NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

Hanamichi also felt that the situation was gradually changing in favor of Ryonan, and Shohoku's momentum was suppressed by Uozumi's three consecutive blocks.

"This is trouble. Could it be that Yuzumi has awakened his [Side Dish Philosophy] here? Such a Yuzumi cannot be dealt with by the gorilla alone!" Hanamichi thought as he looked at the defensive Yuzumi.

Although the ball was still in Shohoku's hands at this time, Yasuda, who was dribbling the ball, didn't know who to give the basketball to, and it seemed that he had not yet recovered from the shock of Uozumi's block.

"I can't do this! I have to find a way."

So Hanamichi ran out to catch the ball, then used his speed to shake off Ikegami and quickly moved to the basket, seemingly trying to provoke Uozumi.

However, when facing Hanamichi's attack, Uozumi did not choose to move forward to defend, but instead tightly blocked Akagi behind him.

Seeing that Yuzumi was not fooled, Hanamichi had to stop the ball at the edge of the penalty area, jumped up and made a jump shot. The basketball went into the net with a "swish", and then the Xiangbei team began to return to defense.

"Immortal way!"

Yuzumi gestured to Sendoh, who nodded:

"I understand, Uozumi-senpai!"

"It's really interesting that Xiangbei actually has two first-year super rookies!"

Sendoh felt that the game was becoming more and more interesting, and he was becoming more and more excited, so he decided to start taking it seriously.

"Ukesaku, I'll control the ball next."

"Xian Dao? Hmm... okay, I understand."

After saying that, Uekusa passed the basketball that was not yet across half court to Sendoh, and he ran towards his defensive target Yasuda Yasuharu.

In the current Ryonan team, all the players have full trust in Sendoh.

Moreover, Coach Tanaka failed to recruit talents this year. After carefully analyzing the team's position structure, he deliberately trained Sendoh as a point guard. In the words of Coach Tanaka:

"In basketball, a sport full of passion and strategy, every top team must have an outstanding point guard. They are like the intellectual core of the team, closely controlling the pulse of the entire game, and can be described as the conductor on the court!"

"This point guard not only needs to have extraordinary skills, but also keen insight and decisive decision-making. They always observe the movements of both sides, quickly determine the best time to attack, and pass the ball to the most appropriate teammates through accurate and correct passes, completing wonderful attacks again and again."

"At the same time, excellent point guards must also have strong psychological qualities and be able to stay calm at critical moments without being disturbed by the outside world. They must withstand tremendous pressure and lead the team to overcome difficulties and move towards victory."

"In short, an excellent point guard is crucial to a basketball team. They are the soul of the team. It is because of these excellent point guards that basketball games become so exciting and fascinating."

"Like Shinichi Maki of Kainan, Kenji Fujima of Shoyo, and so on. The reason why Ryonan lost to them last year was because there was no good point guard in the team."

“Although the defensive double-guard combination of Zhicao and Jietuan can make up for the gap in guards with these top teams to a certain extent, especially in defense, it can only make up for it, and cannot surpass it.”

"And Sendoh Akira! He is undoubtedly a gem. He has the talent and strength to rival Shinichi Maki and Kenji Fujima. Point guard is the position where he can best display his strength!"

"Go, Xiandao, show them your strength!"

Coach Tagora yelled at Sendoh, as if he wanted to vent some resentment.

Sendoh smiled and held the ball to the 45-degree position on the court. The other players opened up space on the court. Even Yuzumi pulled Akagi to the outside of the penalty area. It seemed that the Ryonan team had practiced Sendoh's ball control tactics a lot.

Seeing that all his teammates had created space, Sendoh began to speed up the frequency and rhythm of his dribbling. Suddenly, he passed Rukawa and broke through towards the free throw line.

Rukawa hurried to catch up, but Sendoh swayed back and forth, making Rukawa unable to tell which side Sendoh was going to break through, so he had to take a gamble and choose his left side.

Unexpectedly, Sendoh broke through from his right and went straight to the basket. Akagi was blocked by Yuzumi behind him and could not enter the penalty area at all.

