A 360° turn and layup in mid-air, this exaggerated skill of Jinguji Martial Arts was the first time for both spectators and players to see it.
Even the well-informed Coach Anxi opened his mouth slightly at this moment and his eyes were full of shock.
In the stadium, Mike Okita, who watched Jinguji Martial Arts complete this series of operations in front of his eyes, shook his head slightly after a brief shock.
Mike Okita can completely replicate this skill. I believe that as long as he practices well in private, he will be able to complete it. His own jumping, staying in the air, and waist and abdominal strength are pretty good. Such difficult skills are not unattainable for him.
But Mike Okita knows very well that even if he masters such skills, he will never use them on the court. The reason is also very simple, because he is not completely sure that he can perfectly avoid the opponent's defense under the opponent's defense. Defend and score the ball.
The fact that Jinguji Martial Arts can hit such a ball shows that the opponent's skills are indeed much higher than ordinary people, and it also shows that Jinguji Martial Arts is indeed full of confidence in itself.
This kind of inner strength of unlimited trust in one's own abilities is what the team's ace should really pursue.
And being able to reach this inner state also means that Jinguji Martial Arts has never encountered the so-called "peak" on the road of growth.
All peaks can be climbed in front of Jinguji Martial Arts. Only in this way can Jinguji Martial Arts be so confident in their abilities.
"This guy is indeed not the same type of person as me."
"Is it true that the current basketball environment in Kanagawa Prefecture can cultivate such a person who has a more American style of play than me?!"
Mike Okita had deep doubts in his heart. The confidence and power of Jinguji Martial Arts made him see the proud figures of the United States.
Between offense and defense, Green Wind High School once again began to reorganize the offense.
Xiangbei High School implemented Coach Anxi's arrangement during the timeout and did not use a full-court press to press the Green Wind's back line, causing the opponent to make mistakes.
When returning to the field to defend, all Xiangbei players positioned themselves in their own half, using the simplest man-to-man play, completely relaxing some restrictions on Green Wind, hoping that Green Wind could play its true style.
During the previous timeout, the tactics arranged by Coach Dafeng were actually very simple.
If Shohoku still plays a full-court press, let the Tsurumi brothers pass the ball to Mike Okita, and Mike Okita will take on the responsibility of holding the ball and advancing, thus breaking Shohoku High School's full-court press.
Jinguji Budo's personal strength is indeed very strong. If someone cooperates with him to double-team, even Mike Okita may not be able to successfully carry the ball across the half court. But for Green Wind High School, Mike Okita After dribbling the ball through half court, there is no other way for the rest of the players to go up to pick-and-roll screens.
After all, there is a huge gap in hard power between the two teams. This method may still be effective and successfully break Xiangbei's full-court press. The other methods have no chance of success at all.
The Green Wind team has only been established for a short period of time. There is not enough time for players to get along with each other. Being able to simply pick and roll is already very good. Coach Dafeng does not expect anything to happen between the players. Exquisite coordination.
Therefore, on the offensive end, Coach Ofune also gave Mike Okita, a "returnee from overseas," ample options.
In a simple sentence, the ball is given to you, you lead the green wind to win!
The Green Wind players who entered the frontcourt quickly positioned themselves in a standard three-out and two-in position. Tsurumi Seiji, who crossed the center line with the ball, passed the ball out early to Mike Okita who was in the corner position.
It was Rukawa Kaede who was still defending Mike Okita. He made a simple sweep to break through and feinted. After Mike Okita connected with the shot and feinted, he quickly dropped the ball to break through.
After the fake move in practice, Rukawa Kaede did not completely lose his position, but it also allowed Mike Okita to find a breakthrough gap. After an improvement, Mike Okita directly made a high-stop jumper.
The skillful and smooth breakthrough shooting action made the Green Wind students watching the ball cheer.
"Uh-huh!"
At the same time, the basketball also hit the net.
The height difference between Rukawa Kaede and Mike Okita is not much, and they are even a few centimeters shorter than Mike Okita. And Mike Okita's bounce is not weaker than Rukawa Kaede. Faced with Mike Okita's emergency stop jumper, Rukawa Kaede was still unable to successfully block the opponent even if he was only half a body behind.
However, for the same goal, Mike Okita was able to score in Rukawa Kaede's face, but if the defensive player was Jinguji Budo, he would probably have blocked the shot.
Against a player with height and bounce like Rukawa Kaede, Mike Okita only needs to stretch half of his body to have ample shooting space.
