NCCnovel Chapter 240 Lingnan vs. Changcheng (Part )
Chapter 240 Lingnan vs. Changcheng (Part )
"Sendō, great block." The ball blocked by Sendō was picked up by Miyagi. Ryonan counterattacked and the ball was in Sendō's hands again.
"How will he attack this time?" Mikoshiba watched Sendoh's movements, "What?" This time Sendoh did not attack, but chose to pass the ball. Yuzhu was in a good position under the basket, and as soon as the basketball was passed to him, "Swish" Yoshida Zeren came over and joined Taga to double-team Yuzhu.
"Captain Yuzhu, attack him," said Xiandao. Yuzhu shook twice in a row, found a gap between the two double-teams, jumped up forcefully, and dunked hard, adding two more points. 13:15
"Roar——" After Yu Zhu landed on the ground, he roared loudly, with high morale!
"Humph, without Mikoshiba, you still think you can double-team me with just two people, dream on," Yuzhu ran back to the half court, "We'll defend their one goal, and then tie the score."
"Okay!" The Ryonan players echoed the captain
Chang Cheng was attacking, and after Matsuoka Sueshita served the ball, Mikoshiba reached out for the ball again. He had something in his heart that needed to be vented, and he had to fight back after being blocked by Sendoh just now.
"How could I, Mikoshiba, lose to an unknown player from a team like Ryonan?" Running wildly with the ball, Mikoshiba rushed towards Sendoh with great momentum.
"Hmph! How dare you look down on me like this." Xiandao approached him without hesitation.
Brake, jump, leap high!
Is it a basketball shot? Sendoh made a quick decision in his mind, yes. Then he jumped up and raised his right hand to block the basketball in Mikoshiba's hand!
"Shua!" Mikoshiba's shot was very fast. Before Sendoh reached the highest point, he had already shot. The basketball flew over Sendoh's fingertips and fell steadily into the basket! 13:17!
"Return to defense!" After seeing the basketball go into the net, Mikoshiba shouted and quickly returned to Chang Cheng's position, "Ryonan, how could our Chang Cheng lose to you who are making it to the national competition for the first time?"
"Give me the ball!" Yuzhu got into position again under the basket and shouted to Miyagi for the ball. Without hesitation, the opponent's center was obviously no match for Yuzhu. Wouldn't it be a pity not to seize this opportunity? Miyagi made a high lob and sent the ball to Yuzhu. Although Taga tried his best to block Yuzhu's resistance, it was obvious that there was still a considerable gap between the two's strengths.
Yu Zhui suddenly stopped trying to get in. It was not because he could not push through, but because he saw that the opponent's double-team player was about to come up to double-team him. Without hesitation, Yu Zhui made a fake move, tricking his opponent and causing him to jump up. After he jumped, he found that Yu Zhui had already held the ball with one hand, and with a high wrist flick, the ball went into the net easily. 15:17!
"What's wrong with making it to the national competition for the first time? We at Ryonan are determined to step on you guys, Changcheng, to enter the knockout stage," said Yu Zhu who scored the goal
Mikoshiba repeated the same trick this time, but Sendoh did not give Mikoshiba a chance to score. Through the previous goal, Sendoh had already figured out Mikoshiba's offensive method, seized the opportunity, and once again gave Mikoshiba a shot. After blocking Mikoshiba, Sendoh stood up again, took the ball in his arms, dribbled at high speed and made a fast break alone. Sendoh changed direction and avoided Matsuoka who was trying to steal the ball.
"Go back to defense, don't let him break through easily!" Changcheng's coach shouted anxiously from the sidelines.
"Watch me!" Mikoshiba's defense was very fast. He had already reached his own half and stared at Sendoh calmly. He wanted to use stillness to control movement.
The basketball was right under Sendoh's crotch, shuttling back and forth at high speed. Suddenly Sendoh's expression suddenly changed, and he rushed to the right of Mikoshiba with the ball in his right hand.
Mikoshiba cursed in his heart: "Have you thought about me? No way!" He moved to the right with the immortal path.
Xiandao, however, ignored it and lowered his head, looking like he was going to charge forward.
"Come on," Mikoshiba leaned back slightly, trying to make Sendoh commit an offensive foul.
Unexpectedly, Xiandao's mouth corners slightly raised and he smiled again.
To everyone's surprise, he grabbed the floor with his left foot, making a "click" sound, and then he pulled his body forward and turned around with the ball on the spot with his left foot as the center axis.
Then, at the moment when Mikoshiba's body was still leaning back, Sendoh exerted force with his left foot, took a step back, and jumped outside the three-point line. After landing, Sendoh immediately touched the ground with both feet and jumped up. Then he swung his right hand comfortably, and the basketball was pushed out tightly against his fingers.
