Halfway through the first half, Xiangbei fell behind by 4 points at 14-18, the difference was not big, but it was very difficult to catch it back.

After Yanagisawa and Mu Du each hit a three-pointer, Hainan's defense of them became more and more tight, and sometimes they would rather let them slip to the end line and break into the low post than give them a chance to shoot three points!

At the same time, Mu also strengthened the strong inside line and tried to play 2+1 times.

The only flaw in Hainan's lineup is that there is no full-time three-point shooter on the court, and it has to rely on fouls to improve the scoring efficiency of each round.

According to common sense, by this time in the game, the tactical intentions of both sides have been fully revealed, and if you want to change the situation, you must make adjustments.

However, Suzuki looked back and found that he did not have the right personnel to be dispatched.

The center and forward line Xiangbei has already discharged the strongest lineup, and no matter who adjusts, he will cut off his arm first. Besides, it is the guard line that can't resist the opponent's attack, and you have to use the knife and move towards the lesion.

However, how to move the knife is a big problem for Suzuki.

Point guard Shobei has two, Endo who is now on the court, and Mizuno who is sitting below.

In terms of strength, the two can be said to be equal, each with its own merits. Endo is a year older, has better physical fitness, has the ability to break through, and defends quite well. Mizuno, on the other hand, is slightly more threatening in terms of passing.

Compared with the opponent Akaji in this game, sending Endo is already the strongest response that Xiangbei can make. Akaji is like a strengthened version of Mizuno, if Mizuno is there, he will be fully suppressed, but Endo, who is a little less skilled, can rely on his personal speed to break through Akaji and divide the ball, and he can organize Xiangbei's attack relatively smoothly.

Looking at the defender's side, there are many people who can play this position, Kuroda and Wu Dai, the two regular shooters, are still staying on the sidelines, and there is also Shakura who can also stand up for a while.

Just thinking about the situation after replacing Mu Twilight and going to Kuroda or Takeyo, Suzuki decisively dismissed this idea.

Hainan put Mu Shenyi on the point guard today, making it clear that he wanted to use his defensive ability to suppress Xiangbei's outside scoring ability.

Now on the field is Mu Dui, although he looks a little thin, but his confrontation ability is not bad. In particular, Mu Du, who was born as a small forward, still has the ability to break through with the ball, and when he can't shoot three points, he can also rely on the ball-holding offense to enrich Xiangbei's tactical changes, which Kuroda and Wudai do not have.

If you replace Kuroda Takeyo, it is equivalent to sending your hidden weaknesses to the door, and then you won't be able to please both offensive and defensive ends, so it is better to just be blown up on the defensive end now.

After looking around, Suzuki found that he still had nothing to do. Although the current situation is tilted in favor of Hainan, it can still be regarded as an equilibrium, and once a rash substitution adjustment is made and the initiative is taken to break this balance of power, I am afraid that we will suffer first before we see its benefits.

Resisting the urge to make a substitution, Suzuki responded to the changes with no change and held the half-time whistle.

At the end of 20 minutes, Xiangbei scored 26 points, while Hainan only scored 29 points, and the scores of both sides were not much, showing that Xiangbei and Hainan were fully prepared for this last game that was not a life-and-death battle.

Mu Shenyi is the best player in the Hainan team in this half. As an outside lineman, he scored 9 points on 4 shots and 1 free throw, shooting an astonishing 100 percent! In addition, he also scored 2 rebounds and 3 assists, which can be described as a glorious game. The widening of the score difference between the two teams also benefited from a 2+1 made by Mu on Akagi.

Another player in the Hainan team who did not miss a single shot was center forward Liang Chuan. He made 4 of his 5 shots with a dunk, which turned this game into his dunk show.

Hainan's other three players also scored, but the number of shots and efficiency could not be compared to the two main attackers.

On the side of Xiangbei, none of the five people scored a double.

The one who scored the most points was actually Mu Dui, who was heavily defended by Mu. He didn't have many three-point shots, only two in total, but he hit all three shots from inside the three-point line. In order to prevent his three points, Mu inevitably relaxed to prevent him from breaking through, and after being blocked by Mu Twilight three times in a row, he was killed along the baseline to either score by himself or assist Maki to score.

Another person in the Xiangbei team whose stats are slightly better is Akagi. He grabbed three rebounds and scored on two of his few shots, and overall, he did a great job.

Before the game, people said that this match was a match for Akagi to challenge Liang Chuan, but in fact, almost no one was optimistic that Akagi could really compete with Liang Chuan.

However, Akagi's performance in the first half proved that his ability to be a center four is not entirely dependent on the team's results. In the direct confrontation with Liang Chuan, although he scored less than the opponent, his actual contribution was not small.

Judging from the data recorded by Momoi, he actually became the team's first assist in this half with Endo. The three rebounds Akagi grabbed were all offensive rebounds, and two of them were passed directly back to the outside line to turn into assists.

Captain Maki was closely defended by the gate today, and the mid-range shots that retreated to the high post were very ineffective, scoring only 1 in 3 shots. More than half of his half-time six points came under the basket.

Statistically, team vice-Yanagisawa was the worst player in the first half of Xiangbei. Only one 3-pointer and one 2-pointer were scored in 5 shots, which can be described as extremely inefficient.

However, Yanagisawa's performance on the field is much more than what the statistics show.

Yanagisawa's role is more on the defensive end.

Under Yanagisawa's hard work, Hainan's deputy Xiaoyuan was the worst performance among all the players who appeared in the entire first half.

Throughout the first half, Yanagisawa was entangled with Ohara, who was half a head taller than him, and actually only got 2 shots.

Coach Gao dared to put Maki, who was both offensive and defensive, in the position of scoring guard, because he believed that Ohara could perform on the offensive end, but it was clear that his goal was not achieved. Although Xiangbei's outside attack lost its sharpness in the past, Hainan's attack was actually not smooth.

This is the reason why Xiangbei struggled to play its offensive characteristics throughout the first half, but it was still only 3 points behind.

After the players left the game, Suzuki hurriedly arranged for them to rest and recover as much energy as possible.

Defensive battles, which are full of restrictions such as positioning, steals, and rotations, are actually more expensive than back-and-forth versus offensive battles. The players are not only physically exhausted, but also exhausted.

Suzuki called the substitutes and set up the tactics for the second half.

After watching Hainan's match against Xiangyang, Suzuki believes that Coach Gaotou will still use rotation in the second half. Hurting people with this is a simple and rude approach, which is the right way in the art of war. Suzuki believes that he will not easily give up his established tactics by shaking a small fan all the time, a Confucian general.

What's more, the ineffective play against Xiangyang may not be on Xiangbei, and it will also lose its effect.

He is a high head, and he does not believe in evil.