With Shinomiya Tana separating Sakuragi and splitting the ball into the net, the time on the sideline scoreboard has just reached zero seconds.

The long whistle sounded at the halftime pause, and Sakuragi Hanamichi, who landed extremely quickly, couldn't bear the huge force of Shinomiya Field at all, and sat directly on the floor with a stumbling butt, looking at Shinomiya Field with his head up.

At the same time, the players on the field looked at the referee on the sidelines after staring at Shinomiya Field for a while.

The referee was also stunned for a moment, and then turned his attention to the referee's bench on the sidelines. I saw a middle-aged man standing up on the referee's bench and making a gesture of pressing down on a goal.

Seeing the signal, the linesman leaned over and pointed his right hand to signal that the goal was valid.

The referee ruled that the goal was valid, and cheers broke out from the stands, which had been silent for a while, and the Lingnan substitutes on the sidelines rushed into the field with cheers, hugging Shinomiya Field in the center.

"Well done, Shinomiya senior!"

"The difference has narrowed to two points, and the disadvantages accumulated in the first half have been swept away!"

With the score of the first half fixed at 51:53. The players in Lingnan were also relieved, the difference was close to ten points before, and now the difference is only two points.

For Lingnan, this is already the best result.

"Abominable !!"

"This bastard!"

Unlike Lingnan's cheerful and relaxed, Xiangbei's players were silent for a while, unable to hold on to their advantage in the final stage of the first half of the game, and most Xiangbei players could not accept such a result.

Sakuragi, who stood up, punched the basketball hoop, scolded angrily, and looked at the people of Lingnan who had already walked off the court.

"Well done! Well done! ”

"Come on, come on, get off and rest."

"Pretty guard, Sakuragi, next time you will definitely be able to block the Shinomiya field."

At this moment, Mu Du Gongyan didn't seem to see the faces of the Xiangbei players, walked into the court with applause, came to Sakuragi's side, patted Sakuragi's back and praised.

After seeing that it was Mu Dui, the anger on Sakuragi's face suddenly disappeared, and he said a little brainlessly and distressedly: "Brother glasses, what are you talking about?" ”

"It's too unambitious, isn't it?"

"We were eight points ahead at the beginning, and thanks to the relentless efforts of the Foxes, we were only two points ahead."

"This kind of achievement is obviously very embarrassing! In the second half, I don't know how much the opponent will overtake. ”

Sakuragi Hanamichi was full of unhappiness, and glanced at Rukawa Kaede, who was about to walk off the court. Rukawa Kaede obviously heard Sakuragi's words, glanced at Sakuragi coldly, and walked off the court silently.

Sakuragi Hanamichi saw that Rukawa Kaede didn't care about herself, and her anger surged up again.

"Bastard, you dare to ignore this genius, I must make him look good!"

Seeing Sakuragi Hanamichi angry, Mu Dui Gongyan hugged Sakuragi Hanamichi with a quick hand, and smiled and said with relief: "Sakuragi, don't blame Rukawa Kaede, he has played very well." ”

"Of course, you are also playing very well, and you are the pillar of our inner line in Xiangbei."

"With the two of you here, we Xiangbei can enter the second half with a lead."

"Lingnan High School was last year's national champion, and no team had ever done anything like this before us."

"I've done a good job, Sa, let's get some rest."

"I've recovered my strength to be able to cope with the next game!"

While comforting Sakuragi Hanamichi, Ki Twilight Gongyan pulled Sakuragi towards the rest area on the sidelines.

Being held by Mu Du Gongyan like this, Sakuragi's mood was really much better, with a bright smile on his face, he grabbed the back of his head with one hand, and said with a smile: "Is it?" Is this genius really that important? ”

"Hahahaha, Brother Glasses, you are really very discerning, worthy of a man with four eyes."

Hearing this, Mu Dui Gongyan also smiled gently, and pulled Sakuragi out of the arena. Not long after the two of them left the game, Jinguji Martial Arts and others also returned to the rest area, and first-year students Kiyota Nobunaga and Nango and others were busy handing water and towels to Martial Arts and Mitsui Shou and others.

And the third-grade Ki Twilight Gongyan and Chiba Oishi took care of the first-grade Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede, handing water and towels to the two.

The depression in Sakuragi's heart at this time completely dissipated in the sound of Mu Dugongyan's sycophants, and he regained his optimistic personality.

And Rukawa Kaede sat on the bench, covering his head with a sweat towel, panting, sweat seeping from the pores on his skin, his body and legs, at this time, were full of sweat, and his jersey was also soaked with sweat.

