Chapter Seventy-Five: The Three Battles of the Mountain King (5)

With Sakuragi's previous three-pointer, Xiangbei's lead has come to 4 points, and even if the mountain king scores this round, he will be one goal behind.

Sanno played a warm-up match with his team's OB players after the Akita Prefecture tournament, and the result was a majority victory.

The state, cooperation, fighting spirit and personnel neatness of the veteran players naturally cannot be compared with the active service that has just ended the county competition, but it can be won so easily, which can still show that the current mountain king is relatively strong in the past.

If you insist on finding flaws in this group of players, there is only one problem, that is, among the starting five as the main force, none of them have a very stable three-point shot.

The style of the Mountain King team is based on the defense of the whole team. Needless to say, their tricks are pressed all over the court, even in normal times, everyone also puts a lot of energy into defense, even the offensive core Zebei is no exception. If you want to defend well, a lot of strength and confrontation training are essential, which also affects the accuracy of the team's long-range shots. In terms of three-point shooting, even Tatsumi Himuro, the former captain who graduated last year, is no exception, and his shooting percentage is only comparable to that of a three-point shooter of an average team.

Now the situation on the field is obvious, the mountain king has the advantage on the inside, and the outside line in Xiangbei is dominant. The king of the mountains is higher in terms of shooting percentage, but not as good as Xiangbei in terms of scoring efficiency.

Fukatsu felt a lot of pressure, Sakuragi kept scoring from his position, and what made him even more ashamed was that he had no way to deal with Sakuragi's long throw.

If you can't defend it, you have to work on it.

Although Fukatsu was eager, he was not so dizzy that he scored directly with Sakuragi, but after receiving an emotional impact, his pass was much more direct, and he sent it directly to the hinterland of Xiangbei.

It was Kawada who got the ball again.

Akagi rested his elbow against Kawada's back, and his other hand was on his waist.

Kogawada still squeezed Akagi first, and turned around to the middle, which hit Akagi's ambush, and the ball in his hand was stabbed away by Akagi.

However, Kokawada's body was too wide, and although Akagi broke the ball, he couldn't control it, and the ball was picked up by Zebei.

There is also a small tail Liuchuan behind him, and Zebei can't make a move for the time being, but this can't be difficult for him. I saw Zebei stride the ball horizontally, and used Xiaokawada as a stake to pass and slip straight to the basket.

Rukawa still wants to follow, but Kokawada doesn't let him go, squeezes slightly, and knocks Rukawa into a stumble.

Akagi was behind Kogawada, his vision blocked, and when he saw Zebei emerging from Kogawada's side, it was too late.

Zebei throws out Akagi's defensive moves, and then pulls the rod for a layup.

Akagi has a lot of experience, and he stopped suddenly, and in addition to not letting Zebei score, he also made a successful foul.

12-14。

Xiangbei round. Fukatsu changed his defensive approach and took the initiative to stick it up to break Sakuragi, preventing Sakuragi from calmly taking the ball and shooting.

Sakuragi immediately turned around and broke through, wiping Fukatsu, but saw a white light flash in the corner of his eye, and a mountain king player approached sharply and reached out to intercept the ball.

Sakuragi hurriedly changed hands behind his back, but he was entangled by Fukatsu again, he protected the ball, and looked at it, but it was Ichikura and Fukatsu who were guarding against him together.

Sakuragi instinctively wanted to pass the ball to Mizuno, but Mizuno reminded in time: "Hang to Akagi!" "When Fukatsu and Ichikura grabbed Sakuragi, Okawada quietly approached Mizuno. Mizuno knew that he was far inferior to Kawada in confrontation, and he was afraid of losing the ball, so he hurriedly issued a warning.

Sakuragi was as good as a stream, and directly hoisted the ball to the basket.

Akagi jumped up and grabbed the ball before Kogawada, but under the impact of Kogawada behind him, he couldn't stand steadily, and took two consecutive steps back, almost out of the restricted zone.

With a tight back, Akagi knew that Kokawada came up, made a bouncing pass, gave the ball to Maori, and then turned and walked to the basket.

Maori played against Kawada today and didn't have the right to make a move, and at this time, although he was in a vacant position, he was afraid that he would lose his cold hand, so he still passed it back to Akagi.

Kokawada's turn was much slower than Akagi's, and he couldn't go back when he came out, so he could only watch Akagi receive a return pass and make a layup to expand the lead.

The King of the Mountains is a traditional strong team, although it has not been able to touch the IH championship trophy for several years because of the rise of Xiangyang, but it is still famous throughout the country and has a large number of fans.

After a few rounds, the Mountain Kings have never been able to take advantage of Xiangbei, and their proud defense has been repeatedly broken through by Xiangbei. The previous defense on the outside line was unfavorable, which can be explained by height, but now the center Kokawada is a head taller than Akagi but he easily scores, and it can only be said that the backwardness of the king of the mountain is indeed unable to overpower Xiangbei in terms of strength.

Many people began to inquire about the origin of Xiangbei.

Some fans who have been with the team for a long time answered them that Xiangbei is not a nobody, they have played against the king of the mountain several times on the stage of the national competition, and the only time that the king of the mountain has failed to reach the top four in recent years is due to Xiangbei.

Hearing that Xiangbei was once the bitter master of the Mountain King, some supporters who did not have much confidence in the Mountain King were a little shaken, and the sound of cheering was not so neat.

Suzuki immediately felt the changes in the audience, turned his head and smiled at Dahe: "After being suppressed by Xiangyang for a few years, the sideline support of the King of the Mountains is not as intimidating as before. ”

Dahe snorted softly, "I've never been afraid of them!" ”

Suzuki smiled slightly, "Yes! But that's you, and everyone else is always going to be affected. That's right now. ”

On the sidelines of the leading Xiangbei field, Suzuki and Dahe were talking and laughing, and on the side of the mountain king, the leading coach Tang Ben frowned and thought hard about countermeasures.

Put Kokawada on the field, on the one hand, his height is the best in the field, and he can suppress the captain of Xiangbei to a certain extent, and on the other hand, Kokawada has been trained in the previous two games and has enough strength to be qualified for the position of the starting center of the mountain king.

However, it now seems that although Kokawada's role is still there, as Akagi's familiarity with him has gradually deepened, he has changed from a stalemate to a slight downside, combined with the disadvantage of the back line, if it is not changed, Sanno may repeat the mistake of four years ago.

Teaching in a wealthy family like the King of the Mountain, the personal treatment is very good, and the opportunity to lead the team to go abroad for training will leave a very outstanding mark on the resume, but at the same time, the pressure on the grades is also extremely huge.

It was once difficult to turn the sea into water.

Since Domoto has already sat in this position, he doesn't want to be swept away by the board of directors because of his poor performance like Katagiri did.

However, the current lineup of the Mountain King on the field is already the strongest lineup in his ideal, and no one can do better. Xiangbei's current strong points, Akagi, Sakuragi and Mizuno, no matter which one, Sanno has no players on the bench who can fight against it.

Adjustment is necessary, but how to adjust is not yet a clue.