Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 422 Breaking through the defense line, Xiangbei's thigh!

Under Jinguji Budo's unscrupulous scoring, coach Otani of the youth training team finally couldn't bear it, and directly ordered the players to change their defensive methods.

Shonhoku High School had just sent the ball from the backcourt at this time, and the basketball was given to Nobunaga Kiyota, who led the ball towards the frontcourt. Rukawa Kaede and others in the field heard Coach Otani's instructions, and they also changed their positions one after another. Before Budo Jinguji got the basketball, they surrounded Jinguji Budo early.

Jinguji Budao had just crossed the half-court with his front foot, and his back foot was being targeted by the players of the youth training team, and there was no room for him to catch the ball.

"Really sent three players to watch the martial arts senior."

"But if that's the case, aren't the rest of us pretty empty!?"

Kiyota Nobunaga wanted to throw the ball to Jinguji Budao, but seeing that Jinguji Budao was in the double-team of the opponent, he decisively gave up this idea.

At the same time, Nobunaga Kiyota was unguarded in front of him, which also gave Nobunaga Kiyota another idea.

Quickly dribbling the ball approaching the top of the youth team's arc, Rukawa Kaede, Mike Okita, and Sawakita Eiji were all distributed around Jinguji Budo's body. When Kiyota entered the frontcourt, these three defensive players also became nervous, and they got closer by Budo.

Kiyota hurriedly flicked in the direction of Budo, then quickly dribbled the ball and quickly approached the free throw line. It was not until Kiyota Nobunaga dribbled the ball into this position that Kawada Masashi under the basket made a move and took a step in Kiyota Nobunaga's direction, but he didn't get too close.

It seems that he is just preparing to defend Nobunaga Kiyota's breakthrough, and he is not defensive against Nobunaga Kiyota's shot.

"Unexpectedly underestimated me." Kiyota Nobunaga saw the opponent's defensive posture, and immediately realized what the opponent was planning. He dribbled the ball and stopped. After making some adjustments, Kiyota Nobunaga quickly shot the ball.

"Shua!" Kiyota Nobunaga played steadily and sent the ball directly into the basket for an open shot, making a crisp sound.

Although this attack from Xiangbei High School was successfully scored, none of the players in the youth training team showed any frustration, and even a smile could be seen on Yingmu Huadao's face.

Although the youth training team lost points, judging from this round of offense, their defense has worked.

Sakuragi Hanamichi was originally a player of Shohoku High School, and he has known Kiyota Nobunaga for more than a year. Since the third grade of junior high school, Sakuragi Hanamichi has been playing with Kiyota Nobunaga.Sakuragi knows Kiyota Nobunaga's shooting ability very well. This kid often misses free throws when he is asked to make free throws in training games.

The free throw percentage is probably less than 50%, and the shooting level is actually very average.

If Xiangbei High School intends to let Kiyota be the main attacker, then Sakuragi Flower Road can even see how Kiyota Nobunaga and the others lost.

Kiyota Nobunaga's strongest ability is not mid-range shooting, but attacking the basket!

Between offense and defense, the youth training team launched an attack again.The overall level of youth training players selected by coach Otani is much better than the current lineup of Xiangbei High School.

Although the basketball was brought into the frontcourt by Kaede Rukawa, Masashi Kawada, who was entrenched in the inside line, suddenly raised the pick-and-roll. His pick-and-roll successfully gave Kaede Rukawa a chance to break through.

And Kaede Rukawa, who broke through with the help of his teammates' pick-and-roll, did not choose to play by himself when facing Nango Koichiro's supplementary defense. Instead, he passed the ball back to Kawada Masashi.

The latter catches the ball and shoots directly from the high post.

Kawada's shooting touch today was so-so, and the basketball fell straight out of the basket.While Ryumasa Oda and Koichiro Nango were staring at the rebound under the basket, Hanamichi Sakuragi suddenly appeared under the basket at this moment.

The moment the basketball fell, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Nango, and Oda jumped almost at the same time, but Yinggi Hanamichi's explosive power was even stronger, grabbing the ball before the two of them.

Sakuragi Hanamichi, who controlled the rebound, raised the ball to look at the basket, and easily deceived Nango Koichiro, and then under Nango's annoyed eyes, Sakuragi scored a shot from close range.

As Sakuragi scored, the youth players on the sidelines also cheered loudly, encouraging the players on the field.

"Keep the previous defense, don't let Jinguji Budo catch the ball!"

When the youth training players returned to defense, coach Otani shouted loudly, asking the players to maintain the current defensive rhythm.

