After the whistle blows, the referee kicks off the ball.
In the semi-finals of the national competition, the match between Xiangbei High School and Lingnan High School has officially begun.
As the basketball entered the air, Jun Uozumi and Takenori Akagi jumped up almost at the same time and reached out to shoot the basketball. Although there is a height difference between the two, Takenori Akagi's jumping power is stronger than Uozumi's, so their palms hit the basketball almost at the same time.
"Snapped!!"
Two big hands, one on the left and one on the right, slapped the basketball hard. Under the influence of these two huge forces, the basketball actually deformed slightly, and then rolled down sideways, without flying towards either side's backcourt. go.
In the competition for the jump ball, Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi were evenly matched, with no big gap.
“ohhhh!!!”
"That's awesome! There's no winner with the jump ball!"
"Hurry up and grab the ball!"
The audience in the stands screamed when they saw this scene. Coach Tianoka on the sidelines saw the basketball falling to the side and hurriedly reminded the players on the court.
In fact, Coach Tianoka didn't need to say anything at all. Xiandao had already rushed towards the basketball quickly.
In today's game, Akira Sendō's opponent is the third-year Hisashi Mitsui. The two are very similar in height and weight, but in terms of athletic ability and performance, Sendō is stronger than the third-year Hisashi Mitsui. A lot.
"Bang!" Sendō, who jumped out first, was one position ahead of Hisashi Mitsui, and got the ball in his hands first. After the basketball came into his hands, Sendō did not stick to the ball, and directly passed the ball to Fujima Kenji in the backcourt. hands.
The basketball fell into Fujima's hands. Realizing that they had no chance, the Shohoku players did not continue to struggle with the opponent in the midfield. They quickly retreated to their own half and positioned themselves on defense.
Facing the familiar old rival Lingnan High School, Xiangbei adopted a familiar man-to-man defense. Coach Anxi did not choose a zone defense. His idea was to use man-to-man defense first to test the offensive bias of Lingnan High School, and at the same time, through This kind of local one-on-one defense allowed the Xiangbei players to quickly enter the game state.
Coach Anzai is very familiar with his players. Whether they are seniors Mitsui Hisashi and Akagi, or juniors Sakuragi and others, each of these players from Shohoku High School is very confident and very proud. Such a player can completely stimulate the players' enthusiasm for the game by using one-on-one defense.
In the court, Kenji Fujima, who got the jump ball, raised a finger and shouted "play steadily" while carrying the ball and slowly advancing towards the Shohoku half.
Unlike the opponents Lingnan High School has faced before, Xiangbei High School is not the kind of team that can win just by playing casually.
Fujima must handle every ball well, because every ball may be the key 2 points in the final stage!
"Pick and roll!"
Dribbling the ball close to the three-point line, Shohoku defender Rukawa Kaede quickly came up. The cold eyes under Rukawa Kaede's bangs were fixedly staring at the basketball in Fujima's hand. He lowered his waist slightly and adjusted his position according to the rhythm of the opponent's dribbling.
"A first grader at Shohoku High School."
“The defense looked strong.”
"It's stressful."
After encountering Rukawa Kaede's defense, Fujima Kenji subconsciously changed his dribbling posture from high dribbling to low dribbling. He felt a strong threat from Rukawa Kaede.
After holding the ball and dribbling on the spot for two seconds, Toru Hanagata on the inside quickly rose to a high position, stood behind Rukawa Kaede, and made a pick-and-roll out of Rukawa Kaede's sight. The quality of the pick-and-roll was quite excellent.
"Rukawa Kaede, change defense!"
At the same time that Hanagata's position was settled, Kenji Fujima had already made a move. After a large change of direction in front of his body, he quickly broke through in the direction of Hanagata's pick-and-roll. And at the moment when Rukawa Kaede turned around to pursue, Sakuragi Hanamichi The loud shouts rang in Rukawa Kaede's ears.
Turning his head, Rukawa Kaede took a step forward and was forced to stop because right in front of him was a flower-shaped "human wall".
However, Sakuragi's reminder came just in time. Rukawa Kaede didn't think much about it after hearing those words. The next moment he stopped, he dodged directly in front of Hanagata. While completing the defense change, he also intercepted Fujima and Hanagata. passing route between.
Although he is only a freshman in high school, Rukawa Kaede's defensive instincts are very keen.
Fujima Kenji, who broke through Rukawa Kaede, was soon greeted by Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was defending. When the tall Sakuragi raised his arms, the pressure he felt was even stronger than what Rukawa Kaede had given him just now.
There was an emergency stop and the basketball was switched to the right hand. Fujima paused and looked up at the basket.
