Since Sanno Industrial changed its defensive strategy, the competition between the two teams has become more intense.
When Shohoku High School attacks, Jinguji Budo will have at least two players defending, and sometimes there will be three.
Miyagi Ryota saw Jinguji Budo facing such strong defensive pressure, and had to reduce the number of passes to Budō on the offensive end.
Originally, Sanno Industries thought that as long as they could curb Jinguji Budo's scoring, they would be able to slowly regain their disadvantage bit by bit with the help of their powerful attack power.
But what surprised them was that after Jinguji Martial Arts reduced its attacks, first-year Sakuragi Hanamichi from Shohoku stood up at this time.
He actually withstood the pressure of the Mountain King and made successful shots repeatedly. What was even more surprising to Sanno Kogyo was that Hanamichi Sakuragi single-handedly resisted the Kawada brothers' collaboration in the scramble for rebounds.
If there are 10 rebounds on the court, then Sakuragi Hanamichi can get at least 4. It is precisely because of Sakuragi Hanamichi's sudden explosion that Shohoku High School still successfully suppresses Sanno Industries even though Jinguji Martial Arts has reduced its shots. , bringing the advantage to the later stages of the game.
Thirteen minutes into the second half, the score between the two teams reached 71:63. Shohoku High School led its opponent by 8 points and still had the ball.
On the court, Shohoku High School is organizing a new round of offense. Jinguji Budo involves the defense of Eiji Sawabita and Masashi Kawada heading towards the bottom corner.
Miyagi Ryota, who entered the frontcourt with the ball, dribbled the ball at a fast pace and observed Sanno Industries' defense.
At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi quickly pulled out from the inside, ran to the middle distance, and was ready to catch the ball. At this time, Sanno Industries had no defensive power in the mid-range.
Mikio Kawada stood under the basket, guarding Nango Nango Koichiro near the paint area, while Matsumoto Minoru, who was being taken to the left corner of the court by Katsumi Ichiro at this time, had no time to look at Sakuragi.
Sakuragi Hanamichi is a large open space.
Miyagi Ryota felt that Sakuragi Hanamichi had a good chance. He changed his dribbling rhythm and quickly accelerated the breakthrough. After successfully involving Fukatsu Kazunari's defense, Miyagi Ryota made a back pass while breaking through and sent the ball to Sakuragi. In Hanamichi's hands, after the ball was released, Miyagi Ryota did not just stand there stupidly, but quickly cut inside.
Sakuragi Hanamichi caught the ball from the side of the free throw line. Kazunari Fukatsu glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi, then quickly glanced at Miyagi Ryota who cut inside, and immediately rushed toward Sakuragi Hanamichi.
From the time Sanno changed their defense to now, Sakuragi Hanamichi has successfully made 4 mid-range shots in the second half. All were open shots, and the hit rate was actually 100%.
This kind of scoring efficiency surprised the Sanno Industrial players. They vaguely remembered that Sakuragi Hanamichi's mid-range shooting percentage was not high in the first half. They expected that Nango Koichiro would hit the mid-range shot, and they expected that Katsumi Ichiro might make the mid-range shot. Use teammates' pick-and-rolls to get open mid-range shots.
The only thing I didn't expect was that Sakuragi Hanamichi, a "standard blue collar", would actually get the right to take open shots and successfully seize every opportunity.
With Sakuragi Hanamichi's previous foreshadowing, at this moment, Fukatsu Kazunari did not dare to let Sakuragi go. He could only ignore Miyagi Ryota who cut inside and covered up in front of Sakuragi.
"Finally, I no longer underestimate this genius!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi saw Fukatsu Kazunari's defense in place. Not only did he not have any panic or fear, but he smiled confidently and quickly raised the ball, planning to shoot in front of Fukatsu Kazunari.
"!
! "When Kazunari Fukatsu saw this, he raised his eyebrows slightly and reached out directly towards the basketball cover in Hanamichi Sakuragi's hand.
However, at this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly collected the ball, dropped the ball and accelerated towards his right side, successfully passing Fukatsu Kazunari and rushing inside.
"breakthrough?!"
"This boy!"
Fukatsu Kazunari was deceived by Sakuragi's feint, and he couldn't help but quickly started chasing Sakuragi Hanamichi. Fukatsu Kazunari's speed is very fast, but Sakuragi Hanamichi's speed is also not slow, very fast
, Sakuragi has approached the basket. He jumped up with the ball in his hands.
Kawada Mikio under the basket was focused on Nango Koichiro at this moment. He never thought that Fukatsu Kazunari would be broken through by Sakuragi Hanamichi, so when Sakuragi put the ball up for a layup, Kawada Mikio Norio couldn't react at all.
Kazunari Fukatsu, who was pursuing the defense, had already jumped high when Sakuragi Hanamichi took off, and his hands closed on the basketball in Sakuragi's hand.
