Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 400 Leaping over, seeking your own position!

Rukawa Kaede was intercepted by Lingnan High School for two consecutive goals. With Lingnan's two counterattacks, the score of the two teams also came to 57:53. Lingnan High School led Xiangbei High School by 4 points.

On the sidelines of the court, Coach Tian Gang looked at Rukawa Kaede in the court, chuckled and muttered to himself.

rookie wall.

Rookie Wall, in the NBA, this term describes rookies who enter the NBA, usually in a state of no state for a certain period of time, as if there is an invisible wall blocking the way forward.

This kind of situation usually occurs within 2-6 months of a rookie's first entry into the league. There are many talented players who have not been able to adjust their psychological gap in their entire lives, and are firmly blocked by the rookie wall. Impossible to climb over.

And this situation has now appeared on Rukawa Feng.

Jumping from the fish pond in junior high school to the big lake in high school, Rukawa Feng fought extremely hard when facing an unprecedentedly strong enemy.

Being continuously intercepted by players from Lingnan High School on the court, Rukawa Feng realized that Lingnan had found a way to target him during the short 10-minute intermission.

After scoring a shot, Xiandao turned around and began to return to defense. When he passed Rukawa Kaede, he turned his head slightly and glanced at Rukawa Kaede.

At this moment, Rukawa Feng was looking down at the floor in a daze. His long bangs covered Rukawa Feng's eyes. Although Xiandao couldn't see it clearly, he could still feel that the vigor of Rukawa Feng's body had been lost. Not a lot.

The continuous steals have already affected Rukawa Feng's mentality.

"It's too early for you, Rukawa Kaede, to be on such a stage!"

Xiandao secretly said in his heart, and then quickened his pace of returning to defense, passed Rukawa Feng, and quickly ran towards the Lingnan half.

At this time, Mitsui Toshiya had already walked beyond the bottom line, picked up the basketball and was about to serve, but seeing that Rukawa Kaede lowered his head and did not move for a long time, he immediately noticed something was wrong with Rukawa Kaede, and quickly shouted:
"Hey! Rukawa Feng, come back and catch the ball, ready to attack!"

"Hey, Rukawa Kaede!"

After shouting twice in a row, Rukawa Feng finally reacted after hearing Mitsui Shou's shout, raised his head, looked at Mitsui Shou with a blank face, and the focus gradually became in the pupils.

"This kid!" Mitsui Shou was stunned when he saw Rukawa Feng's eyes.

It was the first time he saw such an expression on Rukawa Kaede's face, the bewildered look made Mitsui Shou's heart sink.

"Did you get beaten?!" Hisashi Mitsui pushed the ball with both hands, passed the ball to Kaede Rukawa, then quickly stepped into the court, and trotted to Kaede Rukawa's side. After carefully observing Kaede Rukawa's expression, he encouraged him :

"Rukawa Feng, don't worry, keep your rhythm."

"These two steals are just because you're a little slower with the ball."

"Pay attention to the positions of other Lingnan players when advancing with the ball, pass the ball more, and let the basketball pass quickly."

What Mitsui Shou said can only be regarded as some suggestions for "beginners". Generally speaking, for a mature point guard, these so-called "suggestions" are of no use at all.

But even so, Mitsui Shou still said these words to Rukawa Feng.

"Yeah." Rukawa Feng nodded. At this moment, his state seemed to have regained a little bit, his face had a little look, and his dribbling speed was also accelerated.

Seeing that Rukawa Kaede's attention returned to the court, Mitsui Shou stared at Rukawa Kaede for a few seconds and then quickly entered the frontcourt.After entering the frontcourt, Mitsui Shou also stopped playing the triangle offensive running position and walked directly towards the horn position on the left side of the court.

At the same time, it also signaled Nango Koichiro to sink into the inside line, allowing him to vacate the mid-range position, so that the outside players have enough space to display their offensive methods.

When Fujima saw Kaede Rukawa dribble into the frontcourt, he repeated the old trick and rushed directly towards Kaede Rukawa. He didn't wait for Kaede Rukawa to get close to the three-point line, and directly blocked Kaede Rukawa. He stepped forward and pressed his chest against Rukawa Feng's body.

Fujima's strength is not great for Rukawa Kaede, but this kind of physical confrontation still greatly reduces Rukawa Kaede's dribbling space, making it very uncomfortable to hold the ball.

While Fujima was approaching, the eyes of Xiandao and Shinomiya Tianye also quickly swept towards the direction of Rukawa Kaede and Fujima.

If Rukawa Kaede breaks through Fujima's defense, the two will defend immediately.

"Stop it! Kid Rukawa Feng is afraid of supplementing defense? Don't you dare to fight?"

Under the defense of Kenji Fujima, Rukawa Kaede stopped unconsciously, and did not take advantage of his body to force Fujima. Seeing this scene, Mitsui Shou let out a sigh in his heart, and then immediately moved towards the direction where Rukawa Kaede was. He rushed over, trying to make an off-ball screen for Rukawa Feng.

