Chapter 41: The Night of the Rout
The game between Kobe Jaguar and Sado Island Koguar came to the second quarter, and the Jaguar team played smoothly in the first quarter, leading all the way, but in the second quarter, the situation changed abruptly, and Akagi Goken was replaced due to too many fouls, which led to the team's repeated mistakes on the defensive end, allowing the Radiance team to play a wave of climax.
As Radiant head coach Jiro Toyama said, a perfectly balanced lineup is something that Jaguar will struggle to break through.
Could it be that the scales of victory are really going to tip in favor of the Radiant Team??
"Toot!" the Jaguar team timeout.
Coach Ohki couldn't sit still and finally called a timeout to ease the team's current predicament.
"Don't forget what we've been training for the past few days!Share the ball, don't play one-on-one with each other, forget about the first quarter, forget about the leading scores, we still have a lot of time, we can get back into shape!!"
It's rare for Coach Oki to be so excited, and it is true that the team's offensive and defensive ends at the beginning of the second quarter are like two teams in the first quarter.
After the timeout, Jaguar attacked to see if they could break the deadlock on the field.
Sakuragi took the ball and sat up in a high position, Akagi was not on the court, Sakuragi was really struggling, the hand-to-hand combat on the inside line consumed physical strength, and Sakuragi always had a 1-on-2 situation, so he paused and came back, changed his position, and it seemed that there were arranged tactics.
Sakuragi, who had the ball, looked around and didn't know who to give it to, and the glorious defense was still airtight, and it was difficult for the Jaguar players to get rid of the ball.
"Come on, Miyagi!!"
Sakuragi, who was still watching, suddenly threw the ball out, just like Takukawa Fujiwara of the Flying Waves threw the ball, and threw it in the direction of the audience next to the basket. Listening to Sakuragi's words, the ball was passed to Miyagi.
"You really passed it!!Sakuragi!!" Miyagi didn't expect the two to cooperate during training, Sakuragi really passed over, although Miyagi is undefended, but after all, it is a forbidden area with long people, and it is difficult not to be interfered with in the air relay, but since the ball has been passed out, Miyagi can only bite the bullet.
"Fight!" Miyagi shouted, jumping up to catch the ball.
Fortunately, the ball passed by Sakuragi was obviously spinning, and Miyagi received it very comfortably.
The moment he received the ball, Miyagi could only choose to wipe the board and shoot because of the lack of height, but Miyagi always felt like he was surrounded by many people, so he timidly threw the ball.
"Bell!"
In the end, Sakuragi's aerial relay with Miyagi failed with the loud sound of iron.
"Oh~~~"
The audience at the scene also made a voice of regret, from the audience's point of view, Miyagi's previous air connection was already completely unguarded, and it was a pity that such a good opportunity could not be scored.
"Miyagi is indeed a little panicked, if the shot just now is easy in training, maybe it can be scored in the first quarter of the game, but at this stage, the defensive pressure brought by the brilliance makes Miyagi have some scruples, in the case of no one interfering with him at all, his mentality has changed, this may be a common occurrence of young players, a good opportunity, Sakuragi can pass such a ball I am also very surprised!!"
Coach Ohki's timeout has little effect from the current point of view, at least Miyagi's condition is still a little unsatisfactory.
"Back to defense, everyone go back to defense, it's okay, Miyagi, believe in yourself!!"
However, Sakuragi, who passed the second pass just now, seemed very calm, and saw that the opponent's center Shirai had already won the rebound, and quickly organized his teammates to return to defense. Incidentally encouraged to get up Miyagi.
Reminded by Sakuragi, Jaguar's defense was very fast, and when Guanghui saw that there was no chance to counterattack quickly, he dragged to the position, and the time to test Jaguar's defense came again.
From the second quarter onwards, Emily repeatedly changed his offensive routine, this time with Miura and Eguchi sitting up to block and dismantle.
"Brush!!"
Before Miyagi came out of the block, he only heard the crisp sound of brushing the basket, Miura was blocked directly in Miyagi, and Sakuragi didn't make up for the first three-point shot, but the ball was two steps away from the three-point line, and he hit it hollow again.
Miura, who was back on defense, blew the tip of his right index finger and made a gunner's muzzle action, which was very arrogant.
"Miura also began to hit long-range shots, and the 14-point gap was gone, what happened to the Jaguar players????" The on-site commentary couldn't quite understand how Jaguar could do this in the second quarter. “
In the second quarter, the two teams were like the reversal of the two teams in the first quarter, the Jaguar team was slow to open the situation on the offensive end, and the long-range shots were also successively hitting, and the defensive end was even more useless, and everyone was indeed a little confused by the brilliance! The self-confidence of the players was very affected, on the other hand, the brilliance was more flowering, the outside long shot, and the inside singles were frequently effective, and the second quarter returned to Jaguar's 21:3 scoring climax.
