Chapter 17: A Trip to Tokyo (15)
Through the half-time, Suzuki roughly grasped the approximate level of Seirin. They are worthy of the reputation of the strong team, and they are really expected, and they are a notch stronger than Zhengbang and Quanzhenguan, who are among the three kings.
Their captain Hinata, the ace Vulcan, are among the best masters in their respective positions, not to mention Xiangbei, even if they look at Kanagawa, there are not many people who can match them.
Xiangbei lost a lot of points in the two positions of quarterback and power forward today, and it was not wronged.
However, what Suzuki values most is Makorin's core Kiyoshi.
This player is top-notch physically and technically, and he is also outstanding in his will, so Suzuki will not be surprised if he needs a little more training to jump to the level of a super ace like Sakuragi.
Fortunately, there are cherry trees in Xiangbei! If there is no Sakuragi still pressing Muji, just with Akagi and Rukawa, they can't take Makorin, even if the shortcomings in the current lineup, the big forward Hotta is replaced by the original starting Maori, which is the same result.
However, in the second half, Suzuki was ready to change a lineup and change a tactic.
Now it's a warm-up match, it's rare to have an opponent on a par with the same level, and if you don't test new tactics, do you have to wait until the official game?
At the start of the second half, Suzuki replaced Hotta, replaced Ki Twilight, and replaced Yasuda and Sakura.
The two formed a new guard combination in Xiangbei, with Sakuragi at the front of the small forward position, continuing to be responsible for the organizing task while also making more use of some of his scoring ability.
In the jump ball, Akagi still lost to Vulcan, and it was Seirin who attacked first.
For Akagi's defeat in jumping ball, Xiangbei has been mentally prepared, and the formation is quickly recovered.
Mu Ji faced Yasuda, who was only 165cm tall, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, hesitated for a while, looked for Sakuragi's position, and then looked for the direction of the ball.
Akagi guards Mitobe, Sakuragi guards the god of fire, and when the thought of "this is the normal inner line" comes to mind, Kiyoshi also finds that with the recovery of Sakuragi, the inner line of Xiangbei has become invulnerable.
Vulcan and Sakuragi are placed opposite each other, both of them are of similar height, similar size, and both have fiery red hair, which looks like twins.
However, Vulcan would rather not have this twin by his side, and Hotta Shohoku, who was opposite in the first half, Sakuragi was much more difficult to deal with, he ran twice, and the only time he found that Sakuragi did not follow, he reached out to catch the ball, only to notice that he was in a position where he could not receive the ball at all.
For this result, Mu Ji was not surprised. In the first half, he fully understood the difficulty of the former Kanagawa Prefecture junior high school MVP, and he was not surprised by the result that Vulcan was blocked.
It seems that there is only the main outside line.
Muji turned his gaze to the other two teammates. Susa is still running crazy with Rukawa, and he can't count on it. And Hinata...... I can't count on it.
Suzuki's changes to the lineup were largely aimed at limiting Seirin's two scoring points in the first half.
Using Sakuragi to play the organization forward and bring down the threat of Vulcan, and using Shakura to play the scoring guard also means the same thing.
"It's you!" Hinata stared at Shakura for a while, and recognized him as the person who had defended himself very hard in that game.
Shacang grinned and said, "It's me." I'm here to defend you again. ”
After a simple run of two strokes, Hinata knew that Shakura's defensive ability had made great progress compared to that year, although he was far from being comparable to the past, but he still had to imagine getting rid of Shakura's defense like he did in the first half, and he didn't have to think about it.
Taking advantage of the staggered moment, Hinata reminded Muji: "You have to fight more yourself." ”
Mu Ji smiled bitterly, how could it be so easy. As a point guard, Muji is strong, but not perfect, and his mid-range shooting range is small, and he is relatively stable in the free throw area.
In the past three years of high school, he has been playing as a center forward, because of the needs of tactics, the ability to control the ball and organize has not been put down, but he has not practiced much in the middle and long range. If it was in the first half, the inside of the team could suppress the opponent in a position, then it would not hurt for him to burst into the inside line and make a layup. But now Mito and Vulcan have no advantage, and they can't take away the opponent's defense, and if they fight again, they may not be able to score points smoothly.
