Chapter 10

This is too unscientific!

Seeing the advantage the team had worked so hard to build was about to be given away because of him.

After struggling for a few seconds, he decided to give up the ball.

He glanced to the right while bringing both hands together, looking like he was about to pass the ball there.

But the next second, he immediately changed direction and passed the ball to the left.

He couldn’t perform exquisite feints during a breakthrough, but this kind of fake pass was still no problem.

However...

"Bang!"

The basketball was once again fiercely slapped onto the floor and bounced back up.

"How!" Yuta Yamanaka’s pupils trembled; all he could see before him was Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao’s arm, which had a golden ratio.

This terrifying stealing ability stunned even Shuzo Nijimura, who wondered if it were him, could he avoid being stripped?

The answer was, even he didn’t have absolute certainty.

He had seen clearly just now that Yuta Yamanaka had released the ball first. But the next second, Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao’s right arm became a blur, fiercely slapping out toward the basketball.

That feeling was truly like a sword-drawing technique—fast, fierce, and accurate!

'Damn!'

'Boring, turn it off!'

'100% head-lock, how do you play this?'

'By the way, what does this "Jie" (Release) from the B-King actually mean?'

The barrage teachers were frantically interpreting what Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao’s "Jie" meant.

Most people, through the inner monologues of Kozo Shirogane and the others, believed it had to do with kendo.

During the conversation, the second string’s offense was thwarted again.

The second string’s spearhead, Yuta Yamanaka, was completely lost in Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao’s defense.

Successive offensive failures made the second-string players inevitably a bit restless.

If it were an official game, the coach would have called a timeout to let the players cool down, but today was just an entrance test, so there would be no help from coaching staff.

Therefore, the second-string players didn’t even have time to calm down.

As the big boss leading the team’s counter-attack, Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao naturally became the first choice for passing among the freshman team.

Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao didn’t decline either; he took the ball from his teammate and started running without a word.

Yuta Yamanaka had been repeatedly frustrated by Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao and decided that if he couldn’t score, he wouldn’t let Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao continue to run wild.

Being a player known for explosive power, he turned and chased immediately upon seeing the freshman team push a counter-attack.

The two crossed the mid-court line one after the other.

Facing Yuta Yamanaka’s man-eating glare, Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao jumped just after crossing the free-throw line, performing a layup motion with the momentum of "burning the heavens."

Yuta Yamanaka saw this, his leg muscles tensed, and he jumped with force as well.

His height was about the same as Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao’s, but his build was stronger.

Freshmen, after all—not just in the league, but in middle school and high school—are generally relatively thin.

On one hand, it’s due to age restrictions; on the other, they haven’t received more professional training.

Teiko’s head coach, Kozo Shirogane, was a former national team player who came to Teiko to take the reins after retiring, with the goal of cultivating the younger generation and contributing to the development of basketball in Japan.

Therefore, he spared no effort in cultivating the players in the basketball club; anyone who stayed at Teiko for a year would more or less put on some muscle.

Basketball, after all, is a sport that emphasizes physical confrontation.

Therefore, Yuta Yamanaka was very confident that this collision would definitely knock Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao off balance.

The previous time was just a setback because he wasn’t prepared.

The result.

Just as Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao was about to collide with his opponent, he slightly turned his body in mid-air to avoid Yuta Yamanaka.

Then he lifted the basketball and flicked it with his fingertips from a distance away from the rim.

The basketball smoothly avoided Yuta Yamanaka’s "Five Finger Mountain" and passed over his head.

"Swish!"

The basketball went through the net hollow, without any hesitation.

Jun Kubo moved closer to the court involuntarily.

This vertical, this touch, this body coordination, this ability to operate in mid-air...

It seems a bit incredible!

Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao wasn’t actually thin, but compared to Yuta Yamanaka, who had undergone Kozo Shirogane’s training, he seemed a bit thin.

But that didn’t matter.

Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao was also quite thin in his previous life, but in the amateur games he participated in and when playing with friends, he could always score high.

That was because he had this finger-roll as an offensive weapon.

He possessed the soft touch characteristic of Asian players and could flick the ball into the basket in many difficult situations.

In this regard, he was quite similar to the Spurs legend George Gervin.

The "Iceman" also seemed incredibly thin in the NBA, a league full of tough guys.

As a result, he used his unique finger-roll and outstanding body coordination to elegantly rack up various high scores among a bunch of tough guys.

Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao was a veteran fan and couldn’t help but imitate the offensive moves of stars.

He didn’t learn anything else, but specifically focused on learning those elegant things.

The Iceman’s finger-roll, Kobe’s fadeaway jumper, McGrady’s pull-up, etc.—this guy had practiced them all diligently.

Never mind the shooting percentage, the posture was at least learned perfectly.

Super handsome!

"Except for the Generation of Miracles, the other players at Teiko don’t seem like much." Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao couldn’t help but think this after scoring.

This was normal.

The Generation of Miracles were, after all, geniuses said to be encountered once every ten years.

Geniuses, if they don’t cause a dimensionality reduction strike on their peers and instead just break even, how can they have the nerve to call themselves geniuses?

Just like those superstars who entered the draft in high school in the future.

Such as Garnett, Kobe, James, and the "Superman" types.

They all had one thing in common: they could fight above their level!

The intensity of high school games was too low for them; even Kobe could be hyped by scouts as an omnipotent magician, and rough guys like Howard could be written up as versatile interior players with decent shooting ability.

In the world of basketball, geniuses have always been incomprehensible creatures.

Yuta Yamanaka, as an important role player for the second string, similar to an important sixth-man rotation, was definitely a favorite in the minds of many head coaches.

Yet Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao, as a rookie who had just entered middle school, had easily defeated him on both ends of the court.

Jun Kubo on the sidelines was already completely confused.

He had only come to observe Shuzo Nijimura and Atsushi Murasakibara, and never expected to discover such a good prospect.

The key was that there was absolutely no information about Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao in his mind.

It was as if he had popped out of a rock.

Once is luck, but what about the second and third time?

It was hard to explain with luck.

Soon, this somewhat sensational confrontation game ended.

With Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao’s appearance, the second string only scored a pitiful 4 points in the 10 minutes of the second half.

The freshman team also successfully completed a comeback 36:30 under Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao’s leadership.

In those 10 minutes of game time, Tiandao Tiandao Jingyan Tiandao scored a total of 10 points and 2 rebounds, but his steals reached a staggering 7.

Yuta Yamanaka’s head was spinning when he left the court.

He had actually been blown to pieces by a first-year rookie.

He was as glorious in the first 10 minutes as he was miserable in the last 10 minutes.

"Good work, Yuta." Shuzo Nijimura walked over with water to comfort his teammate, a smile on his lips.

"Don’t make fun of me, Captain." Yuta Yamanaka looked dejected.