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Chapter 251: To Challenge Heaven Again

Reiko Aida is not a fool. She naturally knows that Kirisaki Daiichi defeated Yangquan not only by attacking, but more importantly by defense.

However, the God of Fire is not Tiandao. He does not have the invincible six eyes, nor does he have Tiandao's superb outside shooting skills.

He mainly plays the power forward position and has shooting ability, but his scoring is basically concentrated within the three-point line.

What if Seirin doesn't confront Yangquan head-on?

"Damn it, how on earth did he do that!"

Kagami wiped the sweat off his face.

Not to mention resisting Murasakibara, even a big guy like Okamura Kenichi was blocked and couldn't play to his strengths.

The advantages of Yangquan's three high models are too obvious.

But then I, the Lord of Fire, will.

Muji Teppei walked over and patted him, and in the next round, Kagami Daigo mastered the inside technique.

He lowered his waist even lower and used his hands to support Kenichi Okamura to prevent his opponent from getting close to the basket.

In the end, he blocked the ball.

It was really that sudden, the whole process took no more than 1 minute.

Tiandao watched the animation, and Teppei Kiyoshi said to him, "You need to lower your waist, the opponent's center of gravity is very high." Then Kagami found a way to deal with Kenichi Okamura in the next round.

So and so.

At the end of the first half, the score between the two teams was 40:34, and Seirin was temporarily behind by 6 points.

Both teams had low scoring efficiency, with Yangquan barely averaging over 20 points per quarter.

But that doesn't mean the game wasn't exciting.

The intensity of the physical confrontation was very high, with muscles of players from both teams constantly colliding with each other.

At least Tiandao was watching with great interest.

The first time he watched a game was because of Chairman Yao. The NBA was like this at that time. Everyone's scores were not high. Often a team would only score 70 or 80 points after a game.

"Xiaotian, let's go buy something to drink?"

"what."

The halftime break is very long. It’s useless to continue standing here. I might as well go out and get some fresh air.

"You guys wanna come together?"

"I... forget it, you guys go."

Huang Lai was about to raise his hand, but he noticed that Wu Yue behind Tian Dao was looking at him, and he immediately backed down.

"Kawawaji...Is Xiao Taozi such a fierce woman?"

Huang Lai couldn't help but think of his sister. Even though she was smiling, it made him feel cold all over.

"What do you want to drink?"

"Water."

"You should drink something else once in a while. You really don't act like a high school student."

May said so, but still bought him a bottle of water.

As soon as I sat down to rest for a while, I happened to meet Heihuo and the other one.

"Heavenly Dao!"

When the Fire God saw people, his expression changed immediately.

The man in front of me is the one I most want to challenge and defeat.

"It's you guys. I haven't seen you for a while."

"Long time no see, Tendō-kun, Momoi-san."

"We just met during the preliminaries, not long ago."

May also greeted them, and then the atmosphere became awkward.

Tiandao and Kagami were not familiar with each other, and even their old teammate Kuroko had nothing to say to each other because of their different basketball philosophies.

Moreover, after the God of Fire saw Tiandao, he kept staring at him.

"Don't look at me like that. I'm not used to this kind of atmosphere." Tiandao simply stood up and left. "I'm going back first. I look forward to your performance in the second half."

Heihuo and the other two did not stay, but just watched his back quietly until he disappeared.

Then, the Fire God took out his treasured necklace, or rather ring, from his pocket.

It was a gift from Himuro Tatsuya, a symbol of their brotherhood.

After handing it to Heizi, he said, "Heizi, I want to ask you a favor. Could you please help me throw this away?"

"Huh?" Heizi was stunned. Isn't this the "token of love" between Kagami and his brother?

He looked at Kagami and saw that he had a serious and determined look on his face.

"May I?"

"Ah, my past with Tatsuya and my future with you, I've decided which one is more important."

"We must defeat Yangquan in order to challenge the Heavenly Dao once again!"

His tone was firm and his eyes were determined.

Over the past summer, the way of heaven seemed to have become his nightmare.

He was deeply impressed by the power of the Way of Heaven.

In order to defeat Yangquan and challenge his nightmare again, he must go all out.

Even his brother Tatsuya Himuro, he had to put it aside for the time being.

"I understand!" Heizi accepted the necklace without saying anything to persuade him.

