As the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee, the game between Xiangbei High School and Hainan officially started. center line. Takenori Akagi and Shigehiro Mori took off one after another and reached out to shoot the basketball.
Takenori Akagi, who has rich experience in the game, has been very mature in timing the jump ball. He saw that he was able to capture the basketball before Mori Shigehiro. The next second, a big hand came from behind and hit the basketball directly below him. , moving the ball towards Hainan's backcourt.
"This kid has so much explosive power!" Takenori Akagi was shocked when he saw the jump ball he was about to get knocked away by the opponent.
Although he had already felt that Mori Shigehiro was a very powerful center in the game between Hainan and Lingnan, the opponent still won the jump ball even though they lost the opportunity at this time, which still surprised Akagi.
Such explosive power is far superior to that of Takenori Akagi!
"Well done! Kuan!" Mu Shen, who was in Hainan's backcourt, ran a few steps to get the ball in his hands and immediately shouted encouragement.
Regardless of just winning the jump ball, for Hainan, winning the jump ball means taking the lead in attack. Facing a strong enemy like Xiangbei High School, being first is crucial!
"Very good, Akun really won the jump ball, and then he scored a goal steadily!"
"Jinguji Martial Arts is different from Shinomiya Tanano. Although his physical fitness is equally strong, Shohoku's offense needs to revolve around him."
"Shohoku High School's defense should be impossible to send Jinguji Budo inside."
"As long as Akuan can catch the ball inside, the success rate of our offense will be greatly increased!" Mu Shenyi pushed the ball towards the frontcourt while watching Xiangbei's defensive position.
Different from Lingnan High School's man-to-man defense, Xiangbei High School adopts a zone defense, with the main task of consolidating the interior defense.
In the Shohoku half, Takenori Akagi and Hanamichi Sakuragi guarded two sections of the paint area under the basket, while Budo Jinguji and Ryota Miyagi were on both sides of the free throw line, leaving the corner of the corner of the three-point line open. .
However, Hisashi Mitsui did not join the four-man defense system in Shohoku, but was responsible for the individual defense of Kamizou Ichiro.
Today's Mitsui Hisashi is similar in height to Kamizouichiro, and is stronger than Kamizouichiro in terms of experience and technology. He has no problem guarding the opponent alone.
Makichi entered the frontcourt, observed Shohoku High School's defense, and immediately gave up the idea of passing the ball to Mori Shigehiro.
Mu Shenyi knew that Shohoku's defense was mainly aimed at players like him and Mori Shigehiro who needed to attack near the basket.
"We need to deceive people from Xiangbei!"
"Otherwise, having people like Jinguji Budo help defend the inside would put too much pressure on Hiro..." Soon, Mu Shenyi made a decision, took the ball and left the top of the arc, and started to play from the horns. The direction moves quickly towards the middle distance of the baseline.
Jinguji Budo, who was originally standing near the free throw line, glanced slightly when he saw this, but did not choose to follow up.
Soon, as soon as Mu Shenyi approached the basket, Takenori Akagi, who was relatively close to him, thought for a moment and stepped forward decisively, not giving Mu Shenyi a chance to shoot. At the same time, he also relied on his position to block Mu Shenyi's shot. The passing route between Morishigehiro.
As Takenori Akagi left the basket, Makoto retreated and did the next best thing. He faked a shot and passed the ball, hitting the ground to the inside and into the hands of Kazuma Takasago. Kazuma Takasago took the ball without any hesitation and directly sided it. Passed to the open Morishigehiro.
The latter took the ball, straight up, grabbed the ball with both hands, and drove towards the basket.
"Don't even think about it!!" However, at this moment, Akagi's shouts came from behind Mori Shigehiro, and a big hand pressed down on the basketball from behind Mori Shigehiro.
Takenori Akagi, who moved to the middle distance to defend Mu Shinichi, successfully returned to the basket in just one or two seconds of Hainan's transmission.
"Well done! Gorilla!" Sakuragi Hanamichi was standing under the basket with Kazuma Takasago behind him. He watched Akagi hold down the basketball in Morishigehiro's hand with one hand and shouted excitedly.
"Bang!" However, just as he finished speaking, Mori Shigehiro slammed the ball into the basket, making a loud noise.
The block Akagi Takenori gave the opponent from behind did not affect Mori Shigehiro's dunk.
"What?!" The basketball fell rapidly from the net. Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Morishigehiro hanging the frame with a surprised look on his face.
"Crack!" Takenori Akagi and Shigehiro Mori fell back to the ground one after another. Akagi looked at the white team No. 15 in front of him with a surprised look on his face. There was no way to hide the shock on his face.
Akagi knew that Shigehiro Mori was very strong, stronger than Jun Uozumi, but he didn't expect that the opponent could be so strong. He was obviously already focused on the basketball.
"Beautiful! Kuan!" Everyone in Hainan happily surrounded Mori Shigekwan and started to return, leaving everyone in Xiangbei in shock.
