books44 Chapter 105: Battle with Lingnan: The End
Chapter 105: Battle with Lingnan: The End
After being substituted, the "hateful" Yu Zhu stamped his feet in anger
"Yuzhu, I am also partly responsible for your foul and being forced off the court. Don't be discouraged, you only committed four fouls. You still have a chance to play. Give me five minutes of patience and rest." Tiangang Shigeka comforted this cornerstone of the team.
"Yes, coach"
"With Yuzhu leaving the court, Ryonan's inside strength has weakened. They will definitely think that our offensive focus is on the inside, so we will do the opposite. Focus on the outside. Horita, when attacking, you will provide cover for the outside. As long as I can create an open space, my pass will definitely reach it." After Murasakibara made the free throw, he called the Shohoku players on the court and deployed his next move.
"Looks like I have to attack" Sendoh looked at the scoreboard.
Ryonan attacked, and the ball was in Sendoh's hands. Sendoh's opponent at this time was not Mitsui, but Hasegawa
"Did you change players? You are no match for me." "Hmph, come on."
Hasegawa launched a entangled defense against Sendoh. Sendoh was not paying attention and the ball was touched by Hasegawa. Sendoh quickly returned the ball and took it back.
"This guy is really persistent!" Xiandao felt that the opponent in front of him was much more difficult to deal with than in the first half.
"Snap" the ball was quietly passed by Mitsui from the side, and stole it. "Quick attack" Mitsui got the ball and made a long pass. Murasakibara had started again
"It's not that simple" Miyagi has rushed back.
"Focus on me to stop the fast break? It's not that easy." Mumu suddenly passed the ball horizontally, and a white figure received the ball, jumped up, and shot a three-pointer. It was Katsumi who followed! But Katsumi hadn't shot much since he came on the court, and he missed this shot. But Mumu had already gone down when passing the ball, got the rebound of the missed shot, and beat Miyagi under the basket, easily getting two points.
In this attack by Ryonan, Sendoh was not careless. After a feint, he suddenly broke through to the left.
"It's not that easy." Hasegawa immediately moved sideways, blocking the path of Sendo's breakthrough.
Sendoh showed a surprised expression on his face. He didn't expect that this move was easy to break through before, but it didn't work this time. However, as a scoring expert, Sendoh was also very quick to respond. He pushed the ground with the inside of his right foot and stepped forward to the left. He passed his upper body to the left and leaned over his shoulder. He pushed the ball in front of his right leg with his left hand, and made a beautiful crossover step. This time, Hasegawa had no choice but to watch Sendoh break through him. After Sendoh broke through, he made a quick stop jump shot and hit it!
"It's okay, Isshi, just defend him like this to force Sendoh to do difficult moves and consume his energy." Murasaki went over to comfort Hasegawa
"Well, it's okay, I'll just treat it as training my defense." Hasegawa nodded.
"We can't let the first-year boy get so rampant. I'll take care of him on offense." Mitsui also came over.
Murasaki dribbled the ball across the frontcourt, "Since you want to hit one back, I'll give it to you." Murasaki passed the ball to Mitsui. Facing the defensive Sendoh, Mitsui broke through directly after getting the ball. Sendoh was also not vague, he stepped sideways and blocked Mitsui's dribbling route. Mitsui took a leisurely step back to the three-point line and got into a three-point shooting posture
"It's not that easy to shoot a three-pointer." Sendo stopped and kicked with his right leg. He stretched out his right hand to block Mitsui's shot, but in the air, Sendo's eyes widened. Mitsui didn't shoot! Instead, he waited for Sendo to jump up, then jumped forward and shot a three-pointer. At the moment of shooting the three-pointer, Sendo's hand hit Mitsui's hand.
"Beep" the referee's whistle sounded, and the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air and fell straight into the net!
"Blue No. 13, foul, score counts, one free throw" Mitsui made a 3+1!
"As expected of Mitsui, Sendoh is still too immature," praised Fujita in the stands.
Mitsui made a free throw
Mitsui made a foul, which angered Sendoh. Sendoh wanted the ball.
Hasegawa: "Mitsui did a great job, it was so satisfying. Sendoh, you must really want to hit the ball back, so I can't give you a chance to catch the ball." Hasegawa stuck to Sendoh tightly, not giving him a chance to catch the ball.
