Sakuragi Hanamichi dunked Hanakato Toru, the first goal of the Shohoku first-year back on the court, shocked everyone. Lan
Shinomiya looked at the hanging basket of Sakuragi Hanamichi with a surprised expression. After a moment of surprise, he turned back to look at Jinguji Martial Arts:
"You guys in Xiangbei...are planning to use this kid to break the balance on the court!"
"At present, it seems that it can have some effects."
Although the encounter with Sakuragi Hanamichi was very short, and Sakuragi Hanamichi's skills were indeed very average, Shinomiya saw something called "possibility" in Sakuragi Hanamichi.
He had never seen anything like this from other first-year students in northern Hunan.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's talent is very strong. In Shinomiya's opinion, this boy's talent may be ranked among the top three in Kanagawa Prefecture. Such a first grader is enough to attract his attention.
"It's not like breaking the balance. I'm just taking this opportunity to try to get along." Lan
"How about it? Our first graders in Xiangbei are not bad at all."
Seeing that Sakuragi Hanamichi had fallen back to the ground, Budo began to defend himself amidst the surprised gazes of the Lingnan team members, and replied to Shinomiya Tōno with a smile. Then he stopped talking to Shinomiya Tano, and when he and Sakuragi's bodies were intertwined, they fist-bumped in celebration in tacit understanding.
"..."
Shinomiya Tano looked at the people in Xiangbei who were leaving in silence, and started to run forward at a trot.
This year's Shohoku is much stronger than last year's. This is not only reflected in the personal growth of the main players, but also the depth of Shohoku's bench can also reflect the increase in Shohoku's strength.
"Are you a new force in Xiangbei... I'm here to test your quality personally."
Shinomiya Tano murmured and quickly ran towards the front court. In the backcourt, Kenji Fujima had already received the serve from his teammate and quickly dribbled the ball forward. After he entered the frontcourt, Shinomiya Tano immediately ran to pick and roll. Lan
Fujima took advantage of Shinomiya's pick-and-roll and quickly dropped the ball to break through.
At the same time, on the Shohoku side, Jinguji Budo and Miyagi Ryota also switched defenses in time. Budo intercepted Kenji Fujima who was trying to break through, while Miyagi Ryota switched defenses in front of Shinomiya.
A simple pick-and-roll cooperation gave Shinomiya a wide range of chances.
After the breakthrough, Kenji Fujima did not run toward the interior of Shohoku. Instead, he led Budo's defense and ran horizontally, widening the distance from Shinomiya's position. At the same time, he also quickly completed the ball and lobbed the ball to Shinomiya Fields.
When Miyagi Ryota saw Fujima playing the ball like this, he was thinking of stealing it, but when the basketball came flying, Shinomiya easily stuck Miyagi with his body, stretched out his hand casually, and collected the ball. In hand.
The whole action of catching the ball seemed relaxed and freehand, and Miyagi's defense was unable to put even a little bit of pressure on him.
Shinomiya turned around quickly after taking the ball. At the same time, the ball protector simply blocked Miyagi's waist and easily contained Miyagi Ryota who was about to pursue the defense. In the blink of an eye, Shinomiya Tano completed the breakthrough and headed towards the inside at high speed. Lan
Budo stood in front of Fujima, looking at Shinomiya Tanano who was rushing towards the inside without moving, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Go and try it, Sakuragi!"
Martial Arts whispered in his heart.
Under the basket, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was originally guarding Hanagata Toru, seemed to hear the murmur of Jinguji Budo, and quickly gave up Hanagata, and quickly defended Shinomiya Tōno.
Shinomiya, who was accelerating to attack the basket, saw Hanamichi Sakuragi, who was stepping up to cover the defense, but had no intention of slowing down to avoid it. He approached the basket, directly joined the ball and took off, raised his right arm high, grabbed the ball with one hand, and rushed toward the basket. gliding.
"Look at how powerful this genius is!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's promotion also has a short run-up distance. Although the distance is far less than Shinomiya Nono, it can still use his bounce to a certain extent. Sakuragi, who was on the defensive side, jumped up with a roar, raised his hands high, and blocked the basketball. Lan
"Peng!"
Shinomiya's body collided with Sakuragi's body in the air. To everyone's surprise, the moment Shinomiya's body collided with Sakuragi's body, the gliding trend was abruptly stopped. Contained.
“Stop!
! "
"I can stop it!"
Takenori Akagi, who was standing under the basket, was overjoyed when he saw this scene.
He has been dunked countless times by Shinomiya. Being able to contain Shinomiya's tendency to glide forward in the air is the first step to a successful defense. It's just that Takenori Akagi has never been able to do even this "first step".
But now, what he failed to do, Sakuragi Hanamichi, a first-year student, actually did it. Lan
"Boy, you're still far from stopping me!"
