Chapter 58: Overtime in progress
On the bench in Lingnan, the five people sat on the bench one by one, panting violently, and beads of sweat flowed down continuously. After the fierce competition just now, all five of them had a feeling of being powerless, which was due to too much physical exertion.
The substitutes who rested in Lingnan were busy, in addition to handing water and towels, they also spontaneously helped the players on the field to massage, so as to reduce the stiffness of the muscles a little.
Coach Tian Gang stood there, scanning the Lingnan players in front of him, and finally fixed his eyes on Ikegami, who was wiping hot sweat.
"Ikegami, how do you feel, can you continue the game?"
Coach Takaka, who has a wealth of basketball knowledge, can naturally roughly see the current situation on Ikegami, looking at his violent wheezing and unstoppable hot sweat, it is obvious that Ikegami's physical strength is about to reach a critical point, which makes Coach Takami feel worried.
Other teammates also focused their eyes on Ikegami at this moment, and it can be said that after these two joint finals, Ikegami's status in the team has been sublimated to another level. Just like the Mu Shenyi in Hainan two years later, it has also become a spiritual symbol of the team.
"It's okay, coach, I can still support it for a while!"
Ikegami gasped twice, his eyes revealing determination. His body knew that with his current physical condition, he was afraid that it would not take long for his physical strength to run out, but he did not lose his fighting spirit, after all, there were only five minutes of extra time. As long as it can be supported, it is still unknown who will win and who will lose.
After getting Ikegami's answer, the other teammates breathed a sigh of relief, and their confidence increased a lot. In their opinion, as long as Chishang is still on the field, then Lingnan may not lose.
Coach Tian Gang breathed a sigh of relief, "Very good, everyone take the opportunity to take a break, after the meeting, I hope you can show the tenacity of our Lingnan, don't let Hainan compare!"
"Yes, Coach!"
On the other side, the Hainan bench was silent, although the score was equalized at the end, but everyone in Hainan also inexplicably felt a huge crisis in their hearts, and they began to feel a little uneasy about the outcome of this game.
Coach Takao carefully observed the state of the starters, and found that except for Mu Shenyi, the other players had not yet collapsed, and his eyes fell on Takamiya Motoyu.
"Takamiya, you are still the main point of attack in overtime, Ikeda is second, as for Ah Mu, let ......"
Just when Gao Tou was about to let someone else replace Mu Shen Yi, Mu Shen, who was originally covering his head with a wet towel, ripped off the towel on his head one by one, interrupting Gao Tou's next words.
"Coach, my physical strength doesn't matter, I can continue, please believe me!"
The high-headed coach looked at Mu Shenyi's firm eyes, and couldn't help but be a little silent for a while, the two looked at each other, and the high-headed coach finally compromised and agreed to Mu Shenyi's request.
In the adjustment phase before the start of extra time, both teams did not change players, but used their best players to continue to play in order to beat each other and win the final victory!
Both the players and the coaches know very well that if they win this victory, then the tickets to the national competition will basically be in hand. Because Xiang Yang and Buri have not won a single game so far.
"Chishang, everything on the field will get rid of you!" said Coach Tian Gang before going on the field, because the Lingnan team had run out of timeouts, and the rest of the overtime could only be completed by the players.
Ikegami didn't speak, just nodded, and at this moment everything was silent.
Overtime also required jumping balls, which was obviously a disadvantage for Lingnan, because Yuzumi, who could compete with Kazuhiro Ikeda, was not on the court.
Not to Ikegami's surprise, when the center forwards of both sides jumped the ball, Ikeda Kazuhiro pulled the ball to his teammates with relative ease, and he rushed towards the opponent's inside.
It was Takamiya Motoyu who received the ball, but he did not immediately pass the basketball to the Makishen organization, but held the ball himself to attack.
On the other side, the gentry, who was originally entangled with Ikegami, took advantage of the situation to pull away to the other side to avoid Ikegami's strong defense ability to the greatest extent. At this moment, Mu Shenyi already has the consciousness of a blue-collar worker, as long as it is for the victory of the team.
Although Takamiya Motoyu has played a whole game, his physical strength is not as abundant as it was at the beginning, but his own strength has not decreased much except that his pace is a little slower than before when attacking.
Compared to Takamiya Motoyu, Sasaki Oribe, who defended him, seemed to have come out of the water, and his physical strength was close to overdraft, and he was playing completely by willpower.
Although Sasaki Oribe worked hard, his pace was still much slower, and he was successfully shaken off by Takamiya Motoyu and made a jumper.
The Lingnan team served, and as always, the basketball came to Chishang's hands again. However, unlike the previous game, Ikegami's rhythm became slow, dribbling the ball into the opponent's half almost step by step.
Ikegami is well aware of his body, and if he still squanders his physical strength like in the previous game, he is afraid that his physical strength will be exhausted in a minute or two. Rather than that, it's better to press the time to complete the attack.
Similarly, there are teammates who are not in a good situation. In short, in overtime, he plans to consume time so slowly, and it can be said that he is playing the success rate on the surface.
Seeing Chishang's situation, Mu Shen was also very clear in his heart, but although he wanted to guard it strictly, he had no choice but to be more than capable of it, and his situation was not necessarily better than Chishang.
Among Lingnan's players, since Yuichi Kawashima and Daikusu both played as substitutes, their physical strength was more abundant than the other three. Among them, Daisu is constantly entangled with Kazuhiro Ikeda, while Yuichi Kawashima on the other side is interspersed in the opponent's half, hoping to get rid of the opponent temporarily.
"Kawashima!"
Seeing that Yuichi Kawashima got a gap in his relentless running, Ikegami directly made a ground-hitting pass.
Yuichi Kawashima comfortably caught the basketball, without any hesitation, and jumped to shoot.
Hainan quantile Ishida Yuyu was late, but he still tried his best to block Yuichi Kawashima's eyes to reduce the success rate of his shot.
This eye-covering move, although it did not completely cover Yuichi Kawashima's eyes, did put a lot of pressure on Yuichi Kawashima, causing Yuichi Kawashima to panic and exert too much force.
After all, he is not Ikegami, and he does not have such a good psychological quality.
Boom!
When snatching rebounds, although Lingnan's two major insiders tried their best, they were still grabbed by Hainan, which had the advantage on the inside.
As with the previous tactics, this time Mu Shenyi once again pulled Ikegami aside and did not let Ikegami participate in the defense.
Chishang is also helpless, after all, he can't let go of Mu Shenyi, he knows better than anyone how threatening Mu Shenyi is.
Takamiya Motoyu's hand is still very good, and he shoots well, but unlike before, this time Takamiya Motoyu shoots three-pointers.
As a result, before a minute of overtime, Lingnan was a full five points behind, and the situation began to become more and more unfavorable for Lingnan.