NBA: This flower path is a bit strong.

In the second half, everyone in Ryonan breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Shohoku replace Akagi.

"It seems that even Xiangbei can't handle such a physically demanding run-and-gun tactic. They can't run the entire half court!"

Basketball Weekly intern reporter Nakamura expressed his opinion on Shohoku's proactive substitution.

Seeing the confident faces of the Xiangbei people, Yayoi Aida did not comment on Nakamura's words:

"Maybe, but in the national competition, I believe Xiangbei will definitely be able to run the entire half court."

"After the matches against Shoyo, Kainan, and Ryonan, it has been proven without a doubt that Shohoku's [Run and Gun Tactics] is very tricky. Maybe it can compete with Sannoh's famous tactics."

"Beep!" The second half of the game started again.

Yuzumi won this jump ball. Although he was physically exhausted in the first half, he fulfilled his promise in the locker room. Now it was up to the ace Sendoh.

Sendoh, who was holding the ball, didn't understand why, just after a halftime break, the first-year super rookie Rukawa Kaede in front of him showed such an amazing momentum, as if he wanted to eat him.

However, Sendoh just laughed it off. After all, his original plan was to catch up with the points, and Rukawa's more serious response was exactly what he wanted.

Sendoh dribbled past the opponent, and when he was about to break through Rukawa, his center of gravity suddenly moved upward, with both hands in a ball-holding position, like a preparatory action for a quick stop jump shot.

Rukawa was stunned when he saw this, and he moved his center of gravity upwards, preparing to jump up and block the shot.

At this moment, Sendoh made perfect use of this gap, quickly bent over and broke through Rukawa, leaving the latter standing there in a daze.

All we can say is that Sendoh had intention, but he took advantage of Rukawa's unintentional act.

After breaking through Rukawa, Sendoh made a decisive jump shot near the free throw line.

"It was a close call, he almost blocked it!"

Sendoh looked at Hanamichi. If he took one more step forward, Hanamichi who came to assist would be able to effectively block Sendoh.

Fortunately, after the practice match, he was prepared for the flower path.

Kazuo Karasawa gave Sendoh a very high evaluation of this breakthrough:

"First, use your own rhythm to adjust the defender's rhythm, and then take the opportunity to break through."

"A very beautiful combination of man and ball. In terms of breakthroughs alone, he is indeed capable of competing with Sannoh's Sawakita Eiji."

Sendoh's goal seemed to set the tone for the second half. The whole scene was extremely hot, as if a raging fire was burning, making people's blood boil.

The enthusiasm of the audience erupted like a volcano and could not be suppressed.

Cheers, shouts and cheers resounded through the sky, one after another, interweaving into a passionate symphony.

The atmosphere on the scene was tense and exciting. Everyone was immersed in it and enjoyed this passionate moment.

Facing Sendoh's goal, Rukawa Kaede on the opposite side was unusually cold, and his whole body exuded a chill.

"I must get it back!"

He now has only one thought: I want to score points, beat Sendoh, and widen the gap!

Next was Rukawa's turn to attack, and defending him was his "old junior high school rival" - the freshman Ryumasa Oda, who was good at both offense and defense.

Although Oda Ryumasa's defense is better than Fukuda Yoshitaka's, it is obviously not enough when facing Rukawa Kaede who is exuding an attacking desire.

Rukawa Kaede simply changed direction to the left and deceived Oda.

Then Rukawa dribbled leisurely from the right side to the 45-degree mid-range, made a sudden stop and pulled the ball between his legs in front of Sendoh who was defending, and then made an easy shot.

"Hey! The score is getting bigger again, what are you going to do?"

Rukawa said deliberately to Sendoh who was looking at the scoreboard.

Xiandao smiled slightly when he heard this, but a crazy and willful idea emerged in his mind!

Think of it and do it! Next, Sendoh completely switched positions with Oda, playing as a small forward against Rukawa Kaede on both offense and defense.

He first responded to Rukawa Kaede with the same action, which was quite provocative.

Then, when Rukawa dribbled past the opponent twice, he happened to use his hand to block Rukawa's dribble.

"You are now just like me last year. Although you have great offensive power, you have a fatal weakness."

