It is actually unknown how much Ryota Miyagi heard about Jinguji's martial arts.
After saying those words, Budo patted Miyagi on the shoulder and walked away consciously.
Miyagi Ryota looked out the window and remained silent for a long time.
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The halftime break passed quickly, and coach Anxi did not arrange any other tactics for the players. In addition to personnel arrangements, on-the-spot tactics relied more on the players' free play.
Fortunately, the players have already become accustomed to Coach Anzai's coaching style, and at the end of the first half, Shohoku's score was still ahead of its opponents. Therefore, even if Coach Anzai did not make any further arrangements, the overall morale in Xiangbei is still quite strong.
Soon, after ten minutes of rest, Coach Anxi led the players back to the court.
As the players from Xiangbei High School and Lingnan High School walked out of the tunnel one after another, the audience cheered and poured into the stadium.
After a simple warm-up, Wu Dao sat back in the rest area, and the rest of the players walked back onto the court amidst the referee's whistle.
"Beep——"
After a long whistle, the referee brought the ball to the center circle. Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi stood on both sides of the center line, lowering their waists slightly.
After a brief signal, the referee threw the ball high into the air.
"Snapped!
"
After a soft sound, Uozumi won the jump ball again. The basketball flew towards Lingnan's backcourt and fell steadily into the hands of Fujima Kenji.
In the area of jumping balls, Uozumi has already maximized his height advantage. Even Takenori Akagi cannot suppress the opponent in jumping balls.
"good!"
"Play steadily and tie the score first!"
After Kenji Fujima got the basketball, he slowed down his speed and shouted to the players before advancing towards the frontcourt with the ball.
At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was 55:57, and Xiangbei High School only led the opponent by two points.
This weak advantage, at this time point, is actually not an advantage at all.
In the second half, there were no major changes in the players on the Shohoku High School side. In addition to Takenori Akagi and Hanamichi Sakuragi on the inside, Kaede Rukawa, Ichiro Katsumi, and Hisashi Mitsui were still on the outside.
After Lingnan won the ball, everyone at Xiangbei High School retreated quickly and completed their positioning early.
Without Jinguji Martial Arts, Shohoku's side was obviously unable to cope with Shinomiya's attack. In order to prevent the opponent from playing too smoothly, Shohoku's side adopted a regional defense tactic.
The only person in Lingnan High School who has three-point ability is Fujima Kenji, and Fujima's three-point shooting can only be said to be good, but it is far from the level of marksmen like Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi. .
If you give the opponent a little room to take action, the problem is actually not that big.
However, complete defense and control is impossible. Katsumi Ichiro only stands one step inside the three-point line when defending. If Fujima wants to shoot a three-pointer, although Katsumi cannot block it, he can still do it with some interference. .
As Lingnan High School entered the frontcourt, Fujima also discovered that Shohoku's defense seemed to have begun to focus on the mid-range and inside positions, and the defense outside the three-point line had relaxed.
Looking at each other from a distance, Fujima approached the top of the arc and dribbled the ball with his hips, looking towards the basket.
Soon, Sendao, who received Fujima's signal, quickly came over. After a pick-and-roll, Fujima moved two steps to the side along the top of the arc, and then directly shot a long three-pointer.
However, Katsumi Ichiro was blocked by Sendō and could no longer interfere with Fujima's shooting. He could only watch the basketball fly over his head and fly towards the basket.
"Uh-huh!"
Fujima had a good touch and shot straight into the net from an open position. Amidst the cheers of his teammates, Fujima high-fived Sendō and then quickly retreated from defense. At the same time, the score reached 58:57. 13 seconds into the second half, Lingnan High School immediately completed the lead.
"Come on! Shobei!"
"Score a goal and bring the score back!"
On the Shohoku bench, Qingtian and Nanxiang shouted loudly. Although they were unable to play, they were even more excited off the court than the others on the court.
Wu Dao also took a quick look at the score, his expression unchanged.
Shohoku's defensive method actually depends largely on how Fujima feels in the second half.
Judging from the first half, Fujima's efficiency was still within the acceptable range. He scored 13 points in the half and performed well.
I just don’t know what Fujima’s offensive performance will be like now that Shohoku is focusing on shooting but not sudden attacks.
During the transition between offense and defense, Xiangbei also quickly advanced to the frontcourt.
Unlike Lingnan's steady attack, Xiangbei's offensive pace is much faster.
After the basketball was brought into the frontcourt, it was quickly passed between the Shohoku players. Whether it was Katsumi, Rukawa Kaede, or Mitsui Hisashi, none of them stayed with the ball for too long. They used conduction and movement to try to find the ball. Lingnan's defensive gap.