His actions aroused Sakuragi's alertness, and the focus of defense also increased. But at this moment, Fujima quickly changed direction, shortened his body, and broke through directly to his left side. He was so fast, In the eyes of the audience, Fujima's body flashed and he was already level with Sakuragi.
"Oh!!! Breakthrough, worthy of Fujima Kenji!"
"No, not yet!"
Fujima's breakthrough speed is indeed very fast, and his breakthrough timing is also very good, but Sakuragi Hanamichi's physical fitness cannot be speculated using common sense.
If it were someone else, it would be impossible to catch up with Fujima with this high-gravity defensive method, but Sakuragi Hanamichi is not an ordinary person!
He is a genius in the true sense!
"Bang!" Sakuragi's pursuit came quickly. Fujima, who was rushing forward, suddenly saw a figure jumping out from behind. The next second, his body hit Sakuragi's solid chest.
Sakuragi raised one hand flat and the other high. He actually followed Fujima's breakthrough in this posture.
Kenji Fujima had no advantage at all against Sakuragi's physical confrontation, and was forced to stop by Sakuragi Hanamichi. However, Fujima didn't dare to stop the ball in this position, and jumped forward. While in mid-air, he also looked behind him, preparing to pass the ball to Hanagata.
However, the moment Fujima turned his head and saw Hanagata, he realized that Hanagata had no room to catch the ball at all, and could only focus on Shinomiya Nogo who was further away.
"field!"
Fujima grabbed the ball with both hands and threw the ball toward the three-point line.
Fujima's passing force is very strong, and the arc of the passing ball is also quite high. In the eyes of others, Fujima's legend was obviously a desperate struggle after being forced into a desperate situation. This pass was a mistake!
However, Shinomiya, who was standing on the outside at this time, saw the super high pass but his expression remained unchanged. He touched Jinguji Budo's chest with his right hand and quickly retreated to the sideline. When the basketball fell, he jumped high From now on, he actually caught this "mistake" pass in his hands.
The height of Shinomiya's jump was definitely more than one meter. At this time, reporters near Shinomiya's catching position only felt that the lights on their heads dimmed. When they looked up, a tall young man had already jumped with one hand. He caught the ball in his hands, then quickly put it in his arms and dropped it back to the ground.
"Well done, Fujima."
When Shinomiya landed, his feet had just stepped on the floor inside the sideline. Shinomiya got the basketball with a smile on his face, and after a compliment with a smile, he slowly took the ball towards the three-point line.
"As expected of you, you caught all these balls."
"I should have put some defensive pressure on you just now so that you wouldn't be able to catch it."
Jinguji Budo saw Shinomiya Dano slowly dribbling the ball and approaching the three-point line, he also smiled and complimented casually.
"This kind of false praise is unnecessary."
"What does this level mean to you?"
Shinomiya Tano was not in a hurry to attack. He looked at the 20 seconds of attack time left from the corner of his eye and replied calmly.
"It's still the same!"
"Shinomiya Tōno, we haven't fought each other for a while, right?"
"Come here, I want to see if I can stop you now!"
Jinguji Martial Arts lowered his focus slightly and raised his fingers towards Shinomiya Tano. Seeing this, Shinomiya's eyes were full of fighting spirit, and he quickly accelerated the rhythm of dribbling.
"You absolutely can't guard against me!"
"I'm much better than when I competed in the county competition!"
As Shinomiya talked, he quickly dropped the ball to accelerate the breakthrough. His movements were clean and neat, without any sloppiness. His simple acceleration and breakthrough made Jinguji Martial Arts feel like he was facing a formidable enemy.
"Coming!" Martial Arts' pupils shrank, and he quickly followed up sideways, his chest directly hitting Shinomiya's side. The huge force made Jinguji Martial Arts' breathing stagnant.
Even he now can't withstand that familiar terrifying power!
"How can this guy be so powerful!"
"My strength has obviously improved a lot, but I still can't stop it?!"
Martial Arts was greatly surprised by the terrifying power displayed by Shinomiya Tōno at this time. They are all high school students. During his time in the United States, he deliberately built up muscles in order to strengthen his resistance.
But even so, when he faced Shinomiya Tano once again, Jinguji Martial Arts still felt powerless.
It's hard to imagine how a yellow man could possess such terrifying power in high school. Because normally, the physical maturity of yellow people is slower than that of blacks and whites.
But Shinomiya's physical fitness is not like that of a yellow man at all. This kind of terrifying physical talent can be described as "top-notch" even among black players.
Jinguji Martial Arts was pushed back a step by the huge force of Shinomiya Tiandou, directly revealing a flaw.
