Sanno Industrial and Shohoku High School scored successively, making the game full of gunpowder at the beginning of the second half.
And the offense in this round also set the tone for the two teams' play in the second half.
Between the alternation of offense and defense, Fukatsu Kazunari quickly brought the ball into the frontcourt. The brothers Masashi Kawada and Mikio Kawada on the inside occupied the corner of the basket, blocking Hanamichi Sakuragi and Koichiro Nango respectively. After leaving his body, he wanted to take his position.
At this time, Fukatsu Kazunari's opponent was replaced by the shorter Miyagi Ryota. In front of Miyagi Ryota, Fukatsu Kazunari's ball became extremely easy. He easily lobbed the ball and directly hit the ball. The ball was thrown to Masashi Kawada inside.
At the same time, as the basketball was flying, Kawada Masashi quickly stepped back with his right foot and stepped directly on the floor behind Sakuragi Hanamichi's heel. The moment the basketball came into his hands, he turned around and raised up. At the same time as he turned around, Masashi Kawada's back was pressed against Hanamichi Sakuragi, making it impossible for Hanamichi Sakuragi to turn around smoothly and pursue him.
Bottom step.
The beautiful offensive pace directly caused Sakuragi to lose the ability to pursue defense. He could only watch Masashi Kawada break into the basket and backhand the basketball directly into the basket.
"That gorilla face, when he turned around, he stuck my body with his body and couldn't catch up!" Sakuragi Hanamichi looked back at Kawada Masashi who had completed a slam dunk and fell back to the ground. His handsome face was full of solemnity.
"Sink the bottom step!"
"Damn it, I was careless and didn't notice when he caught the ball."
Sakuragi Hanamichi thought back to Kawada Masashi's turning breakthrough just now, and realized that the opponent had already changed his steps before catching the ball, and this change was ignored by Sakuragi Hanamichi who focused on the ball.
Now thinking about Kawada's breakthrough, Sakuragi Hanamichi realized the defensive problem just now.
The bottom step is actually a basic step for inside players, but in today's high school basketball environment, there are really not many players who have this kind of footwork technique and can skillfully integrate this technique into the offense. .
Sakuragi Hanamichi is not a novice. Under the training of Jinguji Martial Arts, Sakuragi Hanamichi's own basket skills are not very good, but he has seen many skills. Coupled with Sakuragi's beast-like intuition, Sakuragi's Hanamichi often performs well on the defensive end.
Kawada Masashi only attacked in one round, and Sakuragi already had ideas in his mind to deal with it.
Between the alternation of offense and defense, Miyagi Ryota quickly dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, and then quickly passed the ball sideways to Jinguji Budo. The basketball started, and Jinguji Budo also looked at the basket, preparing to break through with the ball.
Although Jinguji Budo played the entire first half, his physical condition was maintained quite well. His own physical fitness was very abundant. In addition, in the first half, he only did more return runs, without much Playing singles with the ball, and Sanwang rarely gives Zebei a chance to play singles.
Therefore, the physical consumption of martial arts is very small. The intensity of confrontation and the amount of exercise in the first half of the game are just a warm-up at best. In the second half of the game, no matter how martial arts is performed, physical fitness will not be a problem.
After taking possession of the basketball, Budo dropped the ball and dribbled close to the three-point line with a high center of gravity while paying attention to the movements of the other Sanno players.
Facing Jinguji Budo who was holding the ball, Sawabita Eiji acted a little nervous. He kept his back calm and retreated in small steps. He always maintained a close distance of 3 meters, not daring to be too close or too far.
Even though Jinguji Budo has such a high level, he has very strong ball control ability. If he attacks rashly, he will definitely be deflected by the opponent. However, if he is too far away, Jinguji Budo has strong long-range shooting ability.
All Zebei can do is to maintain defensive depth and slow down the opponent when Jinguji martial arts breaks through, allowing his teammates to quickly double-team him.
Yes, at this point in the game, Zebita Eiji had already given up on the unrealistic idea of defending Jinguji Budo alone.
He plans to rely on the strength of his team to defend Jinguji Martial Arts. As long as he can withstand Jinguji Martial Arts, Shohoku High School will definitely not win!
"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry."
"See his movements clearly and don't be fooled by him.
past. "
Zebita Eiji stared at Jinguji's every move, not daring to relax for a moment. Suddenly, Jinguji Budo, who was dribbling the ball with a high center of gravity, suddenly dropped his center of gravity, grabbed the ball with his right hand in front of the right, and rushed forward with his body, obviously preparing for a breakthrough.
Zebei Eiji shrank, and quickly moved to fill his position. He was afraid that his reaction would be slow.
