Chapter 156: Mitsui Shou - A Man Born for Three Points (Part I)
The first round of the JBA League playoffs has been fought for a number of times.
In the first half of the region, there was a very big upset, and the eighth-ranked Hokkaido Lavender eliminated the two-time defending champion and regular season champion Kagoshima Antlers with a total score of 3:1, creating the first Black Eight Miracle since the JBA playoffs were restructured.
And Lavender's opponent in the semi-finals has not yet been produced.
The other group in the upper half of the division, Osaka Iron Horse, played against Sado Island Radiance, and the two teams were in a dark fight. Although Osaka is now leading 2-1 temporarily, two of the three games that ended were won in overtime, and the other was also difficult to solve.
Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that the two teams will have a "tie-break".
The second half of the game is not as scorching as the first half.
The Sendai Rover, the runner-up in the regular season, did not make a mistake, and eliminated the Aomori Green Python 3:0 with a quick knife.
The Jaguar team's first battle was also won without danger.
Before the second game, the Maekawa brothers came to the team's locker room to cheer on the players.
As long as they win this game, the Jaguar team will win the match point.
"Sakuragi, give me a chance, I felt good about training just now!!"
Mitsui walked over to Sakuragi, who was pressing his legs, and leaned into his ear and said.
"Cut, one by one, they all want the ball, one basketball is really not enough!!"
Sakuragi smiled helplessly.
After the joke, the game between the two sides officially began.
Akagi with the center of the ninja team, Ojed prepares to jump the ball.
"Smack~~"
Akagi still jumps a little higher than the veteran.
The first is the Jaguar team's offense.
Miyagi controlled the ball and soon came to the front.
In fact, in the last game, the Jaguar team's tactics were not very successful, they wanted to use slow positional warfare to attack to slow down the rhythm of the ninja team, so that the ninja team could not find a run-and-bomb system. However, the Jaguars' positional attack success rate is not very high, and the team's positions are very limited.
Fortunately, Akagi's frequent secondary attacks on the inside line succeeded, otherwise, the ninja team was likely to seize the opportunity and overtake the score.
Therefore, slowing down the pace of the game has both advantages and disadvantages for the Jaguar team.
Although it can prevent the ninja team from playing a smooth attack, its own attack is not very efficient, in the end, it is because the Jaguar team is also a team that likes to play fast, after all, there are many young people in the team.
So this raises a question for Coach Ohki, how to weigh the pros and cons of this.
Miyagi dribbles the ball and looks for opportunities.
Half of the Jaguar team started with Akagi first, and I don't know how this game went.
"Miyagi~~!!"
However, this time, it was Mitsui who came up to ask for the ball.
Miyagi improvised and gave the ball directly to Mitsui, who was waiting to receive the ball at the three-point line.
"Why is Mitsui so active today??"
After Miyagi passed the ball, he was still wondering.
Mitsui receives the ball and faces the ninja team's small forward, Hirano Sorashima.
Hirano is a player who specializes in defending swing guards of various teams, and in last year's playoffs, Mitsui was poorly defended by Hirano, to see if Mitsui could complete the breakthrough after a year.
"This isn't your style, the game has just begun, are you ready to fight me??It's okay, I have a lot of physical strength, but you, you have to be careful!!"
Hirano said to Mitsui.
"You're still so fond of talking nonsense!!"
Mitsui didn't pay much attention to it, didn't dribble, and watched the situation on the inside while protecting the ball.
"How did Mitsui do it, it wasn't arranged like this before the game, it's okay if he overdoes it,,,"
Looking at Mitsui, who was holding the ball on the field but doing nothing, Coach Ohki questioned.
"Mitsui, give it!!"
Looking at Mitsui, who had no action, Akagi on the inside line grabbed the ball, but the confrontation with Ojed, how could it be so easy!!