The high-speed spinning basketball drew a beautiful line in the air and flew straight to the basket. "Shua!" The beautiful sound of the basketball kissing the net reached everyone's ears. A perfect three-pointer was hit. 18:17, Ryonan took the lead
"It turns out that Sendoh is the ace player of Ryonan. Coach Tiangang, you have hidden it so well." The coach of Changcheng gritted his teeth and looked at the coaching seat of Ryonan.
"Very good, Sendo, your ability is top-notch even in the whole country. Bringing you to Ryonan is the most successful thing I have done in my life." Tian Gang looked at his beloved disciple with a face full of pride.
"This Sendoh is definitely a strong opponent. I feel like even Matsumoto may not be able to defend against him. It seems like if we meet Ryonan, only you can limit him." Kawata said with a serious face.
"Xian Dao has improved a lot, but he won't be my opponent." Zebei still looked confident. Kawada glanced at Zebei and didn't refute. Although Zebei was sometimes arrogant and said something annoying, Zebei's strength was definitely not exaggerated.
Encouraged by the reverse score, Ryonan's morale was high. This time, Taga ran to the high post to shoot, but the ball was successfully blocked by Nanxiang, and Yuzhu grabbed the rebound. A long pass, Miyagi had already started, and a fast break layup scored 20:17
Seeing that the situation was not right, Coach Chang Cheng quickly called a timeout.
After the timeout, Changcheng attacked, Matsuoka controlled the ball, facing Miyagi's block, he couldn't find a breakthrough gap, so he had to pass the ball to Yoshida Zeren, who didn't hold the ball for too long. Yoshida Zeren hit the floor ball and passed the ball to Taga in the interior. Facing Yuzhu's defense, Taga attacked head-on, jumped high and shot with his right hook, but under Yuzhu's interference, the basketball fell on the basket and bounced a few times, and finally bounced out of the basket. But just as the ball bounced out of the basket. A figure appeared, lifted the ball with one hand, and put the ball into the basket. The scorer was Changcheng captain Mikoshiba 20;19
It was Ryonan's turn to attack, and the ball was passed to Yuzhu in the interior. This time, Mikoshiba and Taga double-teamed Yuzhu, and Chang Cheng didn't give Yuzhu any chance, and completely surrounded him. Although he was double-teamed, Yuzhu was very clear-headed? He glanced at Sendoh who was wandering outside the three-point line, and suddenly jumped up and passed the ball to Sendoh.
"Hurry up and guard Sendoh." Two more players rushed to double-team Sendoh, but Sendoh didn't even look at the ball, and directly sent the ball to the right. Everyone's eyes followed the direction of the basketball. A figure with a blue number 6 on the outside received the ball and shot a three-pointer, which hit the target! Ryonan's outside shooter Wu Dai finally made his first three-pointer of the game! 23:19
Changcheng attacked, but Matsuoka's ball was intercepted by Miyagi, who passed it to Sendoh, who attracted a double team and passed it to Nanxiang, who dunked and scored 25:19
"Changcheng is in danger," Kawata said. Although the first half is not over yet and Ryonan is only leading by 6 points, Ryonan has gradually started to exert its strength. Sendoh and Uozhu can use themselves to attract Changcheng's double-team and create opportunities for their teammates, and the other players of Ryonan can also seize the opportunity. Their offense makes Changcheng's defense lose sight of the big picture.
On the defensive end, Tiangang adopted a two-three zone defense to force Chang Cheng's attack to the perimeter, which tested the accuracy of their perimeter shooters. However, Changcheng's three-point shooter Tang Chuan was taken care of by Wu Dai, who was also a three-point shooter. Although Tang Chuan was good at three-point shooting, his independent offensive ability was average, so it was not very difficult for Wu Dai to defend Tang Chuan. Once the perimeter could not be opened, Mikoshiba in the interior would get even less help. Although Mikoshiba was still able to score with his personal skills, every time he scored, it was a great consumption of his physical strength. At the 33rd minute of the second half, Mikoshiba finally had cramps and left the court. Without Mikoshiba, Changcheng was defeated.
"Beep!" The referee blew the final whistle.
"We won!" The Ryonan players cheered. 88:71. Ryonan defeated Changcheng. The most outstanding player in this game was of course Sendoh, who scored 35 points and 31 assists in 6 minutes. Yuzhu scored 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Miyagi scored 10 points, 7 assists and 4 steals. Although Mikoshiba scored an excellent 28 points and 11 rebounds, no teammates could help him. Although Yufune made 4 three-pointers, he took 11 shots. In the end, Ryonan became the first team in Kanagawa to enter the knockout stage. As a seeded team, Changcheng had to swallow the bitter fruit of failure. Farewell to the national competition