"How could such a defense be able to block this genius' attack?!"
Sakuragi Hanamichi held the ball in the air, slightly retracted his hands holding the ball, and easily avoided Fukatsu Kazunari's block. He looked firmly at the basket and thought to himself, when Fukatsu Kazunari began to fall, Sakuragi Hanamichi Still maintaining a considerable height, when gliding close to the basket, he gently lifted the ball with his right hand and sent it directly to the basket.
"Snapped!"
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball hits the net. In a one-on-one duel with Fukatsu Kazunari, Sakuragi Hanamichi actually broke through Fukatsu Kazunari's defense and scored the ball with a beautiful pull-up layup.
Listening to the sound of the basketball hitting the net, Kazunari Fukatsu was stunned.
"I... I was singled out by a first-year student from Shohoku?!
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Sakuragi Hanamichi, who scored the goal, beat his chest and cheered loudly. Sakuragi, who succeeded in breaking through and scoring a layup, feels very good about himself now.
At the moment when he scored the goal, Sakuragi Hanamichi felt that all his tibias were penetrated, and he felt indescribably happy!
Ignoring the astonished Sanno people, Sakuragi happily high-fived Miyagi Ryota when he returned, his face full of excitement.
Different from scoring on open shots, scoring like this excites Sakuragi even more.
Budo followed his teammates back to the field, and when he saw Sakuragi scoring the ball in such a way, he couldn't hold back the smile on his face.
It turns out that I don’t know when Sakuragi Hanamichi has grown to this extent. Even Kazunari Fukatsu of Sanno Industrial Co., Ltd. will be defeated by Sakuragi. Although there is a relationship that the other party takes lightly, Sakuragi who can do this kind of thing is already good enough.
Budo will never forget that it has only been a year and a half since Hanamichi Sakuragi started playing.
And Kazunari Fukatsu is the number one point guard in the country!
The point difference between the two teams reached double digits, a full ten points.
This point difference put some pressure on the Sanwang players, making them extremely cautious when dribbling forward.
After a few seconds, Fukatsu Kazunari slowly crossed the center line with the ball. He advanced slowly and patiently waited for his teammates to get into position.
Budo was still responsible for keeping an eye on Eiji Zekita. After Kazunari Fukatsu arrived in the frontcourt, Eiji Zekita did not stay where he was and started cutting and running. Facing Zebei, Martial Arts did not relax. He followed up and intercepted meticulously, not allowing Eiji Zebei to have a comfortable chance to catch the ball.
After Kazunari Fukatsu observed the Shohoku defense line at the top of the arc for a while, he chose to drop the ball and break through.
Facing Miyagi Ryota's defense, Kazunari Fukatsu didn't use any fancy breakthrough methods. He just accelerated, fought physically, and relied on his physical advantages to create gaps for himself to break through.
It is not easy for Kazunari Fukatsu to rely on dribbling to open Miyagi Ryota. Although Miyagi Ryota's body is thin, he is fast and responsive. Playing fancy cloud breakthroughs in front of him is undoubtedly a set up for himself. Difficulty.
It will be much easier to hit hard with your body!
Sure enough, under the physical confrontation of Fukatsu Kazunari, Miyagi Ryota couldn't catch up with the crab step and changed his pursuit posture. As soon as Miyagi Ryota changed his pursuit posture, Fukatsu Kazunari's chance came out.
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"Uh-huh!"
The basketball hit the net, and Kazunari Fukatsu relied on his personal strength to force a shot and score.
"Damn it!" Miyagi Ryota cursed in his heart, with a calm expression on his face, he silently walked to the backcourt and received the serve from his teammate.
After getting the basketball, Miyagi Ryota advanced with the ball and quickly crossed the center line. This time, he did not approach the top of the arc, but instead approached the corner on the right.
At the same time, Jinguji Budo still went to the right corner, Katsumi Ichiro was positioned in the left corner, as for Nango, he was still standing under the basket on the right side, and Sakuragi was on the left Basket.
Sanno Industries still has two players defending Jinguji Budo. Until now, the game has still sent two players to guard Jinguji Budo.
After a brief observation, Miyagi motioned to Sakuragi Hanamichi with his eyes.
Sure enough, Sakuragi, who received Miyagi's signal, pulled to the left side of the free throw line and was ready to catch the ball.
Mikio Kawada on the inside hesitated for a moment, glanced at Sakuragi, and stood in the center of the paint area. While staring at Nango, it was also convenient for Sakuragi to take the ball.
Although he does not have much playing experience, Kawada Mikio is not a fool and is aware of the threat of Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Miyagi Ryota repeated his old trick, dropping the ball quickly and breaking through to the right, his body directly pressing against Kazunari Fukatsu without any hesitation. Although Miyagi is weak in confrontation, he is never afraid of confrontation.
