books44 Chapter 342: Attack on Kanagawa (Part )
Chapter 342: Attack on Kanagawa (Part )
"Coach, how are we going to play tomorrow's game?" At night, the Kanagawa players gathered in the coach's room.
"Oh, our first opponent is the Hokkaido team, which poses no threat to us. There is no need to set up special tactics to target us. I'll leave it to you first and second graders. The third graders can take a collective rest," Coach Anzai responded.
"Eight people on the field are enough," Tian Gang and Gao Tou also looked confident.
The game officially started at ten o'clock in the morning.
The starting lineup sent out by the Kanagawa team was a combination of Ryonan and Shohoku, with centers Hanamichi Sakuragi, Sendō Ohmae, Katsumi Ichiro Komae, shooting guard Nobunaga Kiyota and point guard Ryouta Miyagi.
"Kanagawa is really arrogant. All the third-year players are on rest." A voice came from the stands. It was Kawata who came to watch the game. "Even if they are first and second year players, with Sendoh, Rukawa, Sakuragi and others, they are enough to deal with the Hokkaido team." Fukatsu said
"Damn it, they actually look down on us!" The Hokkaido team in white uniforms looked angry.
At the start of the game, Sakuragi went for a jump ball and won the basketball with a height half an arm higher than the opponent's center. Miyagi got the ball, easily broke through the opponent and passed it to Katsumi on the outside. Katsumi made a three-pointer and Kanagawa completed an attack with only four seconds left. 3:0
Hokkaido served the ball, and the point guard had just dribbled the ball two steps when a black shadow appeared and the guard had lost the ball!
"Miyagi, good steal, give me the ball" Sendoh gestured for the ball, Miyagi passed the ball immediately, and Sendoh scored with a one-handed dunk! 5:0
Hokkaido's attack was much more cautious this time. After several passes, the ball was passed to the No. 4 player, their captain, who was the shooting guard.
"No. 18 is a freshman, shorter than me, so he should be easy to deal with." No. 4 looked at Kiyota Nobunaga, who was on the opposite side. He dribbled the ball behind his back, passed it to his right hand, and then quickly rushed to the right. As the captain of Hokkaido, his skills were quite good, and he was quite skilled in this set of moves. Although his movements were fast, Kiyota was not slow either. As soon as No. 4 barely broke in, Kiyota turned around. His speed was obviously faster than No. 4, and he caught up with No. 4 in just a moment.
"What a fast speed!" Captain No. 4 was shocked and immediately stopped, bent his knees and jumped up, raising his hand to make a wrist jump shot.
But at this moment, Qingtian had obviously expected this, and he also made an emergency stop and immediately pounced on No. 4.
Bang!
Although Kiyota didn't block the ball, his defensive action also reduced the hit rate of No. 4's jump shot, causing the ball to hit the rim and fall. Sakuragi successfully grabbed the rebound
"Give it to me!" After completing the defense, Kiyota immediately ran to the front court. Sakuragi nodded and handed the ball to Kiyota. Kiyota, holding the ball, burst out in two steps and broke through the defense of the opponent's No. 5 player, but at this time No. 4 had already come to assist in defense in front of him.
"Boy, I'm going to defend you on this ball!" No. 4 took a defensive stance. However, the next second, his pupils shrank - where is the ball?
"Good pass!" Miyagi followed up and made a layup easily, 7:0 Kanagawa got another 2 points. After the goal, the two high-fived
"Oh, Kiyota-san handled this ball very well, very calmly." Anxi nodded in satisfaction off the court.
"Give me the ball!" The captain of Hokkaido was a little embarrassed after being blocked by a freshman and receiving an assist in front of him. He gestured for the ball and the ball was in his hands again.
"This kid has great physical fitness, we can't be careless." Although No. 4 wanted to score a goal, he still kept a calm head. He raised the ball high and made a fake shot. The ball fell to the ground and cut to the basket. However, Qingtian did not fall for this shot, nor did he lose his position. He always blocked in front of No. 4. Judging from No. 4's route, it is very likely that he will cut to the basket and shoot quickly. This is a judgment made by Qingtian based on experience.
He failed to get rid of Kiyota. As expected by Captain No. 4, he unexpectedly dribbled the ball behind his back. This covert change of direction allowed him to temporarily escape from Kiyota's close proximity. Kiyota reacted quickly, and when No. 4 picked up the ball, he had adjusted his center of gravity to chase after him. No. 4 did not stop, but jumped up and shot, leaning back slightly to avoid Kiyota's block. The ball bounced on the rim and rolled twice into the net. 7;2, Hokkaido finally scored a goal
"Great goal, Captain!" The Hokkaido players cheered for their captain.
