Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 338 Two minutes, the final battle of the first half!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 338 Two minutes, the final battle of the first half!

After Mitsui Hisashi and Shinomiya Tanano alternated offense and defense, there was only one minute left before the end of the first half.

The score between the two teams reached 51:50, with Lingnan High School only leading Xiangbei High School by one point.

Jinguji Budo's three-pointer before leaving the field, Sakuragi Hanamichi's top block and offensive rebound, and Mitsui Hisashi's three-pointer after coming on the field, all ruined Lingnan High School's plan to widen the point difference.

In the final stage of the first half of the game, Sakuragi Hanamichi's concentration was unprecedentedly high. Now he has become an indispensable inside pillar of Shohoku High School.

During the rotation of offense and defense, the basketball once again came into the hands of Xianghoku High School. The pursuit of three-pointers and three-pointers allowed Xianghoku to narrow the point difference from 3 points at the beginning to one point. At the same time, Xianghoku High School, which controlled the ball, also truly owned it.

A chance to reverse the score.

In this attack, Shohoku played very cautiously. Reinnan High School originally planned to use a full-court press defense to force Shohoku to make mistakes, but Hisashi Mitsui, Katsumi Ichiro and Rukawa Kaede all guessed that the opponent might target the defender.

Therefore, the pace of the advance was very slow. Hisashi Mitsui and Kaede Rukawa also always supported Katsumi Ichiro and did not give Lingnan a chance to steal.

After a brief attempt, Lingnan gave up the idea of ​​stealing in the frontcourt and instead retreated to defend in the backcourt, intending to engage in positional warfare.

Hisa Mitsui's three-pointer had left a deep impression on Shinomiya. At this moment, not long after Mitsui Hisahi crossed the center line, he quickly made a move, not wanting to give Mitsui Hisashi a chance to catch the ball.

Being entangled by Shinomiya's defense, Hisashi Mitsui immediately lost the opportunity to catch the ball near the top of the arc and attack. In order to get rid of the opponent, Mitsui Hisashi had to move inside, trying to create for himself through Akagi and Sakuragi's off-ball pick-and-roll.

Opportunity to catch the ball open.

Katsumi Ichiro failed to give the ball to Hisashi Mitsui at the first time after dribbling the ball into the frontcourt. He could only do the next best thing and passed the ball sideways to Rukawa Kaede. After the pass was released, Fujima Kenji was involved.

The defense line immediately sank towards the bottom corner.

One against one in the horn position.

Mitsui Hisawa's movement and Katsumi Ichiro's movement created a one-on-one opportunity for Rukawa Kaede.

Facing Sendō Akira, Rukawa Kaede's eyes were full of fighting spirit. He moved his right foot laterally and swept the ball to the right, testing Sendō's defensive direction.

“Nice move!”

"This guy's breakthrough speed is very fast, so be careful."

Xiandao caught Rukawa Kaede's movements in his eyes and reminded himself in his mind that he stepped back his left foot slightly so that he could move laterally to the left to intercept Rukawa Kaede's advance.

Rukawa Kaede also saw the subtle change in position. He collected the ball, raised the ball and feinted. The next second, Rukawa Kaede directly stepped on the left front with his right foot, and dropped the ball directly towards his left side.

"coming!"

Xiandao was not fooled by Rukawa Kaede's shooting feint at all. He reacted the moment Rukawa Kaede dropped the ball and rushed forward, and then adjusted his position to pursue. However, his position was not conducive to him intercepting the ball to his right side. When he got up,

When he was running fast, Rukawa Kaede had successfully crossed the three-point line and was approaching the paint area.

As soon as Hanagata on the inside moved his steps to prepare for defense, Sendō waved his right hand and quickly caught up with Rukawa Kaede.

Rukawa Kaede's body collided with Xiandao during the breakthrough. The huge force not only failed to force Xiandao back, but forced Rukawa Kaede to slow down.

