When everyone in Akita County realized that Hisashi Mitsui was their biggest obstacle today, coach Domoto off the field immediately began to think of ways to restrict Hisashi Mitsui.
The Akita Prefecture representative team was formed based on the Sanno Industrial players, and what Sanno is best at is actually the full-court press defense method, creating steal opportunities by flanking the point guard to widen the point difference between the two teams.
If Sanno was facing a certain university at this time, Goro Domoto would definitely not hesitate to let the players implement such a defensive strategy.
This is used to interrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm, because the depth of their Sanno Industrial's bench is definitely at the top level in the country. No college can compete with their Sanno's bench depth.
But unfortunately, what they faced at this time was not a simple high school opponent, but the Kanagawa Prefecture team that gathered all the elites of Kanagawa.
Goro Domoto knew very well that if his main players consumed too much energy before the opponent's aces of Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tanano came on the field, the game would be lost early. suspense.
Therefore, when faced with a disadvantageous situation, Goro Domoto would not even think about using a full-court press.
He needs to make some adjustments in his formation.
In the stadium, during the rotation of offense and defense, Kazunari Fukatsu received a pass from his teammate in the backcourt and began to advance with the ball. Eiji Sawabita and other players trotted across the center line, while they were originally sitting in their seats. Goro Domoto also stood up silently, walked to the sidelines, folded his hands on his chest, and watched the game on the court.
"Oh? Finally you can't sit still anymore..."
"It's no wonder that before Shinomiya and Jinguji Budo came on stage, our team was able to overpower Akita. Not to mention Domoto, even I, the Kanagawa coach, was a little surprised."
"Sa...what will you do, Domoto!"
While Coach Taoka was watching the game on the court, he had also been paying attention to Goro Domoto's movements. When he saw Goro Domoto walking to the sidelines, Coach Taoka knew that the opponent was probably planning to make some moves.
In basketball games, courtside coaches can not only influence the players on the court during timeouts and halftimes.
The basketball court is not as big as a football field. Often the coach's roar from the sidelines can be heard by the players on the court. Timeouts are so valuable that they will never be used easily.
In the court, Kazunari Fukatsu, who entered the frontcourt, was blocked by Makoto Shinichi from outside the three-point line. However, his support came very quickly. There was no need for Fukatsu to call out. Masashi Kawada on the inside quickly mentioned it. In the high post, set up a high pick-and-roll for Kazunari Fukatsu.
With the help of Masashi Kawada's pick and roll, Fukatsu quickly accelerated his breakthrough. At this time, Makoto was blocked by Kawada and his speed was hindered. Takenori Akagi, who followed Kawada to the high position, was also attracted by Fukatsu's breakthrough and moved to block Fukatsu. the way to go.
The misalignment is small and big.
Facing Akagi Takenori's defense, Fukatsu Kazunari played very calmly. A sudden stop to pray turned Akagi into a wooden stake. When he accelerated again, Akagi could no longer keep up with the opponent's speed.
Kazunari Fukatsu who entered the inside line felt like he was in no one's land. Hanagata didn't dare to let go of Nobe Shohiro to cover up the defense. He just raised his hand to interfere in a symbolic way. However, such a defense is not enough to deal with a rookie with an average mentality. Yes, it is useless against an experienced master like Fukatsu.
As Fukatsu scored the ball with a light layup, the score between the two teams reached 15:13, and the point difference was reduced to two points.
Akita Prefecture is indeed facing tremendous pressure on the defensive end, but they are still able to perform with ease on the offensive end. Takenori Akagi was repeatedly promoted to a high position by Masashi Kawada, and then faced Kazunari Fukatsu's one-on-one military training.
Akagi's speed is pretty good among the centers, but against Fukatsu Kazunari, who is also the top speed among defenders, it is obviously not enough. In front of Kazunari Fukatsu, Takenori Akagi simply turned into a clumsy big man with no airs.
"Well... Akita County's offensive is very stable!"
"Masashi Kawada's high pick-and-roll completely exposed Akagi's weaknesses."
"The offense looks smooth now, but the stability of three-pointers is not as good as layups. If Mitsui's condition declines, the score will soon be overtaken by Akita Prefecture."
Coach Tian Gang looked at this round of offense and defense, touched his chin and thought to himself. Of course he can see the weaknesses of his team, but at this stage, he has no way to change the situation.
Use zone defense? It is true that all the players in my team are elites, but there is really no tacit understanding between them. If they use zone defense rashly, I'm afraid... If someone fails to defend, the defensive end will be completely defeated by the opponent. .
Still using man-to-man marking? People in Akita Prefecture play small and big games with misalignment. This kid Akagi was really trained by the military on the court to stand at attention when he was told to.
Of course, for Coach Taoka, the way to change this situation is very simple. The answer is sitting next to him.
"We still have a small advantage in terms of scores, and we have plenty of time. Let's see."
