"This can't go on like this..."
"We have to find a way to suppress this kid."
When Coach Tagang was thinking about how to deal with Sakuragi Hanamichi, a first-year player, Lingnan High School used Sendō's singles to pierce the defense of Shohoku High School on the court. After attracting Sakuragi Hanamichi's attention, Sendō faked A true pass was made and an assist was given to the open Yoshio Fukuda.
Although Nango Koichiro was aware of it and prepared to defend early, Fukuda attacked the basket very quickly and couldn't block the shot at all.
The basketball enters the net, and the offense and defense can easily change.
The previous reminder from Jinguji Martial Arts seemed to have had some effect. In this attack, Sakuragi Hanamichi's running speed was obviously slower.
Sakuragi Hanamichi followed Nango's example and was just a little faster than Kiyota Nobunaga holding the ball. When Kiyota crossed the midline with the ball, Sakuragi Hanamichi had only just crossed the three-point line.
Generally speaking, his running can match the offensive speed of Shohoku High School at this time, and his ability to learn and comprehend is quite good.
"Sakura's speed has slowed down."
"It's not bad. I didn't rush into the frontcourt like I did just now."
"I didn't waste my saliva in vain."
Budao looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was slowly approaching the paint area and said with a smile, but soon, his smile froze on his face.
The previous goals seemed to have made Sakuragi Hanamichi unable to recognize himself. At this time, when Kiyota Nobunaga approached the three-point line, he turned around and blocked Fukuda Yoshihao behind him. At the same time, the giant The hand wants the ball.
This time, Sakuragi Hanamichi actually asked for it and wanted to play singles with the ball.
"What is this guy going to do?!"
"Want a ball for singles?"
"This idiot, can't he recognize himself?!"
Kiyota Nobunaga saw Sakuragi Hanamichi actually raising his hand to ask for the ball, and immediately cursed that Sakuragi had crossed the lever that Uozumi was defending. In Kiyota Nobunaga's view, it was just a coincidence.
Many people who play golf have that kind of time. At a certain moment, their soul is so blessed that they can do actions that they can't usually do.
But that was accidental after all, and there was no way it could be used as a conventional weapon.
Although he thought so, Kiyota Nobunaga still chose to pass the ball after a breakthrough feint, and directly lobbed the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi.
The reason why Kiyota passed the ball to Sakuragi was not because he believed in Hanamichi Sakuragi, but simply because he wanted Sakuragi to see his strength clearly and not do unnecessary things!
"Bang!" After taking possession of the basketball, Sakuragi Hanamichi grinned and tilted his head slightly. He looked at Fukuda Yoshio, who was hunched over and defending seriously, from the corner of his eye and said with a smile:
"Do you want to stop this genius?! Can you do it?"
While speaking, Sakuragi Hanamichi smiled and quickly half-turned to sweep the ball frame. With a simple test step, he easily shook Fukuda Yoshihao's defensive focus.
Seeing the opportunity arise, Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't hesitate at all and rushed directly towards the left ball.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's basic skills are very solid. Although he has only played for one year, he already has the ability to use his weak side hand to assist in offense. After breaking through Fukuda Yoshio, Sakuragi Hanamichi started the ball directly after one dribble, and directly entered the paint area in two strides.
"Succeeded!
! "
"Genius Sakuragi's layup trick!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at the empty basket and shouted excitedly as he raised the ball for a layup. Jun Uozumi, who was under the basket, was delayed by Nango Koichiro. He was half a step behind before rushing to Sakuragi. He jumped up and raised his arms to seal the basketball in Sakuragi's hand.
At this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi's smile became even brighter as he lifted the ball for a layup. Grabbing the ball with his right hand, he actually repeated his old trick and took it into his arms. Relying on the terrifying bounce and staying in the air, he once again avoided Yuzhu's block, and then reached out again and sent the ball to the basket.
"Pa~"
A pull hook under the basket, the basketball hit the backboard and bounced into the basket.
With a stretched pull-up layup, Sakuragi Hanamichi perfectly replicated his previous goal, and once again broke through Uozumi's defense and sent the ball into the basket.
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"What...what!
! "
"That guy actually... scored a goal with a pull-up layup again?!"
Kiyota Nobunaga opened his mouth in shock and shouted in disbelief. He originally thought that Sakuragi's previous pull-up layup was just a coincidence, but now it seems that it is not!
Sakuragi Hanamichi has indeed mastered the technique of pull-up layup, and the angles of the two layups are not the conventional angles. In other words, Sakuragi's layup skills have also been greatly improved!
"How is that possible! How is it possible that a red-haired monkey can still master a pull-up layup?!"
"This guy, I heard from the seniors in Xiangbei, the red-haired monkey only started playing football when he was in junior high school. It has only been a year now."
"Not only dribbling and shooting, but now I can even master the lever?!"
