Although Suzuki has always let Sakuragi practice his guard skills, with his physical condition, in middle school, it is inevitable to play on the forward line, which is the case in Xiangbei and Lihai.

Lihai's regular point guard is their captain Ryota Miyagi. After each side played one round each, they set up a straight formation, car to car, horse to horse, and launched a positional attack.

Miyagi was defended by Endo just after halftime, Endo's figure is just average among guards, but in the face of Miyagi, there is a feeling that he is an inside line, with one hand, and it is rare to block all the opponents' breakthrough shooting routes.

Miyagi was very nimble, making a passing posture that drew Endo to move half a step sideways, and immediately dribbled and turned to break in the opposite direction. His explosive power is extremely strong, and his first step is as fast as lightning, and he immediately flashes out of a position.

Endo was taken aback and hurriedly turned around, but Miyagi had already changed direction, dodging the sand warehouse that was supplementing the defense, and entered the core area of northern Xiangbei.

Maki and Ishii stepped forward and stopped in front of Miyagi like two iron towers.

Suzuki is not good at training defense, but Xiangbei has always practiced some, not completely relying on people to mark people, there should always be some rotation change defense, and then it worked, and the movement of the two inside lines blocked Miyagi in a disadvantageous situation in one fell swoop.

A good Miyagi, without hesitation at all, directly passed the ball to the side without looking at people, and passed the ball to the side of Shakura, who was chasing back.

Shacang thought that Miyagi had made a mistake, so he reached out to take it, only to feel a gust of wind blowing around him, but it was Sakuragi who cut in and responded in time.

Sakuragi didn't play the ball himself after taking the ball, but immediately made another hit pass and passed the ball behind Ishii.

Just as the generals of Xiangbei know him very well, Sakuragi also knows the advantages and disadvantages of the people of Xiangbei well.

Xiangbei's two inside lines encircle Miyagi, and there will always be some gaps behind them, but passing the ball to the center Keisuke Mineda is not as stable as passing to the big forward Maori, because Maki is stronger than Ishii in terms of turning speed.

Sure enough, when the ball passed, Maori took the ball with both hands and slapped it down, then jumped with his strength and dunked with both hands.

"Good!" Lihai's bench cheered.

Even Suzuki nodded slightly, but instead of appreciating Maori's slam dunk, he was pleased to see Sakuragi play in an easily overlooked, but crucial role.

In all fairness, Sakuragi had a chance to score on his own when he received the ball just now, and he only needed to move one step sideways to avoid possible interference from Maki. As far as Suzuki knows, with Sakuragi's speed of action, he can shoot the ball before others have time to make defensive moves.

But Sakuragi didn't do that, instead passing the ball straight inside without stopping. His decisive pass bought him plenty of time for Maori to score later.

From Suzuki's point of view, Maori's slam dunk just now is powerful, but it seems to be a little dragged. If it's a layup directly after receiving the ball, it's not good-looking, but it's clean and neat, even if Ishii's turning speed is as fast as real wood, and he comes back to defend in time, there is nothing to be done.

These people on the field in Xiangbei have made up their minds to use fast-break tactics today, and as soon as Maori landed, the ball under Ishii had already been sent.

This time, it was Endo who was racing with the ball, and Miyagi started slowly, and he didn't catch up with Endo until he was close to the basket.

Endo didn't wait for Miyagi to make a move, and directly distributed the ball to the middle, and the sand warehouse was in place, and a quick stop jumped up to shoot.

However, as soon as the ball was shot, the wind sounded above Shakura's head, and one hand waved sideways, and Shakura's stop-and-go jump shot flew away.

Shakura looked back in shock, only to see that after Sakuragi blocked, it had been restarted and received the basketball from Yasuda's hand.

Three to two, there is no suspense in Lihai's attack this time.

Although Mineda and Mori are limited, their existence has limited attention from Maki and Ishii.

Just now Maori showed his ability to score under the basket, and Ishii didn't dare to stay away, so he replaced it with Maki and stepped forward to block Sakuragi. Sakuragi didn't entangle with Maki, shook a little, found a gap, and handed the ball to Mineda, who was empty, and Mineta took the ball under the basket and scored points on the layup.

Maki shook his head and was helpless, if he didn't come out just now, Sakuragi would have taken action by himself. This kid's three-point shooting percentage is similar to Kuroda's mid-range shooting percentage, and it will shine brightly if you give a little sunshine.

Ishii continued to launch a long pass and fast attack, and Endo continued to pass to Shakura, who was in a good position, after receiving the ball.

This time, Sakura paid attention, noticed Sakuragi's approach, and immediately distributed the ball to Kuroda.

Kuroda happened to run to an area where his shooting percentage was relatively high, and after receiving the ball, he jumped up and shot directly at the defender and threw the ball in.

In the end, Lihai is a junior high school team, and it suffers too much in terms of height, especially on the back line, the two starting third-year defenders Miyagi Ryota and Yasuda Yasuharu are just over 1.6 meters tall, and it is really difficult to defend the long-range shot.

In order to cope with Xiangbei's chasing fast attack, Sakuragi rarely entered the hinterland of Xiangbei in attack, and used passing to assist his side's two inside scorers in a row. This style of play allowed Lihai not to fall into a numerical disadvantage when defending, and took the lead in the score with a block, but in the subsequent games, it also exposed the weakness of the single means of scoring on the inside.

The players in Xiangbei on the field are obviously much richer in experience than Lihai's players, and after a few rounds, they quickly became familiar with Lihai's offensive and defensive mode, and began to make targeted adjustments spontaneously.

In terms of offense, Shakura, who originally had some offensive ability, completely suppressed his desire to score, positioning his responsibilities on the court as a transit station, and the basketball was a touch away, not giving Sakuragi a chance to break the ball at all.

But Sakuragi didn't dare to ignore Shakura, and it was not a rational thing to let go of a player who was the main scorer of a junior high school team last year.

In addition to the point of Shacang, the remaining four positions in Xiangbei have a chance to score when facing players in their respective positions in Lihai. Not to mention that Kuroda has repeatedly used his height to eat Yasuda, even Endo has risen and tried to throw himself on the top of Miyagi's head.

When defending, Kuroda and Endo found that Lihai's outside line did not have the ability to shoot from a distance, so they teamed up with Sakura to defend Sakuragi, and did not give Sakuragi a chance to raise his hand to shoot at all. In this case, Xiangbei's two inside lines don't have to be pressed out, Sakuragi's pass can't be inserted, Mineta and Maori are useless, and the ball is passed back, although Miyagi and Yasuda are empty, but their mid-range shots are really bad enough, aiming for a long time, the hit rate is about fifty percent.

However, the self-adjustment of the players on the field in Xiangbei did not let Xiangbei see the hope of winning, but only made the scene more anxious.