Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had just appeared on the stage, completed a slam dunk directly with the assistance of Jinguji Budo. His amazing performance made the audience in the stands cheer involuntarily.
Amidst the cheers of the audience, Sakuragi Hanamichi opened his arms excitedly, as if taking the initiative to welcome the cheers, narrowed his eyes slightly, and trotted towards the Shohoku half.
In an environment where social emotions are "depressed" like neon, Sakuragi Hanamichi's extraordinarily unrestrained behavior allowed the audience to vent their emotions more unscrupulously, and the cheers were even louder.
The score came to 81:80. Although Xiangbei High School was still one point behind Lingnan High School, just listening to the cheers for Xiangbei from the audience in the stands at this time, it seemed that the team behind was not Xiangbei High School.
It has to be said that Sakuragi Hanamichi's alley-oop dunk really boosted morale at this time. The fighting spirit of the Shohoku players on the court is now quite strong with Sakuragi's help.
However, Lingnan's side was not frightened by Sakuragi Hanamichi's outstanding performance. Several of Lingnan's players on the court were experienced masters, and a slam dunk of this level did not scare many of them.
And because of this alley-oop, Sakuragi caught the attention of Shinomiya Tano and others.
"This little red-haired guy from Shohoku is quite good at jumping."
"Shohoku High School put him on the court at this time, probably to help the team control rebounds."
"Indeed. This guy's physical condition is better than that of the dyed boy before."
"There must be some way to deal with this kid."
In the court, Fujima Kenji's eyes fell on Sakuragi Hanamichi when he was dribbling the ball towards the front court. Recalling Sakuragi Hanamichi's previous performance on the court, Fujima was thinking quickly in his mind. Ways to cope.
After dribbling the ball into the frontcourt, Fujima Kenji did not stick to the ball and quickly passed the ball to Shinomiya Tanano on the side.
At the same time, Lingnan’s players began to gather towards the left side of the court. After finishing the ball, Kenji Fujima quickly sank into the left corner. Sendō still stood at the corner and did not move.
At this time, Hanagata also quickly walked towards the mid-range on the left, leaving only Uozumi to guard the basket, letting him and Takenori Akagi wrestle.
Seeing the position of Lingnan High School, some spectators in the stands also let out bursts of exclamations, seeming to be quite surprised by the offensive formation set up by Lingnan High School at this time:
"Ohhh, what is Lingnan planning to do?! The whole audience. One-on-one?!"
"When you gave the ball to Shinomiya, did you intend for Shinomiya to play in singles?"
"Lingnan has finally put together this formation! They plan to win decisively!"
Some viewers have watched the game of Lingnan High School, and some viewers have not seen the game of Lingnan High School. Regarding the formation that Lingnan High School has put out now, the viewers who have never watched the game are even very surprised, but those who have watched Lingnan High School are surprised. All the spectators of the competition were extremely excited.
In the stands, Coach Smith was stunned when he saw Lingnan High School putting up such a formation, and then looked at Shinomiya Tanano who was facing off against the martial arts of Jinguji Budo in surprise, and said to himself doubtfully:
"Instead of using the team to play basketball, let the ace play alone with the ball?"
"Is the success rate of one-on-one with Wu even higher than the success rate of relying on a team?"
"This is too much to underestimate martial arts!"
The doubts and surprise on Coach Smith's face disappeared in an instant, and then he smiled and touched his chin, looking at the matchup on the court with interest.
At this time, Shinomiya, who received the ball with his back, had already started his attack. After a back-up attack, Shinomiya quickly turned around and broke through. At the moment of the breakthrough, he quickly connected with his crotch to dribble and change direction. At the same time, his His body also pressed hard against Jinguji Martial Arts, creating some gaps for himself when he broke through.
Jinguji Budo's strength is indeed not as good as his opponent's. Under Shinomiya's breakthrough, his position was pushed away by the opponent a lot. However, Jinguji Budo's height, wingspan and movement speed are outstanding. When he was behind, Jinguji Martial Arts stretched out his hand to block Shinomiya's sight.
While the opponent was breaking through to the inside, Jinguji Budo's hands were always able to block the opponent's sight.
Shinomiya's control of breakthrough distance is entirely based on changes in the background of the floor.
However, Shinomiya didn't care at all about what he could see from the perspective. He walked quickly towards the basket during the confrontation. When Shinomiya entered the basket, Shohoku High School Sakuragi Hanamichi and Akagi Takenori were guarding the basket. It's all covered.