Seeing this, Hanamichi had already given up defending Ikegami. With an amount of exercise far beyond that of an ordinary person, he ran to the basket and jumped high to block the shot. However, Sendoh had already fully accelerated and jumped up at this time. With a slight pull-up layup, he avoided Hanamichi's defense and picked the basketball in!

Next, Sendoh demonstrated his excellent ball-handling skills. Sometimes he dribbled through the defense and scored layups easily as if he was in an empty space; sometimes he cleverly passed the ball to his teammates and gave precise assists to help them easily hit the basket.

And Yuzumi, with his tall stature and excellent vision, made some amazing passes from time to time, making it difficult for opponents to defend.

On the other hand, although the defensive strengths of Hanamichi, Rukawa and Akagi are all quite outstanding in the Shohoku team, the defensive abilities of Murasakibara and Yasuda are relatively weak.

This allowed players such as Yueyue to seize opportunities and work closely with Sendoh and Uozumi to continuously tear open the Shohoku team's defense and score frequently.

Faced with the opponent's sharp attack, the Xiangbei team gradually fell into a passive situation.

For a moment, the Ryonan team's duo act was extremely wonderful, and the reporters on the sidelines kept taking pictures with their cameras.

In comparison, Shohoku's main black pillar, Akagi Takenori, was not as efficient as Yuzumi except for his occasional success in singles. Rukawa was caught in a tangle, but at this time he was no match for Sendoh and could not stop the full-power Sendoh.

Only Hanamichi was able to go back and forth in the inside restricted area to provide defense and firefighting, and occasionally block one or two shots, and finally prevented Ryonan from narrowing the score to 19 points as in the original work.

At the end of the first half, the score was 34:23, with the home team leading by 11 points.

Coach Anxi looked at Rukawa Kaede who was sitting in the rest area and said:

"In the second half, Kadota will come on and Yasuda will leave. I want Rukawa to control the ball and Hanamichi to attack. Can you do that?"

Rukawa Kaede was stunned for a moment, then said: "Yes!"

At the beginning of the second half, Ryonan successfully jumped the ball, so Hanamichi moved back to the three-second zone after coming on the court. This position can help Akagi protect the safety of the restricted area while also providing a large amount of assisting defense.

Sendoh and Ikegami switched positions, seemingly wanting to test the level of this red-haired first-year junior, but under the physical pressure of Hanamichi, Sendoh's speed in trying to enter the penalty area was completely suppressed.

"In terms of strength, this red-haired boy is at Yuzumi's level."

So Sendoh stopped and passed the ball directly to Yueyue who was one step inside the three-point line. Yueyue took the opportunity to dribble forward, jumped up one step and prepared to ride a horse to shoot an arrow.

"Don't think about it!"

Hanamichi saw Yuetuo jump, so he quickly started running towards Yuetuo. When he just ran in front of him, he had already thrown the basketball in his hand. Seeing this, Hanamichi jumped up and rushed forward. While blocking the shot, he also noticed the player's position and slammed the ball towards Rukawa who was defended by Ikegami.

Just like that, the second half had just begun, and with this block, Hanamichi had already achieved 5 blocks.

After receiving the ball, Rukawa dribbled quickly to the frontcourt, and Akagi shouted: "Fast break."

Everyone ran towards the opposite basket, but there was no doubt that Rukawa and Hanamichi were the fastest.

Caizi said happily: "No one can catch up with the speed of the Xiangbei fast break duo!"

As a result...Sendoh suddenly ran in front of Rukawa, stood firm on the free throw line, and prepared for defense.

The flower path on the side was also ready to receive the ball.

Rukawa jumped towards Sendoh and made a quick stop jump shot, so Sendoh had to jump as well.

Hanamichi received a very comfortable pass, and then made a layup in three steps without any pause or adjustment.

"Stinky fox, what a nice post!"

"Humph!"

Xiandao looked at the two people who returned to defend and said with a little excitement:

"This year's freshmen are really hard to deal with."