Chapter 129: July and August
Between men, there are always some words that can convey the true meaning without saying much.
Minami Tara's phone call was not so much to inform Suzuki of the play-off time, but more to instruct some things, otherwise, this kind of trivial matter, only need an official letter in his hand, where is the need for him to make a phone call in person.
Nan Duoliang mentioned twice that he wanted Xiangbei to show his strength, and the subtext was that Xiangbei wanted Xiangbei to die against the king of the mountain, even if he lost, he would be exhausted by the king of the mountain.
When it came to the specific time of the race, Suzuki already had an idea. On the afternoon of July 31st, there was a big battle with the strong Xiangbei, and the next morning he had to face another overlord from a certain county.
After all, the king of the mountain is not Xiangyang, even if they are the runners-up of last year's winter cup, they can't hide the huge gap in strength with Xiangyang, Xiangyang is still likely to fight a bloody way in this situation, but the king of the mountain obviously can't do this kind of thing.
Moreover, Suzuki can foresee that even if the mountain king passes the first round, the opponent in the second round will definitely be a strong team, which is definitely the rhythm of the mountain king to death, and they will not be spared.
If the Mountain King wants to achieve good results this summer, it is already an impossible task.
You have a good plan, I have a wall ladder.
Since I can't get more points in Kanagawa, then you Akita don't think about it!
This is Minami Taliang's means of counterattack!
After the club activities started in the afternoon, Suzuki was the first to tell everyone about the play-off opponents and the time of the game.
To Suzuki's surprise, the basketball team members were excited, and their attention was more focused on going to Tokyo to participate in the game, and even when Suzuki told how strong the mountain king was, he only received a few exclamations of amazement at the encounter with a strong opponent, and did not have the slightest fear.
Suzuki's original intention was not to let them retreat, and now that they are so full of fighting spirit, there is no need for Suzuki to talk about it. However, the attention that should be paid to it is still there, and the pre-game preparation should not be underestimated because of the enthusiasm. So, at Suzuki's suggestion, a new training plan was released that made all the team members feel painful.
Gong He went on a large amount of physical training, and every day he pulled his physical fitness and ran down like a dead dog, and he had to continue to practice after resting.
He is Xiangbei's most powerful support point on the inside, as long as he can keep up with the cave water, limit him on the defensive end, and make the combination of the mountain king's inside and outside unable to fight, Xiangbei has hope of winning.
In view of Sanno's block-and-play defensive tactics, in Suzuki's tactical concept, the two forwards need to pull out frequently, increase the position of receiving the ball, and reduce the mistakes of the point guard.
Yoshino and Aoki are the mid-shots in the hard-working restricted area. These two are not bad for physical fitness, and the speed and explosiveness are also first-class, and they are good players for breakthroughs, but if you practice the mid-range shot, the tactical room for maneuver will increase a lot.
Among several insiders, the number of projects to be practiced by Maki is the most. Not only do you have to exercise your physical fitness with Miyagawa, but you also have to practice mid-range shooting with Yoshino and Aoki, and finally you have to practice some fixed-point three-pointers, and you are very busy.
Although it has been decided, in the play-offs, it is to let Ogawa and Endo partner the guard line to deal with the Sunsakabe brothers, and basically these two are going to play the whole game without being replaced, but Suzuki has not let go of the rest of the outside line.
Imai's training has gone from shooting 500 three-pointers a day to hitting 300 a day. It looks like the numbers have gone down, but the intensity is greater. His physical strength is not very good, and after the number reaches 250 every day, each additional 10 is more time-consuming and laborious than the previous 20.
Mizuhashi is working hard to improve his physical fitness while maintaining three-point shooting. Suzuki also arranged for him to fight 10 balls a day with Taiga, but he was cleanly defeated by Taiga every time, and he never had a zero breakthrough.
Lantau and Abe, who were considered by Suzuki to have little room for improvement, worked wholeheartedly on the bottom corner three-pointer. Because of the defects of their own conditions, it is almost impossible for them to play in high-level competitions, but if they can practice this skill, sometimes they go up occasionally for a minute or two, but it is not hopeless, so when they face a large amount of training, they do not shout bitterness or tiredness, and they are serious every day.
Yanagisawa also trained diligently, but it was difficult to get a chance to play. This kid really lacks talent, his height is not growing, and his shooting percentage has never gone up. Suzuki had no choice but to let him practice with Endo first, one to break through and the other to defend, hoping that he would be able to open his mind on his own.
The person who has the exact opposite attitude to their training is Kenji Kuroda in the first year. During this time, everyone on the basketball team has a lot of training content, and whether they can complete it depends on their consciousness. Under Suzuki's observation, Kuroda has a shortage of catties and two almost every day. Suzuki persuaded him twice, and after finding out that he was still going his own way, he let it go, and of course, at the same time, Suzuki also removed Kuroda from the plan, just because he couldn't modify the registration list now, and kept him with the team.
Some time ago, because of the results of the Xiangbei basketball team in the county competition, several new members who came to vote for it were only one left.
The amount of training of the basketball team is too scary, and the basic training alone is so tiring that these few people who have not received systematic training are eager to die, not to mention the boring and large amount of technical and tactical training after that.
A few of the former streetball players couldn't stand it and ran away, and only one layman persevered.
His name is Junshi Matsuoka, a second-year student, 181cm tall, 73kg in weight, and he is a seedling who plays the inside line.
Matsuokamoto was a member of the volleyball club, and I heard that it was a thorn in the shoulder, so he was squeezed out.
Suzuki saw that he had perseverance and his personality was not bad, so he decided to take him in, and instructed Momoi to arrange a plan for him to train a lot of money separately, and let him practice with Sakuragi, who came after school every day.
Matsuoka is worthy of being a former member of the volleyball club, he can jump very well, and he also has some feeling in his hands, and he is very fast in various basketball skills, not inferior to Sakuragi, who is very talented. However, he is still too inexperienced, especially the rules and common sense in basketball games, and he makes a lot of jokes when practicing in the team. In Suzuki's opinion, after another half of practice, when it comes to the Winter Cup, Matsuoka may be able to get some opportunities to come on as a substitute, but now, he can't count on it at all.
July is exam season. The crazy training took up most of the spare time of the team members, and some affected their state in the classroom, and several people failed one or two courses in the final exams.
Fortunately, Principal Gao Chang and Director Wumen saw that they were winning glory for the school, so they put some water in the back, plus Suzuki's small stove, and finally all the staff passed the test without danger.
Then, there was the long, endless training throughout August, until, the last week before the play-offs.