Budo looked at Morishigehiro who was leaving, turned around and clapped his hands, bringing Sakuragi and Akagi back to reality from their shocked emotions.
"You two, stop looking so surprised."
"Relax and start attacking!"
"Akagi, don't think too much. Even if your strength is not as good as his, it's not that bad."
"You couldn't block this shot simply because you were slow and not as explosive as him."
"When you press the basketball, he has reached the highest point." Budo comforted Takenori Akagi, who failed to defend, and then turned around and started to advance towards the frontcourt.
After listening to Budo's explanation, Akagi recalled the opponent's shot just now, silently nodded and went to the baseline to serve, but his face was still ugly.
What Jinguji Martial Arts said was right, but Akagi also knew that this was just Martial Arts comforting him. The fact is that there is indeed a gap in strength between him and Mori Shigehiro. If the gap was not big, Mori Shigehiro's shot just now was destroyed by him even if it reached the highest point.
However, Akagi didn't think too much after all. He had watched Mori Shigehiro's game and had a basic expectation of the opponent's strength, so he would not lose confidence just because of a ball.
"Start attacking!" Miyagi Ryota received the basketball in the backcourt, pressed behind the team, and advanced slowly.
As Shohoku High School organized the attack, the spectators in the stands also began to become active.
"It's started, it's started! Shohoku High School is about to start attacking!"
"Huh~ I came all the way from Tokyo just to see Jinguji Martial Arts play! Come on! Jinguji Martial Arts!"
"Shohoku! Dongdongdong! Shohoku! Dongdongdong!" The activity of the audience will also affect the state of the players on the court. With the encouragement of the audience, Sakuragi Hanamichi couldn't help but start to get excited.
Although he knew that a large part of the cheers were not for him, it didn't matter! Because he was the main attacker of Xiangbei High School today!
Genius Sakuragi!
"My genius Sakuragi! I must prove myself in front of everyone!"
"Absolutely!" Sakuragi quickly entered the frontcourt and took a position directly in the middle distance. With Takasago Kazuma behind him, he lowered his center of gravity.
At the same time as he completed his position, Jinguji Budo and others had also entered the frontcourt. After crossing the three-point inside line, Miyagi Ryota directly passed the ball to Jinguji Budo in the corner on the right, and then stood up At the top of the arc.
After Mitsui Hisashi entered the frontcourt, he went directly to the corner of the three-point line on the same side of Budo. At the same time, Takenori Akagi walked along the baseline towards the left mid-range.
Morishige Hiroshi glanced at Jinguji Budo holding the ball from afar, then followed Akagi and left the basket.
At this time, only Hanamichi Sakuragi and Kazuma Takasago were stuck in the position behind him.
"Xiangbei pulled away, are you preparing for Jinguji Martial Arts to fight in singles?" Mu Shen stood in front of Jinguji Martial Arts, not daring to lower his center of gravity, and raised his right hand high, guarding against Jinguji Martial Arts. Pull out, and at the same time quickly observe the position of other players in Xiangbei.
When he saw such a huge gap inside, he immediately realized Xiangbei's plan. Similar to teams with super trump cards like Xiangbei and Lingnan, singles play is a very common style of play.
"Boy, your movements are pretty good."
"It seems that Takasago doesn't put much pressure on this kid." Jinguji Budou straightened his waist and dribbled the ball, looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi in the mid-range position, and casually lobbed the ball inside.
Jinguji Budo, who is more than ten centimeters taller than Maki Shinichi, hits the ball extremely easily. Mu Shen tried to intercept the ball when Mu Dao saw it, but then he realized that his interception action was a bit ridiculous, and it could not affect Jinguji Mu Dao's pass at all.
"Youxi!"
"The first goal of the genius Sakuragi's attack!" Hanamichi Sakuragi who took the ball exclaimed excitedly, quickly dropped the ball and hit it with his back. The huge force directly hit Takasago Kazuma, and actually pushed Takasago back two feet. Only then can I stand firm.
Sakuragi Hanamichi got an opening and quickly turned around and shot a jumper. A standard two-stage shot, the basketball flew directly from Sakuragi's hands and flew towards the basket.
"First goal!" Sakuragi looked at the basket with confidence and muttered. The basketball hit the backboard and bounced toward the basket.
However, the ball did not bounce into the basket as Sakuragi expected. Instead, it hit the edge of the basket and bounced outward.
"Missed!"
"Rebound!!" Mu Shen shouted when he saw this, and just as he shouted, a red figure suddenly flew past him and rushed towards the inside.
"Jingongji Martial Arts! Damn it!" By the time Mu Shen saw the figure of Martial Arts, it was already too late to act.
Under the basket, Takasago Kazuma occupies the best landing spot, leaping high to get the ball in his hands, while Sakuragi Hanamichi also realized that he missed the shot at this moment, and huddled with Takasago, preparing to grab the rebound.
