Chapter 17 The Strength of Lingnan
At the end of the first half of the game, although the Xiangbei team once fell behind with a score of 0:19 after the start of the game, with the pillars of the team: the main player Akagi Gangxian, the much-talked about super newcomer Rukawa Kaede and the red-haired boy Sakuragi Hanamichi who was late for the game, the three of them played a 9:0 counterattack, which boosted the morale of the whole team! Later, it started a tug-of-war with the strong team Lingnan. Xiangbei kept trying to catch up until the end of the first half of the 20th minute, when the score was 56:56 and equalized.
During this period, Akagi Goken scored 17 points, Rukawa Kaede scored 14 points, Sakuragi Hanamichi scored 16 points, Ki Yuki Konobu scored 7 points, and Shiozaki Tetsushi scored 4 points.
At this point, the smile finally disappeared from the face of Coach Shigeichi Takaka, who was furious at this time:
"What the hell are you guys doing!! You are so embarrassed in the face of Xiangbei!! I told you you were going to win by 30 points!! What a disappointment for me!! Don't you want to win!? You're a private affair!! It's the team that wants to win the championship this year!! What is Xiangbei!? That's a weak team that will be out in the preliminary round!! Is that right!? ”
"Yes!!" Except for Akira Sendo, the other members all howled loudly.
"Fish live! You've been able to get Akagi 17 points!! Do you want to lose to him this year too!? Shigeichi Taoka stimulated Usumi.
"No!! I'm going to win! Sure enough, Uzumi's morale exploded again.
"Listen, let Xiangbei equalize, you should be ashamed!! Isn't it a shame to be defeated by a first-grader!? You have to throw 30 points away from your opponent in the second half, you know? Shigeichi Taoka continued to boost the morale of all the members of the Lingnan team.
"Immortal Dao, did you listen to me!?" Shigeichi Taoka suddenly turned his head to Akira Sendo who was squatting aside and eating lemons.
"Ugh! No! I don't think Xiangbei is a weak team, just the center Akagi can make the team reach the quarterfinals, so don't be ashamed! Akira Sendo waved his hand indifferently and refuted Shigeichi Taoka's words.
"Stupid!! As an ace, how can you say such a thing!! Shigeru Tagaoka roared at Akira Sendo.
"Listen, let's use man-to-man tactics next! Yuzhu stares at Akagi, and Sendo wants to completely freeze Sakuragi!! Ikegami and Uekusa, the two of you can make up for the rukawa at any time, if you can clamp these three people, you can weaken the attack power of Xiangbei, but unfortunately Fukuda is not there, and then ......"
When Shigeichi Tagaoka deployed this strategy, Coach Mitsuyoshi Anzai did not change his strategy, he just asked to continue the game in the first half.
When half-time break came, the second half began.
The attack of the Lingnan team, because the interior line of the Lingnan team has a certain advantage over Yuzumi, plus the strongest Xiandao Zhang, he can easily sort out the team's offense, whether it is scoring by himself or assisting his teammates to score, the attack of the Lingnan team is smooth and easy, so Lingnan's score after halftime is not limited.
However, the cherry blossom flower road of the Xiangbei team was not to be outdone, and used his own passing and offensive ability to maintain the difference between the two teams within 2 points.
"Rukawa Kaede, catch the ball!" Sakuragi saw Rukawa Kaede show up, and immediately passed the basketball over, Rukawa Kaede grabbed the basketball in front of Uekusa Tomoyuki's right hand, and Uekusa Tomoyuki immediately prepared to defend, but Rukawa Kaede had already staggered him half a position when he received the ball.
Rukawa Kaede jumped up and shot directly outside the three-point line, and he also deliberately brought a little back.
Tomoyuki Uekusa was a little staggered than Rukawa Kaede, and Rukawa Kaede's jumper was caught off guard and came with a back, which made him completely unable to defend.
The basketball moved far above Tomoyuki Uekusa's raised right hand and rolled into the net, stirring up a circle of milky white nets.
"Huh!" The sound of the basketball piercing through the net is still crisp.
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The attack of the Lingnan team, seeing that Yuzhu Jun still couldn't open the situation on the inside, Xiandao Akira broke through the attack with the ball.
The defense of the Xiangbei team was not too tight for Xiandaozhang, who ran through a series of dribbling runs, and after several changes of direction, people could only look at him, and then his body reached the bottom corner of the left wing of the three-point line.
Xiandao Zhang shook Mu Du Gongyan steadily, and made a three-point jumper!
"Huh!"
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The switch of offense and defense, or the attack of the Xiangbei team, Sakuragi Hanamichi once again set his sights on Rukawa Kaede's side, and sure enough, he saw that Uekusa Tomoyuki was trying to defend Rukawa Kaede, but Rukawa Kaede was walking leisurely in the garden.
Rukawa Kaede saw that Sakuragi Hanamichi was looking at him, and was very empathetic to stagger a position to receive a pass, and then he was about to jump shot.
