Yuito Baoke, No. 13, first grade, 186cm tall, small forward, was the only player in the Lingnan team who did not appear in the warm-up game - he was not even on the bench that day!

It wasn't until the quarter-finals against Sunset that he came on in the second half and immediately showed that he was no less attacking than Eiji Tokuda.

Then there is this game against Xiangyang, Baoke started and played the whole game, but the performance was not good, the whole court was suppressed by Xiangyang's Okazakihama, although the score was 18 points, which is not bad, but his scores are based on the number of high shots, and the actual shooting rate is less than 4%.

Through the video of the match between Xiangyang and Lingnan, Suzuki discovered three advantages and three disadvantages of Baoke.

The first plus, the speed and bounce of the bouche are excellent.

Lingnan was crushed by Xiangyang at the beginning, and once played a 10-0 score, and it was an aerial relay of Baoke that broke the defense line formed by the two giants Atsushi Shihara and Shoichiro Hongbayashi, and scored the first score for Lingnan.

The second advantage is that Baoke's fighting spirit is extremely tenacious, and his mental state is stable, and his energy is very focused during the game.

Hoko's opponent is Okazakihama, who can play in the rotation in the first grade, and now Okazaki Hama, who has squeezed Shogo Asashaki out of position, is not as good as others, and it is not surprising. The reason why Coach Taoka, who let Lingnan, always keep him on the court, is that after Baoshi's offense was blocked, there was no panic, and the defense was quite in place, and after two breaks, Okazaki was no longer obsessed with singles at the small forward position, but sought cooperation with the players. Being able to do this, Tian Oka is naturally quite satisfied.

The third advantage is that Baoke's physical endurance is extremely amazing, and at the end of the game, he can still run all over the field, and his points are basically obtained in the final time of the game.

Compared to the advantages, the shortcomings of Baoke were also exposed in this game.

First of all, Baoke's offensive means are rather monotonous.

In a game and a half, he only used two ways to score, one was a dunk and the other was a layup, and he didn't make a single shot. Moreover, it can also be seen through the two penalty misses that Baoke really has no shooting ability.

This means that Baoke can only score under the basket, and if he is kept away from the basket, he is like a tiger with a tooth extracted, and the threat is much less.

Secondly, Baoke is not good at taking the initiative to seek cooperation with teammates, and his vision is a little narrow.

Even in the face of the defense line composed of Ziyuan and Honglin, Baoke still rushed into the interior again and again to try to dunk, even if he was blocked many times, he would only pass to the nearest Tokuda and Mitsuhashi around him, and not once to the hands of Imyoshi and Kuroko on the outside.

In the end, Hoko's body was slightly thin and he couldn't stand on his feet on the inside.

The team's original ace player, Eiji Tokuda, played the small forward position, but now because he has to play with Hoko, he has switched to the big forward position. In fact, the height of the two is equal, both are 186cm, and they can be swapped flexibly, but throughout the game, Lingnan has never played like this, even if there was a period of time when Tokuda was the main attacker, it was Tokuda who pulled it out to play, and Baoke did not switch positions to fill the imbalance in the inner line.

For Lingnan's coach Shigeichi Taoka, Suzuki has some understanding.

This is a shrewd, conservative and flexible coach.

If Hoko has the ability to play inside, Suzuki believes that Taoka will definitely not let go of this tactical change, that is, it can be confirmed that Hoko can't play the position of power forward, and this situation will occur.

Analyzing the weaknesses in the key position of Lingnan, Suzuki began to look for candidates for Baoke, and then he found out that Xiangyang could fight all the weaknesses of not turning on the lights, while Xiangbei may not be able to do this!

The small forward position is the weakest position in Xiangbei.

Captain Takumi Ogawa has comprehensive skills and is a suitable candidate to play small forward, but in the face of Lingnan and putting Dahe on the guard line, Suzuki especially thinks that the strength of his own backcourt is not enough, so how can he rest assured that he will play small forward? In that case, the defenders of Xiangbei face Imyoshi and Kuroko, and it is possible that the ball will not even be able to come out of the backfield.

