Chapter Forty-Eight: The Second Battle of the Round-robin Tournament, Xiangyang (7)

Before it was Akagi's goal, next, the ball was Shoyang's.

Mitsui serves, Fujima receives it, and the two move forward side by side, one left and one right.

Sakuragi and Mizuno both recovered near the three-point line and let them pass half court with ease. The cooperation of these two people is too tacit, and they rush forward, even if it is three people, they may not be able to break the ball.

Fujima is no longer in the first grade, and now he wants to use the bag clip to snatch the ball from his hand, although it is not impossible, but it is certainly not cost-effective. Prior to this, the loopholes left for Fuji Zhen to play have been greatly increased, as long as he is willing to pass the ball, he can immediately make the front court play more and less, and the difficulty of scoring points is greatly reduced.

Hanagata retreated from a low position to respond, Akagi did not move, and Hotta and Rukawa on both wings were slightly retracted, but they did not get too close, so they had to be distracted to guard Takano and Nagano.

When Fujima hoisted the ball from the top of Mizuno's head to Hanagata, Hotta and Rukawa lunged at him together.

Hanagata took the ball, and before he could fully turn around, he saw red jerseys pasted on both sides, and his heart was shocked, and he shook his hand to return the ball to Fujima, who was pulling away.

Fujima catches the ball, but can't pass it directly. Mizuno is still blocked in front of him, not giving him the opportunity to send the ball directly to Nagano, and passing the ball to Takano on the other side, the line is too long, and Hotta and Sakuragi in the middle may be truncated.

So Fujima passed Mitsui horizontally, and Mitsui passed the ball to Takano on his side. It's not that he doesn't want to shoot threes, it's that Sakuragi went up too fast and didn't give him a chance.

Among the five Xiangbei people on the field, Hotta is the slowest moving, just now in order to wrap the flower shape, let go of Takano, and at this time there is no time to go back.

Takano took a step forward to the edge of the restricted area and adjusted his mid-range shot.

Akagi waited until he was sure that Takano was making a move, and it was a little late, but his oppressive force still made Takano a little frightened, his hand shape changed a little, and the basketball frame jumped out.

"Rebound!" Many people from both teams shouted in unison.

However, only Nagano jumped in mid-air.

No one interfered, and Nagano didn't wait for it to land, he adjusted it directly in mid-air, threw the basketball lightly, and sent it to the basket.

Suzuki tilted his head from the sidelines, looked at the ceiling, and sighed.

This goal fully reflects the weakness of the two strikers on the field at the moment.

Hotta's pace is slow, so he can only let Akagi block Takano and stay to watch the flower shape.

Rukawa, on the other hand, lacks defensive awareness. One-to-one single defense, the level of Liuchuan is not bad, but with defense, co-defense, these places that need awareness, he is still at the level of the country.

Suzuki has always put Rukawa, a small forward, in the position of the outside, hoping to cover up his weaknesses. The opposing player has moved a long distance, and Rukawa can still make up for it with reflexes and speed, but now that the opponent is starting suddenly from a short distance, Rukawa's loss of position on the defensive end is immediately beaten.

Inoue beside him saw the obvious absence on Takaya's side, and suggested: "Hotta's ancestors can't keep up with Takano, do you want to let Maori hold on a little longer?" ”

Suzuki smiled, shook his head and said, "If Mori is on the field, Hanagata will try to force a breakthrough for the first time just now." Don't look at him thin, in fact, his confrontation ability is not much worse than Akagi. He doesn't need to burst in completely, he just needs to open a gap, and then whether it's to distribute the ball to Takano or Nagano, Akagi can't prevent it. ”

As he spoke, Xiangbei had successfully counterattacked.

Rukawa made a very comfortable ball for Sakuragi, Sakuragi grabbed in front of Mitsui, took the lead step by step, cut between Nagano and Hanagata, and dunked.

Xiangbei took the points, but Suzuki's brows furrowed.

The two point guards were under the pressure of Mitsui and Fujima, but they still couldn't control the rhythm, Xiangyang's attack just passed 10 seconds, and this time Xiangbei did not exceed 15 seconds, adding up to less than half a minute, and another round was played.

Fujima passed the ball to Mitsui, who had just come out of the middle circle, and Sakuragi immediately stepped forward, half a step away, and opened his hand to block it, but he didn't try to break the ball.

Mitsui dribbled with one hand, turned his head and shook his head at Fujima, selling a boss's flaw, but Sakuragi did not move at all, turning a blind eye.

Helpless, Mitsui adjusted his playing style, and the rhythm of the dribble suddenly accelerated, slamming towards Takano's side.

Sakuragi pointed at Takano and shouted at Hotta, "You continue to follow him", nimbly bypassing the two and continuing to chase closely.

Mitsui was already jumping near the bottom corner at this point, but instead of focusing all his energy on the basket, he kept an eye on Sakuragi's position.

After years of experience, Mitsui has been very sensitive to danger, and he immediately judged that if he continued to start the projection just now, the basketball would be fanned out of the end line by Sakuragi!

So he didn't wait for himself to rise to the highest point, immediately pressed down with his palm, pressed the basketball to the ground, and hurriedly passed the ball to Hanagata on the inside before Sakuragi pounced.

Hanagata pushes the ball back to Fujima, and the basketball comes to the outside again.

Fujima dribbled, shook to the right, then left, and jumped out to the side.

Mizuno immediately judged that Fuji was really going to make a move on his own, and hurriedly started, but as soon as he took a step, his eyes went dark, and his vision was full of Takano's tall body.

The muscles on his face were still tense, and it wasn't until the basketball successfully stirred up the net flower that he relaxed slightly, and he shouted: "Hurry up and go back to defense!" ”

With Fujima's three-pointer, the difference narrowed to 6 points.

"Xiangyang!" "Xiangyang!"

The cheers for Xiangyang on the sidelines suddenly rose up.

Today, Xiangbei has always shown that it is not inferior to Xiangyang's strength, and the leading score is also accumulated bit by bit in all aspects, so the audience did not have much resistance to Xiangbei's possible victory.

It is undeniable that since the graduation of Ziyuan's group of amazing and brilliant dynasty founders, Xiangyang's hegemony is gradually declining. It's not just that there is an absolutely invincible interior pillar missing, but over the years, the popularity of basketball and the enhancement of the strength of each team have also shortened the distance between Xiangyang and other teams.

In last year's prefectural competition, after Honglin also left the team, although Xiangyang still formed a luxurious all-star lineup composed of famous players such as Tsuchihashi, Hiiragi, Takashi, Fujima, and Mitsui, he still encountered strong challenges on various fronts.

The lineup composed of Liangchuan, Daimun, Chiji, and Makisho in Hainan is not necessarily inferior to Xiangyang, and the combination of Kakumatsu, Yuzumi, Xiandao, and Miyagi in Lingnan is even more impactful and full of potential.

In the summer competition, in addition to Xiangbei, Hainan and Lingnan have caused great trouble to Xiangyang, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they almost changed the dynasty.

Having said that, if it hadn't been for such a high-intensity tempering in the county competition, Xiangyang's defense of the title last year might not have been so smooth.

Some people are not happy about Shoyo's invincibility in Kanagawa Prefecture, and they hope that someone can change the monotonous results year after year, but others want to see the continuation of the dynasty.

Obviously, the audience here today is mostly the latter.

Now, when Xiangyang showed signs of a comeback, it was not surprising that they were cheering hoarsely for it.