Chapter 66: Rukawa Kaede, Weakness Exposed!

The nearly week-long Hokkaido All-Star Game has come to an end, in this week, not only the fierce individual competition, the star-studded main event, but also the players went to the Hokkaido disaster area, went there to contribute to the reconstruction work, led the local children to play games, do volunteers, these are beyond the scope of basketball, the charm of basketball is not only on the basketball court, but also exists in the whole society we live in, that is the charm that will make people positive, that is the charm that will make people forget the pain, that is full of positive energy charm!

After the All-Star break, the teams are preparing non-stop, with the last 10 games left in the regular season, and the playoff battle has begun!

After two days of training, the Jaguar team has gone to the away stadium to challenge their next opponent, the Aomori Green Python!

Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main island of Honshu, with the 8th largest land area in Japan, a population of 1.32 million, a forest coverage rate of nearly 70%, beautiful scenery, abundant products, and the first apple production in Japan.

After arriving in Aomori, it was already 10 p.m., and the team did not stay too long, and went directly to the hotel by bus.

We have also made a brief introduction to this season's Green Python team, although the champion Fukatsu Issei was picked up in the draft, and then the former Great White Sharks guard Abe Kawagami was obtained through a trade, but the team's existing immediate combat power is still difficult to reach a relatively high level, especially the fierce game to the last moment is the most obvious, other teams may have this or that superstar, but the Green Python team does not, so the Green Python team has many games that are lost at the last moment! The current record is only 2 wins and 10 losses, ranking last in the league, and the hope of the playoffs is extremely slim, although some media or experts believe that this season's green python team is suspected of being rotten, but who can be sure that next year's draft will be Zebei, Kawada, Mori Shigekuan and other strong players will participate in it, just like last year, although the green python holds the champion sign, but there is no strong player, it is really nerve-wracking, to put it bluntly, the future of the green python team is probably in the hands of Zebei and others!! Once they still don't run, it will be difficult for the Green Python team to turn over.

"During the All-Star Game, we have had a lot of rest, everyone's physical fitness and mental state should be maintained very well, forget the past results, there are still the last 10 games of the regular season, we play seriously, as long as we are on the court, we are playing hard!!Come on!! come on!!

The head coach of the Green Python team, Tsuchiya Wangshu, inspired the players in the locker room, even if it is difficult to win, but it is also very important to play the spirit of the team, and it can be regarded as worthy of the audience and those fans who love this team deeply.

"Against the Green Python, we can't afford to lose, winning is the only thing to do!

Coach Oki also made the final deployment in the locker room, and indeed at this stage, in the face of an opponent with poor strength, there is no other way but to win.

"321! Jaguar!!"

The Jaguar players also seem to be in high spirits.

The game is about to begin.

Although the Green Python team did not perform well, the attendance at home was still quite high, and it may be the first game after the All-Star break, with a long gap in between.

There is no change in the starting lines of the two teams, and the Green Python side of Fukatsu Kazunari reports that he is a point guard, for a point guard, the height of 195cm is indeed a little inappropriate, but after actually coming to the court, Fukatsu is also a cameo for most of the time as a scoring guard.

"I miss the decisive battle with Xiangbei back then!!Haha, I didn't expect all of you to return to the team!!"

"yes, you're lucky, aren't you, champion! ”

Before jumping the ball, Fukatsu and Akagi also talked about the old days, indeed, the game between Xiangbei and Sanno Industry was a classic!

Uchiyama Naga, a center with pigtails in the Akagi and Green Python team, jumps the ball.

The Green Python jumped to possession, and Fukatsu took the ball to organize the team's first attack of the game.

The ball was quickly transferred to the small forward, and in the hands of Matsunaga Sanbaida, who didn't know whether it was less white or dyed white short hair, Matsunaga was a player with outside projection ability, and Rukawa Kaede who defended him did not dare to slack off and clinged to Matsunaga.

