Chapter 14: Preseason
"Pass, pass!!Run, run, pay attention to defenders, rebound!!" Coach Oki's loud voice has been instructing, and the players on the field are also working hard, this team training match is very fierce, the sound of muscles colliding with muscles is loud!
"Okay, let's rest for a while!" Coach Oki stopped training when he saw Kawaguchi coming to the side of the field and looked at him as if something was wrong.
"Damn!! I was just about to break through Rukawa Kaede this day!!!Why did you stop!!" It seems that Sakuragi is fighting hard.
"Sakuragi, are you a monster,,, don't you feel tired?" Mitsui, who was already panting, looked at Sakuragi with envy.
"Little San, cheer up!!Let's go one-on-one!" Sakuragi didn't seem to be tired at all.
"Leave me alone, you win, Sakuragi. "Mitsui is really tired enough.
Sakuragi still pulled Mitsui unrelentingly, begging him to train together.
"It's confirmed!Coach Oki, I just got the notification that it's the Nagoya Ninja Team. "Kawaguchi did talk to Ohki about something, and there was a team.
"Alright, let's assemble and say something. "It didn't take long for the team to regroup.
"This year our pre-season opponents before the regular season are out, and in a week's time, we're going to Nagoya to challenge the team there, the Ninjas. Coach Ohki said.
Let's talk about it here, the JBA preseason game is not a scheduled game like the NBA preseason, but the general managers of the teams contact each other, and feel that their team plays with which team is the most valuable to exercise, and there are other factors in a comprehensive arrangement, but each team has to play at least one game, this year because the members of the Jaguar team have changed significantly, so only this one game is arranged, and it is also used as the last warm-up before the regular season.
"Nagoya ninjas, they're a fierce rival!" Akagi sighed.
"Don't worry, with me Sakuragi, any ninja, any Turtle turtles, it's no problem!" Sakuragi is still full of confidence!
"Stupid, don't talk big! they're very strong" Akagi reprimanded Sakuragi when he saw that Sakuragi was a little carried away.
"Okay, okay, let's practice here today, and then go to the conference room and analyze this opponent. Oki said.
Subsequently, the players came to the conference room, and Coach Ohki spoke.
"Ninja is a very strong team, the team has a good tactical literacy, and a distinct team characteristic, which boils down to one word: fast, fast offense, fast transition, fast rotation, and the team has a few good outside players, and the three-point shot is certain to a certain extent. It can be said that it is an out-and-out run-and-bomb team!"
Coach Oki took a sip of water, turned on the projector, and continued to speak.
"Nobukaze Ishii, the backcourt commander of the ninja team, the engine of the team, although he has only played for four seasons, he looks like a veteran on the field, and he has a wide vision, he can contribute 8.6 assists per game last season! The most important thing to pay attention to is his three-point shot, 43.8% shooting rate, which can't make him shoot easily!"
Coach Oki continued to talk about the other members of the ninja team, and everyone listened very carefully.
"Alright, let's get here today, let's disband, let's get ready for lunch. Oki looked at the time and saw that it was almost noon.
"Wait a minute, Sakuragi!" Kawaguchi called out to Sakuragi.
"Sakuragi, you haven't chosen the number of your game jersey yet, I was going to announce the number at the press conference, Rukawa Kaede finished choosing the No. 1, and it turned out to be your ,,,," Kawaguchi suddenly remembered the jersey, and Sakuragi made a big fuss about the press conference.
"Hahaha, impulsively, impulsively!!" Sakuragi quickly explained.
"What's the number???" Sakuragi pondered.
"Then No. 6, in 2006, choose No. 6!!" Sakuragi thought for a long time, and finally said one.
"Okay, No. 6 vacancy, it can be used. After Kawaguchi finished speaking, he hurriedly walked out of the training hall.
"Jaguar team, the team that has the champion to join this year, and there is a Akagi Gangken, this center is also good, I suffered a lot from playing against Jaguar last year, and it seems that it will be a tough battle. ”
This person who was in the ninja team training hall and talked to himself when he learned about the opponent in the preseason was the ninja team backfield commander Ishii Nobukaze in the mouth of Coach Oki, and from visual inspection, Ishii's height should only be 185, and his physique is quite strong, although the muscle lines are not too obvious, but it looks like the confrontation ability should be fine, small nose, small eyes, Small mouth, long is very delicate, long yellow hair covers the ears, it should have been dyed for a long time, the roots of the hair are all black, only the tips of the hair are still a little yellow, this should be the biggest appearance characteristic of Yanfeng.
"Well, do you still want to practice shooting today?" said a coach-looking man.
"Oh, not today, I'll take a look at the video of the game called Rukawa Kaede and study it. Ishii said.
