"Ah! What the coach said is true. The strongest position of that monster is at the basket. What you see now is not that guy's true strength."
Okamura Kenichi replied: "And not only Zhengbang, but also Xiudoku has probably not shown his true strength now. The current situation can at best be regarded as a prologue to test each other."
Himuro Tatsuya murmured: "Testing each other? Using such an attack to test is really a luxury!"
Only three minutes into the game, Zhengbang and Xiude had already exchanged three-pointers, and in the blink of an eye, the score rose to 15:15.
Such a speed of scoring points is extremely rare even in professional leagues, let alone high school.
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"Both sides are making five out of five shots and zero mistakes now! Really, these monsters... one or two, they don't give us mortals a way to survive at all!"
On the other side of the audience, Hinata Junpei curled his lips and said with an unhappy face.
It is precisely because they are both shooting guards that Hinata Junpei can better see how terrifying the duel between Akashi Asuka and Midorima Shintaro on the field is.
To put it bluntly, if you randomly find a shooting guard across the country and place it in front of these two people, you will only be beaten casually, and there is absolutely no chance of a second ending.
Many people think that the most important attribute of a shooter is hit rate, but in fact, for a shooter, the most important attribute is always 'stability'.
Only a stable physical and mental state can allow players to exert their best strength.
The current duel between Akashi Asuka and Midorima Shintaro shows exactly the ‘ultimate stability’ that a shooter should possess.
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Shintaro Midorima tried his best to close the distance between him and Akashi Asuka, trying to reduce Akashi Asuka's shooting space.
At the same time.
Takao Kazunari suddenly appeared from behind Akashi Asuka, reaching out to grab the basketball Akashi Asuka placed on his waist.
"Akashi, be careful!"
This thrilling scene made Tsutomu Iwamura exclaim in surprise.
Faced with such a flanking attack, even Akashi Asuka was inevitably disturbed, but his expression and eyes remained extremely calm. Although his posture in the air shifted, he still maintained a stable shooting direction and rhythm.
The last second.
The basketball was gently moved along the fingertips, drawing a beautiful arc in the air, and then accurately fell into the net.
Whoosh!
The sixth three-pointer was hit.
18:15.
"Hey, hey~~ No way! You can throw yourself in like this. How good of a mentality do you have?"
After the ball hit, even Takao Kazunari, who was used to seeing Shintaro Midorima shoot the ball, couldn't help but look horrified.
You must know that before the ball was shot, he had already seen Akashi Asuka's body shaking in the air, and his entire center of gravity shifted a lot.
But in this case, the opponent was still able to shoot such a stable and accurate shot.
This is not just technology.
Even his mentality has stabilized to an inhuman level!
"Xiao Zhen, what's wrong with you?"
Looking at Akashi Asuka's back as he turned back to defend, Takao Kazunari once again sighed in his mind about the word 'monster', and suddenly found that there was something slightly wrong with Midorima Shintaro's expression next to him.
It's not that he's angry, it looks like he's...laughing.
Midorima Shintaro pushed up his glasses, and his face quickly returned to calm, but there was still a trace of curvature at the corner of his mouth, and he replied: "It's nothing, I just feel a kind of long-lost passion."
Xiude began to fight back.
This time Shintaro Midorima did not shoot a full three-pointer. After all, shooting from such a distance is also an extremely physically demanding behavior for him.
In official competitions, even for Midorima Shintaro, ultra-long-distance shots are used as a trump card.
In most cases.
Midorima always ended the game with regular three-pointers.
As a long-established powerhouse in Tokyo, it goes without saying that the strength of Team Showtoku is no less than that of Zhengbang in terms of personal strength and teamwork.
In the practice match between Masahiro and Showtoku last semester, with Akashi Asuka and Midorima Shintaro restraining each other, Masahiro and Showtoku ended up in a draw.
In the end, it was Akashi Asuka's three-pointer that allowed Masahiro to win the game with an extremely slim advantage.
But this time.
The moment Takao Kazunari dribbled the ball past the midfield, all Shutoku members instantly felt that the momentum of the entire stadium seemed to have changed.
This is not pressure from a single person, but the aura of coercion from all members of Zhengbang.
Like the lava erupting from Mount Fuji, like the violent waves in the sea, or the overwhelming dark clouds before a hurricane...
Just for a moment.
All Xiude members felt as if they had entered another world.
This moment.
The heavy pressure caused the dazzling ceiling lights to stop shining, as if some huge crisis was coming, and even breathing could not help but stop.
"Hey, hey, hey~~~ Are you kidding? That wasn't the case when you guys attacked just now! And it's only been less than a year since the last practice match. Why have you all become so scary?
"
After crossing the midfield, all the Zhengbang players around him seemed to have turned into bloodthirsty beasts with red eyes in an instant, and Takao Kazunari suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
It's not just him.
The other Xiute players, including Midorima Shintaro, all had their expressions change as they crossed the midfield.
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"Speaking of which, I'm a little curious. It's understandable that Showtoku couldn't guard Akashi-kun in the previous games. After all, although Showtoku's defense is good, it's really difficult to stop Akashi-kun."
"But for Akashi, it shouldn't be difficult to stop Midorima's three-point shot, right? After all, no matter how high Midorima's shooting point is, he can't be higher than Akashi."
In the audience, a player from the Hai Chang team suddenly asked a question.
Kise Ryota, who was on the side, scratched his hair, and then said: "Well~~ Actually, I didn't know it before, but now, I seem to understand Masokuni's plan."
"What?"
"At the beginning, I thought Akashi-chan and Midori were going to shoot three-pointers against each other, give up defense, and attack with all their strength. But now I find that I was wrong. Zhengbang didn't intend to give up defense, they just narrowed the scope of defense.
"
"Reduced the scope of defense?"
"Yes, in the past, Zhengbang's tactics were mostly man-to-man defense. But this time, Zhengbang seems to only be planning to defend half of the court."