Chapter 133: Kazuhiro vs. Fuqiu, the last shot
Chapter 133: Kazuhiro vs. Fuqiu, the last shot
"Well done, Sakuragi." It can be said that Sakuragi's block was crucial. Fuqiu's top ace Rukawa was blocked and Sakuragi's dunk greatly boosted Kazuhiro's morale. This time, Mito Yohei successfully stole the ball from Fuqiu's guard to Rukawa, and assisted his teammates to score on a fast break. Coach Fuqiu saw that the situation was not right and immediately called a timeout.
"Ryukawa, don't just attack blindly, you have to trust your teammates. Didn't you notice that Wako Junior High School has focused all its defensive attention on you? No matter how good you are, can you beat five people?" Fuqiu's coach had long been aware of Rukawa's unique playing style, but out of consideration for the team's ace, and in addition, junior high school basketball itself has no tactics, it is all about individual performance, so Fuqiu's coach did not interfere too much with Rukawa's playing style. But at such a critical moment, he had to stand up and remind his disciple.
"Coach, I didn't pay attention to the defensive changes of Kazuhiko just now, and I didn't respond well. I will pay attention next time." Rukawa only admitted that he underestimated Fuqiu's defense. Fuqiu's coach sighed helplessly, knowing that his preaching was ineffective.
After the timeout, Fuqiu attacked. Although Rukawa did not change his playing attitude, he did increase his vigilance. He signaled his teammates to cover for him and took the initiative to run to get the ball. After getting the ball, facing the mismatched defense of Mito Yohei, he directly jumped and scored
"This Rukawa Kaede is not so stubborn. He can change his attacking style." Mitsui looked at Rukawa Kaede with a higher opinion
"If Rukawa Kaede can come to our Xiangbei, we will be even more powerful." Kemei said
"Him? I admit that Rukawa is strong. But if he wants to come to Shohoku, he must correct his playing style. Otherwise, once he gets carried away, he might ruin the victory of the game." Mitsui is not very optimistic about Rukawa.
Mugure did not say anything. Before he traveled through time, he did not like Rukawa's personality. After his group of people leave the team next year, the next captain will definitely be Katsumi, but... Katsumi has a softer personality and is not tough enough. He is okay as a second-in-command, but as a captain, it is difficult for him to calm down a member of the team. Rukawa is different. Rukawa has a sense of pride in his bones. His attitude towards people who are not as good as him... Rather than being indifferent, it is better to say that he is disdainful. Will he obey Katsumi's management? And there is also that guy Sakuragi. Their personalities will inevitably collide with fierce sparks, which will also affect the atmosphere of the team. Moreover, the current Xiangbei is much stronger than the Xiangbei in the previous life. Although Miyagi is missing, he has already taken the lead, and Sakuragi and Yohei are also stronger than the original. Fukuda, Hasegawa, and Katsumi are also excellent supplements. It's not that there is a lack of scorers like Rukawa. Therefore, although Rukawa is talented, Mugure does not welcome Rukawa very much.
"This Rukawa Kaede has a really strong scoring ability, we want him." Although Shohoku is not interested in Rukawa Kaede, there are people who appreciate him.
Back to the game. Mito Yohei shook off the defense of the opponent's guard, broke into the inside to attract the defense, but did not take credit for it, and immediately passed the ball to an open teammate, who made a mid-range shot.
"Mito Yohei is still reassuring, Mugure, when Mito Yohei comes to Shohoku, you won't have to work so hard anymore," Mitsui said to Mugure, who nodded. In the Shohoku team, although there are three point guards, Yida, Yuyue and Saito, who are Mugure's substitutes, they are not up to the task. Mito Yohei will be a great addition to the Shohoku back line.
This time, Wako changed his defensive strategy, and Rukawa found that his opponent was replaced by Mito Yohei! "It's a substitution," Rukawa sneered. In previous games, he made his opponents miserable, and there were many examples of him being replaced due to reduced physical strength. So Rukawa didn't think much of Wako's positional substitution. "Oh? He's following quite closely, this guy is really fast," Rukawa tried to move without the ball, but he found that he couldn't get rid of Mito Yohei's tail. He looked up to Mito Yohei slightly. This time, Rukawa used the center's cover to try to get rid of Mito Yohei's tail. But when he used the cover to get rid of Mito Yohei and got the ball, Sakuragi Hanamichi appeared in front of him.
