With Jun Uozumi's dunk, the current score is Ryonan 85 points and Shohoku 79 points.
The game continues, and Shohoku serves.
With Rukawa's return, it's now naturally Sendoh Akira who will be defending against him.
Ryoji Ikegami was the one defending Sakuragi Hanamichi.
Currently, the main scoring options for Shohoku are Rukawa and Akagi. Sendoh Akira is tightly guarding Rukawa, making it difficult for Yasuda Yasuharu to find a suitable opportunity to pass the ball to him.
So Yasuda Yasuharu eventually passed the basketball to Akagi Takenori in the paint.
The pace of the game was very fast. As soon as the ball got into Akagi Takenori's hands, he immediately overpowered Uozumi Jun under the basket.
Akagi Takenori scored with a powerful dunk, and Uozumi Jun couldn't stop him at all.
This scene shocked everyone.
Even though I felt that Jun Uozumi was not weak, he was still a bit lacking when he was next to Takenori Akagi.
Coach Taoka on the sidelines squinted his eyes. "Although Uozumi tried his best, Akagi is still much stronger in terms of overall strength. Moreover, Akagi rested for a long time today due to injury. Now, Akagi Takenori is in better physical condition than Uozumi, who played the whole game without rest. It's not easy to deal with the inside now."
Then, Coach Taoka looked at Sendoh Akira and said, "Sendoh, now it's up to you to perform."
Akagi Takenori's dunk made the score Ryonan 85 points and Shohoku 81 points.
The two sides are now only 4 points apart, but the problem is that there is only 1 minute left.
Moreover, it's still Ryonan's turn to serve. If Sendoh Akira scores again, the score difference will become 6 points again.
Therefore, Shohoku must defend against Ryonan's offense this time. If Sendoh Akira scores again, Shohoku may really lose today.
Ayako asked anxiously, "Coach Anzai, there's only one minute left, but we're still down by four points. Ryonan is inbounding the ball right now, and the situation is very unfavorable."
Coach Anzai calmly said, "Now it all depends on whether we can hold onto this ball. If we can hold onto it, there's still hope."
Coach Anzai then looked at Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede on the court.
Clearly, the key this time lies in whether Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede can stop Sendoh Akira.
Ryonan team inbounds the ball, and it ends up in the hands of Ryoji Ikegami.
Despite being exhausted and out of breath, Kogure Kiminobu kept a close watch on Ikegami Ryoji and tried to steal the basketball from him.
Ryoji Ikegami has no intention of attacking directly; he just wants to find an opportunity to pass the ball to Akira Sendoh.
In such crucial moments, the basketball must be passed to the star player.
However, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede are now putting a lot of pressure on Sendoh Akira, and Sendoh Akira is unable to create suitable opportunities to receive the ball by moving left and right.
At that moment, the free agent Hiroaki Koshino rushed to the vicinity of Ryoji Ikegami to receive the basketball. At the same time, Koshino also winked at Akira Sendoh.
Ryoji Ikegami decisively passed the basketball to Hiroaki Koshino.
Actually, no one is guarding Koshino Hiroaki right now, so he can easily create his own opportunities to shoot.
However, when the game reached a crucial moment, they still preferred to pass the ball to Sendoh Akira.
After the basketball was passed to Hiroaki Koshino, he immediately ran towards Akira Sendoh and handed the basketball to him at close range.
Immediately afterwards, Hiroaki Koshino blocked Sakuragi Hanamichi's path with his body.
Sakuragi Hanamichi scoffed, "What a joke, you think you can stop me like this?"
The moment Hiroaki Koshino used his body to block Hanamichi Sakuragi, Hanamichi Sakuragi suddenly crashed into Hiroaki Koshino.
boom!
Hiroaki Koshino unconsciously took a step back, almost falling over. "My god! Sakuragi Hanamichi is a monster, he's so strong!"
At the same time, Rukawa Kaede adjusted his position in time, and together with Sakuragi Hanamichi, they defended Sendoh Akira tightly from the left and right.
This time, we absolutely cannot let Sendoh Akira get away again!
Now all eyes are on Sendoh Akira, Sakuragi Hanamichi, and Rukawa Kaede.
Haruko Akagi said worriedly, "There are only 50 seconds left, but we're still down by 4 points! Hanamichi, you have to stop Sendoh! Go for it!"
The Shohoku team's bench chanted, "Defense! Defense! Defense!"
Ayako clenched her fist and said, "There's still a chance, there's still hope, everyone keep going!"
Unlike the Shohoku team, the Ryonan team's bench was clearly very excited at this moment, shouting, "Go, Sendoh-senpai!"
"Senior Xiandao, charge! Charge through!"
"The path to immortality! The path to immortality! The path to immortality!"
Sudden!
The immortal path has been stirred!
This time, he still chose to break through in the direction of Sakuragi Hanamichi!
He bent over, suddenly dodged to the side, and immediately accelerated, overtaking Sakuragi Hanamichi in an instant.
At that moment, Sakuragi Hanamichi cursed inwardly, "Damn it! He's looking down on me! Does he think I have it easier than Rukawa Kaede?"
At the same time, Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede hurriedly turned around and chased after Sendoh Akira.
Sendoh Akira's speed is just too fast, and his movement is too agile.
This time, instead of rushing to the basket, he took a jump shot!
Seeing this, Takenori Akagi rushed forward and jumped to block the shot.
Rukawa, who was coming back to defend, also jumped to the side, trying to interfere.
However, Akagi Takenori and Rukawa Kaede were both a step too late!
Sendoh Akira, who had jumped into the air, had already taken a steady shooting stance, and Akagi Takenori and Rukawa Kaede had no time to stop him.
"Whoosh!"
Sendoh Akira tossed the basketball out with both hands steadily.
But the basketball had only just left Sendoh Akira's hand, probably only a few centimeters away.
Just then!
With a loud "boom!"
A large hand suddenly slammed down on the basketball!
It's Sakuragi Hanamichi!
Sakuragi Hanamichi suddenly jumped high up from behind Sendoh Akira, and just as Sendoh Akira made his move, he gave Sendoh Akira a big hot pot!
At that moment, the entire audience seemed to stop breathing!
That's Sendoh Akira!
Akira Sendoh was blocked! And it was none other than Sakuragi Hanamichi, a basketball novice, who gave Sendoh a huge block!
No one could believe what they were seeing.
The first-year students on the Ryonan team's bench felt their faith crumble. "Oh my god! Sendoh-senpai, Sendoh-senpai got blocked!"
"I really can't believe what I just saw."
"That was a sure shot! Sakuragi Hanamichi blocked it! That Sakuragi Hanamichi is terrifying!"
After a brief moment of shock, the Sakuragi Army brothers in the stands erupted in cheers and shouts!
"Wow! The flower arrangement is amazing!"
"That's Ryonan's ace player, Sendoh Akira! Neither Gorilla nor Rukawa Kaede can beat Sendoh Akira. Hanamichi actually managed to swat the ball that Sendoh Akira threw."
"Ahhh! As expected of the art of flower arrangement!"
"Ikebana! Ikebana! Ikebana..."
At this moment, Haruko Akagi was completely captivated, her eyes sparkling with countless little stars. "Hanamichi, you're so amazing! You're a genius! So cool..."
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