PFC Chapter 235 Group Stage Round 2: Xiangbei vs. Dongying (Part )
Chapter 235 Group Stage Round 2: Xiangbei vs. Dongying (Part )
"Tosakura High School has appeared in the national competition for the past five years. It made it to the top 5 two years ago and the top eight the year before that. However, it was unlucky in the second round last year and was eliminated by Sanno Industrial. Therefore, it was rated as a Class B team this time. The team's ace player is captain No. 16 Katayama Masami, who plays as a point guard and has participated in all competitions as a main player since his freshman year of high school. In addition to Katayama Masami, their team's small forward Nishimura Shusaku also has good shooting ability. The other players are of average strength." Ayako briefly introduced the situation of Tosakura to the people of Shohoku.
"It seems that the captain of Tosakura is quite strong. He can play as a main player in the first year of high school. Mugure, his experience is similar to yours," said Mitsui.
"He looks like a good player, but he won't be my opponent," Murasakibara responded calmly. Mitsui didn't say much. Murasakibara's strength was there, and he also believed in Murasakibara.
"Yohei, you should start the match against Touying first. It will be a rare learning opportunity for you. Come on!" Mugure patted Mito Yohei's shoulder.
"Yes" Mito Yohei is full of fighting spirit
'Oh, in that case, then let Mito-san start first, and Murasakibara-san will be on the bench. Akagi-san, Mitsui-san, you two will also start in the next game. Find the feeling of the game.' Coach Anzai made the lineup arrangement. With the strength of East Sakura, although it does not pose a big threat to Xiangbei, it is not a good thing to let the main players rest all the time. They should also let the main players play appropriately to find the feeling of the game.
"Yes, coach"
On the second day of the game, Kanagawa's first team was Ryonan High School. Ryonan easily defeated Saitama Prefecture's representative team, Shitsuno Industry, 88:60 without exerting their full strength. In the next round, they will compete with Toshijo High School for the group qualification. The most eye-catching performance in this game was still Yuzhu, who scored 23 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks in the first half. After two games, Yuzhu's reputation also spread throughout the arena. And Sendoh only scored ordinary data of 9 points and 4 assists. It seems that Taoka Shigeka is still hiding Sendoh's strength.
"Okay, let's go!" Akagi leads the Xiangbei starting lineup into the field
湘北队员身着红色球衣，首发：中锋4号赤木刚宪200cm大前锋14号中岛亮190cm小前锋9号克美一郎186cm‘、得分后卫6号三井寿188cm控球后卫12号水户洋平176cm。
另一边，身着白色球衣的东樱高中先发阵容为：中锋8号192cm，大前锋6号187cm、小前锋5号西村周作184cm、得分后卫9号181cm‘、控球后卫4号片山正见179cm‘。
The No. 8 center of Dongying High School looked at the burly Akagi and couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Akagi had made a name for himself in the country last year, and as an opponent, he knew Akagi's ability very well. Sure enough, Akagi easily won the jump ball, Xiangbei attacked first, and Mito Yohei dribbled to the front court. He took a look at his teammates' positions. At the beginning of the game, Akagi was double-teamed!
"It seems that Dongying knows the power of Akagi, and implemented the double-team tactic at the beginning of the game." Because Hainan's game was held in the afternoon, they came to watch Xiangbei's game on site
"Is it enough to just double-team Akagi? What about Mitsui?" Amu disagreed.
Mito Yohei saw Akagi being double-teamed, so he handed the ball to Mitsui. Mitsui did not choose to attack, but handed the ball to Katsumi. Katsumi bent down, crossed his hands and dribbled, as if he was going to break through. He lowered his head and pretended to rush inside.
The right foot stepped heavily on the three-point line!
"Opportunity" Dongying's vice-captain Shusaku Nishimura noticed a flaw in Kemei's dribbling, an excited smile appeared on his face, and he reached out to grab the basketball that Kemei had just shot out.
Wait, his right hand that was trying to grab the ball suddenly swung in vain, and suddenly he found that the basketball and Kemei's right foot instantly retracted outside the three-point line, and they were suddenly lifted high up!
What is this?! Is this a fake move?!
