NCCnovel Chapter 156: Xiangbei VS Hakata Commercial (1)
Chapter 156: Xiangbei VS Hakata Commercial (1)
"Fujima, you performed very well." When Shoyo left the field, the players from Kainan and Shohoku applauded their fellow countrymen from Kanagawa.
"Thank you, but Sanwang is indeed very strong. From the beginning to the end, we didn't have a glimmer of hope," Fujima said
The players of Kainan and Xiangbei were silent. Kainan had played against Sanno many times and knew the strength of Sanno. Although Shoyo was not their opponent, they knew they could not beat Shoyo by more than 30 points. Even though the lineup of Kainan this year could be called the strongest in recent years. Xiangbei was also shocked by the strength of Sanno. Especially by Kawata, Matsumoto, and Zebei, because they were in the same grade as them.
The next match is between the host team Luoan and Osaka's representative team Daiei Academy. Mu Mu has always been curious about Daiei's strength. If Tsuchiya is the only one in the plot, how can he limit the attack of Toyotama Trident? (Of course, this is probably a bug in the comics, so I won't discuss it further.)
Through the game, Mugure discovered some clues: Just as Aida Hikoichi judged, Tsuchiya's style of play is very similar to Sendoh's, just like a second-year Sendoh. Daiei's point guard is responsible for moving the ball to the frontcourt and handing it over to Tsuchiya for organization. His role is more like a shooter. Their center is a second-year student, only 12 meters tall. His skills are quite solid, but his defensive ability is average. No wonder Touou center Iwata said: Osaka does not have such a deterrent center at all. The power forward is a first-year student from the back number (No. 5). He has good cutting ability, a bit like Fukuda in the plot. The small forward is Tsuchiya, and the shooting guard is the only third-year student on the court, and he is also the No. 4 player (No. player is Tsuchiya Jun.) It seems that Daiei Academy's lineup was not really running-in until the third year of high school, and won Touou.
As for Luoan, their strength is the inside line, where there is a 2 meter tall center. He alone turned the inside line of Dayeong upside down. In the opening four attacks, he scored three times, including a 1+8, to give Dayeong a head start. Akagi said with a serious face, this person's ability is not inferior to mine. When Dayeong began to double-team, a shooter from Luoan's outside line began to show his power. In the words of Mitsui, "In terms of three-point shooting ability, he is still a little bit behind me." To be evaluated by Akagi and Mitsui, it can be seen that Luoan's strength is definitely not bad. Although Dayeong also played very well, Luoan's experience was obviously superior. Although the score was not widened, Dayeong had no chance to close the score. The score was always hovering between 10-76 points. At the end of the game, 67:9, Luoan eliminated Dayeong with a -point advantage and advanced to the semi-finals. The next game is Xiangbei vs. Hakata Commercial.
"Although Xiangbei is missing two main players due to the suspension of Murasakibara and their captain, we must not let our guard down. We will attack fiercely from the beginning. We will not give Xiangbei any chances." The coach of Hakata Sho was making pre-match arrangements.
"Everyone, give it your all and leave no regrets." Coach Anxi did not make any tactical arrangements.
Warm-up is over, and the game begins!
Xiangbei wore red jerseys, and the starting lineup was: center No. 8 Akagi Takenori, 196cm power forward No. 11 Horita Tokuo, 187cm, small forward No. 10 Hasegawa Kazushi, 189cm, shooting guard No. 13 Katsumi Ichiro, 177cm, point guard No. 7 Mitsui Hisashi, 182cm. Although Coach Anzai did not make any tactical arrangements, it was obvious that Coach Anzai did not want to give up the game and sent out the strongest lineup on paper. Mitsui was changed to point guard to guide the team to exert the maximum firepower.
博多商身着白色球衣：中锋：8号兵野右太193cm，大前锋5号木村名章192cm，小前锋6号安川三郎190cm，得分后卫9号平井浩泰186cm，控球后卫4号小山善183cm
"Hakata's players are all so tall. I think our height is already an advantage for Shohoku. But compared to Hakata, except for Akagi who is slightly taller, the other players don't have an advantage, especially Katsumi and Horita." Ayako looked at Hakata's starting players and said in surprise
"Boduo adopts a three-two mixed defense in the half court. Two tall players in the interior are stationed near the restricted area, and three outside players with an average height of over 185cm use their height and long arms to double-team on the strong side and defend on the weak side, and rotate and switch quickly to continuously put pressure on the opponent's ball holder and slow down the pace of the game, forcing the opponent to panic and shoot on the edge of a 24-second violation, reducing the opponent's offensive success rate, and then suppressing the opponent's score to a very exaggerated level. Looking at the scores of national competitions over the years, since Boduo's defensive system was formed, opponents have rarely scored more than 70 points, and some weaker teams have only scored 10 or points in the whole game. One year, a team defended only made two free throws in minutes," said Mu Mu, holding a piece of information, which was kindly provided by the Hainan players.
