Chapter Thirty-Four: A Late Bloomer! Mito Yohei! (I)

"Brush!"

Add a penalty to score!

The game between the Sendai Rover and the Hokkaido Lavender came to the last minute of overtime, and Sendo's ultra-difficult pull-up layup scored and caused a foul to complete the two-plus-one, and with the hollow hit just now, the Rover led by three points at 99-96.

"Hokkaido Lavender Requests a Pause!"

"With only 58 seconds left in the game, Hokkaido's attack is particularly important! The coach called this timeout to score the ball, whether it is two points or three points, this attack must be scored. ”

The commentator at the scene analyzed quite correctly, if this attack did not score, Lavender would be in danger.

"This attack, Central Plains, you ,,,,,,,, like this, and then catch the ball, you shoot!"

Who is the last "you vote" of the Lavender head coach? Five people gathered in a heap, it's hard to determine.

Come back from the timeout and see what kind of tactics the Lavender head coach has laid out this time. Who the hell is that "you"?

It is still Nakahara who controls the ball, but it feels like Nakahara's movements are like an inside player, leaning on Dazhu with his back to the basket and dribbling, as if he is trying to make a strategy.

But at such a critical juncture, the Rover's players can't care so much, just keep an eye on their defenders!

Sekiya ran out at this time using the cover of the inside line, and at the same time, Nakahara had already relied on hitting nearby, Sekiya ran directly in front of Nakahara to catch the ball, and Nakahara really handed the ball to Sekiya like an inside strategy, and blocked Otake and Mito Yohei who came over to defend Sekiya with his body.

Sekiya slapped the ball after receiving it, aimed at the basket, and shot a three-point shot!

Nakahara used almost all his strength to block Otake and Yohei's forward pounce, which also allowed Sekiya to shoot almost completely without any interference.

"Brush!"

The tactics laid out by the Lavender head coach this timeout were successful, and that "you" was Guan Gu. Zhongyuan's ball control is fake, and the strategy is real, Guan Gu, who just threw a three-pointer, did not relent, and did not live up to the coach's trust in him.

Sekiya Kohoku, who was selected by Hokkaido Lavender in 2003, has played for three seasons, with a thick beard on his face, if he stands with Rover head coach Shoji, it is quite similar, thick lips are the most conspicuous in the thick beard, the previous three seasons have been used as the team's sixth man, this season the team is ready to focus on cultivating Sekiya, so it is also sold the previous point guard, so Sekiya played the starter.

Because he is a left-handed general, the biggest feature of Sekiya is the breakthrough of holding the ball on the left side, the threat is quite large, although the athletic talent is very average, and the body is not very strong, but Sekiya has a strong ability to read the game, and he also has a certain accuracy of outside shooting, and he is still a relatively comprehensive player, but Sekiya's weakness is also a very fatal point for the team, that is, defense, so Lavender let small forward Amano go to defend Sendo, and let Sekiya defend rookie Mito Yohei.

After introducing Sekiya, back to the playing field, there were still 40 seconds left in overtime, and the two sides fought to a 99-all draw!

Coach Shoji did not call a timeout because the score was equalised, and he believes that his players can solve the problem on their own.

The pressure was on the Rover's side, and once the goal was not scored, the Lavender had another chance to kill.

A crucial attack for the Rovers, and most likely the last attack of the game, was the dribbling of Otake.

Dazhu dribbled the ball through the half, and Nakahara also pressed the defense, making it difficult for Dazhu to calmly arrange tactics, so he could only use his body to lean on Nakahara, dribble with his left hand, and draw tactics with his right hand in the air!

"Give it to me!"

Xiandao ran out from various covers on the inside line again to ask for the ball, but Nakahara's defense was very fierce, Otake was afraid that the pass would not be in place, and the ball was not passed out at the first time.

Seeing that he had been forced by the Central Plains to lose his center of gravity, Otake jumped up at the moment when he was about to fall and used all his strength to pass the ball out.

Xiandao took the initiative to get the ball in the air when he was already stuck in his position, and turned around to face the frame.

There are only 10 seconds left in the attacking clock.

Xiandao didn't wait for Amano to stand firm, and directly dribbled with his left hand to suppress the center of gravity to break through, although the speed was fast and the center of gravity was also very low, but this was after all Xiandao's non-dominant hand, although Amano started slowly, but he was still able to keep up with Xiandao.

Judging from the stance, this is another "premeditated" defense.

"Wrap him!!"

Yes, this is another "trap" defense carefully arranged by the Lavender head coach.

I saw that Amano had been following the ballless side of the fairy road,

This made Xiandao break to the free throw line very smoothly, and at this moment, Lavender center Miyake and Sekiya suddenly came together from the front and the side of Xiandao holding the ball, instantly blocking the front, right side, and left side of Xiandao's forward direction!

"Immortal Dao! I'll see where you're flying this time!"

The Lavender manager's tone made it clear that the ball was going to win.

"Oh my God, I can't believe that the breakthrough of Xiandao actually attracted the bags of three Lavender players, which is really not enjoyed and treated by ordinary players!"

The on-site narrator also sighed.