This guy Uekusa Tomoyuki can't stand Liu Chuanfeng's relaxed posture, especially in the current situation, he doesn't want Liu Chuanfeng to shoot three points again, so he jumps very strongly.
Rukawa Kaede saw Tomoyuki Uekusa jump, quickly retracted his basketball, and then moved sideways towards the right two consecutive dribbles, and even aimed at the basket for a while in his leisure time, calmly shooting.
"Huh!" The sound of the goal was still crisp and clean.
88:89, this is Sakuragi Hanamichi assists Rukawa Kaede for the sixth consecutive shot, and his 13-point contribution can also be said to have single-handedly supported the Lakers and this Los Angeles derby in the second half of the second quarter, and now it is 1 point ahead of Lingnan, and there are only 3 minutes left before the end of the game.
Lingnan coach Shigeichi Taoka had to call a timeout to ease the momentum of Xiangbei and redeploy the strategy.
But this also gave the Xiangbei team a corresponding buffer time, after all, the pace was a little too fast.
The audience was full of enthusiasm, and the slogans of both sides kept shouting:
"Xiangbei, come on!!"
"Lingnan, you will win!!"
"Immortal Dao, Immortal Dao ......"
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After Sakuragi Hanamichi dribbled past half court, he used his dribbling skills and a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Mu Dui Gongyan, and finally the ball was handed over to Mu Dui Gongyan, and Mu Dui Gongyan missed his jump shot.
However, in the eyes of Sakuragi Hanamichi, there is nothing to pity, and Mu Dui Gongyan has such strength.
The rebound was grabbed by Yusumi Jun of Lingnan and passed to Akira Sendo.
Seeing that he was now in front of everyone, and basically no one could stop him from launching a fast attack, Sendo Akira dribbled the ball towards the half court.
But Sakuragi Hanamichi was not at the speed of covering, and in a matter of seconds he had already run past half court, rushed into the inside of the three-point line, and then reached sideways to reach for the basketball in Paul's hand.
But it was just a dribble under the crotch behind his back, and Akira Sendo dodged Sakuragi Hanamichi's sneak attack, and then put away the basketball, ready to end this fast break with a standard three-step pick.
One step, two steps! Jump.
Sendo Akira had already foreseen the scene of the audience cheering a second, and the basketball in his hand was tightly held on his right hand with the owner's cheerful mood, flying closer and closer to the high basket.
"Be careful!"
At the moment when Sendo Akira's basketball was about to leave his hands, the anxious voice of Yuzumi Jun suddenly reached his ears.
As if to confirm Yu Zhujun's words, Xiandao Zhang suddenly felt that the wind was blowing behind him, and a huge black shadow was getting closer and closer to him.
However, at this time, Xiandao Akira was already ready to send it, and his basketball had already left his right hand, and Xiandao Zhang's body had already fallen from the highest point, and it was too late to stop it.
In the eyes of all the audience, Rukawa Kaede suddenly appeared behind Xiandao Zhang, Rukawa Kaede's right hand was raised high, and the moment Xiandao Zhang's basketball left his right hand, Rukawa Kaede's right hand also caught up!
"Smack!"
Rukawa Kaede's hand simply hit the basketball neatly, and the basketball was directly flown out of bounds by Rukawa Kaede's fan!
"Xiangbei!!"
"Lingnan!!"
"Rukawa Kaede!!"
"Immortal Dao!!"
"Sakuragi!!"
"Xiangbei!!"
At this time, the atmosphere of the whole audience was mobilized by this tense moment and reached its peak.
Because of the Sakuragi Hanamichi to share the task of Rukawa Kaede to defend Immortal Dao Zhang, Rukawa Kaede's physical strength did not appear to be exhausted as in the original book.
Half-court serve.
The basketball came to the hands of Xiandaozhang, Xiandaozhang looked at the inside, now as a point guard, he prefers to create a good opportunity for his teammates to score than to attack **, rather than scoring points himself.
But a block of Fang Cai Liuchuan Kaede completely ignited Xiandao Zhang's attack**, and at this time he had to stand up and give the other party a counterattack.
Sakuragi Hanamichi looked at Akira Sendo, who received the basketball and did not put away or start dribbling, and the blood in his heart began to boil. He secretly said in his heart: "Immortal Dao, you are finally starting to get serious!" ”
It's just that Rukawa Kaede, who is defending Xiandao Zhang, is standing in front of Xiandao Zhang, who is about to break out, with his hands bluffed, vaguely blocking Xiandao Zhang's forward route.
Xiandao Chang turned his body, and suddenly the toe of his right foot was lightly touched to the right, and his body was about to change and rush forward.
Rukawa Kaede hurriedly followed, but in the next moment, Xiandao Akira in front of him disappeared - Xiandao Akira threw off Rukawa Kaede with a sharp stop, and then retreated back to outside the three-point line, and even had enough time to deliberately adjust it before making a move.
At 91:89, the Lingnan team chased the score back again!