"Defend! Defend! Defend!"
As Shinomiya attacked the basket and scored the ball, the score of the two teams reached 96:95, and the point difference was reduced to one point.
Shohoku High School offensive round.
Rukawa Kaede slowly advanced towards the frontcourt with the ball. As Rukawa Kaede brought the ball closer and closer to the frontcourt, the Lingnan supporters in the stands began to chant defense in rhythm.
As Rukawa Kaede dribbled the ball across the center line, all these shouts disappeared. The entire audience held their breath and looked at Rukawa Kaede holding the ball in the court, not daring to breathe loudly.
The originally heated stadium fell into an eerie silence at this moment.
There are 1 minute and 56 seconds left before the end of the game, and there are 26 seconds left in the attack time.
Rukawa Kaede glanced at the scoreboard on the sidelines, took a deep breath, and dribbled the ball toward Lingnan's three-point line.
At this time, the defensive formation adopted by Lingnan High School was a standard zone defense. It's just that because Jinguji Budo and Mitsui Hisashi both have strong shooter attributes, Lingnan High School's defensive formation was stretched wide by Shohoku.
It is not easy to have defensive linkage between players.
Rukawa Kaede looked at Lingnan High School's defensive position and actually chose to call a pick-and-roll after getting close to Fujima. He raised his left hand in front of him to signal his teammates.
"This first-year student from Xiangbei is called a pick-and-roll?"
"Are you planning to fight yourself?!"
"Do you want to show off your abilities at such a critical moment?!"
Kenji Fujima couldn't help but feel a little confused when he saw Rukawa Kaede's pick-and-roll gesture. If you think about it from another perspective, Fujima is now a first-year point guard at Shohoku High School. When the team has strong scoring points, he will never choose to call a pick-and-roll. Instead, he will help his teammates pick-and-roll after the ball is released.
Give the team's true ace as many opportunities as possible.
Although the Shohoku players were a little surprised after seeing Rukawa Kaede's pick-and-roll signal, they were still quite active in cooperating.
Jinguji Budo was cutting into the inside line at this time. When he saw Rukawa Kaede's signal, he was about to run out of the inside line again. He saw Sakuragi Hanamichi rushing ahead of him and taking the initiative to look up from a high position. He was actually doing it for Rukawa Kaede. A pick-and-roll.
"?!"
Fujima thought that Hisashi Mitsui on the side would come to pick and roll, but he did not expect that Sakuragi Hanamichi, who seemed to be having trouble with Rukawa Kaede, would actually come forward to pick and roll.
Without noticing for a moment, he was directly pinned to the spot by the opponent, and there was no way to pursue Rukawa Kaede who broke through.
Rukawa Kaede accelerated his charge, instantly passed Fujima Kenji, and quickly rushed towards the inside of Lingnan High School.
When Jinguji Budo, who had already entered the basket, saw Rukawa Kaede's successful breakthrough, he quickly left the inside and ran towards the three-point line in the left corner.
Shinomiya Tōno, who was chasing Jinguji Budō, also had a look of concentration after seeing Rukawa Kaede's breakthrough. He glanced at Jinguji Budō who had reached the bottom corner, hesitated for a moment, and directly pursued Jinguji Budō.
But before he left, he still reminded Hanagata and Uozumi:
"This guy's skills are pretty good, don't take advantage of him!"
After Shinomiya Tōno left quickly, Hanagata Toru's defense quickly moved towards Rukawa Kaede. In fact, even if Shinomiya Tōno didn't say that, Hanagata Toru still didn't let down his guard against Rukawa Kaede.
At this point in the game, any defense must be cautious!
Hanagata quickly lowered his center of gravity and quickly arrived in front of Rukawa Kaede. He raised his arms flatly, obviously guarding against Rukawa Kaede's breakthrough.
The moment he saw Hanagata, Rukawa Kaede made an emergency stop. After dribbling the ball, he turned sharply to the right and tried to get past Hanagata's defense. However, Hanagata's center of gravity was also very low when defending, and although he was playing He is a power forward, but his movement speed is not slow either.
With a sliding step, he caught up with Rukawa Kaede in an instant, and covered Rukawa Kaede's sight with one hand.
After Rukawa Kaede turned around, he also quickly faced the frame and blasted the ball, then grabbed the ball directly with both hands, turned left again, and turned back directly.
After two consecutive turns, Rukawa Kaede and Hanagata were separated by nearly one meter.
After Rukawa Kaede paused on the spot for a short moment, he jumped up and shot, and the basketball flew directly from his hands.
"Oh! Well done, Rukawa Kaede!" Takenori Akagi stood under the basket and saw this series of operations by Rukawa Kaede. His beautiful passing moves made Takenori Akagi couldn't help but praise him.