Just as Coach Taoka was thinking this, Goro Domoto, who was on the sidelines, took advantage of the players to return to defense and shouted to everyone on the court:
"Zebei, Matsumoto, you two switch defenses!"
"Stop letting that guy shoot three-pointers, you've already lost a lot of points!"
"The real boss hasn't even come on stage yet, and you guys are fighting like this with the miscellaneous fish. Can you still win the game?!"
An elegant coach like Domoto Goro has actually uttered the curse word "miscellaneous fish". It can be seen that at this time, he is quite dissatisfied with the results achieved by Akita County at this stage.
When he saw Coach Tianoka dispatching this group of people to start, he naively thought that the players would take this opportunity to quickly open up the score between the two teams. However, he did not expect that the main players did not even come on the field, and they actually played against their opponents. After being entangled for so long, if the fight continues like this, the physical energy of the team members will only be consumed. When the real owner comes on the stage, will they still have the ability to resist?
Although Domoto shouted loudly, the enthusiasm of the audience still made his words unclear. Takenori Akagi and others at the other end of the court did not actually hear what Domoto said, but Hisashi Mitsui who entered the frontcourt early did. A real one.
"Trash fish?!!!"
"Damn it... I'll show you how powerful I, Hisashi Mitsui, am!"
How could the young and energetic Mitsui Hisashi allow others to scold him like this? Hearing this, anger suddenly surged up, and his expression darkened.
After Goro Domoto on the sidelines said these words, he glanced at Mitsui Hisashi with a faint smile on his face, then returned to his seat and watched the game attentively.
For team players, technology is very important, but just as important as technology is mentality!
How could an elegant coach like Goro Domoto mock his opponents for no reason? The Mountain King he leads will go all out even if they face Xiao Xiami! Do not underestimate any opponent, this is the concept that Goro Domoto has always instilled in his team members.
In addition to making defensive adjustments, his words were mostly meant for Mitsui Hisashi.
"Pass the ball! Amu, pass the ball!"
Sure enough, Domoto Goro's words had some influence on Mitsui Hisashi. After Mu Shenyi brought the ball into the frontcourt, Mitsui Hisashi hurriedly asked for the ball from Mu Shenyi, completely ignoring the opponent in front of him, who had already changed. Became Eiji Zebei.
In other words, it's not that Mitsui Hisashi didn't pay enough attention to Zebei Eiji, but in his heart, he didn't feel that Zebei had the ability to stop him.
Mu Shinichi didn't know what had happened in the frontcourt. At this time, Mitsui Hisashi asked for the ball. Mu Shinichi did not hesitate at all. He slightly distanced himself from Fukatsu and quickly gave the ball to Mitsui Hisashi.
At this time, Hisashi Mitsui has scored three consecutive three-point goals. It is when the hand is hot. Even the most amateur defender knows to pass the ball to such a teammate at this time.
Taking possession of the basketball, Hisashi Mitsui turned around to face the frame. However, at this moment, a dark shadow flashed in front of Hisashi Mitsui's eyes. Taking advantage of Mitsui Hisashi's time to catch the ball, Sawabita Eiji took the initiative to step forward and accurately pressed the basketball with one hand, knocking the ball out of Mitsui Hisashi's hands.
The next second, Sawabita Eiji quickly passed through Mitsui Hisashi, picked up the basketball, and ran quickly towards the frontcourt.
"What?!"
"Such a bastard!"
Hisashi Mitsui was intercepted, with a look of surprise on his face. He quickly turned around to pursue him. His speed was not slow. He was running without the ball and gradually caught up with Eiji Sawabita who was holding the ball on the fast break. However, Hisashi Mitsui was He could only follow behind Zebei, there was no way to go around in front of Zebei.
Zebei, who was on a fast break, didn't even think about looking back at Mitsui Hisashi's position. He quickly reached the basket with the ball and dunked the ball into the basket. Although Hisashi Mitsui who followed behind wanted to make up for his mistake, his jumping was far inferior to Zebei's, and there was no way to stop Zebei from dunking.
As Akita Prefecture stole the ball and scored on a fast break, the score between the two teams finally reached a turning point.
At 15:15, for the first time, the two teams were evenly divided.
Mitsui Hisaru's mentality was affected. He was provoked by Domoto, intercepted by Zebei, and completed a dunk under his pursuit. All of this made Mitsui Hisashi feel embarrassed. Young people of his age actually value their own face quite a bit.
Mitsui Hisashi, who was eager to prove himself, finally struck the iron.
On the offensive end, Hisashi Mitsui faced the defense of Eiji Sawabita and missed a three-point shot. Immediately, Akita Prefecture quickly counterattacked under the leadership of Kazunari Fukatsu. After several rounds of quick passes, the basketball was given to Masashi Kawada on the inside. Taking the ball, Kawada Masashi took a deep step to push Akagi past the basket and scored with a dunk with both hands.
Successfully overtaken the score, and two consecutive slam dunks by Eiji Sawabita and Masashi Kawada also brought the atmosphere of the game to a high point. Some more neutral fans began to cheer for Akita Prefecture's score. On the other hand, the cheers of the fans in Kanagawa Prefecture were much weaker.
