The practice match between the Xiangbei High School mixed team and the Lingnan High School mixed team started an hour after breakfast.
In addition to the few players in the team itself, Shohoku also has a black brother to fill the vacancy of Sakuragi Hanamichi. And due to the height of the opponent, Takenori Akagi took the initiative to give up his position as the main center and moved to the power forward position.
The two black brothers at Green Wind High School are not of pure black descent. They are both mixed-race Asians who grew up in the United States. Therefore, although they were born in an English-speaking country, they did not communicate with Takenori Akagi and the others. no problem.
Several people from Shohoku High School also had a discussion last night. According to Miyagi Ryota's idea, after winning Brother Kuro into the team, they would directly challenge the No. 1 team of Jinguji Martial Arts.
However, his proposal was rejected by Takenori Akagi.
Akagi can understand Miyagi Ryota's eagerness to defeat Jinguji Budo and the others, but Takenori Akagi is also well aware of the strength of Jinguji Budo's team. If this is the case and they rush into it, I'm afraid there will be no chance at all. Any odds of winning.
Takenori Akagi wants to strengthen the outside players. At the very least, they must have enough outside substitute players. This is very critical.
According to Takenori Akagi's original plan, he wanted to get Hanagata from Lingnan's mixed team.
Because Hanako has outstanding height conditions and is not a traditional power center, he can not only help defend breakthrough players, but also provide some mid-range offensive support to outside players.
However, his idea was opposed by Miyagi Ryota, Rukawa Kaede and others.
In their view, against a team like Jinguji Budo, there is no way to defeat the opponent by relying on defense. What they want is to strengthen the offense, constantly strengthen the offense, and become attack against attack. Fight fast.
Only in this way can it be possible to find an opportunity for victory from Jinguji Martial Arts and the others.
And this idea of Miyagi Ryota and Rukawa Kaede happened to coincide with Fujima and others. The purpose of Fujima and the others in trying to capture Rukawa Kaede from Akagi and his team was also to strengthen their team's offense.
As for how to protect the defense, it's easy. As long as the team's height increases, the team's defense will naturally improve.
As long as a group of tall players are placed on the court, Kaka can easily block other players' positions.
Soon, the players who got up early gathered on the court, waiting for the start of the first practice match of the day.
When Jinguji Martial Arts and others saw that Akagi and Fujima were going to compete, their plan today was to wait and see, and had no intention of snatching players away.
Of course, if the winning team is willing to play another match with their own team, then Jinguji Martial Arts and the others will not mind. This will also speed up the process of forming their team.
The players who were waiting for the game had already entered the court and started to warm up. Other players, the team that wanted to snatch players today, went to Coach Tianoka to register one after another.
After arranging the order of today's game, coach Tian Gang began to organize the members of the coaching staff to prepare for the game.
Twenty minutes later, players from both sides who had completed their warm-up began to walk onto the court to prepare for the next game.
With Brother Hei and Jun Uozumi standing on the center line, the game between the two teams is about to begin.
"Beep--" Not long after, the referee walked into the court with a basketball. After briefly indicating that the two teams were ready, he blew the whistle to start the game.
The basketball was thrown into the air by the referee. Jun Uozumi and the black brother from Shohoku jumped up together and reached out to slap the basketball.
I have to say that Black Brother is Black Brother after all. Not only is he tall, but his jumping ability and explosive power are much better than Uozumi. With a big black arm, he directly hit the basketball and directed the ball towards the backcourt. Shoot away.
Miyagi Ryota directly took the ball in his hands, looked at Brother Black's back and grinned, then raised his left hand, raised one finger to the sky, and shouted to his teammates:
"Today we will slow down the speed and focus on the inside!"
As he spoke, Miyagi Ryota slowly dropped the ball and pushed forward at the back of the team, advancing toward the frontcourt with the players.
Playing inside is their basic tactical policy today.
The new black brother who joined the Xiangbei team is named Drogba. I don’t know where he is from. He is a mixture of black and Asian. His name is not difficult to pronounce.
Drogba is 202cm tall and weighs 97kg. He is a traditional striker. Drogba's shooting skills are average, his strength is about the same as Akagi's, and his footsteps at the basket are only visible.
Generally speaking, he is a player with similar positioning as Yuzhu. The main reason why Fujima and the others chose Tetsuya Naito instead of Drogba when reinforcing the inside line was that Naito ran faster than Drogba, and Naito was very active in defense when he was on the court.
