Chapter 168 The first defeat, the most fatal weakness!

Author: Chief Disciple of the Beggar Clan

Chapter 168 The first defeat, the most fatal weakness!

Not long after the second half of the game started, everyone present already realized where the decisive point of this game was.

On the court, Jinguji Budo caught the ball with his back to the basket from mid-range. He immediately turned around and broke through. However, as soon as he took a step forward with his right foot, he stopped immediately. After taking a step back, he immediately shot a fadeaway jumper.

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The game has gone on for another ten minutes from the intermission to now. Under Shinomiya's defense, Budo's physical strength has been greatly exhausted. Although the posture of the fadeaway jumper is still chic and standard, as the physical fitness declines

, martial arts’ control over power began to become unstable.

"Dang~" The basketball landed on the edge of the basket and bounced directly.

"rebound!"

Mitsui Hisashi shouted to remind Akagi, while rushing towards the basket, trying to help grab the rebound.

However, at this time, the basket of Lingnan High School was already crowded. The big centers Jun Uozumi, Ryoji Ikegami, and even Uekusa, who was less than 170cm tall, were already wandering around the basket looking for opportunities.

Hisashi Mitsui wanted to grab rebounds, but facing so many people under the basket from Lingnan High School and Sendō being blocked, there was no way to help Akagi and Chiba inside.

Unsurprisingly, the rebound was picked off by Lingnan who had the advantage. After Uozumi grabbed the rebound, he was not in a hurry to pass the ball and held the ball tightly in his arms. He did not give the ball away until Xiandao approached.

"He missed his shot again in martial arts."

"His offensive efficiency has dropped significantly in the past few rounds of attacks. So far in the second half, Xiangbei's offense has been focused on him. Mitsui-senpai's side has been very tightly defended, and those from Lingnan have simply put it down.

Chiba and Miyagi are empty."

"Coach Anxi, if we continue to fight like this, we will lose in Xiangbei!"

Off the court, Ayako sat behind a small table and saw Jinguji Martial Arts shooting again, her eyebrows filled with melancholy. She couldn't help but say something to Coach Anzai next to her, hoping that Coach Anzai could do what he did.

Make some changes.

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Coach Anxi did not speak, but glanced at the scoreboard. At 63:61, Xiangbei High School still had a two-point lead. After a long silence, Coach Anxi said slowly:

"Change is needed, but I don't need to say it."

On the court, Shohoku High School began to retreat after a failed attack. On the way to retreat, Budo approached Mitsui Hisashi and whispered in his ear: "Xiaosan, I need to take a short break while you continue to fire up."

Of course he can feel the decline in Jinguji Budo's offensive efficiency. The moment he takes the shot, Budo basically knows whether his goal will be scored. He consumes a lot of physical energy.

He was on offense most of the time, and until now in the second half, he was leading the offense.

While completing the offense, Budo also needs to take into account defense. Shinomiya Tanano is not an ordinary player. The opponent's physical fitness is quite terrifying. If you want to defend him well, physical confrontation is inevitable. Although Budo's physical fitness is not

Not bad, but it can't stand up to being built like this.

On the contrary, it was Shinomiya. He knew how to share the ball and spent very little energy on the offensive end. All the extra energy he had was used to prevent Jinguji Budo from scoring.

So far in the game, Wu Dao has only scored 27 points in the first and second half combined. Although this is also a terrifying statistic, compared with his scoring efficiency of 30+ in the half and 50+ in the whole game. Today, he has

It is indeed restricted.

"good!"

Seeing Mitsui Hisashi nod in agreement, Budo silently stopped at the top of the arc in his own half, waiting for the Lingnan players to arrive.

By this time in the game, the players from both teams were already very tired. In order to take care of the physical fitness of his teammates, Shinomiya deliberately slowed down his pace.

Sendō, who was holding the ball, saw Shinomiya and Tanano running slowly, so he naturally slowed down the pace of ball control.

Just this subtle move from Lingnan High School made Coach Tamoka in the rest area very satisfied. Shinomiya's transformation was very fast. It only took him more than ten minutes to change his playing style. Now, Shinomiya has understood

He uses behavioral language to control the team's rhythm, which shows that Shinomiya's connection with his teammates is getting closer and closer.

On the other hand, in Shohoku, Jinguji Budo seems to be closely connected with his teammates, but in fact, Budo is out of touch with his teammates when attacking. He has his own offensive rhythm and will not wait because his teammates are out of position.

He will give up the opportunity in front of him because his teammates are not in a good position to grab the board.

On the court, Akira Sendō dribbled the ball into the frontcourt. Shinomiya did not increase his speed after crossing the center line, and stood about 2 meters outside the top of the arc to ask Sendō for the ball.

Shinomiya just received the ball, and immediately made a pick-and-roll gesture towards his teammates. As Sendao approached, Shinomiya immediately started to break through. The opponent's request for a pick-and-roll was seen by Budao, and without waiting for Sendō

Luo Shi Martial Arts had already reserved a position in advance, and when the Fourth Palace broke through, he immediately bypassed the Immortal Path and chased after him.

When Budo's defense came up, Shinomiya did not choose to attack Budo. Although there was a chance to attack him, overall, it was not "team" enough.

A beautiful back pass, the basketball was passed directly back to Xiandao's hands.

Shinomiya, who was passing the ball, stopped suddenly, and then immediately turned around to help Sendō block Mitsui Hisashi. This was not the first time that Lingnan High School had used a similar trick, but the effect was still excellent. This time, Mitsui Hisashi chose to follow up immediately.

