Chapter 58: The Lost Deer

The Jaguar team travels to Kagoshima for the first time of the new season to take on the strong defending champions Antlers.

But after the opening, the Jaguar team took the lead, especially Sakuragi Hanamichi, and staged two violent slam dunks in a row. After a good performance, although the antlers also scored a three-pointer from Ashen, the team exposed a lot of problems on the defensive end, and Coach Yoshioka called a timeout, and it seemed that the tactics should be rearranged.

"The opponent's No. 6 Sakuragi Hanamichi is very active, you need to pay more attention to this, be cautious! Jaguar is a typical young team, everything is so perfect, but once it is deadlocked, it will be impatient, there will be a lot of mistakes, at that time, our opportunity will come, and we are not too far behind, or play step by step. “

Coach Yoshioka called this timeout seems to be just to ease the opponent's offensive momentum, and nothing else is said, but once Amu defends seriously, then Sakuragi will be really in trouble!!

After a timeout, the Antlers attacked.

Qingtian gave Ah Mu to see the posture, this time Ah Mu was going to hit Sakuragi with his back alone.

"Come on, uncle, let's have a real fight!!"

Sakuragi's fighting spirit is very strong!

"It's hard for you to stop me!!"

After Ah Mu finished speaking, he dribbled and turned on the spot and jumped to shoot, the action was very fast, so fast that even when Sakuragi just reacted and wanted to make a block, the ball had disappeared from Sakuragi's field of vision.

"That's too fast!!!" Miyagi exclaimed.

"Da!

Hit the board!

"Wow!!Amu's trick to hit the board and shoot is coming!!haha, and it's a shot without warning, the defenders can't interfere at all, last season's finals were like this, the Sendai Wanderers haven't found a way to restrain Amu, and as a result, they have no way to fight back and give up the championship trophy! How can the Antlers' game be without this!!haha, beautiful!!Amu!!"

The commentator was also excited to see this ball, after all, Amu's performance was really amazing.

"It seems that after an offseason, Amu has also grown a lot, I haven't seen him throw this kind of ball again last season, it seems that this is a new offensive technique developed by Amu, turn around and jump on the spot! If you are not familiar with Amu's move, the defender will definitely be like Sakuragi, caught off guard, this move is indeed quite difficult!! I hope Sakuragi can detect it, otherwise, once Amu continues to play like this, it will be really difficult to prevent him. “

It's not hard to see from Coach Ohki's thoughts that this may be the last thing he wants to see.

The sooner Amu gets into the rhythm of the game, the more dangerous the Jaguar team becomes!

But such worries as Coach Ohki are unnecessary!

Jaguar quickly sent the bottom line ball and gave it to Miyagi, Miyagi's long pass found Mitsui, and after getting the ball, Mitsui faced Kiyota's defense and made a three-point shot directly!

"Brush!!"

Hollow hit!

In less than ten seconds, the Jaguar team completed a quick counter-attack, which was astonishingly fast.

"It seems that the Jaguar team is really well prepared for the game this time! I didn't expect to be able to organize a counterattack immediately after being scored by Amu, this offseason Damu guy has worked hard, looking at the Jaguar guys really have the shadow of our team a few years ago!"

Although Coach Yoshioka was still sitting on the bench, he kept poking his hands and became a little nervous.

"Very good, now it seems that the concept of swapping positions between Rukawa Kaede and Mitsui has paid off well, although Rukawa Kaede has reduced the number of times he gets the ball, but this has also completely released Mitsui, and it will make him feel more comfortable to let Mitsui run and play!!"

Coach Oki thought to himself and nodded to Mitsui.

In the first half of the game, the Jaguar team always implemented a policy, that is, whether the Antlers scored or not, I still resolutely played a quick offensive and defensive transition to strive for more rounds!

This approach to the game also had a good effect, and at the end of the half, 49:42, the Jaguar team held a seven-point lead.

Sakuragi contributed 12 points, which was the most points on the Jaguar side, while Rukawa Kaede only scored 3 points at halftime, which may also be related to the adjustment of tactics.

"I really didn't expect it, after halftime, the lead was actually the Jaguar team, and the Antlers team only scored 42 points, which is a bit low, although the rhythm of the Jaguar team increased a lot of rounds, but then the shooting rate decreased, the Antlers team should actually play a stable positional battle, take a break, stay will bring the second half of the second round of the JBA regular season Antlers home against Jaguars, don't go away!!"

