Chapter 36: The First Battle of the Round-robin Tournament, Hainan (5)
The timeout ends and the game continues.
Kiyota, who let go of his harsh words, performed like a real offensive core.
Maki passes the ball for him, God pulls for him, Takasago blocks for him, and Nebuyani jumps in the air again and again, competing with Akagi for the ball he failed to throw.
With the support of the whole team, Kiyota's score continued to rise, surpassing Mu and becoming Hainan's top scorer, which also made Rukawa have to focus on his defense.
Without Rukawa's restraint, God immediately played a role, and saw the stitch and hit a three-point shot.
Rukawa felt that it was still worth focusing on defense, and turned back to defend God, and Mu's passes were frequently returned to Kiyota, and this little man lived up to expectations, withstood the pressure, and threw the ball in a row under the defense of Akagi and Maori.
Of course, Kiyota's highlight performance is based on the silent dedication of Takasago and Netakeya. If it weren't for the two of them working hard to block and dismantle the card position for Qingtian, no matter how good Qingtian's skills were at less than one meter eight, he would not be able to jump up in front of the two-meter Akagi.
Seeing this, Suzuki also called a timeout, adjusted his tactics in time, and let Rukawa concentrate on defending Kiyota, who was becoming more and more confident in the fight, and handed over the task of sandwiching God to Maori to complete.
In this game, Maori has the same presence as Nebutani, who is opposite him. In the two adjacent positions, Akagi and Rukawa's attack power was too strong, and even his teammate, he was suppressed so that he had no chance to make a move.
On the defensive end, Netakeya basically didn't attack, the two just wrestled over and over again, fighting for position, and the ball passed back and forth ten times, and none of them went to their side.
Instructed by Suzuki to help defend God, Maori's long-suppressed energy suddenly burst out, and as soon as he made a move, he covered the three points of God's second attempt, and made him have no chance to shoot again.
Poor Ichiro Shinsoichiro didn't score a pitiful 7 points until the end of the first half, only better than Takasago and Netakeya.
At the end of the first half, the score of the two teams was 52-42, and Xiangbei led by 10 points.
In the second half of the first half, both sides suffered a drop in their shooting percentages due to a drop in physical strength, and the pace of the game slowed down, not as tight as in the first half.
However, after all, it is the highest level of college basketball in the county, and the players of the two teams are placed in ordinary schools, each of them is an ace-level player, and their smooth cooperation is combined with skillful individual skills, and the shining points are still one after another, which is dizzying.
In the corner of the stands, there is a video recorder. Yayoi Aida, who has become famous in the college basketball world in recent years, calmly looked down at the players of the two teams who were walking to the sidelines to rest, his eyes flashing, and he guessed in his heart what the two famous coaches Suzuki and Takaotou might make in the second half.
Her tranquility is incompatible with the hot atmosphere of the entire stadium, but it adds to her unique charm. The assistant next to her, who was wearing the same armband, secretly stared at her side face, and was stupid for a while.
Basketball in Kanagawa Prefecture is in full swing, and none of the teams that can reach the top four are mediocre, even if it is the national overlord Xiangyang, if you don't pay attention to it, you may lose in the prefecture competition.
According to Aitian's own wishes, he wanted to watch another match between Xiangyang and Lingnan. Last year, Xiandao joined Lingnan and became a blockbuster in the county, with an elegant ball style, handsome appearance, and sunny personality, which made him popular, and even the previous generation of ice and fire combinations that had already become famous were inferior.
Aida made no secret of his admiration for Xiandao, praised him many times in reports, and took the initiative to ask to be in charge of the district where Lingnan is located in last year's national competition.
However, the unlucky Lingnan met Narita Central in the second round and played early. And Narita led by Junichi Takeuchi, although it was difficult to defeat Lingnan, but because of too much consumption, it was eliminated by Hakata in the third round and failed to continue the good results of the previous year's semifinals.
The job is not to go to the market to buy vegetables, you can pick and choose.
Since the editor-in-chief arranged for her to cover the match between Hainan and Xiangbei, Aida could only pack up his equipment and bring his assistant to Fujisawa to put down another game in Kamakura and do his job first.
As a person who regards journalists as a career, Xiangtian's familiarity with the Hainan and Xiangbei teams is no worse than that of Lingnan. In addition to the starting line-up, she also had a rough idea of what substitutes the two teams could, and she was speculating about the possible personnel and tactical changes made by the two coaches at halftime.
Xiangbei now has a 10-point lead, and according to the consistent style of Suzuki supervision, it is definitely necessary to make a rotation. It's just that who is up and who is down is a question that makes people think about it. After years of painstaking management by Suzuki, there are countless generals available in the Xiangbei team, and there are two or three candidates for each position.
Aida didn't want to worry about it on behalf of Takatou, and according to Suzuki's habit of cultivating reserve forces, he guessed his start in the second half.
The centre forward should be Maori. Maori didn't play much in the first half, and his physical exertion was not great, and he was the first substitute for the center under Akagi, which was a good opportunity to hone in a game with a center like Hainan, which was neither strong nor weak.
The big and small forwards should basically be Hotta and Shakura. Shakura's offensive ability is not as good as Rukawa's, but he is very good defensively, and Kiyota will face an unprecedented challenge if he is not replaced.
Sakuragi is Suzuki's favorite general, and Aita knows this very well, but whether Sakuragi will be replaced or not, Aida thinks it is very likely. Xiangbei still has a famous player like Mizuno on the bench, and even Mu Shenyi will not be able to withstand it when he takes turns to play.
Shooting guard here Aida also thought about it, it must be Wu Dai, his three-point shot is more lethal than Mu Dui, even if the defense is slightly inferior, it is still very suitable as a substitute.
After guessing Xiangbei, guess Hainan again.
One of the characteristics of the Hainan team's high-head coach is that he attaches great importance to physical training, and the few people who can be the starters have the physical strength to play the whole game.
It's just that in the face of Suzuki, who is good at rotation, if Hainan doesn't adjust and let the main force take turns to rest, no matter how good his physical strength is, he will definitely be dragged down.
However, compared with Xiangbei, there are many people in Hainan who can fight, but there are not many people who can top it at this level.
The 1.91-meter-tall sand and the 1.9-meter-tall Rootwu Valley are not the first heights in the Hainan formation. The tallest person on the Hainan team is Imada who has just been promoted from a first-year freshman. It's just that Imada is too thin, and he is not much stronger than Ichiro Shinso, and it is simply wishful thinking to carry Akagi, and Aida feels that he will not take risks with his head high.
There are two power forward substitutes for Hainan, Masato Muto in the third year, and Kishi, who is known as the twin stars in the subject country with Imada. Muto is a purely defensive player, and Kishi's shortcomings are the same as Konda's, in contrast, Aida feels that Muto has a slightly better chance of playing, but it is more likely that he will not make a substitution.
Hainan's inside line in the first half is already their strongest combination, and no matter how others change, they will not be Xiangbei's opponents.
Mu Shenyi's position is more stable than that of the two insiders, and the high head will not move easily. And God is a point guard, it is a helpless move, in addition to him, Hainan can't even find a second excellent point guard, and this position will not move.
Aida thought about it and found that there were actually very few tactical changes that Hainan could choose, and there was only one position, Qingtian.
Could it be that Gao Tou will replace Qingtian, Hainan's best performer in the first half?