Although I don't know what happened to Sakuragi Hanamichi, the game will still continue.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's sudden transformation may bring some variables to this game, but for Jinguji Martial Arts and the others, no matter what changes happen to Sakuragi Hanamichi, all they have to do is Just play your own ball.
Soon, the basketball came out from the baseline and was given to Mu Shenyi's hands.
Mu Shenyi quickly advanced towards the frontcourt with the ball. Amu's advancement speed is based on the traveling speed of his teammates. Generally speaking, he will pay special attention to Morishigehiro's position.
Among their team, the one with the slowest running speed is center Shigehiro Mori. Normally, as long as Shigehiro Mori is in place, the other players will not fall behind.
Soon, Mu Shenyi approached the top of the key with the ball.
After arriving at this position, Mu Shenyi did not make any unnecessary movements. He turned to one side and directly passed the basketball in his hand towards Jinguji Budo in the mid-range position.
The game has now progressed, and Mu Shenyi has become accustomed to being a "dealer". Dribbling the ball into the frontcourt, and then gave the ball to Jinguji Budo after reaching the frontcourt.
This is what Mu Shenyi is doing in this game.
It seems like anyone can do it, but even the job Mu Shenyi is doing now is not something everyone can do.
Under Miyagi Ryota's defense, he steadily brought the ball into the frontcourt and gave the ball to the corresponding players.
It seems like a simple task, but not all players can do it.
"Snapped!"
As the basketball fell into the hands of Jinguji Budo, the eyes of Rukawa Kaede and Miyagi Ryota on the outside also focused on Jinguji Budo.
The playing style of Jinguji Budo's team is quite clear. After the basketball is given to Jinguji Budo, Budo will not pass the ball out at all.
Now, they only need to focus on the martial arts of Jinguji Temple.
While thinking, Rukawa Kaede and Miyagi Ryota quickly moved towards Jinguji Budo to double-team them. There was not much distance between the two of them and the martial arts. In the blink of an eye, they had already arrived at Jinguji Budo's side, and their bodies moved directly towards Jinguji Budo. I posted it based on the martial arts of Jinguji Temple.
"It's a lot of pressure for three of us!"
Jinguji Budo held the ball with both hands and did not choose to drop the ball immediately. He looked at the three people around him and sighed softly.
Just when everyone's attention was focused on Jinguji Budo, Mike Okita suddenly left the three-point line and cut towards the inside.
Takenori Akagi, who noticed Mike Okita's movements, immediately shouted and reminded his teammates: "Mike Okita made an empty cut, make up for it!"
Takenori Akagi's words also made Rukawa Kaede and Miyagi Ryota turn their heads and look at Mike Okita, who was rushing inside along the baseline.
At this time, Jinguji Budo suddenly took action, took the ball with both hands, and quickly passed it in the direction of Mike Okita.
"!"
Budo's action instantly triggered the defense of Rukawa Kaede and Miyagi Ryota. Before they had time to think, the two subconsciously turned sideways and blocked Mike Okita's direction, not wanting Jinguji Budo to pass the ball smoothly.
However, just as the two men made a move, Jinguji Budo quickly retracted the basketball in his hands. After exploding the ball on the spot, Jinguji Budo quickly turned in the opposite direction and dribbled the ball to break through quickly.
Budo's body quickly broke away from the encirclement. At the same time, during the rush, Budo's body also quickly leaned on Sakuragi Hanamichi's body.
"What?!"
Jinguji Budo's sudden breakthrough surprised the three defenders. With such a good passing opportunity, Jinguji Budo actually used Mike Okita's air cut to make a fake move.
And at the moment when Budo's body leaned against Sakuragi Hanamichi, Sakuragi was pushed back half a step by this huge force and gave up his position.
Jinguji Budo, who successfully broke into the inside two steps, quickly put the ball together with both hands. After a jump step, he gave Sakuragi some physical confrontation, and then quickly raised the ball with one hand, and directly hit the ball with a small hook from close range. The ball was thrown.
The basketball flew directly over Sakuragi's head and fell towards the basket.
Martial Arts has quite a lot of offensive methods, and at the same time, his attacks can often produce very good results.
The basketball landed on the inner edge of the basket, bounced back after being hit, and then rebounded into the basket with a soft sound under the watchful eyes of everyone.
Seeing how easily Jinguji Budo broke through the double-team and scored the ball, the players watching from the sidelines couldn't help but exclaimed in amazement.
"In the face of double-teams, he actually chose to fight on his own. Jinguji is really too confident."
"Confidence is on the one hand, but his strength is also terrifying. His ability to find opportunities is not comparable to that of ordinary players. Moreover, he is obviously a small forward, and his offensive skills in the interior are also quite proficient."
