books44 Chapter 120: Xiangbei vs. Hainan (Part )
Chapter 120: Xiangbei vs. Hainan (Part )
In the second half, Yuzhu used his height advantage to get the ball, and Miyagi got the ball. Dongzhang came to defend Miyagi immediately.
"Oh? A change of players," Miyagi thought, preparing to accelerate on the spot and break through Higashijo, but Higashijo was tall and had long arms, and his steps were quite flexible, so he followed Miyagi, and Miyagi failed to break through with his first step. "You're quite capable," Miyagi dribbled back and prepared to start again.
"Snap!" The ball was intercepted by Fujima who came over. The captain of Shoyo had already started the moment he saw Fujima approaching Miyagi. He believed that with Fujima's strength, it would be no problem to intercept the ball unexpectedly. Fujima did not disappoint him. Sakata received the ball and easily scored a layup.
When Ryonan attacked, Fujima suddenly changed his defensive style from the first half and rushed towards Miyagi. Although Miyagi relied on his superb dribbling skills to avoid being intercepted by Fujima, he was unable to break through Fujima.
"Miyagi, pass the ball quickly, you've been holding the ball for too long," Tanaoka Shigeichi reminded Miyagi from the sidelines. Miyagi glanced at the timer and saw eight seconds left.
"Sendoh" Miyagi made a fake move, created an opening, and passed the ball to Sendoh. But Sakata had already noticed the ball, flew over, and intercepted the ball halfway. "Fujima!" Fujima had already rushed to the front court, got the ball, and scored another two points.
Ryonan attacked again, Yuzhu got the ball and just dribbled one step. Dongzhang suddenly appeared beside Yuzhu and reached out to steal the ball. Shoyo made another fast break. At the beginning of the second half, Shoyo played a 6:0 shock wave. When Tiangang Shigeru saw that something was wrong, he quickly called a timeout.
"It seems that Shoyo has started to exert its strength. I wonder if Ryonan can keep up with Shoyo's rhythm. Shoyo is going to play fast." Murasakibara commented on it
After the timeout, Ryonan attacked. Miyagi passed the ball to Sendoh. Sendoh stood one step inside the three-point line, bent over and held the ball at his waist with both hands. He used his left foot to lightly make a horse stance to penetrate the center of gravity of Dongzhang who was opposite him. However, Dongzhang was experienced and would not be fooled by a light probing. Sendoh suddenly accelerated and moved towards Dongzhang's arms, preparing to break through from the left. Dongzhang held Sendoh's body hard, making him unable to accelerate and used his body to separate Sendoh from the passing route of other teammates. He drove Sendoh to rush to Hanagata and Yanwan under the basket. Sendoh was not a fool. He would definitely die if he went so hard. He suddenly stopped at the paint line, then turned 180 degrees and made a fadeaway jump shot. "Swish" the ball went in.
"Amazing!" Kemei, who is also a freshman, exclaimed. Sendoh's moves caught Dongzhang off guard, and the jump shot was high, so Dongzhang had no time to interfere with the shot. Kemei asked himself if he could do this.
"It's okay, but this style of play consumes too much energy. I don't know how long he can keep it up. He's playing at almost the maximum speed his body can withstand. If he keeps playing like this, he'll be exhausted before the end of the first half." Mitsui Yue commented from the side, and the other players of Shohoku kept nodding their heads like chickens pecking at rice.
Back on the court, Fujima faced Miyagi who was defending him, and he scored the ball with the same method as Sendoh, and it looked much easier and more graceful. Coupled with his flowing hair, it attracted the cheers of the girls. Instantly, the stands were set off again.
"This is really interesting" Sendoh (inwardly), asked for the ball again. He used the same trick and threw the ball out in the same way, but this time, Shoyo was already prepared, and Hanagata rushed out and appeared in front of Sendoh.
"Rebound" Hua Xing felt his fingertips touch the basketball and turned back to warn. Yan Wan and Yu Zhu jumped up to fight for it. Yu Zhu relied on his height advantage to get the ball first. He jumped again and got the ball. Jumped up and dunked
"Snap!" Fujima came back and slapped the ball out of Yuzhu's hand.
"Foul!" by the Ryonan players, but the referee didn't blow the whistle, it was a good shot! Shoyo launched a counterattack and scored two more points!
"Ryonan's tactics are too simple, all individual plays, whether it's Sendoh or Yuzhu, Yuzhu can actually pass the ball to the guards for organization" Mitsui commented again
"For a new team, there is still too little time for running-in. This is the difference between emerging forces and old powerhouses," Murasakibara nodded.
