PFC Chapter 262: Shohoku vs. Touou: Fast Break Battle
Chapter 262: Shohoku vs. Touou: Fast Break Battle
"Well done, Sakuragi!" The Xiangbei players and the audience cheered for Sakuragi's defense and attack.
"I didn't expect this red-haired boy to have such amazing physical fitness." Iwata couldn't help but wipe the sweat off his face. Although the game had just started, Sakuragi's amazing fitness had already made Touou's center sweat.
"Iwata, don't worry, we'll fight back," captain Nan Lie comforted his teammates.
Attack and defense changed, Touou's point guard Itakura dribbled to the frontcourt, Shiyu Kyohei and Nan Lie made a cross-position switch, and just when Nan Lie had just created an open space, Itakura's pass had already arrived, and Nan Lie took the ball and shot directly. Kemei, who switched positions with Mitsui, was a step slower in defense and could only watch Nan Lie shoot a three-pointer from the outside.
"Will the ball go in with such a quick shot?" Just as the Xiangbei players were guessing, the sound of the basketball going into the net told them the answer, 9:5
"Beautiful!" The players of Toyotama immediately celebrated and retreated.
"Nan Lie's three-point shooting is even better than last year, and he shoots faster and more decisively," said Mitsui, who is also a three-point shooter.
"Quick pass" Murasakibara did not spend time expressing his feelings like Mitsui did. He directly signaled to Fukuda who was serving the baseline ball. Fukuda understood what he meant. Murasakibara quickly took the baseline ball from Fukuda and chased after the Touou people who were running back while celebrating.
"Be careful!!" Nan Lie was the first to discover that Xiangbei had launched an attack, and he immediately turned around and counterattacked Mu Mu.
However, Murasakibara was prepared. He changed speed and passed Nan Lie. Then, before Itakura and Shiyu closed the door on him, he passed the ball to Mitsui with one hand. Mitsui ran to the basket in a few steps, made a fake layup and deceived Iwata, the last line of defense of Touou, and then secretly passed the ball to Fukuda who was following up on the right.
Futian jumped up from the basket and dunked the ball with one hand. 11:5
Looking at the Xiangbei players retreating one after another, Nan Lie said excitedly: "Is Xiangbei really going to compete with us?! Interesting!"
"Yeah! Comparing speed?! How could we lose to others?!" Kishimoto also couldn't suppress the enthusiasm in his heart.
Immediately, Fengyu's attack ended within a few seconds. Nan Lie, under the cover of his teammates, ran into an open space outside the three-point line and made a three-point shot, hitting it again to 11:8.
After Nan Lie made two consecutive three-pointers, Mitsui, who is also a three-point shooting master, naturally would not show weakness. With the help of Sakuragi's cover, Mitsui got the opportunity, and Murasakibara's pass was delivered in time. Mitsui quickly made a three-pointer, 14:8, Xiangbei counterattacked Toouou in the same way!
On the other hand, on Touou's side, Iwata set a screen for Nan Lie, and Sakuragi quickly switched defense with Mitsui. Nan Lie got the pass. The situation instantly changed to Sakuragi defending Nan Lie, and Mitsui defending Iwata. Through Sakuragi's performance at the beginning, Nan Lie knew how amazing Sakuragi's quality was, and his shot was likely to be blocked. Kishimoto seemed to see what Nan Lie was thinking. He came out from the inside to set a screen for Nan Lie. Now Nan Lie got a brief opportunity. Nan Lie used Kishimoto's screen to pass Sakuragi's defense, and Fukuda made a backup defense. However, Nan Lie made a back pass, and the ball fell into Shiyu Kyohei's hands. Shiyu Kyohei made a mid-range shot and hit it! 14:10
"Kishimoto, what's wrong with you?" When returning to defense, Nan Lie noticed that Kishimoto was rubbing his shoulders
"I'm fine. This red-haired boy is really strong. I got hit by him. It hurts." It turned out that when Sakuragi moved sideways to defend Nan Lie, he collided with Kishimoto.
In this attack of Xiangbei, Mu Mu's three-pointer did not hit
"The rebound is mine" Sakuragi overpowers Iwata to grab the offensive rebound!
"Good job on grabbing it, Sakuragi!" the Xiangbei players praised
However, just after Sakuragi grabbed the rebound, Kishimoto and Iwata immediately double-teamed Sakuragi, not giving Sakuragi a second chance to attack. Seeing that he was double-teamed, Sakuragi immediately passed the ball to Fukuda. However, the intention of the pass was too obvious. Kishimoto was prepared and reached out to steal the ball. Touou launched a quick counterattack, and finally Kishimoto scored a layup, 14:12
"Hold this goal" The game started with a score of 9:2, but now there is only one goal left. The players of Touou see the hope of tying or even surpassing the score.