It's just that now Mu Ji thinks about it and judges that he has no choice, so he has to try to single Yasuda first.
Yasuda faced the giant-like Muji, his face was full of fear, and the figures of the two of them were like children standing next to adults. However, he was scared to be afraid, his defensive moves were out, his feet did not move easily, his eyes were fixed on Muji's dribble, waiting for the moment when he broke through.
This kind of defense makes Mu Ji even more reluctant to come hard. He was originally a person who played more rationally, so he immediately beckoned Hinata to come close to play cooperatively.
Hinata understood what Muji meant, beckoned Vulcan to fill his position on the outside, and ran away from Muji's side by himself.
Kiyoshi gave the ball to Hinata's control, and walked around Yasuda himself.
Yasuda understood that it was useless for him to follow up on the inside line, so he shouted to change his defense, and asked Shakura, who is 185cm tall, to follow Fang Muji and defend Hinata.
Hinata forced a shot under Yasuda's defense, and the basketball smashed on the hoop and fell.
Vulcan and Sakuragi were the first to rise from the ground, each with their right hands on the side of the basketball, not giving in to each other, and then neither of them held the ball steady, and landed on the ground with both hands.
After Sakuragi fell, he suddenly jumped again, and he came back to fight with Muji again. But what he suffered in the end was that he made a second effort, and was grabbed by Muji's big hand and thrown back into Hinata's hands.
Hinata raised her hand and took another shooting pose, and Yasuda jumped again to stop in front of him. This time, Hinata didn't make a reluctant shot, but turned his wrist and sent the ball to Susa's side.
Susa made a sharp stop, allowing Rukawa to rush a little over the head, and then made a jump shot without adjustment. The basketball slammed into the rim of the hoop and scored a score.
Seirin struggled to win the first attack of the second half.
Xiangbei sent the ball out, Yasuda's responsibility as a point guard is only responsible for taking the ball through the half court, and he doesn't need to take care of the remaining key passes. After the ball was handed to Sakuragi, he was tasked with being a three-point shooter alongside Sakura.
Sei-rin doesn't know Yasuda's characteristics here, Muji is still defending Sakuragi, in fact, it is closer to the inside line, and there is more room for him to play, he and Vulcan sandwiched Sakuragi one after the other.
Everyone in Xiangbei was full of confidence in Sakuragi, and they each opened their positions, waiting for Sakuragi to pass the ball out, without worrying that he would be cut off.
Sakuragi slapped the ball vigorously, speeding up the dribble speed to make it inconvenient for the opponent to reach out, and at the same time the body fell together, swaying from side to side, and the center of gravity continued to move, looking for an opportunity to break through.
The positive Vulcan did not seek merit but no fault, adjusted his pace, and was not in a hurry to copy the ball, so he threw this task to Mu Ji.
Kiyoshi looked at Sakuragi's right hand, bent down sharply, and waved his arm to break the ball.
At the moment when Muji shot, Sakuragi seemed to have eyes behind his back, flicked his wrist, tilted the ball at an angle, and then got the ball with his left hand.
Seeing Sakuragi's movement, Vulcan launched and snatched the ball in Sakuragi's left hand.
However, Sakuragi's series of movements were all designed, and after receiving the ball with his left hand, he did not control the ball, but directly slapped the ball out again. Instead of slapping back to the right hand control, I wanted to shoot behind me.
"The ball is broken!" Susa saw that the ball was out of Sakuragi's gaze, and reminded Kiyoshi.
Mu Ji glanced at it, felt that the ball speed and line were wrong, and turned around, only to realize that it was definitely not a pass.
At the same time, Vulcan reminded: "He's passing!" ”
Hinata reacted in time and became entangled with the sand warehouse who received the ball, not giving him a chance to shoot.
Shacang smiled, and the basketball was passed horizontally to Yasuda, who was unguarded.
Yasuda was well prepared this time, aiming slightly and shooting three points with force.
50-55。
Xiangbei expands its advantages.