Chapter 21 Xiangbei VS Hainan!
The game between Jaguar and the Antlers almost became a reappearance of the game between Xiangbei and Hainan, and Sakuragi, who came back from the ban, started very strongly, and helped the team take an 8-0 lead with consecutive shots and passes, but then the star of the Antlers Amu stood up and brought the game into the rhythm of the Antlers with skillful skills and accurate shooting.
And Sakuragi, who was pressed on the bench for most of the time, seemed to have finally opened his mind, and it seemed that he had found a way to restrain Amu.
"Long time no see, Sakuragi!" Amu joked when he saw Sakuragi on the field.
"Hmph, uncle, that's all for your performance, I won't let you touch the ball again!" Sakuragi came up quite seriously this time.
Jaguar attacked, and after Mitsui came out to receive the ball, he gave it to Sakuragi.
"Come on, uncle, I'm going to blow you up!" After speaking, he directly chose to shoot on the spot, Ah Mu did not relax, and followed the defense.
Sakuragi threw quite confidently, but after all, Sakuragi sat on the bench for too long, and the ball arced a little in the air,,,, and finally the ball was thrown directly off the court, a standard hollow outside the basket.
"How can this be, my genius fixed-point shooting, even ,,,," Sakuragi can't seem to accept this fact.
"Idiot, who are you passing it on,,," Rukawa Kaede teased Sakuragi.
"Damn, I'm shooting!!" Sakuragi himself explained that he had no energy, indeed, he actually shot off the court, and it was really a bit like a pass.
"Alright, concentrate on defense!" Akagi was not on the field, and Mitsui became the temporary captain.
The antlers were controlled by Akiyama, still focusing on the point of Amu, and just as Akiyama was about to pass to Amu, who was already stuck in position, Sakuragi did something unexpected.
"Don't want to pass it over!" Sakuragi suddenly turned around and came to Amu's side, stuck in position like an offensive player.
"This is ,,, going around the front defense!!I didn't expect this stupid melon to go around the front defense!" Coach Yoshioka couldn't believe Sakuragi's move. Sakuragi finally saw that a player like Fang Amu had to make it difficult for him to receive the ball, or even not let him receive the ball, so that he could disrupt the rhythm of his attack and make him tired to get rid of. "It seems that Oki has had an effect on Sakuragi sitting on the bench, and Sakuragi has opened his mind.
Akiyama saw that it was difficult to pass the ball, and in the process of hesitation, 24 seconds were up!"Well done, Sakuragi!" Akagi from the field couldn't help but get up and cheer for Sakuragi!"Gorilla, you can rest and watch me perform the Tale of the Bird and Deer!" Sakuragi's self-confidence also skyrocketed.
The rest of the second quarter was almost a hand-to-hand fight between Sakuragi and Amu, although Sakuragi didn't feel good on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, Amu consumed a lot of physical strength to grab the position, making it difficult for Amu to find an offensive feeling.
With the last few balls, Kaede Rukawa hit consecutive foul free throws inside, and Jaguar ended the first half with a 54-46 lead.
In terms of data, although Amu scored 18 points, the efficiency of Sakuragi's defense was only 6 of 18 shots, Sakuragi scored 5 points in a row in the opening game, and then did not score again, but Rukawa Kaede's performance was still 14 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, and 2 steals.
"This should be the most anxious half game played since the Antlers started, the two sides are indeed equal, this scene really reminds me of the classic game between Xiangbei and Hainan back then!"
"In the first half, everyone did a great job, especially on the defensive end, and in the second half the opponent was likely to change tactics, but we still maintained a high intensity of defense, Sakuragi!
In the locker room, Coach Ohki laid out the tactics for the second half and asked about Sakuragi's condition.
"No problem, the physical strength is ruthless! Don't worry, that uncle will be handed over to me, and he will not score a point in the second half!" Sakuragi's defensive tactics around the front have paid off, and his self-confidence has also improved.
"In the first half, everyone was still a little slow to heat up, and we had to pay attention to the opponent! Fortunately, there are not many people who are behind now, so everyone cheered up and turned the score over in the second half. Coach Yoshioka also explained in the locker room.
"Amu, don't be serious with that rookie, always entangled with him, it will delay our team's fighters!" Although Amu is the number one star in the team, his performance is not good, and Coach Yoshioka is still ruthless.
'I know, we wasted too many chances in the first half and I'll adjust. Ah Mu also introspected himself.
The second half of the game is about to begin.
"How about it, uncle, I'm going to follow you in this game!" As soon as he returned to the field, Sakuragi went straight to Amu and provoked.
"You've been guarding me like this, focusing all your energy on the defensive end, and you're just letting Rukawa Kaede shine on the offensive end?!" Amu asked Sakuragi instead.
"Hmph, uncle, this day is good in offense and defense, against a team like yours, you can win without me attacking!" It seems that Sakuragi's emotional intelligence has improved, and there is no Zhonga Mu's aggressive method.
"Damn, if it goes on like this, Rukawa Kaede will score more and more points! cheers are given to him, and I can only silently entangle with this uncle,,," But Sakuragi thought so in his heart.
"The game is on, Sakuragi, don't be stunned anymore!" Seeing that Sakuragi was a little stunned, Akagi reminded.
The first attack of the second half, Jaguar handed the ball to the inside, Akagi did not choose to play strongly, but distributed it to Sakuragi who was standing not far away, Sakuragi took the ball and made a shooting feint, Amu will not eat shaking, seeing that Amu did not eat shaking, Sakuragi chose to play the inside line, hard to rush Amu, Amu's physical fitness is not under Sakuragi, Sakuragi used his body to hold Amu and forcibly throw!
