With two minutes left before the first half, coach Domoto called a timeout.
When the timeout ended, the Akita team's lineup changed, and Yin Fujio replaced Kentaro Sakurai, who had not made many achievements.
Compared with Kentaro Sakurai, Yin Fujio's confrontation ability is undoubtedly much inferior.
However, Yin Tengxiong is a relatively comprehensive power forward with good shooting skills. Uozumi will definitely need to change his defensive strategy.
As long as Yin Fujio takes Uozumi away, the Akita team can attack the basket more.
Sure enough, Yuzhu had to leave the restricted area. He could not let Yin Tengxiong go, otherwise he would be thrown to death.
In this round, Fukatsu made a pass to Minoru Matsumoto in the penalty area, and the latter scored an easy layup.
Compared with the Akita team, the tacit understanding of the Kanagawa players is much inferior and prone to some loopholes.
Soon, the Kanagawa team launched an attack, and Mitsui finally hit a three-pointer.
Yuzhu easily blocked Yin Tengxiong and grabbed the offensive rebound.
But without waiting for Uzumi to make up the basket, Yin Tengxiong directly gave Uzumi a princess hug, holding Yuzhu with both hands, and his feet were even more ridiculously wrapped around Yuzhu's thighs.
If Yuzhu hadn't been wrapped around his thighs, Yin Tengxiong felt that it was possible for Yuzhu to be strong. After all, it had happened more than once that Yuzhu was held and forced to dunk.
However, Yuzhu reacted very quickly and immediately threw the ball to the basket in an unconventional way.
All~
At the same time as Uozumi shot the basketball, the referee's whistle sounded.
Peng~Peng~shua~
Yuzhu was lucky. The basketball bounced twice on the rim and eventually fell straight into the net.
Similarly, this is also related to Yuzhu's relatively high close-range shooting ability.
At the free throw line, Yuzhu shot the basketball in his hand with a stiff wrist.
Huh~
The basketball fell straight into the net, and 2+1 was achieved.
Waiting for Kanagawa's next offensive round, Uozumi was hugged by Into-oo again. This time Into-oo was smart and hugged Uozumi's arm with both hands, not giving him a chance to shoot.
"Coach Domoto doesn't want to use the fish-cutting tactic, right?"
Uozumi stood on the free throw line again, taking a deep breath and trying to relieve the tension in his heart.
As long as he is not nervous, his free throw percentage can reach 60%, and if he is lucky, it is possible to hit 70% or 80%.
Peng ~
The first goal was a missed free throw.
Huh~
On the second shot, the basketball spun around the rim and eventually fell into the net.
At this time, Yin Tengxiong looked at coach Domoto, who nodded to him and patted his right arm hard with his left hand.
Yin Tengxiong understood what the coach meant, which was to let him continue while hitting Yuzhu's right hand that hurt him, preparing to use physical means to reduce his free throw shooting percentage.
Sure enough, in the next round, when Uozhu caught the basketball, Yin Tengxiong deliberately hit his wrist hard, and then took the initiative to raise his hand to signal a foul.
Pa~
A crisp slap sounded, and one can imagine the force of this slap.
Uozumi glanced at his right hand and saw a red palm print on his forearm, and there was a feeling of pain.
“You really came prepared!”
Uozumi's heart sank, he didn't expect Coach Domoto to use such an unconventional trick.
Coach Domoto was also helpless. He could only use this method. He couldn't use deliberately hurtful methods to bring down Yuzhu.
The beating incident at the national competition was still fresh in his mind, and he didn't want to make the same mistake again. Even if he won the competition, he would still be in an unfair position, and it would leave a very bad impression on the Qiuzhi National Sports Organizing Committee.
Peng~Peng~
Uozumi was more or less affected, and his free throw shooting was not very good, which ultimately led to two free throws being missed, and the rebounds were also grabbed by the opponent.
The Akita team immediately launched a fast break because there were less than five seconds left before the end of the first half.
"Defend!"
Under the leadership of Uozumi, everyone followed their opponents closely.
It was Kashima Maple Shuang who executed the final attack. After receiving the basketball, he forced Aso to shoot a long two-pointer.
Peng ~
Unfortunately, his shot missed the free throw.
It was also at this time that the first half finally ended.
42:42
After the first half, the two sides were tied.
However, both sides still have trump cards to show.
Kanagawa's Uozumi didn't exert much effort on the offensive end, which can be seen from the fact that he only scored less than 20 points in the first half.
Well, for Uozumi, scoring less than 20 points in the half is a sign of staying power.
On the other side, the Akita team did not use their best full-court pressing tactics.
Of course, it's hard to say whether it has any effect. After all, Kanagawa's lineup is not inferior at all.
Akita bench!
"Yin Teng did a good job just now. After playing again later, players with fewer fouls can continue."
Coach Domoto first praised Yin Tengxiong, then looked at Minoru Matsumoto and said: "Matsumoto, your condition is not very good today. If you are not sure about shooting, then focus on attacking inside. I believe you have the strength."
In the first half, Minoru Matsumoto's shooting percentage was less than 40%, which was inconsistent with his usual performance.
"Coach, I feel that Ikegami's defense is better than that of Ichinokura Satoshi!"
Matsumoto Minoru was very helpless. Ikegami was like brown candy, following him around like a shadow, and he couldn't get rid of it.
But this was not the main reason for his poor condition. At this time, the scene when Uozumi almost hit him would still appear in his mind.
At that time, he made a lot of determination, but he still had some hope, and his recovery was not so fast.
However, Minoru Matsumoto still agreed.
Coach Domoto turned to Kashima Maple Shuang and said: "Kashima, strengthen your personal offense in the second half."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything!"
Kashima Fengshuang slapped his chest hard. In the first half, he did not use his full strength.
At this time, coach Domoto's eyes fell on Kentaro Sakurai.
At this time, Kentaro Sakurai's head was covered with a towel, and it was very heavy when he pulled it up.
Anyone who is hit again and again by Yuzhu will not be in a good mood.
The most important thing is that his face was slapped and swollen.
Before the game started, Kentaro Sakurai was so confident that he could beat Uozumi that he even shouted in the bathroom to suppress Uozumi to 30 points.
As a result, he was so arrogant before the game that he was so embarrassed now that he was too embarrassed to see anyone and had to cover himself with a towel.
"Sakurai, I will arrange for you to play when the opportunity arises, but before that, you must regain your confidence as soon as possible. I have confidence in you."
Coach Domoto said this, but he still wasn't very optimistic about Kentaro Sakurai.
Kanagawa bench!
"Next, let's change the lineup!"
Coach Tian Gang had already prepared a plan, and under the eager eyes of the players, he began to announce the lineup.
Not long after, the halftime break ended and players from both sides took the field again.
But when they saw Kanagawa's lineup, many people present were stunned for a moment.
