Chapter 118: The Gap Between Akagi and Martial Arts!
Kaede Rukawa's slam dunk pushed the atmosphere of the entire venue to **. Over the years, the number of slam dunks that I have seen in the middle of the country is really a handful.
This is not the United States, there are not so many talented monsters, and it is quite rare to be able to slam a dunk when you are in middle school.
At the same time, many high school coaches who watched the game from the stands were speechless in shock when they saw this scene. The coach of Lingnan High School, Shigeichi Taoka, is one of them.
"I can't imagine that there are players of this level in the country!"
"Rukawa Kaede, the talent shown on the court before has not been as outstanding as it is now."
"But as I've gotten older, my talent has started to show itself."
"If he can join us in Lingnan next year, he will definitely be able to assist Zuo Tianye and Xiandao and help Lingnan shine in the national competition."
"This player, you have to fight for it."
It's just the warm-up stage, Coach Taoka is already quite optimistic about Rukawa Kaede's ability, and he also recognizes the talent shown by Rukawa Kaede. At the same time, Coach Taoka has also secretly decided to invite Rukawa Kaede to Lingnan to establish the dynasty team in his mind.
Rukawa Kaede's presence put considerable pressure on their opponents, and it can be seen that since Rukawa Kaede's slam dunk, Takeshi Middle School's opponents began to make some low-level mistakes during the warm-up.
A simple warm-up activity of passing and receiving the ball to the basket has many players who make mistakes in execution.
If only one or two players were in this situation, it would be an accidental phenomenon, but such a situation appeared on a large scale, and it suddenly attracted the attention of the coach.
The team that had just warmed up was called back to the rest area by the coach for psychological counseling.
Haruko Akagi watched Takeshi's opponents being shouted back by their coach because they were nervous, and couldn't help but get excited, grabbed Akagi Goken's arm, and said happily:
"Brother, brother, look, because of Rukawa Kaede's slam dunk, Wushi's opponents are panicking!"
"Rukawa Kaede's ability is outstanding, isn't it?!"
Haruko Akagi was obviously quite satisfied with Rukawa Kaede's performance, and said to Akagi Gangxian as if to invite credit. It's as if she was the one who slammed the dunk on the court, not Kaede Rukawa.
"......" Seeing his sister's appearance, Akagi Gangxian could only nod perfunctorily. However, his eyes were on Jinguji Martial Arts, who was holding the fence and watching the ball at this time.
Rukawa Kaede's physical talent is indeed quite outstanding, and it is indeed rare to be able to slam a dunk at this stage of the third country. But for Yo Akagi, this alone is not enough, not to mention that he was able to complete the slam dunk when he was in the third year of the country.
Just the martial arts of Jinguji Temple, the practice match when he entered Xiangbei in high school can also easily separate him, in terms of physical talent, Rukawa Kaede is indeed the top, but compared with Jinguji martial arts, it is still a lot worse.
The pre-match warm-up time passed quickly, and as the referee's whistle blew, Takeshi's players, led by Kaede Rukawa, began to settle in the center circle. The player who stood in the middle circle was the tallest player on their team, Kaede Rukawa.
As for the opponent of Wushi Middle School, the prefectural No. 2 Middle School, the player who stood in the middle circle was only a player with a height of about 180cm. The height is 3~4cm shorter than that of the Rukawa maple.
The referee walked to the center circle with the basketball and, after a whistle, threw the ball into the air.
Rukawa Kaede's explosiveness is quite outstanding, relying on his excellent explosiveness and height, he jumped up and slapped the basketball with one hand. As Takeshi Middle School took control of the ball, Haruko Akagi cheered excitedly, completely ignoring Akagi Goken, who was already a little black-faced beside him.
"Pass!" Rukawa Kaede, who suppressed the opponent and dialed the jump ball, traveled very fast. His teammates had just won the basketball, and Rukawa Kaede had already entered the frontcourt and approached the three-point line.
