Chapter 14: 13.A New Force on the Court"
Sendoh felt great, for in that defense, he was about to touch the basketball in Kenichi Uesugi's hand, but Kenichi Uesugi suddenly tilted his body backward and thus his block
failed. "My God!" "Kenichi Uesugi actually scored in front of Sendoh!" "Was his shooting technique just now a fadeaway?" "It feels like it, but it doesn't. It feels very strange!" Sendoh
listened to the discussion of his teammates and silently shook his head. This is certainly not a fadeaway; others may not see it, but he saw it clearly just now: Kenichi Uesugi jumped vertically. The fadeaway shot means jumping backward with all your strength at the same time as you leap, in order to avoid the opponent's block to the greatest extent.
However, Kenichi Uesugi's shot just now was completely different. He jumped up vertically but forced his center of gravity to shift backward in the air, thus avoiding his own block. For such a shooting technique, he had never heard of. "This guy is really strong
enough; no wonder he dared to shoot against his own defense so confidently!" Not far away, Ikegami, who was slapped in the face again, looked at Sendoh, who had fallen into silence, in surprise. At that moment, he
suddenly felt less frustrated. Even Sendoh didn't block that shot, so it was okay that he couldn't catch him. Even when he was open, Kenichi Uesugi scored on him. And he was
scored on by Kenichi Uesugi right in front of him while closely defending. Comparing with that, he seemed to be doing way better. For some reason, Ikegami suddenly felt much better! Bench outside the court, Tanaka
Shigeichi grinned once again. Finally, in his heart, the last piece fell. At first, he had been thinking that Kenichi Uesugi was too single with his shooting method. If he only knew one type of fast shooting technique, then once he had been targeted by other teams, his
offense would become a non-threatening factor. It seems now he was overthinking things. Not only that, but this kind of aerial backward shot that Kenichi Uesugi revealed just now is an extremely lethal move; it could be seen from the fact that even Sendoh was
helpless. In short, in terms of offense capability alone, Kenichi Uesugi is already on par with Sendoh! This is what makes Shigeichi Takaoka the happiest! In the next round, the offense of the Blue Team began. As soon as Uekusa came to the front court,
he passed the ball to Sendoh. He knew Sendoh pretty well. The points he lost, he would definitely get them back. After Sendoh got the ball, he immediately launched an attack. The one guarding him was Makoto Masaru. Although in the newcomer
competition a few days ago he played very well against other newcomers except for Kenichi Uesugi, now facing Sendoh, it was apparent that he was way too weak! The different defensive moves were riddled with all kinds of leaks in Sendoh's eyes. After continuous dribbling, Sendoh accelerated to
break through.
Makoto Masaru only symbolically blocked him and gave up. He had no way to stop Sendoh, who was determined to score. After breaking through, Sendoh immediately moved inside. At that moment, Kenichi Uesugi rushed to defend against him.
Sendoh was waiting for this opportunity ; he wanted to score in front of Kenichi Uesugi. Sendoh was continuously dribbling the ball at an incredible speed as if he would attack any second. Meanwhile, Kenichi Uesogi had already started imitating Kazunari Takao's skill, Eagle Eye in black and blue. As
compared to Eagle Eye, this has a greater field of view. Observing the position of everybody on the court, Kenichi Uesugi judged that first, Sendoh would not pass. After breaking through Makoto Masaru's defense, he clearly had the opportunity to shoot and score directly; yet he still rushed directly inside, indicating that he was
targeting him. Secondly, Kenichi was already very close to him. It is very dangerous at this moment to force the shooting. What was in his mind now was that he had to make this goal; he definitely would not use this option.
So the option left for Sendoh was to break through. By using observational skills like Eagle Eye, Kenichi noted that behind him to the right were Yuzumi and Sugapira, already under the basket to obstruct Sendoh's way. But then again, Sendoh couldn't break through from that direction; so definitely, he would attempt breaking from the left side.
And this Kenichi had guessed quite accurately. So to pretend, Kenichi moves a step towards the right and to entice Sendoh to enter into his trap, thus he is sure of not having Sendoh break through in his left side, by sending the ball toward it and breaking
through left-side. Sendoh must have vowed that he was going to attack right up the center, without ever yielding until his target score came on board. By the side, Ikegami burst with ecstasy and said, "Sendoh cut through Kenichi Uesugi's defense; a goal would come forth shortly." Soon after, in the person of
Kenichi Uesugi, prepared beforehand, who
quickly turned and let go of a pitch towards the basketball in the hands of Sendoh :. He caught Sendoh off guard and directly stole the basketball! "What? He stole Sendoh 's ball!" "Oh my God! I can't believe it! Sendoh was blocked by him!" "This guy is too strong ; he couldn 't even break through Sendoh." At that moment, Sendoh, who was intercepted, was also surprised. He didn't expect Kenichi Uesugi to predict his attack direction. That was amazing; this man's perception ability was indeed sharp. Not far from Sendoh,
Ikegami Ryoji stared at everything in front of him in amazement. His face was slapped again! Since the beginning, his judgment had never been right. Though Sendoh's two defeats made him feel much better, he was very angry at being slapped in the face continuously. This left him feeling very complicated: hmm, it is so complicated!
Outside the court, Tanaka Shigeichi looked at the two and felt that Kenichi Uesugi's
perception ability was indeed strong; after he had understood the situation on the court, he quickly determined the attack direction of Sendo, which proved very effective and may be useful in the future games. However, with Tanaka's understanding of Sendo, relying on this seems not enough to defend against him completely; Sendo should not have revealed his strength yet!