As the basket fell, Takasago and Sakuragi jumped up together and grabbed the basketball. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi is not as tall as Takasago, his jumping and explosive power are far superior to Takasago. Even if his position is not ideal, his height is still higher than Takasago.
Seeing that Sakuragi was about to take the ball in his hand, a big hand suddenly appeared from behind Sakuragi Hanamichi, grabbed the basketball, and smashed it into the basket.
At the same time, both Sakuragi and Takasago were hit by someone. After landing, they staggered a few steps before barely regaining their balance. Sakuragi was even more angry and cursed directly: "That bastard! How dare you Destroy this genius' rebound..."
"Ha...ha..." However, when Sakuragi saw Jinguji Budo falling to the ground after completing a dunk, Sakuragi's scolding stopped abruptly and he scratched in embarrassment. On the back of his head, he laughed twice.
"Sakuragi, even if you get a chance when fighting from behind, don't let up!"
"When you just shot the ball, you were obviously too excited!"
"Did you think you were bound to get in?! It seems that your practice is not enough!"
"Take every ball you get seriously! Treat it with a normal heart!" Jinguji Martial Arts pointed his finger at Sakuragi Hanamichi and taught him a lesson.
Although Hanamichi Sakuragi has been practicing shooting a few months ago, his shooting practice is also very even, and he practices hundreds of balls every day.
However, Sakuragi Hanamichi still hasn't gotten rid of his tendency to get carried away easily. Sometimes great opportunities are often missed because he is not focused enough and has random thoughts.
When the gap between the enemy and ourselves is large, Sakuragi's mentality will not affect the victory. But when the enemy and we are about the same strength, the battle is to handle every ball!
Often in such games, the difference between victory and defeat is only 1 to 2 points. Every mistake is fatal!
"Uh... I'm sorry..." In front of Jinguji Martial Arts, Sakuragi Hanamichi was still able to remain humble, nodded, and said seriously.
"Return to defense!" Martial Arts saw that Sakuragi had a good attitude, his expression brightened slightly, he shouted in a low voice and began to quickly return to defense.
"As expected of Shohoku, the counterattack is so sharp!" Kamizou Ichiro followed Shohoku's departure and quickly advanced towards the frontcourt.
Mu Shenyi had already received the serve from his teammate in the backcourt, and was following not far behind Kamizou Ichiro. He looked at Jinguji Budo, who had returned to the court early and took up his position, with vague doubts in his heart.
"Although this goal was indeed scored by Jinguji Budo."
"But... Shohoku High School doesn't seem to focus its attack on Jinguji Martial Arts?!"
"Our Hainan team took the lead, Xiangbei was lagging behind, and the team's score also started from 0. At this time, the ace should be the first to launch the attack."
"But just now Jinguji Budo gave the ball to the red-haired Sakuragi Hanamichi..."
"Xiangbei, what are you going to do?!" Mu Shen didn't think about what Xiangbei High School was doing, and didn't think much about it after dribbling the ball into the frontcourt.
Therefore, at this time, Jinguji Budo, who originally consolidated the inside defense, had already arrived in front of him. Martial Arts also understood that Hainan's attack was most likely led by Mu Shenyi, and he planned to interrupt the internal and external connection between Mu Shenyi and Mori Shigekan first!
Jinguji Martial Arts, who had a long man and long hands, came to Mu Shenyi. He stood still and stretched out his arms, covering Mu Shen's entire body in his shadow.
Mu Shenyi turned slightly sideways and protected the ball on the spot, not daring to show any signs of neglect in the face of Wu Dao's defense.
"What a strong sense of oppression..."
"This guy... is even more powerful than before!" Mu Shen looked at Jinguji Martial Arts, who was much taller than himself, and his pressure increased sharply.
He felt like he was enveloped by an invisible aura, and all the hairs on his body stood up.
"You can't sit still and wait for death. The longer you hold the ball, the more flaws you will have!" Mu Shenyi decisively changed his rhythm and prepared to break through. In front of Jinguji Martial Arts, he could not freely lob the ball to the inside. If he wanted to hit the ball, he had to Find the flaw in Jinguji martial arts!
With his center of gravity lowered and after continuous crotch dribbling, Mu Shen stretched out his arms and dribbled in a suspended position. After a feint, he was ready to accelerate for a breakthrough.
However, at this moment, Jinguji Budo's face darkened, his eyes flashed red, and he suddenly took a step forward. As if he had anticipated Mu Shenyi's move, he smacked his palm directly and hit the basketball.
"!!" The next second, Jinguji Budo rushed out, grabbed the ball directly in his hands, and quickly rushed towards the frontcourt.
The extremely fast dribbling speed directly threw away everyone in Hainan who was trying to chase. He rode into the frontcourt and performed a mellow windmill dunk under the watchful eyes of the entire audience.
"Amu...you must never try to challenge me!"
"Be obedient...and be a stepping stone for ikebana..."........................
