Chapter 286: Turning the tables against the wind
"Toot ~" At the beginning of the second half of the game, the player standing in the jump ball position was replaced by Sakuragi.
At this time, Sakuragi's height also exceeded 1.9 meters, but compared to the height of more than two meters on the opposite side, it was still a little unsightly.
However, the jump ball is about bounce, reaction and reach! And the white inside line of the international high school, except for the tall figure, is very unqualified!
"You funny red-haired boy!" Before the jump ball started, the other party sarcastically mocked Sakuragi in broken Japanese.
It can be seen that Sakuragi's bright hair color is an alternative even in Europe and the United States, after all, science shows that the genes for natural red hair are about to be extinct.
"Toot! Don't talk too much! Sakuragi didn't shoot back, and the referee blew the whistle to warn him first.
The white center, who was slow to react to this, could only shrug his shoulders helplessly.
At the beginning of the jump ball, Sakuragi pressed the opponent to move the basketball to the Xiangbei player.
Miyagi catches the ball and attacks directly! Miyagi, who performed poorly in the first half, was still put on the field by Anzai.
Facing the opposing player, Miyagi understands his disadvantage, so he accelerates on the soles of his feet and keeps accelerating!
Miyagi dribbled along the three-point line and passed the basketball smoothly to the inside Akagi.
Akagi holds the ball in his hand, the whole person sinks his shoulders and knees, first slowly squeezes back to try, and then moves violently to dribble, opening the center player's back singles mode!
At this time, it was not the white interior line who defended Akagi, but the mixed-race power forward of the international high school, who had excellent athleticism, but was slightly inferior to Akagi in height.
And the white inside line is still in close contact with Sakuragi in the rear, you beat my elbows, push and shove, and look extraordinarily "enthusiastic"!
And the strength of the inside line of Akagi is also getting stronger and stronger, carrying the opposite direction of the basket and crushing, advancing to the basket one step away, forcibly bumping into the opponent, and half turning around with momentum, slamming the dunk with both hands!
"Roar~" After landing on the ground, Akagi stared at the scarlet, beat his chest and roared, a good picture of King Kong's long roar.
"Gorillas! Gorilla! Gorilla! The Xiangbei substitutes off the field didn't care about the risk of being beaten, and cheered loudly.
They had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
"Good pass!" And when Akagi returned to the defense, he patted Miyagi's shoulder hard, so that the other party almost didn't fall.
"Yes, Chief!"
This is the praise of the first generation of the second generation, and the "third generation" Sakuragi is not idle, and he takes the initiative to provoke the opponent at this moment.
"Silly big man, I stopped you on purpose!"
"Idiot!" The white center, who was called a stupid big man by Sakuragi, rubbed his ribs a little unpleasantly, obviously the fist-to-flesh confrontation just now didn't take any advantage.
"Does it need to be such an exaggeration?" The black point guard, who was advancing with the ball, stared at the jumping up and down on the Xiangbei bench, and muttered in a low voice that he didn't understand.
At this moment, Rukawa Kaede, who was defending him, stared at the opponent's right hand of dribbling, and finally did not make the choice of steal.
Falling behind requires caution, and every move can cost an entire game of effort.
Successive dribbles under the crotch, right hand to left, left hand back to right hand, black player looking up and scanning the court.
"Give it to me, Thomas!" At this moment, the white center is in position on the inside, opening his hand to ask for the ball.
Thomas, who was black, glanced at him and turned his gaze to the side, ignoring his teammates' requests.
"Damn!" Seeing that he couldn't take the initiative to ask for the ball, the white center scolded and took the initiative to lift up and do the blocking for his teammates.
Thomas took advantage of the blocking, and the whole person started quickly, and the first step was as fast as lightning!
Even if it was delayed, Rukawa Kaede still quickly adjusted his center of gravity and leaned sideways to guard against Thomas!
The little fox did not lose his defensive position, stubbornly blocking Thomas's breakthrough line.
Unfortunately, Thomas didn't intend to force the ball! I saw that he seemed to rush forward with all his strength, leaning forward sharply, and retreating sharply, stopping at great speed!
"Good chance!" In the audience, someone already exclaimed.
It is indeed a good opportunity, Rukawa Kaede has distanced himself from Thomas because of inertia, and it will take time before he wants to stick to the defense.
And this short time is enough for Thomas to shoot! But the American defender's style of play is always breakthrough king!
An extremely beautiful false shot successfully deceived Rukawa Kaede into taking off to block, and the moment his feet left the ground, Thomas had completed another change of direction in front of his body.
Dribbling the ball with his right hand, he swept past the little fox like a whirlwind, striding up and jumping, and was about to abuse the basket with one hand!
But at this moment, a red figure appeared in the oblique stab, hugged Thomas, and stopped him from taking off!
"Toot!" The referee's whistle sounded, and Thomas was not Wang Zhengyang after all, so he couldn't take off with a person, so he could only land helplessly.
Miyagi took the initiative to reach out and signal, although he fouled, he successfully prevented a heads-up dunk that boosted morale!
"duang~" Thomas's ugly face hit two free throws, which also reflects the American style.
Offensive and defensive transitions, Rukawa Kaede dribbles away from the defenders, the opponent's inside line immediately moves sideways when the situation is not good, and the little fox calmly stops, seemingly to shoot, but it is a pass to Sakuragi, who is unmarked.
"Huh~" The red-haired monkey made an empty jumper and hit two points steadily.
"Haha, yes, it's very good!" Sakuragi proudly stepped forward and patted Rukawa Kaede on the shoulder.
"Humph!" was thrown away in disgust by the arrogant Rukawa Kaede, and added with an expressionless face: "Big idiot! ”
Seeing this scene, Coach Anthy smiled with relief, he did not ask the two to pass the ball to each other in this game, but at the beginning of the second half, the cooperation of the twin stars was significantly enhanced.
Even the first time Sakuragi grabbed the rebound, he would choose to pass the ball to Rukawa Kaede!
Sure enough, in the face of a powerful enemy, the two naïve ghosts finally chose to cooperate.
This is a fortunate thing for Xiangbei!
Daisuke Hirakawa saw it in his eyes, and he also felt extremely excited, the gap between the two has decreased, which also means that the combination of the three will become stronger and stronger, and there is no chance to beat Wang Zhengyang in the future!
At this time, the "pork belly" Daisuke Hirakawa didn't know that his friend was already planning to leave, Haruko's small mouth was still very tight, and as for Akagi, he was never a gossip!
In fact, the change of the lone wolf Liuchuan Feng is actually a catalyst made by Wang Zhengyang's stimulation!
Just like raising flowers, Wang Zhengyang is the fertilizer of Liuchuan Feng, moisturizing him more and more beautiful!
Shohoku, who was behind, finally began to fight back, and even Miyagi didn't care about fouls to stop his opponent, because he knew that there was someone off the field who could take his place.
The existence of Daisuke Hirakawa makes Xiangbei's tactics more flexible and changeable, and there is no need to fall into the predicament of no one available.
"Huh~" Mitsui hit a three-point shot directly in front of the opponent, and his attitude from jumping to shooting was resolute and powerful.
Over time, the margin finally narrowed to two points. International High School couldn't help but ask for a pause!