bullyxtreme Chapter 123 County Competition Ends
Chapter 123 County Competition Ends
Xiandao asked softly, "Coach, what were you whispering just now?"
The other team members also turned their heads to look over here.
Coach Tiangang glanced at his beloved students and said, "Watch the actions of the Xiangbei players carefully. The game has already been decided." The players of Ryonan still didn't understand, but they listened to Tiangang's request and continued to watch the game.
This time, Fujita made a probing step and broke through Mitsui's left side, breaking through Mitsui's defense and scoring a goal. Hainan widened the gap to 5 points.
"Huh? Mitsui can't be defeated so easily, right?" Sendoh, who had fought with Mitsui and Fujita before, saw the clue.
"Sendoh is right. Look carefully at Mitsui. If it were the opening scene, would Mitsui be easily shaken off by Fujita?" said Tanaoka
In this attack of Xiangbei, Mu Mu used the screen to break through the defense of Maki Shinichi. Facing the backup defense of Honda Masai, he passed the ball to Hasegawa Kazushi, who made a mid-range shot.
"Although Shohoku scored this goal, in the past, Murasakibara could have directly attacked Honda Masashi. With Murasakibara's skills, it is not impossible for Honda Masashi to get a 2+1, but Murasakibara chose to pass the ball this time. This shows that his physical strength is about to reach the critical point," Tanaoka Shigeka continued.
The game returned to the court. Fujita's attack missed, but the rebound was grabbed by Hoshino, who went straight for a dunk. Horita and Kusao Takeshi didn't even jump up.
"Think back, at what stage did the gap between us and Shoyo start to widen?" Without waiting for the players to answer, Tanaoka Shigeka continued, "Was it in the second half?" After getting the affirmative answer from the players, "Because of the tough battle against Shoyo yesterday, although they defeated Shoyo, Mitsui and Murasaki had to go all out because of Akagi's absence. Therefore, their physical strength was consumed too much, and they have not fully recovered until now. And today, they are playing against the Hainan team again. Playing back-to-back against the two giants in the county is a big test of physical strength in itself. So I am surprised that Shohoku has been able to hold on until now.
"Did Coach Anxi notice it?" Yu Zhu asked.
"It's clear that in the second half, Xiangbei played more screens and pick-and-rolls, hoping to save the energy of Murasakibara and Mitsui to a great extent," Tanaoka continued to explain.
"No wonder." The people of Ryonan finally understood what Coach Takaoka meant.
What Tanaka Shigeka said was absolutely correct. Coach Anzai had already noticed this and stood up to walk towards the referee's seat, but someone blocked his way. It was Akagi Takenori.
"Akagi-san, do you have any ideas?"
"Coach, I understand what you mean, but substituting players at this time will be a blow to the self-esteem of Mitsui and Murasakibara. They are both tenacious fighters, and the fate of a fighter is to fall on the battlefield, so please don't substitute them unless they can't hold on any longer and ask to leave the field."
"Coach, let them play. It's the last game, at most they will be tired for a few days, but it won't have a big impact on our preparations for the national competition. I believe Murasaki and Mitsui will protect themselves," said vice-captain Mori.
"Okay." Coach Anxi returned to the coaching booth.
Three minutes later, the score was 3:72, Hainan was leading by 82 points, and Amu dribbled the ball to the front court.
"Your physical strength can no longer support you to fight, why do you have to stay on the field?" Amu faced the opponent in front of him. He had noticed that Mu Mu's steps were already weak. If he forced a breakthrough, Mu Mu would not be able to hold on. So he whispered
"I won't give up the game," Murasaki whispered. While Maki was talking, he suddenly rushed forward and stole the ball from Maki's hand.
"Oops!" Maki Shinichi thought to himself that he was careless, but he reacted quickly and flicked the ball back. Although he failed to get the ball, he changed the direction of the ball. The ball flew out of bounds. Maki Shinichi was cut by Murasaki this time, and he dared not be careless again, and rushed over to save the ball immediately. But he also found that there was a person behind him who was gradually approaching him.
"Never give up at any time." Mugure used up his last bit of strength and rushed out to get the ball back from the outside before Maki Shinichi. The ball passed Maki Shinichi and Fujita's hands and landed in Mitsui's hands! Mugure himself had a close contact with the coach's seat.
"Kumi, Senior Kogure, Kogure" Mizuta Norika, Ayako and other members of the Xiangbei team hurried over
"Mitsui, it's up to you," Kusao Takeshi yelled
"Watch me!" Mitsui dribbled the ball behind his back, passed Honda Masai's steal, rushed to Hainan's basket, jumped in the air, and was about to dunk.
"It's not that easy." Fujita has already caught up. Jumped up and blocked
"Bang!" Mitsui pushed the ball into the hoop through Fujita. After landing, Mitsui was unstable and about to fall to the ground. At this time, a pair of hands supported Mitsui. It was Maki Shinichi.
"Mitsui, let's fight again next time," Maki Shinichi advised kindly.
"I can still fight." Mitsui had just finished speaking when he felt a sharp pain in his left calf and nearly fell down again. It seemed that he had a cramp. Seeing that he could not do anything, Mitsui could only sigh and said solemnly: "It's a deal."
"Wow!" Moved by the fighting spirit of Mu Mu and Mitsui, Tian Gangshi led the Ryonan players and Tateyama led the Shoyo players to stand up and applaud. Takato Riki also led the Hainan players to applaud, followed by the entire audience.
Because Muguro and Mitsui could no longer play, Coach Anzai replaced them and left Hasegawa alone. Saito, Katsumi, Nakajima, and Fukuda came on the court. Shohoku began to hone their lineup. On the Kainan side, Fujita and Hoshino took the initiative to ask to leave the court. The third-year ace combination of Kainan also had their own pride. The other two third-year players were also replaced. Only Amu was left on the court by Gaotou to stabilize the rhythm.
"Coach, I'm sorry," Mugure and Mitsui said in unison.
"Oh, don't think too much, Murasakibara-san, Mitsui-san, you performed very well. Thank you for bringing such a wonderful game."
The substitutes of both teams fought hard again in the rare playing time. Although Shohoku's Katsumi played more eye-catchingly, scoring 8 points by himself, the substitutes of Hainan blossomed more. Influenced by the county competition last year, they did not relax at all. At the end of the game, Hainan defeated Shohoku 101:85 and dominated Kanagawa for the 16th time. Although Shohoku lost, it also entered the national competition for the first time since its establishment.
After the match between Hainan and Xiangbei, the organizing committee began to award prizes
"I announce that Kainan High School and Xiangbei High School will represent Kanagawa in the national competition, and Xiangyang High School will participate in the play-offs. I wish these three teams good results." After announcing the national competition team, the next step is the individual awards.
"The MVP of this tournament is Fujita from Hainan High School." Although the captain of Hainan was challenged by the new generation in this competition, his overall performance was very stable. He deserved the MVP of the competition.
"Best Rookie, Akira Sendoh of Ryonan" Sendoh won the Best Rookie Award with an average of over 30 points per game
"The best lineup, center: Hoshino Teruji of Kainan, forward: Fujita Ki of Kainan, Mitsui Hisashi of Shohoku, guard: Maki Shinichi of Kainan and Kogure Kimiyasu of Shohoku!