Chapter 120: The Common People Go to the Basket
The first round of the playoffs between the Jaguar team and the ninja team has reached the fourth game.
Previously, the two teams played to a 1:2 draw, and in a best-of-five format, the ninja team held two match points.
The fourth game of the two hands was played at the pump center, and the game had come to the last half minute, the half minute that decided the outcome of the game!!
At 96:94, the Jaguar team is only two points behind, and there are still 38 seconds left in the time, and the Jaguar team has one more chance after the ninja team has a success!!
Ishii steadily dribbled the ball through the half, consuming time, for the ninja team, it was very simple, it was to score the ball, as long as this goal was scored, the ninja team almost stepped into the next round with one foot.
For the Jaguar team, if this ball can't be prevented, it will be goodbye to this season!!
"Shh~~~~!!"
The crowd at the pump center boos to disturb Ishii, but Ishii remained unmoved, still consuming as much time as possible, dribbling with his back to the halfway point.
Time is going by second by second!!
There are still 6 seconds left in the attack time, and Ishii is about to start!!
"I'm coming~~!!"
Just as Ishii was about to start getting rid of Miyagi, Sakuragi suddenly ran over and immediately grabbed Ishii with Miyagi.
Sakuragi is really a master of the arts, and at this time, he actually stepped forward to wrap it, which also made Ishii never expect it.
Time is really running out for the attack, and Ishii is already in a stalemate!!
"Here!!"
At this moment, Takano shouted.
Sakuragi's bag clip this time is taking a big risk, and now this risk has begun to ferment!!
Since Sakuragi went to the bag, Simmons gave up Takano to protect the inside line, and in this way, Takano was released.
After receiving Takano's call, Ishii passed the ball out of Sakuragi and Miyagi's bag almost in the form of a bocce ball.
Sakuragi's bag clamp almost suffocates the ball in Ishii's hands!!
Seeing that time was running out, Takano took the initiative to catch up and get the ball, and after dribbling two steps forward, he took advantage of the situation to make a three-point shot!!
"Wow!!"
When the ball fell in the air, the red light was already on, what was the result of this three-point whistle!!
"The rebound is mine!!"
Sakuragi returned to the restricted area from outside the three-point line, looked at the ball that was about to fall to the basket and said, in the words, Sakuragi could hear that Sakuragi had judged that the ball could not be scored!!
"Bell!!"
The ball really hit the left front of the basket, and it was indeed a little crooked!!
"Smack!!"
Just as the ball bounced back, Sakuragi grabbed the rebound domineeringly.
"Didn't score!! Sakuragi got the 16th rebound of the game, maybe this is the most important rebound, Jaguar still has a chance~~~!!"
The excited commentary is almost hoarse!!
Although the Ninja didn't score the ball, they made full use of a 24 seconds, which was half the battle, and then cut out the time to grab rebounds and call a timeout, and the Ninja gave Jaguar only 12 seconds.
"Toot!!Jaguar team asks for timeout!!"
In the last 12 seconds, the Jaguar team will reveal whether the game will be dragged into overtime, or a direct stunner, or officially say goodbye to this season!!
After the pause, the fans at the pump center all stood up, some covering their mouths and anxious, some clapping excitedly. Everyone is looking forward to a miracle!!
Pause and come back, let's hold our gaze and witness these last 12 seconds.
Rukawa Kaede came to the sideline, and it turned out to be Rukawa Kaede serving??!! I don't know what tactics Coach Ohki arranged.
The remaining four members of the Jaguar team lined up, and Simmons ran out with the help of the other three's blocking, and received the ball, could it be Simmons who made the last attack??!!
"No!!"
After Simmons received the ball, Rukawa Kaede immediately returned to the court, and the ninja team immediately sent two people to pick up Rukawa Kaede, the purpose was to prevent Rukawa Kaede from receiving the ball.
"Mitsui!!"
Miyagi shouted from the sidelines to remind Simmons that Mitsui had already made an open spot at the three-point line!!
Simmons also saw Mitsui for the first time!!
The ball was given to Mitsui!!
"Cast it!!Mitsui!!"