Shinomiya shouted loudly, and although his forward flower-shaped body stopped, he still grabbed the ball with his right hand and threw it quickly towards the basket.
Shinomiya was still more than 20 centimeters away from the basket, but he threw the ball out with one hand, and he hit the ball hard from top to bottom into the basket.
"What?!" Hanamichi Sakuragi's height and wingspan are not as good as Shinomiya's. Although his jumping ability is only slightly inferior, the absolute height of his jump is much shorter than Shinomiya's. He really didn't expect Shinomiya Tōno's move, and even if he thought of it, he couldn't stop it.
"clang!"
There was a soft sound from behind. Sakuragi Hanamichi couldn't wait to look back after landing, only to find that the basketball had fallen from the net, hit the floor, and rolled towards the baseline.
On the sidelines, Lingnan's scoreboard was flipped and two points were added. Lan
"!
! " Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at the basketball on the ground in astonishment, his face full of disbelief. Even Jinguji Budo looked at Shinomiya Tōno in astonishment at this moment.
He imagined that Sakuragi Hanamichi would not be able to stop Shinomiya Tōno now, but Martial Arts thought that Shinomiya Tōno would use the lever and feint to avoid Sakuragi's defense, but he never thought that the opponent would actually use such a method. Forcefully penetrate Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense.
The strength shown by Shinomiya Tano now has exceeded the imagination of martial arts.
"Hey! First grader!"
"Come and try to block me!"
Shinomiya put his thumb on his chest, raised his chin slightly, and spoke condescendingly towards Sakuragi Hanamichi, with an arrogant look on his face.
If his mouth could be a little more crooked, he would look like an urban dragon king...Lan
"Damn it...damn it!
"
Sakuragi looked at the arrogant Shinomiya Tōno, clenching his fists with a look of reluctance.
"Sakuragi's current defensive ability is definitely not bad. It is indeed unexpected that the aerial battle would be lost in such a way."
"Shinomiya Tōno's strength is too strong. After starting at full speed, it can be said that it is completely unstoppable."
"At this stage, it may be difficult for Sakuragi to affect Shinomiya's offense."
"Let's focus on rebounding..."
Wu Dao thought to himself, quickly turned around and ran towards the front court. Sakuragi quickly adjusted his mentality, quickly kept up with Budao and others, and advanced towards the frontcourt. Lan
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For Sakuragi, this kind of failure is not the first time. He believes that there will be a time when he can successfully beat Shinomiya Wildo to the basket!
During the interaction between offense and defense, Shohoku High School quickly launched a counterattack.
After the basketball was continuously passed between the Shohoku players, it was given to Hisashi Mitsui. Mitsui took the ball and moved to the top of the arc. After the pick-and-roll of Budo, he quickly ducked behind Budo. With the help of Budo's position, he reached a super long distance. Three-point shot.
Now Mitsui Hisashi's three-point shooting range has expanded a lot, but there is still a lot of room for improvement in terms of shooting stability.
The basketball hit the base of the rim and bounced upward.
Under the basket, two strong men, Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi, were already on top of each other, both trying to occupy the suitable landing spot they judged.
On the other side of the basket, Hanagata Toru also spread his arms and stuck Sakuragi behind him, protecting his small area under the basket. Lan
Sakuragi squeezed twice, but failed to shake the flower shape that had completed its position. He looked up at the falling basketball and silently took two steps back.
The basketball fell, and the landing point was where Hanagata was standing. Seeing that the landing point of the rebound became clear, Uozumi quickly changed from wrestling to blocking, preventing Akagi from getting the ball.
Hanaxing looked at the falling basketball and suddenly jumped up as if he had caught the ball in his hand.
"Bang!" Hanaxing grabbed the basketball with both hands, and when he was about to put the ball into his arms, an arm suddenly stretched out from behind his back, directly pointed at the bottom of the basketball, and moved it towards the back of Hanaxing's head.
"What?!" As soon as Hanagata handed it over, the basketball was taken away. Hanagata, who had lost the rebound, murmured in surprise. He quickly turned around and saw that the basketball had fallen into Hanamichi Sakuragi's hands, and the ball Sakuragi actually raised the ball slightly, as if he was preparing to shoot.
"Don't even think about it!"
"Fake action! This kid has no basket, flower shape!" Lan
Seeing this, Hanagata quickly stepped forward. Although Shinomiya Tanano, who was guarding Jinguji Martial Arts outside the venue, reminded her loudly, all of Hanagata's movements at this moment were subconscious conditioned reflexes. Shinomiya Tanano's reminder , it’s useless at all.
Sure enough, when Hanagata raised his focus, Sakuragi Hanamichi dropped the ball directly and broke through. He passed by Hanagata's side in an instant and went straight to the basket. He grabbed the ball with his left hand and made a one-handed dunk.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's slam dunk made a lot of noise. The previous ball was dunked by Shinomiya No., but with this ball he quickly regained his dignity in his own way.
