The game between Xiangbei High School and Lingnan High School came to the second half. After both teams replaced their ace cards, the game became more intense.
Eight minutes into the second half, the score between Lingnan High School and Xiangbei High School reached 78:74.
The ball rights fell into the hands of Shohoku High School.
After Jinguji Budo and Hisashi Mitsui left the field, the player leading the offensive in Shohoku was undoubtedly the first-year Kaede Rukawa.
But so far in the second half, the player with the most points is not Rukawa Kaede, but...
In the court, Nobunaga Kiyota, who quickly entered the frontcourt with the ball, approached the top of the arc. After a breakthrough and a feint, he quickly pulled the ball back and passed it sideways to Katsumi Ichiro in the corner. The latter immediately followed the three-point line. Shoot directly.
Kenji Fujima is shorter than him. In front of Fujima, Katsumi Ichiro can shoot a three-pointer if he has a slight gap. His touch today was average, and his shooting percentage was not as high as it was during training. But even so, Katsumi Ichiro still chose to take the shot, for no other reason than that the person in charge of the basket now was from their Shohoku High School. !
"Dang~"
"Roar!"
After a soft sound, Katsumi Ichiro's three-pointer was inaccurate and the basketball crashed out of the basket.
Uozumi, who was under the basket, saw the rebound appear, and immediately roared and prepared to seize the best position. However, as soon as his body moved, Nango Koichiro suddenly lowered his center of gravity and held on to Uozumi. .
Nango's center of gravity was very low, and all his strength was used against Uozumi. And he lowered his center of gravity so low, which also meant that Nango Koichiro lost the opportunity to grab rebounds.
"Hmm!" Facing Nango Koichiro who was going all out, even Uozumi Junichi couldn't get past him to grab the rebound. At this time, the basketball has also begun to fall.
"Damn it, you bastard!"
Uozumi's body was close to Nango Koichiro, watching the basketball begin to slowly fall. Not far away, a red figure quickly attacked towards the basket. When Uozumi bypassed Nango, Sakuragi Hanamichi was already rushing towards the basket. When he got to the basket, he jumped up, grabbed the ball in the air with one hand, and dunked the ball into the basket.
The loud noise of the successful slam dunk caused the Shohoku bench to burst into astonishing cheers. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who scored another dunk, also beat his chest and roared when he returned to the ground. His wanton and arrogant appearance made Shanshan rush. Futian Jixiu was also a little dazed when he arrived.
This is not the first time Sakuragi Hanamichi has performed a make-up dunk in front of Yoshiaki Fukuda and Jun Uozumi.
Yoshihao Fukuda's offensive ability is indeed remarkable, and it is only slightly weaker than that of an ace player like Sendō. But when it comes to defensive ability, Yoshihao Fukuda is far from the level of an ace player, let alone an ace player. Compared with an all-around ace like Sendao, Fukuda's defensive ability is worse than that of ordinary players.
His defensive talent is really not that good.
Sakuragi Hanamichi has already developed the ability to run without the ball in Shohoku High School. Sakuragi is completely self-taught in judging the placement of rebounds. His beast-like intuition can always hit the basket in basketball. In an instant, you can determine which way the basketball will fall.
Running without the ball and judging the placement, on the basis of these two items, coupled with Sakuragi Hanamichi's terrifying bounce and terrifying power comparable to that of a center, these conditions make Sakuragi Hanamichi a true ace in dominating the basket. Level board king.
Originally, if Uozumi and Sakuragi were one-on-one, Lingnan High School would not completely lose control of rebounding.
However, under the influence of Nango Koichiro, Uozumi was completely at a disadvantage in the competition for rebounds. From the moment Nango Koichiro figured it out and was willing to cover Sakuragi, Uozumi rarely Rebounds scored.
78:76.
The score difference came to two points. The players on the Shohoku bench cheered loudly for Sakuragi Hanamichi. Mito Yohei and others in the stands also looked at each other at this time, not believing that the active person on the court at this time was actually Sakuragi. ikebana.
In the practice match within the Shohoku team, Sakuragi Hanamichi made a lot of fools of himself. Yohei and the others always watch Sakuragi train because they are Sakuragi's good friends and brothers.
On the other hand, it's because they are really bored. Watching Sakuragi make a fool of himself is the greatest fun they can find.
Seeing Sakuragi's outstanding performance at this time, of course they were happy for him, but they were more surprised that Sakuragi Hanamichi was actually playing ball seriously, which they did not expect at the beginning. .
But after a brief moment of surprise, Yangping cheered loudly to the audience. Seeing Sakuragi's active appearance, Yangping was happy for Sakuragi from the bottom of his heart.
However, Sakuragi's good friends had just started cheering, and Sakuragi Hanamichi started to work for them on the back.
Lingnan attacks.