And at this moment, Jinguji Budo ran back without the ball, not only did not go to meet Rukawa Kaede, but instead cut directly towards the inside.Seeing this, Shinomiya Tianye hesitated for a moment, ignored Rukawa Kaede who was at the top of the arc, and followed Jinguji Budou directly to leave the three-point line.

"Rukawa Feng, don't lose your spirit just because of that little setback!"

"No matter what kind of player they are, they will encounter the situation of being robbed. When they see their own shortcomings and use all their existing weapons, they will be able to break through the predicament in front of them!"

Jinguji Budo looked at Kaede Rukawa in the distance, and when he was walking near the free throw line, he suddenly stopped, changed his direction again, and rushed towards the top of the three-point line in the opposite direction.

The continuous running back and forth finally allowed Jinguji Budou to open up a little bit, and there was already room to catch the ball.

"Rukawa Kaede! Pass the ball!"

Jinguji Budo saw that Rukawa Feng hadn't played the ball for a long time, so he shouted directly.And Rukawa Kaede, who put his attention on Fujima, finally heard Jinguji Budo's shout at this time, without thinking much in his mind, he just passed the ball in the direction of Budo.

"Snapped!"

The basketball flew over Fujima's head at high speed, and fell directly into the hands of Budou Jinguji. The Budou Jinguji who was holding the ball was almost two meters away from the three-point line. At the moment the basketball started, Jinguji Budo directly swept the ball and turned to face the frame.

At this moment, Shinomiya Tianno, who was closely following Jinguji Budo to pursue and defend, also stopped suddenly. After taking a step back, he directly opened a distance of nearly [-] centimeters from Budo, leaving enough room for himself Much defensive depth.

In front of the center line, Rukawa Kaede, who successfully passed the ball, did not know why he felt his head clear for a while, and his tense muscles relaxed at this moment.

Feeling relieved, Rukawa Feng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

Only now did Rukawa realize how comfortable it is to be able to rely on his teammates on the court.

As for Jinguji Budo, who started with basketball, his nerves also collapsed at this moment.

Fujima Kenji, who was originally defending Rukawa Kaede, let go of Rukawa Kaede who was in front of the center line at this moment, and instead wrapped around Jinguji Budo from behind, trying to steal Jinguji Budo from behind Budo.

Although Jinguji Budao is holding the ball frame at this time, the movement of Fujima behind him cannot escape his attention at all.

In Jinguji Budao's mind, the moment he received the basketball, he had already preset Lingnan's possible reaction, and his offense would definitely not allow Lingnan to steal him. !
After a crotch dribble, Jinguji Budou leaned sideways and directly stuck to Shinomiya Tianye's body, and at the moment Budou quickly closed the distance between the two, his posture quickly changed from facing the frame to facing the basket sideways.

Holding the ball half-turned and broke through in a disguised form, Jinguji Budou faced the frame again, and at the same time passed through Shinomiya Tanno's defense line smoothly, and was on the same level with Shinomiya Tianye. Jinguji Budo of the frame made another crotch dribble change direction.

Jinguji Budou's continuous and high-frequency change of direction directly allowed him to successfully throw off Shinomiya Tano's defense, and invaded to the edge of the three-point line. The ball took off and made an emergency stop and made a three-pointer.

The basketball flew out of Jinguji Budao's hands, and under the astonished eyes of everyone in the audience, it fell steadily into the net, making a crisp "swish".

The audience was a little shocked, and then burst into astonishing cheers.

"Three-pointers?! Can you still make three-pointers like this?!"

"After continuous change of direction, he can shoot three-pointers without adjusting his posture at all. Is this guy really human?!"

"Ohhhhhhh! Shonhoku! Shonhoku!!"

The cheers of the audience poured into the stadium like a tsunami.

Many people watching the game today are players, college students, high school students, and many college scouts and coaches.These people in the industry know exactly what kind of body control is needed for this three-pointer scored by Jinguji Budao.

Jinguji Budo, who was able to complete this attack, is already at the apex of players in terms of rhythm control and physical coordination.

"Jinguji Budo is such a scary guy."

"In the match against the king of the mountain, this guy didn't use much strength at all."

"Looking at the whole country, I am afraid that only the Shinomiya field in the south of the mausoleum can force such Jinguji martial arts!"

In the corner of the stands, Zebei Eiji was wearing a peaked cap, staring at Jinguji Budou who was starting to return to defense in the field, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

This talented player who has been going smoothly since he was a child has suffered setbacks one after another on the national stage. Now he has temporarily given up the idea of ​​going to the United States.

In today's high school arena, there are still people who need him to chase. Zebei plans to wait for himself to become the "true" number one high school student in the country before going to the United States.

But seeing the match between Xiangbei and Lingnan today, Zebei suddenly found that the gap between himself and those two top players was far more than physical fitness.

