Chapter 45: The Real Gap

The first round of the game between Kobe Jaguar and Sendai Rover has just begun, and Sendo's slam dunk was covered by Sakuragi Hanamichi head-on, and it was this goal that inspired Sendo's fighting spirit, scoring 3 goals in a row, scoring 8 points in a row, and there are assists, steals on the defensive end, blocks, and Sendo all contributed, bringing the whole team to life, and the game almost became Sendo's personal show!

The rover's fast attack again, or Xiandao's ball, was given to Yohei again, but this time Mitsui followed the defense in place, and Yohei didn't choose to shoot!

"It's a breakthrough!"

Mitsui saw the change in Yohei's footsteps and made a prediction.

Sure enough, Yohei made a false movement and chose to break through. Yohei's breakthrough speed was not fast, and Mitsui followed very closely.

But for some reason, Rukawa Kaede suddenly ran over and prepared to wrap up Yohei.

"Oops!"

Coach Oki is sorry for Rukawa Kaede's choice of bag.

"Hit the mark!"

Seeing Rukawa Kaede coming over to wrap the clip, Yohei was very proud.

Sure enough, Yohei jumped high, even though Mitsui pounced very well, but Yohei was not a shot, but passed the ball to the outside player, and Akira Sendo, who was supposed to be defended by Kaede Rukawa!

After winning the ball, the fairy road is in a completely empty position, for the current state of the hot fairy road, and it is also a complete empty position, the basket in front of you is as wide as the sea!

"Brush!" three-point hit!

It was just a simple two-person cooperation, and the Jaguar team once again had a hole in defense, allowing Xiandao to find a chance again, 13:4, and the score was widened!

"Rukawa Kaede's mentality seems to be a little impatient, maybe looking at Xiandao's strong performance, Rukawa Kaede also wants to show himself, but it backfires, this ball is not only failed to cut off Yohei's pass, but mainly makes Xiandao have a vacancy, which is absolutely intolerable!"

"Toot! Team Jaguar asks for a timeout!"

Just halfway through the first quarter, Coach Oki has already called two timeouts, if the team continues to play in this state, it is very likely that it will be like the last game, and at that time, it will really be useless.

"Everyone be sober, what's wrong! If Xiandao can't be restricted, others must be restricted! It's still acceptable to fall behind this point! Steady and steady, remember, cut off the connection between Xiandao and teammates, if Xiandao scores 100 points, then we admit it!"

Coach Oki is very dissatisfied with the current state of the team, and hopes that the team will recover quickly, if this state continues, the team is likely to lose two consecutive games.

Pause back, Jaguar attack!

Finally, Miyagi and Akagi started to block and dismantle, and if they change their routines, they may be different.

Sure enough, after the blocking, due to the change of defense, it became Otake defending Sakuragi, and Miyagi immediately passed the ball to Sakuragi when he saw this, and it would be a pity if such an obvious dislocation could not be used!

"You want to guard against me??You can go up again!!"

Sakuragi's words are quite confident, and after taking the ball, he faces the big bamboo that is two ends shorter than himself, and decisively throws it in place!

"Brush!"

Hollow hit!

"Wow!!Wow!!Did you two see it, Sakuragi, Sakuragi scored!It's still a shot!!I was counting Sakuragi's fouls, but I didn't expect to score!Haha, it's so exciting!!"

I may not have seen Sakuragi play for a long time, and I am not sure how much Sakuragi's ball skills have improved, but it is just an ordinary mid-range shot, which surprises the Sakuragi Army.

"Sakuragi scored, which should reflect the weakness of the team's offense at this stage, but it is understandable to let Sakuragi try to attack, the team's current state, someone needs to stand up!"

The person who Coach Ohki said could stand up really be Sakuragi!?

"Back to defense, you must guard down!"

Anyway, this goal gave Sakuragi a lot of confidence and called on his teammates to defend!

Xiandao took the ball again, facing Rukawa Kaede, Xiandao's eyes revealed confidence.

Xiandao chose to fight with his back this time, although the height of the two is 198cm, but in terms of strength confrontation, the older Xiandao is still more dominant, but Rukawa Kaede is not bad, and he is tenaciously stuck in position, making it difficult for Xiandao to continue the next moves!

The continuous back beating made the two of them more or less physically exhausted, and at this juncture, Xiandao made a move. There was no warning, just carried Rukawa Kaede on his shoulder, Xiandao unloaded, and jumped back hard, Rukawa Kaede did not become a spectator, desperately reached out to interfere with Xiandao's shooting, but Xiandao's reclining amplitude was too great, and the body was almost at a 45-degree angle to the ground, and it was difficult for Rukawa Kaede to seal.

"Da, brush!"

Another wipe shot, and it was done with a super difficult back-up!