The half-time summary of the commentary is very objective, and the reason why the Antlers are behind is indeed because they are playing with the rhythm of the Jaguar team, and it is really dangerous to go on like this. Let's see what Coach Yoshioka will do!

"Haha, how's it going??Coach!!It's not bad today!!"

After returning to the locker room, Sakuragi first praised himself to the coach.

"In the second half we were ,,,,"

"Hey, hey, hey!! coach, did you hear me say!!"

Sakuragi was annoyed by Coach Oki's ignorance.

"Oh oh, Sakuragi is worthy of praise!!Keep up the good work!!"

Coach Ohki probably didn't hear Sakuragi's words.

In short, the atmosphere in the Jaguar team's dressing room is quite harmonious, but the Antlers' dressing room is a different scene.

"What are you thinking!! you only scored 42 points in the half, how did you do it!!Do you still want to play!!Do you deserve the words defending champion!!"

Coach Yoshioka was as calm as water on the field, and after returning to the locker room, he could no longer control the anger in his heart, and he scolded, and the players also lowered their heads and were quite depressed.

Lack of preparation should be the biggest concern for the Antlers, and although there are no personnel changes from last season, the change of position is important, even if Coach Yoshioka emphasized it before the game, but it doesn't help depending on the situation.

It's up to Coach Yoshioka to wake up the Antlers.

At the start of the second half, the two sides continued to use the starting line-up.

The Antlers serve to start the first attack of the second half.

Kiyota dribbled and started blocking and dismantling with Amu, and Amu went down, but Kiyota had been caught by Miyagi and Sakuragi at this time, and it seemed that the Jaguar team had already prepared for the blocking and dismantling of the antlers.

"Mistake!!"

Kiyota's helpless jumping pass was intercepted by Sakuragi. After Miyagi got the ball, he launched a fast attack directly.

Miyagi, who is fast up, is difficult to keep up with even the average guard, not to mention other positions, and a smooth fast-break layup is scored! It seems that Coach Yoshioka's remarks did not have much impact this time, and it was a mistake as soon as it came up in the second half!

"Ah Mu seems to be explaining something to Qingtian, Qingtian really didn't play well in this game, and young players will inevitably have ups and downs!!"

The narrator observed the situation on the field and analyzed.

Jaguar attacked, the ball was given to Akagi's hands, Akagi resolutely singled Watanabe with his back, Watanabe guarded strictly, Akagi turned around and came to the front of the basket! Look at the posture is a hook hand! But Watanabe's outstretched ape arm is very dangerous, Akagi raised the arc of the ball or threw it.

"Da!

The shot was turned up to form a slap shot, and it was lucky to score!

"The Antlers team is a little difficult to do now, everyone in the Jaguar team is playing, and it seems that luck is also on Jaguar's side, and the Antlers team will really be too late if they don't adjust!!"

The commentary is also anxious for the antlers, but if you can't score, there is no way at all.

At the beginning of the second half, Jaguar scored two goals in a row to stretch the score to more than 10 points.

"Damn, I'm going to exert my strength!!"

Qingtian slapped the ball fiercely, listening to the tone, Qingtian is going to fight!

Sure enough, Kiyota, who was dribbling the ball, accelerated instantly, just like the acceleration of an F1 sports car after a corner, and rushed out directly, Miyagi couldn't react, but he still barely kept up and was not completely broken through by Kiyota.

"Kiyota's breakthrough! The first few times were in vain, look at this ,,,,! It's a pass, and the ball is passed to Akiyama who is ambushed at the three-point line of the baseline!"

"Brush !!"

"Beautiful!! Akiyama hit a three-point shot, Akiyama played the role of a veteran, and hit this three-point shot steadily, which can be regarded as a little relief from the fatigue of the team's offense recently, it seems that Akiyama should have also walked out of the previous slam by Sakuragi!!

With the analysis of the commentary, the game has been going on in such a rhythm: the Antlers' offense gradually recovered, but the Jaguar team was still able to score, and after the start of the second half, Rukawa Kaede, who had been unknown, also began to exert his strength, and continued to kill the inside line to cause fouls and win free throws.

The third quarter was tied at 32, with the Jaguars still holding a seven-point lead.

But looking at the scene, the Jaguar team is firmly in control of the situation on the field!