Chapter 143: Fighting the Mountain King (11)

Masamune Kusakabe was very prominent in the next matches. Even under the tight defense of Taihe, he still organized the attack of the Mountain King with great success.

The four new players, Utsumi, Ono, Ito, and Sato, each benefited from his play and scored.

However, Xueshui tried his best to fight to the 3-point lead that he was injured and grabbed, but it was gradually eroded in the back and forth with Xiangbei, and then was wiped clean in the first 3 minutes of the final game.

Sanno went up and down four times, and at the same time as a large area of adjustment, Suzuki also replaced the almost exhausted Maki and Endo and replaced them with Aoki and Mizuhashi, and it was Mizuhashi's three-point shot that became a sharp weapon for Xiangbei to chase points.

In all fairness, among the substitutes of the Mountain King, the strength of center Utsumi and quarterback Ono is not much worse than the other two in the starting Big Three.

No. 6 Utsumi Chishu is a giant center with a height of about 195cm, and his interior skills are very skilled, and Miyahe, who has almost played most of the game, actually can't bear him, and he squeezed out of the inside position twice in a row, using his back skills to score.

Fortunately, Utsumi has the same problem as most high school forwards, moving slowly, and is prone to fouls in the face of fast and agile small players.

After being counterattacked by Aoki and Yoshino, Utsumi was much more cautious in attacking, and he didn't dare to rely on his body to crush Miyagawa wantonly.

No. 9 Shuiji Ono is a fixed-point shooter who has been very consistent in his mid-range shots, and has made four consecutive shots without missing a shot. However, his outstanding scoring ability is matched by his weak defensive ability.

Mizuhashi and Ono were in the opposite position, and both of them seemed to see another self, and under the mutual explosion, it was Mizuhashi who used a three-point shot to gain a slight upper hand.

And the two forwards, Ito and Sato, are also role players with no bad points compared to Kubota and Abe. Compared to the two starters, they both have good scoring ability, however, Suzuki also sees the reason why they are not reused, neither of them is fast and not strong.

The four substitutes plus the captain of the captain Masamune Hisakabe this lineup, because everyone is a scoring point, the offensive efficiency is far beyond the main lineup, but at the same time, their defense has also been broken by Xiangbei, and it is no longer the impression of being impregnable.

In less than 10 minutes, the score of the two teams had come to a 77-77 draw, and the wonderful attack made the audience addicted.

In the singles, Masamu Okawa began to exert his strength, and during this time, he not only took three shots, scored 7 points, but also scored 3 assists.

Under the tandem of Taiga, Miyagawa and Yoshino on the inside line were also active on the offensive end, and the non-stop passing of the outside-inside-outside completely tore apart the Sanno's defense and won a lot of opportunities for Mizuhashi.

And Shuiqiao showed his consistent level, scoring 11 points in a row, making the first contribution to Xiangbei catching up with the score.

Coach Katagiri, who saw that his defense had almost become a sieve, was very dissatisfied, and called another timeout, replacing Ono, who had no contribution in defense, and sending Norimune Hisakabe, who had been resting for a while, on the field again.

Suzuki didn't send Maki because the rebound fell to the downside, but instead let the tired Miyagawa go off the court, let Yoshino play center, Aoki play power forward, and leave the small forward position to another firepower point in the team, Imai, and use a small lineup to play the last 3 minutes of the game.

As soon as Norizong came on the field, he created a good opportunity for his brother to make a safe shot without being guarded and pull the score away again.

Imai immediately returned to the color, ran to the bottom corner and waited for Taiga's pass, and hit the key point of the mountain king with a three-point shot.

Norimune of the lower part of the sun broke through the water bridge with the ball, led Aoki out to help defend, and then sent the ball to Utsukai, who was only guarded by Yoshino, who scored a basket, and Yoshino was completely unable to defend.

Mizuhashi tried to open the score with three points, but he didn't prevent Norimune from coming too quickly, and his shot was affected and he didn't shoot.

Utsumi pressed Yoshino to get the rebound and handed it to Ito, who dribbled across the half court and was caught up by Aoki, so he passed the ball to Masamune Kusakabe.

Masamune and his younger brother made a cooperation, shook off Dahe half a step, and rushed to the basket of Xiangbei, Dahe chased after him, but Masamune passed the ball back to his younger brother.

Norimune Kusakabe showed the strength of a star guard, and under the defense of Mizuhashi and Imai, he still made a successful shot.

The two brothers cooperate tacitly on the offensive end and echo each other on the defensive end, but the guard line in Xiangbei is currently waiting for three people, they blocked the big river and the water bridge, but they leaked Imai again, and Imai scored 2 points in the vacant mid-range shot.

Sanno hit a fast break, and Sato got a shot, but under Imai's defense, his shot hit the iron.

However, Utsumi's huge body was a source of confidence for him to throw waves, and the ball that Sato failed to shoot was added to the basket by Utsumi.

Coach Katagiri's abacus fell short, and Xiangbei's offense was sharper because of another three-point shooter.

However, at this cost, Xiangbei's rebounds fell into the hands of the Mountain King, and no matter how good Yoshino and Aoki's bounce was, it was difficult to compete with the Inland Sea, which had a huge height gap.

Fortunately, Okawa received Imai's pass and threw a three-pointer in time to tie the score at 85 again.

Suzuki, who was aware of his tactical flaws, immediately called a timeout, and then Xiangbei's personnel were not adjusted, but Dahe's position moved forward to the small forward position, and while further using the lineup of two three-point shooters, he also used Dahe's height, experience and explosiveness to let him rush inside to grab rebounds.

The clock ticked by, and the scores of both teams alternated to increase.

With the help of his brothers, Masamune Kusakabe played more flexibly and changeably, and in addition to assisting, he also made frequent shots and scored two three-pointers.

However, defensively, the two of them could not completely defend Mizuhashi and Imai. Both of them came off the bench in the second half, and they had plenty of physical strength, often pulling the bottom corner to shoot three-pointers, which made the two brothers tired and exhausted the little physical energy they had left.

In the final period, the three-point rain of the two teams directly raised the score to more than 90 points. Thinking about the score at the end of the first half, the scores of the two teams in this second half can be described as earth-shattering, and it is not the same.

However, until the end of the game, the two teams still failed to distinguish a winner.

In the last 20 seconds, after Imai scored a three-pointer, the ball was exchanged between the two teams, but neither team was able to score again.

The three points of Masamune and Mizuhashi in the lower part of the day failed to make a final decision. Utsumi was carried by Yoshino and only got his own defensive rebounds, leaving the offensive rebounds to Aoki.

Ohga cut off the pass of Norimune Hisakabe, and in the last 5 seconds, he won a chance for the team to kill, but today he felt good, and Imai in 3 of 4 shots missed the most crucial shot.

Both teams ended the second half 93-93.

Then, after a short break, the game was about to enter overtime that no one expected.