Kenji Fujima, who was holding the ball, took advantage of a change of direction in front of his body and easily broke through the high center of gravity of Katsumi Ichiro, directly reaching the inside. Facing Fujima, Katsumi was not fast enough on the defensive end, and Fujima dribbled the ball very quickly, and Katsumi couldn't keep up.
If Miyagi Ryota comes to defend Fujima, it is really not that easy for Fujima to break through. It is more likely that Fujima will choose to pull out and shoot.
Faced with the different characteristics of different defensive players, Fujima can easily find the opponent's weaknesses and use them as a breakthrough point to attack. This is one of the reasons why Fujima can appear as the ace of Lingnan's defense line.
Fujima Kenji, who rushed into the inside, quickly met Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense. However, with just a simple bow, Sakuragi Hanamichi pounced on Fujima without hesitation. "Pounce" in the true literal sense. "Go up."
However, Sakuragi's defense was overtaken by Fujima with a light turn, and Sakuragi himself came into close contact with the floor.
The way he grabbed the ground with his head made the audience laugh.
Fujima passed Sakuragi and entered the basket. He looked back at the moon and glanced at Sakuragi on the ground. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and he immediately scored a layup.
"hateful!"
"That sissy, how dare you play tricks on me!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi climbed up from the ground and cursed in a low voice, with an angry look on his face. Wu Dao, who was watching the game on the sidelines, couldn't help but cover his head when he saw this, feeling a severe headache.
Sakuragi's concentration and enthusiasm in playing the game have already been felt by Budo, but Sakuragi on the court gave Budao a feeling of exerting too much force. That is to say, Sakuragi himself is an individual. Otherwise, his running and defense would have been eliminated long ago. He ran to death.
The distribution of physical energy and the inability to freely control the enthusiasm are Sakuragi's biggest problems at the moment.
If faced with a strong enough enemy, Sakuragi's style of play would not be able to defeat the entire field.
While thinking, Budo stood up from his seat. At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi felt that he was humiliated by Fujima Kenji. Regardless of whether Katsumi Ichiro was driving the ball quickly or slowly, he ran towards the frontcourt quickly and looked like he was trying to catch up. It's really the same as beating a vine...
"Hello!"
"Sakura!"
"The ball is still in the backcourt, why are you running so fast?!"
"You have to run in line with the rhythm of your teammates, and you're not on a fast break. What are you doing running so far ahead?!"
The shouts of martial arts made Sakuragi stop involuntarily. At the same time, he calmed down a little and turned to look at Katsumi Ichiro and other teammates.
It was discovered that Kiyota Nobunaga had just received the ball in the backcourt at this time and slowly ran towards the frontcourt. Rukawa Kaede and Katsumi Ichiro were only a little happier than Kiyota, and their positions were not much different.
Nanxiang is faster than the back line, but not much faster. At this time, it has just crossed the center line.
As for Sakuragi Hanamichi, he ran into the frontcourt early. If Budo hadn't stopped him at this moment, he would have already crossed the three-point line and entered the basket.
From Lingnan scoring to Sakuragi running into the frontcourt, Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't stop for a moment.
Other Xiangbei players continued their physical fitness by jogging.
"You bastards! Don't let me run faster!"
"Didn't you hear Brother Martial Arts urging you? Idiots, hurry up and follow the footsteps of this genius!
"
After hearing what Budo said, Sakuragi Hanamichi did not reflect on himself immediately. Instead, he turned his head and shouted directly towards Rukawa Kaede and others. His words stunned everyone in Lingnan who had already taken their seats. Rukawa Feng couldn't help but cursed "Idiot" when he heard the words.
Kiyota Nobunaga was even more angry and yelled: "Idiot! Martial arts senior asked you to cooperate with our rhythm. Lingnan is already in position, so we will take position!"
"Just go up, don't affect our offensive rhythm!"
Kiyota Nobunaga was the same kind as Sakuragi Hanamichi, and he instantly understood Sakuragi Hanamichi's thoughts.
Hearing this, Sakuragi snorted softly, as if he hadn't heard anything. He didn't bother to sort out Tian, but just ran inside and reached the edge of the paint area.
Although Sakuragi seemed a little dissatisfied, his running pace was indeed a little slower.
“Although there is still a lot of room for improvement, it’s pretty good now.”
"If the current battle situation continues, Lingnan may be overturned in the hands of these first-year students."
"Air superiority, hey!"
"Uozumi can't suppress Nanxiang and Sakuragi!"
Jinguji Budo looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi who had calmed down a little, and a smile appeared on his face. Coach Anzai's on-the-spot arrangement seemed to have an unexpected effect.
Unexpectedly, Lingnan's coach Taoka would actually get angry and send out rotation players. Although there were still a few main players left on the field, these guys Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede were not easy to deal with!