........

then.

The second half of the game began.

Yangquan made adjustments based on Seirin's first-half performance.

It was still a zone defense formation, but it changed from 32 to 23. Only Kenichi Okamura and Murasakibara were left in the inside, and the rest were pushed to the outside.

At the same time, they increased the frequency of Murasakibara and Himuro's internal communication...

Every attack of Yangquan will pass through the hands of two people. Sometimes Murasakibara and Himuro Tatsuya will touch the basketball 2 to 3 times in one attack.

Their playing style is more mature than in the national competitions, and their mutual understanding is more sufficient.

Murasakibara is becoming more and more like a general and knows how to connect the team.

"His footwork and technique around the basket have also improved. The more I look at him, the more he looks like David Robinson."

Tiandao also sighed that Murasakibara's talent was indeed outstanding.

He is particularly similar to David Robinson, one of the four major centers in the NBA at that time.

As an inside player, David Robinson possesses terrifying athletic ability.

The only 30+ quadruple-double in NBA history was created by David Robinson.

Murasakibara is moving in this direction.

Yangquan also provided him with enough soil to continue working in this way.

By the time he graduates from high school, Murasakibara will definitely become a big center with the ability to link up and explosive physical talent.

Yangquan's change caught Chenglin off guard and widened the score difference to double digits in one go.

But Seirin quickly responded.

They used a full-court press defense against Yangquan.

This tactic is a nightmare for a team without a good point guard.

If he is not careful, the player with the ball will be forced to make a mistake.

But Seirin is even more awesome, they have a shadow.

"This is our new defensive tactic, a full-court press that maximizes Kuroko's ability to steal the ball 4.3 times."

“…”

Tiandao felt a little embarrassed when he first heard the name.

but.......

"Forget it. After all, he's a genius who can even name a step-back jump shot as an inviolable shot."

Reiko Aida's talent for naming is as awkward as the Fourth Hokage's, making you want to snap your toes.

The full-court press with a steal, the inviolable shot, the eagle hook, and the power of the last shot are all her masterpieces.

However, Seirin's adjustment did cause a lot of trouble for Yangquan.

They couldn't catch Heizi, who was wandering among the crowd, constantly destroying Yangquan's ball.

The pass was intercepted.

If you don't pass the ball, it will still be intercepted.

Kuroko became the busiest player on the court, and thanks to his activity, Seirin's fast break counterattack finally worked, narrowing the gap to single digits.

Chapter 252: Next Round Opponent

The competition was intense.

A complete confrontation in three aspects: tactics, physical confrontation, and technology.

As soon as one side widened the score, the other side immediately made adjustments to catch up.

It was a very Chenglin-style match, with the score difference like a roller coaster, sometimes small and sometimes big.

But this kind of full-court press is not invincible after all.

Yangquan also has a defender like Himuro Tatsuya who is close to the level of the Miracle Generation.

Immediately, the ball holder of Yangquan changed from Kensuke Fukui to Tatsuya Himuro, and Seirin's counterattack immediately fell silent.

The score gap was widened again, and what was even more fatal for Seirin was that Teppei Kiyoshi's old injury relapsed.

Even without Kirisaki Daiichi's intervention, his foot injury never fully healed.

During the intense confrontation with Murasakibara, his old injury unfortunately relapsed.

As a last resort, Seirin had to replace him with Mitobe Rinnosuke.

However, compared with Mitobe Rinnosuke and Kiyoshi Teppei, his level is much lower.

Seeing this, Kagami had to take on the responsibility of defending Seirin's inside line alone.

The result is naturally that Yangquan's internal and external connections cannot be stopped.

"Damn it!"

He clenched his fists, looking unwilling.

"This idiot, Seirin won't be able to win at this rate."

As soon as Qingfeng saw Kagami's expression, he knew what he was thinking.

"Huh?" Huang Lai turned his head to look over, as if asking "why".

"It's the Zone." Akashi answered, "Kagami, probably wants to enter the Zone and replicate Tendo's large-scale defense to make up for Kiyoshi Teppei's absence."

It is easy to see that the position of the God of Fire at this moment is exactly the same as that of Tiandao when he was facing Yangquan.

He stood alone in the center, trying to take care of all the defensive tasks within the three-point line at the same time.