Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

"That was a good pass." The ball came into Tsuchiya's hands again. Tsuchiya dribbled the ball and looked at Sendoh.

"It's just so-so," Xiandao responded calmly.

"Pah!" Tsuchiya dribbled the ball twice to find the rhythm, and then broke through to the right. Sendoh did not dare to neglect to move sideways to block. The moment the two bodies touched, Tsuchiya stopped behind his back and passed the ball to his left hand, then used his left leg to block him, and then used it as an axis to turn around and break through again. Sendoh was stuck and could not squeeze through, so he had to take a step back and wait for an opportunity to catch up. But it was too late. Tsuchiya took two more steps and reached the edge of Kanagawa's penalty area. Finally, he ended this attack with a quick stop jump shot 23:22.

This time, Sendoh used the screen to run to an open position at the baseline, but Tsuchiya was not shaken off at all. Just after Sendoh received the ball, Tsuchiya had already appeared in front of Sendoh. Facing Tsuchiya who was waiting for him, Sendoh dribbled the ball between his left and right hands and directly broke through Tsuchiya's right side. Tsuchiya hurried forward to block his breakthrough route, but this time, before he made physical contact with Sendoh, Sendoh turned around again with his left leg as the axis and cut into the small gap between Tsuchiya and the baseline.

"What?" Tsuchiya didn't expect Sendoh to handle the ball like this, and he quickly turned around to chase. But it was too late, Sendoh had already broken through the baseline and then chose to shoot a mid-range shot.

"Swish!" Hollow hit 25:22

Tsuchiya got the ball, accelerated, and saw Sendoh retreating. Suddenly, he took a step back and made a jump shot, but this time Sendoh was prepared, and the retreat was just a feint. He immediately stood up and moved forward, raising his arms to block Tsuchiya's shot.

"Rebound" Sendoh's fingers touched the basketball and immediately alerted his inside players

"Leave it to this genius" Sakuragi overpowers Osaka to grab the backcourt rebound

"It will be passed to Sendoh" This thought emerged in the minds of the Osaka players at this time. Tsuchiya, Nan Lie and Itakura all focused their defense on Sendoh, but Sakuragi's pass target was - Fujima!

"Good pass, Sakuragi!" The Xiangyang ace caught up with the ball, stepped sideways, avoided the rushing Itakura, dribbled the ball straight into the three-point line, raised his hand and shot a three-pointer! The ball went into the net, 28:22

Osaka served the ball from the baseline, Itakura passed it to Tsuchiya, who suddenly opened his eyes wide. "I knew you would pass it to him," Fujima steals the ball. Kanagawa counterattacks, the ball goes to Sendoh, who dribbles the ball slowly, and suddenly his wrist shakes, the ball goes to Sakuragi who is waiting at 45 degrees, Sakuragi uses his special skill to shoot off the backboard, and it goes in! 30:22

"Sakuragi, good shot!" Sendoh went over and high-fived Sakuragi. "Haha, I'm a genius!"

"Itakura, don't keep giving me the ball. Those guys from Kanagawa have already made me the focus of their defense," Tsuchiya reminded Itakura in a low voice.

In the next round, Itakura made a fake pass to trick Fujima and then broke through to the three-point line and shot directly, making a three-pointer 30:25

"Osaka has changed his style of play. I will be in charge of defending Tsuchiya from the outside. You should still defend No. 10," Sendoh whispered to Fujima, who nodded.

"Fast Break" Hanagata sent the ball to Fujima from the baseline, Fujima accelerated his dribbling, and at the same time, the other players of Kanagawa also accelerated their speed. The Osaka team, which was used to the previous Tsuchiya PK Sendoh scenario, was not prepared for this change of Kanagawa. In the end, A Shen made a mid-range shot and scored 2 points at 32:25.

Osaka also changed his attacking style this time. The ball was passed to Kishimoto. Kishimoto opened up the distance, dribbled the ball with a change of hands under his crotch, and shook his shoulders left and right. Finally, he started and forced a breakthrough to the middle with his left hand!

Sakuragi raised his hands and took a step forward. Kishimoto stopped suddenly and raised the ball, Sakuragi jumped up, but it was just a fake move by Kishimoto. Kishimoto made a fake move to deceive Sakuragi's defense and then shot 32:27

In this round, Fujima changed the rhythm again. He dribbled the ball slowly, not rushing to attack. He started to attack after all his players were in position. Seeing Sakuragi and Hanagata already in position under the basket and reaching for the ball, Fujima smiled and made a passing gesture. Nan Lie, who was defending him, quickly spread his arms to block Fujima's pass, but Fujima's move was just a fake. He swung his right hand holding the ball to the right, and the basketball quickly flew to A Shen, who shot directly after receiving the ball! But this shot was blocked by Kishimoto who rushed out and tried his best to interfere

The basketball bounced off the hoop and didn't go in! But it didn't matter, Kanagawa had an absolute advantage inside, Sakuragi yelled, and directly pressed the Osaka player who was defending him, jumped up suddenly, and pressed the bounced basketball heavily into the basket! 34:27

Osaka attacked, and this time it was Tsuchiya who dribbled the ball across half court. However, just after crossing half court, Tsuchiya simply passed the ball to Itakura and then ran away.