"It seems that you don't understand the true mission of the Ace!"

"weakness?"

"mission?"

Rukawa Kaede was shocked when he heard this.

Sendoh pretends to be mysterious, but seeing how confidently he defends Rukawa, it is obvious that he is not bluffing.

As Rukawa's offense was blocked at the beginning of the second half, the score on the field narrowed from 65:55 to 10 points.

The Sendoh in front of us has undoubtedly taken on the responsibility of an ace because of entering the national competition and the absence of coach Tanaoka.

Although he is still willful in some aspects, he has fully activated his talent and is now a player on the same level as Sannoh's Zekita Eiji.

"Rukawa is in trouble now. Why doesn't this idiot understand? The difficulty of defending a triple threat must be higher than that of defending a double threat!"

Hua Dao sighed, it seems that he can't let this "sleepyhead" continue to be so willful.

Until he understood this, Hanamichi decided to do it himself.

"Xiao Gong!"

Hanamichi used his body to pin Fukuda behind him one step outside the penalty area and stretched out his right hand to ask for the ball.

Miyagi also noticed that Rukawa Kaede was not in good shape, and thought to himself:

"I have to find another way to open up the situation. Although Futian is about the same height and weight as Rukawa, his defense is really terrible. I'll start with him!"

Just as Hanamichi asked for the ball, Miyagi gave it to him with all his heart.

When Rukawa saw the ball fall into Hanamichi's hands, he felt unhappy.

But there was no way, he also knew that he was at a disadvantage.

Seeing this, Sendoh continued to use words to control Rukawa Kaede:

"As the team's trump card, if he can't score when he needs to attack, he is undoubtedly not a qualified trump card."

"In this regard, you lose to Hanamichi!"

Rukawa just concentrated on his positioning and used his peripheral vision to observe how Hanamichi handled the ball.

After receiving the ball, Hanamichi turned left flexibly, shook off Fukuda and entered the penalty area.

Facing the oncoming Yuzumi, he was not afraid at all. He activated the [Explosive Layup] skill and took two steps against Yuzumi, completing a three-step layup.

At this time, Fukuda behind him also caught up and jumped from the side to block the space above Hanamichi's head.

"It's too dangerous! Flower road." ~ Haruko Akagi

"Self-destruction!" ~ Fujima.

At this time, no one expected that Hanamichi, who seemed to be using brute force to mess around in the penalty area, could actually flexibly pass the ball to Akagi in the open space.

Akagi jumped up immediately after getting the ball and dunked it with both hands! The ball went in!

Amid the cheers of the audience, Hanamichi clapped his hands in celebration with Akagi, and said to Yuzumi and Fukuda with a double meaning:

"I'm not a reckless man with no skills. I only know how to dribble and score..."

There was a gleam of light in Rukawa's eyes, as if he understood something, but hadn't fully grasped it yet!

"Two ways?"

Xiandao looked at Rukawa Kaede who seemed to have realized something, and said to himself:

"Oh no, I've added fuel to the fire for someone who was already the focus of attention!"

So Sendoh didn't care what hints his attacking method would give to Rukawa.

Then, with a strange lateral step, he shook off Rukawa's defense when Yuzumi was picking him, and went straight to the free throw line.

After attracting Hanamichi's backup defense, he decisively passed the ball to Fukuda in the open position.

Fukuda didn't stick to the ball. He watched Sendoh, who was still running in an open position and got rid of Hanamichi's defense by running without the ball, and passed the ball back directly.

When Sendoh got the ball again, he had already bypassed Hanamichi and made a layup, easily scoring the ball.

"Wow!"

“It’s wonderful!”

"This is the way of genius!"

The audience was in an uproar.

Aida Hikoichi looked at his own ace player who was gradually changing the situation on the field, and his heart was also very calm. Like the players on the bench, he showed a determined look:

"There is still hope. As long as the genius Xiandao is here, we have hope!"

Shigeichi Tanaka was also comforted when he saw Ryonan's spirit and determination to never give up.

That year, he went to Tokyo to poach Sendoh on the recommendation of a friend, and it was a good deal.

"In this year's national competition, we in Ryonan must make a big splash!"