Immortal Path, but the moment of bypassing the fields of the fourth palace was enough for the Immortal Path to rush inward.

Sendō, who got the gap, chose a mid-range jumper.

He doesn't like to stop suddenly or lean back like Jinguji Martial Arts does.

Although Xiandao is also a mid-range jumper, he still has nearly one second to adjust his shooting posture and rhythm after stopping. At the same time, the shot is also a standard two motion, without leaning back.

Although Xiandao's shooting was not as sudden or as fast as that of Martial Arts, his stability was quite good. The basketball went directly into the net and tied the score for Lingnan High School.

The offense and defense switched, and the ball turned to Shohoku's hands again. This time Budo did not choose to attack after receiving the ball in the frontcourt. Instead, he passed it to Mitsui Hisashi, and then started running and intersecting as Shohoku usually practiced, to contain Shinomiya Tanano.

While paying attention, he is also looking for good opportunities to catch the ball.

However, Budo and Hisa Mitsui had discussed it before. Although Budo was running and interspersed, and he did have a good chance to catch the ball, Mitsui Hisashi did not throw the ball to Budo. Instead, he quickly gave the ball to Miyagi and started to do it himself.

Get up and move.

Lingnan High School has never relaxed its vigilance against Hisashi Mitsui. His off-the-ball style of play puts a lot of pressure on Lingnan. When Hisashi Mitsui passes the ball and starts running on the court, Sendō and Ikegami immediately start running non-stop.

Chase and don't dare to relax at all.

However, even if two people were chasing after him, under the continuous pick-and-rolls of everyone in Shobei, Mitsui Hisashi finally got enough gaps, and then stepped on the three-point line to catch the ball, stepped back to outside the three-point line, and shot a three-pointer directly.

Take action.

Mitsui Hisashi's physical exertion was not that great in the first and second half, and the legendary buff was not blessed with him. The basketball did not enter the net as expected, but instead collapsed directly out of the frame.

Under the basket, Shinomiya had already run into the basket, and he also took over Akagi's work and pushed Akagi outside the landing point.

Uozumi easily collected the rebound again and sounded the clarion call for counterattack.

"Missed the rebound again?!"

"elder brother."

In the stands, Akagi Haruko saw that Shohoku failed to grab a rebound again. She clenched her hands worriedly, a little worried about her brother. In the court, while Akagi quickly returned to defense, she was upset that she had not grabbed this rebound again.

Ryonan High School does a very good job in guarding rebounds. Uozumi Jun, Ikegami, Sendō, and Shinomiya Tanoh will basically participate in the competition for rebounds. On the Shohoku side, Jinguji Budo is the main attacker.

Generally speaking, when shooting with him, if you want to grab a rebound, you have to see whether the ball will fly far away.

The only other people in Shohoku who can assist Akagi in grabbing rebounds are Chiba and Hisashi Mitsui, but they are disadvantaged in height and jumping. They have no advantage in grabbing rebounds in front of Sendō, Shinomiya and other players.

Lingnan High School fell behind so much in the first half, but it was able to catch up in the second half, all thanks to its outstanding ability to protect the frame.

"It seems that there is no hope for Xiangbei in this game."

"There is no clear winner between the two teams in the Ace Showdown, but Xiangbei's overall frame protection ability is far inferior to Lingnan."

"Both Hainan and Xiangyang only have one center, and their inside strength is not much different from that of Shohoku. Although there is a gap between Takenori Akagi and those third-year forwards, with the help of others, there will be no obvious difference in the competition for rebounds.

Disadvantage."

"But the Lingnan team is so different. There are three players over 190cm, and Sendō and Shinomiya are both very good jumpers. Although Shohoku's Mitsui Hisashi and Chiba Oishi are not short, they have to grab the boards in front of those people.

, so unrealistic.”

"And Jinguji Martial Arts cannot go inside to compete for rebounds at this time."

In the stands, a group of people from Hainan, the former king of Kanagawa Prefecture, were also watching the game on the field. Coach Gaotou analyzed the situation on the field to the surrounding players while thinking about ways to defeat these two teams next year.

"From the current stage, internal reinforcement is what Hainan needs to do no matter what."

"Otherwise, we will only rely on Takasago and Amu to protect the frame next year. Let alone the three tall men from Lingnan, we may not even be able to compare with Shohoku."

"The firepower also needs to be strengthened. Relying on Amu alone is not enough."

While Coach Gao Tou was thinking about it for a moment, Lingnan's side had completed this round of attack.

Shinomiya rushed to the basket and found the right time to pass the ball to Sendou with a fake move. The latter caught the ball and directly pulled up on the spot. Although the shot did not go in, Jun Uozumi still beat Akagi with the help of Shinomiya.

Grabbed the rebound and succeeded in the second attack.

Lingnan took the lead.

Now that the game has progressed, even the most stupid person knows what is the worst thing about Xiangbei compared to Lingnan. It is not the offensive firepower, not the defensive ability of each position, but the gap in the ability to protect the frame.

Shinomiya did not focus on offense or individual defense. He just paid a little attention to rebounding, which had a huge impact on the entire situation.

Although Budo also wants to help grab rebounds, but unlike the offense, Shinomiya's strength can be brought out to the greatest extent when he grabs rebounds. As for letting Budo rush to grab rebounds, I'm sorry, those people in Lingnan

The explosive power and height are both good. If the martial arts does not have overwhelming bounce, the possibility of successfully grabbing rebounds is very small.

Moreover, the rebounders in Lingnan are obviously experienced and know how to block positions.
To be continued...