With a reminder from Rukawa Kaede, the basketball flew out quickly and came smoothly into Rukawa Kaede's hands. At this time, the players of the second middle school also completed their positioning, a typical regional joint defense, and a group of players from the second middle school looked at Rukawa Kaede who was holding the ball.
Rukawa Kaede, who took the ball, raised his eyes and looked at the defenders, and with a simple tentative step, he successfully mobilized the defender's players to move towards Rukawa Kaede's right side, and there was an obvious flaw.
As the opponent's defensive position shifted, Rukawa Kaede dropped the ball with his left hand, and the right hand protector directly hit the opponent's waist and quickly broke through with the ball. As soon as Rukawa Kaede moved, the other defenders of the second middle school not only did not go up to make up for the defense, but quickly shrunk the defense line of the inner line, looking at their appearance, they wanted to defend the inner line.
After breaking through, Rukawa Kaede also noticed that the opponent had contracted the defensive line, did not continue to go deeper, and was two steps away from the three-point line, and directly stopped the jump shot.
Rukawa Kaede's shooting posture is quite stretched, and the feeling of shooting is also quite soft, and with a soft sound, the basketball enters the net.
Rukawa Kaede, who successfully won the first goal, quickly returned to the defense and didn't even look at the opponents at all.
"It's okay, it's okay! Don't care if this kind of ball goes in, and be careful not to be broken through so easily by him the next time you defend. ”
"Everyone is a middle school student, and it is impossible to score a ball when shooting."
"Don't care, organize an attack, a steady attack!"
The coach of No. 2 High School stood on the sidelines and yelled, reminding the players. Under his pacification, the Second Middle School began to organize an offensive.
However, when the defender of the second middle school entered the front court with the ball, the intention of passing the ball was seen through by Rukawa Kaede, who was originally going to give the ball to the pass of his side teammates, but was directly grabbed by Rukawa Kaede to complete the steal.
In the next second, Rukawa Kaede rushed directly to the front court with the ball, and at the same time, in the team of Takeshi Middle School, Mizusawa Ichiro closely followed Rukawa Kaede's offensive pace, as for the other team members, it was these two people who saw the fast attack, and they didn't think about running to help, but stood in their own half, with their hands on their waists, watching the fast attack of Rukawa Kaede and Mizusawa Ichiro from afar.
2 to 0 in the front court, the return defense of the second could not keep up with Rukawa Kaede's fast attack, Rukawa Kaede hit the basket, combined the ball and dunked, a beautiful slam dunk, once again ignited the atmosphere of the court. Unlike during the warm-up, this time, the cheers of the audience were even more enthusiastic.
After all, it's a real slam dunk, and it gives people a completely different look.
Haruko Akagi, who looked at it, had been fascinated by Rukawa Kaede's demeanor, her hands were clenched, and a pair of beautiful eyes were staring at Rukawa Kaede who was beginning to defend.
And Akagi and the others saw that Rukawa Kaede had successfully slammed the dunk again, and everyone's eyes looked at Rukawa Kaede.
Rukawa Kaede in the field seemed to be aware of the gaze of several people, and subconsciously raised his head to look at the audience on the sidelines. I met Jinguji Martial Arts and Mitsui Shou and others.
"That's.... Mitsui Senpai and Martial Arts guy. ”
"Are they coming to see my game?"
Rukawa Kaede was a little surprised to see the figures of Jinguji Martial Arts and Mitsui Shou, and muttered in his heart.
Wu Dao also noticed Rukawa Kaede's gaze, and waved at Rukawa Kaede with a smile. Mitsui Shou stood up from his seat and shouted, "Takeshi Middle School, come on!" ”
Mitsui Shou's cheering was naturally drowned out in the cheers of the audience, but there were still senior Takeshi team members who heard this familiar voice, turned their heads to look at the audience, and found Mitsui Shou's figure.
Seeing the old-timers in the stands, the players of Wushi were inspired and their momentum was high.
