The second game of the first round of the playoffs between the Kobe Jaguar and the Nagoya Ninja has begun.

After the opening, Mitsui Shou was full of might, and he had been silent for a long time, and hit two ultra-long three-pointers from the outside in a row.

We seem to have seen the style of the MVP in that middle school period again.

However, the Jaguar team did not establish a clear lead, and that was because of Takano's wonderful performance.

Facing Sakuragi's defense. Takano first hit a long-range shot, then hit it again with Sakuragi on a layup, and then used a trick that he had never used before - a step-back jumper!! scored three goals in a row, and Sakuragi didn't have a temper at all!!

"Idiot, can you do it,,,"

Rukawa Kaede walked over and mocked.

"I want you to take care of it~~!!"

Sakuragi turned his head away, ready to join the attack.

"Damn,,, you forced me, in this case, I can only use my trick~~!!"

Sakuragi came to the front with a vow, and it seemed that he was going to use his new weapon - the European step??!!

This time, Hirano didn't let Mitsui receive the ball comfortably, and used a forward defense to prevent Mitsui from getting the ball.

Seeing this, Sakuragi immediately started to block and dismantle Miyagi, who was in possession of the ball, and after the dismantling, Sakuragi received the ball smoothly.

"Come on, salute me back!!"

Gao Ye lowered his center of gravity and provoked with those sharp little eyes.

"Hmph~!!"

Sakuragi dribbled with the ball, while Takano advanced and retreated, and there were no holes in the defense.

"Okay, on~~!!"

Sakuragi made up his mind and dribbled forward with his left hand.

Takano immediately leaned sideways, Sakuragi's breakthrough speed was not very fast, and after taking two steps, he made an obvious probe movement with his left foot forward.

Takano didn't move, but his eyes were watching Sakuragi's footsteps.

"It's time to get to the right!!"

Takano judged Sakuragi's movements, and moved his body directly to the right.

"Oh no, ~~~"

As Takano expected, Sakuragi's body quickly came to the right after a step with his left foot.

The movements of the two are as if they are looking in a mirror, so synchronized.

“kuang~~！！”

The two collided with each other without any protection.

"Toot ~!! No. 6 hits man with the ball, offensive foul!! ”

The referee's blow penalty made Sakuragi's first attack of the game come to naught.

"It's a very standardized pace, a very standard European step,,, but unfortunately it's an entry-level step."

Takano said to Sakuragi as he was picked up by his teammates.

"Damn,,, European step will be recognized by him~~"

Sakuragi showed some signs of impatience in her mood.

So far in the second game, except for Mitsui, the other players of the Jaguar team have not played, and there is no ball, which is also one of the reasons.

However, if you dig into the reason, the Jaguar team has not played the corresponding tactics, which may be the biggest problem.

"The individual quality of the Jaguar team is really good, but since we met them for the first time in the playoffs last year, I always feel that Daki has not used all the potential of these players, and they have not developed good enough chemistry!! But that's exactly what we want to see, we in the Ninja Team have everything we need to beat Team Jaguar!! Besides, the Antlers have also been eliminated, and this year, it is the best time for our ninja team to win the championship!! ”

The head coach of the ninja team, Minami Moriyo, touched his big bald head and thought.

The course of the first half of this game was just like Coach Minami's prediction.

The ninja team's side relied on rigorous defensive tactics and efficient offensive tactics to quickly bring the game to its own rhythm.

It makes the game feel like it was back to last year.

In the second half, the Jaguar team's hit rate still failed to come up, and only Mitsui found the crosshairs on the outside, Rukawa Kaede, and Miyagi were all frequently hitting iron.

Sakuragi was even more restrained by Takano on the inside line and did nothing.

Although Akagi was still desperately fighting for rebounds on the inside, the Ninjas' run-and-gun offense was really like mercury.

"Brush~~!"

"Brush~~!"

Takeuchi and Ishii hit back-to-back three-pointers from the outside.

The Jaguar team gradually lost control of the game, and the players began to attack impatiently, and mistakes began to increase.

The players also looked at Coach Daki from time to time, but Coach Daki never said a word, nor did he call a timeout, allowing the situation to continue to collapse.

"Shh~~!!"

The fans at the pump center began to cheer for the players, and the home stadium became quite awkward.

The score was finally fixed at 109:98.

The Jaguars lost their second home game, levelling the aggregate score and losing home advantage.

There was no good news, and the players left the stadium in frustration, wondering if this game would be the Jaguars' last home game of the season.

"It's okay, we still have a chance!! Don't be discouraged!! ”

In the Jaguar team's locker room after the game, the Maekawa brothers comforted the players.

Sakuragi and the others didn't respond, they all lowered their heads or untied their shoelaces or untied the bandages on their ankles.

"Hurry up to the big conference room after you change your clothes, there's an emergency meeting to start!!"

At this time, Coach Oki suddenly pushed open the door, shouted at the door, and then quickly left. The tone was a little cold.

After Sakuragi and the others heard this, they didn't discuss it too much, but sped up the speed of changing.

"Sit down, everyone!!"

In the large conference room, Kawaguchi greeted everyone, and Kawaguchi, who is usually amiable, seemed to have a slightly different tone this time.

Once the team members were seated, the meeting quickly began.

"Does anyone want to be responsible for the loss of this game?"

As soon as the meeting began, Kawaguchi threw out such a heavy topic, and this tone really didn't look like Kawaguchi's style.

"Oh, by the way, this question was asked by me on behalf of the boss Mr. Takayama, originally this post-game emergency meeting was held by Mr. Takayama, but the time was not early, Mr. Takayama rested first, so I came to convene it instead!!"

Kawaguchi immediately added after asking.

"I take it, I take all the blame for the loss of this game!!"

Coach Oki was the first to say.

"Mr. Oki,,,"

For Oki's calm commitment, Kawaguchi seems to be a little unable to wipe his face.

After all, even if the coach is negligent, the game still has to be played by the players!!

"No~~ Coach!! I'm also responsible, I'm out of shape tonight, and I'm holding everyone back!! ”

Sakuragi quickly stood up and said.

"Sakuragi!! You sit down, you lose the game, the players have the responsibility of the players, but I think I really didn't prepare for the game to the fullest. There is no good strategy for dealing with the enemy, you are all playing with your own hard work, it is indeed my responsibility!! ”

Coach Oki looked at the table and said very seriously.

"Coach ,,,,"

Sakuragi was also confused by Oki's words.

"Actually, today's meeting is not to find a person responsible for the loss, and besides, our season is not over yet, so I just want to talk to you about how we, as a part of this team, can we move the team forward together??"

Kawaguchi's words changed, for the previous question, in fact, Kawaguchi asked it instead of Boss Takayama, and he really didn't want to ask such a question.

"As long as everyone has a common goal and everyone works together towards that goal, it's okay!!"

Sakuragi replied quickly.

"Well, it's a trick, but what I see is that people don't seem to be working towards that goal tonight!!"

Kawaguchi became serious again.

"Okay, this kind of boring meeting, it's such a waste of time, I'm going back to sleep~~"

Rukawa Kaede got up and said. (To be continued.) )