In addition to the Jinguji Budo who had been following Shinomiya Tano, at this moment, a total of three people formed a double-team on Shinomiya Tōno.
However, just when Shinomiya Tanos fell into the encirclement, the advancing Shinomiya suddenly put the ball together with one hand with his left hand and hugged the ball around his waist. While taking a long stride, the ball protector also pressed hard against it. Jinguji Budo jumped into the air after two steps, without even looking at the direction of the basket, and directly threw a hook shot.
Shinomiya's shooting point was also very far, and the basketball flew directly from his hands and flew towards the basket.
"Rebound! You can't make a shot like this!"
Jinguji Martial Arts saw that Shinomiya Tano actually wanted to take action forcefully in this situation, and immediately shouted loudly. However, when he looked back, he suddenly discovered that both Sakuragi Hanamichi and Akagi Takenori were attracted by Shinomiya's breakthrough.
At this time, there was only one person under the basket in Shohoku, and that person was Jun Uozumi from Lingnan High School.
"Dang~~"
The basketball falls off the basket and falls directly from the other side of the basket.
In fact, Shinomiya's goal was not even thought of scoring. From the moment Akagi and Sakuragi teamed up, he had already succeeded.
Uozumi, who was under the basket, easily caught the basketball, and then he jumped up, dunked with both hands, and poured the ball into the basket. The slam dunk was so powerful that the entire basketball stand began to shake violently.
Uozumi, who successfully scored, fell back to the ground, turned around and ran quickly towards the frontcourt amid the cheers of his teammates.
"Damn it!" Sakuragi kicked the floor angrily, rushing ahead of Akagi, and actively went to the baseline to deliver the ball.
It's just that this kid didn't pass the ball to Rukawa Kaede, but to Martial Arts.
Budo glanced at Sakuragi with the ball and passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede with his backhand.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's little thoughts have been seen through by Jinguji Martial Arts!
Between the alternation of offense and defense, Shohoku High School entered the Lingnan half under the leadership of Rukawa Kaede. At this time, Fujima Kenji no longer defended near the midline like he did before with Rukawa Kaede. Instead, he honestly positioned himself at the top of the arc, passively waiting for Rukawa Kaede to approach.
After seeing Kenji Fujima's defensive position, Rukawa Kaede's expression condensed slightly, and he subconsciously began to speed up his dribbling and receiving, hoping to hold the ball and make a one-on-one breakthrough.
But at this moment, Hisashi Mitsui on the side immediately shouted: "Hey, Rukawa Kaede, look at the person!"
Mitsui Hisashi's shouting was equivalent to pouring a basin of cold water on Rukawa Kaede's head. Rukawa Kaede, who was holding the ball, quickly calmed down and passed the ball to Mitsui Hisashi with his backhand.
Mitsui Hisashi finally breathed a sigh of relief after getting the basketball. He thought Rukawa Kaede was going to play by himself again.
It's not that Mitsui Hisashi doesn't trust Rukawa Kaede's offensive ability, it's just that compared to Rukawa Kaede, he trusts himself more and the offensive ability of Jinguji Martial Arts.
"Pick and roll!"
After receiving the ball, Mitsui Hisashi did not immediately drop the ball to break through, nor did he pass the ball immediately. Instead, he made a pick-and-roll gesture and shouted towards Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa Kaede is good at everything, but he lacks the awareness to actively pick and roll for his teammates.
Perhaps it's because Rukawa Kaede is used to appearing on the court as the team's focus and ace, so he is still lacking in this aspect.
Of course, apart from Rukawa Kaede, the outside players at Shohoku High School also have the same shortcomings in Jinguji Martial Arts.
It's just that Rukawa Kaede and Jinguji Martial Arts are different.
Rukawa Kaede quickly set a pick-and-roll for Mitsui Hisashi from the top of the arc. Mitsui Hisashi dropped the ball in the direction of Rukawa Kaede's pick-and-roll, but he immediately changed direction and broke through.
After a sudden advance, Mitsui Hisashi immediately stepped back and pulled outside the three-point line, and shot a three-pointer directly close to the three-point line.
Sendō was caught off guard by his extremely fast shooting speed. His reaction was slowed down by Mitsui Hisashi's fake move, and he was completely helpless in the face of Mitsui Hisashi's retreating step.
All he could do was stop the basketball from flying over his head.
"Uh-huh!!!"
There was a soft sound and the basketball hit the net.
The scoreboard on the side of the court was beating. 12 minutes into the second half, Xiangbei High School and Lingnan High School were tied at 83:83.
“ohhhhhh!!!”
