"Katsumi, don't worry. When advancing with the ball, pay attention to the other Lingnan players and pass the ball out as soon as possible before the double team comes up."
"Rukawa Kaede and I will protect you as you advance. Pay attention to our position."
"Play slowly, a few mistakes are normal."
With Akira Sendō's fast break score, the offense and defense of Xiangbei and Lingnan began to become unbalanced. Jinguji Martial Arts was also aware of Katsumi Ichiro's problem at this time.
Katsumi Ichiro's dribbling ability is actually quite good. Generally speaking, even if he is forced to stop the ball when faced with a double team, he will not be intercepted so easily by the opponent.
But Lingnan High School is not an ordinary opponent after all. Kenji Fujima and Akira Sendō, who hold the title of Miichiro, are both top players even if they are on the national stage. Katsumi Ichiro, a first-year student, was still too young to face these two people.
Jinguji Budo has actually been familiar with the presence of Miyagi Ryota in the back line since entering Shohoku. Although the 168cm Miyagi Ryota is difficult to achieve on the defensive end, and the role he can play on the offensive end is also limited, but from a certain aspect Said Miyagi Ryota is definitely a qualified point guard.
Being able to bring the ball safely to the frontcourt and deliver it to the hands of the ace is actually something that many defenders cannot do. The more high-end the game, the more important the role of the point guard is. .
On this point, I am afraid that the Chinese team before 2010 has the most say.
Jinguji Budo, who has long been accustomed to Miyagi dribbling the ball into the frontcourt, did not think of providing support after Katsumi Ichiro came on. This was Jinguji Budo's mistake.
"Yes, Jinguji-senpai!"
Katsumi Ichiro caught the ball in the backcourt, nodded toward Budo, and then began to advance with the ball. Shohoku High School, which had suffered a loss, quickly adjusted its strategy. Budo and Rukawa Kaede protected Katsumi on both sides when Katsumi Ichiro was dribbling the ball. They were several meters apart. If Katsumi Ichiro was double-teamed again, Budao and Rukawa Kaede will be his most suitable passing points.
"Oh! Xiangbei responded very quickly!"
"These kids, even without the coach's reminder, can make adjustments right away, which is really good."
"It seems that the method of double-teaming the defender is not feasible for the time being."
"But it doesn't matter. If Jinguji Budo wants to support his teammates in advancing with the ball, Shohoku's rhythm will inevitably slow down."
"In a positional battle... we, Lingnan High School, will not lose to anyone!"
Off the court, Coach Taoka saw the formation changes at Shohoku High School, and immediately realized that his goal might not be achieved. However, coach Tian Gang is still very satisfied with the results achieved so far. Xiangbei's offensive rhythm has become sluggish. This is definitely good news for Lingnan!
A few seconds later, with the support of Jinguji Budo and Rukawa Kaede, Katsumi Ichiro successfully dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. Under Budo's instruction, Katsumi Ichiro passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede, who had just run to the corner. As for Martial Arts himself, he started quickly and penetrated towards the inside.
In the previous rounds of offense, Budao realized that if he continued to catch the ball and attack outside the three-point line, the offensive efficiency would be greatly reduced. In order to prevent the score from being opened up by the opponent, it is very important to ensure the continuity of firepower.
What Wu Dao is best at is actually catching the ball in the mid-range and attacking. Only in this position can his personal abilities be fully utilized. In this position, when advancing, he can feint, fake, shoot, and retreat. He can also pull up to the three-point line and shoot three-pointers.
Playing like this will definitely tear Lingnan's defense apart, allowing other players to have good open opportunities.
Jinguji Budo's off-ball movement immediately attracted Shinomiya's attention. While following Jinguji Budo's movement, he used his peripheral vision to look at Rukawa Kaede who was receiving the ball from outside the three-point line, paying close attention to the opponent's movements.
At this time, Katsumi Ichiro, who had just released the ball, quickly ran towards Rukawa Kaede and gave Rukawa Kaede a pick-and-roll. The pick-and-roll was in place. Rukawa Kaede followed the direction of the pick-and-roll and made a breakthrough feint. The next second, Rukawa Kaede reversed the direction. breakthrough.
With this move, he successfully deceived Xiandao, making Xiandao think that Rukawa Kaede would rush in along the pick-and-roll direction. When Xiandao turned around to pursue, Rukawa Kaede had successfully opened a body distance from Xiandao, and quickly broke through to the inside.
Shinomiya Tōno, who was running after the martial arts, was just in Rukawa Kaede's path when Rukawa Kaede made a breakthrough. After a moment's hesitation, his pace couldn't help but slow down. Jinguji Budo had already crossed from the corner position on the right side of the court, passed through the basket, and reached the three-point line in the bottom corner on the left side of the court.
