Chapter 125: The Trick of Fate
Xiangbei attack ~ The ball was handed over to Rukawa Kaede by Miyagi, and the continuous shooting made famous friends take special care of Rukawa Kaede. No matter which side Rukawa Kaede chooses to cut from, another famous friend will come over to cover the clip. The continuous individual offensive consumption is also huge, Rukawa Kaede reluctantly passed the ball back to Miyagi, and reluctantly attacking is not a good choice.
Seeing Rukawa Kaede showing fatigue, Sakuragi leaned on the inside line to ask for the ball with his hands wide open, ready to take over the responsibility of attacking. Miyagi handed the ball to Sakuragi on the inside line and pulled it to the other side to rest, and at this time everyone was too tired to even bother to move. Sakuragi leaned on Mori Shigehiro with the ball, rested for a while, and did not rush to attack.
Sakuragi waited until the time for the attack was almost up, took a small step forward, turned and raised his hand. Mori Shigekuan was not deceived by Sakuragi to jump up, Mori Shigekuan's height ~ Everyone is condescending to defend himself, and it is not too easy to trick him into jumping. Although he didn't completely deceive his opponent, Mori Shigehiro still moved forward a little bit to avoid Sakuragi really making a move.
Sakuragi took the opportunity of Mori Shigekuan's moving footsteps to dribble to the basket and cut crosswise. It is entirely possible for an ordinary opponent Sakuragi to pass his opponent, but Mori Shigekuan is indeed wide, and although Sakuragi has crossed half of his body, he is still stuck to Mori Shigekuan. As he went, Sakuragi made another hook shot. It is impossible to block the running hook hand, and Mori Shigehiro can only use the physical contact between the two to put pressure on Sakuragi Hanamichi. The ball jumped a few times on the basket and landed in the basket.
Mori Shigekuan took a deep breath and looked at Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi who were running back, and had a special feeling in his heart. This is the second time someone has been able to give him this feeling. The first person to give him this feeling was God. Ordinary opponents simply can't form a stalemate with the famous friends he leads. Mori Shigekuan's shooting rate under the basket ~ the horror of the high success rate, basically he scored several times on the inside, plus a little pressure on the defense. The score will be pulled away very quickly.
Ah Shen has always made Mori Chongkuan unforgettable, because in last year's finals, Ah Shen used the projection of the outside line to always bite the score tightly for a period of time, not letting the score grow to the point of losing suspense. Mori Shigekuan shot three balls, and Ah Shen only needed to score two to tie the score, plus Ah Shen's shooting was quite stable. This made Mori Shigekuan deeply impressed with Ah Shen.
In today's game, Shigehiro Mori felt this feeling again, and the two people, Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi, always responded to their scores, one inside and one outside. Especially Sakuragi Hanamichi, he still defends in the low post, and he still succeeds repeatedly. For the first time, the idea of losing appeared in Mori Shigekuan's heart, since Mori Chongkuan joined the famous friend. It's the first time that a team has been able to force a famous friend into such a situation.
Xiangbei once again resorted to the tactic of fouling without the ball. Mori was sent to the free throw line twice in a row. At such a critical moment, Mori Shigekuan was unrelenting, prepared for a longer time, and his mentality was always calm, and the shooting rate of three of the four free throws was also quite good. Coach Anzai did not continue to let the players foul Mori Chongkuan without the ball, the two sides went back and forth, Xiangbei desperately wanted to keep that one-point lead, and Mingpeng also desperately wanted to turn to it.
Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede lived up to the trust of their teammates, in the last time. The two men alternated attacking with the ball, holding the one-point lead until the last five seconds. Mingpeng applied for a suspension. For the first time, the dark cloud of defeat loomed over the hearts of the famous friends. Xiangbei didn't feel that he was sure of winning at all, and the players on both sides listened quietly to the coach's final arrangement.
After some arrangement, both sides returned to the court with solemn faces, except for the famous point guard who stood outside the bounds to serve, everyone else was huddled in the court. The referee puts the ball in the hands of the serving player, and chaos begins to ensue in the court. Kudo Shinichi bypassed Mori Shizukuan and ran to the top of the arc, Rukawa Kaede seemed to have been mentally prepared, and was not delayed much by Mori Shigekuan, and also followed Kudo Shinichi.
After Kudo Shinichi ran past, Mori Shigehiro moved directly to the basket. Xiangbei's defensive arrangement can be described as a desperate bet, as Mori Chongkuan moved to the basket, except for Rukawa Kaede who followed to the top of the arc, the other four people followed to the basket, and the players who spread out did not care.
The player who served the ball was stunned for a moment, but still passed the ball to the coach according to the coach's arrangement, and ran to the top of the arc and was followed by Rukawa Kaede Kudo Shinichi. The teammates who were given up defending by Xiangbei were indeed very tempted, but in order not to take responsibility, the players who served the ball still did not pass the ball to the teammates in the vacant positions smartly, and it can be said that Coach Anzai's arrangement was successful.