"What are you kidding!" Ah Mu not only did not suffer a loss in physical confrontation, but took a slight advantage, Sakuragi's throw was basically a shot on the spot, the shot point was very low, Ah Mu jumped lightly, and a heavy block was given to Sakuragi.
The ball is in Nobunaga's hands, the antlers launch a fast attack, Nobunaga dribbles to the front court and finds that there is no good chance, ready to wait for his teammates to follow up and play a positional battle.
But at this time, Nobunaga passed the ball back, and Amu arrived with a horse, and when he got the ball, he threw it, and Sakuragi only rushed to the basket and realized that his marker was gone.
"Brush!" Hollow hit, Amu finally found an open opportunity and threw his first three-pointer of the game.
"Sakuragi, don't be brutal!" Akagi scolded Sakuragi.
"It would be nice to score one more!" Sakuragi was still eager to attack.
Jaguar attack, after Rukawa Kaede received the ball, he signaled to pull away, ready to single Nobunaga, in the first half, Nobunaga has been successfully singled by Rukawa Kaede many times, very faceless, this time the ,,,, is still the same, Rukawa Kaede turned around and passed Nobunaga, and killed the inside, center Watanabe quickly topped up the defense, Rukawa Kaede saw that the defense had arrived, and directly chose to throw the ball high, avoiding Watanabe's block, the ball did avoid Watanabe, but maybe the arc was too high, the ball flew over the basket, and nothing touched.
"That's called shooting, stinky fox!" Sakuragi once again came out from the baseline, ready to make up for the dunk.
"Attacker No. 6, push foul!" Sakuragi had just slammed the ball in when the referee's whistle followed.
Sakuragi pushed out Amu, who was stuck in his position, in a hurry, and the referee decisively awarded a penalty.
Sakuragi has already committed 4 fouls.
Although Sakuragi has a lot of energy, he no longer focuses on defense like in the first half, but wants to participate in the attack, which should be stimulated by Rukawa Kaede's excellent performance on the offensive end, but now neither of these two can be replaced, so he can only take another look. Oki analyzed Sakuragi's current state of mind.
"Brush! Shoot three points from a distance, No. 41, Mu Shenyi!"
Da Mu has just finished analyzing, and Ah Mu is using his companion to cover the long throw, although Sakuragi is desperately blocking, but Ah Mu's hand has already warmed up, and he hit the hollow again.
"Too, Jaguar requests a timeout!" Coach Oki seemed to be unable to wait, and at the beginning of the second half, due to Sakuragi's distraction, Amu found his touch and scored two three-pointers in a row. Closing the score to just two points.
"Miyagi, next the main attack on you, Rukawa Kaede makes a breakthrough to attract the bag, Miyagi, you come to Mitsui's position, today Mitsui is also defending Ah Shen's physical exertion is relatively large, you are now their target loophole, once there is a vacancy, don't hesitate! Decisive shot!" It seems that Coach Oki tried to switch the position of Rukawa Kaede and Miyagi, which may also make Sakuragi no longer distracted from attacking.
"Miyagi! don't worry, I'll give you a rebound!" Sakuragi is also motivating Miyagi.
After the pause, it was Rukawa Kaede who dribbled to the half.
"Daki really let Rukawa Kaede change to play organizational guard, Akagi can easily not beat Watanabe, Sakuragi now has no shooting confidence, and Miyagi is not a stable shooting point on the outside, in this way, as long as you keep a firm eye on Mitsui's outside line, you will completely lock Jaguar's offensive firepower!" Coach Yoshioka analyzed very thoroughly.
After Rukawa Kaede and Akagi formed a block, Rukawa Kaede took the ball to the inside line, glanced at Mitsui in the bottom corner, and passed the ball out, but Mitsui was not ready to catch the ball.
"Cast, Miyagi!" shouted Sakuragi as he stuck in the basket.
It turned out that Rukawa Kaede and Miyagi had already planned their tactics, Rukawa Kaede didn't look at Miyagi's position at all, so he passed the ball over, and Mitsui just glanced at the fake action of his eyes, Miyagi was really a big vacancy after receiving the ball!
"Underestimate me too much!" Miyagi's resolute three-point shot!
The ball spins sharply and hollows into the net!
"Beautiful! Miyagi!!" Miyagi scored the first goal of the second half for the Jaguars.
"Come on, everyone, defend this ball!" Miyagi also came to the momentum, shouting for everyone to defend!
"Miyagi's three-point shot was something I didn't expect, but this is not Jaguar's conventional weapon, and Miyagi has been asked to shoot three points, which shows that Jaguar's offensive rules have been messed up, this is just a lucky ball and what ,,, !!" When Coach Yoshioka analyzed, Miyagi scored another three points!
"Beautiful!! Komiya !!!" Sakuragi blossomed with joy, and the two high-fived fiercely!
Rewind ten seconds ago, Nobunaga's blind breakthrough was broken, Sakuragi took the ball and gave the ball to Miyagi, Miyagi brought to the three-point line and his body was not yet stable, and he shot directly with three points, which was quite decisive! In less than a minute, Miyagi returned two three-pointers in a row, and opened the score again! Miyagi is in the impression of others as a person who is fast and dribbles well, but has poor shooting stability, but as a point guard, if you don't have any shooting grasp, it will be difficult to attract defense, and it will be difficult to create opportunities for teammates, so the top point guards have stable shooting skills, which Miyagi did not have before, but this offseason's special training made him slowly have the confidence to shoot!" Coach Oki analyzed while recalling Miyagi's hard shooting on weekdays.