Slam Dunk, Start with a Perfect Three-Pointer

"Beep!"

"Shohoku requests a timeout!"

With the referee's whistle sounded.

Shoyo and Shohoku players head to their respective dugouts.

"Shohoku played really mediocre this half of the quarter."

"The main reason is that Shoyo is too strong, look at Mitsui and Kaede Rukawa, both of them didn't even have a chance to make a shot.

"Tatsuhiko should play. If Tatsuhiko doesn't play, there is really no chance for this game."

"There are no chances now, and Fujima hasn't played yet."

The audience chattered about the situation in Shohoku.

Shohoku fans feel the deepest.

It feels like the Shohoku five on the field have used all their strengths, but they just can't score.

Instead, Shoyo.

Although their offense is tepid, they rarely have the kind of fast break scoring opportunities.

But it's one ball after another, scoring continuously.

It directly opened the score by as much as 13 points.

Kainan's audience.

Shinichi Maki leaned back on the seat and said nothing.

In fact, he didn't pay attention to Shohoku's performance for the entire half of the game.

Shohoku without Tatsuhiko on the field is at most the level of a top eight team and does not need special attention.

He pays more attention to Shoyo's performance.

From the beginning of the game, Yang firmly suppressed Shohoku's momentum.

Whether it's Mitsui or Kaede Rukawa, Shoyo has already figured out a strategy to limit the two.

Only Akagi struggled to score in the crowd.

If there is no timeout, Shohoku will be in danger.

Soichiro Jin was a little surprised.

Mitsui really didn't get any points.

Compared with last year, Hasegawa's defense has become much stronger.

"Akagi is mostly too nervous."

Takasago spoke.

"If Akagi can relax a bit, he won't be suppressed both offensively and defensively.

Shinichi Maki nodded approvingly.

The four major centers in Kanagawa Prefecture each have their own strengths.

And Takasago is the most similar type of play to Akagi.

But Takasago is more dominant in high post support, and Akagi is much better than Takasago in defense.

And Toru Hanagata's offensive ability is unmatched by these two.

"Even if Hanagata can't be defended offensively, Hanagata can't defend Akagi at all defensively. The attack technique should not be suppressed like this. 18"

Kiyota Nobunaga beside him grinned.

"Shohoku originally only had this strength. Their current opponent is Shoyo, not Miuradai Kakuno."

But in Ryonan's auditorium, the atmosphere was much more solemn.

"Shohoku's game is also ugly, it's completely different from their scrims."

Yuzu said anxiously.

"Especially Akagi, is it suppressed by Hanagata?"

Several people in Koshino also complained.

"If Shohoku plays like this, then we lose to Shohoku in the training match, what will others think of us."

Yan——excited face.

"As expected of Shoyo, you can suppress Xiang Bei like this!"

"Shoyo was last year's seed team after all, and this year they are obviously stronger.

Yuzumi said helplessly.

Sendoh on the side is smiling all over his face.

"The timeout was well called, and it looks like Shohoku is going to start fighting back."

"Counterattack?"

Ikegami looked at Sendoh suspiciously.

"Facing Shoyo's long lineup, even Tatsuhiko can't do anything."

"No, you're wrong."

Sendoh shook his head, looking at Fujima on Shoyo's bench.

"Even with Shoyo's long lineup, there is no way to face Tatsuhiko. A player like Tatsuhiko is not at all restricted in the same way as Akagi Kaede Rukawa.

Is Senpai so confident in Tatsuhiko?"

Hikoichi looked at Sendoh curiously.

Sendoh shook his head and smiled brightly again.

"However, if Shohoku is like the previous games, it will definitely suffer."

"I am very sure of that."

Yuzhu agrees with Sendoh.

Shoyo is not a team like Tsukutake Miuradai at all.

It's not just that each player's single defense and cooperative defense capabilities are outstanding.

The strongest thing about Shoyo is that every player does his best.

For example, for a player like Hasegawa, his offense can be described as nothing at all.

But his supplementary defense and defense ability are top-notch, and his single defense ability is also very good.

Although this way of development will limit the future of this player.

But in high school, this training method is very immediate.

Hanagata, on the other hand, is the exact opposite.

Hanagata's offensive ability is very good, especially the mid-range and basket skills.

But his single defense is his shortcoming.

