Kiyota Nobunaga and his team took the lead to score, something that all the spectators watching the game did not expect at first. After all, Jinguji Budo's No. 1 team lineup can really be called "luxury."
And Kiyota Nobunaga's outstanding performance also made everyone take a high look at him. Not to mention being able to break through Xiandao's defense, his passing and control coordination with his teammates is also remarkable. More importantly, his finishing layup was actually able to score the ball under Jinguji Budo's defense.
This kind of ability can no longer be described by a simple "excellent", it can be called excellent.
but
Even so, most people don't think Kiyota Nobunaga and his No. 3 team can defeat Jinguji Budo and the others.
After all, there is probably no one in the No. 3 team who can limit the performance of Jinguji Martial Arts.
Judging from the current concept of basketball, if the performance of the opponent's main scorer cannot be restricted, the outcome of the game will be clear at a glance.
Between the alternation of offense and defense, Jinguji Budo and the others have already started to attack. The person in charge of the ball is Mu Shenyi, and the overall advancement speed is quite slow.
Jinguji Budo, who played the power forward position, quickly entered the mid-range, and his wide back directly hit Sakuragi Hanamichi.
It's been a long time since Sakuragi Hanamichi and Jinguji Budou were directly one-on-one on the court like they are now. Suddenly, Jinguji Budou's back was pushed so hard that Sakuragi felt a huge force coming from his chest. .
And at this moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately felt heavy and quickly stabilized his position.
However, before Sakuragi Hanamichi could breathe a sigh of relief, the basketball was quickly passed out of Mu Shinichi's hands and directly into the hands of Jinguji Budou. After getting the ball, Jinguji Budo quickly exploded the ball, then quickly turned around and faced the frame and shot a fadeaway jumper.
From the time Jinguji Budo got the ball to when he turned around and shot, it only took a few breaths.
From Sakuragi Hanamichi's perspective, he had just stabilized his center of gravity, and Jinguji Budo had already taken a shot. With such a smooth and terrifying shooting speed, Sakuragi Hanamichi could only watch the ball and sigh.
"Snapped!"
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball hit the board at a 45° angle and hit the net, making a crisp sound.
Sakuragi Hanamichi turned around and saw the basketball falling directly into the net, and couldn't help but let out a low scoff.
Looking at Jinguji Martial Arts who returned to defense, Sakuragi Hanamichi's face was full of determination.
Now that he is on the opposite side of Jinguji Martial Arts, Sakuragi Hanamichi will never simply give in. No matter what, Sakuragi Hanamichi intends to let Jinguji Martial Arts experience his abilities, his abilities and those of everyone in Shohoku!
"Don't worry, just play it safe!"
"We just have to set our own pace."
"Don't think so much."
Miyagi Ryota received a pass from Takenori Akagi in the backcourt. After receiving the basketball, Miyagi ran towards the frontcourt with the ball and shouted loudly to the players.
The second-year Miyagi Ryota has become more stable on the court.
Soon, Miyagi Ryota dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. Facing Maki Shinichi's defense, Miyagi Ryota made a fake pass this time. The moment the basketball was released, he suddenly pressed down his wrist and quickly exploded. After the ball, go directly to the breakthrough.
The action of exploding the ball was very suspicious of turning the wrist, but the referees on the sidelines did not whistle it.
Miyagi Ryota's fake move also successfully deceived Mu Shinichi, creating conditions for himself to break through and quickly passed Mu Shinichi's right side.
"He actually broke through Mu Shenyi's defense."
"This kid Miyagi is getting faster and faster. He is indeed a player who can compete in higher-level competitions in the future."
"It seems that his potential in terms of speed and breakthrough has not been fully developed yet."
Jinguji Budo, who was standing on the inside line, saw Miyagi Ryota breaking through with the ball. In an instant, there was almost a body length difference between Maki Shinichi, and he couldn't help but show a look of surprise on his face.
In the past few months of training, Miyagi Ryota has made great progress.
Looking back at Mu Shenyi, this guy seems to have exhausted his potential in the field of speed. Compared with when he first came to the training team, he has not improved significantly.
It has to be said that in the field of basketball, a short-term lead is meaningless. Talent accounts for 80% of the upper limit, and the remaining 20% is hard work plus opportunities.
Thinking in his mind, Jinguji Budo glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi, and then quickly ran towards Miyagi Ryota who broke through.
Sensing Jinguji Budo's defensive movement, Miyagi Ryota quickly combined the ball, passed the ball in the direction of Sakuragi Hanamichi, feinted, stood still, and threw his head on the spot.
