Chapter 25: The First Battle (5)
Both sides made substitutions at the same time.
Koganei's presence really made Seirin's offense a lot smoother, but on the defensive end, he didn't play a role.
Although he can run and jump, his height is less than 1.7 meters, which makes Xiao Kanei also unable to effectively defend Mu Dui, not to mention, after the substitution, the offensive banner of Xiangbei was taken over by Maki, even if it was the joint defense of Mito and Koganei, it could not be stopped.
Yes, Suzuki has a new lineup, allowing Akagi to contain Kiyoshi to play the center, and Ki Twilight and Yanagisawa to defend Hinata, and use Maki as a power forward.
At this point in the game, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Seirin actually has no chance.
Suzuki's last change of formation completely hit Seirin's vital point, exposing their weakness of lack of height.
The two Aida also saw that if Xiangbei had played like this from the beginning, Sei-rin would have actually lost even more, and would not have stalemate until the final stage of the game to determine the winner.
In the leather bag that Akaji was carrying, a pleasant electronic sound suddenly sounded, he opened the bag, took out a black cuboid, about the size of a brick, pressed it, put it on the side of his face, and said, "Moxi Moxi." ”
Suzuki glanced at it, knowing that it was a mobile phone, but he was not as curious as the other idlers, and still focused on the court.
Akaji's call was short, and after hanging up, he came to Suzuki and apologized, "Please forgive me for being rude, Mr. Suzuki." Just now, I called from home, saying that there was something important and asked me to do it immediately. It's urgent, so I'm afraid I won't even be able to watch this game. I'm sorry! ”
Suzuki had never cared about traditional red tape, and he didn't feel offended by Akaji's claim to leave halfway, so he said with an unchanging face, "There's nothing to be sorry about." Anyone has an emergency. Akaji-san, please. However, before leaving, I would like to ask Akaji-san's thoughts on the Seirin and Xiangbei teams. ”
Akaji had obviously thought about this, and replied without thinking: "Seirin is a good team, their center and quarterback are very good players, but other positions can only be said to be usable at best. As long as you use targeted tactics on two of their strong points, as long as you limit one of them, then they are no threat. ”
Suzuki nodded, what Akaji said was what he constantly adjusted his tactics and experimented, but being able to see these clearly is enough to prove that Akaji is tactically sharp and excellent.
Maybe it's because of concern, but in Suzuki's opinion, Makoto's little girl coach, Aida-san, may not see it more clearly than Akaji.
Suzuki didn't pursue the question, but asked, "Then what do you think of Xiangbei?" ”
Akaji smiled and said: "I hope that in the next county competition finals, I can see the figure of Xiangbei, as long as I am not assigned to us or Xiangyang in the group stage." ”
Suzuki laughed, "Same as I thought." Then I won't delay Akaji-san, goodbye. With that, Suzuki got up, shook Akaji's hand formally, and said goodbye to him.
After Akaji left, Suzuki immediately called another timeout, and replaced Maki and Yanagisawa, who had just helped the team extend their lead to 6 points, and left the game with Ki Twilight, who had performed well today.
After this change of formation, Xiangbei's lineup became center Akagi, power forward Hotta, small forward Sakuragi, point guard Mizuno and scoring guard Wu Dai.
Sei-rin from Tokyo doesn't know Sakuragi, but Yayoi Aita, who works in the Kanagawa branch of the basketball weekly, knows this star player who has little to resist in the basketball world of the prefecture's junior high schools. She looked at Suzuki in surprise, pointed at Sakuragi and asked, "Superintendent Suzuki, why did you replace him on the field?" ”
Suzuki turned his head and smiled at him: "If nothing else, this will be the main lineup of Xiangbei in two years." ”
In this way, reporter Aida understands. Among the ten players on the field, except for Sakuragi, who is currently in the second year of secondary school, the rest of them will be third-year players in two years. That is to say, in that year, if Xiangbei and Chengrin both entered the finals of the summer competition, there is a great possibility that this scene in the Xiangbei basketball stadium will be repeated in front of the national heroes.
Sakuragi's appearance directly made Makorin's situation collapse.
On offense, Sakuragi alone easily blew up Koganei, even if the surrounding Mitobu, Hinata and Izuki came up together to defend one, they couldn't stop Sakuragi's unpredictable change of direction attack.
What's more, Sakuragi, who has always paid attention to defender skills, is not an offensive ghost who has to score in one go, and his passing ability is not inferior to Mizuno and Endo at all. And his small forward position, as well as the wide field of view brought by more than ten centimeters above Koganei, allows him to distribute the ball to any teammate who is in the open position without worrying about being cut off.
Just like the old captain Ogawa, Sakuragi's appearance can not only score by himself, but also lead the whole team to score together.
In defense, Sakuragi's continuous steals made Koganei, who could have scored some points intermittently, not even dare to catch the ball. And Sakuragi's top speed and bounce, let him enter can interfere with the center Muji, retreat can lock the quarterback Hinata, and toss the two giants of Makoto Rin.
In just four or five minutes, the score came to 92-70, and Xiangbei finally defeated Chengrin with a huge advantage of 22 points.
After the big loss, a few of Makorin's players looked a little depressed, but under the comfort and encouragement of Aida and Hinata, they all cheered up, lined up in a line, and shook hands with the players from Xiangbei.
Because they were rushing back to Tokyo, the players wiped their sweat, changed their clothes, and hurried home.
Before leaving, Hinata shook hands with Maki and said goodbye, and said unconvinced: "The next time we meet, we will never lose so badly again!" ”
Maki smiled, without refuting or sarcastic, and said kindly: "Okay, let's work together." ”
On the side, Mu Ji and Akagi had already mingled, beating each other's chests to encourage each other through their names, Mizuno and Izuki hooked their shoulders and whispered to discuss the technique and timing of the pass, and there was a ball of harmony on both sides.
Seeing this, Hinata faced the warm real wood, and gradually faded away from the hostility, but the depression of defeat was always difficult to dissipate, and he walked to the front of the team alone.
Seeing that everyone was still grinding, Hinata shouted, "It's not too early, we still have to catch the train back!" ”
It's a pity that everyone only looked at him at most, and no one took his words seriously.
The two Miss Aida, who are at the end, walk side by side with Suzuki and Momoi.