Chapter Ninety-One: I'll Be First
The setting sun reflected half of the sky, and on the ground, the shadows of the buildings were stretched long. The sunset is accompanied by the sound of training in the stadium.
Whether it's Fuji, Miyagi, or Akagi and others, their attitude towards training is extremely serious. In the first week of the tiebreaker series, Xiangbei will face Buri High School, one of last year's top four.
In addition, as a team that defeated Minowa in the finals last year, the strength of Buri High School cannot be underestimated. If Xiangbei wants to aim for the national competition, it must at least win Xiangyang and Buri.
To defeat Buri, the twin towers tactics first became a topic of discussion for the think tanks in northern Xiangbei, and the tacit understanding and power of the twin towers in Buri were witnessed by all the people in northern Hunan on the spot.
Therefore, after getting the table for the finals, Xiangbei immediately began to practice in the corresponding aspects.
"As you can see, the so-called twin towers are tactics that rely on two big men to run the interior line. Defensively, the height of the twin towers can not only intimidate attacking players, but also easily complete the task of supplementing and blocking. Moreover, their high and high strikes can also have a considerable advantage when attacking. Coach Anthy analyzed.
"Rebounding is also more dominant than a team with a center on the floor."
Wearing their usual short-sleeved T-shirts, they gathered in front of Coach Anzai, listening quietly to the coach's tactical preparations.
"Of course, the twin towers are not without their shortcomings," Coach Anzai's glasses suddenly lit up, "Buri's starters are generally taller, so in this game, we have to speed up, although we are suppressed by the opposite side in height, but in terms of speed and reaction, we will have more advantages than the opponent." ”
Coach Anzai pushed his glasses, and then pointed his finger at Miyagi, "Miyagi-san, you need to control the rhythm of the whole game, both offensive and defensive. ”
"Yes." Miyagi nodded, but his voice was a little lacking in confidence, all the pressure came from the altitude of the Buri High School team, and the height was probably Miyagi's last lack of confidence in basketball.
What's more, not only the players in Buri, but also the Amu of Hainan, and the Fuji Zhen of Xiangyang, which one is not better than the opponent Miyagi met before! In this decisive series, Miyagi will become the most difficult point in the entire Xiangbei.
Therefore, if Xiangbei can win the match against Buri, it can objectively enhance Miyagi's personal self-confidence, which is very important for the subsequent games, therefore, in the first round, Xiangbei cannot afford to lose.
Coach Anzai looked back at Fuji, smiled slightly, and said, "Fuji-san, you are also a very important point in this game, and you need to do more than Miyagi-san." ”
Hearing his content, Fuji looked at the coach intently.
"You have to share the engine of the team with Miyagi, and use the outstanding mobility of the two of you to force them, especially Fuji-san, you have to keep putting pressure on each other on the outside line and forcing each other's twin towers to go online."
"Yes."
"Akagi-san, your mission is ......."
One by one, Coach Anzai instructed the players what they should do in the game, from Miyagi to Fuji and from Akagi to the other players.
All in all, Coach Anzai's arrangement is to surpass the opponent's mobility, take the lead in putting pressure on the outside, and open up the situation on the outside through the excellent outside ability of Fuji and the excellent mobility of his own defenders.
The second is defense, Coach Anzai told the players in Xiangbei to implement tight defensive tactics against the players in Buri, even if they have the advantage of holding high and playing high, but as long as they are close to the pressing defense, it will exert great pressure.
After the preliminary tactical orientation was completed, the training of the Fuji people began.
The basketball team practiced until nightfall, and the gymnasium in Xiangbei was still brightly lit until the basketball team left one by one, and then only a few starters remained, and in the end, only Fuji and Miyagi remained.
The hustle and bustle in the arena gradually became single, and Fuji and Miyagi had already stripped off their shirts, and sweat was densely distributed on their bodies, and even a simple movement could spill a piece of sweat.
After a moment of back-and-forth practice, the two of them fell to the floor completely out of strength, snorting and panting, their chests rising and falling violently, and enjoying their rest time insolently.
Miyagi looked at Fuji on the floor, and suddenly smiled and said: "Now that I think about it, you kid is really a monster, obviously you only started playing basketball in high school, and in just over two months, you have become one of the few players in the county." ”
What Miyagi used to joke was what appeared in basketball magazines after the top eight teams came out. Xiangbei, which advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time this year, has once again become the object of heavy polishing in the hands of sports media reporters.
Akagi Goken, a center player who has maintained an excellent level of competition, but has experienced a trough for more than a year and has only improved this year, is at least at a level that can be matched even in the entire Kanagawa Prefecture, and even compared with the center of Hainan High School and Xiangyang.
Finally, and most importantly, the two first-year finalists who suddenly emerged in Xiangbei this summer, Miyagi and Fuji, were really a pleasant discovery. The former acts as the engine of the Xiangbei team, connecting each position in series, and is the most important link in the game.
The latter, although it is a fledgling young player, is the scoring point with the highest proportion of scoring in Xiangbei, the accuracy of one-handed shooting is enough to be proud, and the shooting rate of long-range shooting is not bad. This is still the evaluation given by the media in the quarterfinals, and after defeating Minowa this time, the evaluation of Fuji must be a higher level.
With an average score of nearly 30 points per game, this is the biggest proof that the sports media chose Fuji as one of the few players in the prefecture.
Fuji gasped for two breaths quickly, and then said in a tone of grace without slowness: "No way, who made my brother's talent so high!" ”
"Cut," Miyagi pursed his lips and rolled his eyes, "I'd better save that until after you win the game!" ”
"I can see that you are panicking now, are you afraid of losing?" Fuji looked at him.
"Uh...... Actually, I am more accepting of you using words like worry or worry, and it does fit more with my current mood. ”
"Hmm~ It's all the same for me anyway." Fuji said heartlessly.
Miyagi turned his head, with a surprised gaze, and asked Fuji: "You don't seem to be worried about the next game at all, maybe, a victory is ...... In that case, the national competition will not be able to go. ”
Fuji listened and smiled: "If you really can't go to the national competition, it's useless to worry about it now." So instead of worrying about that, training and playing wholeheartedly is the best way to decompress, and when I train and compete, I don't think about how strong the other side is, you should learn from me. ”
Miyagi: "......"
Fuji: "Sure enough, it's a young person, and it's not qualified mentally." ”
"Hey, you and I are both first-year good? Don't teach me in such an old-fashioned tone! Wouldn't you be worried about your opponents? Miyagi said angrily.
Fuji's eyes were round, his face was innocent, and he replied without thinking: "I used to be a little idle when I was free, but now I won't." ”
"Why? You think, you're dealing with probably the best people in the county, even at the national level......"
"So what? It's not the first in the country, even if it's the first player in the country, then knock him down, I'll be the first! ”
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