"Not everyone can hit a hook like that."
The players' comments reached the ears of the coaches. The coaches did not agree with the players' evaluation of Jinguji Martial Arts.
The strength of Jinguji Budo is based on his talent. The ball just now was indeed very beautiful, but the coaches also noticed that Sakuragi Hanamichi's defense followed up in time.
If it were another player, a goal like that wouldn't have been possible.
The biggest difference between Jinguji Martial Arts and ordinary players is talent.
In this regard, even Sakuragi Hanado is far behind Jinguji Martial Arts.
After the goal, Jinguji Budo glanced at Sakuragi Hanamichi, and then began to quickly return to defense.
At this time, Sakuragi was recalling Jinguji Budo's attack just now, as well as his own defense.
After a while, Sakuragi put his hands on his knees, moved up and down, and said to himself:
"It looks like I need to jump a little higher."
"Brother Martial Arts is much taller than me. Only with sufficient energy can I jump higher!"
There was no trace of frustration on Sakuragi's face. After moving his knee joints, a smile appeared on his face, and then he started running towards the frontcourt.
Miyagi Ryota was just about to catch the ball near the baseline. When he passed by Sakuragi Hanamichi, he actually saw a faint smile on Sakuragi's face.
"What's wrong with this kid?"
Miyagi Ryota involuntarily turned his head and looked in the direction Sakuragi Hanamichi left. It was not until Takenori Akagi reminded him that he came back to his senses and put his hands on his chest, preparing to catch the ball.
"Hey, Miyagi, what were you doing just now?"
After Takenori Akagi sent the ball, he asked Miyagi Ryota. He rarely saw Miyagi Ryota showing such a lack of concentration.
"Oh it's okay."
"Akagi, have you noticed that that boy Sakuragi Hanamichi seems to be talking less?"
Miyagi Ryota couldn't find the words to use to describe Sakuragi Hanamichi, so he could only ask this.
"You talk less?"
"Yeah, I feel it."
"Compared with previous matches, Sakuragi looks very 'quiet' today."
"I don't know what happened to this guy. This kid has definitely changed."
"It should be a good thing. At least it feels more reliable to me than before!"
Takenori Akagi said as he and Ryota Miyagi ran towards the frontcourt. After hearing Takenori Akagi's words, Miyagi Ryota nodded slightly to express his approval.
He feels the same as Akagi. Sakuragi seems to be more trustworthy now.
While the two were advancing forward, several other players had already entered the frontcourt early and completed their positions.
Rukawa Kaede stood in the corner outside the three-point line. After looking in the direction of Miyagi Ryota, he turned around and focused on Sakuragi Hanamichi.
If you want to say who among the team knows Sakuragi Hanamichi best besides Jinguji Martial Arts, that person is definitely Rukawa Kaede.
Not even Coach Anzai understands Sakuragi as well as Rukawa Kaede.
At this time, Sakuragi stood in the mid-range position facing the basket, looking at Jinguji Budo, but in Sakuragi's eyes, Budo did not see the focus.
At this moment, Sakuragi seemed to be immersed in his own world, and his selfless look made even Martial Arts raise his eyebrows.
Rukawa Kaede, who was outside the three-point line, felt the unique aura exuding from Sakuragi Hanamichi, and a faint smile actually appeared on his expressionless face.
Soon, Miyagi Ryota from the backcourt quickly dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. This time, Miyagi Ryota did not choose to give the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi. Instead, after continuous changes of direction in front of the body, he chose to give the ball to the side. of Rukawa Maple.
Maki Shinichi's defense was quite good, and Miyagi Ryota noticed that Jinguji Budo kept looking at him from the corner of his eye when he was dribbling. He felt that if he broke through with the ball, he would not achieve good results.
The basketball fell into Rukawa Kaede's hands. Miyagi Ryota quickly accelerated, passed Mu Shinichi, and prepared to cut inside.
Miyagi Ryota is going to go inside to meet the breakthrough Rukawa Kaede, providing the opponent with a passing option. His air cut will more or less reduce Rukawa Kaede's offensive pressure.
However, just when Miyagi Ryota cut into the inside, Rukawa Kaede did not choose to attack with the ball by himself. Instead, he lobbed the ball and passed it towards Sakuragi Hanamichi.
It was only now that Miyagi Ryota saw that Sakuragi Hanamichi, who was originally facing the basket, had actually carried the basket on his back and got stuck in the Jinguji Temple martial arts position. Judging from Sakuragi's appearance, he was actually preparing to fight Jinguji Martial Arts in this position.
"Hello, Rukawa?"
