Chapter 236: For Mitsui!!
Because of the successive departures of Mitsui and Sakuragi, the Jaguar team fell into an unprecedented trough, and the consecutive heavy defeats not only caused the team to lose the top position, but even fell out of the top four. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
With just three games left in the regular season, the Jaguars have slipped to seventh place and a playoff spot is in jeopardy.
In this case, the Jaguar team sent Mitsui to lobby Sakuragi again in the hope that he would return to the team.
Under Mitsui's wholehearted guidance, Sakuragi finally got out of the haze and picked up the basketball again.
After Sakuragi returned to the team, the Jaguar team finally ended the regular season with a seventh-place finish, 19 wins and 13 losses, perhaps this result is far from the beginning before the game, but this is just a new beginning, the playoffs, is the real competition.
It's a regular season with regrets and gains.
After the end of the regular season, the playoffs of the 2011-2012 season kicked off, and the eight teams began to challenge for the Golden Basket again.
The specific forms of battles are:
Upper Section: Sendai Rover (1) - Aomori Green Python (8), Fukuyama Flying Wave (4) - Osaka Iron Horse (5)
Lower Section: Kagoshima Antlers (2) - Kobe Jaguar (7), Ninja Ninja (3) - Sado Island (6)
The Rover overtook the Antlers' record at the last minute and came to the top of the standings, and no one expected that they would still be in the playoffs before the All-Star break
The struggling rover, who actually won this regular season championship, is really coming from behind.
If there is a turning point when the rover began to regain his form, it must be the game of Sendo at home against the sky and the glory of Sado Island.
After that game, the entire Rover team, including Xiandao himself, seemed to have regained the feeling of winning the championship last year, it was a feeling of getting used to winning, and it was a kind of kingly demeanor~!!
Facing the opponent Aomori Green Python that they swept in last year's playoffs again, I believe there will be no accidents, and if you want to have a black eight miracle for two consecutive years, it is really smaller than the probability of winning the lottery~~
The seventh-ranked Jaguar team will challenge their old rivals, the Antlers. This is also the first time that Akagi and others have faced each other in the playoffs.
After experiencing last year's Black Eight Miracle, I believe that in this year's playoffs, the Antlers will prepare with a very rigorous attitude~~
Without Mitsui's Jaguar team, it is very difficult to get through the first round~!!
In this year's playoffs, it is still a 2-2-1 format, with the team with the highest regular season record playing at home first.
The first game of the Jaguar-Antlers series is about to begin.
"Yo Yo Yo ~ !! isn't this a melancholy boy Sakuragi Hanamichi!?? I thought you really said goodbye to basketball~!!"
Before the first match between the two sides, Kiyota came up to Sakuragi and said defiantly.
"After so many years, you are still so lonely and unheard, maybe your memory is too bad, do you need me to help you recall your playoff journey last season~??"
Sakuragi replied.
"Alright, Kiyota. Let's warm up, if you have any extra words, wait until you win the game~~!!"
Ah Mu came over and dragged Qingtian away.
"Cut, uncle is still so arrogant, no wonder it will be blackened, and the arrogant soldiers will be defeated~!!Huh~!!"
The war of words between the two sides before the game is so intense, presumably the next game will definitely be-for-tat~!!
The Jaguar team's replacement for Mitsui Shou is an unknown junior who has not played much before.
Now that Mitsui is missing, the rest of the Jaguar team will have to work harder to make up for the loss.
"Even if it's for Mitsui~~, I'm going to win it back!!"
Before jumping the ball, Sakuragi bent over and slapped the floor, and his body burned again with the long-lost battle flame~!!
Kuboto jumped to the ball and the Antlers began their first attack.
Point guard Akiyama Jiyasu passed the half.
Suddenly stopped the ball at the three-point line.
Seeing this, Miyagi immediately pressed closely.
Seeing this, Kiyota immediately ran forward to ask for the ball.
"Oops~~"
The player who replaced Mitsui said suddenly.
Because after Qingtian feigned to catch the ball, he suddenly ran back and passed him directly.
Akiyama also had a tacit understanding, and directly passed the ball to Kiyota's hands one by one.
"It's not that easy~~!!"
At this time, Sakuragi was very shrewd in front of Kiyota.
"Hmph, I'm too lazy to pass you~~"
Seeing this, Kiyota stopped the dribble directly and made a mid-range jumper ~~
Although Sakuragi has already made up for it, it is still a little far away from Kiyota, so Sakuragi did not interfere too much with Kiyota's shot.
"Brush~~"
Kiyota used a shot that he wasn't very good at to help the Antlers score the first point.
Although the Jaguar team is only one Mitsui Shou away from the side, it seems that it can still fight with the Antlers, but in fact, the Jaguar team is at a disadvantage in all aspects.
It can be seen from this ball that the first thing is the playoff experience, and the Jaguar team is mainly the player who replaces Mitsui on the court, not to mention the playoff experience, but the ordinary game experience, which is also quite lacking~!!
If Kiyota is revitalized, then the entire attack of the Antlers will be smooth~!!
At the end of the regular season, because of the long absence of Mitsui and Sakuragi, the playing time of Akagi and others increased sharply, which led to Akagi and others before the playoffs, the physical fitness was not fully buffered, and the body has been in a state of fatigue.
The Antlers team is strong, they actually had a chance to fight for the regular season championship, but in the last two games, the Antlers chose to take turns to rest, so that Amu and others got enough rest and sufficient buffer!!
Finally, the team's tactics, the Jaguar team's tactics because of the lack of Mitsui, there are a lot of changes, and the less changes allow the Antlers to defend the Jaguar team more calmly, especially to choke the flow ~ Chuan ~ Kaede ~!!
In the first half of the game, the shortcomings of the Jaguar team have not been exposed too much, and the score is not too far behind, but Rukawa Kaede's hair is indeed restricted, every time he has played against the Antlers before, it is difficult for Rukawa Kaede to have an excellent performance, because of the outstanding team defensive ability of the Antlers, it is difficult for Rukawa Kaede to break through all the defenses, and over the years, Ah Shen's research on Rukawa Kaede has already studied Rukawa Kaede thoroughly~!!
Even if Rukawa Kaede's physical fitness is outstanding, a slap can't make a sound~~
However, in the first half of the first game, the person who slapped the Jaguar team was Sakuragi Hanamichi!!
In the highlights of the first half, Sakuragi can often be seen grabbing a frontcourt rebound surrounded by a three-man Antlers, either causing a foul or winning the ball straight into the ball.
Sakuragi's performance may not surprise Coach Ohki, because Sakuragi's ability is there, and because Sakuragi is the most physically reserved in the entire Jaguar team~!!
Because Amu has to take on more offensive tasks, the Antlers team does not have a player who can defend Sakuragi wholeheartedly.
Sakuragi scored 15 points and eight rebounds in the first half, and single-handedly supported the Jaguars' interior line.
"For Mitsui, I must win ~!!" (To be continued.) )