Jinguji Budo turned around and returned to defense after a dunk.
Under the basket, Mike Okita lowered his head and looked at his hands. After a long time, he turned to look at Jinguji Budo who was leaving.
The feeling of just touching the basketball was so clear, and my fingertips were slightly numb because of the friction between my fingers and the basketball just now.
"There is no doubt that I definitely kept up with the ball just now."
"It seems that he must be blocked from the front!"
Mike Okita made a fist with his right hand and looked determined. At this time, the Green Wind players also returned to their own half. After Mike Okita served from the baseline, he immediately ran towards the frontcourt.
Jinguji Budo's two consecutive slam dunks had a big impact on Green Wind, which can be heard from the cheers of the audience.
The originally high-spirited Green Wind students were surprisingly silent at this moment. Two consecutive slams from Jinguji Martial Arts directly silenced the Green Wind students.
Mike Okita also has a lot of experience in playing basketball. He knows that he must score immediately, otherwise, Green Wind will be overwhelmed by the spirit of Jinguji Budo.
Quickly entering the frontcourt, Mike Okita still positioned himself outside the three-point line this time, not because he didn't want to cut through and enter the inside. The main reason was because the Xiangbei inside line was already full of people at this time.
Sakuragi and Nango on the Shohoku side, and Naoko Hikaru and Naito Tetsuya on the Green Wind side, these four people stopped on the inside line. This part of the inside line was already airtight, and there was no so-called air-cutting opportunity. .
If they want to break through to the inside, what Green Wind has to do is find a way to pull people out of the inside.
The prerequisite for this is that Mike Okita needs to break through Jinguji Budo's defense and attract inside players to cover up the defense. Otherwise, it would be impossible for Sakuragi and the others to pull out, and they would just stand inside and wait for rebounds to appear.
"Bang!" The basketball hit the ground and came out. Mike Okita took a step forward and caught the ball in his hands.
This time, Jinguji Budo did not catch up immediately. Because Mike Okita stepped up to catch the ball, he was almost one meter away from the three-point line.
Jinguji Budo and Mike Okita were half a meter apart, wary of each other's breakthrough, but for the ultra-long three-pointer, Jinguji Budo had no defense at all.
Not everyone like him and Hisashi Mitsui will shoot three-pointers in this position. People of this era will never shoot if they can make a breakthrough. If they can get two points, they will never ask for three-pointers.
The era will somewhat limit players' breakthroughs in themselves.
Sure enough, Mike Okita, who was holding the ball, didn't even fake a shot. He dropped the ball directly and moved sideways towards the top of the arc. Seiji Tsurumi, who was originally standing at the top of the arc, also sank toward the bottom corner. Even the two green players inside moved their positions towards the bottom corners on both sides, leaving the middle empty.
Sakuragi and Nanxiang didn't know why, but they still knew what their mission was. They were waiting on both sides of the paint area, glancing at the people they were marking from time to time, waiting for Green Wind to launch an attack.
"Singles at the top of the arc?!"
"good!
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"Come!"
When Mike Okita dribbled the ball laterally, Budo also observed the movements of other Green Wind players when following up. Realizing what Mike Okita was going to do, Budo became excited, sank down, and slammed his hands on the floor. , growled lowly.
Mike Okita is indeed a player who grew up in the United States. Not to mention his ability, his playing style is very American.
Mike Okita lowered his waist, dribbled the ball with his hips, and slowly approached the three-pointer. Wu Dao didn't think much, took a step forward, and got directly in front of Mike Okita, his chest directly pressed against Mike Okita's body.
When the power came, Mike Okita turned around, releasing the martial arts power and trying to pass through the martial arts defense. However, the light in front of him disappeared instantly and was replaced by a bright red.
"The pace is very fast, and the transition from lifting to sliding is very quick."
Mike Okita's heart sank, he made an emergency stop, dribbled under his hips in disguise, and accelerated his breakthrough again. Opposite him, Jinguji Budo changed direction with sliding steps and easily followed Mike Okita's change of direction. Mike's body directly hit Budo's chest.
The huge force caused Mike Okita to rush forward, and even the rhythm of dribbling was disrupted. Mike Okita had no choice but to stop and step back with the ball with one hand. While pulling back, he adjusted the rhythm of his dribbling.
Budo did not follow this time, allowing Mike Okita to adjust his rhythm and attack again.
"This guy is so tall, but his steps are very flexible. It's not easy to break through by facing the basket."
"Hit him with his back? No, this guy's strength is not small."
"So strong... He is indeed a player who can make such a big name in the United States."
When adjusting the rhythm, Mike Okita was also thinking about ways to break through Jinguji Martial Arts. He did not think about relying on his teammates' pick-and-rolls. This was a battle between him and Jinguji Martial Arts.
