Chapter 39
"It's not good!" Mibuchi Reio frowned tightly. He knew very well that Teiko Junior High School was very strong. The level of each player was not worse than that of Rokko Junior High School, and some players were even better.
At this time, Kawamura Yuki came over and reminded: "Reo, in the game later, you have to rely on your ground shot and try to beat Midorima Shintaro first. His three-pointer is too threatening to us. We can give them two points appropriately, but we must lock in more three-pointers. Only Shirazawa and Midorima Shintaro are strong in three-pointers in Teikou Middle School, and the three-pointers of others are average."
Kawamura Yuki's words made Mibuchi Reo suddenly enlightened, and his frown gradually relaxed. "That's right, that's it, I have to get rid of Midorima Shintaro first." Mibuchi Reo secretly made up his mind, and then turned to Kawamura Yuki and said: "Kawamura senior, please rest assured, pass the ball to me later, I will definitely not let you down!"
"Okay, no problem, we believe you!" Hachimura Rui walked to Mibuchi Reo, patted his shoulder hard, and expressed his support with a firm look. The other players also nodded. After all, Reo Mibuchi is the top shooter in junior high school! If you don't trust him, who else can you trust? Should you count on Nagaki Netake?
Reo Mibuchi felt the trust and support of his teammates, and his heart was full of fighting spirit.
Rokko Junior High School has the ball.
It was still Kawamura Yuki who controlled the ball and walked to the front court, and then immediately passed it to Reo Mibuchi.
Reo Mibuchi, who took the basketball, looked at Midorima Shintaro with a cold face, and couldn't help teasing: "Little brother Midorima, you can't beat me!"
"You think too much!" Midorima Shintaro was very dissatisfied with this title.
Who knew that at the moment when Midorima Shintaro answered, Reo Mibuchi took this opportunity to break through to the right.
"Despicable!" Looking at Reo Mibuchi's neat breakthrough, Midorima hurriedly followed.
Unexpectedly, Reo Shibuchi used the same trick again, and once again chose to step back, quickly retreated outside the three-point line, and once again gathered the ball and prepared to shoot.
"Should I jump or not?" Looking at Reo Shibuchi's actions, Midorima Shintaro was in a dilemma. There was no way. If he didn't jump, with Reo Shibuchi's Sky Shot, Midorima's current bounce would not have any effect on him. But if he jumped, it would be very easy for Reo Shibuchi to use the Ground Shot to cause a foul. Neither of them was easy to deal with.
Just as Midorima was thinking, Reo Shibuchi's eyes flashed with confidence and decisiveness, and he performed the Sky Shot without hesitation. He jumped up quickly, his body soared into the air like an arrow from a bow, raised the basketball in his hand high, and then threw it hard.
"Swish!" The basketball drew a perfect arc in the air and fell into the basket accurately, and it went into the net!
Midorima's eyes widened, watching Reo Mibuchi score so easily, and his heart was filled with helplessness. What bothered him even more was that he could not find out Reo Mibuchi's shooting skills. This made him helpless in defense and difficult to effectively stop the opponent's attack.
The score came to 48:43, and it was Teiko Junior High School's turn to attack.
Kawamura Yuki and Reo Mibuchi knew the power of Midorima Shintaro's three-pointers, so they were determined to limit Midorima's performance. For them, the first task was to block Midorima Shintaro, even if other players scored, they had to ensure that Midorima Shintaro did not easily receive the ball.
So, Kawamura Yuki focused on the passing route between Akashi and Midorima Shintaro, ready to intercept the pass at any time. And Reo Mibuchi tightly entangled Midorima Shintaro, not leaving, not giving Midorima Shintaro any space to receive the ball.
This targeted defensive strategy immediately took effect. Akashi found that the connection between him and Midorima Shintaro was cut off, so he had no choice but to pass the basketball to Shirazawa.
However, Watanabe Yuta stuck close to Shirazawa, determined not to let him have the chance to shoot a three-pointer. As long as Shirazawa dared to step into the inside, their inside players would make up for it in time, so it didn't matter even if Shirazawa got two points.
Shirazawa's face suddenly became solemn, "The situation is not good! The opponent is obviously determined to defend our three-pointer, and we can't deal with it like them. Mibuchi Reo is indeed difficult to defend in a one-on-one confrontation, and Kawamura Yuki's three-point shooting ability is also quite good. The most important thing is that it is still unknown whether Watanabe Yuta, who is facing me, has the ability to shoot three-pointers.
If we also adopt a double-team strategy, it will not be friendly to us. ”
Faced with Watanabe Yuta's close defense, Bai Ze felt helpless. This guy is just like a NBA player in his previous life. Like a star player, he followed Harden closely to prevent him from performing the step-back three-pointer. Although Watanabe Yuta was not as exaggerated, it was almost the same. In desperation, Bai Ze could only rush to the inside line quickly, ready to end the attack with a layup.
Just as Bai Ze rushed into the inside line quickly, Hachimura Rui did not show any weakness. He jumped high and prepared to give the opponent a solid block.
However, Bai Ze's reaction speed was extremely fast. When he saw Hachimura Rui's defense, he immediately realized that Murasakibara was in an excellent position without anyone defending. So he made a quick decision and sent a precise ground pass with lightning speed, letting the basketball fly into Murasakibara's hands like a flash of lightning.