But Xiandao was not afraid, still like a shot, forcibly jumped under the bag of the three, after the three saw Xiandao jumping, they jumped one after another, from a distance, Xiandao looked like a beast trapped in a cage, it was difficult to break free!

"What about the ball!!"

"It's a pass, it's bad!!"

After Amano and the others jumped, they found that the basketball that was still in the left hand of Sendo just now was gone!! shouted in surprise.

And then the person who shouted "Oops" was the Lavender head coach who stood on the sidelines and witnessed how the ball disappeared.

As the head coach said, the ball of Xiandao was indeed passed out, after Xiandao jumped, the three people who defended Xiandao also jumped up and prepared to block, at this moment, Xiandao used the ability to stay in the air, and passed the ball in his left hand from the armpit of the supplementary player Guan Gu, and passed it to the small forward who appeared vacant because of Guan Gu's supplementary defense~~ Yohei Mito.

"Xiandao was ready to pass the ball out before he was ready to break through, it should be said that Xiandao guessed the defensive strategy in advance, not so much Xiandao as the Xiandao plan, but rather the Xiandao will plan, completely deceived the defenders, and successfully distributed the ball to the unguarded outside players. ”

It can be seen from Coach Shoji's analysis of Xiandao that Zhuangji understands Xiandao, which is why Coach Shoji did not call a timeout at such a critical juncture, because there is a player on the field who can solve the problem - Xiandao!

Sendo has done everything he can for the team, and next, it's up to rookie Mito Yohei.

The eyes of the whole court were on Yohei's body, standing close to the three-point line of the bottom line next to Yohei within two meters of no one to defend, Yohei had to shoot this ball, but Yohei was in a very average state throughout the game, and only 1 of 5 three-point shots. But since the team's big brother Xiandao believes in Yangping at such a critical juncture, it can only depend on whether Yangping can adjust his rhythm and seize this opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

"Whew~"

Yang Ping took a deep breath, his expression was quite calm, squatting, jumping, swinging his arms, clasping his wrists, and making a shot!

The ball makes a beautiful arc,,,,,

"Come in!!Please!"

At the moment of the shot, Yohei shouted, looking at the spinning basketball, Yohei's brain was blank, suddenly!

"Hello customer, your salmon sushi is ready!"

"Okay, thank you!"

Mito has been working part-time since high school, and since Sakuragi left Japan for the United States to recuperate, Yohei has had more time in his spare time, so he spends most of his time working at a sushi restaurant.

"Dad!!The balloon flew up, woo~~~"

"It's okay, don't worry, baby, Dad will help you get down...... Damn, it's too high."

Just as Yohei was serving the food to the guests, the balloon in the hand of the little girl at the table flew to the ceiling.

"I'll help you!"

Seeing that the little girl's father jumped many times and couldn't reach it, Yohei wanted to help.

"It's too high, forget it!"

"It's okay, I'll try!"

After Yohei finished speaking, he took a few steps back, trotted a few steps and rose from the ground, like a basketball player fighting for the ball, and with a wave of his big hand, he easily reached the balloon.

"Here, little sister, your balloons!"

"Thank you, big brother!"

Yangping not only serves food, but also usually acts as Lei Feng and does some good deeds. But just such a simple action enough for a balloon completely changed Yohei's life.

The little girl's father looked at the roof of the shed, and then at the ground, as if thinking about something. Then I asked Yohei.

"How tall are you?"

"Me?188,,"

Yohei wondered why the guest asked about his height.

"This is my business card, if you are interested, you may as well come to me!" said the man, handing Yohei a postcard.

"Prefectural Basketball Training School ,,, Coach - Kazuki Nagai"

The postcard reads that this is actually a basketball coach.

"Hey, Yohei, what are you doing, hurry up and get the food!!The guests are waiting!!"

Just when Yangping hesitated, the cry of the back kitchen made Yangping come back to his senses, put the postcard in his pocket, and continued to work.

"No, boss, why is there so little this month!"

"It's too little, it's too little, you can go to someone else's house, I just want to lay off two waiters!"

Looking at the pitiful salary every month, Yohei felt that he had more than enough to do.

"Ringing ringing!"

Yang Ping, who was leaning in the corner of the back kitchen, answered the phone listlessly.

"Hey, Takamiya, what's wrong?"

"Hey, Yohei, what are you doing, just answer the phone, I called Sakuragi just now, the operation went well, if the recovery is good, this guy may be able to play basketball again!!"

"That's great!!"

"How about it, in order to celebrate the success of Sakuragi's surgery, a few of us came out in style!!"

"Forget it, I have to work tomorrow, it's too late, I'll sleep,,, goodbye, Gao Miya"

"Hey, hey,,, toot, toot, toot"

Without waiting for Takamiya to finish speaking, Yohei hung up the phone, in Yohei's heart, nothing is worth celebrating.

"Basketball!"

Yangping suddenly thought of the business card given to him by a guest a few days ago, rather than sending people under the fence like this, it is better to fight once, perhaps, it is not impossible to challenge yourself once!

Yohei made up his mind to try his hand at basketball, a sport that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.

In this way, Yohei formed an indissoluble bond with basketball.