Although Mike thought so, Eri on the sidelines had no idea what was going on in Mike Okita's mind. When he saw Mike struggling, he immediately shouted to the players on the field:
"Go up and help! Why are you all standing and watching!"
"Pick and roll!"
Coach Dafuna didn't say anything, but the team manager Hui Li couldn't hold it in anymore. Although she likes basketball, she still doesn't know enough about basketball and the players.
However, as a young lady, she was already used to giving orders.
Sure enough, when the players on the court heard Huili's call, they were all ready to pick and roll.
But Mike Okita, who was holding the ball at the top of the arc, pressed down with his left hand to signal his teammates not to get close. After getting Mike Okita's signal, the Green Wind players froze there for a moment. They couldn't move up or down, so they could only turn their heads and look at Huili on the sidelines.
Mike Okita knew he couldn't wait any longer, otherwise, he didn't know what his teammates would do.
He straightened his waist and bowed to Buddha outside the three-point line. Then, regardless of martial arts' reaction, he directly dribbled the ball in the air and dug his way to break through.
"There is no other way, use speed to force it!" Mike Okita felt fierce in his heart, leaned over, broke through Jinguji Budou, and quickly rushed towards the inside.
"Breakthrough!"
The light in front of him made Mike Okita feel happy. The relatively empty basket made Mike feel comfortable. But at this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was originally planning to step up to defend, seemed to see something. At this moment, he actually stopped and stepped away to the side, directly vacating the basket!
"Um?!"
Confused, Mike Okita immediately realized what was happening. While dribbling forward, he tilted his head slightly and looked behind him with his peripheral vision. Sure enough, Jinguji Martial Arts, whom he had just broken through, was following behind him. His indifferent expression made Mike Okita's heart sink.
"It's not that easy!"
"Then let's use our talents to win!"
Mike Okita looked at the basket again, his speed did not slow down, and in the blink of an eye, he was directly approaching the basket.
In the United States, the skill gap between top players at the same position is not that big.
Talent is the standard for measuring top players.
Speed, jumping, strength, and physical talent are the criteria for talent selection in various colleges and professional leagues.
Mike Okita, who was rated as a four-star player, is definitely one of the best in high school basketball.
Putting the ball together and taking off.
After Mike Okita approached the basket, he immediately jumped into the air. Mike Okita just lifted the ball slightly, then took the ball back into his arms, and stayed in the air in a curled up posture.
Compared with taking off with arms raised, this curled-up posture can maximize one's ability to stay in the air. Behind him, Jinguji Martial Arts raised his arms and also jumped up. His tall figure shrouded Mike Okita's entire body in shadow.
"Why is he...still here?!"
Although he was in the air for only a short moment, in Mike Okita's mind, time passed very slowly. When he felt that he was almost free of Jinguji Martial Arts and could take action, he suddenly realized that Jinguji Martial Arts was still there, and the shadow was still blocking his face.
The body began to fall, and Mike Okita knew that he could not wait any longer.
The basketball was switched to the left hand, swinging the arm directly and hooking the ball towards the basket.
The basketball was shot, and the shadow covering his face finally disappeared. However, the next second, Mike Okita heard a soft sound of "Peng".
He raised his head slightly and saw that the basketball he had just hooked was firmly pressed on the backboard by Jinguji Budo with both hands.
With both hands on the board, there is an absolute talent gap.
Jinguji Budo threw the ball back to the ground with both hands. Mike Okita rushed forward for a few steps due to the momentum before barely regaining his balance. At this time, Jinguji Budo had already thrown the ball to Mitsui Hisashi, who was Dribbling the ball towards the frontcourt.
Looking back at Mike Okita, Jinguji Martial Arts said calmly:
"Four-star high school student."
"Such a name can't be used as capital to stay on the court."
"For you to become a four-star high school student is the pinnacle of your talent and hard work."
"But I'm different from you. My ranking is just an evaluation of me playing in Oak Hill for half a year, nothing more."
After the words fell, Jinguji Budo kept up with Xiangbei's advancement and ran quickly towards the front court.
However, Shohoku's offense does not need to rely entirely on the performance of Jinguji Martial Arts. At least, a team of Green Wind High School's level cannot pose much of a threat to Shohoku.
Although Hisashi Mitsui played point guard in this game, opportunities have already appeared, and he will not deliberately let them go. Slowly dribbling the ball close to the three-point line and then directly accelerating to break through. When tempting the opponent to pursue, he made an emergency stop, stepped back, and shot a jump shot directly.
Two points later, as the basketball entered the net, the score between Xiangbei High School and Green Wind High School reached 6:0.
The disparity in strength is huge. Even people who don't understand football can see the strength gap between the two teams when they see this opening.
Between offense and defense, Mike Okita has adjusted his mentality. Having played in the United States since he was a child, he quickly recognized the reality. After all, the setbacks he had encountered were no longer a one-time or two-time occurrence, and he had long since gotten rid of the problem of being too ambitious and too weak-minded.
