Akashi Asuka's pass just now seemed to only help Masahiro score two points.
In fact, it had a side effect, but it caused a series of armor-piercing + real damage attacks on Shintaro Midorima. The side effect seemed to have nothing to do with basketball, but in fact it was murderous and heart-wrenching.
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"Tsk! The 'Generation of Miracles' are indeed a group of monsters! This is the first time I've ever encountered an opponent who couldn't even defend Akashi!" Kasuga Ryuhei sighed.
"Idiot, what are you talking about?"
Tsutomu Iwamura patted Kasuga Ryuhei on the shoulder and said: "It seems that the opponent's trump card has been revealed, but we still have one useless trump card here!"
"The final quarter of the game is about to begin. Aren't you going to use your three-pointer?"
Tsutomu Iwamura looked at Akashi Asuka, who smiled slightly.
"There's no rush yet, it's always good if you can keep a trump card..."
Even if Akashi Asuka shows off his shooting guard ability against Showtoku, it will only slightly increase the team's offensive power and will not have much actual impact on the game.
This is not a matter of strength, it is mainly due to the conflicting attributes of the team, just like Akashi Asuka and Kagami Taiga, and Tenkaku Midorima Shintaro's shooting.
So instead of exposing this trump card here, it's better to hide it.
After all, Asuka Akashi has not forgotten that Satsuki Momoi, who is now the manager of Kiroh High School, also has the ability to collect information and predict the defense.
After the start of the fourth quarter.
Akashi Asuka came up and gave Midorima Shintaro a big blow.
Then Masakuni quickly launched a counterattack, Akashi Asuka advanced to the inside with the ball, and Otsubo Taisuke chased after him to help defend, and he and Midorima Shintaro jointly defended Akashi Asuka.
Asuka Akashi didn't even think for a second and passed the ball directly. Tsutomu Iwamura caught the ball and shot, easily falling into the basket.
63:62.
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"It's troublesome!"
Hitoshi Nakatani held his chin on the court, and when he saw the situation on the court, he felt a little bit tricky.
Basketball is a team sport, and there is no doubt that five people are stronger than one.
In the past, because Midorima Shintaro's talents far exceeded ordinary people, it didn't matter if he didn't cooperate with others. After all, there was already a level of separation between 'geniuses' and 'mortals'. At that time, if he forced himself to seek teamwork
, maybe it will have the opposite effect.
But now, when Shintaro Midorima is restricted when facing opponents of the same level, this 'separation' between team members instantly becomes a fatal flaw.
The situation now is obvious.
Xiude was unable to break through Zhengbang's defense. But although Zhengbang was very difficult, it was possible to break through Xiude's defense.
Because Xiude's defense is missing one person.
This is not "one less person" in a numerical sense, but because Shintaro Midorima cannot form tactical coordination with the rest of Showtoku's team. His defense is theoretically not on the same line as Showtoku's team.
Basketball 5v5 is not as simple as five 1v1.
"Hey, hey~~Although we are all 'kings', I don't want to come here after all the hard work, only to return to school with a disastrous defeat!"
Takao Kazunari controlled the ball and came to the outside line. With one sweep of his 'Eagle Eyes', he had a panoramic view of the entire scene.
It turned out there was no passing space at all.
Full-court man-to-man defense at critical moments is Zhengbang's best skill.
"Takao, give me the ball!"
Taisuke Otsubo struggled to get rid of Tsutomu Iwamura's guard and barely got a passing gap. Takao Kazunari quickly passed the ball over. Taisuke Otsubo turned around and made a fake move, shook Tsutomu Iwamura away, and then forced to take off and dunk.
"Don't even think about it!"
Tsutomu Iwamura caught up immediately, but due to the height difference, he ended up losing a hair's length in height.
Just as Taisuke Otsubo was about to dunk successfully, at this moment, a big hand suddenly appeared in the sky, and then slapped him down hard.
Snap!
Taisuke Otsubo ate a big hat hard.
The person who rushed over in time to help defend was Akashi Asuka.
But before Zhengbang's people could relax a little, at this moment, an accident happened again, because the ball that was shot just now was not snatched by Zhengbang's people, but fell into the hands of Takao Kazunari.
Takao Kazunari, who received the unexpected surprise, grinned and said, "Thanks for passing the ball."
Then he turned around and prepared to throw the ball to Tomoki Tsugawa on the outside, but just one second before he was about to pass the ball, Takao Kazunari quickly took the ball back.
Because in his field of vision, in front of Shintaro Midorima, who should have been vacant, another person named Tomoki Tsugawa appeared out of nowhere.
There is no doubt about it.
If the ball just passed out, it would most likely be intercepted.
"Change defense, you two first-years, why don't you cooperate so well!"
Takao Kazunari whispered.
Cold sweat gradually began to break out on his forehead.
After entering high school, it was the first time for Takao Kazunari to encounter such a tight defensive team. Whether it was the team's individual defensive skills or the mutual cooperation between the teams.
The feeling that Zhengbang gave him now was not like a team at all, but more like a precision machine running at high speed.
"Hey! First grade kid, it's not a good thing to be distracted at this time!"
Snap!
The huge defensive pressure caused a flaw in Takao Kazunari's concentration. Kasuga Ryuhei seized this flaw and suddenly reached out to steal.
"Counterattack!"
After grabbing the basketball, Zhengbang launched a counterattack without hesitation.
"Oops!"
Takao Kazunari's expression changed and he quickly began to defend himself.
But their reaction was still a step too late. Zhengbang successfully counterattacked and scored consecutively.
63:64.
The score reversed.
"Oh oh oh oh..."
After successfully reversing the score difference, everyone in Zhengbang cheered excitedly.
Behind everyone, Shintaro Midorima looked at the reversal of points difference and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"reverse?"
This is undoubtedly a very new thing for Shintaro Midorima, who was born in Teikou, because such a score difference has basically never appeared in Teikou Middle School's record since the second grade of junior high school.
"Did it actually get reversed? It seems that I was too careless! Is it because victory came so naturally in junior high school that I have such an idea?"
Shintaro Midorima was in a strange mood at this time. He was angry because he was falling behind, but there was also a sense of excitement deep in his heart.
The next second.
Midorima Shintaro took the basketball, and a faint green light seemed to appear all over his body, passing through Akashi Asuka in an instant, and then raised his hand to shoot.
call out!
Whoosh!
The basketball flew across the sky, then fell like a comet, accurately penetrating the basket.
Midorima Shintaro slowly turned around, pushed up his glasses, and said calmly: "I am the one chosen by fate, how could I lose?"