Matsunaga also did not hesitate, and directly handed the ball to the inside Uchiyama, this center with a small pigtail, a little chubby, is not tall, only 206cm, and looks a little like the NBA Grizzlies nicknamed "Black Bears" - Zach Randolph. So if you want to play Akagi, who is a head taller than yourself, it is indeed a little difficult, Uchiyama still tried a few back singles, Akagi maintained a good position, seeing that there was no way, Uchiyama passed the ball back to Matsunaga's hands again, Matsunaga received the ball this time and shot directly into three points, the rhythm was very smooth, and it was in the face of Rukawa Kaede's defense, but Rukawa Kaede didn't really pounce, just pretended to defend it.

"Brush!!"

Three points in the middle!!

At the beginning of the game, the Green Python team played very patiently, after many times of passing the ball, and finally Matsunaga threw a three-pointer, it seems that the Green Python team is still quite strong in fighting spirit!

"If a weak team wants to beat a strong team, it can only rely on its own efforts to defend, as well as its own high shooting rate, the former is easy to say, the main thing is that it is difficult to guarantee a high shooting rate, but the opening is a hollow three-point, which is also a good signal. ”

The commentary was analyzed on the sidelines.

Rukawa Kaede stretched out his hand and signaled to Coach Ohki: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have let him make a move so easily!!"

Miyagi dribbled to organize the Jaguar team's first attack in this game, Miyagi gave Mitsui, Mitsui pretended to break through to the left after receiving the ball, and then a feint dribbled to the right side with his right hand, this time it was also shaken off the defense of Mitsui's Abe River, Mitsui continued to rush to the inside, Uchiyama made up for the defense very quickly, Mitsui was very confident, and withstood Uchiyama and wanted to force a layup!

"Bell!!"

Although Uchiyama's height is not high, the horizontal area is large, and he occupies almost half of the position under the basket in the inner line, and it is almost impossible to find his balance when he reaches Uchiyama, so it is difficult to score such a layup.

The ball also bounced far, Fukatsu got the rebound, but he didn't rush to play a fast attack, but observed the situation and steadily dribbled the ball through the half.

Just after halftime, Fukatsu made a move that wanted to pass the ball inside, but with a snap of his wrist, the ball was taken back, and Uchiyama may not be in a good position. But the ball that had just been pulled back was lifted again, this time by a pass!!

"Beautiful!!Fukatsu's real and false pass made the Jaguar team's defense a little messy, and at this opportunity, Fukatsu passed to Matsunaga, who was in the empty position on the bottom line, and Matsunaga made another three-point shot!!"

"Brush!!"

"Wow~~~ Beautiful, Matsunaga scored two three-pointers in a row, and this time it was empty, so where did Rukawa Kaede who defended Matsunaga go??!!"

Yes, the commentary is also a little puzzled, obviously Matsunaga just scored a three-pointer, and it felt just right, but there was a vacancy, it shouldn't be, it turned out that Rukawa Kaede was shaken to the inside line by Fukatsu's feint pass before, and wanted to cut off the ball that he thought would be passed to Uchiyama, but the ball was passed to Matsunaga's hand, at this time, it was too late for Rukawa Kaede to return to defense.

"Fukatsu has really improved one game at a time, and now the overall situation is very good, and he is slowly getting used to the feeling of leading the team alone, maybe, there is still a lot of potential to be tapped in him, which is buried before because of the excellent teammates!!, and I have found the weakness of this Jaguar team!"

Coach Tsuchiya is very optimistic about Fukatsu, and has been applauding his disciples on the sidelines, and the most important thing is that he has even found the weakness of the Jaguar team!

"The weakness of the Jaguar team is ~~, that is, everyone thinks it is the biggest advantage of Rukawa Kaede!Although Rukawa Kaede is the champion, he has a talented body, and depending on the situation, the basketball IQ is also very high, but after all, he is a freshman who has only played for a year, and there must be a weakness, Damu let Rukawa Kaede change to play small forward is to maximize Rukawa Kaede's weakness, although the team has a deeper upgrade on offense, but Rukawa Kaede's defense makes the team unable to achieve balance! That is to say, Rukawa Kaede's biggest weakness is defense!!"

I don't know what Coach Tsuchiya will feel after hearing this, but it can be seen that Coach Ohki's expression is really not so good, the team started a little sluggish, there was a big problem on the defensive end, and Coach Ohki was also frowning, thinking about the next strategy.