The outside attack failed, Takenori Akagi scored the ball from a tip-in, and the score between the two teams became a 2:2 tie.
During the change of possession, Fujima Kenji quickly entered the frontcourt with the basketball. When Fujima came to the frontcourt, facing Miyagi Ryota's defense, he raised his hand and directly let Hanagata Toru in the inside run to the three-pointer. Help yourself in the pick-and-roll near the line.
Following the direction of the flower-shaped pick-and-roll, Kenji Fujima quickly broke through, and then stopped directly from the high post to shoot a jump shot, flying towards the basket while playing basketball.
At the same time as Fujima broke through, Hanagata Toru also quickly ran towards the inside. When Fujima Kenji threw the ball, the three insiders of the Ryonan mixed team had already occupied a corner under the basket.
Tetsuya Naito, Jun Uozumi and Toru Hanagata are each responsible for an area under the basket, forming a triangle under the basket.
On the Shohoku side, the black players Drogba and Takenori Akagi are responsible for guarding the basket. One of them is wrestling with Uozumi, and the other is wrestling with Naito.
The flower shape that cut back into the inside line was unguarded.
"Dang~"
Fujima's shooting touch was not good today. His high-post shots crashed out of the basket and fell outside. Hanagata had a run-up when cutting into the paint and jumped much higher than other post players who needed to wrestle. He directly grabbed the basketball with one hand and poured the ball into the basket.
"Bang -" followed by a loud noise, Hua Xing scored a make-up dunk, adding two points to his team's scoreboard.
"Well done! Hanagata!"
"Beautiful buckle!"
Uozumi and Fujima continued to praise, and Fujima even patted Hanagata's lower back to show encouragement.
In the Lingnan High School team, without the presence of Shinomiya Tano, Fujima naturally became the soul of the team, integrating the players of the team together.
The flower-shaped slam dunk also greatly boosted the morale of the players.
"We don't want to lose either!"
"Come on, everybody!"
Miyagi Ryota received Takenori Akagi's serve in the backcourt and shouted to the players. He could feel his opponent's morale rising sharply, and Miyagi Ryota did not intend to sit still and wait for death.
At this time, only scoring goals can make your team's momentum not weaker than that of the opponent.
Soon, Miyagi Ryota entered the frontcourt with the ball. The previous three-point shot failed to score the ball, and Miyagi Ryota did not directly block the three-pointer.
The game had just begun, but he still planned to give it a try.
Raising his hand, he called for a pick-and-roll. This time, the player who came to help Miyagi Ryota pick-and-roll was no longer Takenori Akagi coming out of the paint, but Rukawa Kaede who was observing his opponent and teammates from the side.
Kaede Rukawa has seen the defensive operation of Lingnan and the others once before. If their Xiangbei inside players come out to pick and roll, it will not actually help the offense that much.
Should Toru Hanagata stay still? Instead of doing this, it would be better for Rukawa Kaede to move by himself. Facing Rukawa Kaede, Hanagata would probably have to think about who to target, and Rukawa Kaede felt that while he was setting a screen for Miyagi Ryota, he could also There is a chance to meet Miyagi at the top of the arc after the breakthrough.
Sure enough, as soon as Rukawa Kaede was given a pick-and-roll, Hanagata's attention was immediately attracted by Rukawa Kaede, and he ignored Miyagi Ryota who was relying on Rukawa Kaede's pick-and-roll breakthrough.
"Switch defense!"
Fujima wanted to pursue, but was blocked by Rukawa Kaede, and immediately shouted towards Kamisou Ichiro who came to take over. Kamizou Ichiro was originally responsible for guarding Rukawa Kaede. When Rukawa Kaede came to pick and roll, he also followed him. At this moment, he heard Fujima's call and without hesitation, he directly blocked Miyagi Ryota.
However, compared to Miyagi Ryota, Kamizou Ichiro's displacement speed is a bit insufficient. Ichiro Kamisou himself is not the type with flexible feet in the center circle. He and Miyagi Ryota, a defender who relies on speed, could not even cover each other, and were directly left behind by Miyagi Ryota.
Miyagi Ryota, who rushed inside, quickly approached the free throw line, then straightened his body, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and sent the ball directly with a small throw.
"Uh-huh!!!"
The basketball flew directly over everyone's heads, and with a soft sound, it fell steadily into the basket.
Miyagi Ryota's goal opened up some situations for Shohoku High School. In the following rounds of offense and defense, Shohoku High School relied on the cover and cooperation of outside players to create an open shooting opportunity for each of them.