But this time, Kiyota Nobunaga did not choose to bring the ball into the frontcourt. Instead, when he was in the backcourt, he saw Budo asking for the ball, so he had to give the ball to Jinguji Budo first.

If Budo Jinguji reached out for the ball on the court, no point guard would deny it.

It doesn't matter whether the position of Jinguji Budo holding the ball is suitable or not!
Starting with the basketball, Jinguji Budo quickened his pace and quickly entered the frontcourt.

Seeing Wu Dao approaching, Rukawa Feng and the others also became alert.

"The defense of three people, it really feels very different!"

When Budo was close to the three-point line, Mike Okita was the first to come up, and both Eiji Sawakita and Rukawa Kaede stood about one and a half meters behind Mike Okita, ready to step forward and steal at any time.

And Mike Okita, who posted it, also defended very firmly, and directly confronted Jinguji Budo with his body.

Budou turned sideways slightly, with his left hand against Mike Okita, and his right hand dribbled the ball low, observing the opponent's defense, seeing the focused looks of Rukawa Kaede and Sawakita Eiji, Budou knew that it was impossible to rely on the opponent's distraction to break through the opponent.

He has to use the dribble to create opportunities for himself.

Jinguji Budou quickly accelerated to move laterally, taking Mike Okita's defense and took two steps towards the right side of the horn position. At the same time as the emergency stop, the basketball had changed direction, and Jinguji Budou also began to forcibly rush forward, and his body directly pressed against Mike Okita's body.

"It's now!"

"Steal him!"

Mike Okita tried his best to support Budo Jinguji, hoping to suppress the opponent's speed, but Budo Jinguji seemed to be unaffected, and his speed was still very fast, approaching the defense line of Zebei and Rukawa Kaede in the blink of an eye.

In the defense of the two, Jinguji Budo put the target on Rukawa Feng's body, and Budo, who was attacking on the left side, quickly changed direction, heading directly towards Rukawa Feng on the right side, and at the same time, his body was on Rukawa Feng's body.

Rukawa Kaede, who couldn't bear the power of Jinguji Budo, was pushed back again and again, and Zebei saw that Rukawa Kaede was stuck in his defensive position around the front, so he could only go to get Budo's ball from behind Budo, and Mike Okita also walked into the paint area early at this moment, intending to make up for Budo's attack from the front.

The moment the three of them staggered their positions, the opportunity for Jinguji Budo also came!

Putting the ball together with both hands, a reverse jump step, jumping out directly from the front and rear double-teaming of Rukawa Kaede and Sawakita Eiji, the jumping step landed Budou directly on the ground with one foot, the golden rooster was independent, and shot backwards.

The basketball flew out of Budao's hands, and Rukawa Feng and others watched the basketball fall into the net in astonishment.

During the rapid transition between movement and stillness, the golden rooster's independent shooting posture is much more stable than the backward posture, and Budo's height and wingspan also make it impossible for the opponent to follow up and defend when Budo uses this shooting method.

Nowitzki's iconic shooting technique was easily reproduced by Budo Jinguji.

As the basketball fell into the net, the court fell into a brief silence.

Obviously, no one expected Jinguji Budou to break through the defensive double-teaming of three people so easily and score the ball with such a shooting posture.

This goal dealt a considerable blow to the youth training team that had just made defensive adjustments.

"It actually made him break through!"

"And it doesn't seem to be strenuous?!"

Coach Otani on the sidelines opened his mouth slightly, his face full of astonishment.He knew that Jinguji martial art was very strong, but he didn't expect Jinguji martial art to be so strong.

The three people defending Jinguji Budo are all very good players, and each of them is quite sharp in single defense.Otani can guarantee that the defensive ability of these three outside players in his team will not be inferior even in the face of most college players.

But it was the defense line formed by such excellent three players that was broken so easily by the opponent.

Strength is not at the same level at all!

"Such a scary guy came out!"

"What is the upper limit of this kid, so that he can't be prevented?"

Just when Coach Otani sighed with emotion, the youth training team completed another attack. This time, Rukawa Kaede found Kiyota Nobunaga's defensive flaws, and after a series of frontal changes, he successfully broke through Kiyota's defense and quickly went to the basket to score a layup.

It was too late for Nanxiang and others to digest their defensive mistakes, the basketball had already been given to Jinguji Budao, and Budao led Xiangbei to launch a counterattack.

After Jinguji Budo got the ball, he advanced very fast. He didn't have the intention of waiting for his teammates to come up, so he just accelerated and rushed forward.

When Mike Okita's defense came up, Jinguji Budo made an emergency stop. After a simple dribble adjustment, the left hand dropped the ball and directly hit Mike Okita's "crotch"

The extremely insulting pass through the crotch, when Jinguji Budo regained control of the ball, he was only a dozen centimeters away from the three-point line.

