As if he was blinded by Rukawa, Cheng Cheng's point guard Enyama's next lateral pass was a little careless.

Rukawa rushed forward with an arrow, intercepted the ball, and went straight to Chengcheng's basket.

The incident happened suddenly, and Sakuma, who was in charge of keeping up with Rukawa, didn't have time to react at all, and subconsciously ran two steps with him, knowing that he couldn't catch up, and stopped in the middle circle.

Sato saw that the morale of the whole team was a little sluggish, so he greeted Suzuki, and then called a timeout. In this game, he was ready to play casually, and it was acceptable to lose, but when his confidence was gone, he couldn't tolerate it.

The Chengcheng players were greeted by a stormy reprimand.

When Suzuki himself adjusts the mentality of his players, he often focuses on gentle words and reassurance, and he didn't expect Sato, who has always spoken very kindly, to have a completely opposite style at this moment. However, Suzuki is not used to it because of this, he can see that Chengcheng is a good team, Sato is also a high-level coach, his coaching style may not be suitable for Xiangbei, and his own may not be suitable for Chengcheng.

At the end of the pause, Cheng Cheng sat back and smiled at Suzuki, "See you." ”

Suzuki saw that the mental outlook of the Chengcheng players had changed greatly, and shook his head and said, "Nothing funny. There is not so much hesitation in the game, and a method, as long as it is direct and effective, is good. ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, and continued to watch the game.

After talking to Sato, Josei ran a lot more actively, and although it was still difficult to restrain Rukawa, it caused a lot of trouble to others, which made Rukawa less likely to take the ball and make it difficult to score.

Seeing that the score was about to be tied, Suzuki signaled to Mizuno that he could play, and after a dead ball, Mizuno replaced Mito who made mistakes such as consecutive mistakes such as incomplete passes and no one could pass.

Suzuki told Mizuno, "You can play more yourself", then praised Mito, praised him for doing a good job today, and finally asked him to learn from his predecessor Mizuno how to play when facing pressure.

After Mizuno came on the field, Xiangbei's temporary panic immediately stabilized.

In the face of Cheng Cheng's crazy pressing on the outside, Mizuno used his excellent ball control skills to firmly control the basketball, and found a gap in the opponent's bag to pass the ball to his teammates who were released.

After the point guard's brain returned to normal, Rukawa and Wu Dai immediately played a role, one staged an empty transfer layup and cheated a foul, and the other came to record a long-distance three-pointer, and the two worked together to pull the score apart.

This time, Cheng Cheng's players did not waver again, but played firmly.

Halfway through the second half, Suzuki replaced Maori, who had declined in physical fitness, and let Akagi partner Hotta, so that his side regained the advantage on the inside, and then asked Sato, who had no movement: "Sato-kun, it's this time, why haven't you Chengcheng's players made a single substitution until now?" ”

Sato glanced at Suzuki in surprise, then glanced at the bench in Xiangbei, and explained a little suddenly: "Suzuki-kun, our Chengcheng is also a strong team in Tokyo, and it is also one of the top ten schools locally, but it is those teams that are known as kings, generally five main players can play, and at most one or two internal and external substitutes can be rotated." There are too many good schools in Tokyo, and there are not enough good players, and they are often poached by you Kanagawa, so most schools have a lineup to win the world. A team that can have an excellent sixth man can be regarded as a strong configuration! ”

Suzuki was a little unconvinced, and pointed to a few positive candidates wearing jerseys on the bench and smiled: "Sato-kun, don't say that Chengcheng is not a strong man in Tokyo, let me see which one looks like the kind of sixth person who can change the situation." ”

Sato also smiled: "Suzuki-kun, do you want to see my back hand so much?" It's a pity that he asked for leave today and didn't come. ”

Suzuki said, "Huh? That's right! What a pity! ”

Sato continued: "Besides, don't think I don't know that you also have an ace hidden on your side. The red-haired one is last year's Kanagawa junior high school MVP Hanamichi Sakuragi. If he had been on the pitch just now, our siege might not have worked. ”

Suzuki smiled, no longer talking about keeping his hand, and asked instead: "However, with the way you run on the field now, if you don't change people, will you be able to hold on to the end?" ”

Sato smiled smugly and replied, "Of course you can!" We trained very hard, so it was no problem to run even if we played another overtime. ”

Suzuki saw that Sato's confidence was not like nonsense, so he said, "Then I'll wait and see." ”

Sato didn't say anything big, and among Cheng Cheng's five starters, even the first-year freshman center Narumi persevered until the last moment of the game in this high-intensity style of play of the team. Although in the end, the speed decreased significantly, and it appeared in several people, but none of these five people were too tired to fight, and none of them had technical deformation due to fatigue and increased mistakes.

When Suzuki said goodbye, he sincerely said to Sato: "Good physical strength and being able to run, this is also an advantage. Today, we in Xiangbei can be regarded as having learned the lesson. I hope to see you in Hiroshima in the summer. Your mysterious sixth man is going to make an appearance! ”

Sato raised his hand and said goodbye: "Chengjun Yoshiyan, see you in Hiroshima!" Turning around, he yelled at Cheng Cheng's team members: "Stinky boys, now you know what a strong team is!" I know that the boss of Xiude thinks that Zhengbang and Quanzhenguan are just making do, and all he thinks about all day long is to overturn them all the way and go to the national competition by himself. With your current strength, even if you qualify, you won't be able to go far! This Xiangbei team just now is only the top four in Kanagawa Prefecture, and it is not the king of Xiangyang! Understand the gap! Now get back to training! ”

Suzuki and the others hadn't gone far, but when they heard this, they just smiled.

In addition to Sakuragi, Akagi took the whole team on the field and went through the tricks with Cheng Cheng, and although he won the game, he also admitted that this team was not easy to mess with.

What Suzuki said to Sato before was completely motivated.

Because at the end of the game, Xiangbei, which has been doing rotation, has problems with the physical strength of some players and is forced to make another substitution.

Hotta, Takeyo and Rukawa were all led by the high-intensity pace of the game, and they did not control their physical distribution, and there were several undeserved active mistakes one after another, resulting in the loss of points. This also forced Suzuki to send Takashuri, Yasuda and Ki Twilight one by one to carry them.

In front of the opponent who played most of the game and suffered serious physical loss, Takasu and Mu Twilight only played a performance comparable to their opponents, while Yasuda was forced by Captain Cheng Cheng to eat a block and not score a single point of embarrassment.

Fortunately, Rukawa had stretched the score to 10 points before he left the game, and Akagi was still unstoppable on the inside, scoring and rebounding everything, and Xiangbei finally maintained the lead and finally won 81-86.

The trip to Tokyo in northern Hunan has made a good start.