NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

At this moment, Rukawa Kaede on the sidelines wiped the sweat from his forehead and stared at the scorer with a steady gaze. There were only 5 minutes left and the score was 8 points short.

The timeout ended and all the players of Fuqiu Junior High School came on the court, but none of the teammates dared to get close to Rukawa. At this time, Rukawa exuded a powerful aura, and was cold and unapproachable.

This sudden momentum frightened Oda Ryumasa, who was dribbling the ball, and he even felt as if he was frozen at that moment.

Oda Ryumasa was secretly quite surprised: "Maybe what Hanamichi said is true, that guy still has strength."

At the moment when Oda was stunned, Rukawa suddenly made a steal, and Oda didn't react at all. Instead, after the timeout, Hanamichi, who was very alert, gave up his opponent after discovering Rukawa made a steal, and quickly ran towards his own basket, getting ahead of Rukawa, one step outside the restricted area of ​​his own half, and taking a position near the free throw line in advance, ready to defend Rukawa who was holding the ball and attacking.

At this time, Rukawa Kaede stared at the basket with his eyes full of determination and confidence, as if he completely ignored the powerful defender Hanamichi who was 189cm tall standing in front of him.

He dribbled the ball forward skillfully and smoothly, and the speed of his fast break was astonishing! Obviously, Rukawa did not give up this excellent fast break opportunity just because Hanamichi returned to defense in time.

"Stop looking down on me, you stinky fox!" Sakuragi Hanamichi stood firmly near the free throw line, making standard defensive moves, with an amazing defensive aura emanating from his whole body.

"Right here, interrupt your momentum."

The on-site special commentator Shigeichi Tanaoka did not expect that he would get so excited just by watching a junior high school game. This was the second time that Shigeichi Tanaoka slammed the table in this game.

He was heard saying loudly: "This is really an amazing offensive and defensive duel!"

But just when Coach Tanaoka and all the spectators were looking forward to the outcome of this offensive and defensive showdown, no one expected that Rukawa's next fast break would be a quick stop and jump shot from outside the three-point line, his first three-pointer of the day. The basketball drew a beautiful parabola in the air and went into the net with the eyes of all the spectators.

Although the audience was a little surprised by Rukawa's offensive choice, he still scored in the end, and got 3 points at one time, so the atmosphere at the scene was getting higher and higher at this time. After all, for them, all they pursued was to make it look good.

"Wow! He can even shoot three-pointers like this."

"Chase three points."

"We recovered three points in one go, and now we're only five points behind."

"Come on, Rukawa Kaede..."

However, as a professional coach, Maoichi Tiangang showed a little puzzlement:

"Generally speaking, when making a fast break, you will choose a relatively stable 2-point layup or slam dunk. If the fast break is disrupted, you should reorganize the offense. In the case of risky three-point shots, if your teammates don't keep up, if you don't score, the opponent may take the opportunity to score one. This choice~hmm~seems a bit arbitrary and unwise..."

Coach Anxi frowned slightly when he heard this, as if some bad memories were brought back. He stabilized his hand holding the teacup for a long while, then looked at Hanamichi who was in amazing momentum on the court and Rukawa Kaede who quickly returned to defense at half court, and relaxed his brows and said:

"Now it's time to test our strength. No matter who wins or loses this match, neither of them will be a loser! Tiangang, a young talent like this can't be wasted~ Oh ho ho ho!"

Mistaking it for a "kind" reminder from Coach Anzai, Shigeka Tanaoka hurriedly said, "Coach Anzai, don't worry! We are both in Kanagawa Prefecture, and our two teams often play practice matches. You know how I train them, and I will definitely not hold them back!"

Coach Anxi: "...As long as you are happy!"

On the court, Hanamichi clenched his fists and thought to himself:

"I don't want to lose, I must find a way to score points and widen the gap."

He knew that he might not be confident that he could block Rukawa Kaede's attack at full strength, so after a little thought, Hanamichi decided to go for a head-on attack.

Hanamichi took the initiative to ask Oda for the ball. He clearly felt that the other players of Fuqiu Junior High School were no longer as flexible as in the first half after the second half, especially the center No. 11 who was defending him, whose steps were much slower.

After receiving the ball, Sakuragi turned his back to the basket and slightly turned his body to the left. When the No. 11 center of Fuqiu Junior High School saw Hanamichi get the ball, he became extremely alert, fearing that he would be fooled by his fake moves again.

But the more you fear something, the more it will come.

At this time, the No. 11 center saw Hanamichi turn left, so he quickly followed and shifted his body weight to the left, defending. After Hanamichi had tricked the No. 11 center's center of gravity to the left, he slowly turned to the right, creating the impression that he was going to break through from the right, and the previous moves were all fake. He also slowed down his pace, giving the Fuqiu Middle School center the impression that he could catch up.