Rukawa Kaede looked at the Shinomiya field in front of him, his expression condensed, his eyes became fiery, he immediately put the ball together and jumped up.
Shinomiya saw Rukawa Kaede's expression clearly. When he saw that the opponent was actually trying to shoot in front of him, he immediately raised his eyebrows and stood firm. He stared at the basketball in Rukawa Kaede's hands with his eyes, preparing to take off and block the shot. .
However, the next second, Rukawa Kaede, who was looking at the basket, suddenly sent the ball towards the bottom corner and passed the ball out.
"Um?!"
Sendō, who was following Rukawa Kaede, looked stunned for a moment. He looked along the path of the ball and saw that Jinguji Budō was already in a position to catch the ball. The next second, the basketball came in and Jinguji Budō's hand was also raised. stand up.
And at this moment, a blue figure flashed in front of Xiandao, rushing towards Jinguji Martial Arts. The moment Martial Arts raised the ball over his head, he jumped high, and a big hand directly blocked Martial Arts in front of him. All projection routes.
"Shinomiya Tōno!"
"Sure enough, your athletic ability has really caught up!"
Budo raised the ball, looked at Shinomiya Tano leaping high in front of him, suddenly collected the ball, dropped the ball sideways and took a step across, easily avoiding the opponent's block, and directly shot a three-pointer.
The basketball flew directly past Shinomiya's side and flew towards the basket. The next second, a crisp sound of the net reached Shinomiya's ears.
Jinguji Budo maintained his projection posture, turned his head and glanced at Shinomiya Tanano who had fallen back to the ground, and quickly turned back to defend.
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"Huh~"
"Sorry, Tianye, I missed someone."
Just as Shinomiya Tōno looked at Jinguji Budō leaving, Sendō came behind Shinomiya Tōno with a smile on his face and said. Although he said he was sorry, Xiandao's expression showed no sign of apology.
"No...."
"I was the one who looked up to that first grade student."
"I thought he would choose to challenge me!"
Shinomiya recalled the look he had just seen on Rukawa Kaede's face, and shook his head with a smile.
That kind of fighting spirit cannot be faked, but Rukawa Kaede restrained the idea of challenging the opponent and chose a more reasonable style of play.
The game became more and more intense as the offense and defense of Xiangbei High School and Lingnan High School alternated.
Since Jinguji Budo did not continue to receive the ball outside the three-point line, Rukawa Kaede instead became Katsumi Ichiro's first passing option after bringing the ball into the frontcourt.
The task of offensive organization fell on Rukawa Kaede.
Under such huge pressure, the first-year Rukawa Kaede did well. In the matchup with Xiandao, Rukawa Kaede was only half as good, and the difference was only in terms of physical fitness. In terms of organizational ability and single-player offense, Rukawa Kaede is not afraid of immortality at all.
Jinguji Budo, who plays without the ball, will catch the ball in the mid-range position most of the time. His gorgeous mid-low footwork makes Budo's shots smoother and smoother. The cold arrows that pull outside the three-point line from time to time also make it easy for Shinomiya to take advantage of the defense.
Facing a formidable offensive player like Jinguji Budo with strong shooting ability, even if Shinomiya's physical fitness is superior, there is no good way to defeat Budo for a while. All he can do is to use his unique skill - covering his eyes to defend when shooting at Jinguji Budo.
After only ten minutes of the game, Shinomiya's blind defense had little effect.
Although Shinomiya Tano has not counted the hit rate of martial arts, the crisp sound of the net swiping has already made Shinomiya Tano a little tired of hearing it.
Compared with Xiangbei's individual performance, Lingnan's offense was very systematic and methodical. Hanagata's high pick-and-roll made it easy for Shinomiya, Sendō, and Fujima to attack on the offensive end. And sometimes Sakuragi will run with the ball carrier, giving Hanagata an opportunity to shoot open.
In addition to Uozumi, the four people from Lingnan have more flowers, making it difficult for Shohoku High School to resist.
At 17 minutes and 40 seconds into the first half, the score between the two teams reached 47:44. Xiangbei High School clung to the score and was only 3 points behind Lingnan. The ball was still in the hands of Xiangbei High School.
On the court, Jinguji Budo caught the ball with his back to the basket from the right mid-range, and there were still 16 seconds left in Shohoku's attack time. Lingnan did not dare to double-team Jinguji Martial Arts and adopted man-to-man defense, keeping an eye on every player in Shohoku.
