Chapter 22: The First Battle (2)

Before the substitution, the score of the two teams was 20-21, but by the end of the first half, the score was 32-30, and Xiangbei was 2 points ahead.

During this time, Xiangbei played 6 attacks, while Seirin only played 4 times, and Takasu's restriction of Hinata on the defensive end became the key to the turning point of the game.

Takasu is 178cm tall and has a relatively strong body, which was originally cultivated as an inside seedling, and during this time he was mainly engaged in defensive training.

Suzuki sent him to keep an eye on Hinata, with the intention of examining his recent training results.

He also deliberately told Takasu that as long as he defended Hinata's shooting and stared at the ball, if Hinata passed the ball, he would reach out and interfere, and he would hand it over to the back of the sand warehouse to fill the position.

Takasu was still a little restrained when he first came on the field, but after successfully interfering with Hinata twice, he gradually gained confidence and stared at Hinata in misery.

Hinata intended to get rid of Takasu's marking by running, but Takasu had just come on the field and didn't need to save his physical strength at all, so he had to give up the sprint run and try to use the cover of Izuki and Koganei to make a move.

However, it was not easy to get rid of Takakasu, Hinata didn't expect that Shakura's defensive task was actually on him, and he didn't notice it for a while, and actually covered Shakura once, although Shakura's quick fall after breaking the ball was destroyed by Kiyoshi and Izuki together, but Captain Sei-rin was in trouble on the field, which was something that everyone could see.

Hinata was in a quagmire, and Kiyoshi took on more of the responsibility of attacking.

Muji, who has excellent interior skills and is also good at sharing and assisting, is an opponent that is difficult for him to defend alone.

However, even though the captain of Xiangbei is not as good as others, he did not perfunctory when defending, but seriously entangled with Mu Ji again and again until the last moment.

Such a tenacious defense actually consumed a lot of Kiyoshi's physical strength, and he began to consciously conserve his physical strength, using his passes to give Mito and Koganei two more chances to shoot.

It's just that Maki doesn't give Kiyoshi a chance to breathe, he pulls out the mid-range shooting style when attacking, and strongly asks Kiyoshi to take steps to follow the defense, otherwise, the Makoto big forward Mitobe, who has a height gap of more than 10 cm with him, has no ability to resist Maki's score at all.

After Kuroda and Yanagisawa went off the court, similar to Seirin, Xiangbei's offense also relied on the center to finish, and Kiyoshi could only switch places with Mito when defending, but in this way, their control of the rebound was even more unbearable, and the 183cm, 75kg Mito was squeezed by the 186cm, 80kg Ishii Nu so that he couldn't even stand on his feet, let alone the protection of his own basket.

Even Shakura took advantage of the fact that there was no one under Makorin's basket, rushed to the basket and connected two cities, forming a second wave of attacks when Maki was blocked by Muji.

When he sat off the court, Shakura had already seen clearly that although Shinji Koganei, who played small forward in the Seirin formation, had excellent physical fitness, sharp reflexes and quick movements, he lacked basketball experience after all and was prone to shaking. Now that Yanagisawa has found a way to deal with him, then Shakura himself only needs to draw the gourd in the same way.

At the end of the first half, when they returned to the rest area from the field, the mental outlook of the players of the two teams was completely different, especially the core of the two teams, Maki and Muji.

The same sweaty, panting like a cow, with a smile on Maki's face, in the confrontation with a strong enemy, he fell behind, but Xiangbei was ahead, this situation reminded him of the feeling he felt in the first year in Xiangbei.

At that time, it was the same way, Xiangbei was often suppressed in the center position, but under the command of Suzuki, all the people twisted into a rope, and used collective strength to meet the strong enemy, everyone played their role, and then used a strong point to break the stalemate and drive the situation, and finally won the victory.

It's a familiar feeling, it's so good!

When Suzuki told Maki that he had a break for the second half, Maki readily agreed, knowing that he now had a reliable group of teammates again.

Muji frowned when he left the game, and the feeling of being alone reminded him of the second half of yesterday's loss to Buri.

Although Buri's inner line is not as good as Xiangbei's, and it involves a lot of his energy at both offensive and defensive ends, their outside line is stronger than the Xiangbei team in front of him. In that match, Bururi's scoring guard Moriyama gave up his scoring ability and bent on pestering Hinata, sealing Seirin's outside scores, and then using his advantage in other positions to seal the victory.

This tactic is no different from what Xiangbei is doing today, but Xiangbei has achieved this effect through personnel deployment, while Buri has changed the task of the players to achieve it, compared to Xiangbei's approach, it is still Xiangbei's approach that is more threatening, because they still have enough manpower to replace on the bench.

Mu Ji looked at Akagi and Mizuno who were doing warm-up activities in the field, and his mood couldn't be cheerful.

Reiko Aida looked at the starting five with only gasps left with a solemn face, anxious in her heart, but there was nothing she could do.

She admitted that she underestimated Xiangbei and Suzuki.

Is this the strength of a coach who has led a team to a national competition? A simple adjustment drove us to a dead end. The two new players (referring to Shakura and Takasu), who are obviously inferior to the two who were replaced by the starters in all aspects, have reversed the unfavorable situation in one fell swoop, and this command ability is really terrifying and terrifying!

Woo~~ There are too few personnel, and it is really a big weakness, which is generally not visible, but in front of this kind of team with rich tactical changes, it is immediately magnified. Unexpectedly, when Muji and Hyuga teamed up, we fell behind in the first half, and in the second half, after the physical strength decreased, it would be even more troublesome!

Yes! Not good, they're still rotating! That center doesn't seem to be much worse than Muji in terms of physical fitness!

Damn it! Is this one going to end in failure again? Xiangbei and Buri, why are these two little-known teams stronger than Lingnan and Xiangyang, which often appear in the country?

Or is it that Lingnan didn't do their best at all in the warm-up match against us?

Aita's face was cloudy and uncertain in deep thought, and it wasn't until Mu Ji stretched out his finger and poked her face twice that he came back to his senses, glared at Mu Ji with a natural look and shouted, "What were you doing just now?" ”

Mu Ji didn't have the consciousness to anger his girlfriend, and said innocently: "I think something seems wrong with you, so try to see if you're still abnormal." ”

Bang! Aida punched Muji's head and shouted angrily, "Something is wrong with you, it's not normal!" You don't have to play in the second half! Tsuchida, you go and warm up! ”

"Huh? It doesn't need to be like this! We're going to lose. Muji was still dumbfounded.

Aida glared at Tsuchida, who had not yet moved, with anger in his eyes, and said coldly: "I am the coach, whoever goes up and who goes down, listen to my arrangement!" ”