Chapter 48: The Battle of Xiangxiang
"Rukawa Kaede's bouncing power is really scary, Sakuragi hasn't been good for so long!" As soon as the game started, the stadium was full of exclamations, and Ah Shen couldn't help but sigh.
"It's average, what's the big deal." Kiyota Nobunaga made a different sound on the side with a sour voice.
After all, Shoyang has the advantage of height, and after the evenly matched jump ball, Hasegawa got the ball that flew out and handed it to Fujima to attack first.
"I'm afraid Xiangbei will be defeated this time, and Fuji Zhen won't give them a chance." Shigeichi Kooka looked at Fujima, who was in possession of the ball in the field and looking for an opportunity, and said to himself.
"It's hard to say!" Xiandao seemed to like to disagree with the coach, looked at Rukawa Kaede in the field, and came out with a sentence.
Xiangyang's first attack was handed over to Hua Xingtou's hands. Defending him, Tsunoda is obviously shorter, and the jump ball Rukawa Kaede can do it for him, so he can only defend himself. Of the four elders, Rukawa Kaede can't take care of each of them. Hanagata shook the ball a few times, but Tsunoda ignored him at all, lowered his center of gravity, and stood firmly in place.
Hanagata was a little stunned, this was the first time he had encountered such a defense...... However, after shaking a few times, his shooting rhythm was gone. Decisively re-turned, the ball fell to the floor and pressed inward, but surprisingly there was no effect. Kakuda's strength was a bit of a surprise to Hanagata again. When the ball returned to his hand again, the flower shape no longer squeezed under the basket, picked up the ball and directly turned over and shot backwards, playing very casually~ The action is also very stretched.
Tsunoda saw that Hanagata jumped up and shot, but he didn't mean to jump, he stood up straight and raised his arms high, even if he switched from a top posture to a defensive posture. The ball flew steadily into the basket, and Xiangyang took the lead.
"It's also called defense? Hahaha! The fans of Xiangyang cheered and celebrated the goal, and at the same time did not forget to laugh at Satoru Tsunoda.
At the same time as the ball went in, Yasuda of Xiangbei had already gone out of bounds, the ball fell from the hoop, and Rukawa Kaede under the basket directly reached out to Yasuda. And Yasuda's touch to Miyagi was also a quick point, and the ball didn't stay in his hand without any stay. This series of movements is almost at the same time as the flower shape landing.
When Xiangyang's players were still stunned, Miyagi had already rushed to the front court with the ball, and Mitsui ~ Rukawa Kaede also quickly overtook the Xiangyang players who were going back and went straight to the opponent's basket.
"Hurry back to defense!" Between the lightning and flint, Xiangbei's attack has passed the halfway, and it is in the shape of a flower in the last one, reminding his teammates loudly.
Fujima reacted the fastest and first followed Miyagi, who was in possession of the ball, but the court was wide enough that Miyagi wanted to move forward with the ball, and Fujima couldn't stop it. With his understanding of Miyagi, he did not rush to make a steal, but tried to stick to Miyagi as much as possible to give his teammates time to defend back.
Rukawa Kaede is obviously one of the most feared people in Shoyang, and Takano Nagano and the two people stood in front of Rukawa Kaede, raising their hands high ~ not giving Miyagi any passing route. In order to beat the opponent's unstable foothold, Miyagi did not pause, and as he was dribbling the ball, he handed the ball to Mitsui on the left.
Mitsui adjusted slightly, and was already in the open space outside the three-point line, and there was no one to defend in front of him. The body sank, and just as he was about to jump up and shoot, an arm reached from behind, and then a tall body blocked in front of Mitsui. Kazushi Hasegawa finally rushed back before Mitsui made a move~ and used his height to cover Mitsui under him.
Unlike the last meeting, Hasegawa's defense of Mitsui has become very oppressive, completely close ~ I don't think about whether Mitsui will use close to break through and get rid of it.