Miyagi Ryota was quite afraid of Jinguji Budo's defense, so he tried his best to raise the parabola of the basketball when throwing.
When the basketball flew over Wu Dao, it was even 20 centimeters above Wu Dao's fingertips. Viewed from a parallel perspective, it is already much beyond the top edge of the backboard.
"With such a high parabola, can you control the trajectory of the throw?"
On the sidelines of the court, a player who liked throwing shots couldn't help but murmured when he saw Miyagi Ryota's shot.
But they didn't need to worry at all. After the basketball passed the martial arts fingertips, it fell directly towards the basket.
The entire throwing trajectory is quite perfect!
"I didn't waste a single day of my precious training time!"
Miyagi Ryota just raised his eyes at the basketball and said confidently. As soon as he finished speaking, the basketball fell directly into the net with a crisp sound.
"Um."
"better."
Budo glanced at the basketball rolling down the side of the court, and also praised Miyagi Ryota.
Facing martial arts' praise, Miyagi Ryota accepted it with a smile and said to martial arts:
"You must not relax! With just a few quick moves, we can open up the score!"
Miyagi Ryota confidently declared a challenge to Jinguji Martial Arts. After speaking, he quickly returned to defense with his teammates.
"We only scored two goals one after another. If we become complacent like this, we will be in trouble!"
"Amu, pass the ball to me."
"I have to let them sober up."
Martial Arts looked at the backs of Miyagi and others leaving, and said to Mu Shenyi.
After hearing about the martial arts matter, Mu Shen nodded, and then looked at Mike Okita and Sendō in the team.
Mike Chongtian and Xiandao noticed Mu Shenyi's gaze and read the questioning look in Mu Shenyi's eyes.
Xiandao spread his hands nonchalantly and didn't say a word, just ran quickly towards the front court. And Mike Okita also smiled and said to Mu Shenyi: "Let him fight freely."
"Strictly speaking, this game is also a civil war in northern Hunan."
"We just have to do a good job of defense and leave the rest to him."
Mike Okita has a high emotional intelligence and understood Budo's intention instantly, and he had no objection to Budo's idea of taking possession of the ball first.
He himself is not a Buddhist person, but for this kind of practice match, Mike Okita does not have such a strong competitive spirit.
Soon, the players of the No. 1 team pressed into the frontcourt one after another. Jinguji martial arts repeated their old tricks, and their positions were still in the mid-range farther from the free throw line.
This position is some distance from the three-point line, and also some distance from the defensive players inside.
Although Budo is likely to double-team Jinguji Budo from both the outside and the inside when he gets the ball, from Budo's perspective, he has the highest degree of freedom in this position.
Double team?
Wouldn't it be enough to take action before the double-teams come up?
Facing Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense, he only needed to blast the ball once after getting the ball to knock Sakuragi out of sight!
As Martial Arts took a dominant position, Mu Shen raised his eyes and looked at Jinguji Martial Arts, and immediately lobbed the ball towards Martial Arts.
Upon seeing this, Miyagi Ryota, who was guarding Mu Shinichi, decisively gave up Mu Shinichi's position at the top of the arc and quickly rushed towards Jinguji Martial Arts.
After taking the ball, Budo dropped the ball once and leaned on Sakuragi Hanamichi's back.
The basketball bounced back, Jinguji Budo actually put the ball with his back to the basket, then turned his head and shoulders sideways, faked a turn, turned directly in the opposite direction to face the frame, and shot a jump shot.
Sakuragi Hanamichi was deceived by Jinguji Martial Arts' feint, and he could not help but hesitate when defending. However, facing an opponent like Jinguji Martial Arts, if he hesitated for a moment, the chance would be gone.
"Uh-huh!"
Before Miyagi Ryota's double-team came up, the basketball had already flown out of Budo's hands, and then went directly into the net with a crisp sound.
Watching the basketball enter the net, Jinguji Budo suddenly said to Sakuragi: "Hanamichi, I should have taught you how to defend against an opponent like me."
"Standing behind me and using your defensive method, it is impossible to block my attack."
"You're welcome. As an opponent, you need to go all out. It doesn't matter if you make bigger moves."
"If you're afraid of fouls, you'll never be able to guard an opponent like me."
"Don't say it's me, even Rukawa Kaede, you can't guard against it!"
At the end of the sentence, Jinguji Budo suddenly approached Sakuragi Hanamichi and whispered in his ear.
"!!!"
Sure enough, when he heard the three words "Rukawa Kaede", Sakuragi Hanamichi's expression suddenly changed. The best way to stimulate this kid is indeed an evenly matched opponent of the same age.
After saying that, Jinguji Martial Arts turned around and returned to defense.
