As the basketball was thrown into the air by the referee, the game between Xiangbei High School and Lingnan High School officially began.
After two loud shouts in unison, Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi took off almost at the same time and pointed at the basketball.
“Both are top centers in the county, and their timing on jump balls is similar.”
"But...Akagi's height and wingspan are not as good as Uozumi!"
Coach Taoka on the sidelines looked at the timing of Uozumi and Akagi's jump ball, and instantly judged who owned the ball. The next second, Uozumi took the lead in dialing the basketball, and directed the ball towards Fujima in the backcourt. Kenji patted it away.
"Well done, Yuzhu!"
Fujima caught the basketball, smiled and encouraged him, and was not in a hurry to drop the ball to advance. After seeing Shohoku start to retreat, he dropped the ball and slowly advanced.
As Fujima entered the frontcourt with the ball, Lingnan's players had already completed their positions early, with the standard inside-2-outside-3 position. In addition to Fujima at the top of the arc, Sendō and Shinomiya Tanano were respectively Standing on the horns outside the three-point line, the three people are each other's horns.
Miyagi Ryota was responsible for defending Fujima. At this time, seeing that Fujima neither shot the ball nor changed his rhythm after entering the frontcourt, he hesitated for a while. After thinking about it for a while, Miyagi adopted a more prudent style of play, keeping a distance of about 30cm from Fujima, and stepped on the three-point line to defend calmly.
Such a defensive gap will easily allow Fujima to find a gap to break through, but it will not allow Fujima to shoot three-pointers without any scruples.
There is a gap between Miyagi Ryota's height and that of ordinary point guards. Even Fujima, in his third grade, has reached 178cm, which is a full 10cm taller than Miyagi. If it weren't for this, Miyagi's farmland wouldn't have to be so close at all. For Miyagi, this was a helpless move.
Sure enough, Miyagi Ryota's defense had no depth at all. In Fujima's view, it was full of opportunities.
Without the slightest hesitation, Fujima directly moved his hips. While adjusting the rhythm of dribbling, his center of gravity also lowered. The next second, his right foot stepped on the left front, and his right hand guard directly supported Miyagi's body. At the waist, with one step, he directly crossed Miyagi Ryota and completed the breakthrough.
"With such a small gap, we still found a breakthrough opportunity!"
"The point guard in Lingnan is no ordinary character!"
Spectators from other prefectures in the stands screamed in surprise, and in the stadium, Fujima, who had completed the breakthrough, kept rushing towards the inside. Sakuragi Hanamichi just glanced at Fujima in a hurry, and rushed directly in front of Akagi. He took the lead and stepped forward, raising his big hands high, instantly blocking Fujima's sight.
However, the next second Sakuragi came to Fujima, the basketball flew directly from Fujima's hand, hit the floor under Sakuragi's crotch hard, and passed towards the inside.
"What?!" Fujima passed the ball, which surprised Sakuragi. He turned around and saw that Hanagata under the basket had already caught the basketball, and shot the ball to the basket.
"Uh-huh!"
With a soft sound, Lingnan High School took the lead to score.
Just a simple round of attack revealed the strength of Lingnan High School.
The connection between Fujima and Hanagata is very subtle. A first-year student like Hanamichi Sakuragi, who is half-white but not white, is completely fooled. But this kind of attack method is not what Lingnan relies on for survival at all. Even if it is just like this, it will be difficult for Xiangbei to resist.
"Fujima..."
"The gap between Miyagi and the opponent has not been completely bridged."
"Who would have thought that this boy Miyagi has only grown a few centimeters since his first year in high school..."
Martial Arts glanced at the people in Lingnan who were returning to defense, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
Sure enough, Lingnan High School had no intention of holding back during the competition with their Xiangbei High School, and directly set their target on Miyagi Ryota.
"Okay! Let's start the attack!"
The team lost points due to Fujima's solo attack, but Miyagi Ryota felt much calmer at this time. There is no way, he has experienced too many such things. Miyagi Ryota also knows that his defense is not very good. All he can do is to maximize his value.
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Miyagi's stability also made Budao feel relieved and he quickly ran towards the frontcourt.
When Shohoku attacked, Miyagi Ryota was behind all the players, and the speed of advancement was not very fast. Different from Lingnan's offensive formation, this time, except for Takenori Akagi, all the other players from Shohoku High School took their positions directly on the inside. Scattered outside the three-point line.
Miyagi Ryota approached the top of the arc, Jinguji Budō and Rukawa Kaede were in the corner outside the three-point line, and Sakuragi Hanamichi did not force into the inside, but sank to the bottom corner. I don’t know Sakuragi’s details. Hanagata didn't dare to leave Sakuragi open at this moment, and also pulled out from the inside, guarding Sakuragi.
"Miyagi!"