However, the players of Lingnan High School are all experienced, and their defensive movement is impeccable. Shohoku, who only relied on movement to have no effect, decisively changed his style of play.
Rukawa Kaede, who received the ball, did not pass the ball out again. He feinted a pass in the middle distance and quickly dropped the ball. Ryoji Ikegami reacted and immediately followed up. Rukawa Kaede leaned forward when he got into the paint area. , grabbed the ball with his left hand and quickly passed it through Chishang's armpit, threw it with a low hand, and sent the ball directly to the basket.
"Um?!"
Rukawa Kaede's offensive method is not very special, but this unintentional attack method surprised Ikegami. As a defensive expert, he has always regarded Rukawa Kaede as an opponent like Xiandao.
Sure enough, Rukawa Kaede's throw was inaccurate, and the basketball rolled twice on the basket and slipped down.
However, as soon as the basketball left the basket, a red figure rose from the ground, held the ball with both hands and dunked the ball directly into the basket.
"What?!"
"The red-haired boy!"
Uozumi and Ikegami both looked up, and happened to see Hanamichi Sakuragi fall back to the ground after grabbing the basket for a second. Sakuragi, who scored a slam dunk, roared excitedly: "Come here! Lingnan!"
After being serious for a second, Sakuragi burst into laughter. Even his teammates couldn't stand his arrogance.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's back-up dunk greatly boosted morale. Although the players couldn't stand Sakuragi's arrogance, their enthusiasm for the game was subconsciously mobilized by Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Coach Anxi nodded with satisfaction and said to himself: "Talent is slowly starting to show itself!"
At the beginning of the second half, Xiangbei and Lingnan were playing fiercely.
Lingnan High School took advantage of Shohoku High School's weak perimeter defense and began to frequently cover and play for Fujima. Fujima did live up to the high expectations of his teammates, hitting three-pointers frequently. Shohoku was shocked by Fujima's consecutive three-pointers. As soon as the defense made adjustments, Sendō directly took the ball and attacked the inside.
Just two minutes into the game, Takenori Akagi committed another foul. Adding the number of fouls in the first half, Akagi already committed three fouls.
Xiandao's attack power is more powerful than Rukawa Kaede!
In order to protect Akagi, coach Anzai took Akagi off the court after a stoppage and sent in Nango Koichiro.
However, when Nanxiang came on the court, Lingnan focused his attacks on the inside. Yuzhu's low post hit made Nanxiang miserable.
The third grader Uozumi is a bit bigger than Nanxiang, and his height and wingspan are also much higher. A simple and heavy back attack is enough to teach Nanxiang how to behave.
Inside, after all, it is a place where the body is king.
At this point, Xiangbei's defense line was completely shattered by Lingnan.
Fortunately, Shohoku's offense was going pretty smoothly. Mitsui Hisashi combined with sudden shots and often scored points. However, under Sendō's defense, Mitsui Hisashi's shooting percentage was only a regular average of 20+ per game. There is no particularly high hit rate.
And another scorer in Shohoku, Rukawa Kaede, was also affected by Ikegami's defense. Under the opponent's desperate pursuit of physical strength, his hit rate was also lower. The helpless Rukawa Kaede could only switch to a sudden attack, but he was also beaten by the inside. The influence of fish residence and flower shape.
Overall, Xiangbei's offense is not weak, but it can barely keep up with Lingnan by 55 points. The point difference between the two teams has expanded from 1 or 2 points at the beginning to 4 points.
The second half of the game lasted 5 minutes.
The score of the two teams came to 70:66.
The battle between Xiangbei and Lingnan was very enjoyable for the audience in the stands. Just looking at the scores of the two teams, you can see how sharp the offense of these two teams is.
Most high school students' games are 50 or 60 versus 50 or 60, and only a few teams can score 70 or 80 points.
As for Xiangbei and Lingnan, the game only lasted 25 minutes. With this kind of score, it is enough to see how fast and efficient the two teams' offensive and defensive transitions are.
Coach Anzai saw that the players on the field were focused on playing, and after thinking about it for a while, he made the temporary decision not to replace Jinguji Budo on the field.
For Coach Anxi, the outcome of today's game is actually irrelevant.
Winning is nothing more than having a seeding spot. During the national competition, you can get a bye in the first game, and during the grouping, you will not be grouped with the seeded teams from other counties.
But Xiangbei's goal is the national championship. Regardless of whether there are seeded teams in the same group, Xiangbei will win. And with Shohoku's current bench depth, coach Anxi is confident in leading the team to victory no matter what kind of severe competition system they face.
