bullyxtreme Chapter 318 The final battle, full-court press? I will do it too
Chapter 318 The final battle, full-court press? I will do it too
"It's you? Red-haired boy." Kawada stared at the opponent in front of him
"Don't always call me red-haired boy, I am basketball genius Sakuragi Hanamichi, damn bald gorilla" Sakuragi Hanamichi was very unhappy
"Who is the bald gorilla? Your Akagi looks like a gorilla." Kawata retorted without showing any weakness.
"Beep! Beep! Beep! Players from both sides are prohibited from talking." The referee quickly blew the whistle to stop them, and then threw the ball into the air.
"Hah!" Sakuragi and Kawata jumped up at the same time. Although Kawata's jumping and speed were better, he was facing the more outstanding Sakuragi. As a result, Sakuragi hit the ball to his teammate with a half-palm advantage.
"Good boy, you are really capable"
"Good shot, Sakuragi!" Sakuragi hit the ball in the direction where Murasakibara was. Murasakibara blocked Fukatsu first, and then got the ball. Murasakibara had just got the ball when a figure suddenly appeared.
"This ball is mine" Zebei has already rushed over
"Be careful, Mumu," Akagi reminded from the sidelines
"Humph, I've noticed your habit of stealing the ball at the start of the second half." Mu Mu was prepared and dribbled the ball behind his back to avoid Ze Bei's steal.
"Next, Mitsui" Murasakibara passed the ball to Mitsui, and Mitsui attacked with the ball
"Come on, Mitsui!" Matsumoto rushed to defend
"Next, Murasakibara" Mitsui suddenly made a straight pass, also hitting the ground, quickly and accurately from Matsumoto's right side to Murasakibara who was running forward.
However, Fukatsu returned to defense very quickly. When Murasakibara stepped into the inside, he had already returned to defense and wanted to move forward closely to force Murasakibara to stop.
However, Mu Mu did not pause at all. He turned around and passed the opponent cleanly, then quickly rushed to the basket and prepared to layup.
"Don't even think about it." Kawata had rushed back and jumped high to block Murasakibara. After the bodies and arms of both sides collided violently in the air, Murasakibara gently threw the ball towards the backboard while falling. The ball hit the small frame under the backboard and bounced into the net. The referee's whistle sounded at the same time.
"White No. 7, foul, two points valid, one free throw!"
"nice shot!"
"Well done, Muguro!"
"So beautiful, Gongyan!"
The players of the Xiangbei team, Mizuta Norika and Muguro's parents all cheered for this goal.
Mu Mu took the ball from the referee and made the free throw 55:50
Sanwang attacks, this time the ball goes to Zebei
"Hey, there's a change of players. I finally get a chance to compete with senior Mitsui." Zebei Rongzhi said, and the Sanno ace found that his opponent had become Shohoku's No. 6.
"Come on, Zebei"
The moment Zebei received the ball, Mitsui used his abdominal force to hold the opponent from behind. If Zebei fell to the ground with such physical contact, the opponent might be fouled, but he was Zebei Rongzhi, who rarely committed fouls when shooting.
Zebei, who was uncomfortable with the ball, tried to adjust his body shape and center of gravity. Mitsui held the opponent's waist with one hand and tried to steal the ball with the other hand. As a scorer, Mitsui knew very well that this kind of ball must not be allowed to be received and performed by the opponent comfortably.
Zebei protected the ball with his back, looking for an opportunity to turn around. Mitsui's defense was impeccable. While defending, he kept his feet close to the ground and made slight movements and adjustments. At the same time, he controlled the strength of his upper body to test the pressure, disrupting the opponent's pace and rhythm.
Zebei, who didn't have many good opportunities with his back to the basket, wanted to distance himself and face the opponent head-on. However, Mitsui followed closely and made Zebei spend several times more time and energy than usual to adjust his movements.
"As expected of Senior Mitsui, very beautiful defense!" Zebei said.
"It's okay." Mitsui responded.
At this time, Zebei suddenly rushed to the right
"Don't even think about me at this level, bastard, it's another pick-and-roll." Mitsui moved to the left and bumped into Nobe who was covering for Zebei. After Zebei got rid of Mitsui, he made a quick stop and jump shot before Fukuda made up for the defense, and scored 55:52
Fukuda came to the baseline to prepare for serving. Zebei raised his hands to block Fukuda and kept interfering back and forth, while Fukatsu stuck closely to Murasakibara, not allowing the opponent to move freely, and Matsumoto waited for an opportunity to intercept Murasakibara's pass.
"Zone pressing defense?!" The whole audience was in an uproar, and Sanwang used his best tactic!
Fukuda passed the ball to Mugure again. Zebei and Fukatsu immediately formed a human wall, surrounding Mugure tightly. Mugure then hit the ball on Fukatsu's feet, and the ball bounced out of the sideline. Fukuda quickly walked to the sideline, ready to serve.