Miyagi Ryota couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw Rukawa Kaede's pass. He didn't expect that Rukawa Kaede would actually give the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi at this time.
Although Sakuragi's previous shot went in, he could tell from his buttocks that it was just luck.
The same ball is given to Sakuragi again. Does Rukawa Kaede think highly of Sakuragi Hanamichi or underestimate Jinguji Martial Arts?
"oh?"
Seeing Rukawa Kaede pass the ball, Sendō Akira also ignored Kiyota Nobunaga in front of him, and looked back at Jinguji Budō and Sakuragi Hanamichi.
"Sa, let me see your strength, Sakuragi-san."
"Look, that goal just now was due to strength or luck."
Sendao had a smile on his face, and he seemed to be very optimistic about Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Sakuragi Hanamichi took a step forward and grabbed the ball in his hand. Because Rukawa Kaede was wary of Jinguji Budo suddenly coming around to steal the ball, when he dropped the ball, he did not throw the ball directly to Sakuragi's head, but threw it In front of Sakuragi, the purpose of such a pass is to prevent Budo from coming up to steal the ball.
After taking possession of the basketball, Sakuragi Hanamichi happened to be on the side of the free throw line.
After landing the ball with his left hand, Sakuragi pressed his side against Jinguji Budo's body and did some testing. Looking at the direction of Sakuragi's ball, Budao narrowed his eyes slightly. While resisting the opponent, he did not adjust his position. He was still guarding Sakuragi Hanamichi's right side.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's strong side is his right hand, and he is not good at breakthroughs to the left.
However, contrary to Budo's expectations, Sakuragi seemed to be aware of the loopholes in Jinguji Budo's defense. After a test, he quickly broke through. The direction of the breakthrough was the right side of Budo and Sakuragi Hanamichi himself. Not good at rushing from the left.
Sakuragi just dribbled the ball once, then quickly combined the ball and rushed directly towards the basket. After two steps, the tall Sakuragi Hanamichi had successfully entered the paint.
Budo originally wanted to pursue, but Morishigehiro, who was guarding the inside, had already taken up his position in front of Sakuragi Hanamichi. The huge figure also jumped up with Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Morishigehiro stared at Sakuragi Hanamichi who was attacking the basket in front of him with an indifferent expression. He raised his arms high and directly blocked all paths in front of Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Sakuragi, who was in mid-air, remained unmoved when faced with Mori Shigehiro's defense. In mid-air, when Sakuragi's body collided with Morishigehiro, Sakuragi held the ball with his left hand, and his right hand guard blocked Morishigehiro's hand directly.
When he reached the highest point, Sakuragi twisted his body slightly, held the ball with his left hand, and actually passed it through Morishigehiro's armpit. With a slight hook, he sent the ball directly towards the basket.
"What?!"
"This boy!"
Sakuragi's action of pulling the lever in mid-air shocked many people. Although Sakuragi Hanamichi has been practicing the pull-up action for a period of time, Sakuragi Hanamichi has never made any high-quality pull-up layups during the game.
But today, when facing a center of Shigehiro Mori's caliber, Sakuragi Hanamichi actually completed this action perfectly.
The basketball lightly brushed against the edge of the backboard and then bounced into the basket.
After landing, Sakuragi Hanamichi was unsteady and staggered for two steps before regaining his balance. His strength is slightly inferior to Mori Shigehiro, and he suffers a little in aerial confrontations.
But this small loss had no impact on the result of his layup.
"well!"
After the basketball hit the net, Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes finally gained some focus.
There was no shouting and celebrating, no beating of the chest and boasting that one was a genius.
Sakuragi just shouted excitedly, then glanced at Morishigehiro in a hurry, then turned around and quickly returned to defense.
With that calm look, he really looked like a "master" at this moment.
"This boy"
Seeing Sakuragi leave, Jinguji Budo was also a little stunned.
Sakuragi Hanamichi's training is actually very complicated. When he was at Shohoku High School, Sakuragi rarely had the opportunity to attack with the ball during games.
Although he has mastered shooting, pull-up jump shots, and various layup skills, Sakuragi is not able to make good use of what he has mastered during the game.
Therefore, when he is on the court, everyone in Xiangbei can only rely on his rebounding ability and have no expectations for anything else.
But for some reason today, Sakuragi was able to use the various skills he had learned during the competition.
Whether it's shooting, layup, or even his breakthrough steps, they are all decent.
Sakuragi seemed to suddenly have an enlightenment. He completely integrated the skills he had learned and was able to use his "skill package" according to specific situations on the field.
Now Sakuragi doesn't feel like a blue-collar player in martial arts.
This kid is transforming rapidly.
