Mitsui Hisahi's three-pointer did not make the audience climax. Instead, it was Makoto Shinichi's wonderful pass when facing two double-teams that won the cheers of the audience.
At this moment, Zhu Xingda was also staring at Mu Shenyi who sent the wonderful pass, and his attention was not distracted at all from Mitsui Shou.
It’s not unusual for an open three-pointer to go in.
Mu Shenyi, who was trapped in a double-team situation, was able to pass the ball calmly, which deserves the attention of Zhu Xingda and others.
"I didn't expect that that guy could pass the ball under such circumstances!"
"I still underestimate him too much. This guy's strength... is undoubtedly among the top in the country!"
Zhu Xingda looked at Mu Shen's back and thought to himself, then turned around and waved to his teammates to signal them to serve quickly.
The basketball came from the bottom line of the backcourt of Aichi Prefecture and was given to Morohoshihiro. Morohoshihi took the ball and advanced with the ball while waving to his teammates. After receiving the instructions, the Aichi players accelerated their pace, and not long after, a group of people quickly entered the frontcourt.
Aichi Prefecture's offense was very fast. After entering the frontcourt with his teammates, Morohoshi quickly passed the ball out. After the basketball was released, he handed over a pick-and-roll and then cut inside without the ball. Everyone in Aichi Prefecture cooperated very well. As Morohoshi cut into the inside, the basketball also fell inside.
Morohoshi received the ball from mid-range, faked a shot and passed the ball. After attracting Takasago's attention, he quickly hit the ball to the ground and passed it to the young man under the basket. The latter caught the ball and sent the ball into the basket with a light hook.
Aichi Prefecture's entire series of offenses was quite smooth, starting from Morohoshi holding the ball, to his teammates' pick-and-roll without the ball, to Morohoshi's fake shots and real assists, from serving the ball in the backcourt to scoring a goal. It took less than 10 seconds.
After the goal, everyone in Aichi Prefecture retreated quickly, not lingering in the frontcourt at all, and returned to defense very quickly, giving Kanagawa Prefecture no chance to counterattack.
"The conduction in Aichi Prefecture is really smooth!"
"Facing such an opponent, you can't be anxious. You must play steadily and at your own pace."
"If the team's rhythm is affected by the opponent's rhythm and falls into the opponent's rhythm, then the game will become very difficult."
"Amu, you must be calm on the field and score every goal steadily!"
The situation on the court was changing quietly, and Coach Gaotou in the stands couldn't help but start to worry about the Kanagawa Prefecture team. After all, Coach Gaotou had played against Aichi Prefecture before, and he had a very clear understanding of the opponent's technical and tactical characteristics. He had already noticed the situation on the field as soon as there were some signs.
Unlike him, coach Taoka didn't have this kind of awareness at all. Seeing Aichi Prefecture successfully score a goal at this time, he was not moved at all, and he didn't feel that the current situation on the field needed to be vigilant at all.
In the stadium, after being scored by Aichi Prefecture on consecutive fast breaks, the players of the Kanagawa Prefecture representative team unconsciously began to become anxious. This change was quite subtle and reflected in their behavior. It was only Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima. The running speed has become faster.
Different from the previous rounds of offense, Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima did not wait for their center to enter the court. They crossed the center line early and stood at a 45-degree angle on both sides of the three-point line.
However, the offensive rhythm of these two players did not match that of the other three players. A few seconds after the two entered the field, Daiki Maekawa and Kazuma Takasago slowly entered the frontcourt, and then tried to walk towards the inside. After the two insiders entered the frontcourt, Mu Shenyi entered the frontcourt with the ball.
"Amu, is the rhythm too slow?"
As Kenji Fujima said that, he quickly ran to Mu Shenichi and set him a screen. Mu Shenyi heard the words and did not reply. He quickly broke through with the help of Fujima's pick-and-roll. Following Mu Shenyi's actions, Zhu Xingda and his teammates immediately focused their attention on Mu Shenyi, and the two of them ignored it invariably. Tengzhen caught the pick and roll, and all moved towards Mu Shen to double-team him.
Being double-teamed again, Mu Shen immediately stopped his advance. Originally planning to cut inside, he quickly changed direction and ran towards the diagonal side where Mitsui Hisashi was.
But after running a few steps, Mu Shenyi's hand started to move. As he was walking, Mu Shenyi suddenly swatted the basketball, and suddenly swatted the ball in the opposite direction.
Maki Shinichi's movement was quite sudden and without any warning. The basketball passed directly between the two people from Aichi Prefecture and accurately fell into the hands of Fujima who was at the top of the arc. The latter caught the ball, simply adjusted his posture, and then shot a three-pointer.
A forward three-pointer at the top of the arc, a fixed-point shot from this position, Fujima has practiced countless balls.
