books44 Chapter 264: Shohoku vs. Touou: Shohoku at full power
Chapter 264: Shohoku vs. Touou: Shohoku at full power
"It's okay, we'll score one goal against him." The 6-point lead was instantly recovered by Xiangbei. As the captain, Nan Lie was busy encouraging the morale of his team members. The Touou players learned the lesson from the last steal. Iwata and Shishima Kyohei covered Itakura, making Xiangbei's double-team tactics ineffective. Itakura successfully received Kishimoto's serve and prepared to launch a fast break. However, after the double-team failed, the Xiangbei players had already thought of this and immediately came back to defend, so Touou's fast break could not be launched.
"Itakura, if you can't launch a fast break, just stabilize it," Nan Lie reminded.
"Well done, Anan." Kitano nodded with satisfaction.
Itakura carried the ball across half court, and Iwata came out to cover for Nan Lie. Nan Lie took the opportunity to shake off Kemei's defense, got the ball at the front three-point line, and shot a three-pointer. However, at the moment when Nan Lie shot the three-pointer, a figure appeared in front of Nan Lie, "Red-haired boy, how did he catch up?" Nan Lie was shocked.
"This kind of trick is something this genius has already seen through." It turned out that Sakuragi suddenly followed Iwata to the outside line, and at the moment when Iwata made a pick-and-roll, he followed the direction of Nan Lie's running position to defend. "Snap!" Sakuragi blocked the shot with a volleyball smash and slammed the ball across half court!
"Good job, Sakuragi!" Mito Yohei grabbed the basketball and started a fast break. Itakura tried to block Yohei, but Yohei turned his back beautifully and passed Itakura. At the moment when Nan Lie made up for the defense, the ball in Yohei's hand had disappeared.
"Good pass" Kemei received the ball outside the three-point line,
"Don't even think about shooting!" Shiyu Jingping suddenly rushed over from the side and jumped up to block the shot. "Oh no, it was a fake move." It turned out that Kemei did not choose to shoot a three-pointer, but instead took the ball, dribbled to the basket, and made a layup to score 66:63
Nan Lie used the screen to get the ball again and made a three-point shot.
"Do you want another shot?" Sakuragi appeared in front of Nan Lie again.
"You've been fooled." It turned out that Nan Lie did not choose to shoot a three-pointer, but dribbled inside the three-point line. "I'm not the only one who can shoot three-pointers." Nan Lie shot confidently. "What?" Nan Lie's eyes narrowed, and a big hand suddenly stretched out from behind him, blocking the ball he just shot out of bounds.
"What kind of monster is this red-haired No. 10?" Jin Ping and Kitano in the Touou coaching booth opened their mouths in surprise. It turned out that after being shaken off by Nan Lie, Sakuragi immediately chased back. At the moment when Nan Lie jumped, Sakuragi also completed his jump.
Touou threw the ball from the sideline, "Where is that red-haired boy?" Nan Lie, who received the ball, glanced at the position of Xiangbei and found Sakuragi standing near him!
"Opportunity!" Just when Nan Lie was distracted, Ke Mei grabbed the ball from Nan Lie's hands, Xiangbei launched a quick attack, and Qingtian completed a dunk 68:63
"Touou requested a timeout" Xiangbei scored consecutive fast breaks, and Jin Ping hurriedly called a timeout
"Oh, everyone did a great job. Akagi, Mure and Mitsui, you guys will play later. The lineup remains the same." Coach Anzai was very satisfied with the performance of the players on the field and did not make any arrangements.
After the timeout, Nan Lie received the ball this time, but did not choose to attack. Instead, he used himself to attract Xiangbei's defense and passed the ball to Kishimoto. Kishimoto shook off Fukuda's defense and made a shot 68:65
Mito Yohei dribbled the ball, and Kemei blocked it very tacitly, blocking Itakura who was defending Yohei. Nan Lie hurried to make up for it, but Mito Yohei immediately passed the ball to Kemei who had finished the screen. Kemei made a mid-range shot and scored 70:65
Itakura gets the ball from the baseline of Touou. Mito Yohei is already defending him. Itakura has no chance to break through the defense.
"Is this guy really just a freshman? He's calm, passes the ball well, and has no flaws in defense." Itakura secretly groaned
Seeing this, Shiyu from the "Itakura" team immediately rushed over to help. "Shiyu Senior" Itakura pretended to pass the ball.
"It's not that easy." Mito Yohei immediately tried to steal the ball. "Oops, I got fooled." Just as Mito Yohei's center of gravity moved toward the ball, Itakura collected the ball, fooled Mito Yohei, and successfully broke through. Although Mito Yohei was fooled, his reaction was not slow. He immediately turned around and chased after Itakura. He caught up with Itakura in the half court. "This first-year kid is really fast." Itakura had to slow down the pace and slowly control the ball, while observing the movement of his teammates. Suddenly, he made a powerful long pass, which just bypassed the defensive player and passed it to Kishimoto under the basket. Kishimoto made a layup directly.
