Chapter Twenty-Three: Arakawa, the Best in the Country!

Compared with the previous game, there have been many changes in Xiangbei's starters.

The center is still played by the experienced Miyagawa, the power forward is Yoshino, and the small forward is replaced by the captain Oga, so that the height of the interior line is increased, the rebounding is somewhat guaranteed, and the two guards are Imai and Mizuhashi, two shooters.

As soon as he heard Suzuki call his name, Imai had already put it on it, and his hands were spread out, covering the number 6 of Sunrise West.

This No. 6 was unhurried, sank down, blocked with one hand, and dribbled sideways with his left hand, and the ball was dribbled very low, not giving Imai a chance to reach out at all.

Imai is not impulsive, and against two of Kanagawa's top defenders, Shoichi Imyoshi and Tetsuya Kuroko, he has very little aggressive action in defense now.

No. 6 tried twice, and when he saw that he couldn't easily get past Imai's defense, he looked up at him with some surprise and threw the ball into the hands of captain Okabe Shiho.

Okabe's position is a small forward, and it seems that he is the ace player of Sunrise West, but in the face of the famous Xiangbei Tigers, he did not choose to come hard, and distributed the ball to the hands of another defender. The defender is still taller than Okabe, his back number is 13, and he looks like he should be a first-year freshman, but he is not afraid of Mizuhashi's defense, and jumps directly after receiving the ball, and shoots in the middle.

"So fast!" Not only Mizuhashi, who was defending him, but even Suzuki and others who were off the court were surprised by the speed of this No. 13.

Brush! The basketball landed accurately in the pocket and scored the first 2 points for Sunrise West.

Okabe clapped his hands and praised, "Good ball, Arakawa!" Now defend. ”

"Arakawa! It's him! "Maki and Yanagisawa screamed when this man made a move.

"You know this Number 13?" Suzuki asked.

Yanagisawa replied, "Yes, sir." Arakawa was the MVP of Kanagawa Junior High School last year. His quick shot was something few people could prevent. We all thought that he would go to Xiangyang and Hainan to be so strong, but we didn't expect him to go to Sunrise West. ”

Maki added: "When he was in Kunaka, he was a striker, and now he plays as a defender, so we didn't recognize him just now. And his image is not the same as before. He used to dye his long blonde hair, which was very eye-catching. ”

Suzuki saw that Arakawa now only had a thin layer of fluff on the top of his head, and he somewhat understood why the two didn't recognize the big star in the first place.

On the field, Taiga began to organize an attack, and under his constant pressure, Okabe could not stop his advance at all. Although the height is similar to that of Dahe, the difference between the two physiques is quite huge, and Dahe's thick upper arms are almost as thick as Okabe's thighs.

However, after Dahe entered the restricted area, he did not mean to fight himself.

During this time, Suzuki asked Taiga to reduce his personal performance, and asked him to give full play to the offensive firepower of his teammates, and before today's game, he also specifically asked Taiga not to enter the critical moment by himself, and not to put a big move such as a one-two-one-three.

Although Dahe's position in this game is a small forward, he is still a point guard.

After attracting the No. 9 player of the Sunrise West Inner Line to come out to assist in the defense, Taiga did not pass the ball to the opponent's already somewhat empty inner line, but threw the ball back to Mizuhashi who followed behind him with a backhand. The opponent's center forward is 1.95 meters tall, and Miyagawa and Yoshino may not have too many opportunities to play on the inside today.

Mizuhashi was already preparing for an answerball, and at this time, he threw off Arakawa with the help of running, and after receiving the incoming ball, he bent his knees slightly and made a jumper, which also scored 2 points.

There was a burst of applause from the Xiangbei bench off the field. The shooting posture of the water bridge is very standard, and it gives people a sense of beauty that they feel like they will enter when they see it.

Arakawa felt a little embarrassed, Mizuhashi threw the ball very comfortably just now, this is his responsibility to keep up with the defense, so after sending the ball to No. 6, he beckoned for the ball and shouted: "Senior Takahashi, I'll pay him back for this ball." ”

No. 6 Takahashi smiled and said, "If you can't vote, I'll reduce the choices passed on to you!" ”

Arakawa smiled confidently, "I won't give you this chance." ”

Arakawa swept the ball past the water bridge and burst towards the bottom line. Mizuhashi was a little surprised by his speed, but he still slid steadily to keep up, leaving no room for Arakawa to make a move.

Arakawa paused, and after a sudden stop, he raised the ball with both hands. Mizuhashi hurriedly braked and raised his hand, ready to block his possible shot.

Arakawa collects the ball, returns to dribbling, and dribbles back. The water bridge kicked the ground and followed closely. Just now, Arakawa said that he wanted to return him a ball, treating him as nothing, although Mizuhashi has a good mentality, he has to fight for a breath at this time not to let him score this goal.

Arakawa changed course again, and once again headed for the bottom corner, and when the water bridge followed, there was a sudden stop.

Mizuhashi shouted, "Come back!" But he didn't dare to relax, and both hands were raised, which was to prevent Arakawa's shooting basket.

Arakawa has been holding the ball for a long time, and Okabe, who is behind him, temporarily broke away from the suppression of Taiga with the help of Takahashi's blocking, and stretched out his hand and said, "Pass quickly!" ”

Arakawa stretched out his hand to Okabe, and just when everyone thought he was going to pass the ball to Okabe, his body jumped into the diagonal stab in the opposite direction, flashing a small gap, and the whole person threw the ball diagonally!

Too reluctantly! It's impossible to get in! Mizuhashi looked at his shot, and thought that this shot would definitely be missed, turned around to block Arakawa on the outside, and looked back at the landing point of the basketball.

Dahe and Mizuhashi are the same judgment, turning and entering the interior line to rush for rebounds.

However, the ball was thrown crookedly, but after it smashed on the rebound, it actually wiped the board into the frame!

Miyagawa under the basket took the ball, stood on the baseline, and threw the ball into Dahe's hands with a long pass.

Taiga didn't dribble the ball, threw the ball diagonally, and Yoshino, who had already started to speed, rushed all the way, and in two breaths, he had come to the unguarded basket in the west of Sunrise, and a split dunk, while boosting morale, pulled the score to a tie again.

Yoshino didn't have the habit of hanging the basket, so he went straight down from under the basket, and when he looked back and saw that No. 9 in the west of the sunrise was actually following behind him, he couldn't help but be surprised by his speed.

Yoshino returned to his own half and whispered to Taiga: "This sunrise west is not easy to play!" ”

Dahe smiled and said, "This is a natural thing. What do they say, last year was the same as us in the quarterfinals! ”

Okabe, the captain of the sunrise west over there, reprimanded Arakawa: "Bastard! The ball was thrown so hard before, what if it didn't go in? ”

Arakawa touched his short hair that had just grown and grinned, "Isn't there still Okamoto-senpai who helped me grab rebounds?" ”

Center Akihiro Okamoto touched his head and smiled innocently.

Okamoto hammered his fist on Arakawa's head and scolded: "You can't be willful today, this Xiangbei is not easy to deal with!" ”