Just when Miyagi Ryota was about to pass the ball to Jinguji Budō, Budō called out to Miyagi first, and then looked at Rukawa Kaede on the other side, and his thoughts were self-evident.
Without any hesitation, Miyagi Ryota passed the ball directly to the side, and it actually got into the hands of Rukawa Kaede. This made Shinomiya Tano, who was about to step forward and intercept, look stunned. He did not expect that Shohoku did not give the ball to Jinguji Budo, but instead gave it to the first grader.
Sendō, who was guarding Rukawa Kaede, came directly in front of Rukawa Kaede the moment Rukawa Kaede took the ball. The two were 50cm apart. Sendō stretched out his hand to cover Rukawa Kaede's sight.
"It's you who holds the ball!"
"Shōhoku High School is actually going to use you as a first grader?!"
"To be honest, I originally thought you were just a role player sent by Xiangbei to consume my energy."
Sendao had a smile on his face, and was a little surprised that Rukawa Kaede was holding the ball, but even if he was facing a first-year player, Sendao had no intention of holding back.
Rukawa Kaede is pretty good and is a first grader worth destroying!
Facing the insipid sarcasm in Xiandao's words, Rukawa Kaede looked unmoved as usual. He bent slightly, tapped his right foot on the ground, and moved Xiandao's body with tentative steps.
"Good move. This guy's breakthrough speed is not slow. I can't act rashly!"
Xiandao looked at Rukawa Kaede's movements and thought to himself, he just adjusted his position slightly following Rukawa Kaede's temptation, without making too many movements.
Seeing that the opponent's defense did not make any big mistakes, Rukawa Kaede gave up the idea of continuing to test, and quickly dropped the ball. While the basketball rebounded, he dribbled in the air, pretending to be ready to start a breakthrough.
"too naive!"
However, Rukawa Kaede's suspended dribbling seemed to be expected by Sendō. Sendō suddenly burst in half a meter away and came face to face with Rukawa Kaede in an instant. Sendō's hand also quickly poked the basketball in Rukawa Kaede's hand.
Xiandao was very fast, but Rukawa Kaede also reacted and did not hesitate. He sent the ball with his right hand and passed it directly back to Miyagi on the side.
At this moment, the martial arts finally started. Instead of staying in the corner position, he quickly moved closer to Miyagi. When he came to Miyagi's side, Miyagi Ryota also turned sideways and handed the ball to Miyagi. Arrive at Jinguji Martial Arts. At this time, Shinomiya Tiandou, who was pursuing the defense, had also reached Martial Arts' side.
"This kid Rukawa Kaede needs to practice hard."
“After entering high school, I seem to have played too few games, and I have become less sensitive to the strength of my opponents!”
Martial Arts thought to himself, and out of the corner of his eye he caught sight of Shinomiya Tanoda who was pursuing him. The opponent was very fast, or in other words, he was as fast as ever!
There was no extra movement. After Jinguji Budo caught the ball, he dropped the ball in the direction of running. After a simple step, he looked up at the basket. The next second, a blue figure flashed, and Shinomiya Tano unexpectedly After squeezing through the fertile fields of Miyagi, they were already in front of Jinguji Martial Arts.
A beast-like aura rushed towards his face.
"really!"
The moment he saw the figure of Shinomiya Tōno, Budo narrowed his eyes slightly, stopped suddenly, and quickly held the ball in disguise. In an instant, there was a gap between the disguised Shinguji Budō and the pursuing Shinomiya. Jinguji Budō, who got the gap, did not hesitate at all. After one step, he directly connected the ball, raised the ball above his head, and pulled it up. projection.
However, just when the basketball was about to be released, a big hand blocked Jinguji Budo's eyes.
The shadow completely blocked the view of Jinguji Martial Arts.
However, the basketball also flew out of Wu Dao's hands at this moment.
"Hey, I caught up!" Martial Arts landed and happened to see Shinomiya Tano's smiling face.
Although Shinomiya Tano failed to block Jinguji Budo, Shinomiya Tano was confident that his blind defense must have interfered with Jinguji Budō. No one can score a three-pointer under such interference!
"Ugh!
! "
However, the crisp sound behind him and the smile that appeared on Jinguji Budo's face made Shinomiya's smile freeze on his face. He turned around and looked at the basketball that had just fallen from the net. He was in disbelief. Whispered:
"How can this be?!"
What Shinomiya said was what most people in the stadium were thinking at this time.
His defense just now was actually adequate, but even so, Jinguji Budo still scored the ball. This terrifying shooting ability made all the players on and off the court feel terrified.
"I'm in great shape today!"
Budo said with a smile. After saying that, he turned around and started to defend himself. However, the next second he turned around, Jinguji Budo's smile also faded.
"That guy... is faster than before!"
"He was actually able to keep up with my sudden stop and disguised dry pull."
"Now, shooting may not be so easy!"