"It's okay, Kiyota, you defended well on this shot, he can't always score like this" Sendoh patted Kiyota's shoulder
"Next, Kiyota" was beaten by the opponent, Miyagi obviously wanted Kiyota to get back on his feet. After Kiyota got the ball, he signaled his teammates to move away. Facing the defender No. 4, Kiyota Nobunaga glanced at him. Suddenly he dribbled past. However, No. 4 was also more focused, moving sideways to catch up with Kiyota. Kiyota saw that there was no chance, so he passed the ball to Sendoh, who got the ball and made a jump shot without hesitation, 9:2
"It turns out that this kid's skills are just average. It's just that his physical fitness is better. This is no wonder. After all, he is only a freshman and still needs to be tempered." Captain No. 4 made this judgment
In the transition from offense to defense, their captain broke the goal drought. This goal naturally went to the captain. The Hokkaido defender passed the ball to No. 4 without hesitation.
"Snap!" Kiyota suddenly jumped sideways from in front of No. 4 and stole the ball! Miyagi picked up the basketball, Kanagawa counterattacked, and the ball was in Kiyota's hands again.
"You go guard No. 18, I'll watch out for No. 17, you have to watch out for No. 18's pass." The captain of Hokkaido has returned to defense, and he has made a defensive arrangement.
"You come to defend me, it seems I'm underestimated!" Qingtian smiled coldly, and suddenly dribbled through. The defending player No. 6 hurried to follow. At this time, Qingtian pulled the ball back, making No. 6 a little embarrassed. With a confident smile on his face, Qingtian dribbled the ball twice in succession. "Here I come!" As soon as he finished speaking, Qingtian dribbled the ball from the right side, and No. 2 followed closely.
He rushed out two steps, dribbled the ball behind his back, and turned to the left. The center of gravity of No. 6 just shifted to the left. Qingtian used the dribble under his crotch again to switch the ball to his right hand. The center of gravity of No. 6 had already shifted. He tried his best to catch up with Qingtian, but his body had already stopped him and he sat on the ground. Qingtian finished the task and went straight to the basket.
"Kid, it seems I underestimated you. Don't even think about scoring a goal." No. 4 has returned to the basket and jumped high to prepare for a block shot.
"Just in time!" A gleam of light appeared in Qingtian's eyes. Qingtian jumped high and raised the ball above his head with one hand.
Dunk! 11:2! When Qingtian scored, he knocked No. 4 to the ground. "Don't underestimate me," Qingtian finished the dunk and looked down at No. 4 who was sitting on the ground coldly.
After being humiliated by Kiyota's dunk, player No. 4 tried to hit back, but his obvious intention was seen through by the Kanagawa players. Sendoh suddenly appeared and stole the ball from him. Kanagawa counterattacked, and Miyagi was about to make a layup when he suddenly passed the ball behind his back. Sakuragi followed up with a powerful one-handed dunk and scored another 2 points. 13:2
"Beautiful, Sakuragi!" The players of Kanagawa cheered for this goal.
"Hokkaido requests a timeout." The Hokkaido coach saw that the team was not in a good situation and quickly called a timeout.
"Very good, keep it up," Coach Anxi said simply, and then sat back in the coaching booth without making any substitutions.
After the timeout, the Hokkaido team obviously strengthened the team's coordination. With the help of the inside players' cover, the captain of Hokkaido successfully shook off Kiyota's defense this time and scored 2 points, 13:4. This Hokkaido team is mainly composed of players from Iwashimizu High School who reached the top 16 in this summer's national competition. Since they can reach the top 16 in the national competition, they still have certain capabilities. Although on the defensive end, there are still not many ways to attack Kanagawa, but their offense is much smoother than at the beginning. In the rest of the first half, they kept close to the score and did not let the score widen further. At the end of the first half, Kanagawa led by 47 points with 34:13 and went into the halftime break.
"In the second half, Mike, Rukawa, and Kamiso Ichiro, you three will come on the court to replace Miyagi. Kiyota and Sakuragi-san, Sendoh-san will organize the team's offense. Sendoh, Rukawa, and Mike-san, you should go inside more often. Katsume and Kamishi-san, you should open up offensive space for the three of them on the outside."
"Yes, coach," Kanagawa players responded in unison