At this time, in the stands, the entire audience held their breath and focused on Jinguji Martial Arts.
"Bang!" On the court, Jinguji Budo hit the ball with his back. He leaned behind him and tested Shinomiya's defensive position. On the defensive side, Shinomiya Tōno was calming his focus slightly, with his left hand on Budō's back and his right hand slightly raised, ready to follow up and block the shot at any time.
In the previous confrontation, Jinguji's sudden turn and back after a back attack had left a deep impression on him.
The force coming from his arm was gone, and Shinomiya's expression was slightly condensed. The next second, Jinguji Budo, who was carrying the basket, suddenly turned his back around, and Shinomiya followed up without hesitation, moving his right hand towards the basketball. Truncated.
But the moment Shinomiya moved his body, Jinguji Budo actually spun in circles, dribbling the ball with his hips, and the basketball landed not in front of him at all, but at his feet. At this time, Shinomiya's body was already chasing away, and there was a half-length space between the two.
In this gap, Shinomiya Tano already knew what the other party was going to do, but all he could do at this time was to stretch out his hand and symbolically block Martial Arts' sight.
Sure enough, Jinguji Martial Arts, who turned around and pulled back, leaned back and pulled out his hand.
After a cool fadeaway jumper, Shinomiya turned his head and looked at the basket, ready to meet the net-shuai god who was already tired of hearing about it.
"Dang~"
However, the ball thrown by Jinguji Budo hit the edge of the basket and crashed out of the basket. Shinomiya Tano looked slightly startled, then quickly reacted and rushed straight to the basket.
Uozumi under the basket had just taken off to grab the ball in his hands, but a blue shadow quickly rose into the air behind him, reaching out from behind him to pick the ball off Akagi's head.
"Fight back!
!
"
After grabbing the rebound, Shinomiya shouted excitedly, and then threw the ball directly to the frontcourt, where Fujima and Sendō had quickly approached the midline and rushed towards the Shohoku half.
After the ball was played, Shinomiya had no idea of participating in the fast break. He turned his head and glanced at Jinguji Budo not far away. He felt happy when he saw the tiredness in his eyes.
"Such a goal didn't go in!"
"Haha, it's been eighteen minutes, it's time to take a rest."
"But we still can't take it lightly. This guy is probably distracted due to physical exertion. The offensive threat is still very big."
Shinomiya Tōno thought to himself, looking towards the front court.
Lingnan High School's fast break ended with Xiandao's dunk.
During the alternation of offense and defense, the basketball once again came into the hands of Jinguji Budo, and this time, Budo received the ball near the three-point line.
After a false shot, Jinguji Budo quickly broke through. When Shinomiya followed up, he made a disguised advance, and then made a step-back jumper. Jinguji Budo's series of breakthrough moves still successfully created openings for himself to shoot.
Two points longer.
"Dang~"
Just when the audience was about to start cheering for Jinguji Budo's goal, the basketball actually collapsed out of the basket and made a crisp sound.
After missing two shots in a row, Jinguji Budo transformed into a blacksmith at this moment and started hammering like crazy.
But this time, the offensive rebound was grabbed by Sakuragi Hanamichi. Shinomiya had just rushed inside to grab the rebound. Sakuragi, who got the rebound, turned around and passed the ball to Jinguji Budo again. in hand.
At this time, Jinguji Budo had just retreated beyond the three-point line. He was actually ready to return to defense, but he did not expect that Sakuragi was so powerful and got the rebound.
An open three-point shot was taken. This time, without any surprise, the basketball went directly into the net.
The choked audience still burst into cheers. The two missed shots of Jinguji Budo were immediately forgotten by the audience.
"whispering sound!"
"Didn't you get the rebound?"
Off the court, Coach Taoka curled his lips in displeasure, glared at Uozumi and Hanagata sternly, and then crossed his arms angrily. After a brief silence, Coach Tianoka suddenly sneered, and then said to himself:
"But it doesn't matter... Xiangbei, the end of the war."
"The concentration of Jinguji Martial Arts has begun to decline. I really didn't expect that this guy's concentration is so terrifying. It's only now in the game that he started to make some obvious mistakes."
Speaking of this, Coach Taoka looked towards the rest area of Shohoku High School with a smile, but when his eyes saw Hisashi Mitsui and Coach Anzai who looked indifferent, Coach Taoka's smile froze on his face.
"Misui Hisashi?!"
"That's right...I was attracted by the duel between Jinguji Martial Arts and Tanano, but I ignored the others. Mitsui Hisashi never played!"
"Coach Anxi...what is your plan?"
"Are you planning to give up the fight to test the lineup?"
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