At the end of the half, Brilliance had already won 57:49, and the score in the second quarter was 38:16, with Brilliance winning by 22 points.
"It was really a strange game, both sides played a good game each, but from the scoreline, it was clear that the second quarter was more efficient, and hopefully Jaguar can get back to their previous form, and the difference of eight points is not much. ”
As with the analysis of the live commentary, it was clearly the brilliance of the first half that taught Jaguar a lesson.
"Everyone calm down, think about how to win the flying waves, the second half must not be like the second quarter, we have strength, and the glory does not have absolute strength like the Antlers, we first base ourselves and play with confidence!"
At all times, Oki is encouraging the players.
The second half of the game is about to begin.
Brilliant serve.
Or the transmission ball between Miura, Abe, and Kuroki in the front court, Jaguar's players still can't crack the connection of the three, they can only be exhausted, and are mobilized by the opponent's pass, and the three passes and two passes between the three are finally completed by Abe and ready to go to the basket.
"Look at my !!"
"Smack!"
Akagi finally stepped up and smashed Abe's layup with a resounding block.
Since Akagi didn't completely cover the ball, the ball had fallen in the air and grazed the rebound, and the ball was still near the basket.
"Ahh
Shirai Xingtuan had been waiting for a long time next to him, aiming at the ball in the air, shouting and preparing to make up for it.
"It's not over yet!!"
After Akagi landed, he jumped again and prepared for a second cap. But Shirai has already got infinitely close to the basket with the ball with both hands, and it is easy to do so like in the first half, not only failed to prevent the goal, but also accompanied the last foul, but now Akagi can't care so much, and there is only one thought in his mind: he can't let Guanghui score again!!
The two had a fierce physical confrontation in the air, this time, Akagi had the last laugh, and forced Shirai to press down the slam dunk that Shirai must enter, Shirai himself lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground, Akagi finally won the rebound, avenging the 2+1 revenge in the first half!
"What are you still looking at!!Attack!!"
The rest of the Jaguar players were already stunned by Akagi's anti-sky block, and they didn't move when they got the rebound!!
"Smack!"
Just as Sakuragi looked at the front court and didn't know who to pass to, Miura quickly jumped up from behind and cut off the ball in Akagi's hand!
The ball was still in the air, Eguchi jumped first to grab the ball, and Akagi jumped again to grab it.
"Toot No. 4 pushes foul!"
The referee's whistle sounded again, and it blew to Akagi again, and Eguchi was knocked down by Akagi's still rising body when he caught the ball, so it was better to say that Eguchi stuck it on Akagi's body, looking for a foul!
Akagi has already committed 4 crimes!
Oki could only replace Akagi again, and Akagi was obviously dissatisfied with his teammate's performance, and sat on the chair and slapped the towel fiercely to vent the anger in his heart.
At the beginning of the second half, Jaguar fell back into passivity.
"Despicable fellow, I'm going to blow you up!!" Sakuragi looked at Eguchi's arrogant look and was very angry.
But anger is anger after all, the team is weak on the inside after losing Akagi, and the team's offensive feel is always cold, Mitsui shoots 1 of 7 three-pointers, Rukawa Kaede only shoots 3 of 12, and the difference is slowly widened by the brilliance!
At the end of the third quarter, at 85:67, the brilliance continued to expand the victory.
The Jaguars tried to salvage the game in the fourth quarter, but Akagi's early six fouls left the court making it difficult for the team to compete on both ends of the floor, and the Radiant team continued to shoot from the field and kept expanding the score.
In the end, Sado Island Guanghui defeated Kobe Jaguar 111-89 away, which was a big upset in this round.
At the end of the game, Sakuragi and others left the venue listlessly, they have lost two consecutive games at home, if the last regrettable defeat to Kagoshima Antlers is still a defeat, then the loss of this game, and it is a big loss to the strength of the light, can only show that the team has a big problem.
In the dressing room after the game, there was silence, just like on the field, and there was no communication.
Maybe everyone wants to get through the night as soon as possible, and the feeling of this painful defeat is too heavy.
"But I'm looking forward to it, old friends. ”
In the bedroom, the wall-mounted TV showed the post-match interview of the just-concluded game, and the man lying on the bed said contemptuously, with deep eyes, a handsome face, and a Beckham-style cockscomb head, this man is the fairy road, and the show is about to be staged.