"It's just a preseason game, isn't it?"
"Maybe it's for the future races, they will definitely be a force to be reckoned with!" Ishii seems to be taking the Jaguar team seriously.
"Chirp, squeak, squeak,,,, every day this sound reverberates through the Jaguar team's training gym, and the week is fast and the match against the ninja is about to begin.
"We still have to implement the tactical intention we have formulated, put the ball in the hands of Akagi as much as possible, play more inside first, run more on the defensive end, and use man-to-man defense!" Coach Oki gave his final instructions before the game in the locker room.
"Okay! Today is our first game for the Jaguar team, even though it's only a pre-season, everyone still has to cheer up and show our strength!" Akagi encouraged his teammates.
"Come!321~Jaguar!" the players raised their hands together and shouted slogans loudly, then changed their jerseys and prepared to play.
Although it was only a preseason game, it was the team's first appearance of the season, and the ninja team's home stadium still had a large crowd, and the game was about to begin.
Not surprisingly, Jaguar's side is indeed the first of the five tigers in Xiangbei.
The lights slowly darkened, and the MC on the scene was ready to report the starting players!
"Kobe Jaguar, No. 1 Rukawa Kaede, No. 4 Akagi Goken, No. 6 Sakuragi Hanamichi, No. 7 Miyagi Ryota, No. 14 Mitsui Kotobuki. ”
After all, it's an away game, and the introduction is bland.
"Next, with the biggest applause, welcome our ninjas!!!!!" The MC almost roared to mobilize the enthusiasm of the fans.
"No. 0! Our big center, Frank Ojedd!!, No. 5! Inside Monster!!big forward! Takano Thunder !! No. 13!Our assist king, point guard: No. 19 No. Ishi!!i No. 19!Shooting guard: Kochi Tamaki!!!No. 31, defensive giant, small forward: Hirano Sorashima!!
Every player came out to the scene with thunderous applause, cheers.
"And, there is foreign aid. Sakuragi had some opinions when he saw the foreign aid.
"Concentrate on, Sakuragi, he's already a veteran, just be yourself!" Akagi told Sakuragi.
There are very few teams in the JBA that have foreign aid, and the comprehensive ability of foreign aid is not too strong! After the players are introduced, the game is about to begin.
Akagi and Odjede stand on either side of the halfway line, ready to jump the ball.
The referee sent the ball straight into the sky, after all, Ojed was black, and took the lead to dial the ball to his own half, and the ninjas attacked first.
Yan Feng dribbled the ball across the half court, and did not rush to make a breakthrough or pass, but gestured on the spot, as if confirming the tactics with his teammates. And Jaguar did not panic because he couldn't understand the gestures, and still guarded the corresponding players step by step. Suddenly, Yanfeng passed the ball to the 45-degree three-point line, and Xiao Zhi, who got the ball, had no one to defend in front of him, so he opened his hand and shot!
"Brush!" hollow into the net.
"This is Ishii, the tactical literacy is very high, from the first second to the last second of the game, are in accordance with the tactics formulated before the game, this time the tactic is to cover without the ball, Xiaozhi used the cover of the five, successfully got rid of the defender, and when he ran to the three-point line, the ball arrived to the person, very practical tactics, Ishii judged the situation on the court very correctly! There are such players in the team, the coach will also be very worry-free, he is the head coach on the court!" Just an attack, Coach Oki was full of praise for Ishii.
Here Jaguar dribbled through the half court by Miyagi, almost the same tactics, with the help of Akagi's cover, Rukawa Kaede appeared vacant, but Rukawa Kaede, who received the ball, did not choose to shoot directly, but chose to break through to the bottom line, and the empty island that defended Rukawa Kaede came out and followed.
"You've lost your best shot, you'll regret it, rookie!" Sky Island defiant.
Rukawa Kaede still rushed to the bottom line, when there was still a meter from the bottom line, Rukawa Kaede braked directly, and then jumped, due to inertia, Rukawa Kaede jumped very high, although the empty island also jumped at the same time, but he could only reach his chin, Rukawa Kaede paused in the air, adjusted the rhythm, and threw the ball out steadily. "Brush" is another hollow hit. There was also a lot of exclamation at the scene.
The whole set of movements is like NBA star Maddy's pull-up jump shot, so smooth and so beautiful.
"Rukawa Kaede seems to be quite confident, not stage fright at all, let's play to the full!!" Damu forcibly hid the excitement in his heart.
"Damn, let that stinky fox get out of the limelight again, Haruko must be watching me somewhere!!I'm going to get the ball, I'm going to score a goal!" Sakuragi thought to himself.
And how will Yanfeng respond?