Shinichi Kudo received the ball and made a jump shot directly, and Kaede Rukawa's defense was in place, but he still couldn't touch the ball. Kudo Shinichi's shooting is characterized by a low arc, which makes his shooting rhythm different from others, and his shots are fast and not easy to block. The ball flew flat towards the basket, and the time passed by second by second.
Under the basket, Mori Chongkuan is full of players from Xiangbei on the left and right, Sakuragi is in front of Mori Chongkuan, and he uses the most strength to carry Mori Chongkuan behind him, feeling as if he is carrying a high mountain. Rukawa Kaede's block to Kudo Shinichi's most reluctant back shot has some gambling elements in it. Through the previous alignment, Rukawa Kaede has learned that Kudo Shinichi's shooting is different. At the last moment, Rukawa Kaede jumped off the cover in advance, and if Kudo Shinichi didn't shoot at the first time, but shook it a little, he could completely get rid of Rukawa Kaede. But Rukawa Kaede bet right, although he didn't touch the ball, it greatly affected Kudo Shinichi's shooting.
The ball is a little short, hitting the front line, and the rebound force is very large. Kudo Shinichi's shooting arc is too flat, either hollow into the net, or it will bounce far. Miyagi was behind Mori Shigekuan, and he was ready to grab this kind of long rebound, and when he saw the ball that popped up, he rushed towards the landing point for the first time.
The ball did not fall, and Mori Chongkuan jumped up and intercepted the ball with his huge body in the push of the Xiangbei players on both sides. The referee also saw the small actions of the Xiangbei players, but this kind of small action was not enough to change the outcome ~ At the most critical moment, the referee did not blow the penalty.
Sakuragi, who was in front of Mori Shigekuan, was also exhausted at this time, and his legs were weak. But Sakuragi turned around and jumped up against Mori Shigekuan. Mori Shigekuan won the ball, didn't even adjust the center of gravity, and threw the ball to the basket in a hurry. The ball couldn't help but step back so that he didn't sit on the ground, and the final whistle sounded as the ball was thrown.
Sakuragi has done his best, and if it was before the injury, maybe there was a possibility of sealing the ball. Now that he has a huge consumption of physical strength, he can only jump up to put some psychological pressure on Mori Shigekuan, but the ball has not touched. The ball lands on the left edge and bounces towards the right edge. Every bounce of the ball touches the hearts of everyone in the stadium. The ball bounced up and down on the right edge of the basket, bounced twice and landed in the basket.
The score was rewritten, and the famous friends overtook one point at the last moment and narrowly defeated Xiangbei. After the whistle blew, the arena remained calm for a long time. Even the famous friends who won the game were still in shock, no one cheered or celebrated.
The audience reminisced for a long time about the short and heart-wrenching moment, this was a special competition, originally most of the people came to support the famous friends, watching the famous friends perform like chopping melons and vegetables. Unexpectedly, the game was won and lost in the last second, and the opponent was not famous Xiangbei.
"Did Mingpeng really win? Those three guys are so strong! "The blind ball in Aichi in the stands, who had met Miyagi and others in the play-offs, was very unhappy at the time, but after watching today's game, he finally realized that he was a frog at the bottom of a well. Looking at Miyagi ~ Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi in the field, they all looked depressed because of their shortcomings, and this ball blind felt very uncomfortable in his heart.
Xiangbei left gloomily, and the famous friends didn't pay attention to the media surrounding them, and left quickly after a hasty response. This game touched the players on both sides very much, and now every player wants to find a quiet place and be quiet alone.
Seeing Coach Anzai leave calmly, Shigeichi Taoka, who was sitting in the stands, felt even more uncomfortable. He was very much looking forward to Xiangbei winning in his heart, and Coach Anxi did the best in this game from the grand strategic arrangement, on-the-spot command and response, but it still fell short. "That's competitive sports." Shigeichi Tazuoka looked at Mori Shigekuan's back and said to the players, this game made Shigeichi Kooka realize more deeply that no one in the high school basketball world can limit Mori Shigekuan, and Mori Shigekuan is dominant under the basket, and he has also strengthened his thoughts.
Because the first game was extraordinary, the second semi-final was a bit unremarkable in comparison. Lingnan encountered some resistance, but Lingnan, which has a strength comparable to Xiangbei, still got the ticket to the finals without suspense. The good news for Lingnan is that Mingpeng has met two Kanagawa teams in succession, which is extremely expensive. The bad news is that there is an agreement within the team that Mori Shigehiro is the core of the team, and the conflict between him and Kudo Shinichi has been put on hold for the time being.
Rukawa Kaede is still the calmest player on the team, but his heart is sadder than anyone else. The reason why he followed Miyagi to watch the play-offs was because he had special expectations for this year's national competition. If he can win the national championship this year, he will decisively go to the United States, the basketball country he has longed for for a long time. But fate is such a trick on people, and Rukawa Kaede once again fell into the inner entanglement of whether to go or not to go.
The shadow of defeat shrouded Xiangbei, but fortunately, the team had three team managers, Ayako accompanied Miyagi, Haruko accompanied Sakuragi, and Mizusawa Ichiro accompanied Rukawa Kaede, as if worried that the three of them would not be able to think of a short-term view, and kept enlightening. (To be continued......)
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