"Ten minutes, that's equivalent to one quarter in the NBA, and they only allowed the opponent to score 2 points? Is Hakata's defense so abnormal?" Nakajima Ryo's eyes widened.
What the Xiangbei players didn't know was that since Hakata was founded, except for the first few years when it was not yet focused on defense, it had had some impressive attacks. After it took defense as its foundation, the score has rarely exceeded 100. In most cases, it has been between 70 and 80 points, and in some cases the score has even dropped to 50 or 60 points. Therefore, Hakata's games are the least popular and the least popular among the audience. However, such ugly games are not without rewards. Sanno once lost in front of Hakata due to carelessness, and Hakata also won the first national championship in school history!
While everyone was discussing, the match between Shohoku and Hakata Corporation had already begun!
In the round of scramble for the ball, Akagi was not afraid of anyone. He used his height and wingspan to touch the basketball first.
"Good job, Akagi!" Mitsui received the ball and praised
"Mitsui, be careful." Akagi smiled slightly, and suddenly his face changed. He hurriedly reminded Mitsui.
"Pah!" The ball in Mitsui's hand was slapped away by Hakata Sho's No. 6 Yasukawa Saburo. After the "captain" Yasukawa stole the ball, he passed the ball to the captain to organize the attack.
"I was careless," Mitsui regretted secretly.
"It doesn't matter, just guard against them," Murasakibara clapped his hands off the court.
Hakata Corporation attacked, and under the command of captain Koyama, Hakata Corporation's players began to run. Hirai Hiroyasu used Kimura's cover to run out of space, Koyama passed the ball to the right place in time, and Hirai Hiroyasu received the ball and shot it in the middle, hitting it steadily.
"Akagi" Mitsui dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and chose to give the ball to Akagi first. After Akagi got the ball, he lowered his center of gravity without hesitation and rushed directly towards Hyono behind him.
"Bah!"
"Bah!"
Just two times!
"This guy is so strong," Bingye groaned inwardly and couldn't help but take a step back.
"Opportunity" Akagi saw that he had already knocked away Hyono, and without hesitation, he shot from behind the basket. "It's not that easy" A big hand reached out. It was Kimura Meisho who was helping with defense!
"What a fast assist defense speed, and such a high jump," Murasakibara couldn't help but admire from the sidelines.
Akagi was disturbed by Kimura and his shot bounced out of the rim. Hyono grabbed the defensive rebound and passed it to Oyama to organize the offense.
"Akagi, don't mind it. Just dunk the next ball, and he won't have a chance to block you." Mitsui reminded Akagi, and Akagi nodded silently.
Hakata was on offense, Koyama had the ball, and after shaking left and right twice, he faked raising his hand to hold the ball. The continuous high-speed fake moves did not fool Mitsui. Koyama passed the ball to Yasukawa, and then cut without the ball. Mitsui was ready to defend, but Kimura Meisho ran out to cover Koyama and blocked Mitsui. Koyama got the ball and rushed to the basket at lightning speed, jumped into the air and made a layup.
"Are you pretending I don't exist?" Akagi jumped up and blocked the ball with a big kick.
"Good shot, Akagi!" the Xiangbei players cheered.
The ball that Akagi fanned flew out of the three-point line, and Kimura Meisho got the ball. He took a direct three-point shot.
"What?" Mitsui, who was beside him, did not expect Kimura to shoot a three-pointer from outside and was unable to block it. "Power forward shoots a three-pointer, will it go in?" Mitsui turned back and looked at the basket
"Swish!" The ball went into the net. "This guy can even shoot a three-pointer?" Mitsui was surprised.
Xiangbei attacked, Mitsui held the ball, facing Saburo Yasukawa in front of him, and repeatedly faked, finally shaking off the defense and breaking into the inside, but Hirai Hiroyasu on the left had already rushed over to help defend, and Kimura under the basket was also moving forward. Mitsui made a quick stop jump shot, but the basket rejected it, and Hyono grabbed the backcourt rebound. Hakata counterattacked, but this shot also missed.
Time passed quickly, and 4 minutes passed in the blink of an eye. The score on the field was still 0:5. Although Hakata Sho did not score, Xiangbei did not score a single point either! Mitsui dribbled the ball this time and was double-teamed by Koyama and Yasukawa. Mitsui passed the ball, and Hirai Hiroyasu stole it. After the steal, he passed it to Koyama, who pushed the counterattack all the way to the three-point line and shot a three-pointer from a distance. 8:0!
"Shohoku requests a timeout!" After the game started without scoring a single goal, Coach Anzai immediately called a timeout.