Chapter 44: The Opponent Who Must Be Stepped On: Lingnan (3)
Turning around, the Xiangbei offensive continued to attack the inside line.
Maki left the basket to the perimeter to respond, Endo immediately passed the ball over, Maki turned around and was about to shoot, and found that this time it was replaced by Wakamatsu and defended.
Wakamatsu ran well this time, defending Maki's shot with one hand and blocking Maki's pass to Akagi with the other.
Maki looked at Wakamatsu slightly, his wrist flicked, and the basketball fell lightly to the side.
Wakamatsu looked at the basketball, but saw a red figure cut in at high speed, took the basketball and threw it sideways, shook off the defender, and jumped out.
Number 5! Takahiro Yanagisawa!
In fact, without looking at the back number, Ruosong already knew who the Xiangbei player who suddenly cut in was. With such a tacit understanding that there is no need to look at people or verbal communication, in the Xiangbei team, only Yanagisawa can fight with Maki.
Yanagisawa's series of moves were done smoothly, leaving Nagano with no chance to break it, but this jump was too large for him to stand firm when he landed, and fell outward by inertia.
Fortunately, Mu Du followed up in time, and he was right next to him, helping Yanagisawa so that he didn't fall to the ground.
Yanagisawa thanked Mu Dui, and whispered as he turned around to run: "We now have the advantage on the inside, make a decisive move, and get more points before they change formations." ”
Endo's defensive ability is not inferior to his brother's, and it is difficult to make Tsukahara's ball one-on-one, which also makes Lingnan's fast attack impossible to play today.
In the positional battle, several strong points were seen to death, and the basketball could not stay on the inside, and was always forced to pass outward. Kadomatsu beckoned Nagano to come over to cover and finally found an opportunity to shoot, but although Ki Twilight was got rid of him, Yanagisawa came over to interfere again, and in the end the goal still didn't score.
Akagi suffered a loss and grew wise, and used all his strength to grab the position with Wakamatsu, not ready to jump, and did not let Wakamatsu jump steadily.
This time in the scramble for rebounds, Wakamatsu did not have enough strength, and watched the basketball being taken by Maki, who jumped higher, and then passed to Endo to launch a counterattack.
Endo couldn't rush this time and was slowed down by physical contact with Tsukahara as soon as he started, but he had another option to split the ball and give it to Yanagisawa.
Since Hoko did not appear, there was no need to implement the BOX-1 tactic, and Yanagisawa returned to the traditional offensive tactical routine of Xiangbei. He had some playmaking skills, and when Endo was pinned, he took over the offensive banner and carried the ball forward.
Nagano's speed had an advantage and he went around to Yanagisawa to intercept it, but by this time, Yanagisawa had already distributed the ball to Ki Twilight.
Ki Twilight took the ball on the flank and continued to walk forward, coming to the bottom corner, making a gesture to pass back to Endo, and when Kakumatsu's center of gravity moved, he immediately made a three-point shot.
Kakumatsu is 181cm tall, much taller than Mu Dui, and although he barely jumps, he still touches the basketball with his fingertips, and then turns his head and shouts, "Grab the rebound!" ”
However, today's rebound was dominated by Xiangbei's side, and Maki strode to the basket first, reached out and poked at the bottom of the basketball that popped up in the frame, and picked the ball back into the hoop.
Wakamatsu's pace wasn't slow, but he was blocked by Akagi and couldn't catch up, Yano was in place, but he tried his best to jump, and his hand was just reaching the height of Maki's neck.
2-8。
Xiangbei took the lead and led by 6 points at once.
Coach Taoka was a little restless off the court. He can naturally see that the reason for the team's backwardness lies in the lack of scoring points and the loss of control of rebounding, and if you want to solve this, it is very simple for Lingnan, as long as you go to Baoke.
But there was such a simple solution, but Taoka didn't make a decision for a long time.
As a meritorious coach who can lead the team to the national competition in a row and get excellent results, Taoka is not a mediocre person.
After having Imayoshi, a first-class point guard in the prefecture, in order to solve the weakness of the team's lack of offensive ability, he invited Eiji Tokuda to join the team and make him a big killer in Lingnan.
After discovering Kuroko Tetsuya's organizational talent, he changed the formation to a dual point guard, allowing Imyoshi to transform into a dual guard, solving the problem of the coexistence of Imyoshi and Kuroko.
And after Baoke joined the team and clashed with Tokuda's position, he adjusted his tactics again, pushed Tokuda to the inside, let Baoke, a raw melon egg, fully exert his attacking power, and put Tokuda, who had both offense and defense, on the second wave of offensive echelons.
Coach Taoka is a tough guy on the outside, but he can be flexible on the inside. He has a discerning eye for talents, and can be a corporal of courtesy, take the initiative to accept talents, and return energy to apply, fully integrate resources, and integrate Lingnan into a very effective team, and his ability is among the best among the coaches of various colleges and universities in Kanagawa.
However, the ruler is short, and Coach Taoka also has his own flaws, that is, he always hesitates in on-the-spot command and delays the fighter. He always thinks too much, and he habitually keeps a back hand, thinking that the opponent also has a back hand, and the best time to adjust is always when he hesitates, quietly slipping away.
Kadomatsu didn't feel very hot today, and it wasn't until his third shot that he scored his first three-pointer.
This ball was half a beat slower to keep up at first, so the first block was a little fierce, and Kadomatsu took advantage of the time difference to create a time period with no interference, and the long shot was successful.
5-8。
Seeing that the score was getting closer again, Coach Taoka sat down a little more steadily, so that Baoke could calm down and continue to sit on the sidelines and watch.
And this delay made Xiangbei attack fiercely and pulled the score away all at once.
First, Mu Dui scored a three-pointer on the periphery, and Xiangbei's score was rewritten to double digits.
Then Endo steals Tsukahara and gets 2 points with a quick pick.
Nagano teamed up with Yano to break through Yanagisawa's defense and return the color with a quick shot.
Yanagisawa connected with Akagi inside and out, made two consecutive shots, and finally hit a three-pointer.
7-16。
In the past 6 minutes and 15 seconds of the first half, Xiangbei's lead has come to 9 points!
At this time, Coach Taoka couldn't sit still, waved his hand, and took the lead in making adjustments, replacing Nagano with Hoko, and strengthening the attack.
However, this substitution did not have an immediate effect.
Yanagisawa, who had been prepared for a long time, was glued to Baoshina's side from the first minute he came on the field, and Endo also shifted the focus of intercepting the pass to the side where Baoshina was.
In this way, Wakamatsu finally got some opportunities, frequently asked for the ball, and singled Akagi.
The first two times, Wakamatsu defeated Akagi, but the third time, he returned the ball to Tsutsurahara. The pressure on Akagi on him is getting bigger and bigger, making him feel that if he continues to fight like this this time, he is likely to be blocked by Akagi, so he gave up and continued to play singles.
Tsukahara gave the ball to Kadomatsu again, and Kadomatsu finally sent the ball to Hoshina.
Hoshina started like lightning, passed Yanagisawa in one step, dribbled into the restricted area, and faced the two long men of Maki and Akagi, after he made an emergency stop, he chose to shoot a backward jumper, and the basketball drew a fairly high parabola, and accurately fell into the net.
13-20。