Chapter 19: It wasn't me who got blocked, why are you yelling at me?!

"Coach, you might as well not have said anything..." The Joka Middle School point guard looked at his coach and couldn't help but complain.

The coach shook his head helplessly, "In the current situation, whether I say it or not, you can all feel how strong the opponent is."

"That Yukimiya Kazuma's strength is indeed quite astonishing, but the strength of the others in Baishuikan is very ordinary, so..."

"In the next game, avoid Yukimiya Kazuma and all aim at the other players of Baishuikan to attack."

"Hidehiro..."

"On the offensive end, you are directly matched up with Yukimiya Kazuma."

"Don't be obsessed with 1v1 with the opponent..."

"Call teammates to set a screen."

"Avoid him."

"If you can't get rid of him once, do it twice!"

The Joka coach mainly talked about the team's offense and avoided talking about defense because he really couldn't think of a way to limit Yukimiya Kazuma, but in his expectation, they should be able to do a lot on the offensive end.

Back on the court.

The Joka Middle School point guard advanced with the ball. As soon as he stepped into the front court, Kasuga Yuji immediately went up to press him.

"Don't even think about getting past!"

Although he couldn't do as many things as Yukimiya-senpai, at least in defense, he had to perform well!

The Joka Middle School point guard's speed was about the same as Kasuga Yuji's. After entangling for a while, he couldn't get rid of the opponent's defense.

At this time.

Naka Hidehiro held his position in the high post. He knew Yukimiya Kazuma's keenness for intercepting passes, so when he took the initiative to ask for the ball, he had to use his body to block firmly first.

Seeing Naka Hidehiro reaching out for the ball, the point guard immediately passed it over.

Under Kasuga Yuji's interference, the pass was a bit high, but with Naka Hidehiro's physical ability, jumping to catch it was no problem at all.

Slap~

Naka Hidehiro pushed Yukimiya Kazuma with his left hand, jumped lightly, stretched his arm, and gathered the basketball into his arms.

Then he immediately signaled for a screen, not daring to dribble first, but swayed left and right, testing with a set of shoulder fakes. Seeing that Yukimiya Kazuma still hadn't lost his position, he decisively broke through using the screen the next second.

But Yukimiya Kazuma's 81-point individual defense ability definitely wouldn't be passed by a screen so easily. With the vision ability of the 'Playmaker', he turned around almost simultaneously and arrived in front of Naka Hidehiro again.

Naka Hidehiro: "!?"

Damn it!

It really is as the coach said...

If once doesn't work, then do it again!

Naka Hidehiro didn't pause at all and immediately looked for another screen on the other side!

Following that, he suddenly jumped up and turned for a fadeaway jumper.

The jumper with good height, combined with his long arms, had a very high release point, and even carried a bit of a fade under Yukimiya Kazuma's threat.

Yukimiya Kazuma jumped up suddenly, separated by a person!

However, he didn't touch the ball, and the basketball traced an arc in the air and went in cleanly.

Naka Hidehiro saw the ball go in, but he didn't feel relieved at all.

Because this shot was still too difficult to make.

It felt a bit like a lucky shot.

This monster!

Baishuikan Middle School's possession.

Yukimiya Kazuma held the ball from the backcourt. The Joka Middle School point guard was at a great disadvantage in height in front of Yukimiya Kazuma. If Yukimiya Kazuma didn't pass and just targeted him, he would definitely hit every shot in this mismatch one-on-one.

So the main defender was still Naka Hidehiro. Although tossing one person around on both offense and defense consumed a huge amount of their ace's stamina, there was no other way. Who told Yukimiya Kazuma on the opposite side to play the same way.

The only difference was that Yukimiya Kazuma played a passing and control organization style on the offensive end, which was quite stamina-saving, which was quite disadvantageous for Joka Middle School.

But they had to do this, otherwise the defensive pressure would be even greater.

Facing Naka Hidehiro's defense, Yukimiya Kazuma didn't force it. Although he could play it, Yukimiya Kazuma, who had been influenced by basketball in his previous life, focused on being reasonable.

Reasonable.

Meant balanced stamina distribution.

Meant more favorable defensive investment.

It also meant that teammates could play a greater role.

At the same time, the increasing threat of teammates in other positions would feed back to Yukimiya on the offensive end, forming a perfect cycle.

Immediately...

First, call for a screen.

After completing the screen coordination, Yukimiya Kazuma passed the ball to Taketou Masaki, who was cutting in.

Under the ability of the 'Playmaker', the ball Yukimiya passed still caught the offensive position very well, and it felt inexplicably comfortable the moment he caught it.

However, although this kind of super comfortable pass could increase the shooting percentage to a certain extent, it obviously couldn't be 100% accurate.

For example, this time, Taketou Masaki's mid-range shot missed.

"It's okay!"

"My rebound!"

After Taketou Masaki missed the shot, he rushed into the interior himself, strongly grabbed the rebound, and was about to perform a secondary attack under the basket.

As a result...

Taketou Masaki was blocked by Naka Hidehiro.

This guy immediately ran back to the interior after Yukimiya Kazuma passed the ball, and his efforts were not in vain, allowing him to seize this opportunity of Taketou Masaki's missed shot.

He completed a block on his secondary attack.

The basketball flew directly out of the baseline.

"Ah!"

Naka Hidehiro, who had been extremely depressed by being suppressed until now, finally found an opportunity to release his nature in this one offense and one defense.

After landing from the block, he couldn't help but roar at Yukimiya Kazuma!

His already fierce facial features looked even fiercer when he roared!

Yukimiya Kazuma: "?"

You blocked Taketou Masaki, why are you yelling at me?

Just then.

The system's prompt suddenly appeared in Yukimiya Kazuma's mind.

[Badge Task: In the game against Joka Middle School, after completing a block on Naka Hidehiro, there is a 10% chance to obtain a badge]

[Completion Reward: Shooting percentage and stamina-related badge]