The scoreboard on the sidelines jumped, and the score between Lingnan High School and Xiangbei High School had reached 57:56, and the difference was narrowed to one point.

Jinguji Budo's three-pointer was a shot in the arm for Shohoku, and both the players off and on the court were extremely excited.

After returning to the field quickly, Budo Jinguji sank directly to the inside and played the position of power forward.After Rukawa Feng and Huihui settled down, Bu Dao said loudly to Rukawa Feng:
"Rukawa Feng, the main attacker, doesn't just play singles with the ball."

"Off-the-ball cutting is also very important."

"After you just played the ball, you slack off!"

Jinguji Budo's voice attracted the attention of Rukawa Feng at the top of the arc, his face tightened slightly, Rukawa Feng turned his head and looked at Jinguji Budo, silent for a while, Rukawa Feng whispered: "Sorry, I will Pay attention."

Not far away, Mitsui Shou heard Rukawa Kaede's apology clearly, and was greatly surprised.

It really surprised him that a proud kid like Rukawa Feng would say such a thing!
Of course, what Mitsui Shou said to Bu Dao, he sneered.

If someone else said this, he would really believe it to some extent, but Jinguji Budao said this, and he could only train and train Rukawa Feng, a first-year student.

After all, Mitsui Shou knew very well that Jinguji Budo rarely passed the ball when he was attacking.

Just as everyone in Xiangbei was communicating, the high school students in Lingnan had already entered the frontcourt. Akira Xiandao helped Fujima, who was holding the ball, with a pick-and-roll, allowing Fujima to pass Rukawa Kaede's defense smoothly and break through to the inside.

However, Xiangbei also switched defenses in time, and Mitsui stopped the opponent when Fujima was close to the free throw line.

And just when Mitsui Shou thought that the opponent would pass the ball, Shinomiya Tianye's figure suddenly appeared beside Mitsui Shou, and helped Fujima make a pick-and-roll.

"This guy. Did a pick-and-roll for Fujima?!"

As Mitsui Hisashi's astonishment sounded, Fujima used the pick-and-roll to make a translation, and shot directly from the open side of the free throw line.

The basketball flew out and fell directly into the net.

The cooperation of everyone in Lingnan was quite tacit, and Fujima made a sudden attack. The Budou insider focused all his attention on Shinomiya Tianye, and he didn't expect that Lingnan would actually want Fujima to attack.

With the basketball into the net, the point difference between the two teams widened to three points.

Akagi Takenori made a fast serve from the bottom line, and after giving the ball to Rukawa Kaede, Budo patted Rukawa Kaede on the shoulder as he ran forward and passed by Rukawa Kaede, and whispered in the opponent's ear: "If you rush forward with the ball, you will be caught. The opponent blocked."

"Then you might as well try cutting off the ball."

"Although Tengzhen's speed is very good, his figure is very different from yours, and more importantly, his jumping is very different from yours!"

After speaking, Jinguji Budao quickened his pace and quickly entered the front field.After hearing this, Ruchuanfeng's eyes brightened slightly. With his talent and awareness, it is impossible not to think of this way. It's just that Lingnan blocked several shots in a row, and Ruchuanfeng's mentality was a little out of balance.

With Jinguji Budo's advice, Rukawa Feng could easily find an advantage that he could use.

Soon, everyone in Xiangbei entered the front court one after another. After entering the front court, Rukawa Kaede passed the ball directly to Jinguji Budo without waiting for Fujima to defend.

Everyone in Lingnan was stunned when they saw this scene. Coach Tian Gang off the court was a little surprised, then shook his head with a light smile on his chest: "Recognize your incompetence, and start passing the ball?"

"That's fine, this is the defensive rhythm we are familiar with in Lingnan."

However, as soon as Coach Tian Gang's murmur fell, a change occurred in the stadium.

Jinguji Budou, who got the basketball, did not drop the ball for a singles immediately. Instead, he held the basketball high with both hands, and looked down at Shinomiya Tianno who was waiting in front of him.

Suddenly, Budou Jinguji leaped lightly and threw the ball directly.

"Huh?! Bend your knees hard enough, this is not a shot!" Shinomiya Tianye turned his head, and happened to see that Rukawa Kaede had already passed Fujima Kenji's defense at this time, and quickly cut into the inside line.

Jinguji Budo's "projection" is fake, but the pass is real.

Soon, Rukawa Kaede, who entered the basket, jumped up in front of Fujima and grabbed the ball directly in his hand, and then turned around and shot a close-range jumper after the last blow-up.

Although Fujima Kenji tried very hard to block Rukawa Kaede's shooting, but his height and his jumping made it impossible to restrict Rukawa Kaede's shooting at such a position near the basket.

There was a crisp sound as the basketball sank into the net.

The score of the two teams came to 59:58, and the point difference was still only one point.

(End of this chapter)