In the tactics of Xiangbei, the small forward has always been not the offensive core in the ordinary sense, but depending on the needs of the tactics, players with matching abilities are sent to play a defensive or auxiliary role.

As far as the year when Taiga was in the team, and now it is not the same as Lantau and Imai, or Endo (Kenichi) and Yanagisawa.

This also makes it quite hard to play the small forward position in Xiangbei. It is not always the turn of the thing to shine in the limelight, but it has to often become the background board when the opponent's ace shines, and when the team's tactics change, if it does not meet the tactical needs, there is a risk of being taken, which is a typical thankless.

is such a difficult position, but over the years, Yanagisawa has played the most in the team. Since the retirement of Taiga's group of players, Yanagisawa has gradually played the main role. On the one hand, this is because Suzuki likes to rotate, often using Imai's three-point ability to play point guard, and on the other hand, Yanagisawa's ability is gradually maturing, which meets Suzuki's needs.

Yanagisawa was the last talented player in the same batch of new players that year, but he worked hard, worked hard, and was obedient enough, and quickly honed all kinds of skills to become a reliable role player.

Yanagisawa himself knew that with his qualifications, there was no way to be the center of attention on the court.

Breakthrough, his speed is not fast enough, it may be possible to pass one, don't think about a dragon.

Slam dunk, not to mention this. The height of 178cm is on the short side, and the bounce is only mediocre, and scoring under the basket only depends on picking the basket.

In addition, he can occasionally hit one or two three-point blocks or something, but that doesn't cause the fans to scream.

Yanagisawa himself was once puzzled by his role on the court, being overwhelmed by the opponent's aces at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and barely had the strength to fight back. The whole team also lost repeatedly, fell into a slump, and never made it to the national competition again.

At that time, Yanagisawa almost lost confidence in his role on the field.

Fortunately, Momoi was very careful, and told Suzuki in time that Yanagisawa's mental state was wrong, and Suzuki was well-informed and had many ways, so he quickly came up with a set of rhetoric, which made Yanagisawa understand that even if he is a small person, he can obviously play a huge role on the field, helping him regain his confidence and get out of the trough.

And Yanagisawa is now, according to what Suzuki taught, playing the basketball of small people, and playing a very key role in expanding the lead of Xiangbei.

The difference between Yanagisawa and Shakura, the two small forwards, can be felt the most, and it is naturally Sakuragi. He bore the brunt of the attack on his side and began to gradually become jerky in the first half.

Yanagisawa is well positioned, often stuck on his most threatening breakout line, making it difficult for him to use his speed to directly attack the inside line of Xiangbei.

In the first half, Sakura's position was actually not bad, but his defense did not play much role in front of Sakuragi. Sakura's speed of movement was terrifyingly fast, the basketball flew around him almost irregularly, every movement of footsteps, the shaking of his shoulders, and even the glance of his eyes made Shakura think that he was really going to break through from his side, but as soon as Sakura's center of gravity moved, Sakuragi immediately adjusted, took advantage of his vague steps, and rushed past his most uncomfortable place, turning his barrier invisible.

Yanagisawa, on the other hand, is much better. Because he was too familiar, Yanagisawa knew that he couldn't easily move his center of gravity in the face of Sakuragi, so he preferred to put Sakuragi half a step first, and then use the body contact between foul and non-foul to force Sakuragi to slow down or even lose effective control of the ball, so as to achieve the purpose of delaying Sakuragi's assault.

Of course, Yanagisawa's lagging and gambling defensive moves do not have a high success rate, and Sakuragi can often dribble again to shake off Yanagisawa, or withstand the pressure brought by Yanagisawa in the physical confrontation, and make the next connection move without interference, but this is already a little uncomfortable compared to the previous position with Shakura.

Yanagisawa has a bigger role on the offensive end than he plays a small role on the defensive end.

In the first half of the game, the situation of the two teams fighting separately in the front and back court was more serious, Endo and Kuroda took a lot of shots in the front court after receiving the ball, but the shooting percentage never went up, because even if it was two to two, three to two, it was difficult for them to get close to the basket and then shoot.

