Chapter 148: After Half Time

The first half was just over 18 minutes into the game, with less than two minutes to go before the end of the half.

After Hasegawa successfully intercepted Mitsui, Shoyang seized the time to take advantage of the situation to open up the difference. And off the court, I was surprised by Hasegawa's excellent defense of Mitsui.

In this round of the decisive match, Xiangyang has appointed two little-known rookie players, Hanagata and Hasegawa, the former's ability has been vividly demonstrated in the first two matches against Hainan and Buri, and the latter has also performed so well in the on-field defense of Mitsui.

Could it be that the flower shape and this newcomer are Xiangyang's last trump card? Many people were moved by this idea, and even Yayoi Aida couldn't help but be curious and wanted to see more of their performance.

But soon, the serious Mitsui used his strength to tell everyone that what they were imagining was just the wrong answer, at least Hasegawa, which would never be the Shoyang trump card they imagined.

In the last two minutes, Xiangbei's situation has become increasingly difficult, especially after Hasegawa's explosive performance. But in the new round of attack, Mitsui took the initiative to ask Miyagi for the ball. After hesitating for a moment in his heart, Miyagi decisively handed over the ball to Mitsui, and if the current Xiangbei can't throw the ball into the field under the basket, there is no possibility of pursuit.

Sure enough, the only way to do it now is to give the ball to Mitsui, and there is only one choice to believe him.

In the blink of an eye, the situation came to Mitsui and Hasegawa's solo fight, and everyone's eyes were focused here.

Mitsui leaned on Hasegawa on his shoulders, holding the ball across the other side with both hands, his legs and center of gravity lowered, and he made a breakthrough stance. Hasegawa was slightly startled by the appearance of this pose, but quickly regained his expression.

Mitsui has a few slight shaky movements in his body, which is a tricky feint, giving a hypothetical behavioral action, as if telling his opponent in advance what his next move will be. Hasegawa paid attention to Mitsui's every feint, and when his consciousness was almost used to one direction, Mitsui moved abruptly.

"Sure enough!" Although the body's reaction was still half a beat slower, Mitsui's actions were still expected by Hasegawa. While he was mentally detailing Mitsui's movements, he made a further prediction: "Use the feint to give enough psychological hints and then suddenly make a move, and then change direction...... What the? ”

The first half of the race is about the same as Hasegawa's prediction, but the second half of the forecast is a little biased.

Mitsui acted abruptly, but instead of changing direction, he accelerated and rushed into the three-point line. The surprised Hasegawa followed Mitsui in a little panic, but Mitsui's subsequent emergency stop made Hasegawa miss Mitsui by mistake.

"Pull-up jumper?" Hasegawa exclaimed in surprise as he watched Mitsui jump in the air and throw the ball. He jerked his head back and was as focused on the basket as anyone else's eyes, but to his disappointment, the basketball went into the net without bias.

Unlike Mitsui's previous balls, Mitsui's mid-range shots were two-point shots.

"Damn!" Hasegawa thought angrily. This time, Hasegawa paid the price for his preconceived notions, and it was precisely because he proudly believed that Mitsui still shot three-pointers, so he misjudged Mitsui's feints based on the fact that Mitsui would not break through to the three-point line, and then such an embarrassing picture appeared.

He looked at Mitsui unwillingly, just in line with Mitsui's gaze, Mitsui's resolute gaze jumped slightly, as if telling him "You can't stop me".

Xiangyang counterattacked, Fujima ran past Hasegawa's side, patted his buttocks, and said solemnly: "Okay, it's just a miss, don't be distracted by a mistake, the game is not over yet!" ”

"Yes!" Hasegawa immediately replied.

With a little more than a minute left before the end of the first half, there are not a few back and forths left when the game is full, and the attacks of both sides are beginning to stabilize, and the concept is to first score the ball in the offensive round, and then be able to defend and counterattack to score one more goal and earn one goal.

In the final minute or so, Shoyo's Fujima and Hanagata won a total of 5 points from Xiangbei, while Xiangbei scored 6 points under the leadership of Mitsui and Akagi, and the last minute of the first half ended with Akagi's free throws.

In the end, in the full first half, Xiangbei tied with Xiangyang by 56 points to 56 points.

This slightly dramatic result made many people speechless, including Xiangyang's players, although the whole first half of the game was very stale, the two sides climbed each other and refused to let go for a moment, but at the end of the first half, this score still made them not very satisfied, even if it was a goal or even a point, it was a substantial lead, what is a draw? Did you start the second half from scratch?

It is indeed starting from scratch, and Aida Yayoi feels that this last game is full of fog almost from beginning to end, without giving the slightest omen, without giving a little bit of weather that will win, probably even the goddess of victory is hesitating, maybe until the last moment of the second half, he can't determine who the winner is.

At halftime, there was a fierce tactical arrangement in the lounges on both sides. If one visits the lounges of the two teams at this time, they will find that the two teams have very different styles of discussion and tactical arrangements in the midfield.

In the rest room in Xiangbei, there is almost only one voice, and that is the voice of Coach Anzai. Although it was not loud, in front of the quiet team members, it filled the whole room, and it was clear enough to hear clearly. But when the camera turns to the Xiangyang lounge, the situation has changed, Xiangyang's Mediterranean coach is obviously inferior to Coach Anzai in terms of qualifications and status, his style of leading the team is closer to letting the players play freely, the coach's voice is not the main call here, and the players with Fujima as the core are the decision-makers who make decisions.

Obviously, Fujima's leadership and coaching ability came to the fore at this moment. Although the so-called coach is not reduced to a bystander, he has very limited influence on the team's decision-making.

Even, the criticism and praise of the players are often given by the captain Shunsuke Mitani and Kenji Fujima.

In the midfield, Fuji Zhen first affirmed Hasegawa's enthusiasm and some strengths, and then began to take stock of Hasegawa's shortcomings and others, and the relatively large vices were adjusted in the past, so it will not be difficult to correct the mistakes or problems made at this time, and it is enough to take them as a warning.

In this way, the short halftime ended amid a discussion of the two teams' very different halftime styles. The two sides changed their lineups and went on the pitch.

First of all, Xiangyang, in the starting lineup in the second half, Fuji Zhen, the ace point guard, sat very conspicuously off the court, and did not walk in the starting team, and the rest of the third-year players who played the first half for 20 minutes also changed each other.

On the side of Xiangbei, it was not Mitsui who ended, but Yukimura Tsuryo and Miyagi Ryota. Fuji, who went down to rest in the first half, reappeared after more than ten minutes.