Rebirth of Akutsu, dominating the Black Basketball Team

Chapter 73: Destiny is Coming
"Don't be in a hurry, run more to find opportunities, and pay attention to assisting defense, so as not to give the opponent open opportunities."

"Be careful to cut off the other players of Shutoku from passing to Midorima. Even if you want to shoot, don't let them pass! Got it?"

"Yes!" Everyone in the basketball team responded in unison.

Coach Gangcun of Shinno was constantly arranging tactics to strengthen running and defense.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Akutsu and said, "The outcome of this match still depends on you, Jin. Are you confident?"

"Don't worry, you will win."

Akutsu silently replenished water to keep himself in the best condition.

Soon, the break ended and the second quarter began.

Following Coach Gangcun's instructions, Shen Ye used full-court press as soon as he came on the court, and everyone stared at his defensive players.

"Damn, such a strong sense of oppression."

Kazunari Takao, who was in charge of controlling the ball, struggled to move the ball across the midfield under the pressure of Bunichi Shimizu's defense.

Takao used his special vision to look for opportunities to pass the ball.

However, after looking around, he found that his teammates were all being watched and there was no chance for him to pass the ball.

Even Shutoku's strongest point, Midorima, was closely guarded by Akutsu.

"Cut~"

Takao controlled the ball at the top of the three-point line, and seeing that his teammates had no chance, he prepared to try to break through himself.

Even if he can't score, he should be able to distract Shinno's defense and then try to pass the basketball to his teammates.

Thinking of this, Gaowei no longer hesitated and directly attacked Qingshui in front of him.

Such an obvious attack cannot achieve a breakthrough unless there is a huge gap in speed or strength.

It was obvious that Takao did not have such an advantage, so Takao's breakthrough failed and he was directly stopped by Shimizu.

In desperation, Gaowei jumped up and made a shooting gesture.

Seeing this, Qingshui also jumped up and stretched out his hand to stop it.

Faced with this situation, Takao smiled.

Because he had already seen an open opportunity in mid-air.

"Sorry, I lied to you."

After saying that, Takao passed the basketball directly in the direction of Midorima.

Just now when he was in the air, he used his excellent vision to notice that Midorima had run into an open space.

However, at the moment when Takao passed the ball, Midorima yelled at him, "No!"

Unfortunately, it was too late, Takao's ball had already been passed.

The next moment, a big hand blocked the path of the basketball and intercepted it.

It's Akutsu!
"what?!"

Takao couldn't believe it. Akutsu had clearly been left behind by Midorima just now, so how could he suddenly appear and steal the ball?

Akutsu, who intercepted the basketball, didn't waste any time and immediately started a fast break.

Midorima gritted his teeth and chased after him, but he couldn't catch up with Akutsu who had the ball.

Compared to Aomine at full power, Akutsu's current speed is slightly slower, but it is much faster than the other miracles.

Without any pause, Akutsu jumped directly from the free throw line and slammed the basketball into the basket with a powerful one-handed slam dunk!
The gap between the two teams narrowed to 7 points!
This dunk also greatly boosted Shenye's morale.

"great, good luck!"

"Let's go at it in one go!"

The players of Shinno, who had been somewhat depressed due to being behind in the score in the first quarter, were completely activated.

They defended harder and ran more aggressively.

"how come?"

Even at this point, Gaowei was still a little bit unbelievable.

At this time, Akutsu, who scored the goal, saw Takao's face and seemed to realize his thoughts. He slowly said, "Because I believe in you. I believe you can definitely see that empty space."

Akutsu had a nasty smile on his face.

Just now, he took advantage of Takao's Eagle Eye and deliberately fell behind Midorima by one body length to give Takao the opportunity to pass the ball.

Hearing this, Gao Wei's expression became even more conflicted and painful.

"Don't think too much, just focus on the game."

At this time, Midorima walked up to Takao and patted his shoulder to remind him.

The ball was still in Shutoku's possession, and Kanno was still using pressure defense throughout the entire court.

In this situation, Takao didn't dare to pass the ball casually, especially since he had just been tricked.

And this is exactly the effect that Akutsu wanted. He wanted to use repeated steals to gradually make Shude's players plant the self-suggestion that they dare not pass the ball casually, and then fall into the dilemma of playing one-on-one.

Of course, it’s just the beginning and the effect is not very obvious yet.

Takao didn't find any chance to pass the ball, all Shutoku's players were watched closely, and Kanno was running frantically to defend.

Takao tried to play one-on-one against Shimizu again, but this time Shimizu seized the opportunity to steal the ball during his breakthrough.

Akutsu started instantly, Shimizu made a long pass, and Akutsu received the ball and easily scored a layup.

The score was 34:29, and Shenye was only 5 points behind.

"Is this what you want?"

In the next round, Midorima spoke to Akutsu who was defending closely.

Midorima had already guessed Akutsu's purpose.

"Maybe~"

Akutsu neither admitted nor denied it.

Hearing this, Midorima pushed up his glasses, feeling the giant python behind him getting closer and closer.

In the third attack, Takao broke through and passed the ball to center Taisuke Ootsubo, who managed to score a goal with the advantage of being the center.

However, the next moment, Akutsu immediately responded from outside the three-point line.

Facing Midorima's defense, Akutsuzo started his threat, slightly interfering with Midorima and then directly pulling up for a jump shot.

Of course, Midorima didn't let Akutsu take the shot so easily, and he also jumped up to block the shot.

Midorima's hands completely blocked Akutsu's attack angle.

Seeing this, Akutsu smiled slightly and then leaned back.

After a pull-up three-point shot, the basketball hit the basket steadily.

The point difference is only 4 points.

At this time, less than three minutes had passed before the start of the second quarter.

"The situation has completely reversed~" In the stands, Yangquan's beautiful coach Masako Araki said with a frown.

"Indeed, Midorima Shintaro, who played brilliantly in the first quarter, was completely locked down by Akutsu Jin in the second quarter and couldn't even catch the ball."

"No, it wasn't Akutsu Jin who locked Midorima, but the entire team of Jinno worked together to lock Midorima."

Masako Araki clearly sees things more clearly than her players.

It was Shimizu and Akutsu who cooperated with each other to block the passing route between Takao and Midorima.

On the other side, at Rakusan's position, Akashi was looking at Akutsu and Midorima on the court with his eyes flickering, and it was unknown what he was thinking.

"Shintaro, an unloaded gun, no matter how superior its performance is, cannot kill anyone."

On the court, Akutsu looked at Midorima and spoke.

Hearing this, Midorima said nothing, but turned around and walked to the baseline.

The next moment, Takao served the ball directly from outside the bounds, and after receiving the ball from Midorima, he immediately took a shooting posture at the baseline.

(End of this chapter)