"Why pay for a foul? Anyway, you can't stop me!"
The words of Jinguji Martial Arts did not hit Kazunari Fukatsu and Eiji Sawabita who failed to defend.
The two of them already had a clear understanding of the strength of Jinguji Temple's martial arts. After a brief period of surprise, they quickly regained their composure. It was expected that he would not be able to block Jinguji Martial Arts' attack.
Now that Jinguji Budo is on the free throw line, they can only accept this fact and just treat it as Jinguji Budo made a three-pointer.
After the referee blew the whistle, the ball was given to Jinguji Budo.
Wu Dao stood on the free throw line, made a slight adjustment, then threw the ball and sent it steadily into the net.
After scoring the goal, Jinguji Budo quickly returned to defense without saying anything more to the Sanno players.
The scoreboard jumped, and after Jinguji Budo scored a free throw, Shohoku High School added two more points. Sakuragi Hanamichi saw a bright smile on his face when he saw Jinguji Budo score the ball steadily and successfully scored a three-pointer.
Jinguji Budo's goal also had his contribution.
Sakuragi Hanamichi feels that his role on the court is much greater than that of Rukawa Kaede. He feels that in Rukawa Kaede's position, even if he is replaced by Miyagi Ryota or other Shohoku point guards, he can still play like this in the game against Sanno. situation.
"Hmph! As long as I, the rebounding king Sakuragi Hanamichi, guard the basket."
"Isn't it easy for us in Xiangbei to defeat the Mountain King?"
Sakuragi thought so in his heart, and with such self-encouragement, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly shouted without any call: "Come on, Mountain King, I will knock you all down!"
"Oh! That boy Hanamichi is so enthusiastic!"
"Hey, Hanamichi, don't get carried away! You are Shohoku's weakness!"
"Yeah, yeah, you haven't even scored a few goals, so stop talking nonsense, hahaha!"
In the stands, the wounded friends of the Sakuragi Legion immediately laughed at Sakuragi Hanamichi's sudden enthusiasm and fighting spirit.
"Hey, mortal!"
"Be obedient and watch this genius' performance from the sidelines!"
"Don't forget to cheer for this genius!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi heard the voices of Yohei and the others, turned around and shouted at Yohei and the others.
"Here we come, Sakuragi!"
At this moment, Takenori Akagi, who was guarding the basket on the other side, reminded him.
Sanno Industries has launched a new round of offense. Kazunari Fukatsu quickly approached the top of the arc with the ball, and then quickly passed the ball sideways to Eiji Sawabita in the corner.
After the ball was released, Fukatsu Kazunari quickly ran towards Jinguji Budo and set a pick-and-roll for Zebei.
"Um?!"
"Why did you suddenly come to Zebei? Do you want to score in front of me?!"
Budo was very surprised when he saw Fukatsu Kazunari's shot. Zebei failed in his hands not once or twice. The first half of the game lasted so long, Zebei probably didn't score more than 8 points. For a scoring ace, such a score is obviously unachievable.
After Sanno realized that Zebei could not benefit from Budo, he would also avoid Jinguji Budo when passing the ball, trying not to let Budo have the opportunity to participate in Shohoku's defense, and the offense was all played avoiding Budo.
Fukatsu's pass gave Martial Arts an unusual taste.
However, Budo did not hesitate and directly bypassed Fukatsu's pick-and-roll and ran to the free throw line in advance to guard against Eiji Zebita's breakthrough.
Rukawa Kaede and Budo also cooperated very well. They did not switch defenses with Budo due to the change of ball carriers. They still followed Fukatsu Kazunari. However, Rukawa Kaede specifically glanced at Zebei who was receiving the ball while running, wanting to see. Look what he's doing.
"Huh?! Three-pointer!"
Looking at this, Rukawa Kaede suddenly discovered that at this time, Eiji Sawabita was actually raising the ball to shoot. Without thinking much, he chased Fukatsu's footsteps for a sudden moment. Rukawa Kaede pounced directly towards Eiji Sabita, trying to Zebei Eiji made a three-pointer.
Although Eiji Sawabita did not show his outstanding three-point shooting ability in today's game, Rukawa Kaede knew that Sawabita was Sanno's scoring ace. Since he is a scoring ace, he always has three-pointers, so Rukawa Kaede does not dare to let Zebei shoot open.
"Rukawa!" Budao couldn't help but shout when he saw this, but his reminder was still too late. Without allowing Budao to think about it, he left his original position and ran quickly towards Fukatsu Kazunari.
If Eiji Sawabita shoots a three-pointer from that position, Jinguji Budo can actually catch up with him, but Budokan sees that Zebita does not want to shoot a three-pointer. His feet are staggered when shooting the ball. This position is not a position for shooting three-pointers, because the power will be dispersed.
There is a high probability that he will break through, and a small probability that he will pass the ball.
Budo did not dare to leave Fukatsu Kazunari open, so he could only gamble on Zebei passing the ball.