Once blocked and once beaten, Mu Shenyi planned to coldly treat Mitsui Hisaichi in two rounds on the offensive end, and chose to try the immortal way.
Although Minoru Matsumoto can't stop Hisashi Mitsui, who has long-range shooting skills, he has some defensive experience when facing Sendao.
In a one-on-one environment, Minoru Matsumoto is indeed unable to prevent Sendō's breakthrough, but this is a game and he has teammates! Matsumoto, who realized that he could not guard Sendō, chose a smart play, deliberately exposing flaws in defense and deliberately driving Sendō towards Kawada Masashi's defense zone.
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After Sendao seized the opportunity to break through, he was greeted by Masashi Kawada's defense. Sendō was a little afraid of Kawada Masashi, so he chose a mid-range emergency stop jumper as the finishing method. However, his offensive choice was also predicted by Minoru Matsumoto. When Sendō shot, Matsumoto jumped up to block the shot.
Although he failed to successfully block Xiandao, he was shocked by Xiandao, causing Xiandao to shoot the iron.
Of course, Akita Prefecture would not miss such an opportunity. As Nobe Masahiro took down the defensive rebound, Akita Prefecture launched another counterattack. This time, the counterattack speed was quite fast!
Sawabita Eiji received a quick pass from his teammate in the frontcourt, passed the defending Makichi Shinichi and Mitsui Hisashi, once again reached the Kanagawa basket and scored with a dunk.
Akita Prefecture's continuous scoring also set off a wave of offense. During this offensive wave, Kanagawa Prefecture stalled at many points and fell into a scoring drought.
The time came to 8 minutes, and the score between the two teams actually reached 15:21.
After Zehoku, Kanagawa Prefecture and Akita Prefecture played a few more rounds. During the interaction between offense and defense, Kanagawa Prefecture did not score. On the contrary, Akita Prefecture's side, Fukatsu scored another three-pointer to close the gap between the two teams. It was opened to 6 points.
Under this situation, Mu Shen thought of stepping forward to break the team's downturn.
But it is a pity that Fukatsu Kazunari, who was guarding him, did not give him such a chance. Although Fukatsu could not stop Mu Shenyi's breakthrough, he was able to catch up with Mu Shenyi after he broke through, and cooperated with Kawada who was on defense. Masashi, Fukatsu Kazunari and Kawada were able to double-team Mu Shinichi, making it impossible for the breakthrough Amu to pass the ball.
Mu Shinichi's ability to break points is excellent, but if the ball cannot be passed, his effect is greatly reduced. As for facing Kawada Masashi for a layup? The opponent is not a center of Akagi's caliber. A layup in front of Kawada is the same as death.
As soon as Mu Shen knew that he couldn't forcefully break out, he paid the tuition fee of a ball.
Akita County also perfectly paid for Mu Shinichi's tuition. The score between the two teams also reached 15:23, and the point difference widened to 8 points.
8 minutes and 45 seconds.
Coach Tian Gang glanced at the timer on the scoreboard, folded his arms, leaned forward slightly, and looked serious. His legs had been lowered at some point, and his right foot kept shaking, and the sole of his foot stepped on it. There was a "pop" sound on the floor.
On the court, Goro Domoto realized that the rhythm of the Kanagawa team was in chaos. He thought about beating Kanagawa to death with a stick, and ordered the players on the court to press forward.
The defensive pressure on Kanagawa Prefecture increased sharply. Makoto Shinichi was double-teamed by Zebei and Fukatsu without noticing, and the ball was intercepted. In order to prevent Fukatsu Kazunari from making a layup, Makoto Shinichi made a layup. At that time, he slapped the opponent's arm, which ruined the opponent's layup and also caused a foul.
As Fukatsu Kazunari stood on the free throw line, coach Taoka finally sighed softly and said in a deep voice:
"You have all seen the situation on the field, right?"
"Those boys were stunned by their opponents."
"You guys, go wake them up."
"Shinomiya Tōno, you replace Hanagata and play the power forward position!"
"Jinguji Martial Arts, you... go and replace Mitsui Shou..."
"That kid can't handle Eiji Zebita."
When Coach Taoka was talking, Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tano had already stood up from their seats. After Fukatsu Kazunari on the court completed two free throws, Jinguji Budo and Shinomiya Tanano came on the field to replace Hanagata and Mitsui Hisashi respectively.
As these two came on the field, the Kanagawa Prefecture fans, who had been unable to shout, burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm, and cheers poured into the field like a tsunami.
"That little bald head is very jumpy, let's start with him!"
"Can you do it? Martial arts."
After Shinomiya entered the court, he pointed towards Eiji Sawabita who was returning to the court, and asked with a smile towards Budo.
"Shall I go first?"
"Then I'm afraid the winner of the competition between you and me has already been decided."
"Zebei, I'm afraid I won't have time to pay attention to you."
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