Mitsui saw that Akagi was already stuck and had a route to pass the ball, but Mitsui gave up,,,
"What is this guy doing!!Doesn't he go out of the ball all the time, is his soul out of his body??"
Sakuragi looked at Mitsui and thought to himself.
"I'm coming!!"
At this time, Mitsui suddenly dribbled the ball with his right hand and went to the basket.
"I can't be so hard!!"
Hirano didn't press his center of gravity to break the ball, but just used his body to push Mitsui.
Mitsui couldn't find his center of gravity for a while, and his body staggered forward, throwing the ball in the direction of the basket in a very irregular way.
"What kind of routine is this??!!"
Seeing the ball suddenly fly out of Mitsui's hand, Takano also asked in surprise.
"Bell~~!"
It's not easy to shoot at such a casual point and still get to the basket.
But there are still about 108,000 miles away from scoring.
Takano withstood Sakuragi and took the rebound.
"Mitsui, what are you doing??"
Sakuragi, who was back on the defensive, questioned first.
"Tactics, Mitsui!!"
Then Akagi also admonished.
"Damn, what am I doing, such an important game, I'm actually doing a lot of work!!"
Mitsui also felt that his previous shot was too irresponsible.
"That No. 14, how did you do it, isn't this a blind fight!!"
Even the layman, Maekawa Yuanhang, who was sitting in the VIP box of the stadium, also questioned.
"I remember he was a shooter,,Mitsui Shou,,How could this be,,"
Foresight said.
The tactics of the ninja team are very clear, and it is still the blocking and dismantling of Ishii and Takano.
The two of them have done their tactics tens of thousands of times, and it has worked very well, Takano pulled back and got the empty seat.
Ishii sends a beautiful ball.
Takano takes a mid-to-long-range shot in the high post.
"Brush~!!"
Steady hits.
The Ninjas were the first to hit the first goal of the game.
"You still can't stop me~!!"
Takano looked at Sakuragi contemptuously and said.
"Cut, it's just the beginning, it's still early!!"
Sakuragi said as he struggled forward.
Very quickly, the Leopards attacked again.
Miyagi holds the ball.
"Mitsui ,,,"
Miyagi watched Mitsui ask for the ball again, and this time Miyagi was a little hesitant.
"Come on, Miyagi!!Trust me!!"
Seeing this, Mitsui immediately agitated Miyagi.
"Anyway, it's just opened, so it's good to let Mitsui try the feel!!"
Miyagi thought to himself and gave the ball to Mitsui again.
"What's wrong with you, don't you want to win!!"
Hirano is a little unaccustomed to it, Mitsui has taken the initiative to ask for the ball twice in a row, you know, in the last game, Mitsui did not take the initiative to ask for the ball once!!
"Ah~!! vote!!"
Just when everyone was worried about Mitsui's state, Mitsui threw the ball without warning, and he jumped three steps away from the three-point line!!
It's a 9-metre long throw!!
"Is this guy crazy??!!
Seeing Mitsui's sudden shot, Sakuragi, who just wanted to ask for the ball, said excitedly.
Although it was a sudden shot, judging from the strength of the ball, Mitsui was prepared, and the ball went straight to the basket.
"Bang!Bang!~~"
The ball was still arcing flat, circled around the frame, and flew to the basket.
After the ball hovering above the basket reaches its highest point, a free-fall motion is ,,,
"Brush~~!!"
It hit the middle of the basket!!
",,, yes~~~!!"
The fans at the pump center first froze for a moment, and then realized that the goal had gone in again, and suddenly cheered like a frying pot.
"Super long three-point hit ~~!! from No. 14 Mitsui Shou ~~!!"
The commentary is also a climax, I didn't expect happiness to come so quickly!!
"Hahaha~~!! okay, junior, forgive you for the first goal!!"
Sakuragi was the first to run to Mitsui and high-five him in celebration.
"I said, I feel good today~~!!"
Mitsui calmly defended, as if he knew that this goal would be scored!!(To be continued.) )