Chapter 172: Xiangbei with ring-shaped legs
On August 5, at 10:10 a.m., the first half of Xiangbei and Aihe had been played more than halfway, and the score of the two sides was 23-19. Through the core of the inner line, Akagi, with the aggressive and gradually released outside, Xiangbei has achieved a certain lead.
The firepower of the outside line of Xiangbei is still marked by the first dunk of the only one. In addition, in the past ninth minute, Mitsui, who was hiding as if he was diving, also began to attack Aiwa, and the shot basket outside the three-point line was intoxicating.
Of course, falling behind is only temporary for Aihe, only in the first ten minutes, Zhuxing Dayi still scored 15 points strongly under the joint defense of Xiangbei, scoring the highest score in the game. Touted by a reporter from Aichi Prefecture as the most offensive player, he seems to be confirming that.
Aida Yayoi looked at the data he had written down in his hand and said in amazement: "Akagi Gangxian, the most stable and reliable in northern Xiangbei, has scored 9 points so far, and Fuji, who is facing the stars head-on, has only scored 8 points. Stars is a very scary player. ”
Whether it is the efficiency of the offense or the means of attacking, Fuji feels that the skills of the stars are above their own, which is nothing to be ashamed of, even in the small Kanagawa Prefecture competition, there are so many masters, and there will naturally be more and stronger people in the national competition.
But the good thing is that the star is not perfect, in fact, no player is absolutely perfect. But for the player of Zhuxingda, the shortcomings in his body are very conspicuous, and he has observed a few points by himself.
First of all, Zhuxingda's defense has obvious shortcomings compared to offense, and every time Fuji scores under Zhuxingda's negligence, he reminds everyone of his weakness. But his attacking performance was too dazzling to cover up his shortcomings.
In addition, and most importantly, Zhuxing has a very big problem, under his gorgeous offensive art, it is his lone wolf nature. This can also be seen in his record of 15 points but 0 assists, both the coach and the team have put the burden on the stars themselves, which forces him to believe in himself more than his teammates.
Indeed, when only he can score consistently and lead the team to victory, he must be ruthless and let everyone cooperate with him and adapt to his own rhythm, and his teammates will pass the ball to Zhu Xingda even if they have a momentary opportunity to shoot. However, when it is difficult for Zhu Xingda to break through the defense, he rarely takes the initiative to observe the position of his teammates and then divide the ball.
To put it bluntly, Zhu Xingda is a player who doesn't know how to rely on his teammates and drive his teammates, and when he is on the field, the overall style of Aihe Academy is biased towards attack.
But there is one thing to say, all the factors that Fuji thinks can be called the shortcomings of Zhuxingda's technology, have not been able to play a negative effect on the field at present, at least, under the stormy single-handedness of Zhuxing, Ai and the academy are getting closer and closer.
Here, Xiangbei just missed once, and Zhu Xingda quickly counterattacked Xiangbei with the ball, and deliberately induced Yukimura to foul, and snatched three points from Xiangbei in one go, and the score was only one point away in a blink of an eye.
The state of the stars is really great!
Xiangbei called a timeout immediately after losing points.
After the pause, Xiangbei was the main attacker, Miyagi passed the ball to the second, the second strong hit the basket, jumped through the basket, and performed a magic trick in front of everyone, turning the ball in his hand into nothing. At this time, the figure of the basketball cutting through the sky sounded from outside the three-point line, Mitsui's shooting posture was completed, and the ball flew out of his hand and fell into the net.
In the face of the opponent's offensive, the Xiangbei outer line took the initiative to play a wave of cooperation and pulled the score difference back.
This time the goal completely played Mitsui's hand, Xiangbei once took Mitsui as the offensive core, and in the rest of the first half, Aihe once scattered the only defensive ability to Mitsui, but Mitsui still continued to contribute three three-pointers.
As the game progressed, the Xiangbei players began to familiarize themselves with Aihe's tactics, and the rest of Aihe's starting five players slowly left out their weaknesses.
First of all, Aiwa's center gate, he has good physical strength and bounce, and once competed with Akagi under the basket, but every time he is agile and fast-breaking, he is difficult to participate in and difficult to guard, and speed is the biggest problem he exposes. Secondly, his character also has shortcomings, and his impetuousness leads him to make a lot of mistakes, and Akagi also uses this to suppress the gate.
And Aiwa's Ohmae Takei, whether it is physical fitness, strength, reflexes and speed, is good, he can often use the help of the gate to snatch rebounds from Akagi's hands, and often provide blocking for the stars who break through the inside. But his offensive means are single. Perhaps, in the team of love and harmony, he chose to sacrifice for the team, but instead buried his own talents, after all, the light of the stars covered up the vast majority of his peers. Finally, his defensive strength is also average.
As for Hakamata Ikuto and Mori Ichicha.
The former has a certain ability to score, but his performance in the game shows that he is not confident enough, and he chooses to pass the ball when he can shoot. In fact, he has a good shooting ability, but lack of confidence will affect his mentality and shooting percentage, once he misses once, the time before the next shot will be longer.
And the latter, the captain of Aihe, is active in stealing, good at cooperating with quick attacks, and is the player in the team who is most able to cooperate with the stars. However, the disadvantage is that the stars are so big that they lose the good points of others in their field of vision, and they have no other means of scoring than a quick attack.
All in all, Aiwa is a team of four role players with their own roles and one ace, and they have obvious characteristics, but they also have many shortcomings.
Their problems, when they are behind for a long time, will show up one by one.
Mitsui's biggest contribution to this game was to score points for the team through his high-percentage three-point shots, while also influencing the mentality of Love and the players and further interrupting their rhythm.
In the last five minutes of the first half, Xiangbei, who had played 15 minutes of offensive and defensive tug-of-war, changed its previous momentum and took the initiative to attack, with a fierce output of full firepower. Akagi, Mitsui and Fuji fought one after another, and at the end of the first half, destroyed the defense of Aiwa Academy. Despite the star's desperate effort to grab points, at the end of the first half, the gap between Love and Lag widened.
With 51 points to 40 points, Xiangbei led by 11 points.
Although there is no offensive ghost Rukawa Kaede, there is no rebounding genius Sakuragi Hanamichi. But this Xiangbei, the level of tacit understanding and cooperation is unprecedented, relying on the ring of legs, they have come to this day, and the single-point core of love and college style is distinct.
"Teamwork vs. solitude, I'm afraid that's what today's game looks like in the truest way. This is probably the reason why Aihe stopped in the semi-finals last year! At the end of the first half, Yayoi Aida commented.