But to face off against a tall and bouncy player like Jinguji Budo, even if Mike Okita spreads two positions, it may only be just enough for him to take action.
And someone who can rely on fake moves and dribbling to open up two positions under the defense of Jinguji Budo...
"Sure enough, it's much easier to deal with than Jinguji Martial Arts."
The basketball hit the net, and the smile on Mike Okita's face flashed away. He didn't feel happy scoring in front of Rukawa Kaede.
In Mike Okita’s opinion, this is what it should be!
But the way Mike Okita casually wrote about the score made Rukawa Kaede couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
All I can say is that he is worthy of being a four-star high school student in the United States. Mike Okita is "weak" only because he is in front of Jinguji Martial Arts!
"My outside shooting skills are very comprehensive."
"Rukawa Kaede's physical fitness is similar to that of his opponent. Unless he predicts his opponent's movements accurately, he will not be able to guard against him."
"Indeed, Mike Okita is a good opponent for Rukawa Kaede!"
Jinguji Budo saw this round of offense and defense by Mike Okita and Rukawa Kaede, and immediately judged the strength of the two.
Compared to Mike Okita's "offense", Rukawa Kaede's defensive ability is worse.
After losing the point, Shohoku immediately organized an attack. Mike Okita's attention was still on Jinguji Budo. After Mitsui Hisashi dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, he turned his head and looked towards where Jinguji Budo was.
Seeing that Mike was still guarding him, Budo couldn't help but reach out for Mitsui Hisashi for the ball.
The opponent's desire to fight is very strong, and the martial artist doesn't mind satisfying the opponent's desire for torture.
There are no fancy moves, Wu Dao directly takes the ball, feints a little with his right foot, and then directly pulls his foot back.
The clean pull-up made the bench players in Xiangbei look askance.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball hit the net directly, causing the Green Wind students who were still cheering for the Green Wind basketball team to be silent. However, after a few seconds, the cheers of the Green Wind students became louder. We are already lagging behind on the court. If we don't encourage the players at this time, how will the players on the court get the motivation to play? !
"This guy, his shooting speed is so fast!"
"And, so high."
Mike Okita, who was running towards the frontcourt, was thinking about the attack from Jinguji Budo just now. He made a clean and simple pull-up. Although technically, it was far less impressive than the opponent's previous "360° turn and layup", but this This kind of "mundane" attack is the truly terrifying thing.
Taking the ball and pulling up the three-pointer, there is no doubt that this is a superstar weapon for scorers, except for orangutans.
Between the alternation of offense and defense, using a pick-and-roll from his teammate, Mike Okita quickly rushed towards the basket after receiving the pass from his teammate. After attracting Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense, Mike Okita combined the ball, passed a feint, and sent the ball into the basket with a one-handed throw.
His technique was very good, and Sakuragi Hanamichi was completely deceived by his opponent.
In the subsequent games, Xiangbei High School and Green Wind High School finally felt evenly matched.
After Jinguji Budo stopped guarding Mike Okita, Mike Okita justified his status as a "four-star high school student" on the offensive end. Whether he is playing in isolation with the ball or handling the basketball when facing defenses or double teams, he is quite mature and excellent.
Rukawa Kaede's defense was useless in front of him. Shohoku's defense was once broken through by Mike Okita alone.
When Mike Okita was performing brilliantly, Tetsu Naito of Green Wind High School also attracted a lot of attention. This wide and fat high school student was quite dominant in the paint. Although his skills at the basket were rough, he His weight and strength are his biggest weapons, and he frequently relies on his strength to score points at the basket.
Compared with him, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Nango's performance was a little weaker. At 11 minutes of the game, Sakuragi Hanamichi was preparing to change his defensive thinking when facing the "invincible" Naito Tetsuya.
At the beginning, he was still unconvinced and wanted to wrestle with the opponent. It was not a wrestling match, but if Sakuragi Hanamichi wanted to withstand the opponent's jam, he would have to sacrifice some bounce and use a lower center of gravity in exchange for a more stable descent. plate.
But after losing several backcourt rebounds, Sakuragi Hanamichi realized that this defensive method was not enough. He realized that he could not compete with the other party on the other's strengths, and had to bring the other party to the same track as himself.
Having figured this out, Sakuragi Hanamichi is no longer obsessed with grabbing favorable positions under the basket. Sometimes, he even deliberately gives up good positions to Naito Tetsuya in order to get some openings for running.