"Don't even think about it, little braid!" Sakuragi suddenly appeared in front of Kishimoto
"Red-haired boy?!" This time, Kishimoto "enjoyed" the same treatment as Nan Lie before, and was treated by Sakuragi to a hot pot. However, Sakuragi's blocked shot was caught by Itakura who jumped up. However, just as Itakura landed, "It's dangerous!" Nan Lie on the side reminded him. Before Itakura could react, a figure appeared in front of Itakura, and the ball in Itakura's hand was stolen by this person.
"Yohei, great steal!" It was Mito Yohei who completed the steal.
"The first-year guard of Xiangbei is quite capable. Itakura is already very good, but he can't play to his full potential in front of him," not to mention the previous starter Murasakibara. A third-year player from Touou sighed off the court.
"Okawa, help me check Itakura's data now." Kitano suddenly realized something when he heard this, and hurriedly turned around to ask Okawa Teruo, a freshman on the team.
"Um... Senior Itakura currently has 6 points, 2 assists, 5 turnovers, and no steals."
"Itakura, who averages 25 points per game, has only scored 6 points in this game? No, I only noticed that the scores have been relatively close, so I ignored the conditions of the players on the team. Shohoku's strategy is to use Murasakibara and Mito to strangle Itakura, the scoring point, and only let Minami Lie and Kishimoto score. In this way, they have found the focus of defense. At the same time, it also consumes the physical strength of Minami Lie and Kishimoto." Kitano suddenly reacted. He understood that Minami Lie and Kishimoto alone could not defeat Shohoku, not to mention that Touou did not have the advantage in the interior. "Shiyu, you go defend No. 12, Itakura, you face No. 9." Kitano thought of this and immediately reminded the players on the field to switch positions
"Oh? Kitano, you finally reacted, but your reaction is too late." Coach Anzai heard Kitano's command and turned back to the bench and said, "The five of you should get ready to play and end this game."
After Mito Yohei steals the ball, Xiangbei launches a counterattack. The players of Touou know the importance of this ball and try their best to defend it. As a result, Kiyota's layup is successfully blocked by Iwata and goes out of bounds.
"Beep, Xiangbei substitution" the referee made a substitution gesture
"Five in and five out? Akagi, Murasaki, and Mitsui are all on the court." The audience noticed the changes in Xiangbei. Five third-year players of Xiangbei came on the court! As soon as the seniors of Xiangbei came on the court, they used a wonderful cooperation to give Touou a warning. Murasaki easily broke through to the inside and passed the ball to Akagi. Facing Akagi's power, Touou did not dare to neglect it in the slightest. Iwata and Kishimoto double-teamed Akagi. Facing the double-team, Akagi did not rush to attack, but passed the ball to Mitsui on the outside. Mitsui did not shoot a three-pointer, but passed the ball to Hasegawa who was standing at 5 degrees. Hasegawa received the ball and passed it again without stopping. At this moment, Murasaki had already run back to the three-point line, and Itakura was busy defending Hasegawa. Murasaki was unguarded. After receiving the ball, Murasaki calmly shot and made a three-pointer 45:73
On the defensive end, Touou attempted to score with a fast break, but the pressure from Mugure and Mitsui prevented Touou's fast break from happening. Touou fell into a positional battle, and in a positional battle, Touou was no match for Shohoku. Akagi was a pillar in the paint, and directly blocked Kishimoto's layup. Shohoku counterattacked, and Akagi got the ball and raised his butt, and Iwata couldn't hold it anymore, and retreated backwards. Kishimoto saw that the situation was not good, and hurried over to help defend.
Akagi did not force a single-handed attack on Iwata and Kishimoto, but instead used his right hand to hook the ball and threw it to the right.
Horita caught the ball before Kishimoto returned to defense and dunked it with both hands, 75:65! Kishimoto, who was unable to dodge, bumped into Deman and was knocked to the ground. Fortunately, the referee showed leniency and did not call a blocking foul on Kishimoto, otherwise Kishimoto would have suffered a big loss.
Touou attacked, but under the high pressure defense of Xiangbei, this attack failed. Akagi grabbed the rebound and made a long pass directly to Mugure. Although Touou's retreat was also fast, their defense did not form a system. Mugure made a horizontal pass, and Mitsui followed up and shot a three-pointer from the outside, and scored again.
78:65.湘北的三年级登场后，短短的1分13秒，就打了丰玉一个8:0的小高潮！
"Beep, Toyotama requests a timeout."