Let Dahe play small forward, don't think about it for the time being.

In these games, the rest of the players who have played this position are Lantau , Imai , Endo , Yanagisawa , Maki and Aoki.

Originally, Aoki was the most suitable person outside of Taiga to play this position. He's athletic, jumps well, and while he's a bit reckless, he's not bad defensively, and he's a close to the Boko type.

However, he was injured and recovering. Until he recovers from his injury, Suzuki is reluctant to put him on the court early.

Lantau Rim and Endo are the three more suitable defenders, and they are really limited in their role against Hoshi, who is much taller than them.

Yanagisawa is still too immature, if he plays in such a critical game, the only defensive ability can play a few points, and Suzuki has no bottom in his heart.

Do you want to let Maki play this position?

As soon as this thought came to Suzuki's mind, he shook his head again, denying himself.

Maki hasn't played small forward once or twice recently, and his performance is not bad, but the reason is that his height of 188cm can generally be misplaced in this position.

But if you face Baoke, the advantage of real wood is gone, and the height difference of 2cm can be easily smoothed out for Baoke, who has outstanding jumping ability, and it is not a matter at all.

However, the disadvantage of real wood in speed and explosiveness will be exposed in front of Baoke, increasing the burden on the inside.

Miyagawa's physical strength is relatively average, in a high-intensity game, it is difficult to stick to the whole court, if you let Maki play small forward, when Miyagawa's physical strength declines, there is no substitute on the inside.

What to do?

Suzuki has a headache. It's easy to find the weaknesses in the Lingnan team's lineup, but there is no way to target it, and this feeling of grievance makes Suzuki's heart clogged.

However, this is not the only thing that gives Suzuki a headache.

After the training on the Fire Day, Taiga found Suzuki and asked, "Supervisor, we have been training how to deal with Lingnan in the past few days, but the first thing we have to face is Xiangyang." Could it be that the superintendent is ready to give up this match against Xiangyang? ”

Suzuki was silent for a long time.

He found that in order to qualify, he chose a more utilitarian approach, which was not accepted by the players.

Am I doing something wrong?

Suzuki was a little wavering, but thinking of Shoyang's strength, he was firm again, believing that he was right.

So Suzuki explained to Taiga, "I don't want to deceive you, Taiga. That's true. I don't think Xiangbei has any hope of beating Xiangyang, so I'm ready to give up this game. Moreover, I hope that you, Dahe-kun, in this game, will save your physical strength and don't fight with all your strength. ”

Taiga's expression was a little painful, and he suppressed his voice and said to Suzuki, "Supervisor, do you know that this game is very important to me!" I ......"

Suzuki interrupted him, "I know, Taiga, you want to show yourself in front of Coach Anzai and let him know that it was wrong to give up on you and choose Shihara. You want to prove that you are no worse than Shihara! ”

Taiga was a little surprised, and then shouted in a suppressed voice, "Since you know this, why are you going to give up this game?" ”

Suzuki solemnly asked Owado: "Okawa-kun, please tell me, do you want to qualify and play in the national competition?" ”

Taiga immediately replied: "Of course! ”

Suzuki asked, "There is only one day between the match against Xiangyang and the match against Lingnan, if we give our best in the match against Xiangyang, how much more can we win against Lingnan?" ”

Dahe choked for a moment, then said, "I'll do my best!" ”

Suzuki sighed, "Just do your best?" Then tell me, what kind of lineup are we going to use to face Lingnan? ”

Dahe's answer came a little later this time, and he replied a little reluctantly, "I understand." Sorry, I was willful. I've let you down. ”

Suzuki sighed again and said, "Taiga, you're not wrong. What is wrong is that Xiangbei is too weak. In fact, I would also like to fight the strongest Xiangyang this summer. After this summer, Atsushi Shihara is going to go to school, and so are you, even if I defeat Xiangyang by then, I will feel regretful. ”

Dahe clenched his fists and said, "Yes, after this summer, we will all go to school." It was my last time in high school, and it would be a shame if I didn't make it to the national finals. I see what you mean, you're right. ”

Suzuki was relieved and said, "It's great that you can think that." ”