"Bang!" Sure enough, Sawabita Eiji raised the ball and hit Rukawa Kaede with a feint, then quickly dropped the ball, accelerated the breakthrough, and passed directly through Rukawa Kaede.
Jinguji Budo turned his head and glanced at Fukatsu, and found that Fukatsu was quickly heading towards the bottom corner, and Matsumoto Minoru was already cutting inside quickly.
As Zebei started to break through, the other outside players of Sanno joined forces.
"At this time, we still plan to use Zebei."
"It seems that the Mountain King has indeed been forced to have no better way, and Zebei is needed to bring more changes to their offense."
Budo moved after Kazunari Fukatsu and looked at Eiji Sawabita who rushed into the inside.
Rukawa Kaede had already caught up with Sawehita, and was only one position away from Sawehita, while Sakuragi Hanamichi also left the basket and defended towards Sawei Eiji.
Sawabita Eiji, who crossed the free throw line with the ball, quickly combined the ball, grabbed the ball with one hand and took off. Under Sakuragi's interception, he shot directly. The basketball flew past Sakuragi Hanamichi's fingertips and flew directly towards the basket. The next second, the basketball fell and stabbed firmly into the basket, making a crisp sound.
Smooth and sharp breakthrough shots easily broke through the defense of Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede. Sawabita Eiji's offensive power was clearly demonstrated with just one ball.
"Damn it, this weak shot can actually be scored?!"
Sakuragi turned his head and saw the basketball entering the net, and cursed in displeasure. At this moment, Rukawa Kaede turned his attention to Zebei Eiji, looking a little surprised.
Very strong, this trump card of Sanno Industry is very strong!
Rukawa Kaede can clearly understand this.
but....
Such a powerful ace was once suppressed by Jinguji Martial Arts. So how strong is Jinguji Martial Arts that can seal such an ace? !
Sawabita Eiji and others began to return to defense. Rukawa Kaede received the serve from his teammates in the backcourt and began to advance with the ball. He looked at Jinguji Budo who was running at the front and thought in his heart.
"Sanno Industries, I'm afraid they haven't pushed out the strength of Jinguji-senpai at all..."
Rukawa Kaede looked at Jinguji Budo's back and let out a sigh in his heart. After entering the frontcourt, he took a deep look at Miyaji Budo and passed the ball directly to the side.
Delivered to the hands of Jinguji Martial Arts.
Jinguji Budo, who caught the ball, looked slightly startled, and then a smile appeared on his face.
"This kid still takes good care of my emotions."
"The guy I was guarding scored a goal for the first time in a long time. He knew he was going to give me a goal in return, so he took this breath."
Budo said softly, holding the ball high and looking condescendingly at the wary Sawabita Eiji in front of him.
"Snapped!"
Jinguji Budo dropped the ball quickly, and after a blast, his body was directly in front of Eiji Zekita. The next second, Jinguji Budo turned around around the world, and Zekita Eiji thought Jinguji Budo was going to turn and pass. At that moment, he pulled back, and after turning around, he directly connected with the disguise, directly opened the door to Eiji Zebita, and quickly rushed towards the inside.
Jinguji Budo's seemingly simple breakthrough move made Eiji Zebei shout "impossible" in his heart. If this skillful and quick turn was performed by a 160cm point guard, Zebei would not be surprised.
However, a man over two meters tall in Jinguji Martial Arts actually made such an extraordinary move, which made Zebei feel horrified no matter how he looked at it.
Breaking through Jinguji Martial Arts had no intention of attacking Sanno's inner line. After Zebei Eiji's pursuit came up, he actively slowed down and gave Zebei a physical confrontation. Then, he beat Zebei's Jinguji Martial Arts in the middle distance. A step back and a direct fadeaway jump shot.
Being hit by Jinguji Budo with his body, Zebei had no chance of catching up with Jinguji Budo's retreat. In fact, Jinguji martial arts didn't even need to lean back. He threw directly, and there was nothing he could do about it.
The shot after taking a step back actually included a fadeaway, which made Zebei sigh as he watched the ball.
I can't guard against it, I really can't guard against it!
"Snapped!"
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball hit the board from a 45° direction and hit the net, making a soft sound.
Wu Dao, who scored the goal, smiled and shook his finger at Zebei before turning back to defend.
Sanno Industries had just scored a goal through the team, but when they turned around, Jinguji Budo scored with the ball alone. This time, Fukatsu, who was planning to double-team, and Kawada inside, didn't even run far, Jinguji Budo had already scored.
Zebita Eiji's defense was useless in front of Jinguji Martial Arts.
In the rest of the first half, Rukawa Kaede seemed to want to see Jinguji's attacking posture when his martial arts was at full strength. Started to pass the ball to Jinguji Budo frequently.
After the ball is released, Rukawa Kaede does not stay at the top of the arc stupidly, and will look for opportunities to make air cuts.
At first, Fukatsu didn't pay attention to Rukawa Kaede who was cutting in the air. He went up to help Zebei double-team Jinguji Budo when Jinguji Budo was attacking with the ball.