Rukawa Kaede, who had lost his impact, quickly turned around, pressed against Sendō's body, and successfully opened up the space. Then, before his body was completely firm, he threw the ball directly towards the backboard, and then Rukawa, who didn't have the ball in his hand,

Feng, completely bursting with speed, rushed towards the basket.

"This kid! Do you think..." Xiandao had just adjusted his position at this time, and Rukawa Kaede had already passed by him. When Xiandao tried to turn around to pursue, Rukawa Kaede had already successfully rushed into the paint area.

Toru Hanagata and Jun Uozumi under the basket did not expect Rukawa Kaede to shoot in that state. When they came to their senses, they found that the basketball hit the backboard hard and quickly rebounded towards Rukawa Kaede.

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Rukawa Kaede, who cut into the paint area, easily caught the basketball, rushed to the basket after dribbling, dunked with one hand, and poured the ball into the basket.

The self-defeating and self-grabbing dunk was actually performed in front of Lingnan High School.

As the score on the scoreboard reached 51:52, the audience in the stands burst into amazing cheers after a brief silence.

"Amazing! Amazing! You actually played such a ball in front of Ling Nan and let that kid score?!"

"This first grader from Shohoku is really amazing! Even Hanagata and Uozumi didn't react!"

"Xian Dao has been passed over, but he actually faced the genius Xian Dao and scored the ball. He is really a terrifying first grader."

The cheers of the audience spread into the stadium.

Sakuragi Hanamichi looked blankly at Rukawa Kaede who was dunking. His mouth was so big that he could easily stuff an egg into it. At this time, enthusiastic cheers poured into the court, which made Sakuragi stunned. At the same time, he also felt hatred for Rukawa Kaede in his heart.

envy.

"Damn it! This stinky fox wants to show off for himself."

"It's too dangerous. If Lingnan steals it, the point difference will become three points!"

"asshole!"

Sakuragi was angry that Rukawa Kaede had stolen his limelight. The shocking block he just made was completely overshadowed by Rukawa Kaede's self-defeating dunk.

In the corner of the stands, Sanno's ace, Sawabita Eiji, was looking at the first-year student on the field with some surprise. He didn't expect that after Shohoku High School was dismissed from Jinguji Martial Arts, there would be someone who could perform like this.

"Interesting." Sawehita Eiji became somewhat interested in this first grader in Shohoku. He knew that this handsome boy with broken bangs would be the trump card of Shohoku High School in the new era.

Being able to hit such a ball in front of Lingnan was enough to attract his attention.

“Incredible”

"After Shohoku High School's Jinguji Martial Arts, another extraordinary person appears among the first graders!"

On the other side, Zhu Xingda also murmured that Rukawa Kaede's performance also exceeded his expectations.

He originally thought that the person carrying the flag in Shohoku now would be Mitsui Hisashi, who came on the scene as a substitute for Jinguji Martial Arts, but he never expected that the person who would take over the offensive banner of Jinguji Martial Arts and be responsible for attacking the enemy would be this first-year student!

Not to mention it was a surprise to outsiders, Hisashi Mitsui, who had been watching Rukawa Kaede grow up, was also a little confused at this moment.

He originally thought that Rukawa Kaede was here to assist him.

47 seconds.

After the players from Lingnan High School reacted, they immediately launched a counterattack. Shinomiya took a deep look at Kaede Rukawa, quickly broke away from Hisashi Mitsui, and ran towards the frontcourt.

"Defend! Defend quickly!"

Mitsui Hisashi saw Shinomiya Tōno starting up and immediately chased after him. However, during the pursuit, he suddenly found that the position between himself and Shinomiya Tōno was slowly opening up.

"Drink!!!"

At the bottom line, Jun Uozumi threw the ball out with a low cry, not to Fujima, but to Shinomiya Tanoh who was running upfield.

The basketball flew over Mitsui Hisashi's head and fell towards the open space in front of Shinomiya.