"Go and meet Sendoh!" Tian Gang shouted from the sidelines. The Ryonan players who received the reminder went to meet Sendoh. Under the cover of Takeda Hitake, Sendoh finally received the ball. After getting the ball, he turned around and passed Mitsui who came to help defend. He came to the free throw line and made a quick stop jump shot, scoring two points.
Shohoku was on offense, and Katsumi suddenly ran without the ball outside the three-point line. Takeda Tobitake, who was guarding him, hurried to chase him and bumped into Horita Tokuo who was covering for Katsumi. Katsumi got an open space and Murasakibara passed the ball to him immediately. Katsumi took a three-point shot and this time he made it!
Sendoh played against Hasegawa. Although he was defended by Hasegawa this time, the captain of Ryonan grabbed the frontcourt rebound and made a tip-in.
The two sides fought back and forth. Shohoku's Kogure, Mitsui, and Katsumi took turns firing. Horita and Hasegawa in the interior could also provide help to the three of them. On the Ryonan side, they could only rely on Sendoh to hold on. With 6 minutes left in the game, Shohoku was already leading by 12 points.
"Yuzhu, go!" Unable to contain himself, Tian Gang finally replaced the team's inside pillar.
"Is Yuzhu on the court? Let's attack the inside," Murasaki instructed everyone
"Attack the inside?"
"That's right, Tokunan, Isshi, it's up to you two from now on." Mumu made the next arrangements
"Kumure, what do you mean?" Mitsui didn't understand. Murasaki whispered to Mitsui, who smiled evilly and said, "Mumure, you are too insidious. Although it's a bit risky, the chance of success is indeed not small."
After Yuzhu came on the court, Miyagi saw that Sendoh had consumed a lot of energy in the attack during this period, so he gave the ball to Yuzhu, who attacked the inside line and scored.
"Tokuo" Mugure hit the ball to Tokuo Horita, who received the ball and turned around to make a layup
"Bang!" Yu Zhu blocked the ball out of the baseline.
Shohoku serves the ball from the baseline, and Horita once again singles out Yuzhu, but is blocked again. Yuzhu gets the ball and launches a fast break, and Miyagi scores two points
Shohoku attacks again, or gives it to Horita
"What's wrong with Xiangbei? Why did they give the ball to No. 11?" The audience was talking about it, and the players of Hainan and Xiangyang were also puzzled.
Although Horita was not blocked this time, he was blocked for a three-second violation. On the offensive end, Yuzhu made another dunk.
"Well done, Yuzhu!" "Roar!" Yuzhu was also extremely excited
"Coach, Yuzhu is on the court, Ryonan's momentum has increased, should we call a timeout?" Captain Kusao Takeshi was a little worried.
"Let's wait and see, Murasakibara must have some plan, otherwise he wouldn't arrange the attack like this." Coach Anzai remained calm.
"It's time" Murasakibara looked at Yuzhu's back.
"Horita" Murasaki passed the ball to the inside, but this time Murasaki did not sit back and watch Horita attack, but immediately ran to the inside. He got the ball from Horita and pretended to shoot.
"Don't even think about it!" Yu Zhu rushed forward
"Could it be?" A thought flashed through Tiangang's mind, "Don't go over there, Yuzhu, he is going to make you commit a foul!" Tiangang shouted anxiously
"I have committed 4 fouls" Yu Zhu suddenly remembered what the coach said. He tried to stop himself, but it was too late. Mu Mu leaned towards Yu Zhu and threw the ball out.
"Ding! Blue No. 9 committed a foul, 5 fouls maximum, and is leaving the court." Yu Zhu, who had just been on the court for less than a minute and a half, committed 1 fouls maximum and was ejected!
"Use Horita as bait. Let Yuzhu succeed and make him arrogant. In the excitement, Yuzhu will forget the potential foul and attack unexpectedly. Lure Yuzhu into taking the bait. Oh ha ha ha," Coach Anzai understood Murasakibara's intention.
"The outcome has been decided. Yuzhu only played for more than a minute before leaving the court. Sendoh's physical strength has not recovered yet, and the other players of Ryonan can't give Sendoh much help. And they can't defend against the offensive of Murasakibara and Mitsui," Gaotou concluded.
Sure enough, with two minutes left in the game, Xiangbei was leading by 20 points, and Sendoh was so tired that he had cramps and could not continue the game. Seeing that the game was over, Tian Gang replaced the substitute players and admitted defeat. Coach Anxi also replaced the substitute players to feel the atmosphere of the competition. In the end, Xiangbei won the first game of the joint finals 86:70