Toru Hanagata is indeed an inside player with flexible feet, but his flexibility is relative. Compared with traditional centers such as Uozumi Jun, Hanagata is more agile, but compared to Miyagi Ryota and Kiyota Nobu. Outside players like them are less flexible.
Relying on frequent running, Rukawa Kaede, Miyagi Ryota, and Kiyota Nobunaga are always able to find gaps in the opponent's defense and take open shots.
The three of them also acted according to their ability when choosing shooting positions. Miyagi Ryota later tried shooting from outside the three-point line, but after two consecutive shots, he never chose a three-pointer again.
In addition, Rukawa Kaede and Kiyota Nobunaga's offense was very stable, and they steadily sent the ball into the basket in several shots.
While Xiangbei maintained excellent offensive efficiency, the offensive efficiency of the Lingnan High School mixed team was also quite outstanding. The three inside pillars of their team performed very well.
Miyagi Ryota's team is relatively short on the outside. Hanagata Toru often gets good open shots after helping Fujima in high pick-and-rolls, and Hanagata is a technical center with a solid foundation.
Without any defensive pressure, this technical center made no mistakes at all in the mid-range shot. He successfully grasped every ball in his open position and steadily sent the ball into the basket.
Both teams maintained a high offensive efficiency, but Miyagi Ryota's several mistakes put his team at a disadvantage.
Eight minutes into the first half, Shohoku High School fell behind by 6 points.
And as the game progressed, Lingnan High School's inside advantage began to gradually emerge.
Due to the long-man system, Lingnan's rebound protection work is obviously better than that of Xiangbei High School.
Although Xiangbei's inside line has been strengthened to a certain extent, it is still much weaker than Lingnan of the Sanchangren system.
In order to make up for this defensive flaw and at the same time strengthen the team's offensive capabilities, Shohoku used a timeout to replace Nobunaga Kiyota and replace him with Katsumi Ichiro who was sitting on the bench.
On Lingnan's side, they chose to let Naito take a break and replaced him with Nango Koichiro, intending to use wheel fighting to consume Takenori Akagi.
After the two teams came back to play after a timeout, not only did the balance of victory fail to move back towards Xiangbei, but it tilted even more towards Lingnan.
The reason is also very simple. When Katsumi Ichiro comes on the field, his task is to defend Hanagata Tohru. However, for a Hanagata who is nearly two meters tall, Katsumi Ichiro's jumping ability is not that outstanding. In terms of threat, he is not as good as the spring monster Nobu Kiyota. long.
Nobunaga Kiyota can dunk easily, but no one can dunk Katsumi Ichiro.
Not every high school student can have a terrifying body like those of Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi. It is rare in the circle of high school students to be able to dunk at a height of about 185cm.
Therefore, this wave of substitutions did not actually benefit Xiangbei on the defensive end.
Similarly, although Xiangbei has received some reinforcements in terms of outside offense, this is far from enough. The biggest problem with Xiangbei is not that they cannot attack, but that the overall offensive efficiency is not as good as Lingnan and the others.
The system of three players inside gives Lingnan High School a considerable advantage in the competition for rebounds, which may not be obvious in a short period of time.
However, as the game progressed, the physical fitness of the players on both sides declined, and both teams missed more and more shots. The importance of rebounds was also highlighted.
In order to prevent this disadvantage from becoming more obvious, Rukawa Kaede frequently traveled between the inside and outside to assist his teammates in grabbing rebounds, but his rushing for rebounds had no effect at all.
In order to prevent this disadvantage from becoming more obvious, Rukawa Kaede frequently traveled between the inside and outside to assist his teammates in grabbing rebounds, but his rushing for rebounds had no effect at all.
Lingnan's insiders are all veterans, and they have already occupied the position under the basket when the opponent shoots. How can it be so easy for Rukawa Kaede to rush for rebounds?
Therefore, by the end of the first half, the point difference between the two teams had expanded to double digits.
Xiangbei High School's failure has become apparent.
On the side of the court, Shinomiya was all smiles. Although Reinan High School was a mixed team, Shinomiya was still very happy that Fujima and the others won.
As for Jinguji Martial Arts, there is nothing special about it. If he asked, it might be because the players from Shohoku High School are scattered among the two teams.
Fujima and the others won, which meant that the two Shohoku players, Nango and Kuratani Sora, won, and Budo was happy for them.
And if Rukawa Kaede and the others win, then Budo will be happy for Akagi and the others, that's all.
