Chapter 54: The Final Battle of the Round-robin Tournament, Lingnan (1)
The second and third rounds of the summer tournament in the county round-robin finals have always been arranged as back-to-back two-day competitions. In the past, some schools were dissatisfied with this, expressed some opinions, and asked for changes, but with the glory of the overall record of the Kanagawa team, the matter was like a drizzle of rain into the water, and there was no silence.
Whether it is IH or WC, the national stage of the competition is one race a day until the final champion is decided.
The teams that can stand to the end all have a starting lineup with no shortcomings, at least three national first-class or even top-level ace players, and have several rotational substitutes above the level.
If the above three conditions are missing, they can be made up for from other aspects, and if they are missing, it will be just a dark horse at most.
The schedule for the finals in Kanagawa Prefecture is to screen out the teams that are qualified to win the championship through a cruel schedule in advance, and Hainan is directly planted on the first condition this year.
Even if the rabbit died and the fox was sad, the two teams of Lingnan and Xiangbei, who sent Hainan away in advance, did not have time to express their feelings. After returning to Kamakura and Fujisawa, both Taoka and Suzuki gave up afternoon and evening training to give the players a day off.
Xiangbei assembled again at 8:30 a.m. on the 24th. It could have been a little later, but Suzuki had his own plans, and he had to take the time to adjust his tactics.
Initially, Suzuki prepared a starting lineup of Akagi, Mori, Shakura, Sakuragi and Twilight. used relatively strong defensive ability Shacang and Mu Du to block the opponent's two scoring points, Xiandao and Kemei, and forced Lingnan to burn the war to the inside line and crash into the copper wall of northern Xiangbei.
However, with these two fights yesterday, Suzuki changed his plans. There are two reasons for this:
First, Maori's defense is not as good as imagined, and he may not be able to defend against Fukuda, who mainly hits the basket with air cuts.
Second, although Hainan's Muto Masashi defended Xiandao and pressed his score to the lowest point, he was a little powerless about Xiandao's talent in ball assists.
Shakura is the best full-time defender in the prefecture, and that's true, but when it comes to one-on-one defense, he doesn't surpass Muto. What makes Sakura stronger than Muto is that in addition to defense, he also has some stable scoring abilities such as breakthrough layups and bottom corner three-pointers. Not only can he contain the opponent's ace, but he can also contain the opponent's ace when he attacks, doubling the physical strength of the opponent's ace.
Suzuki has seen Muto's performance and is not optimistic about Shakura's defensive role. Therefore, based on the above two points, he adjusted the starting lineup and took Shacang from the starting lineup.
Xiangbei's game is not better than defense, it should be an offense.
The center is still Akagi. The three major centers in the county are not vain people, and the only one who can deal with the captain of Lingnan in the Xiangbei formation is the captain of Xiangbei himself. Other Maori, Hotta, and even the all-powerful Sakuragi are still a little worse.
The power forward position Suzuki also did not adjust. It is difficult for Maori to prevent Fukuda, but it is more difficult for Fukuda to prevent Maoli. Fukuda's offense ranks among the top three among several big forwards in the county, but his defense is completely inadequate, and even the third big forward Gao Su in Xiangbei is not as good.
The position of small forward, based on the offensive tone, still came to Rukawa.
The problems revealed by Liuchuan are actually common to the immortals. Last year's Immortal Dao and this year's Rukawa are exactly the same kind of people, and they can both be called "offensive ghosts". Even after a year, with all-round improvement, the characteristics of the Immortal Dao's heavy attack and light defense are still there. Liuchuan can't prevent him, and he may not be able to prevent Liuchuan.
Because Sakuragi, who is more capable in the team, the current Rukawa Kaede is not the trump card of Xiangbei, there is no ace treatment, and there is no problem of developing singles to the end. In order to prevent Rukawa's talent from being suppressed, Suzuki had three chapters of the covenant with him. Rukawa is allowed to be willful three times per game. If you play a game, you can add one more time, but if you can't play it by one, you can not reduce it once, and the upper limit of the number of unreasonable play failures will not increase because of success.
The sand warehouse was taken, and so was Mu Dui, who was on the same mission as him.
The person who appeared in the shooting guard position was Hanamichi Sakuragi.
Sakuragi Fang, who is 1.95 meters tall, is 1.84 meters tall, and the difference in height is his innate advantage. However, in the face of Miyagi Ryota, who is only 1.68 meters tall, Sakuragi's height advantage cannot be brought into play.
Miyagi is characterized by fast speed, strong explosiveness, strong breakthrough ability, good at stealing and breaking the ball, very average mid-range shots, and no ability to carry baskets.
Regarding the advantages and disadvantages of Miyagi, Sakuragi, who has partnered with him for two years, naturally knows it. It's just that familiarity is a two-way street, and with Sakuragi's ability, you can do it without making mistakes, but you can never prevent Miyagi from becoming invisible.
Being small has the benefit of being small. Although there are great limitations in scoring, Miyagi is the top in the prefecture when it comes to breaking through dribbling. Combined with his super explosive power and super fast cadence, even Sakuragi will eat and shake. The basket is fixed, but the person is moving. Letting Sakuragi face Miyagi will have a relatively limited effect on the destruction of the organization of Lingnan's attack.
Therefore, Suzuki arranged for Mizuno to go to Miyagi. Mizuno's height is just right to defend Miyagi, and he is stronger than Miyagi in all aspects of technology and experience, and he can take advantage of Miyagi's height disadvantage, and he can also finish the attack on his own when he has no way out.
The advantage of many generals in Xiangbei cannot be exerted in front of the king Xiangyang, but in front of Lingnan, it is a huge advantage. Through the deployment of personnel, Suzuki can arrange more than one set of tactics for the weaker points in the opponent's lineup.
Hainan's downfall this year is not a problem of overall strength, but when it competes with the other three teams, it will expose the shortcomings of the lineup.
And Lingnan, who played inextricably with Hainan and only won 2 points in the end, their defect lies in the weakness of the substitute lineup.
Coach Taoka has always been able to piece together a fairly competitive starting lineup by soliciting from all over the world, and because Kanagawa has 2.5 places to qualify for the summer, Lingnan is also like Xiangbei, and can appear in the national competition from time to time, and make some records and reputations.
But Lingnan is not Xiangyang after all, their foundation is thin, and there are certain restrictions on the attraction of excellent players. When the main position cannot be satisfied, good seedlings with potential may not be willing to come to Lingnan.
Lingnan's role players are basically cultivated from the nearby enrollment of students, and there are not many potential, so the natural substitutes are weaker.
Of course, this weakness is also relative.
In the eyes of Takao and Suzuki, Ikegami, Yonekawa, Yamamoto, Cross-country, and Uekusa, who are the shortcomings that can open up the situation, are all backbone forces that can be relied on in the top eight teams and top 16 teams in the next grade.
It's just that when playing the county round-robin match, an important battle whose intensity is comparable to the national top eight and top sixteen knockout roundouts, these people in Chishang seem to be a little difficult to take on the big responsibility.