Sakuragi yelled as he rushed inside to grab the rebound.
Just as Mitsui took a deep breath and was about to shoot, the two people who were wrapped in Kaede Rukawa turned around and pounced on Mitsui, and it was very likely that they would pose a threat to Mitsui's shot!!
"Sakuragi !!"
Mitsui jumped up and found that it was really difficult to shoot, and at this moment, Mitsui yelled at Sakuragi, because Mitsui found that Sakuragi had given up the inside card position and ran towards Mitsui after getting rid of the defense.
Mitsui took the ball off and smashed it into Sakuragi's hand!!
Sakuragi's judgment is very correct, if Sakuragi doesn't pick up this ball, Mitsui's shot is likely to be covered!!
After Sakuragi got the ball, there were only 3.5 seconds left in the time, and at this time, the defense of the ninja team was a little flustered, and Sakuragi, who was unguarded to get the ball, was presented in front of Sakuragi like a conveyor belt that went straight to the basket!!
"The common people go to the basket~~!!"
After Sakuragi was in a trance for a while, he dribbled the ball and rushed to the basket shouting!!
Maybe it's a problem of physical strength and rhythm, in the case of almost no defense, Sakuragi's ball is really like what he said, completing an ordinary layup, Sakuragi himself calls this kind of layup "common people layup!!"
Everyone on the court was glued to the ball, it couldn't have been easier to make a layup!!
"Huh~~~"
The crowd was ready to scream with cheer after the goal!!
"Let's go in~~!!"
Sakuragi is almost in a state of pleading!!
"arc~arc~arc~"
The ball struggled to fall like a fish about to be swept into a whirlpool.
"Oh~~~~~!!!!"
As a result, with the sighs of the audience almost collapsed, the ball still circled the basket twice and then came out!!
Takano, who had almost given up scrambling for the rebound, watched the ball fall dumbfounded.
The ball fell straight into Takano's hands.
"Oh~~!!!"
Simmons hugged Takano for a foul, but the timer for the final game had already sounded......
96:94。
The game is over.
The pump center fell into a deathly silence......
Sakuragi lowered his head and knelt on the floor, not daring to look at anyone.
With the last offense that Sakuragi called the "common people layup", the Jaguars lost the game by 2 points, lost the first round of the playoffs 1-3, and unfortunately lost the entire season.
"Yay~~!!yes~!!"
The ninja players who escaped death jumped up and celebrated that they were ready for their next opponent, in stark contrast to the fans who left the stadium one after another, and the Jaguar players who left the field with their heads bowed.
"Stand up!!"
Akagi walked over to Sakuragi, who had been waiting to get up, and held out his hand.
"I'm sorry,,,"
Sakuragi whispered.
"Basketball is round, no shot is a must!!It's not your fault!!"
Akagi comforted Sakuragi.
"If you don't enter, you don't enter, I buried the game, I'm sorry everyone's ,,,"
"Tick, tick, tick. ”
Sakuragi said, tears the size of beans falling on the floor.
"Don't cry, Sakuragi, you remember, it's not terrible to lose a game, it's the worst thing to lose faith!!We're all waiting for you in the locker room, come on!!"
After Akagi finished speaking, he threw a bag of tissues for Sakuragi and walked away.
The lights in the stadium have been extinguished, and Sakuragi finally wiped away his tears and walked towards the locker room, maybe everyone should have been almost gone by this time!!
Sure enough, when he came to the door of the locker room, there was no light inside, and Sakuragi opened the door.
"Smack~!!"
As soon as Sakuragi pushed the door open, the light turned on, and when I looked closely, it turned out that everyone was still in the locker room, and everyone was sitting there!!
"Bang Bang~~!!!22 points, 16 rebounds, good play, boy!!"
Coach Oki first applauded and spoke.
"I'm really sorry, it's my fault!!"
Sakuragi still unconsciously bent over 90 degrees and said humbly.
"Okay, it's all in the past, if you lose, you lose, you did your best!!"
Oki comforted, but Sakuragi still didn't get up.
"We've played really well this season without Akagi!!We're definitely going to be even better next season!!"
Mitsui walked over, picked up Sakuragi and said.