Sendō's attack caused Mori Shigehiro to shift his attention to him. Even though Shigehiro Mori often smiles and looks honest, this first-year student is not at all the character of Mikio Kawada.
Shigehiro Mori is a very ambitious player, and he is also a player who is very demanding of himself.
Between the alternation of offense and defense, the white team was led by Mu Shenyi to advance. From the previous rounds of attacks, Mu Shenyi could see how powerful the opponent's offensive capabilities were.
With Kaede Rukawa acting as the point guard, Sendō and Shinomiya's offensive capabilities were fully unleashed. It can be said that having Kaede Rukawa replace Kenji Fujima, the original main point guard of Ryonan, would be a big blow to Shinomiya. It is a very good choice for immortals.
Fujima Kenji's height can only be regarded as so-so among the defenders. If facing a point guard like Mu Senichi, Fujima will have a huge disadvantage in terms of height. This disadvantage will cause Fujima's passing to often have a certain lag. For Shinomiya and Sendō, this kind of passing is very fatal.
But if the point guard is Kaede Rukawa, with Kaede Rukawa's height, most of the defenders he encounters can hit the ball freely, and the smooth conduction allows Sendō and Shinomiya to move more casually without worrying. Can the defender of his own team pass the ball to his hands in time?
Mu Shenyi, who was aware of his opponent's strong offensive capabilities, was also thinking about his team's style of play.
Originally, according to the style of play that Jinguji Budo told him before the game, their white team would use outside shooting as their main offensive method.
Using Mu Shenyi's breakthrough with the ball as the link to launch the attack, he can seize the opponent's flaws and launch the attack from the outside. This kind of attack method can fully bring out the shooting abilities of Fujima and Jinguji Budo.
And Sakuragi Hanamichi can easily get a mid-range jump shot.
But if Rukawa Kaede and the others adopt a steady inside attack, the shooting chosen by Budo will become very risky.
Although Mu Shenyi is a top point guard, his thinking cannot escape this era.
While the "big center" style of play was still effective, Mu Shenyi actually didn't want to try the style of play that Budao said.
While thinking about it, Mu Shenyi had already brought the ball close to the three-point line. When Sakuragi Hanamichi saw Mu Shenyi brought the ball close to the three-point line, he silently walked out from the inside, leaving the inside line open enough for convenience. When Mu Shen broke through, he also created an open opportunity for himself.
Soon, Jinguji Budo's figure quickly left the corner position, came to Rukawa Kaede's side, and set a screen for Mu Shenyi.
With the help of Wu Dao's pick and roll, Mu Shen quickly dropped the ball to break through, and accelerated to cross the three-point line. At the same time, Takenori Akagi chose to defend after taking a look at Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Akagi was worried about letting Uozumi deal with Mu Shenyi alone. He had already seen Mu Shenyi's power just now, and Akagi didn't think that Uozumi, who was between the same strength as him, was capable of blocking Mu Shenyi's attack.
Soon, Rukawa Kaede, who was pursuing, and Takenori Akagi, who was defending, double-teamed Mu Shenichi from two directions.
At the moment when the double team between the two was formed, Mu Shenyi quickly turned back and looked at Jinguji Martial Arts who was standing at the top of the arc. When Shinomiya saw Mu Shenyi's gaze, he immediately stretched out his arms and pressed against Budao's side, not wanting to give Budao a chance to catch the ball.
Rukawa Kaede also paused at this moment and directly blocked the passing route between Mu Shenyi and Budao.
Even Takenori Akagi's eyes were attracted by the martial arts of Jinguji Temple outside.
However, at this moment, Mu Shen hit the ball to the ground and passed it. The target of the pass was of course not Jinguji Budo on the outside, but Shigehiro Mori on the inside with his back to the basket at this time.
"Snapped!"
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After a soft sound, the basketball was in hand. The moment Morishigehiro took the ball, he dropped the ball and hit it with his back. The powerful force actually pushed Uozumi Junto back a step. Taking advantage of this gap, Morishigehiro made a deep step and directly charged in. He then grabbed the ball with one hand and shot it directly into the basket with one hand.
The unbalanced Uozumi wanted to take off to block Morishigehiro's slam dunk, but Uozumi, who had just adjusted his posture to take off, was directly hit in the chest by Morishigehiro. His upward momentum came to an abrupt halt, and Morishigehiro was given a dunk.
“Bang!!!”
The loud noise of the slam dunk was heard in the open-air court in the dark night. Yuzhu quickly landed on the ground, staggered a few steps before barely regaining his balance, raised his head, and looked at Morishigehiro who was hanging the basket.