I don't know if it's because the level of intelligence collection in the second middle school is not enough. The defensive strategy they use is to stick to the inside, but the offense of Takeshi Middle School is often launched by Rukawa Kaede from the outside.
There are no star players with excellent strength in the second middle school, and no one can limit the breakthrough of Rukawa Kaede in the case of single defense. And whenever Rukawa Kaede breaks through, the strategy adopted by the remaining defenders of the second middle school is often not to make up the defense, but to tighten the defense line on the inside.
This kind of defense did not give Rukawa Kaede a chance to break into the interior layup, but after passing people, Rukawa Kaede was able to shoot easily without defense.
Although they are all medium and long-distance projections, Rukawa Kaede's projection hit rate is quite high, and it is not the level of junior high school students at all.
At the same time, Rukawa Kaede's defensive awareness is also quite good, and there are several passes on the way to attack in the second middle school, which were seen through by Rukawa Kaede and completed the steal.
Moreover, the average height of Wushi Middle School is higher than that of No. 2 Middle School, and the pressure given when defending is also very strong, which directly disrupts the offensive rhythm of the entire team in No. 2 Middle School.
In the case of one or the other, Wushi Middle School quickly occupied the leading edge and slowly expanded this advantage.
In the 13th minute of the game, Takeshi Middle School took a huge lead at 32:17, and with Rukawa Kaede rushing into the inside line to play two plus one, the coach of the second middle school could no longer hold back and called a timeout.
The coach of the second middle school stabilized the mentality of the players, and it can be seen that the second middle school players who returned to the field have more confidence and less loss on their faces.
After a stumbling attack in the second middle school, the offense and defense switched, and the defender of Wushi Middle School came to the front court with the ball, and then quickly gave it to Rukawa Kaede.
After the timeout, the defensive strategy of the second middle school was adjusted, and the number of players who specialized in guarding Rukawa Kaede increased from one to two. The remaining three are building a joint defense on the inside.
"Look, the defensive formation of the second middle school has changed, and they want to target Rukawa Kaede!" Haruko saw the defensive intentions of the second middle school, and pulled the corner of Akagi's clothes and said excitedly. Without waiting for Akagi to reply, Haruko continued:
"Rukawa Kaede's strength is really very strong, and he alone has already affected the tilt of the defensive strength of the second middle school."
Akagi Gangxian glanced at his sister and said in a deep voice: "Whether Rukawa Kaede's strength is strong or not, I can only see some signs now." ”
"The previous goals were not enough."
In the moment when Akagi Goken spoke, Rukawa Kaede had already moved.
Kaede Rukawa, who held the ball, didn't seem to notice the change in the defensive strategy of the second center, relying on speed to start a breakthrough, and when he passed the first defender and broke into the three-point line, he met the player who made up for the defense.
In the face of the defensive player Rukawa Kaede does not need it at all, against the opponent's defense, jump shot, at this moment when he shoots, the hands of the defenders have already covered the face of Rukawa Kaede, but unfortunately because of the relationship between height and bounce, the defenders have no way to complete the block on Rukawa Kaede after all.
"This guy, the timing of the shot is too bad!"
"It's ..... to play"
Akagi Tsuyoshi whispered, and the words of criticism had just reached his lips when he saw the basketball thrown by Rukawa Kaede into the net, and there was a soft sound.
"Uh....."
"It's actually scored, it's not bad."
Akagi was a little surprised that Rukawa Kaede was able to score in such a situation, and swallowed back the words of criticism, so he could only praise it without saltiness.
"This kid hasn't grown up!"
Mitsui Shou looked at Rukawa Kaede's goal and shook his head, seemingly extremely disappointed.
And Wu Dao, who had been smiling and watching the game, frowned slightly after seeing Rukawa Kaede's ball.
Although the ball was scored, the handling of Rukawa Kaede's goal was not beautiful, and some people may think that Rukawa Kaede was confident to score the ball against the defense, but in the opinion of Martial Arts, Rukawa Kaede has too many options.