But just as Takenori Akagi finished speaking, a blue figure suddenly jumped out from behind Rukawa Kaede, and slapped the basketball directly from behind Rukawa Kaede.
"Um?!"
The sudden appearance of the block surprised Rukawa Kaede. Looking back, he happened to see Akira Sendō falling rapidly from mid-air. Sensing Rukawa Kaede's sight, Sendō also smiled at Rukawa Kaede.
"Immortal way!!"
"It's actually an immortal way!"
"Oh oh oh oh oh oh!!"
The basketball in mid-air was slapped to the ground by Xiandao, hit the floor and bounced out of bounds. In the stands, the audience, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly burst into amazing cheers after seeing Sendao block Rukawa Kaede.
Aida Hikoichi, who was sitting in the Lingnan rest area, also roared excitedly after seeing this scene.
However, the Lingnan players on the field did not relax.
They defended Shohoku High School's attack, but they didn't completely defend it.
Because the basketball went out of bounds, the ball still belonged to Shohoku High School. Shohoku's offense was not over yet!
1 minute and 44 seconds.
Takenori Akagi went to the baseline, picked up the ball and prepared to serve, and the Shohoku players also began to run quickly, preparing to receive the serve.
"Look at Jinguji Martial Arts and Mitsui Hisashi!"
"Beware of these two guys!"
"Yuzhu and Huaxing control the basket, and never let them have the chance to get the ball near the basket!"
"Defend! Defend!!"
At the side of the court, Coach Tianoka jumped up from his seat, shouted loudly towards the court, and emotionally directed the players on the court to move.
Shinomiya Tōno resigned himself to Jinguji Budō. No matter how Jinguji Budō moved, he always followed Jinguji Budō's side, not wanting to give Jinguji Budō a chance to catch the ball.
When Akira Sendō was preparing to serve in Shohoku, he also attached himself to Hisashi Mitsui, giving Mitsui Hisashi enough physical confrontation.
When Takenori Akagi serves from the baseline, he really wants to give the ball to either Budo or Hisashi Mitsui.
But holding the basketball with both hands, seeing how tightly Bu Dao and Hisashi Mitsui were stuck, there was no way to pass the ball for a while.
Just when Takenori Akagi was hesitating whether to take a risk and pass the ball, Rukawa Kaede quickly ran towards the baseline where Takenori Akagi was, and behind him, Fujima was blocked by Rukawa Kaede's arm. An anxious look on his face.
"Rukawa Kaede!"
"Pass it to him, Akagi!"
Jinguji Budo couldn't catch the baseline ball, and when he saw Rukawa Kaede successfully running out of opportunities, he decisively shouted at Takenori Akagi.
After hearing this, Takenori Akagi didn't hesitate anymore. After a feint, he hit the ball and passed it directly to Rukawa Kaede who was coming.
"Snapped!"
Starting with the basketball, Rukawa Kaede quickly bent down to sweep the ball. After a fake breakthrough, he quickly retracted his feet and quickly broke through from the right side of Fujima Kenji, while Fujima Kenji was also directly left behind by Rukawa Kaede.
"Bang!"
After two simple dribbles, Rukawa Kaede quickly invaded the basket, then jumped up with the ball, reversed the basket and dunked the ball into the basket.
The sound of a slam dunk came from the court, and the players on the Shohoku bench cheered after seeing Rukawa Kaede successfully score.
"Well done! Rukawa Kaede!!!"
"You kid, you have successfully made up for your mistake!"
"Well done! Rukawa Kaede!"
Kiyota and others couldn't help but cheer after seeing Rukawa Kaede successfully score. At this point in the game, Kiyota Nobunaga and others had already put behind them the "competition" mentality between themselves and Rukawa Kaede. .
For Xiangbei, the most important thing at hand is to overcome Lingnan High School and win the game! ! !
Rukawa Kaede's goal made everyone in Shohoku breathe a sigh of relief. At 98:95, Shohoku High School had successfully led the opponent by 3 points. This point difference is a huge advantage for Xiangbei.
Because this means that Lingnan High School needs two goals to overtake the score.
There is 1 minute and 40 seconds left in the game.
Lingnan attacks the round.
Looking at the three-point difference, Lingnan's players were under a lot of pressure. When Fujima was attacking, he also slowed down his pace and wanted to make full use of the attack time.
Coach Tianoka on the sidelines had already sat back on his stool, his soles tapping the ground, a little anxious.
He still had a timeout in his hand, but Coach Taoka had no intention of using the timeout. His players were all playing well. Strictly speaking, the team was running smoothly.
The reason why they are in such a passive situation now is actually not because the players are not good at playing. Simply because Xiangbei is strong enough!