The competition with Lingnan is actually a good opportunity, an opportunity to hone the first graders and allow them to grow rapidly!
Of course, the more critical thing is that in the first half of the game, coach Anxi has roughly understood the ability of Jinguji Martial Arts. He already knows how to change Shohoku and let Shohoku adapt to the abilities of Jinguji Martial Arts.
Players exist for the team.
Coach Anxi has forgotten these words.
He wants to build a brand new Shohoku High School based on Jinguji Martial Arts!
He wants to fully unleash the potential of this disciple, and he will never allow himself to drag down the player's growth. Even if Jinguji Budo plays in Shohoku, he, Anzai, will still want to train Jinguji Budo to be able to gain a foothold in the American football world. The strong one!
While thinking, Sakuragi Hanamichi scored another dunk under the basket on the court.
The sound of the dunk resounded throughout the audience.
During the exchange of points, the basketball had already fallen into the hands of Uozumi, the inside man. However, the experienced Mitsui Hisashi realized that Nango would not be able to stop Uozumi, so he entered the inside early, and when Uozumi turned around, , used a "dive" to cause Yuzhu an offensive foul.
Upon seeing this, Coach Anzai off the court immediately replaced Hisashi Mitsui and sent Nobunaga Kiyota.
How can this work? The first-year players must be allowed to take a beating from the national champion!
Mitsui Hisashi and Jinguji Budo, who returned to the rest area, looked at each other and noticed that Coach Anzai seemed to have changed his mind. It seemed that he was planning to experience the first grade.
Spreading their hands helplessly, the two of them sat next to Coach Anxi, one on the left and the other on the right, watching the game on the field.
All first-year members of Shohoku include Kaede Rukawa, Ichiro Katsumi, Hanamichi Sakuragi, Nobunaga Kiyota, and Koichiro Nango.
Coach Taoka on the sidelines originally wanted to find a time to put Shinomiya Tano back into the battlefield. At this time, when he saw Shohoku changing formations, he frowned and immediately knew what coach Anzai was planning.
After the game went on for a few more minutes, coach Taoka also found a time to ask Fukuda Yoshio to replace Hanagata.
Originally, Coach Taoka wanted to train freshmen, but when he turned around and looked around, he couldn't find any talented first-year students to train.
At this time, coach Tian Gang was shocked to realize that the quality of Lingnan's freshmen this year, which had just won the national championship last year, was far inferior to that of Xiangbei! All the talents in the county were actually recruited by Coach Anxi.
Realizing this, Coach Taoka lost his mood to watch the game. Looking at the first-year students in Shohoku who were active on the court, Coach Taoka became anxious.
Every time Sakuragi and others perform, Coach Taoka shakes his feet faster. At that speed, if you don’t use a sewing machine, it’s still a waste of talent.
The game on the field was in full swing, although Lingnan did not send Shinomiya Tiandou and Hanagata on the field.
But the players on the field are not easy to deal with.
Let’s not talk about Sendō, Fujima, and Uozumi. They are all nationally famous masters. Even the newly introduced Fukuda Yoshio is only a sliver behind Sendō in terms of attack power alone.
Ikegami is also an excellent defensive player, with abundant physical fitness and rich experience.
With a height of 183cm and a weight of 83kg, he is so stocky that even Rukawa Kaede occasionally feels deflated.
The game between the two teams did not lose suspense because Xiangbei changed into a rotating lineup. On the contrary, the game became more and more intense.
As the game progressed, the audience also came back to their senses and saw that Shobei's Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tano were not on the field. Neither Shobei nor Lingnan cared about victory. The game entered garbage time, but in this garbage time, the game Pretty intense.
“Bang!
! "
In the court, Sakuragi Hanamichi held the ball and easily deceived Yoshio Fukuda with a shot. He then rushed into the basket with the ball and performed a dunk directly on Uozumi Jun's head.
The sound of dunks and exaggerated dunks stunned the audience, and then enthusiastic cheers poured into the court. The reporters on the sidelines kept shuttering, recording Sakuragi Hanamichi's powerful dunk.
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Under the active play of Sakuragi Hanamichi, Lingnan High School lost the rebound, and the balance of victory began to tilt towards Shohoku.
Coach Tianoka on the sidelines sighed when he saw this. After thinking about it for a while, he did not choose to make a substitution.
His idea is very simple. Maybe the players in Lingnan need the encouragement from the first-year students in Xiangbei!
Sakuragi had just made a performance here, boosting his morale with a dunk. Looking back, Akira Sendō counterattacked. After breaking through Rukawa Kaede, Sendō went to the basket and faced Sakuragi and Nango with a jelly layup. defense and score the ball.
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