Hanagata's defensive coverage is large, but it is very difficult to defend one-on-one.

Especially in the matchup of the four major centers.

If there is no defense from teammates.

Most of the results of inside matchups are mutual explosions.

Listen to the cheers and cheers from the Shoyo audience.

Yuzumi sighed softly.

"Hopefully Shohoku can step over from here.

Shoyo's seating area.

Fujima looked at the Shoyo players in front of him with a big smile on his face.

"Played very well, keep it up and win this game."

"yes!"

The Shoyo players shouted in unison.

Fujima nodded in satisfaction, and his eyes looked at Tatsuhiko and Miyagi who were warming up.

"Later, Shohoku's ace is about to appear, changing the defensive tactics.

Hanagata nodded, encouraging everyone around him.

"We are going to enter the national competition, we can't waste time here with Shohoku!"

Everyone in Shoyo was excited again.

Hasegawa on the side said confidently.

"Don't worry, Mitsui will be handed over to me. He won't score a single point in this game, and Tatsuhiko will be handed over to you."

"That's right, just keep fighting like this, destroying Shohoku's psychological defense step by step."

Fujima's face was full of smiles, thinking secretly in his heart.

Tatsuhiko, I hope you will like the gift I specially prepared for you.

On the Shohoku side, the atmosphere was unusually heavy.

Haruko looked at the Shohoku players worriedly, but silently cheered for Shohoku in his heart.

"Come on, big brother!"

Everyone in Sakuragi's Gang is a bit unbelievable.

Their focus is not on the scores of the two teams at all.

Everyone in Sakuragi's Gang is just curious about Sakuragi.

His defense is getting better and better, and he hasn't fouled for so long.

Also grabbed several rebounds.

The four of them glanced at each other, and an idea flashed through their minds at the same time.

"Sakuragi is becoming more and more of an athlete."

In the rest area of ​​Shohoku, the atmosphere is a bit dignified.

The Shohoku players who had just left the field sat on the bench without saying a word.

Ayako's face is a little nervous, and now Shohoku's has fallen behind by a large score.

But she still forced a smile to comfort everyone.

"It's okay, you all worked hard, Tatsuhiko and Miyagi will be playing soon."

Kogure nodded and let out a long sigh of relief.

Although he didn't play for a long time, he felt extremely hard.

Shoyo's biting defense from the outside made him miserable.

Not to mention breaking through and attacking, he feels that it is difficult to safely dribble across the half.

Mitsui's expression on the side was ugly.

In the few minutes just now, he made four three-pointers, none of which were hit, and even got two blocks.

Not only did he lose his usual accuracy, but he also had a big hole in his defense.

Hasegawa even hit an unmarked corner three.

Mitsui wiped the sweat from his forehead and said in his heart.

"How is it possible, Hasegawa? I have never heard of this name before, how could he be defeated by such a small character!"

"Take it easy, Mitsui, that Hasegawa did defend well."

Tatsuhiko saw Mitsui's nervousness and comforted him softly.

"But that guy is easy to deal with, and when the game starts, you run around the baseline.

Tatsuhiko began to teach Mitsui the skills of going around the defense on the spot.

"Does this really work?"

Mitsui looked suspicious.

The way Tatsuhiko circled the defense was simply unheard of for him.

How can there be players who go around the defense and go out of bounds.

What else uses Akagi in the pick-and-roll and Kaede Rukawa in the pick-and-roll.

Isn't the pick-and-roll teammate coming to me?

Why is it that I ran to my teammate and asked him to help me block the defender.

Wouldn't that be a foul? Move the pick and roll?

"Don't worry, think about how I got around the defense last game."

Tatsuhiko gave Mitsui a thumbs up.

Mitsui recalled the scene where Tatsuhiko was double-teamed by three players in the last game.

Tatsuhiko basically catches and shoots, with no aim at all.

More importantly, it is the method of movement used.

If Tatsuhiko waits there, basically as soon as the ball reaches Tatsuhiko's hands, the double-team will come.

But once Tatsuhiko was running, the whole field flew.

Not only can it draw the attention of many defensive players, but also create more opportunities for teammates.

More importantly, the three-person double-team that was originally intended to be formed was broken without attacking.

You know, Yin Yan's pace is not slow at all.

Mitsui nodded.

"I see, I'll try this in a moment."