Such a strong investment is simply not necessary.
The change in the defensive style of the second middle school did not have much impact on Takeshi Middle School, and Rukawa Kaede's offense was still unstoppable. Under the defensive pressure of the second middle school, Rukawa Kaede's shooting rate decreased slightly, but it did not affect the overall situation.
But Kaede Rukawa exposed a big problem in this game, and that was that his offensive options were too poor.
In the end, Takeshi Middle School won the game, and Rukawa Kaede scored 37 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals. The statistics are quite gorgeous, and they are unique in the entire national middle school arena.
"This kid, after coming to Xiangbei, you have to practice well, if you play like this, if you meet a player with good talent, you will hit a wall."
After the game, Takedo took a deep look at Rukawa Kaede before leaving the arena, and then left the arena with Takako and the others.
Mitsui Shou, Akagi Goken and others obviously also discovered the problem of Rukawa Kaede's play, so no matter how Haruko tried to comfort Rukawa Kaede's ability, Akagi was just perfunctory.
In Akagi's opinion, Rukawa Kaede can only be said to be a good seedling, that is, the combat power is far from being compared with Jinguji Martial Arts and Mitsui Shou.
Watching a junior high school game is just a relaxation during the county tournament for Martial Arts and others.
The next day, Xiangbei High School ushered in the second game of their county competition selection competition this year, against Songyuan High School.
Songyuan High School is not a strong team in the traditional sense, and the team composition is also very young, although it is also a team that won the first game and entered the second game, the hard power is still a big difference with Xiangbei.
Facing Matsubara, Coach Anzai still sent a first-year team led by Jinguji Takedo at the beginning. Halfway through the first half of the game, Jinguji Martial Arts handed over 19 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 blocks.
The score of the two teams also came to a 26-11 lead.
In this game, Martial Arts is still playing in the center position, and in the low post area, as if entering a no-man's land, Matsubara's defense is useless in front of Martial Arts.
Although the martial arts game was smooth, Coach Anzai still didn't leave the martial arts on the court for too long, and changed the martial arts alone and put Akagi Goken on the court.
When Akagi watched the game off the court, he still felt that the martial arts were playing easily, because the opponent was too vegetable.
But when Akagi came on the court, replaced Takedo as the main center, and took on the offensive task, Akagi realized that he had made a mistake before.
Matsubara's gang of people were angry in the martial arts, and they all wanted to get it back, and after Akagi Tsuyoshi came on the court, whenever they received the basketball on the inside, they were directly surrounded by four people.
And Akagi is not like martial arts has superb inside footsteps, after receiving the ball, in addition to stupidly holding the basketball to prevent being stealed, it is to find the target of the pass, the intention is very obvious, in the face of the bag, Akagi let alone dribble, even the passing has become quite difficult.
At this time, the Matsubara player suddenly found that Akagi Gangxian, who is also a long man with a height of about 195cm, has a mature face and looks difficult to deal with, but it is actually much easier to deal with than the little white-faced No. 15 just now!
Akagi was surrounded and suppressed, Miyagi's outside projection felt average, and the rest of the team members only barely overcame their nervousness in the second game, and for a while, Xiangbei's attack fell into sluggishness.
As the game progressed, the score of Xiangbei's lead was being chased by Songyuan little by little.
At this time, the Xiangbei High School on the court seemed to have become the one-man team of Akagi in the memory of martial arts, even in the face of a team like Songyuan, there was no way to take advantage.
"The team that only Akagi supports alone, is that the only level?"
"From this point of view, Akagi's ability is not a little worse than that of this martial arts guy!"
Mitsui Shou looked at Akagi Gangxian, who was fighting hard in the field, and then turned his head to look at Jinguji Martial Arts, who was drinking ginseng wolfberry tea, and secretly sighed in his heart. Sometimes the gap is so inadvertently compared.
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