Chapter 100: The Final Battle (12)
Gao Tou and Taoka's analysis on the sidelines pulled out all kinds of undercurrents hidden in the fierce game in the second half, but there was one point that they thought too much. Sakuragi's excited singles at the beginning were just his own eagerness to win today and his determination to give it a go, and the change and unchanged tactics of Xiangbei in the second half were not instructed by Suzuki.
When replacing Akagi and Rukawa, Suzuki only let Akagi pass one sentence, he said: "Tell that kid that he is the ace of the team, as long as he can lead the team to victory, he can play as much as he wants today." ”
When Akagi relayed, he added a sentence at the end and said firmly: "The coach believes in you, and so do I!" ”
It is precisely because of the support of Suzuki and Akagi that the whole Xiangbei team indulged Sakuragi's willfulness and recklessness, supported him to display his own skills, and challenged the whole Xiangyang team with his own strength.
It's just that although Coach Anzai didn't guess Suzuki's arrangement and Sakuragi's thoughts, he was still very keen to rotate and let Sakuragi's plan be unfinished. Except for Mitsui, who was exhausted by Sakuragi, the rest of the people were very tired, but they still had the physical strength to stick to the last few minutes.
Sakuragi extinguished the fire, and according to Xiangbei's plan, the banner of attack should have been taken over by Akagi and Rukawa.
However, Akagi fell into the trap of Hanagata and Nagano, and it was still difficult to play, and Rukawa and Fujima faced each other, and it was also very awkward.
Fuji Zhen's height is much inferior to Rukawa, but his agility is above Rukawa, sometimes going around in front of Rukawa to intercept, sometimes running with Rukawa to stare at the gap between his dribbling to break the ball.
Except for that empty connection, Rukawa didn't get any good opportunities.
However, Shakura and Mu Dui, who are not taken seriously, should be more calm when holding the ball.
Because Nagano's defensive focus is on Akagi, Shakura, who is barely tall enough to play a power forward, is not so reluctant when he really hits this position. Except for the fact that he couldn't get rebounds, he did a good job in everything else.
In Rukawa's rush, the dribble was destroyed by Fujima's detective, and instead of immediately fighting for the ball, he first blocked Fujima firmly behind him.
Mu Du drilled over to get the ball, and without waiting for Anzay to grab it, he pushed the ball from the left side of the court to the right side of the court.
Akagi pressed down the basket, and Nagano leaned over slightly as Anzai-sensei instructed him to help Hanagata.
At this moment, Shakura ran back and came into the gap, receiving a pass from Mu Dui. Knowing that Nagano wouldn't give him much time to adjust, Shacang took a step forward and immediately struck.
The third-year players in Xiangbei, especially the outside players, are more reliable in their vacant mid-range and long-range shots, and Shacang's shooting has not had any accidents and has made steady progress.
103-102。 Xiangbei bites the score.
Xiangyang also knew that it was not safe to get 2 points and 2 points, relying on the fact that there were many three-point shooters on the court, and the basketball was passed in turns in the hands of several people, and by the way, the game time was consumed little by little.
Xiangyang, which has dominated the country for several consecutive years, is beyond the reach of Xiangbei in terms of controlling the rhythm of the game. There is no need to be reminded, every player knows that at this time, it is better to play slower than to make mistakes.
Mitsui is the focus of Xiangbei's defense, even if he can't seem to run, Sakuragi will not give up.
Rukawa even turned Fujima so much that he didn't even dare to catch the ball. He didn't forget that when he was in the county competition, it was Fuji Zhen who pressed the whistle for three points from a long distance, which turned the tide at once, and made Xiangbei lose the county championship.
Hanagata still retreated like the same as before, and even though he was leaning on his back by Shakura and couldn't turn around, he still played his part, distributing the ball to Anzai, and then took a step to block Mu Dui.
Anthy was supported and his eyes were wide open, and instead of taking the opportunity to rush to the basket or make a jumper on the spot, he took a step back and threw a three-pointer to try to kill the game in one fell swoop.
However, it was his greed that gave Shacang the opportunity to make up for it.
Shacang and Mu Du have played all these years, because of their similar characteristics, they are substitutes in the same position most of the time, and rarely play together, but there is no lack of tacit understanding between them.
The two of them separated the flowers, just glanced at each other, and assigned their respective tasks.
Twilight didn't stop his steps and crashed headfirst into Hanagata, which allowed Hanagata to successfully block and dismantle, but it also made him unable to take care of Shakura.
Shakura drilled past the side of the flower shape, thinking that it would be too late to defend, but when he saw Anzai retreat to shoot three points, he was happy and surprised.
Anzai came up to play point guard, but he, like Fujima, has no shortage of desire to score and offensive means. He hasn't played much, but he's on the verge of reaching double digits, and he's only missed one shot so far.
Although Shacang was happy that Anzay did not score directly, he was also a little frightened by his choice to shoot three points.
There are no fools on either side, and if Anthy scores this goal, Xiangyang will lead by 4 points. This lead is almost a trench in front of the remaining minute or so.
Shacang understood that Xiangbei had no way out now, so he had no reservations, used his strength, and did his best to block Anxi's shot.
This realization caused Shakura to jump higher than ever before, miraculously touching the basketball, changing its direction slightly, but also causing Shakura to fail to adjust his posture when he landed, and broke his foot.
The basketball board falls and is taken by Akagi.
Hanagata is not under the basket, and Nagano alone can't win against Akagi.
Akagi only saw Shakura fall to the ground, not knowing that he was injured a little, so he hurried to launch a counterattack.
The basketball was passed to Sakuragi by Akagi, who simply turned around and started, then threw Mitsui away and advanced all the way to the three-point line before being stopped by Fujima.
Facing Fujima, Sakuragi didn't say a word, and jumped directly on the spot to shoot. Although only a goal in this round can give Xiangbei the lead and take the lead, Sakuragi also wants to score 1 more point and gain a one-goal advantage.
Hanagata returned in time and came behind Sakuragi. His light steps, combined with Fuji's real blocking, were very promising to reverse the offense and defense again.
However, Twilight's reminder makes Hanagata fall short.
Sakuragi changed his gesture in time, pressed the ball down, turned it into a pass, and gave it to Rukawa in the gap.
Since Mitsui was almost useless on the defensive end and was easily passed by Sakuragi, Shoyo's defense was a little chaotic, and Rukawa actually had no one to defend.
Rukawa chose the safest way to score and rushed to the basket to score a dunk.
Anzai, who made a mistake, chased back all the way, but he couldn't do anything about Rukawa's style of play.
103-104。 Xiangbei once again took the lead.
However, at this time, everyone saw that Shacang still couldn't stand up, and when he stepped forward, they found that his ankle was swollen.
Xiangbei was forced to make a substitution, replacing Shakura with Hotta.
There was 1 minute and 18 seconds left before the end of the race.