In the stadium, Kiyota Nobunaga, who entered the frontcourt with the ball, quickly passed the ball to Katsumi Ichiro. After the latter took the ball, he just glanced in the direction of Rukawa Kaede. Seeing that Sendō was following closely, he immediately looked towards Insider.
At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi was standing outside the paint area. When Katsumi Ichiro glanced at him, he quickly turned around and blocked Fukuda Yoshihao behind him, raising his hand to ask for the ball.
Without hesitation, Katsumi Ichiro immediately lobbed the ball out and passed it towards Sakuragi.
Starting with the basketball, Hanamichi Sakuragi held the basketball with a solemn expression. He quickly turned to face the basket with the ball, and then raised his hand to shoot a feint. At the moment when Koshio Fukuda raised his center of gravity, Hanamichi Sakuragi directly dropped the ball and rushed in, easily passing through Koshio Fukuda's basket. He passed by the side and rushed towards the inside line.
"Kid! Don't be too arrogant!"
When Uozumi saw Sakuragi Hanamichi rushing towards the inside, he immediately chose to let go of Nango Koichiro, shouted and rushed towards Sakuragi Hanamichi, and Sakuragi watched Uozumi Jun rush towards him. , the speed slowed down slightly, he directly connected the ball to gain momentum, and after two steps, he jumped up.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, holding the basketball in both hands, seemed to be preparing to dunk in front of Jun Uozumi.
"How dare you underestimate me!"
Uozumi was furious, his eyes were fixed on the basketball in Sakuragi's hand, he raised his arms high, jumped up, and fiercely hit the basketball in Sakuragi Hanamichi's hand.
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"Don't attack, Sakuragi, spread the word!"
"Idiot, you're going to be covered! Go get the ball quickly."
Katsumi Ichiro and Kiyota Nobunaga immediately shouted when they saw Sakuragi Hanamichi attacking the basket guarded by Uozumi.
Seeing that Uozumi was about to complete the block on Sakuragi Hanamichi, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was holding the basketball high, suddenly curled up in the air, grabbed the ball with both hands, and suddenly shrank towards his arms.
The big hat that covered the sky where the fish lived was completely empty.
"What!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi's figure floated quickly in front of Uozumi's eyes, and in the blink of an eye, he was directly under the basket. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had avoided Uozumi's block, raised his head at this time and looked at the basket with a solemn expression.
"visible!"
"I can see his movements clearly!"
While muttering, Hanamichi Sakuragi hooked the ball with his backhand. The spinning basketball rose rapidly, rubbed the lower edge of the backboard, and then spun up directly against the backboard.
"Snapped!"
"Uh-huh!"
After a soft sound of hitting the board, the basketball actually spun into the basket, making an inaudible sound of the net swiping.
"?!"
Sakuragi landed, and the basketball immediately fell to the ground with a soft "bang" sound. At this moment, all the players in the stadium looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi. Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango had incredible expressions on their faces, and Katsumi Ichiro also looked slightly startled.
"Not bad, idiot."
Rukawa Kaede looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi who scored the goal, wiped the sweat from his chin, murmured and turned back to defend.
"Goal!
! "
"That red-haired first-year guy actually scored in front of Uozumi!"
"Pull the lever, that kid can also pull the lever!"
After a long time, the audience in the stands burst into cheers. Some Shohoku fans also pointed at Sakuragi Hanamichi and shouted excitedly that Sakuragi Hanamichi's performance still exceeded their expectations for Sakuragi. I originally thought that Sakuragi was just a blue-collar guy who could grab rebounds, have good jumping ability, and shoot empty baskets.
Unexpectedly, someone like Sakuragi actually has such "skills".
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who scored the goal, seemed to not believe what he had done. He lowered his head and looked at his palms. After a moment of daze, Sakuragi clenched his fists in excitement.
"really!"
"I'm a genius!"
After murmuring, Sakuragi turned to look at Uozumi and said provocatively:
"Hey, Boss Monkey, come and block me before you try!"
"Me! But the strongest newcomer in Shohoku - the genius Sakuragi!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi gave him a thumbs up, and his arrogant look made Uozumi Jun's veins jump.
After finishing speaking, Sakuragi Hanamichi turned around and ran towards his own half. His serious look lasted for less than five seconds. On the way back to the court, he happily waved his hands in the direction of Haruko and shouted, "Haruko, you Have you seen the performance of this genius? Hahaha." Similar words.
Lingnan's substitutes couldn't figure out what kind of player Sakuragi Hanamichi was because of his jumping appearance.
"This can't go on like this..."
"We have to find a way to suppress this kid."
Coach Taoka on the sidelines finally noticed the player Hanamichi Sakuragi. Looking at Sakuragi's back, coach Taoka reached out and touched the stubble on his chin, a trace of solemnity flashed between his eyebrows.
Only now has coach Taoka really begun to face up to this outstanding first-year student in Shohoku.
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