Chapter 65: Xiangyang Battle in Northern Hunan (1)
It's always hard to train more in preparation for the round-robin finals, but when the competition is imminent, many people feel that even if it is one more day, they haven't practiced enough!
However, tomorrow, the morning of June 19, the first round of the final is already on the horizon.
The schedule was communicated to the participating schools one week in advance.
Xiangbei's schedule this year is quite good, although it is the first round to face the giant Xiangyang, but this one is on the day of the sun, even if they suffer a heavy defeat, the players have a week to forget about it and re-bounce to meet the opponent in the second round, Wu Yuan.
Kanagawa has two semi-qualifying places, which means that as long as they beat Wuyuan, at least one play-off place is in hand, and when they play Hainan in the third game, the mental pressure on the players will be much less. And even if it loses in the second round, Xiangbei can still fight against the water to have a future with Hainan Bo.
Because there is only one opponent for Shoyang this week, Suzuki has plenty of time to prepare.
But even if he studied Xiangyang's tactics thoroughly and practiced the tactics of restraint to the players, Suzuki still didn't have any bottom in his heart.
Like Miuratai in the quarterfinals, all positions in Xiangbei are inferior to the opposite Xiangyang players, and no matter how correct the tactics are, how much role they can play depends on how much the executor can play.
That night, Suzuki tossed and turned, and did not fall asleep until the second half of the night, and the alarm clock failed to wake him up the next morning, but Sakuragi sensed that something was wrong and came into the room to wake him up.
Sakuragi's junior high school schedule came to an end yesterday, and he helped Lihai defeat Shoyang Junior High School, which had many good players but did not stand out, and got his wish to let captain Miyagi win the MVP honor. Although he didn't play much time, Sakuragi also relied on good and comprehensive data to become the top five players in the country together with Rukawa Kaede.
It was a pity that Maori lost to Yokota ace Yoshiaki Fukuda, who had more impressive scoring figures, and the last Kanagawa Prefecture junior high school top five fell to Taku Ito, the point guard of the Asian army.
Two point guards and three forwards, without a center and a shooting guard, but this lineup will also be a competitive team in the high school world.
I didn't forget to go to the game with Suzuki, but I found that Sakuragi, who had not moved for a long time, made a contribution and woke Suzuki from the bed in time, so that Xiangbei would not have a vicious battle with Xiangyang without supervision.
Both teams fielded their strongest line-ups in the starting line-up.
On the side of Xiangbei, it is center Akagi, power forward Maki, small forward Yanagisawa, point guard Endo and scoring guard Kuroda, among many first-year students, only Akagi got the start with his irreplaceable advantage in height.
Shoyo's lineup is center Shoichiro Roubayashi, power forward Kenji Tsuchihashi, small forward Yoshinari Hiiragi, point guard Kenji Fujima and shooting guard Tono, and there is also only one first-year student who starts the game.
The jump ball was undoubtedly the victory for the Red Forest.
Akagi's height of 193cm can be regarded as the top in the county, but in front of Honglin, he is a whole head shorter, and he is not as good as his opponent tiptoeing slightly when he jumps with all his strength.
However, it was not Xiangyang that launched the first attack, but Xiangbei.
After Fujima got the ball, he accelerated past Endo, Kuroda came up to make up for the defense, and the pounce was a little fierce, and Fujima used a body to change direction and pass Kuroda clean. Just as he was about to accelerate the breakthrough, he suddenly realized that the ball in his hand was gone, and turned his head to look, only to see Yanagisawa stretch out his hands, avoid Hiiragi's pressing, and pass the ball to Maki's hand. Maki and Akagi completed a one-two, and then after stepping into the three-point line, he made a sudden stop and jump, completely avoided Tsuchihashi, and made a jump shot to win the first ball.
This break was premeditated by Xiangbei.
Endo is fast, the defense is tight, Kuroda is not a reckless person, the reason why he was passed by Fujima one after another, it was completely deliberate, the purpose was to make Fujima take it lightly, habitually use the change of hands, temporarily dribble the ball to his right hand, and finally Yanagisawa who was ambushed next to him took the opportunity to pull out the ball.
Just one goal conceded did not disrupt Xiangyang's position.
Fuji Zhen cooperated with high-level continuous passes, passed Endo and Yanagisawa, and finally made a layup with a low hand in front of Maki, and the frequency of action was so fast that even Yanagisawa and Maki, the most experienced in the Xiangbei team, were a little caught off guard.
Without waiting for Fujima to withdraw to the half, Xiangbei's counterattack had already reached the front, Endo took the ball to the middle and rushed forward, and Kuroda and Yanagisawa followed left and right.
Now that Miuratai has proved that playing chasing and fast attacking can eliminate Honglin's height advantage to the greatest extent, there is no reason why Xiangbei should not draw a gourd to make such a move!
However, after Xiangyang experienced that game, he was not unprepared, and the high-level of today's starter was to have the role of guarding against the opponent's tactics.
Hiiragi followed closely with Endo, who was holding the ball, and Takashi chased after Yanagisawa.
Endo is already a notoriously fast horse, but Hiiragi's speed itself is still above him, and he is running without the ball, and Endo has to dribble, and before entering the restricted area, Hiiragi catches up with Endo and stops in front of him.
Yanagisawa had someone next to him, and Endo could only pass to the right where Kuroda was.
After Kuroda won the ball, he knew that he didn't have much time, so after a little adjustment, he made a shot.
The tall figure passed by Kuroda and stretched out his long arms to slap the basketball, but unfortunately it was only a slight distance away and failed to touch the basketball to stop Kuroda from scoring.
Kuroda was also shocked into a cold sweat when he saw this situation, but he didn't expect the explosive power of the person behind him to be so good, and he identified the number behind him, but it was No. 7 Kenji Tsuchihashi.
Xiangbei's lead was wiped out in the next round.
Because there is a red forest on the inside, several outside shots are very crisp.
Gao tried to shoot a three-pointer, but under Kuroda's defense, he missed a little and smashed the frame, and the rebound was picked up by Honglin.
Honglin passed the ball to Fujima, and Fujima also threw the ball, causing Kuroda's center of gravity to move, and then instantly changed to a breakthrough and entered the defensive center of Xiangbei.
Maki stepped forward to block it, blocking it in front of Fujima like a wall.
This time, instead of another quick shot, Fujima passed the ball out of the three-point line with a backhand.
Over there, Hiiragi suddenly activated, away from Yanagisawa's defense, received this return pass, and then shot directly without making adjustments.
Brush!
The basketball fell straight into the net as if it had eyes, and it was completely unaffected by the shooter's improper posture.
5-4。
Xiangyang took the lead.