"Mitsui! Mitsui! Mitsui!!"
In the stands, Tokuo and others saw Mitsui Hisaru successfully scoring a goal, and immediately waved flags and shouted loudly.
The supporters of Xiangbei also burst into enthusiastic cheers the moment the basketball hit the net.
Hisashi Mitsui, who scored the goal, clenched his fists confidently, turned his head and glanced at the scoreboard, looking excited.
"Well done, mistress."
On the way back to defense, Jinguji Budo trotted up to Mitsui Hisaru and fist-bumped with him in celebration.
"Of course."
"Coach Anzai wants to cultivate new forces in Shohoku."
"But that kid Rukawa Kaede still has a lot to learn!"
When Mitsui Shou was speaking, Rukawa Kaede had just ran past Mitsui Shou. Rukawa Kaede did not say anything about "Mitsui-senpai"'s evaluation.
This is indeed the case. Compared with Hisashi Mitsui, Rukawa Kaede is still a little immature in terms of offensive techniques.
"Don't worry, calm down!"
"We still have the ball and the advantage!"
Amid Kenji Fujima's call, Lingnan High School quickly settled down.
On the offensive end, Lingnan High School still adopted the previous tactics, allowing Shinomiya Tano to play singles with sticks.
But this time, Shinomiya Tano had a slightly harder time fighting under the defense of Jinguji Martial Arts.
Jinguji Budo knew that its strength was not as good as the opponent's. When defending, Jinguji Budo simply tried to avoid physical confrontation and instead used aggressive steals to affect the rhythm of Shinomiya's luck.
Behind Budo, there is Takenori Akagi anyway, and the foot strength of Sakuragi Hanamichi who follows the flower shape is also terrifying, and he can completely defend in place at the first time.
Even if Shinomiya can successfully break through, he will still have to face three against one.
In this case, whether it is passing or shooting, Shinomiya has a high probability of making a mistake.
Until now, the competition has been about success rate.
As Lingnan's attack time passed by, Shinomiya finally used continuous forward changes and physical confrontation to get rid of the entanglement of Jinguji Martial Arts and reach the inside.
Then, under the cover of Takenori Akagi, he took a shot and the basketball bounced directly into the net, adding two points to Lingnan High School's scoreboard.
After Lingnan's first attack, Shohoku High School immediately retaliated with Mitsui Hisagi's ball-holding attack. This time, after Rukawa Kaede's pick-and-roll, Mitsui Hisashi used the pick-and-roll to directly break through.
His breakthrough immediately attracted Sendō's pursuit and Hanagata's defense. Under the attack of Lingnan and others, Mitsui Hisashi chose to pass the ball instead of playing hard.
The ball was given to Jinguji Budo, who had already moved to the bottom corner.
Starting with the basketball, Jinguji Budo faked a one-handed shot, and after falling the ball, he turned his back and rushed forward.
"I won't let you pass so easily!"
At the moment when Jinguji Budo broke through, Shinomiya Tōno chased from Budō's left side to cover the position. While defending, his body "accidentally" pressed against Budō's body, trying to force Budō out of the bottom line.
However, at the moment when his body was pressed against Jinguji Budo, Jinguji Budo, who broke through from the baseline, jumped directly out of the baseline, and his hands had already completed the ball combination and made a shooting posture.
"What!?"
Under Shinomiya's surprised gaze, Jinguji Budo, who was forced out of the baseline, shot the ball directly from a negative angle. The basketball went over the backboard and fell directly into the net.
"Uh-huh!"
The crisp sound of the ball entering the net touched everyone's nerves. The moment the basketball entered the net, the arena fell into an eerie silence.
"Wow——"
After a few seconds, roaring cheers sounded and the sound poured into the stadium.
"Can such a ball be scored?!"
"This guy" Shinomiya Tōno looked at the Jinguji Martial Arts that passed quickly in front of him, and his heart sank.
Shinomiya also tried negative-angle jump shots during normal training. Although he could do it, it was during normal training.
That state is completely different from that during the game.
But at this time, Jinguji Martial Arts did such a thing lightly during the competition, which was enough to see how intense the opponent's training in private was.
Of course, what makes Shinomiya Tano feel most uneasy is that Jinguji Budo, who can shoot such a ball, how hot does it feel today? !
Such a fiery touch happened to be displayed at the most critical moment of the game!
"This guy from Jinguji Martial Arts has only now begun to truly display his full strength."
"The style of playing is completely different from before."
"In today's game, my teammates actually played so much."
"The game has not entered the most critical moment until now!"
(End of chapter)