"This guy, he followed up in time, but your defensive skills are still far behind." Rukawa knew that Sakuragi was under the basket, and his frontal defense was quite intimidating, but if he attacked Sakuragi from the front, Sakuragi would not be his opponent. Rukawa lowered his center of gravity and prepared to dribble past Sakuragi.
"Be careful, Rukawa" When his teammates reminded Rukawa, Rukawa suddenly felt something was wrong. He quickly put the ball away. Sure enough, Mito Yohei came from the other side and tried to steal Rukawa's dribble. Rukawa took advantage of the situation and made a direct jump shot. Sakuragi didn't have time to defend and the ball hit the backboard and went into the basket!
"It was a close call, it was almost intercepted." Although he scored a goal, Rukawa Kaede broke out in a cold sweat.
"If Rukawa's teammates hadn't reminded us, we would have snatched the ball." Mito Yohei secretly exclaimed what a pity.
Wako was on the attack, Oda pulled out to set a screen for Mito Yohei, after the screen, Mito Yohei passed the ball in time, Oda took a mid-range shot, Rukawa had already rushed out to block the shot, interfering with Oda, but Rukawa came out, which meant that Sakuragi would have no one to contend with under the basket, and Sakuragi made a tip-in.
"It's really hard to deal with, but as long as we score, Heguang will not come back." Rukawa wiped the sweat off his forehead. He still used the off-ball positioning to get rid of Mito Yohei's pursuit, got the ball, and rushed to the inside. Oda and Sakuragi blocked at the same time, and Rukawa leaned back to do a small pull-up shot and threw the ball out.
"Good move, but this ball is too difficult," Mitsui commented on the sidelines. Sure enough, the ball bounced out of the frame, Sakuragi grabbed the rebound and made a long pass, and the Wako players scored on a fast break!
Rukawa was attacking with the ball, and during a breakthrough layup, Sakuragi, Oda and another Wako player came from three directions, surrounded Rukawa, and blocked his attacking route. Obviously, Rukawa was not prepared enough, so he had to change the passing route in the air, but the quality of the pass was average. Mito Yohei was well prepared, flew to steal the ball, assisted his teammates to score, and Wako narrowed the gap step by step.
Rukawa Kaede continued to attack this time, with a small jump step, he successfully broke through the gap between Sakuragi and Oda and made a layup, but the ball hit the basket twice and bounced out. Mito Yohei passed the ball to his teammate
"Under normal circumstances, Rukawa would have scored this goal. His stamina is almost at its limit." Mitsui commented again, and Murasakibara nodded.
He Guang played steadily this time and scored two points. This time when Fuqiu attacked, Rukawa did not attack head-on, but passed the ball to Mizusawa, but Mizusawa did not attack for a long time and his touch was not good, so he missed the shot. Although He Guang missed the attack, he scored again with Sakuragi's second attack.
The game time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, there were only 23 seconds left in the game, and Fuqiu was leading by 2 points. Mizusawa attacked and rushed to the basket.
"You can't score" Before this, Mizusawa had gradually recovered his touch and scored two goals. The players of Wako didn't dare to relax on him. If he scored this goal, it would be a death sentence for them. Sakuragi and Oda firmly occupied the basket and didn't give Mizusawa any chance. If Mizusawa shot, the ball would be blocked.
"Good defense," Sanmao Yifu nodded off the court.
"Sakuragi and Oda are under the basket, and Mizusawa is still attacking the basket, committing a foul? It's unlikely... No, he is using himself to attract defense. Rukawa has rested for a while and has recovered his strength." Mito Yohei suddenly realized and immediately rushed towards Rukawa. Sure enough, Mizusawa Ichiro faked a breakthrough and passed the ball to Rukawa. But when the ball was about to reach Rukawa, it was intercepted by Mito Yohei!
"Counterattack" Mito Yohei rushed forward with the ball. For the crucial last ball, Fugaoka's players tried their best to return to defense. Fugaoka's point guard pounced on the ball in Yohei's hand with the action of a goalkeeper and successfully touched the ball. Although he did not intercept the ball, when Yohei got the ball back, Fugaoka's defender had successfully bought time for his teammates to return to defense.
"Very good, keep this ball!" Fuqiu's coach stood on the sidelines and loudly directed the players. In order to win, Fuqiu's players burst into amazing fighting spirit, leaving Heguang with no suitable opportunities and he could only pass the ball back and forth.
"Five, four, three, two..." The audience began to count down. Mito Yohei, who was holding the ball, saw that the time was almost up and shot a three-pointer! The ball followed the gaze of the audience and flew straight to the basket.
"Ding!" The bell for the end of the game rang!
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