Whether it's height, weight or defensive awareness, compared to Miyagi, Mitsui's defense is obviously stronger.
In addition, Mitsui and Fujima are still old rivals, and they know Fujima better. He is undoubtedly the most suitable defensive player in Shohoku.
Of course, it is difficult for a player of Fujima's level to be defended. Mitsui will at best reduce his scoring efficiency.
In the Shohoku team's offense, Mitsui held the ball steadily through the half.
Facing Fujima's defense, Mitsui did not choose to fight alone and glanced at Akagi.
Akagi understood in his heart and immediately came up to block Fujima.
The pick-and-roll combination of Mitsui and Akagi is like the combination of Stockton and Malone in high school basketball in the island nation.
Mitsui did not take the opportunity to break through. He used Akagi's wide body to cover him and jumped high.
Throw the basketball in his hand.
By the time Fujima reacted, it was already too late.
Huh~
Mitsui easily scored three points.
For Mitsui, scoring is as simple as that.
Xiangyang served quickly, and Fujima led his teammates quickly to the frontcourt.
The Xiangbei team retreated quickly and got back in position first.
Facing Mitsui's defense, Fujima did not dare to be careless because he knew very well how difficult it was.
In Fujima's view, Mitsui's perimeter defense is second only to Ikegami.
Like Mitsui, Fujima also calls the pick-and-roll.
Hanagata ran up in a hurry, and the pick-and-roll threat between Fujima and Hanagata was no worse than Mitsui and Akagi.
Although Hanagata's size is not as good as Akagi's, his characteristics determine that his offensive threat in the pick-and-roll is higher than Akagi's.
When Hanagata came up to pick and roll, Mitsui seemed to have expected it and was not completely blocked by Hanagata.
At this time, Fujima took advantage of this to break through.
Mitsui was in hot pursuit, and Akagi rushed towards Fujima, and was about to form an encirclement with Mitsui.
Suddenly, Fujima made a wonderful pass from behind and accurately passed the ball to Hanagata, who was in the open position.
The flower shape catches the ball and shoots, which is a two-point shot.
Huh~
Hanaxing's touch was still silky, and he seized the opportunity to shoot open shots and easily scored two points.
Offense and defense transition!
Mitsui once again started a pick-and-roll with Akagi, and Fujima and Hanagata had to choose to switch defenses.
Mitsui used the small to hit the big method to easily break through the flower shape. When he was close to the basket, Nanlie pounced on him.
Without hesitation, Mitsui threw the ball into the sky and hurriedly hid aside.
"Suffer it!"
Nan Lie felt something bad, and was immediately shrouded in a shadow.
In mid-air, Akagi grabbed the basketball and completed a slam dunk, knocking Nan Lie away.
Nan Lie only felt a tightness in his chest, and his whole body flew out, falling to the floor in embarrassment.
"This guy looks like a gorilla!"
Nan Lie touched his chest in pain. When he was knocked away by Chi Mu, his entire mind went blank.
"You should be lucky that it was Akagi who hit you and not Uozumi!"
On the side, Teng Zhen spread his hands and complained at the right time.
The scene of Zhu Xingda being carried away on a stretcher suddenly appeared in Nan Lie's mind, and he nodded with deep sympathy.
With his size, if he was hit by Yuzhu, he would probably lose his fighting ability.
The game is still going on, and if there is a tacit understanding between the two sides, they start a pick-and-roll tactic.
Even if they knew each other's playing style, it was still difficult for both sides to impose restrictions.
When Xiangyang hit another goal, coach Anxi couldn't sit still and stood up from the bench.
He waved and called Akagi and Sakuragi over.
"Sakuragi, defend Hanagata!
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"Sure enough, it depends on the performance of my genius at the critical moment, hahahahaha!"
Sakuragi's arrogant laughter
It rang again.
On the side, Akagi clenched his fists tightly. He could hardly bear it anymore and wanted to punch him in the head.
At this time, there were only three minutes left before the end of the first half.
In the Shohoku team's offense, Mitsui passed a pass to Kaede Rukawa, who broke into the basket and scored a layup.
On the defensive end, the Xiangyang team finally noticed the changes in the Shohoku team.
Akagi and Sakuragi swap opposing players, with Sakuragi changing to defending Hanagata.
Fujima frowned and continued to let Hanagata come up to block.
When Hanagata blocked Mitsui, Fujima took the opportunity to break through, and Sakuragi quickly changed defense and was ready.
From behind, Mitsui chased Fujima from behind, wanting to double-team Sakuragi.
Before the double team was completed, Fujima passed the ball to Hanagata again.
This scene is almost the same as a few minutes ago.
The difference was that Sakuragi rushed towards Hanagata fiercely.
Hanagata caught the ball and shot, but Sakuragi jumped too fast and jumped too high, which successfully interfered with Hanagata's shooting rhythm.
Peng ~
The flower-shaped shot was short, and the basketball hit the front of the basket and bounced out hard.
For a moment, Sakuragi, Hanagata and Hasegawa all wanted to compete for the rebound.
At the same time, Rukawa Kaede quietly rushed towards the frontcourt.
He believed that Sakuragi would be able to grab this rebound.
The landing of the rebound was not very beneficial to Sakuragi, but Sakuragi still bounced continuously and finally pressed Hanata and Hasegawa to successfully grab the rebound.
In terms of height and weight, Hanakata is superior to Sakuragi, but Sakuragi's physical fitness makes up for the gap in height and weight between the two, not to mention that Sakuragi is best at rebounding.
"ball!"
The moment he grabbed the rebound, Sakuragi subconsciously looked for Rukawa Kaede.
Before the Battle of the Mountain King, the two were enemies and rarely communicated with each other. In fact, the two had already established an unspeakable tacit understanding and trust in each other.
"Suffer it!"
The Xiangyang players were obviously taken aback and hurriedly returned to defense.
Hasegawa deliberately wanted to delay Sakuragi and delay the time. However, Sakuragi deceived Hasegawa with a fake pass and then threw the ball hard towards the frontcourt.
The basketball seemed to turn into a red light and rushed towards Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa Kaede successfully caught the basketball and rushed towards the basket.
The Xiangyang players had no time to return to defense and could only watch Rukawa Kaede score a layup.
Soon, Xiangyang served again.
This time, it was Sakuragi who made the contribution.
Hanagata once again received a pass from Fujima and he once again chose to shoot.
The difference is that Sakuragi took off from the running and jumped high, which was a real blood cap.
Real blood hat!
The basketball just hit Hua Xing's face. Not only were his glasses smashed, but there was also a bloody mark on his face from the lenses, and a stream of blood spurted out of his nostrils.
Peng ~
Hanaxing leaned back and fell heavily to the floor.
For a moment, Hanagata didn't stand up from the ground.
Sakuragi stood aside at a loss, not knowing what to do.
"I didn't mean this!"
All~
The referee hurriedly paused the game and rushed over to check Hanagata's injury.
In his opinion, Hua Xing's fall was really heavy.
The Xiangyang players gathered around Hanagata and asked with worried expressions: "Hanagata, is it okay?"
Yin Tengzhuo and Nagano even held stretchers, trying to lift Hanaxing onto the stretcher.
On the Xiangyang bench, under the orders of Coach Kitano, Takano was even more ready to replace Hanagata.