As expected, this continuous left-right turning movement caused the No. 11 player of Fuqiu Junior High School to shift his body weight back and forth. Just when he adjusted his weight to the right, Hanamichi passed the No. 11 player from the left at an extremely fast speed. After breaking through, he used his left hand to cover him behind him, jumped up quickly, raised his right hand to the sky, and made a slam dunk, ending this round of offense and defense cleanly. The score was widened to 7 points.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene. In the late 1994s, there were few such beautiful inside footwork in Japan. At that time, the NBA was the era of Jordan, and Hakeem Olajuwon had not yet won his first championship. For footwork, people generally did not have an objective and overall level of attention. It was not until Olajuwon won his first championship in that the name "Dream Footwork" gradually spread overseas, and people realized that inside footwork could be played like this!

So at this time, Hanamichi used his inside footwork to trick the opposing center, which immediately brought everyone a bright and indescribable surprise! It turns out that basketball can be "cheated and sneaked" in this way.

Seeing this, Rukawa Kaede walked past Hanamichi like a ghost: "Sure enough, he is a deceitful red-haired monkey..."

With just one sentence, he was able to wake up Hanamichi who was enjoying the audience's surprised cheers. He is worthy of being the one who did it.

Rukawa did not blame his center who was actively defending, but instead signaled him to stand at the baseline and serve the ball. Rukawa, who got the ball, ignored his teammates' running positions and rushed directly to the opponent's half.

It seemed that the offensive ghost was in hot form at the moment and did not want to play it safe and slow down the offensive tempo, but instead wanted to use time to quickly catch up.

"Hurry, defend well," Oda shouted to Hanamichi, then appeared at the side of Rukawa, ready to attack at any time.

However, Rukawa was not blocked by the defense of Wako Junior High School. He was agile with his feet and determined eyes. He did not find a good opportunity at the corner, but dribbled the ball back and forth between his legs and pulled himself back one step. With this one step, he finally got a chance to shoot despite the tight defense of Hanamichi and Oda who tried to double-team him.

"Shh!"

The basketball went into the net, it was a long two points. Oda on the side could only sigh in despair. For this way of scoring, even if he prepared to double-team, it seemed that it was not very effective. He could not stop Rukawa Kaede from scoring.

The difference between the two teams returned to 5 points.

Sanji Sawadaira of Wako Junior High School served the ball and passed it to Oda, but unexpectedly Rukawa rushed out from the side, intercepted the pass with one hand, then jumped up easily, stretched out his right arm, and with a "bang", he slammed the ball into the basket with a one-handed slam dunk, leaving the score difference at only 3 points, but only one and a half minutes had passed since the timeout.

In order to interrupt Rukawa's offensive rhythm, Oda Ryumasa signaled the team coach to call a timeout during a dead ball opportunity, but it did not have the desired effect.

After the timeout, the ball fell into Rukawa's hands again, and this time it was his teammate who stole the ball. Hanamichi looked at Rukawa with the ball and listened to the constant cheering from the crowd. The "magic sound" made Hanamichi upset.

At this time, Rukawa's movements were much slower than at the beginning of the game. The sweat on his cheeks and the soaked jersey showed that his physical consumption was much more serious than expected. Although his shooting hit rate was extremely high, the price was just as Hanamichi had expected, a serious loss of physical strength.

Rukawa suddenly lowered his center of gravity to dribble the ball, and at the same time led to restrain the defensive running of Hanamichi and Oda. He quickly broke through the middle while the two had not yet joined together to form a double-team, but he did not completely get rid of them. Hanamichi reacted very quickly and quickly caught up from the side.

Instead of passing the ball, Rukawa Kaede withstood the defensive pressure from Hanamichi who was chasing him. With an extremely determined look in his eyes, he made a quick stop and jump shot with a slight lean back. Under the huge defensive pressure, the ball went in!

In a hurry, Sakuragi Hanamichi thought of the "eye-covering method" of Sean Battier in the future, and in a hurry he also covered Rukawa's eyes with his palm, almost touching his face. But not only did it not work, but because of this dangerous move, the referee called a blocking foul and Rukawa gave him a "2+1".

As the penalty kick was scored, thunderous cheers and applause broke out in the stadium.

"Rukawa! Rukawa! LOVE! Rukawa..."

The cheers resounded throughout the venue, but Hanamichi, who had sharp ears, seemed to feel that something strange yet familiar had mixed in...

Coach Tian Gang stood up suddenly, and it was "three claps of the table"! At this moment, the coach's slightly trembling hands on the table showed his excitement at this moment.

This is the most exciting moment for him since he poached Sendoh in Tokyo earlier this year.

"There's no mistake, Rukawa Kaede is the perfect piece of the puzzle for us Ryonan to defeat Kainan next year and enter the national competition! I must study him carefully and recruit him in advance, hehehe", as if thinking of the famous scene of defeating Takatoshi at that time, Coach Takeo laughed sinisterly as if no one was around.