Facing the basketball with his left hand, Jinguji Budou quickly raised his eyes to look at the basket, and his action immediately attracted the double-teaming of Rukawa Kaede and Sawakita Eiji.

"It may be a fake move!"

"I defended him from breaking through the pick!"

Zebei Eiji looked at Budo Jinguji's movements, and immediately reminded Rukawa Kaede that he didn't lift his weight when he came to Budo, but just looked into Budo Jinguji's eyes.

But Rukawa Feng jumped up directly and sealed the head of Jinguji Budao.

Sure enough, after Rukawa Kaede took off, Jinguji Budou actually changed direction again. After taking a step towards the top of the arc, he leaped sideways. His body only turned towards the basket when he was in mid-air, and the basketball in his hand also shot the ball at the moment it reached the highest point facing the basket.

Although Zebei Eiji said that he would defend against Budo's breakthrough, when Budo moved in the opposite direction and shot an elegant three-pointer, it was impossible for Zebei Eiji's position to stop Jinguji Budo.

The basketball flew out of Budao's hands and fell towards the basket.

"If three people double-team the defense, it is indeed possible to take all my offensive intentions into account."

"But so what? Even if you know how I'm going to attack, can you stop it?"

"The strength has reached my level, and there is no way to keep it with hard work!"

"It takes enough talent to be able to stop me!"

"Obviously, the three of you don't have such talent!"

Jinguji Budo looked at the basketball in mid-air, and said to Rukawa Kaede and others.

As if to confirm Jinguji Budao's words, the basketball fell directly into the net under the gaze of everyone, making a crisp sound.

The three-pointer, under the siege of the three, still successfully made a three-pointer.In just a few short rounds of offense and defense, Jinguji Budo scored another 5 points.

And it was all obtained from the siege of a few of them. The terrifying scoring ability once again refreshed the youth training team's impression of Jinguji Budo.

"Come on, let's make the game more interesting!"

Jinguji Budao hooked Rukawa Kaede and Zebei, and at the same time cast his eyes on Sakuragi Hanamichi on the inside line, showing a smile towards Sakuragi Hanamichi.

After the words fell, Jinguji Budao turned and returned to defense.

Kiyota Nobunaga and others followed Jinguji Budo back to the arena. Before leaving, Kiyota Nobunaga even sneered at Rukawa Kaede and Zebei, and said mockingly: "There is a limit to what you can do!"

"Senior Martial Arts, it's not something players of your level can challenge!"

Under the eyes of Rukawa Kaede and Zebei who could kill people, Kiyota Nobunaga happily followed Jinguji Budo's footsteps and returned quickly.

Afterwards, the rhythm of the game between Xiangbei High School and the youth training team began to become tighter. Both Xiangbei High School and the youth training team began to play a fast-paced offense.

There is indeed some gap between Xiangbei and the other side in terms of hard power. When Sakuragi Hanamichi and Kawada Masashi join forces, the two insiders in Xiangbei, Oda Ryumasa and Nango Koichiro, are a bit beaten and can't find the north.

Not to mention being frequently broken through to score points, he also lost a lot of backcourt rebounds.

Although Budo frequently scored points under the double-teaming of three players, he was not the "God of Basketball" after all. No matter how sharp his shots were, he would occasionally make body control errors.

Although the same is true for opponents, the youth training team has done a good job in controlling rebounds.

Therefore, as the game progressed, Xiangbei also slowly fell into a disadvantage.

The first half of the game lasted about 15 minutes, and the score between the two teams came to 41:40, and Xiangbei was only one point behind the opponent.

Taking advantage of Nanxiang's foul, the youth training team called a timeout, and replaced Mike Okita, who was physically exhausted, with a "black brother".

After the game restarted, Hei Geer acted as Mike's job before, putting "pressure" on Budo on the defensive end, and this Hei Geer was more aggressive in his shots, which greatly affected Jinguji Budo's shooting percentage.

In order to prevent the opponent from further opening up the score, Budo began to call the pick-and-roll, but the bodies of Kiyota Nobunaga and Katsumi Ichiro on the outside were too thin, and their pick-and-roll was simply not enough to provide Budo with a breakthrough gap.

Helpless, Martial Arts can only use the pick-and-roll to move laterally, and then make a sudden stop to make a jump shot, turning into a pure shooter's style of play.

However, to everyone's surprise, when Jinguji Budo changed its style of play, Shohoku not only did not fall into a disadvantage, but took advantage.
(End of this chapter)