Unlike the opponents he has encountered before, facing Jinguji Martial Arts, even if he loses his position even a little bit, he will be thrown away by Jinguji Martial Arts, because Jinguji Martial Arts is fast and powerful, and he wants to rely on it. Physical confrontation limits the acceleration of Jinguji Martial Arts and cannot be done at all.
If it is an opponent like Rukawa Kaede, even if Eiji Sawabita is half a body behind, as long as he can keep up, physical confrontation can completely affect the opponent's dribbling rhythm and reduce the opponent's breakthrough speed.
But this technique is useless in front of Jinguji Martial Arts!
"Snapped!"
However, just when Eiji Sawabita moved to intercept the ball, Jinguji Budo, who clearly landed the ball on the right with his right hand, stretched out his left hand, directly grabbed the ball and pulled it back. With a wrong step, his body swayed and he suddenly changed. Rushing from the left, he easily passed through Eiji Zebei and rushed towards the inside.
Sam Goad!
"Oh! So fast!"
"Is this a breakthrough? So easy?"
The swift and gorgeous breakthrough action instantly caused the audience in the stands to scream in surprise.
After successfully breaking through Sawabita Eiji, Jinguji Budo reached the free throw line with one end of his body. Before the double-team of Kawada Masashi and Fukatsu Kazunari was formed, he raised the ball with his right hand and seemingly casually moved towards the basket. Toss lightly.
"Whoa!" The basketball was released. One second later, the basketball fell directly into the net with a crisp sound. Jinguji Budo's seemingly random shot actually scored the ball steadily.
As the basketball hit the net, cheers poured into the court.
"Good shot, martial arts!"
"Awesome, Jinguji-senpai!"
When the basketball hit the net, there were cheers from the Shohoku bench. Hisashi Mitsui waved his towel excitedly and shouted loudly toward the court.
Kiyota Nobunaga also cheered. Although he did not play, the boy's enthusiasm was still high. Seeing Jinguji's martial arts breakthrough, the boy cheered and tried it on the spot with his bare hands, consciously mastering such a breakthrough technique.
In the stadium, after scoring the goal, Jinguji Budo quickly returned to the defense with the team. The Sanno players looked at each other, their morale was a little low, but Fukatsu Kazunari clapped his hands and shouted:
"Don't be intimidated by him! Next time you defend, I will come directly!"
"Now, prepare to attack!"
Kazunari Fukatsu received Mikio Kawada's serve in the backcourt, shouted to the players and quickly ran towards the frontcourt with the ball.
His encouragement had some effect, and the players on the field also regained their composure.
Although Sawabita Eiji had a dull look on his face, his eyes were full of fighting spirit, and he was obviously not knocked down by the terrifying oppression of Jinguji Martial Arts.
Sanno quickly entered the frontcourt, and the players' movements were the same as in the previous attack. Zebei and Minoru Matsumoto quickly sank to the bottom corners on both sides, leaving enough room for the inside line to display.
Kazunari Fukatsu, who was at the top of the arc, once again lobbed the ball toward Masashi Kawada after his teammates in the paint were positioned.
While the basketball was still in the air, Kawada Masashi turned his head slightly, glanced sideways at Sakuragi Hanamichi, moved his right foot, and once again rubbed the floor behind Sakuragi's heel, getting ready to turn around.
But this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi noticed it immediately, put his hands on Kawada Masashi's back, quickly pulled his right foot away, and stepped behind Kawada's feet again.
"Huh?!" Masashi Kawada started to hold the ball and turned around quickly. He actually found Hanamichi Sakuragi quickly following up and appeared directly in front of his eyes. He couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.
However, Kawada's movements did not stop. Seeing that Sakuragi was not brushed away, he directly blasted the ball on the spot, and hit Sakuragi Hanamichi's chest hard with one side of his body.
Sakuragi supported Kawada Masashi's body with his hands, his cheeks
He puffed up slightly and held in his breath to block Masashi Kawada's strong blow, only taking half a step back. He actually withstood the opponent's attack.
On the other side, Nango Koichiro reacted quickly and decisively let go of Kawada Mikio's forward defense. When Kawada Masashi hit the ball twice, he reached out and grabbed the basketball in Kawada Masashi's hand.
However, his movement was noticed by Masashi Kawada, who quickly hugged the basketball and directly passed the ball sideways, passing between Sakuragi and Nango to Mikio Kawada.
Kawada Mikio's reaction was a little slow. He didn't notice Kawada Masashi's wonderful pass at all. It was just that the force and position of Kawada Masashi's ball was so good that it happened to be delivered to Kawada Mikio's chest.
Mikio Kawada just subconsciously reached out and firmly grasped the basketball. He lowered his head and glanced at the basketball in his hand. Mikio Kawada quickly threw the ball under the basket, and the basketball hit the board and hit the net.
