Chapter 52: The Opponent Who Must Be Trodden: Lingnan (11)
Seeing that the advantage was shrinking and about to be overtaken, Suzuki instead sat back on his own actions, looked at the players who were looking at the field, made a "continue" gesture, and then clasped his hands to his chest and did not give any other instructions.
Seeing that Suzuki was not flustered, the hearts of the players on the field calmed down a little and patiently organized a counterattack.
After receiving the ball with his back, Maki turned around again and made a jump shot.
Wakamatsu shouted, "Watch me cover you again!" "Jump up and block.
But this time, Maki didn't shoot, but threw the ball backhand into Kuroda's hand, who ran to the right three-point line at some point.
Matsumoto found Kuroda with the ball and immediately pounced, and he had a height advantage and jumped with all his strength to block Kuroda's shooting lane.
At the same time, Tsukahara shrewdly took a position and stopped in front of Mizuno. If Kuroda hadn't noticed the change in his position with Mizuno and passed the ball to Mizuno according to his previous impression, he would have immediately made a mistake.
Lingnan laid a net and forced Xiangbei to send the ball to Kuroda, who had relatively poor ball holding ability, intending to take advantage of the victory and chase the game in an instant.
However, the script was written and the actors were in place, but the plot went astray.
Kuroda pretended to break through with the ball, and after dribbling the ball, he kicked his right foot violently and stepped back to jump outside the three-point line, which was the real shot.
Matsumoto miscalculated the distance, not only did he not stop Kuroda's shot, but after the ball flew out, he couldn't contain the momentum and pounced on Kuroda's body, overpowering Kuroda!
Matsumoto didn't have time to get up, so he first looked back at the result of Kuroda's shot, just in despair to see the moment when the ball passed through the net.
They carefully set the trap and waited for the time to launch it, but because the target showed unexpected abilities, they could not steal the chicken.
The three-pointer, plus a free throw, reextended the gap between the two teams to five points.
Wakamatsu's previous block was in vain.
Kuroda's ball hit Lingnan hugely, and when he took the ball back to defense, the whole team in Xiangbei put on a posture, and Lingnan's offense had just passed the half.
Tsukahara gave the ball to Hokosa, who didn't let the players pull away and singled the sand canto, but quickly passed the ball to Wakamatsu.
Wakamatsu and Maki stuck together, but they didn't get a chance to turn around, and when they saw that Tsukahara was in an unfavorable position to receive the ball, they returned the ball to Matsumoto.
Matsumoto had made a mistake before, and at this time, he was eager to make up for the damage he had caused the team, and after a brief shake, he raised his hand and threw the basketball out.
Kuroda's height is a little different from Matsumoto's, but he has not put down his hand, always blocking Matsumoto's vision, and has never given up interfering with him.
This ball Matsumoto was ruthless, slammed it on the rebound and bounced away, and was picked up by Maki, who turned around and immediately sent the ball to the opponent's half.
Anyway, the ball is not passed well, Endo, the fastest in Xiangbei, has already gotten off the field, although the new Kuroda has physical strength, but the speed is just average, first Matsumoto turned around in half a step, and when he controlled the ball in the half of the court, he had come to the bottom line of Lingnan, and he did not get rid of Matsumoto!
Kuroda is a guy with a lively brain, and when he runs out of breath, he can still realize that he can't shoot himself in this situation, otherwise he will be blocked, so he slapped his backhand, and the people rushed forward with Matsumoto, directly out of the bottom line, but the ball remained behind.
Mizuno rushed over alone, got the ball, and comfortably made a layup, adding another 2 points to his stats.
After succeeding, Mizuno looked behind him, and he wondered why Tsukahara didn't follow. Since he was injured, Mizuno has been a little slower than before in terms of speed, only at an ordinary level, and most of his usual passes rely on feints and changes in rhythm, so it stands to reason that he can't get rid of Tsukahara.
Tsukahara gasped and got up from the ground. When Maki passed the ball just now, he had already turned around with Mizuno. However, after turning around, the second step of his kick on the ground softened and did not step on the ground, causing him to lose his center of gravity and fall to the ground.
After Kakumatsu, Lingnan's other starting point guard also had physical problems under the wheel battle in Xiangbei.
The margin continued to widen to 7 points.
Are you going to lose?
Tsukahara, Matsumoto, Uozumi and others all showed confusion on their faces.
Not only a few of them, but also the cheers of the substitute players in Lingnan on the sidelines gradually lowered down and became weak.
Coach Taoka sensed that the atmosphere was not right, and immediately called a timeout, bringing the players together to cheer them on.
At the end of the timeout, Ling Nan returned to the field, and the personnel changed again.
Tsukahara, who was physically exhausted, was substituted, and it was Katsumi Kusano, a second-year student, who came up.
Now only captain Kosuke Wakamatsu is left on the field, and he has played from the beginning to the present.
When Ooka looked at Xiangbei's lineup, he suddenly found that Xiangbei's captain Maki didn't come up, and Xiangbei's big forward was replaced by Ishii Nu.
At the same time, Shakura, who performed well in the second half, was also replaced to rest, and the deputy Yanagisawa of the Xiangbei team returned to the battle.
Ishii's height is 10 centimeters behind Wakamatsu, and Lingnan naturally won't let go of this advantage, and the first inward pass after Kusano came on the field was passed to the captain Wakamatsu.
Wakamatsu catches the ball, motions to Uozi to lead Akagi away, and arches inward with a slap on the ball, hitting Ishii with his back.
However, what Wakamatsu didn't expect was that although Ishii was not tall, his strength was not small, and he exerted force twice in a row, but Ishii did not move at all, steady as a rock.
Wakamatsu would not have known that Suzuki had already had the idea of letting Ishii play center, and freeing Maki to play his mid-range advantage.
It's just that now Akagi, who is more suitable for the center forward position, has joined and made some minor changes.
Mizuno saw that the ball was left in Wakamatsu's hand, and Wakamatsu turned his attention to Ishii, quietly approached, and suddenly rushed forward to steal the ball.
Wakamatsu has a lot of experience, and when he couldn't get close to the basket twice, he knew that he should change his style of play, and he was already paying attention to the movement of his teammates and opponents around him. He didn't give Mizuno a chance to steal, and distributed the ball to Hoko, who was close to support, in time, and then turned his body around.
Once again, the two third-year players from Lingnan made a delicate cooperation, Baoke received the ball and gently threw it forward, Wakamatsu jumped up to catch the ball, and then threw the ball into the basket.
There was no way for this ball Ishii to jump high, and Wakamatsu jumped completely beyond his defensive range.
The audience on the sidelines applauded the coordination between Captain Lingnan and the ace.
The Lingnan substitute players, who were a little depressed before, saw hope again and continued to cheer for their teammates on the field.
Only Coach Taoka still had a solemn face, and there was no hint of joy at all.
He understands that this kind of natural cooperation is not a regular means of scoring.
Moreover, Wakamatsu's physical strength is not enough for him to hit the inside line like this again and again.