Coach Taoka doesn’t want the timeout to disrupt the team’s offensive rhythm, because judging from the current situation, it is Shohoku that is stumbling offensively.
As long as they can keep their composure, Coach Tianoka believes that opportunities for their team will definitely appear!
Fujima kept the pace and quietly looked for loopholes in Shohoku High School's defense.
Soon, Fujima noticed that the red-haired player from Shohoku seemed to be standing a little forward, and that the opponent's attention seemed to be a little distracted. He did not pay attention to Hanagata Tohru, but kept looking towards Shinomiya Fields in the distance. Look.
Realizing this, Fujima decisively changed the rhythm of dribbling. After continuous shaking, Fujima Kenji quickly passed the ball straight to the inside. The basketball actually passed in front of Sakuragi Hanamichi and headed towards the basket. The flower shape is passed through.
"Oops!"
"Sakura, what are you looking at! Bastard!"
The Shohoku players on the sidelines roared when they saw Toru Hanagata catching the basketball under the basket, while Hanamichi Sakuragi was almost two meters away from the opponent.
However, the moment the basketball was taken, Sakuragi Hanamichi was already moving. When Hanagata lifted the ball, there was not much distance between Sakuragi and Hanagata.
Just as Sakuragi bent his knees and prepared to take off, just as Hanagata raised the ball and prepared to shoot, Shinomiya's roar rang out from the court.
"Flower shape! Pass the ball!"
In Hanagata's eyes, he didn't notice Sakuragi's movements at all. He felt that his shot was safe, but the moment he heard Shinomiya's voice, Hanagata didn't hesitate and passed the ball directly in the direction of the sound. go.
Shinomiya, who cut inside, took the ball with both hands, jumped up directly, grabbed the ball with both hands and poured the ball into the basket.
"Bang!" Just as Hanagata raised his head and looked at Shinomiya Tanoh who scored a slam dunk, a slightly regretful sigh suddenly sounded from behind him.
Looking back, Hanagata saw the first grader from Shohoku standing behind him, looking at Shinomiya Tano with an unhappy expression.
It wasn't until the other party made a sound that Hanagata Toru suddenly realized that Sakuragi Hanamichi was already behind him.
"When did this guy come behind me?!"
Hanagata was surprised. After taking a deep look at Sakuragi Hanamichi, he quickly ran towards the backcourt, the hair on his back standing up.
If he hadn't just passed the ball to Shinomiya Tōno, he would have been blocked by the opponent at this moment, right? !
Fujima was also secretly frightened after seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi's athletic ability.
He even felt that the "flaw" in Xiangbei just now might have been exposed intentionally by the red-haired boy!
And this is indeed the case. After seeing the shot that Sendō blocked Rukawa Kaede, Sakuragi Hanamichi instantly realized what he could do besides grabbing rebounds when defending.
The purpose of the deliberate leak was to allow Lingnan to get the ball into Hanagata's hands. Only in this way could his genius Sakuragi help the team win with a gorgeous block!
However, his "genius plan" was ruined by Shinomiya Tanano.
With Shinomiya's dunk, the point difference between the two teams was once again reduced to one point.
Between the alternation of offense and defense, Rukawa Kaede quickly brought the ball into the frontcourt.
Different from Fujima Kenji's playing style, Rukawa Kaede did not deliberately suppress the attack time. He was just looking for loopholes in Lingnan High School as much as possible.
However, after holding the ball and dribbling on the outside for a while, Rukawa Kaede failed to find Lingnan's defensive loophole. At this time, Jinguji Budo, after trying to cut inside to no avail, returned to the corner position and reached out to ask for the ball from Rukawa Kaede.
Without hesitation, Rukawa Kaede passed the ball directly.
The moment the basketball was taken, Jinguji Budo immediately turned around and swept the ball away from the frame.
With his feet slightly slightly raised, he raised the ball and pretended to shoot. The moment Shinomiya raised his center of gravity, the ball quickly dropped and rushed from the left. After taking a step, Jinguji Budo grabbed the ball with one hand, stepped back and leaned back slightly.
Just when Shinomiya thought that Jinguji Budo was going to connect with the three-pointer after retreating and take off to intercept, Jinguji Budō was shorter and easily passed Shinguji's defense and dribbled the ball into the center. distance, and then made an emergency stop to shoot in the sight of everyone in Lingnan.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball was shot and flew directly into the basket with a crisp sound.
The understated attack directly added two points to Xiangbei's scoreboard, 100:97, and there was only one minute left in the game.
The score difference reached three points, and there was not much time left for Lingnan High School.
I forgot to change the title, and my brain has been dizzy during this period.
(End of chapter)