In the game with Lingnan High School, Rukawa Kaede's physical consumption was very large, he was originally a point guard, and during the game, he frequently attacked with the ball by himself, and his physical consumption was much more than that of other players.

After the players in Xiangbei returned to the rest area, Coach Anzai did not lead the players back to the lounge, but directly let the players rest in the rest area by the side of the field.

As for Lingnan, Coach Taoka also chose the same approach as Coach Anzai.

Going back and forth between the lounge and the pitch can cause some slackness for the players, which is not a problem if you are facing a weak team with a huge disparity in strength, but it is necessary to keep the players nervous when you are facing such a close team.

"Martial arts, how are we going to play in the second half?"

Sitting on the bench, Mitsui Shou glanced at the scoreboard on the sidelines, turned his head and asked Martial Arts of Jinguji beside him.

At this moment, he didn't choose to ask Coach Anzai how to play in the second half, but asked about martial arts. Mitsui Shou knows very well that no matter what Coach Anzai plans, how Xiangbei will play in the second half depends on the decision of Jinguji Martial Arts.

In Xiangbei, Jinguji martial arts is enough to influence all the decisions of Coach Anzai.

Although Coach Anzai will not completely release the team and play pure superstar basketball like Coach Lu, Coach Anzai's arrangement will definitely follow the idea of martial arts to the greatest extent.

"How do you fight?"

"My idea is to start with defense."

"In the last minutes of the first half, our defense in Xiangbei was very problematic."

"Sakuragi and I switched defensive positions, essentially to be able to limit Shinomiya Tianye's play."

"But in the last few goals, our defensive strategy was not thorough enough."

"And the front court was stealed, blocked, this kind of mistake is too fatal."

"It's good that we have a bit of a lead, and if we don't, we're already behind at this moment."

"So, I want to start with defense."

When Martial Arts of Jinguji Temple spoke, his eyes vaguely glanced at Rukawa Kaede, who was sitting not far away. Then he said his thoughts to Mitsui Shou. Martial Arts didn't control his volume when he said this, and the players around him could hear it.

The substitutes all nodded when they heard this, feeling that what Wu Dao said made sense.

But Mitsui Shou heard a different flavor from the words of martial arts. Although Takeshi deliberately avoided the way he dealt with basketball when he talked about Rukawa Kaede's final attack, Mitsui Shou could still hear that Takeshi was pointing at Rukawa Kaede.

Xiangbei was stealed and blocked at a critical moment in the final stage, and part of the reason for this was that Rukawa Kaede's ball selection was problematic.

If he can pass it on to Mitsui Shou, and if he can pass it on to Jinguji Martial Arts, not to mention whether the attack will succeed or not, at least this kind of mistake will not occur.

"Let's start with defense, then we have to press the rhythm."

"We need to have plenty of time to adjust."

Although Mitsui Shou heard the meaning of martial arts, he didn't directly bring these things to the table. Mitsui Shou was able to understand the meaning of martial arts, and in order to protect Rukawa Kaede's self-esteem, the two had a tacit understanding at this moment.

"What about the offense?"

"Brother Wu Dao, how do you fight on the offensive end?"

Jinguji Martial Arts and Mitsui Shou have a tacit understanding, but it doesn't mean that everyone has this tacit understanding.

Sakuragi Hanamichi belongs to the kind of person who doesn't "act according to people's eyes", and after hearing Martial Arts' defensive plan, he directly asked how to attack.

Sakuragi Hanamichi obviously wants to know how to attack more than how to defend.

“.”

Sure enough, after Sakuragi asked this, Takedo and Mitsui Shou both fell silent. Today's Xiangbei is a little different from before, as a point guard, Rukawa Kaede has his own ideas, and many times the established tactics may not be able to play.

Instead of playing "chaotic" tactics, it is much better to leave the tactics out of the way and let the players play freely.

Martial Arts thought so in his heart, so he didn't answer Sakuragi's question for the first time.

However, at this time, Coach Anzai, who had been sitting on the seat, suddenly stood up, walked in front of Rukawa Kaede and Takemichi, the starters, and after coughing lightly, said:

"In the second half of the game, we took Rukawa Kaede as the core of the attack and spread the attack!"

"Nango-san substituted Sakuragi-san on the court, on the offensive end, in charge of the power forward position, on the defensive end, and reversed with Martial Arts to defend Shinomiya Tianye on the outside."

"Martial arts, Mitsui, Akagi, Nango, the four of you, attack around Rukawa-san!"

Coach Anthy's decision surprised all the players, and the players looked at Coach Anthy one by one, their eyes full of surprise.