Morishigehiro seemed to think that Uozumi could still stand on the ground, so looking down at him like this didn't give him much sense of accomplishment. Within a second of grabbing the basket, he hurriedly let go and fell back to the ground.
After scoring the goal, Mori Shigehiro turned around without saying a word and ran towards the white team's backcourt.
When Mu Shenyi and two people were interacting with each other, Mu Shenyi patted Mori Shigekuan on the shoulder and praised: "Well done, Kuan."
"Oh!" Mori Shigehiro nodded calmly after listening to the senior's praise, and quickly returned to his basket, waiting for the opponent's attack.
At the same time, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was returning to defense, quickly ran to Mu Shenyi's side and said with some complaints: "Hey, middle-aged man, why don't you pass the ball to me?"
"My genius just had an empty seat!"
"And I paid attention to the positions of those people in Lingnan, but no one paid attention to me."
"If you give me a basketball, I will definitely be able to score goals!"
Facing Sakuragi Hanamichi's complaint, Mu Shinichi couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile on his face, and subconsciously looked at Jinguji Budou who was running towards the corner.
However, Jinguji Budao, who noticed Mu Shen's glance, glanced at his head and pretended not to see it.
Seeing Wu Dao's posture, Mu Shenyi also sighed secretly in his heart and said with relief: "I didn't notice your position on the ball just now."
"You also saw that when I was making a fake move, I looked back at Jinguji Martial Arts."
"If there is a chance later and I can still detect it, I will pass the ball to you!"
With Mu Shenyi's relief, the unhappiness on Sakuragi Hanamichi's face immediately disappeared, and then he ran towards his inside line with a smile.
The brain circuits of single-celled organisms are simple. When Mu Shen saw how easy it was to deal with Sakuragi, a smile appeared on his face.
Seeing that Sakuragi was so easy to talk to, Makoto Shinichi thought that if there was a chance, he would still pass the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi. Mu Shenyi had originally planned to kick Sakuragi out of the attack sequence.
On the one hand, their team does not need so many players who can attack with the ball. Of course, the main reason is that Mu Shenyi doesn't think Sakuragi Hanamichi can get any benefits from Akagi.
Even if there is an open position, with Akagi's foot strength, he will definitely be able to defend in time in such a big place inside. Even if Akagi is unable to defend in time, Uozumi can also defend.
As soon as Mu Shen saw Sakuragi's game, when Sakuragi got the ball in the paint or in the mid-range, he basically wouldn't pass the ball out.
As the players of the white team completed their defensive positions, Rukawa Kaede also slowly pushed the ball to the frontcourt.
Seeing that Jinguji Budo had already taken the initiative to help his teammates in pick-and-rolls, Sendao and the others also slowly entered the game state.
As Kaede Rukawa approached the top of the three-point arc with the ball, Akira Sendō also acted quickly and set a pick-and-roll for Kaede Rukawa.
At the moment when the Xiandao pick-and-roll was formed, Rukawa Kaede quickly dropped the ball to break through.
"Switch defense!" Faced with Rukawa Kaede's pick-and-roll cooperation, Mu Shenyi chose to use defense switching to block Rukawa Kaede's attack.
When Fujima Kenji heard Mu Shenyi's cry, he had already rushed towards Rukawa Kaede. Although his strength was not as good as Rukawa Kaede, he was pushed into the inside by Rukawa Kaede, but at this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi's support also came.
It directly blocked Rukawa Kaede's path, forcing Rukawa Kaede to stop his sudden advance, and instead made an emergency stop to shoot a fadeaway jumper.
Sakuragi noticed Rukawa Kaede's intention, quickly got in front of Rukawa Kaede, and jumped to block the shot.
However, Sakuragi was a step slower after all, and the basketball passed directly between Sakuragi Hanamichi's fingers and flew towards the basket.
"Dang~"
Rukawa Kaede, who was double-teamed, took a hasty shot and the basketball hit the edge of the basket and fell out of the frame.
The moment he heard the sound, Sakuragi Hanamichi roared excitedly: "Rebound!"
When Sakuragi looked inside, he happened to find Morishigehiro of his team being flanked by Takenori Akagi and Jun Uozumi.
One was against Mori Shigekuan's back, and the other was leaning against Mori Shigekuan's chest, just like holding a meat pie, firmly controlling Mori Shigekuan between the two.
The basketball fell, and Morishigehiro, who was affected by the front and back, could not use his jumping at all. The basketball was caught in the hand of Uozumi Jun who was further inside.
