Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Three Battles of the Mountain King (7)
Compared with Zebei, another player on the front line, although Okawada's performance is also majestic, but in the end, it is more than a step worse than Zebei, and the score is only half of Zebei.
For this result, not only Okawada himself was a little unincomprehensible, but even Suzuki, who was watching the game from the sidelines, was also a little surprised.
Taiga took the match record in Momoi's hand, looked at it carefully, asked for a pen to sketch in front of the names of the two, and then handed it to Suzuki.
Suzuki took it and suddenly realized.
The paper is densely packed with all the records of Zebei's shots, and Okawada's is obviously much less.
Both of them have a big advantage over Xiangbei's players in their respective positions, but Fukatsu, as a point guard, is more willing to pass the ball to Zebei than Okawada. At the same time, Okawada himself also had as many as four assists that were given to Zebei, and in turn, Zebei only gave him one assist.
Zebei prefers to go it alone, rather than relying on cooperation to penetrate the defense line of Xiangbei.
The statistics also show that Zebei did this for a reason. He was strong in singles, hitting 12 of his 15 shots and a success rate of 8 percent.
Although Dakawada's data is also good, with 6 of 9 shots, there is still a gap with Zebei. It is Zebei's higher scoring ability, and the ball is more in his favor, which greatly squeezes out Okawada's shooting opportunities, and also causes the redundancy of Sanno's personnel strength on the front line.
If there was anything that Okawada did better than Zebei in the first half, it was undoubtedly the protection of the basket. Of Zebei's three misses, Kawada grabbed offensive rebounds on two occasions and continued the offensive firepower for the Mountain King.
In fact, this situation in Okawada and Zebei also exists in Xiangbei.
Suzuki looked at the statistics of the mountain king and then looked at Xiangbei, among the two guards, Sakuragi left Mizuno behind in both scoring and assisting. However, the connection between the two outside lines in Xiangbei is two-way, which means that the choice of the two in terms of timing is more rational and safe. Sakuragi only missed a three-pointer on 5-of-6 shooting, while Mizuno made all 3 shots, and he finished the ace forward combination of the Mountain King in terms of shooting percentage.
Coupled with Akagi's activity at both ends of the offense and defense after adapting to Kogawada, Xiangbei is equivalent to having three strong points, forming a stable position with a triangle on the outside and outside, and a steady stream of singles scores, leading the king of the mountain is a matter of course.
The audience on the sidelines felt a little unexpected that Xiangbei was 3 points ahead of the Mountain King to end the first half, but they still recognized the strength shown by Xiangbei in the game and said it was acceptable. Some people believe that if Liuchuan is not obsessed with singles Zebei and wastes several offensive opportunities, Xiangbei will lead more.
There was a lot of noise in the venue, but some of these discussions still spread to the rest area in Xiangbei. Suzuki looked at Rukawa and saw that he was not depressed and silent, nor did he stubbornly regret and dissatisfaction, but was just calmly thinking about something, so he was relieved to care about the rest of the starters.
Captain Akagi first said that he had found a trick to deal with Kawada, and he had no problem with his physical strength.
Sakuragi and Mizuno both played with ease, and there was no need to adjust at all.
Even Maori did all he could. Although he was far inferior to Okawada physically, he still tried his best to defend Okawada and make Okawada's scoring less easy. And when attacking, Maori also stretched very open, so that Okawada could not help his younger brother.
Once again, Suzuki realized that he had nothing to say, that the players had done a great job and that they didn't need more from him.
So Suzuki asked Okoko, "Do you have anything to say about the way you played in the second half?" ”
Dahe shook his head and said: "We played well in the first half, and there were no physical problems, I don't think there is any need to take the initiative to adjust. ”
Hearing Taiga say this, Suzuki relieved himself and waved everyone to rest on their own.
For the full-court pressing that the Mountain King may launch in the second half, the two are not very scrupulous. Xiangbei put two excellent point guards out on the starter, just to guard against this hand. If you really want to focus on playing the outside, whether it is Shang Wudai or Mu Dui, it is a better choice.
Xiangbei is not afraid of the whole court, and the coach of the Mountain King, Tang Ben, can naturally see it. However, the situation is unfavorable to the King of the Mountain, and some changes must be made, and if there is no change, it will only make the King of the Mountain be shot to death by Xiangbei with a three-point shot.
At the beginning of the second half, the mountain king put on a jaw-dropping lineup.
Oshiwada, Sawakita, and Fukatsu stood in the center of the court one by one, and the last one to stand out from the crowd was not Satoshi Ichikura, or the only player on the team who had good three-point shooting skills, but Nobi, who had been playing center before.
"Big and small, Tian and Nobe general, is the king of the mountains letting Zebei play a point guard?" Taiga saw this lineup and asked.
Suzuki thought for a while and shook his head and said, "The most powerful thing about Zebei is his shooting. No matter where he is, no matter which movement he is connected to, Zebei can adjust his posture and deliver the fatal blow. I believe he can play a top role as a shooting guard, but I always feel that the Mountain King will not adjust like this. Zebei's breakthrough ability is unique in the current Mountain King lineup, and they shouldn't waste Zebei's ability in this regard. Is it ......?"
Taiga is also a shrewd person, and immediately guessed Suzuki's thoughts, nodded and said, "That's right." Since it wasn't Zebei who was going to play the quarterback, it was for Kawada to play. I've heard that when he first entered college, he started as a defender. It's not going to be difficult to get him back to the back line. And the height difference between Kawada and Sakuragi is not too big, so he will prevent Sakuragi and let Fukatsu go to the waterproof field, so that it will be much more difficult for us to score from the outside than in the first half. Sacrificing part of the offensive ability and greatly enhancing the defense, this approach is worthy of the mountain king who is known for his defense! ”
Suzuki frowned, and then said: "One more point, now that Sanno has two centers about two meters tall on the inside, it will be very difficult for Akagi to get the rebound. ”
In the first half, because of the presence of large and small Kawada, Xiangbei actually fell behind in rebounding. Maori's body is relatively weak, and it can only play a leading role, and the task of grabbing rebounds falls on Akagi alone.
Now that Kokawada and Nobe are sandwiched, in terms of rebounding, Xiangbei is even less optimistic.
Dahe's expression was no longer optimistic at halftime, and he turned his brain and said, "This change of the Mountain King is completely unexpected by us. As a result, our most efficient way of scoring in the first half was to shoot from long range, which was going to be greatly affected. ”
Suzuki rubbed the tip of his nose and said thoughtfully, "Donmoto didn't use this lineup at the beginning, which probably means that this lineup is flawed. If you look closely, with the strength of our team, it should not be difficult to play it. ”