Mike Okita knows very well that the world is very big and there are many players who are more talented and stronger than him. When he was playing in the United States, he also encountered many opponents who crushed him.
Do you have to give up the game if you are not an opponent one-on-one? If this is the case, the Bulls led by Jordan will probably not lose a game. After all, in this era, who can say that they can surpass Jordan one-on-one?
Besides, one-on-one confrontation is no match. Is there no other way to break through the Jinguji martial arts?
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Isn’t the purpose of tactics and tactics just to defeat the strong with the weak? ! Mike Okita is not a one-dimensional player. It is impossible for him to continue to be stubborn after knowing how strong the opponent is.
As the Tsurumi brothers dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Mike Okita immediately made a gesture towards Naito on the inside. The latter understood Mike Okita's intention and immediately stepped up to cover. With the help of Naito Tetsuya's screen, Mike Okita quickly Crossed Jinguji Budo and cut towards the basket.
At this moment, Tsurumi Keiji passed the ball and passed it directly to Mike Okita. Mike Okita took the ball and just reached the basket. He made a reverse basket and scored the ball directly. Sakuragi Hanamichi's attention was attracted by Naito who was promoted, but Nango Koichiro was not as explosive as Mike Okita. By the time he reached the highest point, the basketball had already entered the net.
It has to be said that Mike Okita's personal strength is quite good. Except for some disadvantages when facing Jinguji Budo, he had no problem facing Nango Koichiro. He was able to use his explosiveness to easily score the ball in front of Nango. .
Budo, who was slightly delayed by Naito, didn't show any surprise when he saw the opponent score.
In a one-on-one environment, Jinguji Martial Arts can defeat Katsumi Ichiro, but this is a five-on-five game after all. It is difficult to completely block an ace-level player, unless... you encounter the character of Rukawa Kaede earlier, who would hold the ball and not pass it whenever he saw a stronger opponent than himself.
"Mike Okita's personal ability is very strong, his talent is higher than Rukawa Kaede, and he is on par with Sakuragi, and his skills are also very comprehensive."
"If we play against Rukawa Kaede, we can probably reach 64."
"Moreover, his playing style is very mature and flexible, so he's pretty good."
"An opponent worth defeating!"
Jinguji Budo evaluated Mike Okita in his heart. After entering the frontcourt, he leaned against Mike Okita and raised his hand to ask for the ball from Hisashi Mitsui.
Mitsui Hisashi saw that Budo was actually interested in playing with the ball, so he directly lobbed the ball to Budo.
Like Mike Okita before him, Budo also took a step forward when receiving the ball. He put his back to the basket and took the ball in his hands. However, Budo did not rush to turn around and face the frame. He grabbed the ball with one hand and raised it high. He straightened his waist slightly, leaned back slightly, and turned to the side. He glanced briefly at Mike's position and tested Mike Okita's defensive strength.
Seeing that the opponent's center of gravity was relatively low, Wu Dao quickly swept the ball and turned around. After a breakthrough and a feint, he pulled back directly and made a pull-up on the spot.
Jinguji Budo's shot was more than one meter away from the three-point line, and the attack time was about twenty seconds. All Green Wind teammates were stunned when they saw such a hasty shot.
Mike Okita also looked back, and happened to see the figure of Jinguji Martial Arts passing him quickly, and the light sound of Jinguji Martial Arts could be heard in his ears.
"Oops, the strength is too weak~"
Sure enough, the basketball hit the front edge of the blue ball and crashed out of the frame. Several people under the basket looked up at the basket and did not notice Jinguji Budo who had just shot from outside the three-point line. After a while, he rushed into the inside line.
Under the basket, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Naito Tetsuya were stuck in each other's positions. Sakuragi, who was suffering from weight loss, could only rely on a lower center of gravity to ensure that his position was not compressed. In this way, although his position was maintained, Sakuragi could not hold his position. It is impossible to fully exploit the bounce.
Although Naito is out of position, he is able to use his bounce.
The basketball fell, and the two of them jumped together. Tetsuya Naito was one step ahead of Sakuragi, and he was able to catch the ball in his hands.
But at this moment, something changed, and an arm suddenly stretched out from behind him. He was actually twenty or thirty centimeters taller than Naito. He grabbed the ball first and dunked it toward the basket. Go down.
"Bang!"
There was a huge force behind him, and a loud slam dunk came from above his head.
After landing, Tetsuya Naito couldn't stand firmly and fell to the ground with Sakuragi.
Jinguji Budo grabbed the basket with one hand and looked condescendingly at Naito on the ground. The spotlight shone down, causing the shadow of Jinguji Budou to completely cover Naito Tetsuya and Sakuragi Hanamichi.
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