Maybe it’s because he used to play rugby, or because he had American-style players like Mike as teammates at Greenwind High School. In short, Naito Tetsuya’s defense is quite aggressive, even if his offensive ability is average, as a rim protector And firefighters, enough is enough.
As for Drogba, although his physical condition is also very superior, his enthusiasm is quite different from Naito. This is why Fujima and the others chose Naito instead of Drogba.
As for Akagi and the others, that's because there is no other way. There are only a few excellent insiders, and they have to use them even if they are not needed. Otherwise, their insiders will have to rely on Akagi alone.
In games against strong teams, without outstanding inside players to support Akagi, it would be impossible for him to survive alone. On this point, Dayao should be very vocal.
Lingnan returned to defense very quickly. Miyagi Ryota had just taken a few steps after getting the basketball, and Lingnan's players had already retreated to their own half.
The person leading the defense at the top of the arc is Fujima Kenji himself. Facing a team like Shohoku, they don't have the capital to support them. Once they come up, they have to use their full strength.
Off the court, two Shobei players, Sora Kurutani and Nanxiang, looked at the game on the court with some depression. In this game, both of them are substitute players. According to Fujima's arrangement, they have a chance to play today, but their playing time may only be about ten minutes.
"The inside is very crowded. Breaking through is not a wise choice. Shooting will be better."
Soon, Ryota Miyagi approached the three-point line with the ball. Fujima and the others adopt an inside-2-outside 3 position.
Near the paint area, there are three players standing in the middle distance on both sides. Jun Uozumi and Tetsuya Naito guard one side, while Toru Hanagata is the flexible player who will choose a defensive position according to the opponent's offensive direction.
At the top of the arc, Kenji Fujima was eyeing Ryota Miyagi, while on the other side, Kaede Rukawa was guarding Kaede Kamisou. On the other hand, there was no one on Kiyota Nobunaga's side to defend.
It was shorted, and Kiyota Nobunaga was completely shorted.
"oh?"
"Fujima has some ideas for this defensive formation!"
"It's not stupid man-to-man anymore."
On the side of the court, Jinguji Budo saw the defensive formation of Fujima and his team and said with a smile. Beside him, Shinomiya Tano also showed a smile when he heard this, and said slightly modestly: "It's because this formation is not very complicated."
"And there are also a few players from our own team in the team, so relatively speaking, they will have a better understanding."
"Some defensive changes are also normal."
Jinguji Budo praised Fujima, and Shinomiya took it as a compliment to his team. Although he said modest words, he could not suppress the smile on his face at all.
Shinomiya Tano quite recognized the defensive formation put up by Fujima. He felt that in this game, their hope of victory in Lingnan was much greater than that in Shohoku.
Even though it is just a practice match for the Autumn National Sports Trials, and even though both teams are mixed teams, this does not prevent Shinomiya from supporting Fujima and his old teammates.
"Yeah" Budo didn't notice Shinomiya's little emotion, nodded slightly, and then looked at Miyagi Ryota who was holding the ball at this time.
He wanted to see how Miyagi planned to break the situation.
According to his previous idea of playing inside, it doesn't work!
On the court, Miyagi Ryota controlled the basketball, and then made a pick-and-roll gesture toward his teammates on the baseline. If you want to find an offensive opportunity, you must first let the opponent free up the inside line. Otherwise, if you break through rashly, you will face the attack of those big guys.
Once Miyagi Ryota is caught in a double-team and is blocked in the face by such a tall player, it will be very difficult for him to get the ball out.
Takenori Akagi immediately stepped forward when he saw Miyagi Ryota's pick-and-roll gesture. However, when Naito, who was guarding Akagi, saw this scene, he had no intention of getting closer and allowed Akagi to leave.
The high-ranking Toru Hanagata noticed Takenori Akagi who was promoted to the position, and immediately moved his position and followed him.
Ryota Miyagi noticed the change in the defensive formation of Ryonan High School. After a simple change of direction in front of him, he followed the left side of Takenori Akagi's pick-and-roll and quickly accelerated to break through. However, as soon as he speeded up, the replacement Hanagata was immediately blocked. In front of Miyagi Ryota, while blocking Miyagi Ryota's path with his body, he raised his hand and sealed it on Miyagi Ryota's head.
It gave Miyagi Ryota tremendous defensive pressure.