Sakuragi Hanamichi jumped up from the seat, went around behind Coach Anzai, slammed Coach Anzai's chin with his hand, and howled in disbelief:

"Daddy, are you confused?! Actually let the stinky fox attack the main attack?! ”

"Is he there? He can't beat it! ”

"What's even more ridiculous is that you actually replaced this genius? If I'm not on the field, won't we Xiangbei definitely lose? ”

"Dad, don't you know the importance of this genius to our Xiangbei?"

Sakuragi Hanamichi howled while pulling Coach Anzai's chin meat.

Mitsui Shou couldn't look at it, got up and grabbed Sakuragi's ear, pulled him away, and at the same time hit mercilessly: "Fart, we can win without you in Xiangbei!"

"Idiot, let go of Coach Anthy."

Coach Anzai ignored Sakuragi's noise, and after laughing a few times, he squatted down in front of Rukawa Kaede and asked with a smile:

"Rukawa-san, do you have confidence in yourself?"

Coach Anzai looked at Rukawa Kaede in front of him, pushed his glasses, and under the lenses, a pair of deep eyes stared at Rukawa Kaede, waiting for Rukawa Kaede's answer.

At this time, the other members of the Xiangbei team around also looked at Liuchuan Feng and quietly held their breath.

"I have!" A cold and accurate answer popped out of Rukawa Kaede's mouth, and when he heard this, Coach Anzai nodded, then stood up, returned to his seat and sat down, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea.

Mitsui Shou was also surprised to see this scene, and glanced at Coach Anzai and Rukawa Kaede, and then turned his head to look at Jinguji Martial Arts.

Mitsui Shou originally thought that the "out of favor" Jinguji Martial Arts would be angry and unwilling at this moment. Unexpectedly, after the martial arts of Jinguji Temple was robbed of the main attack position, he still looked indifferent, and he didn't show any other emotions at all.

Sakuragi Hanamichi's struggle was also weakened, he looked at Coach Anzai in a daze, he didn't expect that Coach Anzai really gave the task of the main attack to Rukawa Kaede, and he was also a little stunned for a while.

"Hey, Martial Arts." Mitsui Shou wanted to say something comforting, but he didn't think that Martial Arts smiled at him, and he didn't take it to heart at all.

"Just follow Coach Anthy's instructions."

Wu Dao didn't wait for Mitsui Shou to speak, so he took the lead in speaking, his expression was flat.

The surrounding Xiangbei team members also looked at each other, but Mitsui Shou was the first to react, took a deep look at Rukawa Kaede, and sighed softly. Then he walked to Rukawa Kaede's side and instructed earnestly:

"Rukawa Kaede, those players in Lingnan High School are not as simple as you think."

"When handling the ball, you must be cautious, in front of the four palaces and immortals, you must never attack, and learn to take advantage of the running position of your teammates."

"Make reasonable use of your own advantages, if you have a misplaced opportunity, you must misplace the attack, the target is Fujima, if it is another player, you must give yourself some buffer space."

"Martial Arts and I will support you behind you, you have to pass the ball, and the two of us will definitely find a way to appear by your side."

"Be careful!"

Mitsui Shou repeatedly instructed Rukawa Kaede that he had already understood the meaning of Coach Anzai and knew the intention of Coach Anzai's arrangement.

Coach Anzai is most likely like using the hand of Lingnan High School to make the young Rukawa Kaede realize what it means to "do what you can". In the first half, Rukawa Kaede played quite smoothly, and this smoothness nourished Rukawa Kaede's ambitions.

But Mitsui Shou knows very well that Rukawa Kaede's current strength cannot support his ambitions.

At least, in front of Lingnan High School, Rukawa Kaede will definitely not be able to play like before.

It's going to hit a wall!

But obviously, it is impossible to rely on persuasion to be useful, and only by making Rukawa Kaede clearly realize his shortcomings can it be possible for him to return to the earlier more "reasonable" style of play.

After the offensive and defensive plan of Xiangbei was finalized, the rest area was quiet, and Nango Kuichiro held a ball and did a simple warm-up on the sidelines. And his actions also attracted the attention of everyone in Lingnan.

Realizing that this first-year student in Xiangbei was ready to play, everyone in Lingnan was also curious about why Sakuragi Hanamichi was replaced, in the eyes of everyone in Lingnan, Sakuragi Hanamichi played quite well in the first half, there were a few rebounds, and the defense was also very good, so he shouldn't be replaced.

However, they obviously do not get answers to such questions.

After watching it for a while, everyone in Lingnan also chatted and rested on their own, discussing the way to play in the second half.

The intermission time passed quietly in this quiet and tense atmosphere.

(End of chapter)