The running Shinomiya just turned his head slightly, then lowered his head again and accelerated.

The basketball fell, Shinomiya's right hand just stretched out and guided, and he controlled the ball in his hand. At the same time, his speed did not slow down, and he quickly rushed towards the inside of Shohoku.

"Damn it, don't even think about scoring!"

Mitsui Hisashi's explosive power cannot keep up with Shinomiya's pace, but there are still people at Shohoku High School who can keep up!

Sakuragi Hanamichi didn't know when, but he had already walked around in front of Shinomiya. Looking at Shinomiya who was rushing towards him, he stood firm, raised his arms and shouted.

"Sakuragi, don't break the rules!"

"Watch the ball!"

Jinguji Martial Arts off the field couldn't help but remind him when he saw this scene.

But when he made a sound, Shinomiya was already approaching the basket. When he was about to close the ball, he stepped in front of Sakuragi with one foot. The basketball in his hand flashed past Sakuragi Hanamichi's eyes to complete the ball.

The ball, the next second, Shinomiya stepped out again, directly passed Sakuragi, easily reached the basket, and put the ball into the net easily.

European step.

In front of Shinomiya, Hanamichi Sakuragi stood there like a piece of wood. It wasn't until Shinomiya made a layup that he turned to look at the basket and looked at the basket behind him in astonishment.

Shinomiya Fields.

"what is that?!"

Sakuragi Hanamichi seemed to have seen this kind of technique before, but this was the first time he faced such a breakthrough.

A one-stop attack from the backcourt to the frontcourt, Shinomiya's total warriors only took six seconds.

This caused the cheers that Rukawa Kaede had just set off to stop abruptly, and was replaced by cheers from Lingnan's supporters.

41 seconds, 53:52.

Shinomiya Tano quickly returned to the field and shouted to the players:

"Cheer up and don't relax just because time is running out."

"There are still more than forty seconds, enough to score a lot of points!"

"Sa, work with me to block Xiangbei's attack!"

After Shinomiya Tano returned to the court, he stood directly at the top of the arc and spread his arms to lead the defense. Under his encouragement, the Lingnan players immediately returned to their peak state.

After everyone from Xiangbei entered the frontcourt with the ball, all Lingnan outside players pushed out the defense.

Katsumi Ichiro, who had just crossed the center line with the ball, quickly accelerated when Fujima stepped forward. He bypassed some distance and was caught up by Fujima.

At this critical moment, Katsumi Ichiro didn't dare to stick to the ball at all, and when Fujima was approaching, he hurriedly passed the ball to Mitsui Hisashi.

The quality of Katsumi Ichiro's pass was average, and Hisashi Mitsui bent a little low when he picked up the ball, but in this momentary gap, Shinomiya caught him, directly attached to Hisashi Mitsui, and grabbed the basketball with one hand.

Hisashi Mitsui hugged the ball to his chest, turned sideways to protect the ball, and then retreated after dropping the ball. However, Shinomiya didn't give him a chance at all, and directly shot forward. The huge defensive pressure made Mitsui Hisashi's pupils shrink, and he hurriedly took the ball.

Lifted to the inside line.

At this time, Xiangbei's three outside players were already being targeted by Lingnan. At this time, Lingnan's defensive players did not show mercy to their own physical fitness and started to play death coil. It was difficult for Mitsui Hisahi and others to get out of the open space within a short period of time.

The pressure on the outside is huge.

The pressure on the inside is not small either.

The moment Akagi caught the ball with his back, Uozumi was right behind him.

"Akagi! Attack here!"

"I'm going to completely defeat you here!"

While Uozumi was talking, Takenori Akagi turned around with the ball, passed Uozumi in an instant, and attacked the basket. However, I don’t know if it was due to the influence of his foot injury, but Akagi’s breakthrough movement was not smooth, and Uozumi Jun actually

He directly followed Akagi's movements and came behind Akagi.