"Uh-huh!"
The basketball hit the net hollowly, causing the net to shake.
Hisashi Mitsui and Fujima scored two three-pointers one after another, finally gaining the momentum to open up the score.
"Good shot! Fujima."
"Nice pass, Amu."
Fujima and Maki Shenichi praised each other and high-fived each other in celebration. At the same time, Kanagawa Prefecture's two three-pointers finally made everyone in Aichi Prefecture slowly come to their senses. It seems... the double-teaming tactics against Maki Shinichi not only had no restrictive effect, but actually completely liberated the two shooters in Kanagawa Prefecture?
"Morohoshi, I don't think the double-teaming tactic is going to work."
"Those two from Kanagawa Prefecture, their shooting from the open position is very stable."
A team member from Aichi Prefecture walked up to Morohoshi and communicated with Morohoshi in a low voice. Double-teaming the point guard is their best defensive tactic in Aichi Prefecture. Not to mention ordinary guards who can successfully pass the ball when double-teamed, it is easy to defeat them even in one-on-one situations with Morohoshi. Can't catch the ball.
Their defensive system in Aichi Prefecture was born out of Sanno Industrial's full-court press, but they only adopted one feature of "double-teaming defenders".
Normally, even if Mu Shen successfully plays the ball, the person receiving the ball will often choose to break into the inside. Once they break through, their Aichi Prefecture inside line can quickly complete the defense with their excellent movement speed, and they can also wait for double-teaming. Teammates return to defense.
But when Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima catch the ball, they will not give their opponents a chance to defend at all, and they will directly shoot three-pointers. The stable and decisive outside attack happens to be the weakness of Aichi Prefecture's double-teaming tactics.
Last year's Kanagawa Prefecture team did not have outside scorers of the caliber of Hisashi Mitsui and Fujima.
"Well, I feel it too. Guard your own people and don't double-team unless necessary."
"I will guard Mu Shenyi and not let him break through easily."
Morohoshi nodded, briefly exchanged opinions with the teammates around him, and then signaled his teammates in the backcourt to serve. Aichi Prefecture still maintains a relatively high frequency of movement when attacking. Teammates stagger each other in pick-and-rolls in order to create opportunities for Morohoshi to advance.
However, Kanagawa Prefecture's defense change was considered a tacit understanding, which made Aichi Prefecture's offense stumble. Morohoshi, who realized that it was difficult to get inside, once again called for his teammate's call after receiving another pass from his teammate. In the pick-and-roll, this time, Moro Hoshida used the cover of his teammates to directly pull out from outside the three-point line.
Although Mu Shenyi expected that the Zhuxing Conference would choose to attack by himself, he was quite helpless when faced with the opponent's pick-and-roll.
Morohoshi's shooting level was also quite good, and the basketball fell steadily into the basket under everyone's attention.
"Ohhhhh! Stars! Stars! Stars!"
Morohoshi's three-pointer immediately attracted support from the supporters. Facing Kanagawa Prefecture's offensive, Morohoshi's tough response was exactly what the Aichi Prefecture audience wanted to see.
"There are also very good players in Aichi Prefecture."
"When IH, his shine was overshadowed by others, but Morohoshi's strength is also quite good, and the Aichi Prefecture team that revolves around him is also quite strong."
"Even if outside players of the caliber of Hisashi Mitsui, Fujima and Amu join forces, it will be difficult to widen the point difference in a short period of time."
Off the court, Coach Taoka was a little surprised by Aichi Prefecture's performance. He thought Hisashi Mitsui and Fujima would shoot the ball one after another and quickly open up the score. But he didn't expect that the people from Aichi Prefecture played so steadily. They didn't make a single mistake from the beginning. Their offensive efficiency was actually the same as that of their Kanagawa Prefecture team. They maintained the score without letting the score gap widen.
“I’m afraid it will not be easy for Aichi Prefecture to maintain such offensive efficiency.”
"Similarly, even Hisashi Mitsui and Fujima cannot hit every target."
"The key to the game is probably which side's perimeter is more stable."
"How can a person like Morohoshi be able to deal with Hisashi Mitsui and Fujima?"
"It won't be long before the points difference is widened."
Shinomiya analyzed the situation on the field. Although he did not play in today's game, he also had considerable trust in his teammates who were on the field at this time. Fujima himself was his reliable teammate in Lingnan, and Mitsui Hisaya was once a headache scorer for him. His ability was even half a point better than Sendō.
As for Mu Shenyi, his personal ability is also very outstanding and he is definitely the top player in the country. Coupled with insiders who are above the standard, today's Kanagawa representative team can beat any opponent they encounter.
Although Shinomiya's judgment was in line with martial arts ideas, the development of the situation on the field really surprised everyone.