Uozumi, who grabbed the rebound, raised his hands and directly deceived Morishigehiro behind him. At the same time as Morishigehiro took off, Uozumi handed the ball from the side. At this time, he passed Morishigehiro and came to Takenori Akagi beside him.
Akagi took the ball with both hands, jumped up directly, and poured the ball into the basket with both hands.
"good!!"
After scoring the goal, Akagi hit his chest, roared, and then high-fived Uozumi.
After scoring, Team Aya began to retreat. Budo looked at Akagi and others leaving, and turned back to look at Shigehiro Mori.
"There is no doubt that Mori Shigehiro's physical talent is definitely the best among the best."
"But at the end of the day, he's just a slightly stronger high school student."
"There should be no problem in dealing with Akagi or Uozumi one on one."
"But facing the double-teaming of Akagi and Uozumi at the same time, it's impossible to do anything."
"Sakuragi Hanamichi's foot strength is very good, but he has to cover up defense and protect the basket. The task is still too heavy."
"I didn't expect that a player like Fujima would become a breakthrough point for the opponent."
Wu Dao thought in his mind that after a short battle, Wu Dao also roughly knew the current "weakness" of his team. Kenji Fujima, the main force of a championship team, has also become a defensive vulnerability in this level of competition.
Basketball, a sport like this, is really cruel in a certain respect.
If short players do not have a crushing level of athletic talent, it will be very difficult for them to get a chance to play in high-level events.
The victory or defeat between teams often does not depend on which team's offense is sharper, but in many cases it actually depends on which team's defense is better.
"Fujima, let go of your hands and feet when defending. It doesn't matter if you make bigger movements."
"Never let the opponent get comfortable dribbling."
In the eyes of Jinguji Budo, Fujima Kenji's playing is somewhat "gentle". Maybe it's because Fujima himself has that kind of technical skill. When defending, he will deliberately control the distance in order to have a chance to steal.
This kind of defense lacks a "bandit spirit", and the sense of pressure on offensive players who are skilled in dribbling is actually not that strong.
If a short player wants to defend a tall player, it won't work if he is so polite.
You must dare to take action.
You can't be afraid of fouls, and you can't focus on stealing the ball. Even if your physical fitness is not as good as the opponent's, you still have to dare to fight.
In this regard, Miyagi Ryota did it better than Fujima.
While advancing, Jinguji Budo walked quickly to Fujima and whispered to Fujima.
Hearing Martial Arts' words, Fujima nodded slightly.
Soon, the white team enters the opponent's half.
After Mu Shenyi briefly observed the opponent's defense, he did not continue to choose to attack on his own, but quickly lobbed the ball to Mori Shigehiro inside.
After passing the ball, Mu Shenyi quickly rushed inside, preparing to support Mori Shigehiro.
Jinguji Budo and Fujima were also wandering on the outside, trying to get rid of their opponents and get opportunities to catch the ball.
Neither of them chose to cut in. With Mu Shenyi already cutting in, it would be a bit crowded for the two of them to rush into the goal.
What is the most important thing about offense?
It’s the space, the space between players.
The most ideal situation is that each player can be 2-3 meters away from each other. If it is too close, the opponent's defense can easily radiate. If it is too far, the risk of passing the ball will be high.
As Mu Shen moved inside, Shigehiro Mori also chose a more flexible style of play. After receiving the ball with his back, he broke through and moved toward the baseline.
Uozumi followed up with a sliding step. However, just when Mori Shigehiro was about to reach the bottom of the backboard, Mori Shigehiro, who was holding the ball, suddenly turned around and instantly passed Uozumi Jun who was sliding to follow up. The huge body actually used a deft turn to pass by in an instant, and then reached the basket and directly raised his hands to pour the ball into the basket.
The terrifying force pulled the entire outdoor basketball stand downwards.
"Bang!"
After a loud noise, Morishigehiro quickly fell back to the ground, glanced back at Uozumi, and then quickly returned to defense.
On the sidelines of the court, the members of the coaching staff who saw Morishigehiro's goal looked at each other in disbelief, not believing what was happening in front of them.
Even Coach Taoka, who had seen Shigehiro Mori play before, looked surprised at this moment, and his eyes followed Shigehiro Mori.
"This boy."
"Isn't he a powerful center?!"
"Such a clean passing move is not something that a traditional powerful center can perform!"
"Kan Morishige is even stronger than he was in the prefectural competition."
"I will never be wrong. This guy is definitely a super center buried in the bad land of Kanagawa."
"If Hainan can break through our Lingnan and Xiangbei and enter the national competition, this player will definitely become the focus of people's attention across the country!"
(End of chapter)