Although Jinguji Budo scored the goal just now, but now that I think about it, Budo is still a little scared. If he hadn't made an emergency stop and then performed a pull-up in disguise, but had directly stopped and made a pull-up in the direction of running, I'm afraid Shinomiya Tano had just made a pull-up. He didn't just cover Wu Dao's face with his hands, but firmly covered the basketball.
The opponent's foot strength has improved greatly with age. Shinomiya Tano may have also entered the development stage, and his personal talents are being constantly discovered.
"Really, scary guy."
"However, I don't believe you can always score such a goal!"
Jinguji Budo's three-pointer really left a deep impression on Shinomiya, but Shinomiya adjusted his mentality after a brief shock and was determined to win this game!
The scoreboard on the sidelines read 2:3. Xiangbei High School struck from behind and was one point ahead of its opponent.
During the transition between offense and defense, Lingnan High School entered the frontcourt.
This time, Miyagi Ryota's defense was a little smarter and allowed more distance to prevent Fujima from breaking through. In Miyagi Ryota's view, instead of guarding against Fujima's three-pointers, it is better to guard against the opponent's breakthrough.
The threat of the opponent's breakthrough was too great, and Miyagi did not believe that Sakuragi Hanamichi could successfully fill the position.
"How can you defend me when you're so far away?!"
Kenji Fujima showed a smile when he saw Miyagi Ryota withdrawing from the distance. As he approached the three-point line, he paused, directly combined the ball, and shot the three-pointer.
Fujima Kenji of Ryonan High School is different from Miyagi Ryota. He is full of confidence in his scoring ability!
Moreover, that is not blind confidence!
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball drew a beautiful and round arc in mid-air, and then hit the basket steadily with a crisp sound.
After Jinguji Budo scored a three-pointer, Fujima Kenji immediately retaliated, and the interval was only 9 seconds.
The crisp sound of the net coming from behind made Miyagi Ryota's expression stiffen. Then Miyagi put his hands on his hips, sighed helplessly, clapped his hands, and encouraged himself.
"It's not okay to fight like this. If Miyagi is trained by Fujima, I will have to expend a lot of energy to get the score back."
"But if Shinomiya just defends, his physical energy consumption will be much smaller than mine."
"When I enter the rotation, it will be difficult for Mitsui Hisashi to gain favor in front of this guy."
"We must find a way..."
Although Budo thought so, after entering the frontcourt, Miyagi Ryota still gave the ball to his hands.
This is normal. After all, Rukawa Kaede was almost intercepted by Sendō before. It is difficult for Miyagi to trust Rukawa Kaede too much. Moreover, Jinguji Budō just scored a difficult three-pointer, and his touch is hot. Rukawa Kaede is the best in Shobei with the ball. Good choice.
After taking possession of the basketball, Budo immediately put aside his distracting thoughts and looked at the Shinomiya field in front of him.
As soon as Budo raised his head, Shinomiya Tano immediately approached Budo and reached out to grab the basketball. Jinguji Budo also reacted very quickly. He quickly turned his back and dropped the ball. However, the pressure from the opponent also made Budo move involuntarily. If he didn't drop the ball, he would be pushed away by the opponent.
Jinguji Budo, who was carrying the basket, immediately held the ball away from Shinomiya Tōno. The opponent just had the intention to pursue. Jinguji Budō immediately turned around and made a breakthrough. But Shinomiya Tōno's movements also made Shinomiya Tōno freeze and he did not dare. The follow-up was instead a sideways movement, blocking the martial arts's advance route.
Excellent physical condition, rich court experience, strong athletic ability, and terrifying defensive sense make Shinomiya Tano truly have the capital to compete with Jinguji Martial Arts.
Facing this level of defense, it would not be easy for even Jinguji Martial Arts to break through.
But....it's just not easy!
Turning around to face the basket, the basketball in Jinguji Budo's hand fell to the ground again. The moment it rebounded, Jinguji Budo directly broke through with a step, and his action instantly led to Shinomiya's interception.
At the moment when Budo was about to hit Shinomiya, Jinguji Budo held the ball, his back pressed tightly against Shinomiya's chest. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from Shinomiya's eyes and turned his back.
"How can it be so easy to advance?!"
Although Jinguji Martial Arts' breakthrough was sharp, Shinomiya's pursuit was not slow at all. He turned around and chased directly towards Jinguji Martial Arts.
But Shinomiya's pursuit speed had just picked up. Jinguji Budo suddenly stepped back with the ball and shot directly from a high position.
This sudden step back directly widened the distance between Martial Arts and Shinomiya. Even if Shinomiya bounced horribly, at this moment, the old strength had been taken away, and the new strength had not yet been born. He had just stopped and saw The basketball flew over the head and headed towards the basket.
"Uh-huh!"
Step back from the high position and hit the ball accurately.
"Hey!"
"Even you can't stop me!"
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