After coming on the field, two consecutive slam dunks finally made the Shohoku bench, which was originally not optimistic about Sakuragi Hanamichi, lively. Some first-year students cheered for Sakuragi, and Chiba Oishi, who was sitting on the bench, also had a smile on his face. He was also very happy that his junior student who replaced him played so well.
Kiyota Nobunaga curled his lips in disdain, his face full of dissatisfaction, and he murmured: "I can do it too."
In the rest area on the other side of the court, Aida Hiko shouted "Awesome" and "I want to take note of it" at the same time. His excited look made Hanamichi Sakuragi glance at him as if he was a player from their Ryonan High School. Coach Tian Gang's eyes jumped when he saw it.
"Asshole! Be quiet! Hikoichi!" It wasn't until Coach Tagoka yelled that Hikochi Aida calmed down a bit, but the excitement in his eyes never dissipated. Lan
"First grader from Shohoku, red-haired Hanamichi Sakuragi!"
Until this moment, Coach Taoka finally faced the existence of Sakuragi Hanamichi, the soles of his feet clicked on the floor, and his brain was running rapidly.
"This starting team from Shohoku is excellent in all positions."
"Compared to Mitsui Hisagi's comprehensiveness, Akagi's calmness and strength, Miyagi Ryota's speed, and Jinguji's martial arts edge, Chiba Oishi at the power forward position seems a bit ordinary."
"Looking across the country, there are countless power forwards of Chiba Oishi's caliber. They may not be seen in weak teams, but in strong teams, this position has become Shohoku's weakness."
"Many times, Akagi takes on most of the work of guarding rebounds, and Chiba Oishi, Hisashi Mitsui, and Jinguji Budo share the rest of the work."
"But this red-haired kid... can fill such a vacancy very well and completely liberate Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Martial Arts." Lan
If Sakuragi Hanamichi's suppression of Guan Ping and Fukuda in the first half was not enough to attract Coach Taoka's attention, then Sakuragi's two offenses and one defense have now successfully registered him with Coach Taoka.
Being able to perform like this against Shinomiya Tōno and Hanagata shows that Sakuragi is already at the level to influence the battle situation.
On the court, Sakuragi Hanamichi's two consecutive slam dunks made Lingnan's players increase their guard against the inside. Fujima no longer defended closely to Miyagi in his defensive position, but retreated to the middle distance of the paint area. , ensuring that when the Xiangbei inside players receive the ball, they can double-team them as soon as possible.
As for Ryota Miyagi shooting a three-pointer? Teng Zhen really hasn’t thought about this.
In addition to the adjustment of Fujima's defensive position, the defense of Shinomiya Tano and Sendō Akira is still close to Jinguji Budō and Mitsui Hisashi. After all, these two people are different from Miyagi Ryota in that they both have special skills. Terrible outside scoring ability.
Seeing that Miyagi Ryota had good outside shooting opportunities many times, Budo also tried to pass the ball to Miyagi Ryota and let him launch an attack from beyond the three-point line.
Miyagi Ryota also decisively shot a few three-pointers, and Fujima on the defensive side only extended his hand symbolically to interfere. Compared with Miyagi's breakthrough, Miyagi Ryota's three-pointers pose a much smaller threat. Lan
Miyagi's shooting percentage is indeed average, with an overall shooting rate of around 40% and a lot of missed shots.
As Miyagi Ryota's shots increased, Shohoku's offensive rebounds appeared more frequently. Sakuragi Hanamichi's rebounding ability was also revealed when Miyagi Ryota missed shots again and again.
“Hoah ah ah!
"
Under the basket, Miyagi Ryota missed another strong shot and the basketball collapsed out of the basket.
As soon as the basketball left the basket and began to fall, a loud shout suddenly came from behind Hanagata. Sakuragi Hanamichi jumped up, reached out from behind Hanagata, grabbed the basketball directly, and dunked it into the net.
Hanagata stood on the ground the whole time, and the huge force coming from behind made it impossible for him to take off. He watched helplessly as Sakuragi Hanamichi completed the dunk.
As the basketball hit the net, a burst of cheers erupted in the Xiangbei rest area. Lan
The game lasted 19 minutes, and the score of the two teams reached 97:83, a 14-point difference.
There was one minute left before the end of the game. With such a score difference, the outcome was already decided.
However, Sakuragi Hanamichi in the stadium still maintained a considerable degree of competitive enthusiasm. Although the score was behind and the outcome was clear, there was not even a trace of disappointment on Sakuragi's face.
Don't miss every offensive opportunity.
Sakuragi Hanamichi played only a few minutes in the second half, and his rebounds increased by 4, and his personal score also increased by 6 points.
Coach Anzai was very pleased when he saw Sakuragi actively returning to defense after scoring a make-up dunk.
"We will win the championship... We in Xiangbei... will definitely win the championship!" Lan
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