The following game process verified the judgment of the Xiangbei team. Ryonan's tactics were to fight alone, with too little coordination. As time passed, Miyagi and Sendoh's physical strength began to fail to keep up with the rhythm of the game, while Xiangyang played steadily and gradually widened the score.
"Five, four, three, two, one" With the countdown of the crowd, the game ended. Shoyo defeated Ryonan 93:77 and got the ticket to the play-offs.
"Huh, at least we have a chance to enter the national competition." After the game, Coach Tateyama breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was only a play-off, Tateyama still had great confidence that his team could enter the national competition.
"Don't be discouraged, we will try again next year." Despite missing out on the national competition, Tanaoka Shigekazu still seemed relatively calm. Except for a few senior players who were a little depressed, other players of Ryonan, such as Sendoh, Uozushi, Miyagi, etc., were relatively normal.
"Okay. It's our turn now. Let's go. We will dominate Kanagawa for 16 consecutive years." Hainan's captain Fujita took the lead and led the players into the field.
"Let's go!" Shohoku's captain, Kusao Takeshi, was not to be outdone.
"Today's starting lineup is center Tokuo Horita, power forward Takeshi Kusao, small forward Kazushi Hasegawa, shooting guard Hisashi Mitsui, and point guard Kimura Mitsunobu. Our tactics are..." Coach Anzai drew a tactical roadmap
"Everyone, just treat this as a normal game and deal with it normally," Gao Touli said to the Hainan players calmly. This is the confidence of a king.
"Kusao Takeshi, although you are missing Akagi, we will not show mercy" Fujita shakes hands with Kusao Takeshi before the game
"Hmph, don't think that we're easy to bully just because we're without Akagi," Kusao Takeshi snorted.
"Come on, Gongyan!" A clear female voice came when the Xiangbei players were about to go on the court.
"Kika? Why are you here? Isn't the gymnastics team training today?" Mu Mu noticed that his girlfriend appeared at the stadium. Seeing her out of breath, she must have just arrived.
"It's such a crucial game, I have to come and cheer for you." Mu Mu looked at his girlfriend and nodded heavily.
Both sides have finished warming up and the game is about to begin
湘北身着白色队服：中锋11号堀田德男187cm，大前锋4号草尾毅187cm，小前锋10号长谷川一志189cm，得分后卫7号三井寿182cm，控球后卫9号木暮公延180cm
海南身着紫色队服：中锋5号星野辉二198cm，大前锋6号河本东正193cm。小前锋4号藤田木188cm，得分后卫7号本多正才182cm控球后卫8号牧绅一181cm，面对缺少赤木的湘北队，高头还是派出了全主力阵容
As expected, Hoshino got the ball. The ball flew towards Maki Shinichi, who was about to catch the ball. Suddenly, a dark shadow passed in front of him and the ball was taken by this person first! The one who got the ball was Murasaki. Murasaki had studied Hainan's first attack. Hoshino was used to passing the ball to Maki Shinichi's side. Murasaki was therefore prepared and took action in advance to steal the ball. Maki Shinichi also reacted quickly and immediately came to defend "Mitsui". Murasaki got the ball without stopping it and passed it to Mitsui.
Mitsui reacted very quickly and caught the ball. As soon as he caught it, he moved forward quickly.
The battle-hardened Hainan players were not affected by the ball. They quickly returned to defense, took their positions, and began to defend.
Mitsui glanced at the overall situation and immediately realized that he couldn't launch a fast break now. He raised his hand and stretched out four fingers, meaning to keep the ball steady, and then immediately handed the ball to Murasakibara.
The whole team immediately slowed down and began to take positions for positional warfare.
Mitsui and Hasegawa were out of position, and Hasegawa blocked the player chasing Mitsui. As soon as Mitsui broke away from the opponent's defense, he immediately reached out for the ball.
Mumu took advantage of the gap to pass the ball. After receiving the ball, Mitsui accelerated to the right outside line, and suddenly changed direction and squeezed into the inside line. Honda Masato, who was chasing him to defend, was immediately thrown past. Hoshino came to make up for the defense. "German" Mitsui passed the ball. Hoshino was stunned. While he was stunned, Mitsui ducked, passed Hoshino, and got to the basket and jumped.
"Don't even think about it!" Kawamoto Tosho rushed over and jumped to block the shot.
"Boom!" Mitsui scores a dunk!
"Purple No. 6, blocking foul, goal counts, one free throw"
Mitsui made the free throw and Xiangbei took the lead!