"Rukawa Kaede really tried his best this ball, but Xiandao's ability is really too strong, to be honest, it exceeded my expectations. ”

For Xiandao's performance, Coach Damu was also a little helpless.

But here Jaguar attacked, Sakuragi found the feeling, and threw a mid-range shot against Ah Fu's block!

For the remainder of the first quarter, the two sides sent off the bench, and at 28:19, the Rover took the lead. If Sakuragi hadn't scored a few goals in a row, maybe the rover would have been more than just ahead!

In the second quarter, the game was still a contest between the substitutes of the two teams, and the game was inseparable, and the end of the fairy road played again, and Jaguar also changed the main force one after another, but the rover's side of the fairy road is still playing like a fish in water, and Jaguar's offense is a little struggling, and it is difficult to start a series of offensives!

At halftime, the Rover had a 14-point lead over Jaguar at 55:41.

Sendao, who was in a hot state, shot 8 of 14 and made free throws, scoring 21 points in the half, while Rukawa Kaede was in a slump, shooting 2 of 7 and missing 3 three-pointers, and only scored 5 points.

"Judging from the half-time, the rovers who are still fighting at home are more prepared, the players play more normally, Xiandao also proved his status with his performance, and Jaguar needs to make changes in the second half, especially Rukawa Kaede, he could have played better!"

Just like the commentary analysis, the performance of Xiandao and Rukawa Kaede reflects the situation of the two teams.

"Everyone played not well in the first half today, the opponent is indeed the defending champion, the strength is there, we are not too ugly behind these are not too ugly, everyone just treat it as an ordinary game, try not to be pulled up in the second half!"

"Coach, what do you mean by that, don't we have a chance to win!?"

Coach Oki's words made Sakuragi unable to listen, and the two had a great tendency to quarrel.

"Sakuragi, you've just entered the league, there are some things you can't quite see yet, this is the real gap between our two teams, it's useless to just have blood!"

"I don't believe it, it's all five people playing, why can't we beat them!"

Sakuragi is getting hotter and bigger!

"Alright, Sakuragi, calm down!" Akagi pressed Sakuragi, who was so excited that he stood up.

"Hmph, I'm not going to admit defeat anyway!"

Sakuragi still said stubbornly.

Jaguar, who was originally behind in the score on the field, had a discordant scene in the locker room at halftime, which made the team even worse!

"Coach, what did you just say that!?"

The Jaguar players left the locker room one after another, preparing for the second half of the game, and Akagi, as the captain, did not know the intention of the coach's words just now. So stay and ask.

"Akagi, at this stage, you can only use the agitation method!!"

"Well, I hope that Sakuragi guy can be provoked!"

The second half of the game is about to begin, and it will be interesting to see if Sakuragi will be provoked by Coach Ohki!?

In the second half, you don't want to score again!"

Sure enough, as soon as he came on the field, Sakuragi walked straight to the fairy road, with murderous aura in his eyes!

"Then you can't win!"

The words of the fairy road are also very rushed!

"Let's see!" Sakuragi seems to have been stimulated by Coach Ohki, and his desire to fight is bursting!

Jaguar serves first.

Sure enough, Sakuragi took the initiative to ask for the ball, ready to play Afu alone like in the first half!

Sakuragi dribbles the ball after winning the ball and makes a breakthrough stance!

Afuku's defense is very good, Sakuragi didn't completely pass Afu!

"Can't stop me!"

Sakuragi bursts to the free throw line and shoots directly!

"Brush!"

Hollow hit!

This is already Sakuragi's fourth mid-range shot in the face of Afuku, and Afuku's defense seems to be useless in front of Sakuragi.

"Oh my God!!!I can't believe it's our big Sakuragi who leads the team's attack, scoring goals again and again, trying our best to narrow the score, but ,,,,"

Without waiting for Takamiya's words to finish, Sendo once again faced Rukawa Kaede's defense and scored three points.

"Now, I've scored! Your wish looks like you're going to be disappointed!"

Xiandao responded to Sakuragi, who was very angry.

"Stinky fox, isn't it deliberate, how many goals did Xiandao score, damn it!!"

Rukawa Kaede's offense is not in the state, and so is the defense, so is the fairy road.

The second half of the game was still a one-sided scene, the rover once led by as many as 25 points, Jaguar except Sakuragi, everyone was out of shape, even the most stable Akagi was impatient because he couldn't catch the ball on the inside, and the whole team played abnormally!

In the end, the Rover defeated the Jaguar team 112-96 at home, and staged a good return of the king in front of the national audience, and the first national live broadcast of the new force Jaguar ended miserably, following the last big loss to Guanghui, once again lost to the Rover, and the team lost two consecutive defeats!

"Maybe after this game, some of the topics about the league's first man will no longer be discussed! Thank you very much for your company, and we'll see you in the next game!"

With the summary of the commentary, this much-anticipated game ended a little unexpectedly.