"Xiangbei will be very difficult this time, let go of the sudden and not let go, limit Mitsui's three-point shot, if you play two points, Xiangyang will have an advantage!" Looking at the situation in the stadium, he gave his opinion. This is also the strategy formulated by Fuji Zhen, it is difficult to block Mitsui with a single defense, but it is relatively easy to force Xiangbei to score two points with himself.
Mitsui didn't barely shoot, nor did he choose to break through, and directly chose to pass to the top of the arc. It was Yasuda who had just served to follow up, and when he saw Mitsui pass the ball out, Xiangyang's players were relieved, feeling that this attack was suppressed.
Yasuda's movements were not fast, but he was very coherent, he didn't look at anyone when he received the ball, and directly bent his knees ~ jumped and shot a three-point shot. Except for the team members from Xiangbei, all the others opened their mouths a little unexpectedly. Does this count as a waiver? The first attack was played so fast~ It's so simple, the most important thing is to be shot by Yasuda, a 10,000-year-old substitute, obviously it is the safest to hand it over to Rukawa Kaede.........
"Yasuda's posture is pretty standard!" There is no one else in Xiandao, so into the play~ with the fuss of the game~ climax, and praised Yasuda flatly.
"Ah~~~~!" As the ball went into the net, the audience was amazed. Xiangbei's basketball is really incomprehensible, the audience thinks so in their hearts, as if they know the secret that Xiangbei likes to be upset.
From Yasuda's baseline serve to completing the shot, the whole process did not exceed eight seconds. The score on the field became three to two, and Xiangbei temporarily took the lead. There was a lot of discussion in the stadium, but the players in Xiangbei were expressionless, even Yasuda, who scored the goal, did not change, and when the other players returned to the defense, they ran to the bottom line and actively interfered with Xiangyang's serve.
"Yes, come prepared, so we won't be too bored!" Fujima said as he took the ball and slowly dribbled it to the frontcourt, crossing the halfway line a second after the foul. Yasuda had already gone back, and as soon as Fuji Zhen received the ball, he went back to defend, and he didn't play with Fuji Zhen, and he knew that it was in vain.
Fujima slapped the ball carefully and leaned sideways against Miyagi Ryota. His eyes swept under the basket ~ Xiangbei's obviously narrowed defensive range, raised his other hand, and changed his gesture twice. The other four Xiangyang team members understood and began to move or change their postures.
Hanagata, who was still in the key position just now~ waiting to feed the ball, stood up straight, and turned to face Satoru Tsunoda. The three people on the other side, Takano and Nagano stood beside Rukawa Kaede on the left and right. Hasegawa looked as if he was ready to come out to catch the ball, and Yasuda was tirelessly haunting him.
Because of the incomplete lineup, Xiangbei had to change its original position on the field. Kaede Rukawa plays as a power forward, Kotoshi Mitsui plays as a small forward, and Yasuda is responsible for scoring guard against Hasegawa, who is much higher than himself. Seeing Hasegawa trying to pick up Fujima, Yasuda took a roundabout, although if Fujima hoisted the ball to Hasegawa, Yasuda could only look at the ball and sigh, but compared to the top defense, it was still better to go around the front.
Yasuda stalked around Hasegawa's body, holding his hands high ~ his back against Hasegawa behind him, with a posture of not giving Fujima a chance to pass. Just when Yasuda thought his defense was working~ Fujima hesitated, his back suddenly loosened, and when he turned around, Hasegawa had already run to the basket, using the cover of his teammates to go from the baseline to the other side.
"Change the guard!" Seeing that Yasuda had been gotten rid of, Mitsui Shou was very experienced in keeping up with Hasegawa, and at the same time told Yasuda to watch Nagano.
Miyagi didn't dare to relax and stared at Fujima, listening to the voice behind him, he was already a little aware. Just as Hasegawa circled to the three-point line on the other side, Miyagi's afterglow also swept over him. At the moment when Fujima raised his hand to pass the ball to Hasegawa, Miyagi, who had been pretending to be indifferent, suddenly started and pounced on Fujima's passing route.