"What?!"
"The news has spread?!"
Sakuragi and Nango were both surprised by Kawada Masashi's pass. Neither of them expected that Kawada Masashi, with a muscular gorilla face, could actually make such a delicate pass. This was something neither of them expected at the beginning.
Kawada Masashi, who was born as a point guard, is actually an enhanced version of Mu Shinichi. The first-year students in Shohoku don't have a deep understanding of how terrifying this guy is.
From Budo's point of view, Masashi Kawada's threat was actually much stronger than Eiji Sabahita's, an enhanced version of Maki Shinichi and a weakened version of Shinomiya Tōno.
Compared to the "Number One High School Student in the Country" gimmick that Sawabita used to have, Masashi Kawada, the country's Number One center, is much more solid.
"Sakuragi, you did a good job. You can already see his deep steps."
"Good defense, keep up the good work."
"Nanxiang, the same goes for you."
"Don't worry, he can't always pass the ball like that. Nango, you can pay attention to Kawada Mikio's position when you double-team."
When Shohoku served from the backcourt, Budo did not run to the frontcourt immediately. Instead, he gave a few words of encouragement to Sakuragi and Nango before running towards the frontcourt.
Budo hadn't noticed Sakuragi before, but now when Sakuragi and Masashi Kawada were playing against each other, Budo suddenly discovered that Sakuragi had improved a lot in defense.
Maybe...after today's battle with Kawada Masashi, Sakuragi will be able to make a qualitative leap. Training and competition are still different after all!
Soon, Miyagi Ryota crossed the center line with the ball. Before he even approached the three-point line, he passed the ball to Jinguji Budo early.
Compared to when Rukawa Kaede plays the point position, Miyagi Ryota's play style when playing the point position is really easy to guess.
After the ball was released, Miyagi Ryota quickly sank toward the baseline. Fukatsu Kazunari ignored Miyagi Ryota and pushed directly towards Budo.
Seeing this scene, Budo couldn't help but smile, backhanded the ball back to Miyagi Ryota, smiled and whispered:
"This is too disrespectful."
Sure enough, Miyagi Ryota took the ball in the middle distance, calmly stopped, paused for a second, and then threw the ball.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball goes hollow into the net.
Miyagi Ryota's mid-range shooting ability is indeed average, but he has been doing shooting training almost without interruption. Compared with Miyagi Ryota, who is a first-year senior, his shooting has made great progress.
Perhaps under strong defensive interference, his shooting percentage is still very low, but if he shoots from an open position and has sufficient aiming time, Miyagi Ryota's shooting will not be so bad that he will be completely missed.
"Haha, good shot, Miyagi."
Budo smiled and fist bumped with Miyagi Ryota in celebration. The Sanwang's defense in this round is too problematic.
Fukatsu Kazunari apologized to his teammates and quickly advanced toward the frontcourt after picking up the ball in the backcourt. His attention was so distracted by Jinguji martial arts that he ignored Miyagi too much.
This goal also alerted Fukatsu Kazunari. The Shohoku point guard couldn't even make open shots.
Quick hold
As the ball entered the frontcourt, Kazunari Fukatsu changed direction and tried to pass Miyagi Ryota, but Miyagi, who had quick eyes and quick hands, hit the basketball with one hand.
However, Kazunari Fukatsu made a dodge move. Although Miyagi hit the basketball, he was unable to steal it. However, under the influence of Miyagi Ryota, Fukatsu Kazunari quickly hugged the basketball and was unable to continue to advance.
"Hey!"
"You're really lucky!"
Miyagi Ryota saw Fukatsu Kazunari stop and said to Fukatsu with a smile. Fukatsu also glanced at Miyagi Ryota in surprise, and quickly passed the ball to Masashi Kawada inside.
At this time, Kawada Masashi was staring at Sakuragi Hanamichi with his back, reaching out to catch the ball.
However, at this moment, Kawada Masashi clearly felt a release of resistance on the right side behind him.
Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly let go of his hands and wanted to go around Kawada Masashi's left side to defend.
Kawada was alert, and he was just about to adjust his position. However, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly turned around without the ball, pressed against Kawada Masashi's back, and got directly in front of Kawada from Kawada's right armpit. The ball is in his hands.
"What?!
! "
When Kawada saw Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly appearing in front of him, his expression was slightly startled, and he let out a low voice in disbelief.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
"I have already seen all your movements clearly!"
"Look, this is the strength of this genius!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi, who completed the steal, held the ball with both hands, raised his head and laughed. Sakuragi Hanamichi, who successfully bypassed Masashi Kawada to complete the steal, instantly became the focus of the audience.
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