However, Akagi didn't seem to notice anything strange about him. He felt that he had successfully broken through Uozumi. After reaching the basket, he stood up and prepared for a dunk. However, at this time, a big hand suddenly covered the basketball.

Uozumi grabbed the basketball from behind Akagi and pulled Akagi down.

"Hmm!" Akagi quickly fell back to the ground, with both feet on the ground. He stood unsteadily, and the basketball fell from his hands. His body also fell backwards towards Uozumi, which made Uozumi who was about to grab the ball subconsciously hold on.

Akagi.

But the basketball was also held in the hands of Sakuragi Hanamichi who came over.

"Hanaxing, stop him!"

"Stop that red-haired boy!"

Coach Taoka shouted loudly to the court, "This kid Sakuragi Hanamichi has already made a name for himself with Coach Taoka."

Sakuragi raised the ball to look at the basket, and with a simple shooting motion, Hanagata Toru was immediately fooled. However, Sakuragi Hanamichi himself did not take off at all.

"Varied!"

"What!"

Hanagata and Uozumi both looked at Sakuragi. At this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had deceived Hanagata, dwarfed and dropped the ball directly over Hanagata. He held the ball with both hands near the basket and suddenly hit the basketball.

basket.

"Boy! Don't be too arrogant!!"

Just when the basketball was about to be thrown into the basket by Sakuragi Hanamichi, a loud shout suddenly burst out from Sakuragi's ears.

At some point, Shinomiya Tano actually appeared on the inside and came behind Sakuragi Hanamichi.

A big hand pressed down hard, directly on the basketball.

The path of dunking the ball changed, Sakuragi dunked the ball directly on the rim, and the basketball flew out.

"asshole!!"

Sakuragi looked up at the flying basketball, turned his head and glared fiercely at Shinomiya Tano behind him, but at this time Shinomiya Tano ignored Sakuragi at all and looked in the direction in which the basketball flew.

But the figure that caught his eye in the distance made his pupils shrink suddenly.

"Three! Well!"

Near the sideline, Hisashi Mitsui looked at the basketball, waiting for it to fly, with a smile on his face.

At the end of the fight, he actually made a mistake!

Taking possession of the basketball, Hisashi Mitsui slightly adjusted his posture, took off, and shot.

A beautiful jump shot, and his beautiful shooting posture was just like when he first entered Shohoku. Coach Taoka on the sidelines couldn't help but murmured when he saw this scene: "It's so beautiful."

At this moment, Coach Taoka seemed to see the way he had just met Hisashi Mitsui back then, that boy with a beautiful 37-point shooting posture.

"Uh-huh!!"

The crisp sound of the net squeaking brought Coach Taoka back to reality, and the beating of the scoreboard made Coach Taoka furious.

29 seconds, 53:55.

Shohoku High School truly achieved a comeback with 29 seconds left in the first half.

A 2-point lead allowed Xiangbei to truly enter the safety line.

The attack time of 29 seconds meant that Lingnan did not dare to play fast and only dared to press the time to make the final attack. Mitsui Hisashi watched the basketball enter the net, and he breathed a sigh of relief and looked excited.

However, a blue figure passed directly in front of his eyes at this moment, and then, a red light flew out from the bottom line.

Looking sideways, Shinomiya was actually rushing towards the frontcourt.

At 29 seconds, Lingnan actually hit a quick serve instead of pressing the time and hitting the buzzer!

When everyone in Shohoku realized this, Shinomiya had already crossed the center line. Although Rukawa Kaede had caught up with Shinomiya and tried to intercept him, as Shinomiya turned around while traveling,

After completing the passing of the ball, the last obstacle blocking him disappeared.

“Bang!!!!”

The loud sound of the dunk resounded throughout the entire court, and Hisashi Mitsui, who had just relaxed, felt his heart tighten.

(End of chapter)