As a teammate, Kiyota Nobunaga is very aware of Sakuragi Hanamichi's growth trajectory. In one year, Sakuragi Hanamichi has grown from a pure rookie who knows nothing to now being able to forcefully score in the hands of a center of Uozumi's level. This growth rate shocked even Kiyota Nobunaga, who regarded himself as a genius.
Compared to the surprised Kiyota Nobunaga, Rukawa Kaede behaved much more calmly.
There are many players in Shohoku High School, and there are also many capable players, but in terms of talent, there are only three people that Rukawa Kaede likes.
Ace Jinguji Martial Arts, a small forward who is over two meters tall and as fast as a defender.
Captain Hisashi Mitsui, who is over 190cm tall, has a three-point shooting ability and has comprehensive abilities.
And the last one is Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Even if it is Shohoku's main center Takenori Akagi, Rukawa Kaede does not have that much recognition of his opponent's talent.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's talent is all-round, not only reflected in physical fitness. Learning ability and court intuition, hidden talents that have no fixed scale, are just as outstanding as Sakuragi.
Without saying anything, Rukawa Kaede just took a deep look at Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was smiling and greeting the sidelines, and quickly returned to the court.
Once again, Sakuragi Hanamichi broke through the defense line head-on. Uozumi Jun also glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi's back with a solemn expression.
"Huh, kid, you won't be so lucky next time!"
Uozumi began to look at Sakuragi seriously and decided to deal with Sakuragi Hanamichi seriously. After all, although Jun Uozumi has only played for more than two years, pull-up layups of Sakuragi Hanamichi's level are something he often encounters during team practice matches.
Even Shinomiya and Sendō's layups are sometimes much more exaggerated than Sakuragi's.
Uozumi thought he had a way to deal with Sakuragi Hanamichi's pull-up layup.
During the transition between offense and defense, Lingnan High School quickly launched an attack. After Fujima dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, he swayed his body with continuous forward changes of direction, maneuvering Kiyota Nobunaga's defensive position, and then made a staggered step forward and directly passed through. Passing Kiyota's defense, he passed the ball to Uozumi as he cut to the basket.
The fish holding the ball turned half-turn under the basket and sent the ball into the net with a small hook.
Lingnan's offense was very stable. Even when facing the first-year players from Xiangbei, all the players did not relax on the offensive end. Sakuragi Hanamichi's personal strength is indeed good, but overall, their defensive ability is not that strong.
Rukawa Kaede's individual defense is good, Sakuragi's individual defense is also okay, and the individual defense of several others is also remarkable. But when these arrogant guys form a collective, the defense becomes full of flaws.
These first-year students from Xiangbei had joined Xiangbei's training when they were in junior high school, but after training together for such a long time, these guys still didn't have much tacit understanding with each other.
It's hard to tell when you're attacking, but when you're defending, it's immediately obvious.
If defense is lacking, make up for it with offense.
Although first-year students like Sakuragi Hanamichi are young, they are still quite open-minded about some things.
Under the high-frequency offensive and defensive transitions, Kiyota Nobunaga also plans to increase his speed. After receiving the ball in the backcourt, he quickly dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt. Although Hanamichi Sakuragi didn't understand what "fusion of offensive rhythm" was, he simply saw Kiyota Nobunaga suddenly speeding up, and he followed suit. of acceleration.
There is no need for teammates to remind you or anything.
As Shohoku High School approached the frontcourt, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had just crossed the three-point line, was running towards the inside. Nobunaga Kiyota directly hit the ground and passed the ball into Sakuragi Hanamichi's hands.
"Well?!"
The basketball was passed into the hands of Sakuragi who was walking at the right time. Sakuragi Hanamichi had never handled this kind of ball before. He could only attack after holding the ball in the mid-range position. For example, the indirect ball was directly passed to Sakuragi. Mu Zheng can no longer do it.
As soon as he got the basketball, Fukuda Yoshio's body quickly stopped in front of Sakuragi. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who couldn't picture a breakthrough in his mind, subconsciously stopped the ball, turned his back, held the ball to his chest, and then turned around to sweep the ball again.
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was not adapted to the current offensive rhythm, was a little stiff in his movements, which was completely different from his previous self.
"It seems... Sakuragi doesn't have the skills to hold a spherical basket at all..." Budao looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi's stiff movements, suddenly thought of something, raised his brows, and had an ominous premonition.
Sure enough, Hanamichi Sakuragi, who was holding the ball in both hands, feinted to break through to the left. However, Yoshihao Fukuda stood in front of him expressionlessly, raising his hands high, unmoved at all.
Sakuragi, who has already combined the ball, has no chance of dropping the ball again.
Sakuragi now either passes or shoots. In this case, how is it possible for Fukuda Yoshihao to take advantage of him? !
After several consecutive tests, cold sweat broke out on Sakuragi Hanamichi's forehead...