Today's Zhuxingda seemed to be in full swing. He united well with his teammates on the offensive end, frequently sent out assists through internal and external connections, and he also scored frequently. On the defensive end, Aichi Prefecture really couldn't stop the outside combination of Hisashi Mitsui and Fujima, as well as Shinichi Maki, and repeatedly watched Hisashi Mitsui and Fujima score three-pointers.
But today, neither of them felt particularly hot, but they were still on par.
The shooting rate of both of them is maintained at around 50%. This shooting rate even exceeds Curry's three-point shooting rate in the whole period, which is enough to be called terrifying. However, in today's game against Aichi Prefecture, such offensive efficiency was... Not enough to support the team to open up the score.
Jinguji Budo knows that Mitsui Hisao, who has a blank space, can hit a terrifying figure of 8 of 9 three-pointers in a high-intensity game. In terms of the intensity of today's game, Mitsui Hisashi's shooting rate is still not up to his expectations. . Although such a shooting rate is considered terrifying in high school basketball in this era.
When the game time came to 10 minutes, the score of the two teams reached 27:23. The Kanagawa Prefecture team led the opponent by 4 points. At the same time, the ball was also controlled by the Kanagawa Prefecture team.
Makoto advanced with the ball from the backcourt, and Hisashi Mitsui and Kenji Fujima entered the frontcourt early. Influenced by their offensive rhythm, Daiki Maekawa and Kazuma Takasago also worked hard to cooperate with Hisashi Mitsui. The two of them moved as fast as Fujima and entered the frontcourt as quickly as possible.
Although Mu Shenyi held the ball at the back of the team, in order to adapt to the speed of his teammates, he quickly crossed the center line with the ball.
Unknowingly, the offensive rhythm of the Kanagawa Prefecture team has been affected by Hisashi Mitsui and Fujima, and the offensive rhythm of these two people is actually adapting to the offensive rhythm of Aichi Prefecture. The offensive rhythm of the two teams is getting faster and faster. As they get closer and closer, the attack speed becomes faster and faster.
As soon as Mu Shen entered the frontcourt, he did not choose to call a pick-and-roll. Faced with Zhu Xingda's defense, he launched a breakthrough offensive without any hesitation.
At this time, Zhu Xingda was already familiar with the rhythm of Mu Shenyi's breakthrough. As Mu Shenyi dropped the ball and rushed forward, Zhu Xingda did not think about blocking it. He just followed the direction of Mu Shenyi's breakthrough and raised his hands to pursue defense. There was no direct attack. In case of physical contact, Zhu Xingda simply blocked Mu Shenyi's sight.
This kind of defense had little effect on Mu Shenyi, but as Mu Shenyi rushed forward, a figure suddenly appeared in the corner of his eye. Unknowingly, the insider from Aichi Prefecture actually stepped forward, but before that, Mu Shenyi had not seen him at all.
Faced with this situation, Mu Shinichi was heartbroken. He dribbled the ball close to Aichi's center and lifted the ball. As Mu Shinichi's figure jumped into the air, Morohoshi and the young boy they faced also followed suit. He jumped up, raised his hands high, and blocked all Mu Shenyi's projection routes.
"Peng!"
In the air, Mu Shen, who had strengthened himself, hit the young man Bancun hard. As a center, the young man Bancun unconsciously leaned back after being hit like this. His body had not yet reached its highest point. , it began to fall rapidly, but Mu Shenyi still held the basketball high and entered the short-term lag in the air.
As soon as the blockade was loosened, Mu Shenyi decisively seized the opportunity and shot from close range. However, in order to avoid Zhu Xingda's block, Mu Shenyi's shooting arc was slightly higher, and the position of the rebound was not ideal, and the basketball rebounded to the basket. Along the edge, the basket collapsed and came out.
However, Takasago and Maekawa Daiki under the basket took advantage of the opponent's center to help defend and quickly invaded the basket. They were stuck in the best position to grab the rebound early. As the basketball fell, Maekawa Daiki lightly touched the bottom of the ball. At one point, a tip-in was scored.
As the basketball entered the net, the score reached 29:23, and the point difference widened to 6 points.
At this point in the game, the Aichi Prefecture coach saw that no matter how hard his team tried, he could not get closer to the score. After glancing at the time, he silently stood up and went to the referee's bench to call a timeout. He planned to adjust the team's defense and find a way to limit Mu Shenyi's performance.
When Coach Tianoka saw the opponent, it seemed that he was going to call a timeout. He immediately called Sendao to come to him. After whispering a few words in the opponent's ear, Sendō began to take off his coat.
"Hmph...a timeout, right? It's just right, it saved me a timeout!"
"After this timeout, we will completely open the score!"
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