At this moment, Murasakibara was burning with anger in his heart, which came from all the misfortunes in the first quarter. After receiving the ball, he jumped up without hesitation, ready to vent his emotions with a domineering dunk. However, just as Murasakibara was about to take off At the moment of jumping up, Yuta Watanabe appeared in front of him like a ghost, trying to stop the score.
Facing Yuta Watanabe, who was nearly ten centimeters shorter than him, Murasakihara was calm and even looked down on him. He still jumped according to the original plan and did not change his movements at all because of the appearance of his opponent.
You know, as an experienced basketball player, Yuta Watanabe knows the rules of basketball very well. In this case, jumping to block is not the best choice, because the physical difference between him and Murasakihara is too big, which may lead to a foul.
So, Yuta Watanabe chose to take a risk, standing firmly under the basket, and facing his chin to Murasakihara's elbow that he subconsciously stretched out when he raised the basketball.
In an instant, Yuta Watanabe felt a sharp pain coming, and he instinctively fell to the ground, while covering his injured chin.
With a "beep" whistle, the referee's penalty came as expected: "Teiko Junior High School No. 5 Murasakihara Atsushi committed an offensive foul, Rokko Junior High School has the ball! "The referee's whistle was clear and loud, and he quickly signaled to the technical desk, and the whole process was done in one go.
"What! He was faking a fall, what kind of black whistle did you blow! Damn, I'll crush you!" Murasakihara was immediately dissatisfied with the penalty. You know, he had just endured the anger in the first quarter!
The referee looked at the furious Murasakihara in front of him, and he couldn't help but step back a few steps, and quickly blew the whistle on his neck, "Beep! Teiko Junior High School No. 5 Murasakihara Atsushi committed a technical foul, and Rokko Junior High School got one free throw and one throw!"
"What!" The angry Murasakihara Atsushi wanted to go forward to argue, but Bai Ze quickly grabbed him.
"Okay, okay, don't be impulsive." Bai Ze hurriedly comforted him and smiled at the referee: "Sorry, sorry, referee, he is still young and ignorant, please bear with him. "
The referee looked at Bai Ze, then at Ziyuan who was still glaring at him, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that kids nowadays are really hard to mess with! Fortunately, Bai Ze was sincere, so he nodded and expressed his understanding. After all, they are all children, and it is understandable that they lose control of their emotions occasionally. Moreover, Ziyuan is so tall and mighty, and if they really fight, I am afraid that I will not be able to gain an advantage. It is not that there have been incidents of players beating referees before, so it seems that we must pay more attention in the future.
"Ziyuan, calm down, don't argue with the referee anymore, I will treat you to a sumptuous meal after the game, now hurry back to the backcourt and do a good job of defense. "Bai Ze approached Murasakihara's ear carefully, patted his shoulder gently, and lowered his voice to comfort him gently.
Hearing these words, Murasakihara had to give up resistance and honestly returned to the backcourt to defend.
Seeing this, the players of Rokko Junior High School all showed smug smiles, secretly thanking themselves for having experienced seniors like Yuta Watanabe, who easily made the opponent fall into a foul trap.
Yuta Watanabe successfully made the basketball into the basket, and the score came to 49:43.
Then Kawamura Yuki was responsible for the out-of-bounds ball.
Thanks to the tacit pick-and-roll cooperation between Yuta Watanabe and Eikichi Netakeya, Reo Mibuchi easily caught the ball sent by Yuki Kawamura, and then provoked Shintaro Midorima in front of him: "Little brother Midorima, are you going to try to block me later? I might as well tell you the truth, I'm going to use the sky shot next, hahahaha. "
Hearing this harsh laughter, Midorima was full of contradictions and entanglements. He was completely unable to judge whether what Mibuchi Reo said was true, which undoubtedly made him more cautious in the next defense.
Caught in a dilemma.
Then Reo Shibuchi chose to attack directly. Standing outside the three-point line, he directly made a drag step. Midorima just moved his body weight back, while Reo Shibuchi chose to drag the step and quickly pull up the ball.
"Heaven's Shot?" Midorima widened his eyes and immediately forced his body to instinctively rush forward.
However, at this moment, Reo Shibuchi suddenly retracted his hand. It turned out that he did intend to use the stunt of Heaven's Shot, but at the critical moment, he changed his mind temporarily and decided to cheat another foul. So he deliberately reduced his strength, which disrupted his shooting rhythm. In the end, he could only reluctantly use the method of Earth's Shot to throw the basketball into the basket.
"Beep!" The referee's whistle sounded again. This time the call was because Midorima hit Reo Shibuchi hard.
But at this moment, everyone's attention was focused on the basketball flying in the air, and they had no time to pay attention to the referee's whistle. They silently watched the arc drawn by the basketball, with expectations and tension in their hearts.
"Bang!" With a crisp sound, the basketball hit the front of the basket heavily and then bounced up. Seeing this, Midorima Shintaro couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was just a three-pointer, which was much better than a four-pointer.
But no one expected that the scene that happened next was simply jaw-dropping: after the basketball bounced at the front of the basket, it miraculously fell into the basket!
At this moment, Midorima's face became very ugly. He obviously didn't expect that he would lose in the duel with Mibuchi Reo. Yes, in his opinion, in this match, he, Midorima Shintaro, lost! Lost completely!
"Teiko Junior High School No. 7 Midorima Shintaro committed a defensive foul, and one penalty was added!"
The audience stood up and cheered. In their eyes, this time it was indeed Reio Mibuchi who had the better skills and won the contest between the strongest shooters.