"Damn it!" Sakuragi Hanamichi would not admit that as a genius, he did not have the "ability to face the basket". After cursing lowly, he ignored his teammates' calls for passing the ball from the outside and stepped up directly, trying to shoot.
What greeted him was Fukuda Yoshio's solid big hat...
"ah!
! "
"Red-haired monkey, you idiot!"
Seeing Sakuragi being covered, Kiyota Nobunaga ran towards the basketball and cursed at Sakuragi angrily. Perhaps because of his anger, when Kiyota Nobunaga was grabbing the ball, his unintentional burst of power actually overwhelmed Kenji Fujima, taking the lead by two positions and taking the lead in taking the ball.
This time, Kiyota Nobunaga no longer believed in Sakuragi. He made a back pass while dribbling, and quickly passed the ball to Katsumi Ichiro on the outside. The latter took the ball, and seeing that there was no good opportunity, passed directly to Rukawa. maple.
Rukawa Kaede, who was half a step outside the three-point line, caught the ball, swept the ball, feinted, and pulled back to shoot, all at once. The moment Sendō raised his center of gravity, Rukawa Kaede blasted the ball downwards, took a step across, then directly connected with the ball and made an emergency stop jumper.
Sendō Akira was unable to fully react to the cool and fast shot. When Rukawa Kaede made a basketball shot, Sendō could only raise his hands to interfere, but it had no effect on Rukawa Kaede's shot.
"Whoosh!" There was a soft sound as the basketball entered the net. Rukawa Kaede successfully made up for Sakuragi Hanamichi's mistake and scored the ball.
Seeing the basketball hit the net, the Shohoku bench cheered. Nobunaga Kiyota, who had grabbed the ball, breathed a sigh of relief and then glared at Hanamichi Sakuragi.
However, Sakuragi Hanamichi had no consciousness at this time. As he returned to the scene, he muttered something angrily. Without thinking, he knew that he was slandering Rukawa Kaede.
"Hey, hey, why do I feel something bad!"
"Coach Anxi, why don't you take advantage of the good situation and call Sakuragi down first to beat him?"
"I feel like this kid is going to do bad things!"
Mitsui Hisashi also knew Sakuragi Hanamichi's character quite well. Looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi's indignant look, Mitsui Hisashi asked with some worry.
"It's not necessary. Sakuragi's concentration is still enough. Sooner or later, this kind of weakness will be eaten. Once you eat it, you will know how to work hard."
"I think it's pretty good."
Unlike Hisashi Mitsui, Takenori Akagi is very open-minded. He thinks he has grasped the thoughts of coach Anzai and knows that the rest of this game should be used to practice the first-year students in Shohoku. Therefore, Sakuragi suffered a loss, but he was Happy to see it come to fruition.
Wu Dao said nothing, turned to look at Coach Anxi, quietly observed Coach Anxi's expression, and then turned his attention to the court again.
This time, Budo is different from Akagi. He agrees with Mitsui Hisashi's idea.
Because Budo knows that Sakuragi Hanamichi is not the kind of person who gives up easily, and Sakuragi's character is very axial.
This means that Fukuda Yoshio's blocking will not make Sakuragi remember it, but will have the opposite effect. In order to prove himself, Sakuragi may...
On the court, Lingnan High School used the mutual coverage between the players to give Chishang an open mid-range shot. However, this defensive expert's offensive ability was really average. The mid-range shot was inaccurate, and the basketball collapsed out of the frame and was thrown under the basket. Nanxiang Koichiro took it in his hand.
Between offense and defense, Xiangbei launched a fast attack.
Nobunaga Kiyota drove the ball forward at high speed, and Hanamichi Sakuragi, who ran faster, entered the opponent's three-point line early and had a good opportunity.
On the Lingnan side, the rest of the players performed well in defensive pursuit. Only Fukuda Yoshihao lost his position due to Sakuragi's shaking without the ball, giving Sakuragi a good opportunity to catch the ball.
Kiyota Nobunaga actually didn't want to pass the ball when he saw this scene, but it was impossible to give up such a good opportunity.
The ball hit the ground while traveling, and the basketball went directly across half of the court and was accurately sent into Sakuragi Hanamichi's hands.
In Shohoku, Nobunaga Kiyota was trained as a point guard, and his talent was gradually discovered.
"Well done! Wild monkey!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi caught the ball and shouted happily. And the moment he picked up the ball, Yoshihao Fukuda quickly came to his side, stretched out his hand to block Sakuragi's sight, and at the same time quickly moved forward to stop Sakuragi.
Just when everyone thought Sakuragi would be forced to stop again, Sakuragi, who caught the ball, suddenly joined the ball and took two big steps, one left and one right, directly past Yoshihao Fukuda and headed towards the basket. .
"Brother Martial Arts' steps are not difficult at all!"
While whispering, Sakuragi subconsciously took another step, and then he jumped for a layup.
Without any accident, the basketball hit the net, but the referee's whistle also sounded at the right time.
"He's walking...this idiot..."
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