Kazunari Fukatsu's breath was stagnated by Miyagi's pressure, but his speed was not affected, and he still maintained his position. Miyagi Ryota's breakthrough not only failed to approach the inside, but was forced by Fukatsu to the bottom corner Kawada Masashi There is also the defense area where Eiji and Zebei are located.
Seeing Fukatsu pressing so tightly, Miyagi Ryota was relieved. He made another back pass and directly passed the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi on the side of the free throw line.
At this time, five people had gathered in the bottom corner on the right side of the court, and a group of people looked at Hanamichi Sakuragi who had gotten the basketball.
"Mikio, go up and guard him! Don't let him shoot!"
"Watch out for fake moves!"
Kawada Masashi shouted loudly, and Nango was about to make up the inside when he saw Jinguji Martial Arts in the bottom corner suddenly activated and quickly moved towards the corner. Kawada, Zebei and Fukatsu were all startled by Jinguji Budo's actions and hurriedly pursued them. However, at this moment, Jinguji Budo suddenly ran in reverse and returned to the bottom corner.
At this moment, Sakuragi took the ball and already made a move. Facing the 21-meter-tall Kawada Mikio, Sakuragi Hanamichi was not weak at all. He still feinted with the ball, and when the opponent raised his hand to block his sight , the ball drops quickly and accelerates forward.
Kawada Mikio's speed is not as fast as Fukatsu Kazunari, and similarly, it is far inferior to Sakuragi Hanamichi. However, the center of gravity is slightly higher when defending, and Sakuragi has already passed through Kawada Mikio and went directly to the basket. , put the ball together with both hands, and poured the ball directly into the basket.
The powerful two-handed dunk made the audience in the stands scream in surprise, followed by a tsunami of cheers.
Sakuragi held the basket with both hands and let out a low roar before falling back to the ground. He glanced contemptuously at Kawada Mikio, who was passed by him. Said to himself:
"The old guy has retired!"
"From today on, Xiangbei is the world of this genius!"
"Sa, kids! Follow me!"
The continuous scoring made Sakuragi Hanamichi feel a little complacent, and he had forgotten that Jinguji Budo and Miyagi Ryota were still on the court.
Budao looked at Sakuragi's arrogant look, and his eyes twitched. However, in order not to damage Sakuragi's self-confidence, Budao didn't do anything in front of so many people, and just quickly returned to the Xiangbei half.
When they met Miyagi Ryota's figure, the two looked at each other in tacit understanding and nodded at the same time.
As soon as Shohoku completed its attack, Sanno Industrial's counterattack arrived. The basketball was quickly passed inside and into the hands of Mikio Kawada. There were no beautiful passing moves or cool turn-over shots.
Some, there are only solid back-up shots and monotonous little hook shots that turn around in sequence.
As Mikio Kawada easily scored the ball, the point difference between the two teams returned to single digits.
"Miyagi, let me take a shot."
When Shohoku advanced with the ball, Takero whispered to Miyagi as he passed by him.
Miyagi actually had this thought in his heart, Sakuragi was a little crazy and couldn't find him.
In Xiangbei High School, it's far from this boy's turn to act cool!
Before Budo could pass the half, Miyagi Ryota quickly passed the ball to Jinguji Budō.
As soon as the basketball was in hand, several members of Sanno's team looked over quickly. Eiji Sawabita originally wanted to defend after getting into position, but when he saw Budo getting the ball, he hurriedly ran up, not daring to let Jinguji Budo get close to a three-pointer. The same was true for Kawada Masashi. When he saw Budo receiving the ball, he quickly rushed over.
"Let me test the strength of the double team between the two of you!"
Jinguji Budo got the ball and quickly accelerated. He was the first to encounter Zebei's defense two meters outside the three-point line. Without any extra movement, Jinguji Budo got short and directly stuck to the side of Zebita Eiji. On his body, he forcibly advanced to the three-point line.
At this time, Kawada Masashi couldn't move forward to defend, because Zebei retreated too fast. If he moved forward, there was a high possibility that he would collide with Zebei. Masashi Kawada could only go around Zebei and try to get the ball from behind Jinguji Budo.
However, his double-teaming movement has lost the meaning of double-teaming.
Suddenly, after Jinguji Budo dribbled the ball with his right hand, he suddenly grabbed the ball, jumped to the left, and jumped directly out of the double-team of Kawada Masashi and Sawabita Eiji. He leaned up and tapped the toes of his left foot. On the floor outside the shooting line, he held the ball with both hands above his head and made a shooting posture.
While jumping diagonally on one foot, he quickly threw the basketball in his hand.
In the astonished gazes of Masashi Kawada and Eiji Sawabita, the basketball flew through the air and fell steadily into the net.
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