"As long as you can run out of the open space, my ball will definitely fit into your hands, and then you can just let go of the shot."

Tatsuhiko said confidently to Mitsui.

He turned his head to look at Akagi who was beside him.

"Captain, do you feel that the offensive pressure is very high.

Akagi cast a glance at Tatsuhiko.

"If you have a tactic, tell it!"

Tatsuhiko nodded with a smile.

"When the game starts, you go straight to the middle distance.

Tatsuhiko pointed toward the free throw line.

"You can just stand there, shooting from that distance shouldn't be a big problem, captain.

"certainly!"

Akagi nodded.

Although he didn't understand the intention of Tatsuhiko's tactics, he agreed to Tatsuhiko.

Tatsuhiko has all kinds of unconstrained ideas in every game.

And many of these ideas have been proven, which is very good.

Tatsuhiko patted Kaede Rukawa on the shoulder again.

"Wait a while, as long as you get the ball, go inside and kill."

"Inside?"

Kaede Rukawa was a little puzzled.

"They have too many people inside, it's hard to attack."

"It's difficult for others to attack, not you Kaede Rukawa, the two of us will attack the inside line, don't think about scoring or not, just hit that Hanagata's body, and when we hit it, we will lie on the ground!"

Tatsuhiko had already thought of a way to deal with Hanagata.

Shoyo's tough defensive style is at the boundary of whether it can be blown or not.

In the past few minutes of the game, the defensive actions of the Shoyo players were still

Relatively large.

This is Shoyo's defensive style, and it will be difficult to change for a while.

In this case, it is better to turn the originally unfavorable things into something beneficial to oneself.

If you like tough defense, then take the initiative to hit you, even if you can't make a foul, let you defend next time.

If you like double-teaming, then run to your death.

The reason why Shoyo is exceptionally good at 430 positional battles is that their long man lineup has excellent defense, but their pace is too slow.

Shoyo's several successful defensive blocks could not be quickly converted into fast break advantages.

This is indeed the case, that is, it has the strong defense of positional warfare and the speed of fast attack.

Although basketball is a game for elders, it is not just a game for elders.

Fast players like Miyagi, Tatsuhiko, and Kaede Rukawa can completely exhaust Shoyo through running positions and fast breaks.

After listening to Tatsuhiko's words, everyone suddenly realized.

indeed so.

Although Shoyo is a super strong team, it doesn't mean they are proficient in everything.

Although there is still a gap between Shohoku and Shoyo in strength, it does not mean that they have no chance at all.

The most important thing is to play what you are best at and control the rhythm of the game in your own hands.

This is what Tatsuhiko wants to express.

Tatsuhiko looked at Shoyo's resting area.

It happened to meet Fujima's gaze.

Tatsuhiko smiled slightly, his eyes full of fighting spirit.

"Let me see what strength Shoyo has!"

Coach Anzai looked at Tatsuhiko mobilized before the battle with satisfaction.

With Tatsuhiko's golf quotient, even if he is not a superstar in the future, he is more than enough to be the head coach of a team.

A beginner who just touched basketball.

Not only has he made rapid progress, but more importantly, he has a strong sense of space and direction in his mind.

And this is precisely the basis of a team's tactics.

"Come on, just follow what Tatsuhiko said, I believe in you, this is also the only way for you to grow."

Coach Anzai nodded and looked at the Shohoku players with a big smile.

"Kogure and Sakuragi take a break, Miyagi and Tatsuhiko come on!"

Coach Anzai arranged the players on and off the field.

Sakuragi stood up abruptly, ran to Coach Anzai's side, and patted Coach Anzai's chin with his hand.

"Father, look at how good my defense was just now. Why did I end up? It's that damn fox who wants to end up!"

"Shut up! Sakuragi!"

Captain Akagi punched Sakuragi hard on the head.

"How many times have I told you to respect Coach Anzai!"

"Gorilla! Then you end up."

Sakuragi said indignantly.

After finally becoming the team's starter, Sakuragi didn't want to end so early.

"asshole!"

The furious Akagi punched again, and Sakuragi directly covered his head and crouched on the ground.

Everyone around laughed.

It seems that the pressure of the score just now is gone.

Pause time ends.

Tatsuhiko turned to look at Shohoku's group.

"Let's go, it's time for us to play!"

"Walk!"

Everyone in Shohoku waved their fists and lost in Zai.