Itakura dribbled the ball forward and suddenly changed direction. A Shen was ready to move sideways to intercept, but Kishimoto had already rushed out of the inside and set a screen for Itakura. With the help of the screen, Itakura shook off A Shen's defense. Hanagata, who followed, knew that Itakura was good at three-pointers and rushed to intercept. Itakura passed the ball to Kishimoto who had just finished the screen. Without stopping, the ball flew to Tsuchiya who ran out of position.

As soon as Tsuchiya rushed in, Kanagawa immediately sounded the alarm. Except for A Shen and Fujima who were wandering around on the other side to defend the outside, among the other three, Sakuragi was in the front, Hanagata from the flank, and Sendoh from the back surrounded Tsuchiya.

Tsuchiya, he suddenly stopped, raised his hands above his head, and made a jump shot. Tsuchiya's scoring ability had just been fully demonstrated. Kanagawa did not dare to slack off against Tsuchiya. Sakuragi stretched out his hand from the front to block, while Sendoh quietly stretched his hand behind Tsuchiya's head to prevent Tsuchiya from choosing to lean back sharply to avoid Sakuragi's block.

Seeing Tsuchiya's center of gravity gradually moving backwards, Sendoh, who was in position of ambush, smiled, but then his smile froze.

Tsuchiya had done 90% of the foreplay for the fadeaway jumper, but the ball didn't fly to the basket. It wasn't that Sendoh blocked the ball, but that Tsuchiya took the initiative to pass the ball to the right side of the court.

The two players from Kanagawa followed the ball and saw Kishimoto receiving the ball and coming to the basket. He jumped slightly and pushed with both hands, easily scoring 2 points. 34:29

Fujima passed the ball to Sendoh, Sendoh passed the ball to A Shen, A Shen passed the ball to Fujima, and after three passes and two falls, the basketball passed half court.

The two inside players of Kanagawa spared no effort to run to the bottom of the Osaka basket, forcing Kishimoto and Iizuka to return to defense without even time to catch their breath.

Before Kishimoto could stand firm, Sakuragi turned from the left side of the basket to the right side. As soon as Kishimoto took a step to follow, he saw Fujima suddenly speed up, leaving Nan Lie behind and rushing straight to the basket. Seeing Fujima's layup, Kishimoto subconsciously wanted to wave his hand to block it. But in the end, he noticed the change in Fujima's eyes from the corner of his eye.

"No, it's a pass. He should pass the ball to Sakuragi." Kishimoto suddenly realized and immediately reached out to Sakuragi.

Kishimoto's judgment was half right. Fujima did pass the ball, but it was not to Sakuragi, but to Hanagata who had just finished the pick-and-roll and received the ball and made a layup. Score: 36:29

Osaka quickly served the ball from the baseline. Kishimoto swung the ball towards Kanagawa's half court with one hand. Nan Lie, who had already started in the center circle, squeezed out Fujima who was chasing him and pushed forward with the ball. Just before the Kanagawa players came to make up for the defense, Nan Lie swung the ball to the top of the arc. Itakura was already there waiting for the three-pointer and made a steady hit. 36:32

Osaka played a chasing ball, and even though the three forwards and guards of Kanagawa had retreated immediately, the long-distance passes centered on the two aces of Toyotama were really fast and accurate.

"Osaka's fast break is really well-deserved. Coach Anzai, do you need to make some adjustments?" After a sigh, Tian Gang made a suggestion

"Oh, ha ha ha. No need for that. I want to see how many tricks Osaka has in the first half. If that's all she has, we'll definitely win," said Coach Anzai calmly.

In this attack, the ball was given to Hanagata, who held the ball, leaned back, and then turned around with his right foot as the axis, facing Iizuka directly, while raising the ball high as if to shoot. Iizuka knew that Hanagata had a mid-range shot, so he didn't dare to neglect it. He wanted to move forward to block it, but Hanagata suddenly took the ball and leaned down, as if to break through. Iizuka immediately stopped his impatient steps and didn't dare to get close.

--It's now.

Hanagata suddenly raised the ball for the second time, which seemed to be a realistic shooting posture, but the next moment he quickly collected the ball and lowered his body, dribbling quickly to the inside line with the style of a small forward. He scored a layup. 38:32

Osaka quickly served the ball from the baseline, and Kishimoto, Itakura, and Minami Ryo made a three-line fast break. But Kanagawa's defense was not slow either. In the end, Kishimoto's shot was blocked by Sakuragi, but Tsuchiya followed up from behind and put the ball into the basket with one hand 38:34

In the first half, the two sides played extremely fiercely. The continuous attack made the audience dizzy. Not only was there less foul stop time, but surprisingly, neither side made any substitutions. Unknowingly, the first half ended with Kanagawa leading by 56 points at 51:5.