"You wish." A sneer bloomed from the corner of Mu Mu's mouth, and Mu Mu quickly dribbled to the Toyotama three-point line. Directly shot a three-pointer
"So fast!" Itakura didn't expect that Mu Mu would suddenly shoot a three-pointer. He didn't have time to block it. He turned around and looked, "Swish!" The ball went into the net! 17:12
The two sides went back and forth, and the rhythm of offense and defense was always very fast. Whether it was Touou or Xiangbei, the time spent on a round of offense was no more than 8 seconds. From the backcourt to the frontcourt, it was rare to record the entire offensive process with a single camera. Even if several cameras were combined and spliced, it was difficult to capture all the movements of all the players.
The excitement in the audience could not be lowered at all.
"So fast! So fast on both sides!"
"I didn't dare to blink. I missed a lot of wonderful scenes when my eyes closed and opened again."
"Awesome! This game was so exciting to watch!"
"Today's high school students are amazing. With this kind of game intensity, let alone Japan's top league, even the strongest basketball league in the United States, the NBA, would find it difficult to maintain such a high attack rhythm!!!"
"A strong team! The national strong teams are really different!"
"Shohoku is so tough that they actually competed with Kitano (old Touou fans always think Touou's coach is Kitano) under the strong Touou team, the opponent's best running and gunning. This trip is really worthwhile!"
Amid the constant cheers from the audience, Shohoku and Touou performed at their top speed, dazzling the audience in the hall.
"Ms. Aida, I always feel something is wrong. Shohoku obviously has Akagi, a nationally top-notch center, so why does it have to play fast break with Touou? Moreover, they have replaced the main guard Murasakibara. Although Mito Yohei is also very fast, he still lacks experience after all." Nakamura, a reporter from Kanagawa, was a little confused. The score was 35:30 at this time. The game was going on for 11 minutes and 13 seconds. At this time, Shohoku made substitutions. Mito Yohei replaced Murasakibara and Kiyota Nobunaga replaced Mitsui.
"Nakamura, you are not the only one who finds it strange. I believe that viewers who are familiar with Xiangbei will think so. In fact, I can understand that Akagi is not on the field. Akagi's speed will hinder Xiangbei's fast break, but with the ability of Xiangbei players, they can completely defend against Touou's offense. But I feel that Xiangbei's players are not focused enough on defense. What is Coach Anzai thinking?" Yayoi Aida took over the conversation. What Yayoi Aida didn't know was that the reason why Xiangbei seemed a little lax on the defensive end was that they always remembered the arrangement of Teacher Anzai in their minds: "You five, if you have the opportunity to intercept the opponent, don't intercept, except for steals of course. What I mean is that you should run to the side of the Touou players as much as possible, forcing them to keep running and accelerating, so that the offensive rhythm of the whole court will speed up."
"Mr. Kitano, Xiangbei has replaced two freshmen players. Now is a good opportunity to overtake the score."
"Yeah, that's right." Kitano nodded, came to the sidelines, and made a gesture
"The strength of Xiangbei's lineup has weakened. We need to strengthen our offense." Nan Lie understood what Kitano meant. "Okay!" The players of Touou responded in unison.
Itakura dribbled the ball to the front court, "First-year boy, can you defend me?" He changed direction and tried to break through Mito Yohei's defense. "Oh no!" Just after Itakura broke through Yohei, he felt his hands were empty. It turned out that Mito Yohei poked the ball from behind. Itakura had lost the ball, but Nan Lie on the side picked up the ball. Nan Lie made a fake shot to trick Kemei and then shot a three-pointer.
"You are dreaming!" Nan Lie's face suddenly changed. It turned out that Qingtian came from the side, jumped up to block, and his fingers touched the basketball.
"Hmm!" Sakuragi grabbed the rebound, "Yohei, catch it!" Sakuragi landed and made a long pass.
"So fast!" At this time, Mito Yohei had already run to the half court, and after receiving the ball, he scored a single fast break layup 37:30
"The new players of Xiangbei have good physical fitness, don't underestimate them." After a round of offense and defense, Nan Lie got to know the new players of Xiangbei, and the players of Touou also put away their contempt. The Touou players were serious and their offensive firepower was still fierce. Although the players on the Xiangbei field had excellent physical fitness, they were still slightly inferior in experience. Unknowingly, the first half ended and the two sides were tied at 57.