Chapter 68
Yet, despite the scene looking intense, Kaicheng Middle School was never able to pull the point gap back to under 20 points.
Although Akashi was only in his first year, he already had the bearing of a general.
Under his orchestration, Kaicheng Middle School was never able to put together a continuous defensive performance.
Tiandao and Murasakibara were substituted back onto the court with 4 minutes left in the second quarter.
The five players on the court for Teikou at this moment were Akashi, Midorima, Tiandao, Aomine, and Murasakibara.
Baijin Kozo directly put out a lineup of five first-years.
The Kaicheng Middle School head coach felt he was being looked down upon.
Yet it was these five first-years who, the first time they moved as a group, beat them until they couldn't find north.
Tiandao and Murasakibara's unbreakable defense had already made them suffer enough in the first quarter.
Now, adding Midorima's perimeter artillery and Aomine's sharp blade, paired with Akashi's strategic planning.
The result was that Kaicheng Middle School trailed Teikou by a full 45 points at halftime, 77:32!
This bloody point gap once again left the men of Kaicheng Middle School speechless.
This wasn't a match at all; it was a massacre!
By the second half, Ikezawa Hayato of Kaicheng Middle School couldn't care about that much anymore; all that talk about elegance was bullshit.
He only knew his team was trailing by a lot.
Tiandao Jingyan also clearly felt that the defensive pressure he faced in the second half was completely different from the first.
The opponent's defense against him had reached a near-insane level.
On the first possession of the second half, just as Tiandao Jingyan caught the ball at the three-point line, preparing to do the same thing and throw in his 6th three-pointer.
Ikezawa Hayato, who had only been reaching out his hands in the first half, directly and roughly knocked Tiandao Jingyan to the ground while he was in the air, and after the foul, didn't forget to roar, "The days when you could do whatever you wanted are over, Tiandao!"
Over?
"I haven't even really started going wild yet!"
Tiandao Jingyan patted his shoulder and climbed up, his eyes brightening a bit.
Now he was interested!
Following this foul, the intensity of the match suddenly escalated.
Kaicheng Middle School couldn't accept being taken out so easily by Teikou. They could accept even less being shat upon by a first-year rookie.
Pubescent hormones began to permeate the court.
Tiandao Jingyan's response came faster and fiercer than people expected.
Receiving the inbound pass, he started from a standstill, neatly changing direction to shake off Ikezawa Hayato, and casually gave the opponent a black elbow.
Ikezawa Hayato felt the pain, clutching his abdomen as he watched Tiandao Jingyan crash into the paint, engage in intense physical contact with their center in mid-air, and finally flick the ball into the basket while his body was contorted.
The referee's whistle blew at the same time.
2+1!
The camera panned to the Kaicheng Middle School fans; many of these tough guys were clutching their heads, looking incredulous.
They had defended to this extent, so why still couldn't they stop that rookie?
Tiandao Jingyan calmly used his teammate's hand to get up, and seeing Ikezawa Hayato's dazed expression, he performed a "bear shrug" on the spot, even shrugging his shoulders with great spirit.
'Awesome!'
'It appeared, the bear shrug!'
'Damn!'
'Can that little Kuroko just die already, damn it!'
The barrage teachers were also getting active.
Tiandao Jingyan's shot was handsome, no doubt, but it was nowhere near as good as his bear shrug show.
"Damn, don't these idiots know how badass this shot of mine was? Why are they talking about my shrug?"
Unwatchable!
Tiandao Jingyan casually turned off the barrage and slowly walked to the free-throw line.
He took the opportunity to mock the Kaicheng Middle School number five, whose face was already looking very ugly, "You've got quite a bit of energy; if there were a women's basketball event in the National Tournament, you'd definitely be the best center."
Upon hearing this, the opponent almost exploded on the spot.
He had given his all, yet he was worthless in front of Tiandao Jingyan.
In a place Tiandao Jingyan couldn't see, the barrage exploded with laughter again.
The audience now loves to put themselves in Tiandao Jingyan's shoes while watching the show, because it really feels great.
Swish!
Tiandao hit the extra free throw, telling his opponent with his actions that he wasn't afraid of physical contact.
Afterward, Ikezawa Hayato was once again forced by Tiandao Jingyan during a drive to pass the ball to a teammate cutting along the baseline.
But his layup was thwarted by Murasakibara's copper-wall-and-iron-fortress defense.
Teikou took the opportunity to launch a counterattack.
Tiandao Jingyan dribbled past half-court, saw that guy Aomine had already rushed to the three-point line, and forcefully slammed the ball into the free-throw line with one hand.
Aomine immediately used all his strength to chase after it, jumped two steps from the free-throw line, caught the rebounding ball in mid-air, and slammed it into the basket.
The whole process took just over 3 seconds, and Teikou had already completed a counterattack.
The scene instantly erupted, and tidal applause rang out from the stands.
After landing, Aomine looked at the audience with a grin, only to find that the audience's attention wasn't on him at all.
Turning his head, it turned out that Tiandao Jingyan, that guy, had confidently turned around after passing the ball, timed it perfectly, and opened his arms to celebrate while Aomine was dunking.
He took all the glory for himself!
Aomine scratched his head in confusion, "Why does everyone love watching Tiandao do his moves so much? Isn't the one who scored the basket me?"
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