And Shinomiya Tano, who relied on confrontation to gain an opening, also looked slightly stunned and a little surprised. His breakthrough has fully unleashed his power. Under such circumstances, Jinguji Budo, who was passively sliding to defend, actually only took a step back? !
During the team's practice match, Xiandao's physique can directly hit the ground!
"really!"
"Jinguji Martial Arts, you are indeed the most worthy opponent for me to defeat!"
The surprise on Shinomiya's face was fleeting, and the next second, he accelerated forward. However, it was not enough to break through Jinguji Budo's defense. Budo, who had taken a step back, quickly adjusted his posture. When Shinomiya just crossed the three-point line, he directly followed the opponent and covered it with one hand. In front of the Shinomiya field.
Shinomiya, who was marching quickly, seemed to have expected it. He was holding the basketball in his right hand. During the march, a bad luck disguised himself. After changing the direction of the breakthrough, Shinomiya slapped the basketball with his left hand, and then it was one meter inside the three-point line. , directly grabbed the basketball with his left hand and quickly headed towards the basket.
Combine the ball with one hand and hit the basket directly.
Shinomiya's breakthrough was beyond Budo's expectations. He was a few minutes faster when he combined the ball with one hand, directly crossing the free throw line and then leaping high.
Under the basket at this time, only Takenori Akagi could defend, but Akagi had just taken two steps forward. Shinomiya, who grabbed the ball with his left hand, reached the highest point, hooked the ball and sent it to the basket.
"Uh-huh!"
As a soft sound sounded behind Takenori Akagi, the audience in the stands suddenly burst into amazing cheers.
Shinomiya Tano fell back to the ground with an indifferent expression, turned around, looked at Jinguji Martial Arts and said with a smile:
"That Xiao Guang's pick shot is pretty good, it's very useful."
After saying that, Shinomiya Tano ran towards his own half. But Martial Arts looked at the departing Shinomiya Fields. After a brief moment of daze, a fiery fighting spirit burst out from his eyes.
"Interesting! Really interesting!"
"Not only did he perfectly replicate Zebei's lob, but he also used his weak side hand."
"This guy's talent is far more terrifying than Eiji Zebei's!"
"Haha, as expected, such an opponent is really interesting!"
Jinguji Martial Arts clenched his fists, and goosebumps appeared on his body. The opponent's strong strength made him feel a long-lost tension.
"Rukawa Kaede, give me the ball!"
Jinguji Budo turned around and said to Rukawa Kaede, his face full of excitement.
Rukawa Kaede had just received Akagi's pass in the backcourt at this time. Hearing Budao's words, he raised his head and looked towards Budao.
Seeing Wu Dao's expression at this time, Rukawa Kaede was also stunned. This was the first time that he saw such an expression on Wu Dao's face.
As for the request of martial arts, Rukawa Kaede had no way to refuse.
After quickly dribbling the ball into the frontcourt, Rukawa Kaede quickly passed the ball to the hands of Jinguji Budo.
Budo, who was catching the ball with both hands, was only one meter away from the three-point line. When he caught the ball, Shinomiya came up quickly, not wanting to let Budo have any space to dribble the ball.
These two people have not fought each other once or twice. Shinomiya Tano also knows the offensive methods of martial arts very well. He will not let martial arts have enough space to adjust their posture and rhythm!
However, Shinomiya had just reached Jinguji Budo. Jinguji Budō took the ball and dropped the ball directly with his back. After dribbling the ball with his back to the basket, Jinguji Budō quickly turned around and faced the basket. After one step, he quickly Pull the ball back, and then there is a bye.
The moment Shinomiya Tano raised his center of gravity, Jinguji Martial Arts lowered his center of gravity again and advanced forward.
Jinguji Budo was very fast. By the time Shinomiya turned around to pursue Jinguji Budo, Budo had already broken into the three-point line by more than two meters.
Facing the pursuing Shinomiya, Jinguji Budo was not afraid at all, and actively sought physical confrontation. The next second he bumped into Shinomiya's chest sideways, Jinguji Budou immediately stepped back and pulled back, and then directly stepped back. A fadeaway jump shot.
The basketball flew directly over Shinomiya's head and flew towards the basket.
"whispering sound!"
"This guy is still so difficult!"
Shinomiya looked up at the basketball and couldn't help but curse when he saw the arc of the basketball.
"Normal opponents don't deserve to let me use a step-back jumper."
"No matter who it is, it's impossible to stop my attack!"
Budao looked at the basketball in the air, turned around and started running back after landing. And the next second he turned around, the basketball went directly into the net with a crisp sound.
"Uh-huh!"
(End of chapter)