Sakuragi Hanamichi plans to use his own bounce to compete with his opponent on rebounds.
The strategy changed, and Sakuragi soon tasted the benefits.
After Mike Okita missed an emergency stop shot, Sakuragi Hanamichi rushed for the rebound, completed the top pick on Naito Tetsuya's head, and easily took the ball into his arms.
Then the ball was passed and Jinguji Budo counterattacked and scored. After helping the team counterattack and score, Sakuragi was out of control. During the remaining game time of the first half, Sakuragi Hanamichi's excited roars often broke out in the court.
As the game progressed, Rukawa Kaede gradually adapted to Mike Okita's breakthrough. Although there was still no way to block the opponent's offense, Rukawa Kaede was able to affect the opponent's concentration when Mike Okita took action.
This kind of defense also caused Mike Okita's offensive efficiency to drop significantly. Realizing this problem, Mike Okita reduced his mid-range shots and increased his sudden points. In this way, Green Wind can maintain a certain degree of offensive efficiency.
However, Shohoku High School's offense has always been led by Jinguji Martial Arts.
Unlike Rukawa Kaede's defense against Mike Okita, Mike Okita's defense against Jinguji Martial Arts is really not much different from not having any defense at all.
On the offensive end, Jinguji Budo can rush out whenever they want and shoot whenever they want. While pulling in the defensive strength of Green Wind on the outside, they are also often able to draw in the defense of Green Wind's inside players.
However, covering up defense or not does not affect the score of Jinguji Martial Arts.
At 18 minutes into the first half, Jinguji Budo's personal score had reached a terrifying 32 points.
To him, the green wind was like meat on his dinner plate. If he wanted to eat it, he would cut it twice.
Jinguji Budo, who was scoring crazy points, gave up his offense near the end of the first half. He had already tried the depth of the green wind in 18 minutes, and it was boring.
After that, Budo mostly passed the ball to Kaede Rukawa and Hisashi Mitsui, but instead acted as a point guard.
In the second half of the game, Jinguji Budo was replaced by coach Anzai, and Miyagi Ryota was replaced by Budo.
Compared to the boring first half, the match between Xiangbei High School and Green Wind High School was much more intense in the second half.
The focus of people's attention shifted from Kaede Rukawa vs. Mike Okita at the beginning to Hisashi Mitsui vs. Mike Okita.
Rukawa Kaede and Mike Okita can be regarded as mutual explosions, but Mitsui Hisashi vs. Mike Okita cannot simply be described as "mutual explosions."
Because Mike Okita's scoring efficiency is far less high than Hisashi Mitsui!
Hisashi Mitsui has already mastered the skill of flip-flopping, and in today's game, his touch was also very good. He could throw the ball the way he wanted, which once shut down Green Wind High School.
Coach Dachuan called a timeout and helped the players adjust their emotions before letting Lufeng recover.
However, amid Mitsui Hisashi's violent attack, the Green Wind players completely lost their expectations for victory.
At the end of the practice match, Xiangbei High School defeated the opponent by 34 points, 112:78.
The score of over 100 gave Coach Onune and the players of Green Wind High School a new understanding of the strength of the Xiangbei High School team.
In the high school arena, scores of 60 or 70 are very common. If a strong team competes with a strong team on the offensive end, 80+ or 90+ is already a terrifying offensive efficiency.
As for scoring over 100 points, few teams could achieve it before Shohoku High School.
Coach Ofuna, who has coached high school basketball for many years, knows this very well.
Shohoku High School's terrifying firepower on the offensive end can be seen just from their scoring.
"Beep——"
With the referee's long whistle, the game between Xiangbei High School and Green Wind High School came to an end. The players from the two teams shook hands with each other. Although they lost the game, Mike Okita didn't have much disappointment on his face. He didn't know how much he had experienced in defeat.
After shaking hands with Hisashi Mitsui and Kaede Rukawa one by one, Mike Okita suddenly said to them:
"Hisashi Mitsui and Kaede Rukawa, with your two talents, it would be too unfair to continue playing here."
"I think you should pursue a higher level of basketball instead of rotting here!"
Mike Okita admired the strength of these two opponents and gave him good advice.
Mitsui Shou and Rukawa Kaede looked at each other, and finally Mitsui Shou nodded, turned to look at Jinguji Budo who had changed clothes and was sitting on the bench, and said:
"Yes, after winning the national championship with him!"
"And this kid can do it too!"
"After becoming 'Neon First'!"
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