Nishimura Shusaku stood there in a daze, watching Kemei strike a very graceful pose, raising his head to the highest point with a solemn expression! The basketball drew a beautiful arc and fell into the white net, and a beautiful "swish" sound was heard. 3:0, Xiangbei took the lead
"That's a good goal, Kemei, you have the style of me in my old days" Mitsui praised his junior
"It's ok, let's score a goal." Katayama dribbled the ball while directing his players, while Mito Yohei was ready to fight. Xiangbei's goal was clear, which was to curb the attack of Tosakura by clamping down on the opponent's core players.
Katayama may not care at first, just slightly swaying left and right to get rid of Mito Yohei, but Mito Yohei, who is full of fighting spirit, will not let him get rid of it easily, "Huh, a first-year boy, you are quite agile, then I will use my height to deal with you." Katayama saw that the first plan did not work and came up with another one. He took two steps and stopped suddenly to shoot. "What?" Just when he shot, a hand appeared in front of him. Although Katayama had the advantage of height, he underestimated Mito Yohei's speed and bounce. The ball was interfered by Yohei. Although the ball was thrown, it hit the front of the basket and missed. Akagi grabbed the rebound
"Good defense, Yohei, try to attack him," Mitsui whispered to Mito Yohei
Yohei first launched a tentative attack, but Katayama remained calm and showed no signs of weakness. Yohei calmed down before making a second breakthrough, this time with lightning speed, but surprisingly, Katayama correctly and quickly followed Mito Yohei and was not shaken off.
"First-year boy, your speed is good, but it's not enough. I was just careless just now. Don't think you can beat me easily."
"Damn it!" Yohei cursed in his heart, but he did not choose to force an attack. He passed the ball while running.
Mitsui cuts in from the side and catches the basketball quickly and accurately. After receiving the ball, he breaks through, passes No. 9, breaks into the restricted area, and makes a quick stop jump shot to score 2 points, 5:0
Higashinagara attacked again. This time Katayama was not careless. He used his body to hold Yohei and made a jump shot to make it 5:2
In this attack of Xiangbei, Mito Yohei still couldn't get rid of Katayama's defense
"As expected of the captain of East Sakura, there are no flaws in his defense," Mito Yohei thought, but what Mito Yohei didn't know was that the other team was also secretly praising him.
"This first-grader is quite capable. He dribbles the ball very steadily. There is no chance for him to be intercepted. I am afraid I did not have this ability when I was in the first grade. I was intercepted several times. If he trains, he will become a great player in the future."
"Yohira, pay attention to the time," Mu Mu reminded from the sidelines. Although Mito Yohei did not give Katayama a chance to steal the ball, it was still in the offensive phase and had a time limit.
"I can't get past you, but I still have other chances." Mito Yohei passed the ball to Mitsui and started
"Are you going to cut in? That's not that easy." The experienced Katayama judged Yohei's intention and followed immediately, but he never thought that Nakajima had come out to cover for Yohei. With the help of Nakajima's cover, Yohei cut into the penalty area and Mitsui immediately passed the ball to Yohei.
"Don't even think about scoring a goal!" The power forward of East Sakura came to fill in the position, but at the moment he was defending, Mito Yohei got the ball and passed it to him. Due to the filling in of No. 6, only Akagi and East Sakura's center were one-on-one under the basket. Akagi would naturally not miss such a good opportunity. Akagi dribbled the ball for one step, and East Sakura's center was out of position. Akagi succeeded in attacking the basket 7:2
Facing Yohei who was defending him, Katayama decisively started a strong attack and used the change of rhythm to successfully disrupt Yohei's pace and break into the inside line. However, although Katayama successfully broke through Yohei, Mitsui had already filled the position. Facing Mitsui's defense, Katayama had no chance to break through. At the moment he paused
"Pah!" The ball was intercepted by Mito Yohei from behind. Mitsui got the ball and said, "Great interception, Yohei, catch it!" He immediately passed it to Yohei. Yohei received the ball and made a quick attack alone.
"First-year boy, don't even think about scoring!" Katayama quickly returned to defense and finally rushed in front of Yohei within his own three-point line. Because of Katayama's obstruction, Mito Yohei slowed down his pace. At this moment, Yohei suddenly looked to the right.
"Hmm? Oh no, Mitsui is coming." Katayama glanced and found that Mitsui had caught up. Katayama was also aware of the power of Mitsui's three-pointer, and hurriedly shifted his center of gravity to prepare to intercept Yohei's pass.
"Oops, I got fooled!" Mito Yohei took advantage of the moment when Katayama's center of gravity moved and suddenly accelerated again. Katayama was caught off guard and was successfully broken through by Yohei, who scored a layup and scored 9:2