For martial arts, it doesn't really matter whether other teams win or lose except for their own team.
Anyway, they all have to be integrated into a team in the end!
The halftime is only more than ten minutes. In order to shorten the schedule, Coach Tianoka and others have made some efforts on the length of the halftime.
After the start of the second half, Lingnan High School has maintained its excellent ability at the basket and maintained its advantage in the situation with the advantage of rebounding.
However, Lingnan did not have smooth sailing all the way in this game. In the second half of the game, Rukawa Kaede, who realized that the situation was not good, took over the offensive banner and relied on his outstanding personal ability to chase the point difference between the two teams to a point. to five points.
However, as Lingnan changed his tactics to help defend and double-team Rukawa Kaede, Rukawa Kaede's offensive efficiency was greatly reduced. Soon, the score between the two teams was once again widened, and this time after the score was widened, Shohoku's side There is no ability to chase the score back.
In the end, the Lingnan mixed coalition defeated the Xiangbei mixed coalition 89:77 and won the game.
After the game, Kenji Fujima took the unwilling Rukawa Kaede to his team. At this point, the number of members of the Lingnan Mixed Alliance team has risen to eight.
Jun Uozumi, Kenji Fujima, Toru Hanagata, Ichiro Kamizou, Sora Kurutani, Kaede Rukawa, Koichiro Nango, Tetsuya Naito.
There are inside and outside players, the players are strong, and there are enough substitutes in each position. In terms of dispatch, it is quite rich.
"Xiangbei High School actually lost."
"That guy Fujima is really awesome!"
"It's an understatement to suppress Shohoku, who has a trump card like Rukawa Kaede."
"If we play against us, if we don't make adjustments, the inside will be blown out."
"In my opinion, the paper strength of these two teams is not much different, but for Lingnan to win so easily, Fujima is the most critical."
The first practice match came to an end. Shinomiya looked at the two teams returning to the field and commented.
Speaking of this, Shinomiya Tano couldn't help but hesitate.
"We must challenge their team in the next game."
"When the time comes, should we ask Teng Zhen to come over first, or Rukawa Kaede first?"
While speaking, Shinomiya Tano looked at Jinguji Martial Arts on the side.
"It's all the same. They are all coming here anyway."
"Take your pick!"
Hearing this, all the members of the No. 1 team also laughed.
On this day, Jinguji Budo's No. 1 team did not take action, and Shohoku High School, which lost in the morning, seemed to have lost its spirit. In the afternoon, it did not continue to select opponents to make up for the shortcomings of the team that lost Rukawa Kaede.
And Fujima and the others did not choose any more opponents. In Fujima's view, all the players they wanted were already in place. Next, there was only one opponent to challenge!
By the evening, there were many, many teams with fewer than five players on the "free agent" market.
Martial Arts realized that this trial had begun to come to an end.
The next day, Jinguji Budo's No. 1 team announced early in the morning that they would challenge Fujima and his team.
In this game, Jinguji Budo did not play. The players who played were Shigehiro Mori and Hanamichi Sakuragi on the inside, and Shinomiya Ono, Sendō, and Shinichi Maki on the outside.
Jinguji Budo, who had a bye, did not watch the game on the court at all. Instead, he left the court early and went to the gym to exercise.
Sure enough, after nearly an hour of playing, Sakuragi Hanamichi returned to the hotel and reported the good news of their team's victory to Budao.
In the gym, Sakuragi Hanamichi danced and danced to show off his achievements in this game.
He helped the team win the game with 11 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 blocks.
No wonder Budo was surprised when he heard this data. In this game, the insiders of both teams were among the best in the county.
Sakuragi Hanamichi picked off 14 rebounds on the heads of these people, which is enough to show Sakuragi Hanamichi's terrifying ability. In addition, Sakuragi scored 11 points and 4 blocks.
It can be said that Sakuragi Hanamichi's data can be regarded as a complete combination of offense and defense.
After all, the players who played with Sakuragi were Sendō, Shinomiya and Shinichi Maki who were strong ball handlers. It was enough to show that Sakuragi scored these points even though he didn't have much possession of the ball.
Personal strength is evident.
"Sakuragi, you are becoming more and more mature!"
"It seems that you will be able to support Xiangbei High School in a short time."
Jinguji Budo encouraged Sakuragi with a smile. At the same time, he was also curious about which player the team had taken away from the opponent after this game:
"So, who are our new teammates?"
Hearing this, Sakuragi said with a smile:
"Our trophy is a stinky fox!"
"Hey hey hey!"
(End of chapter)