Shacang can come forward to answer once, but his addition almost also represents Sakuragi's return defense in place, leaving not much time and space for the Xiangbei guard line.

However, after Yanagisawa came on the field, the situation was different.

Yanagisawa can hold the ball better than Sakura, and knows how to pass the ball to key positions better than Sakura, rather than dribbling it himself.

This difference gives Xiangbei's offensive a lot more options.

After Mizuno gets the ball, he can not only play with Yanagisawa and insert it into the basket, but also share the ball to Wudai to find opportunities, and even take Miyagi away, or block Sakuragi, give the ball to Yanagisawa and let him lead the offense.

Yanagisawa's ability is average, there are no shortcomings, and his own dribbling and ball control ability is only average, but it is enough to hold on for a while under Sakuragi's pressure until Akagi and Hotta catch up to support.

In the first half of the game, Maki's scoring ability was actually not used much. Under Sakuragi's pressing, it was difficult for Shacang to control the ball, and if he didn't make a hasty shot, he would have to return the ball to Endo, who had already fallen deeply, so that the late Xiangbei outside line rarely had a chance to shoot.

However, the existence of Yanagisawa has expanded the advantage of Xiangbei's inside line under his own basket to the opponent's basket.

Running back and forth between the two penalty areas requires a lot of physical strength from the players, but the players in Xiangbei only play half the court, and they don't have to consider physical fitness at all, and they can give full play to their strengths under this tactic.

On the contrary, Lihai's side mainly relied on Maori for rebounding, and as his physical strength declined, his ability to compete for rebounds decreased simultaneously, even with Sakuragi's support, it also showed an obvious disadvantage.

In the end, Lihai is a national middle school team, although it is fully staffed and full, but in terms of internal reserves, it is far inferior to Xiangbei.

Coach Yukimura saw the crux of the team's backwardness, but he didn't have enough weight in his hands, and several adjustments only delayed the decline of his side.

The one who wins the rebound wins the world, this sentence may not be completely true, but in this campus-level basketball game, it is quite accurate.

Xiangbei relied on the advantage of rebounding to kill the suspense of the game little by little.

Sakuragi and Miyagi were still able to run all over the court until the end of the game, and they were enough to threaten Xiangbei's baskets, but they were also unable to defend themselves.

The warm-up game is over.

Xiangbei defeated Lihai 70-60.

Sakuragi was reluctant and his offense maintained a high standard throughout the game, but the team's defense failed to hold on in the second half.

The two sides lined up, bowed to each other, and after shouting "Thank you for the advice", they dispersed.

The two schools are not far apart, and the scope of enrollment overlaps, many of them are neighbors, know each other, and after they disperse, they talk and exchange in twos and threes, and only Sakuragi sits alone in the rest area and sulks.

Maki and Yanagisawa stepped forward to persuade them, but it didn't have any effect, and Suzuki stepped forward to mediate in person when he saw this.

Suzuki said, "Now you know the tactics of the formation and the benefits of having teammates above the level. In junior high school, you can play five at a time, and you don't need the support of your teammates at all, but in high school, it's different. Xiangbei is not the strongest team in the county, if you change to Xiangyang and Hainan, you will be more restricted. ”

Sakuragi looked up and pouted, "Uncle Suzuki, I just don't resent you for what you did. It's too bummer, in the first half of the two sets of lineup wheel battles to beat one of our national teams! ”

Suzuki laughed, stroked the towel on Sakuragi's head and said, "This difficulty is called unfair, how can this work?" Remember your goal, you were going to play in the United States, where the intensity was several notches higher than it is now? Always play under low pressure and your progress will slow down. ”

Sakuragi's expression was a little more normal, and he said, "I see." Anyway, Uncle Suzuki, you always make the most sense. ”

Suzuki couldn't help but laugh again, and after a short pause, asked, "Do you still have the weight on your hands?" ”

Sakuragi raised his wrists and said, "Take it!" ”

Suzuki said, "Then let's keep bringing it." In junior high school, you won't be able to meet anyone who will allow you to play to your full strength. ”

Sakuragi nodded, "It should be like this." This year's national high school champion, we have decided! ”