"Bang" Miyagi Ryota, who was forced to slow down, quickly passed the basketball in his hand towards Nobunaga Kiyota outside the three-point line. The latter took the ball and moved quickly. Instead of rushing from the center, he chose to rush from the bottom line and headed towards When he ran a few meters forward and approached the basket, Tetsuya Naito finally made a move under the basket and immediately pounced towards Nobunaga Kiyota.
Before the defense arrived, Nobunaga Kiyota held the ball with one hand, made a direct mid-range throw, and threw the basketball in his hand.
However, the moment Kiyota Nobunaga shot, Tetsu Naito jumped up and slapped the basketball hard with his arm. The tall figure instantly shrouded Kiyota Nobunaga in shadow.
"What?!" Kiyota Nobunaga raised his head in astonishment, watching helplessly as the basketball was actually picked up by Naito Tetsuya who was rushed over.
He grabbed the ball directly from the air, and the terrifying bouncing power made Kiyota Nobunaga stunned for a while.
He had seen Naito Tetsuya play, but in his impression, the opponent did not jump that high!
Kiyota Nobunaga seems to have forgotten one thing, that is, watching people play off the court and facing them personally on the court are completely different feelings.
When watching NBA games on TV, the audience even feels that the players on the court are not tall enough. No matter what kind of basketball player they see in the comment area of dy, they will always criticize the opponent.
Before Nobunaga Kiyota could react from his shock, Tetsuya Naito, who landed quickly, threw the ball directly towards the frontcourt. Kenji Fujima had already launched an attack at this moment, receiving the basketball in the frontcourt and quickly moving towards his opponent. rushed to the basket.
Although Miyagi Ryota kept up with Kenji Fujima's fast break, Fujima, who was holding the ball, entered the basket and directly used three slow steps to fend off Miyagi Ryota's pursuit, and then made a light layup to send the ball in. into the basket.
Fujima Kenji's personal strength is quite strong, and his skills are exquisite and comprehensive. If he could be 15cm taller, his offensive ability might even be much stronger than Rukawa Kaede.
Less than fifteen seconds into the game, Shohoku High School got the ball, but was the first to score.
Between the alternation of offense and defense, Miyagi Ryota has quickly dribbled the ball and once again entered the Lingnan half. This time, Miyagi Ryota must be more cautious.
Instead of calling his teammates for a pick-and-roll, or choosing to attack on his own, he directly passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede on the side.
The position where Rukawa Kaede took the ball was about one step inside the three-point line. The moment he took the ball, Hanagata Toru quickly changed his position and double-teamed towards Rukawa Kaede.
After Rukawa Kaede got the ball, he just swept the ball and faced the basket, and the flower-shaped double team was already in place.
Rukawa Kaede quickly dropped the ball and broke through directly to the left side of Kamizou Ichiro, directly crossing Kamizou Ichiro's defense line, but before he could take a few steps forward, Hanagata Toru caught up with him.
It was clear that Soichiro Rukawa Kaedami was left behind when he was defending, but Hanagata, who came up to double-team him, reacted immediately to make up for it.
Rukawa Kaede's advance was blocked by Hanagata, and Shenzou Ichiro quickly rushed from behind Rukawa Kaede, one after another, and soon formed a double-team on Rukawa Kaede.
Faced with this situation, Rukawa Kaede had no intention of forcing the flower-shaped defense line, and directly passed the ball back to Miyagi Ryota. At the same time, Rukawa Kaede quickly cut inside.
However, at this time, there were four people standing under the basket. Rukawa Kaede's air cut did not have any good opportunities. After Miyagi Ryota noticed this, he continued to feint with the ball, and then directly stepped back and Fuji Zhenla opened his position and quickly shot a three-pointer.
After training for such a long time, Miyagi Ryota was not full every day and had nothing to do.
He has now developed the three-point shot and can use it in the game.
only.
"Dang~"
The thrown basketball hit the edge of the basket and fell directly in the direction of Akagi and Naito. Miyagi Ryota has indeed developed the three-pointer, but his shooting percentage is not very high, only 50% during normal training.
When it came time for the competition, only 20% was left.
The rebound was taken by Takenori Akagi. After successfully getting the offensive rebound, Akagi deceived Naito with a feint and then sent the basketball into the basket.
2:2, flat.
The match between Xiangbei High School and Lingnan was already full of gunpowder as soon as it started.
