Chapter 81: Analysis of the Battle of Xiangyang and Lingnan
The house was left to Horie to handle, and Suzuki focused his attention on preparing for next weekend's two games.
To be precise, it was the third match against Lingnan.
Xiangyang, which has Ziyuan Dun, is simply invincible for Xiangbei.
On the day of the moon, that is, the day after the game, Suzuki got the video of the match between Xiangyang and Lingnan, and Xiangyang in the video was so powerful that it made people palpitate.
Suzuki was not surprised by Atsushi Shihara, who played the power forward position, but the performance of first-year freshman Shoichiro Roubayashi still shocked Suzuki.
This giant, who reached 210cm tall in the first year of high school, although compared with Atsushi Shihara next to him, both in terms of physical fitness and basketball skills are two or three grades worse, but in the confrontation with several short centers in Lingnan, he has the upper hand, and his performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is extremely eye-catching.
Lingnan's center, whether it is the experienced Mihashi or the energetic Wakamatsu, is doing nothing in front of Honglin, unable to attack, unable to defend, Lingnan only grabbed 9 rebounds in the whole game, and the defeat is naturally reasonable.
It is worth noting that Xiangyang's third-year main players, including Atsushi Shihara, actually played only half a game before resting.
Because Ashigasaki was not there, the backup power forward was Yuji Kondo, who was in the third year. This big man with a height of 1.9 meters is a good rebounder, and his jumping ability is outstanding, only in terms of rebounding, he is only slightly inferior to Ziyuan, and is better than Honglin, who is 20 centimeters taller than him.
Joining Kondo in the second half was another third-year substitute, Masaki Shimizu. He was replaced by the captain Osamu Igarashi.
After Igarashi left the court, Shoyo's commander on the court became a second-year three-point shooter, Ranmaru Miura.
The Xiangyang team, which consisted of two third-year substitutes, two second-year main players and a first-year rookie, was fiercely counterattacked by the Lingnan team led by Shoichi Imakishi in the second half.
The three Tiger generals of Imakishi, Kuroko and Tokuda all more or less suppressed the opposite Xiangyang players in their own positions, but the lack of rebounds made it difficult for Lingnan to chase points.
In the end, Ling Nan scored 50 points in the second half, but still did not fill the hole dug by Atsushi Shihara and Osamu Igarashi in the presence of Atsushi Shihara and Osamu Igarashi in the first half, and finally lost with a score difference of 80-72 and 8 points.
After watching this game, Suzuki was prepared for the overwhelming strength of the Xiangyang team Atsushi Shihara, and what touched him deeply was the unfathomable reserve force of Xiangyang.
In Xiangyang, Kondo and Shimizu, who can only play as substitutes, if they are placed in Xiangbei, they are definitely the main force of iron fighting.
Kondo's offensive ability was suppressed by Eiji Tokuda, and he didn't show much of it, but the defensive ability he showed was slightly stronger than that of Yoshino, the defensive titan of Xiangbei.
In the warm-up match with the Lingnan team, Tokuda played as a small forward, although he was not a big forward in this game, but at that time Suzuki still asked Yoshino, who had similar physical fitness, to defend him, but in that game, Yoshino did not limit Tokuda well.
In this game, in the first half, against Atsushi Shihara, the active No. 1 high school student, Tokuda naturally had no room to fight back, but in the second half, Tokuda still focused on breaking through the ball, and there were few layups and dunks.
Shimizu is opposite Xiangyang's captain Shoichi Imaichi, this point is the only strong point in Lingnan that can't be restrained even when Xiangyang's captain Igarashi Xiu is present, and let Shimizu, who is a substitute, fight, naturally only has one result.
However, Qing Shui did not play a role on the field at all. As a third-year senior, he is willing to cover for the second-year juniors Miura and Okazaki, and frequently blocks and dismantles for them, allowing them to get rid of the defense of Kuroko, Baoke and others and get a chance to shoot.
And when he appeared in the vacant position, Shimizu's hand was very steady, and he threw a total of two balls in the second half, and scored 4 points, all of which were hollow into the frame, showing his solid technical skills and good psychological quality.
After drooling over Xiangyang's substitute, Suzuki turned to study the problems that Lingnan exposed in this game.
Losing the inside line is obviously not a problem.
Whether it is Mitsuhashi, Tokuda, Wakamatsu, or Asakawa who came off the bench in the second half to play for a few minutes, the inside line composed of several of them is also a first-class combination in Kanagawa, but it is only when they meet the exceptional Shoyo that they look weak.
The inner line of Xiangbei is relative to Lingnan, it is half a catty and eight taels, and it will be blown up in the face of Xiangyang, everyone is the eldest brother and the second brother, no one should laugh at anyone.
On the outside, Kuroko Tetsuya's performance is more mature than in the warm-up game, and the changes in the ball path are more weird and unpredictable, plus an old spicy and cunning Shoichi Imaiyoshi, the combination of the two can be described as Kanagawa's No. 1 defender combination, even Xiangyang is inferior to this side.
Even if the personal ability of Takumi Dahe in Xiangbei is stronger than these two, there are no players on his side who are enough to match Kuroko, which means that Xiangbei's guard line, at best, is a match with Lingnan's guard line, and he can no longer control the situation like in the previous game.
Shuiqiao's outside three-point is a big scoring weapon in Xiangbei, but his physique is only an ordinary level, his shooting point is not high, he is easily disturbed, and Shuiqiao's defense is not good.
Tetsuya Kuroko and Shoichi Imyoshi, both of whom have outside projection capabilities, and Taiga can only defend one of them at most, while the other position, no matter which one is there, can score in front of Mizuhashi.
Shangshui Bridge means the best result, that is, the outside line explodes each other, and no one can prevent anyone.
So, how about Kamiendo?
Suzuki fell into deep thought.
The defender combination of Endo and Taiga has often appeared in these games, and Suzuki is clear about the advantages and disadvantages.
For Endo to take the ball and play in response, it means that Taiga needs to show his offensive ability.
Xiangbei in this state is the strongest attack power in Xiangbei, but in this state, Dahe's physical strength will be depleted exponentially, and no one knows how long it can last.
And if Taiga is allowed to continue to comb the attack, it is unknown whether Endo can prevent Kuroko. Endo's defensive ability is stronger than Mizuhashi, but his scoring ability is under Mizuhashi, sacrificing a strong scoring point to seal the opponent's scoring point, Suzuki can't judge the advantages and disadvantages of this for a while, but intuitively he doesn't want to do this.
However, besides Mizubashi and Endo, who else can you go to?
Imai?
Compared with the first two, he has both offense and defense, and his ability is balanced, but in the face of sunspots, will it become all-round mediocrity?
Moreover, Imai's physical strength has always been a big problem, and it has not been solved well so far.
What about Lantau?
His cooperation with Dahe is a highlight of Xiangbei, and his other abilities are similar to Imai, and the most suitable position for Lantau is a small forward.
Speaking of small forwards, Suzuki found that Lingnan's current small forward, Baoke, is a player with very monotonous characteristics.
In the match with Xiangyang, he was the only Lingnan player who fell behind and was suppressed from beginning to end outside the center forward position.
He is the only weakness in the Lingnan lineup!