Everyone in Shohoku's counterattack came very quickly. Under the leadership of Miyagi Ryota, Shohoku's offensive rhythm was actually very fast.
After the basketball entered the frontcourt through the hands of Miyagi Ryota, it was quickly passed to the hands of Rukawa Kaede on the side.
Rukawa Kaede, who was holding the ball, tapped his right foot. After a tentative step, he quickly dropped the ball and rushed forward, forcefully attacking Mike Okita's defense. After the opponent's defense came up, Rukawa Kaede paused, paused, quickly rushed forward, and then directly hit the ball in the middle distance. Pull-up jump shot.
Rukawa Kaede's series of actions were quite similar to Rukawa Kaede's, and his shooting posture was also very beautiful. The basketball went directly into the net.
During these times, Rukawa Kaede's singles ability has improved significantly.
“You can only feel it clearly when you get on the field.”
"Not only Kiyota Nobunaga and others, Miyagi and Rukawa Kaede have also made considerable progress."
"Sakuragi, after such a long period of training, do you want to show me the results of your training?"
Seeing Rukawa Kaede score, Budo couldn't help but nod towards Sakuragi Hanamichi. When Sakuragi heard this, his expression condensed and he looked serious.
Seeing Sakuragi like this, Budao felt relieved.
Now that she's feeling the pressure, Sakuragi will definitely "behave" well.
The ball returned to the No. 1 team, and Mu Shenyi quickly dribbled the ball from the backcourt into the frontcourt.
After reaching the top of the arc, Mu Shenyi gave the ball directly to Jinguji Budo without thinking too much.
This time, Jinguji Budo, who got the basketball, quickly swept the ball to the basket.
He took the ball with both hands and raised it up. He failed to light Sakuragi successfully, but it shocked Sakuragi and immediately raised his center of gravity.
Seeing Sakuragi's defensive posture, Martial Arts frowned slightly and couldn't help but said: "What are you afraid of?"
"I feel fear from your defensive actions."
"Are you afraid that there will be flaws in your defensive moves?"
"Hanamichi, the more afraid you are, the more flaws you will have!"
With that said, Budo took a side step to test. When Sakuragi lowered his focus and prepared to pursue and defend, Jinguji Budo jumped directly and shot from the spot.
With a clean and concise shooting movement, Sakuragi Hanamichi only had time to turn his head to look at Jinguji Budo, and the basketball had already flown over his head, and then there was a crisp sound of the net swiping from his body.
"Damn it!" Seeing the basketball enter the net, Sakuragi realized that he had failed in defense again, and couldn't help but cursed in frustration.
Martial Arts just glanced at Sakuragi, and then quickly retreated.
Most of Xiangbei's offenses rely on outside attacks.
Miyagi Ryota and the others also realized how difficult it is to attack from the inside with Jinguji Budo guarding them. Therefore, the main attackers on the Shohoku side are Rukawa Kaede, Kiyota Nobunaga and Miyagi. There are a few of them in Liangtian.
However, Kiyota Nobunaga was slightly suppressed by Sendō. Although he occasionally had the opportunity to cut inside, under the siege and interception of Martial Arts and Sendō, Kiyota Nobunaga simply did not have many opportunities to attack with the ball.
His ability has also been seen by Budao and others. Without a strong ball-handling player to help him attract defense, it will be difficult for his personal ability to be fully utilized.
When Kiyota Nobunaga lost his voice, the burden of the attack fell on Rukawa Kaede and Miyagi Ryota.
Although Miyagi is not as good as Mu Shinichi, Miyagi Ryota is very fast and makes many feints when breaking through. It is not easy for Mu Shinichi to stop him.
As for Rukawa Kaede, his personal strength is quite strong. From the martial arts perspective, Rukawa Kaede can now faintly suppress Mike Okita on the offensive end.
Shohoku, with Miyagi and Rukawa Kaede as its backbone, performed admirably on the offensive end.
However, as the game progressed, the scores between the two teams slowly widened.
The reason is that Sakuragi Hanamichi was outplayed by martial arts on both offense and defense.
Jinguji Budo basically catches the ball in the mid-range position and attacks. Under Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense, Budo can often complete the attack in one or two drops.
Jinguji martial arts relies on his footsteps. Instead of relying on his absolute height and wingspan advantage, Jinguji Budo simply relied on his footsteps in front of Sakuragi, and he was so stunned that he couldn't find his way.
In the eyes of other players, Jinguji Budo is like dancing on the court, with gorgeous and elegant steps.
In the confrontation with martial arts, Sakuragi Hanamichi became more and more silent and focused.
He was trying to see through martial arts' footwork.
(End of chapter)
