Chapter Seventy-Five: Hainan Rotates to Battle Xiangyang
The next day was the match with Hainan, and Xiangbei did not disband immediately after the victory over Wuyuan, but all returned to Xiangbei school, waiting for Mizuno, Sakai, Ino and others to bring back the video of the other pair of matches in the top four.
Naturally, lunch is still settled by the traditional "Arima bread".
After graduating from high school, Kentaro Arima did not go on to higher education, but inherited the family business, and now it seems that he is no longer as young as a student, and he is completely a social person.
Despite the booming business, there is little time to rest, let alone play on the streets, but when it comes to basketball, Arima is still full of interest and mouthful.
Now he is in charge of the bakery at home, and a 21-inch color TV is set up, which is broadcast every basketball game, which attracts basketball lovers from around and adds a lot of popularity to the shop.
After talking to Suzuki and Momoi and sending blessings, Arima left in a hurry. Around noon is the best time for business, if it weren't for the order here in Xiangbei, he would not have come to deliver the food in person.
Mizuno: They didn't have to wait long for them to come back. Today Suzuki gave them two video recorders to record the game from different angles.
Suzuki asked Mizuno to go to dinner first, and took Momoi and all the Zhengxuan to the conference room to watch the video.
In this game, Xiangyang's starters have not changed from the first battle with Xiangbei, and they are still the five people of Honglin, Tsuchihashi, Hiiragi, Gao and Fuji Zhen.
Hainan has changed, the starting small forward Mu Shenyi in the last game did not play, replaced by An Yuan, who played as a scoring guard, and the small forward is the team's deputy Ohara Chong.
Suzuki said lightly: "The layout of the high-headed coach is a little contradictory!" ”
Momoi tilted his head and asked, "What do you say about this?" Where did you see it? ”
Suzuki pointed to the screen and said: "Because of the first victory, Hainan has at least a play-off to play, and the win or loss of this game does not have a big impact, so they really want to challenge the hegemony of Xiangyang, and they are on the main force and Xiangyang Huo." However, Coach Gao was worried that if he lost this game, it would have a negative impact on the team's morale, so he refused to take the risk, so he pressed Mu on the bench and entered the squad of all sophomores and thirds. In fact, Mu's performance in the last round was still good, although he couldn't completely prevent Hayama, but compared to Terashima, who came on as a substitute, he was not beaten. It seems that the high-headed coach is not optimistic about Mu Shenyi's ability to prevent Hiiragi Yoshicheng, so he simply let him lead the substitute to play poor physical strength, and wants to fight a protracted battle with Xiangyang. ”
Momoi heard Suzuki say this, understood, and nodded.
There is not much difference in the strength of the main lineups of the two teams.
In front of Hainan's main center Shinji Liangchuan, although the height advantage of Shoichiro Hongbayashi is still obvious, but the shortcomings of his slower pace are also revealed, and only when grabbing rebounds, there are still some advantages.
The big forwards of the two teams, Damen and Tuqiao, are both blue-collar, and Damen is more accurate in shooting, but in the Hainan team, his status is exactly the same as Tuqiao, and he is also ranked last in the right to fire, which is not obvious at all.
In the small forward position, Hiiragi is undoubtedly more than Ohara Mitsuru in terms of personal ability, and after the game with Xiangbei, he has taken a step forward in integrating into the team as a whole. It's just that Hiiragi has an obvious weakness, that is, he lacks height and has holes in defense. And Gao Tou obviously took this into account, replacing Makishin with a dozen small forwards, Ohara, who has a pretty good mid-range shot.
When it comes to the point guard position, Hainan has the upper hand. Fuji Zhen is like last year's Akaji, but after all, he lost a year of experience, and he didn't play well.
Fortunately, the senior next to Fujima also has good organizational skills, and can give him strong support when Fujima is in trouble, while An Yuan next to Akaji is just a traditional scoring guard, with a little defensive ability, but the offensive range is relatively small.
The point guard is the core of the team's offensive and defensive operations, and under the leadership of Akaji, Liang Chuan constantly penetrates Xiangyang's defense, leaving Honglin tired to cope, while Ohara and Daimin escort Liang Chuan like wingmen. The inner line composed of three people made it unprecedented, making Xiangyang, who has the highest height of the red forest, difficult to resist.
However, on the defensive end, Hainan's defense line was also clumsy by Hiiragi and Gao Jie rushing to the ground, full of flaws. The speed of these two people is fast, it only takes a few seconds to attack Hainan's half, if it is two against two, no matter who Akaji drags behind, he can't stop their breakthrough from passing, and if even Ohara is recycled, then Fuji Zhen's three-point shot is no one to defend.
After joining Hiiragi, Fujima, and Mitsui this year, Xiangyang's three-point shooter group is unprecedentedly luxurious, and even Xiangbei, which owned Dahe, Suiqiao, and Imai two years ago, is inferior.
Relying on the advantage of three-point shooting, Xiangyang entered the second half with a one-point lead.
In view of the fact that the main players were very tired in the first half, in the second half, Coach Anthy and Coach Gao Tou rotated.
The difference is that Xiangyang only replaced the mangrove with a flower shape with a serious physical exertion, as well as the alternation of the regular Mitsui and the high-level, while Hainan was five up and five down, and he tried his best to substitute for the battle.
The center is Terashima in the third year, the power forward is Takasago in the first year, the small forward is Morikawa in the third year, the scoring guard is the front field of the second year, and the point guard is the first-year freshman Makishiichi!
Hainan's substitute lineup is far inferior to the starter in terms of height, but the three positions of center and forward are still more than 1.8 meters in the same color, and the competitiveness is good.
After using the substitute lineup, Hainan's offensive round played quickly, and several players who usually don't play much rushed like joy, wantonly tearing Xiangyang's originally neat defense line.
Mu Shenyi, with the cooperation of his teammates, relied on crushing Fuji Zhen with his body to attack and defend again and again. Fuji Zhen's height is not as good as his, and the weight of the two people is not at the same level, and he was deflated again and again for a while.
Mitsui imagined to support Fujima as a high-level person, and then he was crushed together. His physical fitness is better than Fujima's, but it is also only a limited amount of good.
Under the ravages of Mu Shenyi, Xiangyang's outside defense was paralyzed.
However, the inside line composed of Hanagata and Tsuchihashi is still reliable, and with the two joining forces, even Mu is reluctant to get too close to the basket.
The ball after the breakthrough was mainly for Morikawa and Maeno, but the shooting percentage of these two was not high.
Pitchers always seem to be the lifeline of the Hainan team, and there have been no outstanding players in this area for several years, which is the main reason why they have always failed to beat Xiangyang.
Another 10 minutes in the second half, Hainan's substitute lineup was obviously worse than Xiangyang's semi-main and semi-substitute lineup, even though there was a mainstay of the gentry, but it still made the difference between the two teams expand to 5 points.
However, at this time, the main forces of Hainan that had finished resting returned under the command of Gao Tou, and what they had to face was Tsuchihashi and Fujima, whose state had already declined.
Whether the main force of Hainan can use the physical advantage to defeat Xiangyang for the first time in several years depends on the performance of the next 10 minutes!