, who came up to defend, was knocked back by the terrifying power of Sakuragi Hanamichi's dunk, and he staggered a few steps before he could stand upright.
The flexible steps under the basket, the terrifying explosive power and bounce, the martial arts were stunned for a while, and they couldn't help but glance at Hanamichi Sakuragi a few more times.
Sakuragi, who has been playing for a year, has a lot of talent developed by coach Anzai. His strength has become stronger visibly to the naked eye!
"These guys..."
"The competition is finally interesting. He is much better than the previous boys!"