But after Jinguji Budo made two wonderful passes during the attack, Fukatsu did not dare to double-team Jinguji Budo blindly and began to pay attention to Rukawa Kaede's movement.
If he didn't get double-teamed, Kawada Masashi needed to guard the basket. If he didn't double-team in time, Zebei would have to face Jinguji Budo's attack alone.
But these two people are not at the same level as players at all. It is very easy for Jinguji Martial Arts to break through Zebei.
Sanno obviously noticed this situation. Nobe Masahiro, who was originally guarding Sakuragi Hanamichi, completely let go of Sakuragi Hanamichi, and formed a two-person defense with Sawabita Eiji, focusing on Jinguji Budo.
Facing the defense of the two, although Budo was confident of breaking through the defense of the two, seeing that there were often vacancies on Sakuragi's side, he couldn't help but take care of Sakuragi and passed a few balls to Sakuragi. There are opportunities for open shots.
Not to mention, although Sakuragi was a little off-line in the previous game, Sakuragi Hanamichi grasped several of Budo's passes well and threw the ball steadily, which surprised both Budo and the Shohoku players off the court. .
Yohei and others in the stands, who originally laughed at Sakuragi, cheered loudly for Sakuragi after Sakuragi scored the ball, feeling that they had gained something from spending time with Sakuragi for special training.
Shohoku's offense was smooth, and Sanno Kogyo's offense was also pretty smooth. Although Eiji Zebei couldn't attack Jinguji Budo alone, with the help of his teammates' continuous pick-and-rolls, Zebei got a single Rukawa Kaede or a single Mitsui Hisashi. Opportunity.
Faced with the defense of these two people, Sawabita Eiji's offensive power still had room to use, and he helped Sanno score several goals. Due to his activity, Shohoku was unable to quickly widen the point difference.
At the end of halftime, the score between the two teams reached 48:44, with Shohoku High School only leading Sanno Industrial by 4 points.
Jinguji Martial Arts was a little dissatisfied with the results achieved by Shohoku. Such a tight score difference meant that the battle would become even more intense in the second half. Sanno Industries sees hope of winning and will definitely fight tooth and nail in the second half.
Although Martial Arts himself didn't care whether Sanno fought hard or not, the other Shohoku players couldn't fight as easily as he did.
Facing Sanno Industries, the other team members in Shobei are actually facing a lot of pressure. Rukawa Kaede frequently used sudden points to mobilize other Shohoku players, causing his own physical energy consumption to be very high. Akagi, who defends Kawada, also consumes a lot of physical energy. Mitsui Hisashi is frequently moved around by Minoru Matsumoto, which also consumes a lot of physical energy.
Of the five Shohoku starters, only Jinguji Budo's physical condition remained good, and the other one was Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was the physical monster. Sakuragi played the entire first half under the basket, and he was still very lively and could not be seen at all. Come out tired.
If all the Sanno players fight to the death in the second half, even if Shohoku can defeat the opponent, the players will definitely be exhausted.
This is not a county competition and there are days of rest between games.
This is a national competition, back to back.
If they fight too hard against Sanno and encounter tough competition in the next game, it will be impossible for the Xiangbei players to be in full condition to face the strong enemies in the future.
During the halftime break, coach Anxi needs to carefully consider how to arrange his troops.
It is necessary not only to win the mountain king steadily, but also to prevent the team members from being too exhausted.
"For the second half of the game, Rukawa Kaede-san, please come down and rest!"
"Rukawa-san played well in the first half and deserves praise. In the second half, let Miyagi-san take your place. Take this opportunity to have a good rest."
"We in Xiangbei will not stop here!"
In the Shohoku lounge, coach Anzai began to make personnel adjustments. The first person to be replaced was point guard Kaede Rukawa.
"Mitsui, you should also take a rest and let Katsumi Ichiro play in your place."
"And...Akagi, let Nanxiang play in your place."
"For the rest of today's game, Rukawa Kaede, Akagi, Mitsui, you three have a good rest."
"Jinguji Martial Arts and Sakuragi Hanamichi, you continue to stay on the court. Nango, Katsumi, and Miyagi are new players. The three of you will attack around Jinguji Martial Arts and defend around Sakuragi Hanamichi."
"It's possible to shrink the inside and control the rebounds. If Sanwang wants to shoot from the outside, let them shoot. Compared with the offensive efficiency, Martial Arts will not lose to them."
"Although there are many first-year students in your lineup, the task I give you is also very simple. Just support Jinguji Martial Arts to score points."
"Also, just guard the rebound! As for defense, if you can defend it, defend it. If you can't defend it, don't force it, and don't foul."
"Use your ultimate attack power to help Xiangbei win!"
Coach Anxi quickly made personnel arrangements. It can be seen that he actually had plans in mind.
Wu Dao looked around at his teammates in the second half and nodded slightly.
Compared with the lineup in the first half, the second team in the second half was weakened both defensively and offensively.
But it doesn't matter, as long as he is on the court, Xiangbei will keep scoring!
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