An uphill battle.

Although Xiangbei held the lead for most of the time, and even before the last 1 second, Fujima's three-pointer still earned Xiangyang a valuable victory.

It is said that this victory is precious, not because after this battle, Xiangyang has basically locked the top position in Kanagawa, but because they have continued their undefeated record in the prefecture in recent years and maintained the glory of their king.

Although there is a lot of luck in Fuji Zhen's victory, it should also be seen that because Coach Anzai was not present, Captain Xiangyang only played a quarter of the time in this game. If he had played for a little longer, Xiangyang might not have won so hard, or rather, it would have been a fluke.

In this game, Xiangyang and Xiangbei teams played an amazing score of 125-124, which some teams may not be able to make up for two games. However, in the post-match statistics, it can be seen that these scores are basically concentrated in a few people.

On the side of Xiangbei, the captain of the team, Akagi only scored 12 points, which is really surprising. This score is not even as good as that of another main insider, Mori Shouzaburo.

As Kanagawa's No. 1 center, Akagi's strength is obvious to all, and just playing this statistic shows the limitations he is limited in this field.

Akagi's performance in this game, although it is difficult to see intuitively from the post-match statistics, but his presence has created space for his own forward line to play freely.

Power forward Maori scored 19 points and shot 75 percent from the field overall.

Small forward Rukawa scored 32 points, but he was not the team's top scorer.

The scoring champion of Xiangbei is another of the Xiangbei twin stars, point guard Sakuragi Hanamichi. Only from the data of 36 points and 15 assists, it can be seen that Sakuragi is worthy of the title of Xiangbei ace.

In this game, he took on several responsibilities as the offensive core, the organization core, and the outside defender, which was the reason why Xiangbei still had a slight upper hand in the whole game in the face of the king Xiangyang.

Sakuragi's efficiency in the game was staggering. He scored 15 goals from 18 attempts, and two of the three missed were three-pointers.

If you insist on picking a thorn in Sakuragi, then I have to say that he failed to limit Xiangyang's ace on the defensive end, Mitsui Shou.

Mitsui's score was also just 36 points, tied with Sakuragi for the first place in the game. Unlike Sakuragi, Mitsui's scoring comes mainly from three-point shots. Mitsui was a little more efficient than Sakuragi in this game, reaching 13 of 16 shots. It was his five consecutive three-pointers in the second half of the second half that pulled Xiangyang back from the edge of the cliff step by step. Of these five three-pointers, four were directly assisted by Fujima.

The tacit understanding and role of the Xiangyang twin stars are a grade higher than the immature Sakuragi and Rukawa combinations.

Xiangyang captain Fuji Zhen only played 10 minutes and handed over 15 points and 8 assists. Both of these statistics are second only to Mitsui, who played the whole game and won the MVP of the game.

Seeing this data after the game, even if Liuchuan was not convinced by this defeat, he had to admit that Xiangyang is currently worse than Xiangyang on the whole.

If Mr. Anzai is commanding from the sidelines, the probability of Xiangbei winning will continue to decrease a lot.

The other of the three center forwards in the prefecture, Toru Hanagata, was a difficult brother compared to Akagi's performance in this game. Equal blocks, 1 point less points than Akagi, 1 more rebounds, 2 more assists, 3 more fouls, and 1 more turnover. All kinds of data show that the two are basically evenly matched, unable to become the offensive core of the team as before, but focusing on strategy and cover.

The two forwards, Takano and Nagano, both scored 14 points, and with the addition of Hanagata, Fujima and Mitsui, the five third-year mainstays all scored in double figures. Their contribution to the team was not only in scoring, but also in rebounding.

Takano grabbed eight rebounds, the most in the game, while Nagano also had four. In this regard, Takano alone has more than Hotta, Mori and Rukawa.

The traditional advantage project and the loss of rebounding are also an important reason why Xiangbei was unable to completely defeat Xiangyang in its own advantage stage and was finally overturned by the opponent.

Xiangyang finally won, in addition to beating Xiangbei in rebounding, there is also a point, which is also in Xiangbei's traditional strengths.

In this game, Xiangbei had 4 people from Chimu, Maori, Rukawa, and Sakuragi scoring doubles, while Xiangyang's side reached 7 people, almost twice as many as Xiangbei. In addition to the five third-year players, the two second-year shooting guards, Enomoto and Inada, also scored more than 10 points in their limited playing time.

Xiangbei has always been known for having a large number of people who can play on the field, but today it has encountered an opponent in this regard. Several advantages have been compared by the other party, and carefully calculated, Xiangbei has not lost unjustly.

The loss of this game did not have much adverse impact on Xiangbei. If you really want to analyze it carefully, there are more positive effects.

Xiangyang is the national champion, and if he can lose by one point, Xiangbei only gains some regrets, not frustration. As a result, the self-confidence of most of the team has been improved, while a small number of others, such as Rukawa, have recognized their shortcomings and found the motivation to keep going.

Ino brought home the results of their match against Lingnan from Hainan's home stadium.

Both teams, which suffered defeats in the first round, are currently direct opponents for qualification, and neither side can afford to lose.

The game was high and the focus was on defense. On Hainan's side, defensive expert Muto is replacing Kiyota Nobunaga as the starting small forward, specifically responsible for keeping an eye on Lingnan's Akira Sendo.

And on the Lingnan side, Tian Oka didn't dare to keep his hand, and the strongest lineup of Uozumi, Fukuda, Sendo, Miyagi, and Kami was discharged at the beginning.

It's a battle between spear and shield.

Gao Tou's tactical adjustment was successful.

He achieved his goal and let Lingnan, who could still score more than 100 points in front of Xiangyang in the first game, only score 75 points in the whole game.

The Lingnan ace scored only 15 points in the game, only higher than point guard Ryota Miyagi.

However, Gao Tou has never been able to solve the problem of the weakness of Hainan's center.

Jun Uozide became a key figure in the game.

Although with 3 minutes left in the game, he was fouled by Mu Shenyi and left the court with 5 fouls, but with the efforts of substitute Sugapei, as well as Fukuda and Kami, Lingnan kept his lead and was not overturned like Xiangbei, and finally won this crucial battle with a two-point lead of 73-75.

After winning this game, Lingnan breathed a sigh of relief and could relax his mind and welcome the next day's match with Xiangbei.

Both teams are currently one win and one loss, and they have basically locked in the qualifying places, the only difference is who will go directly to the main match and who will play one more play-off.

Through two round-robin matches, Hainan's weaknesses have been completely exposed, and Xiangyang, who has a flower shape and a high field, as long as he does not release water, can definitely break Hainan's inner line for the third time.

In the third round of the round-robin tournament in Kanagawa Prefecture this year, there is actually no suspense anymore.