Mu Mu turned and ran quickly to the front court.
"Zebei, be careful of the long pass," Shenjin hurriedly reminded Zebei, and Zebei immediately jumped high to prevent Fukuda from making a long pass. However, Fukuda collected the ball and passed it to Mito Yohei with a ground pass. The moment Mito Yohei received the ball, he dribbled directly towards Shenjin, and when the ball landed, he had already brushed past Shenjin's defense and successfully broke through
Only Fukatsu was left standing there exclaiming "What a fast speed!"
Kawata saw that Fukatsu was breached, and hurried back to defend Murasaki, while Matsumoto went to defend Mito Yohei. Before Matsumoto could defend, Mito Yohei threw the ball to the other side. The Sanno players looked over and saw that Mitsui had already run over and was unguarded. Mitsui took two steps to the three-point line and shot calmly, hitting the target! 58:52
"Throw the ball at someone's feet and then serve quickly, is that even possible?!" Xiangbei's operation surprised everyone, but what surprised them even more was the following
Nobe passed the ball to Fukatsu. As soon as Fukatsu got the ball, he said, "What?" Mugure and Mito Yohei appeared in front of Fukatsu, one on the left and one on the right! Fukatsu was about to pass the ball to Zebei, but he found that Sakuragi was close to Zebei.
"Matsumoto!" Fukatsu had no choice but to pass the ball to Matsumoto, but the ball was intercepted by a hand halfway through. It was Mitsui! Mitsui stole the ball and made a layup. Nobe rushed over, but Mitsui changed his shot and passed it to Fukuda, who made a layup and scored! 60:52
"Shohoku is actually pressing Sanno?!" This wave of operations made Domoto, who was sitting in the coach's seat, couldn't help but stand up.
"Play tight defense? We can do that, too."
Sannoh served the ball this time, and it was Kawada who served. "Nobe, take it." Nobe, who was 198cm tall, received the ball and raised it high. Mugure and Mito Yohei were too tall to interfere with Nobe. Nobe passed the ball to Fukatsu. Shohoku failed to press this time. After Fukatsu got the ball, he made a long pass. Zebei had already run to the front court. Shohoku players could not catch up, and Zebei scored a layup. 60:54
"Shohoku, we were just lucky just now. We want to press Sannoh, let's practice more." Sannoh's substitute players shouted
Attack and defense changed, Sanno continued to press, Nobe went to interfere with Fukuda's serve. Fukatsu stayed close to Kogure, Zebei waited for an opportunity to move, and Matsumoto stared at Mitsui.
"This time, let's see what tricks you guys can come up with," Fukatsu said quietly in front of Mu Mu.
"Tricks? Of course, if you insist on calling it tricks I admit it, but we still have tricks that we haven't used yet." Murasakibara suddenly sped up and ran towards Sakuragi.
"Using Sakuragi's screen to catch the ball?" Fukatsu bypassed Sakuragi
"Next, Sakuragi!" Fukuda threw the ball high to Sakuragi! Kawata tried to jump up to steal the ball, but the ball passed over his palm
"It's too high!" Kawata thought that Sakuragi couldn't catch the ball, but the next second
"Good pass!" Sakuragi jumped high and caught the ball from the air!
"He can catch this ball!" Kawada's eyes widened.
"He will pass the ball to Mugure or Mitsui." Fukatsu and Zebei are ready to press Mugure, and Matsumoto is ready to defend Mitsui. However, Sakuragi does pass the ball, but it is to Mito Yohei! At the moment when Sakuragi receives the ball, Mito Yohei is already running down the court. He uses his speed to get rid of all defenses, receives the pass from Sakuragi, and scores a layup! 62:54
Sanno served the ball to Kawata, but this time, it was Sakuragi who interfered with Nobe's serve. Sakuragi jumped high and his palm touched the ball, which went out of the baseline.
"It was really dangerous. This red-haired boy jumped too high." Nobe was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat and continued to serve.
"Give me the ball." This time, Zebei came over to receive the ball. Nobe was relieved and hit the ball to Zebei. Mugure and Mito Yohei, who had planned to press Fukatsu, immediately gave up their defense against Fukatsu and returned to defense. Zebei gave the ball to Fukatsu to reorganize the attack. Fukatsu chose to give the ball to Nobe. Nobe used his height advantage to force Fukuda to score 62:56.
"Still pressing?" After Nobe scored, he immediately stood at the baseline to interfere with Xiangbei's serve, and Sanwang continued with the second half's strategy. It was just that Kawata was replaced to pay attention to Mito Yohei's single fast break, Fukatsu and Matsumoto defended Mugure, and Zebei continued to play against Mitsui.
Fukuda still threw the ball high to Sakuragi, who caught the ball and threw it to the fast-moving Mugure before Matsumoto could defend. Mugure attacked with the ball, and Sanno's pressing was once again broken.
"If Kawata guards Sakuragi and Mito Yohei is unguarded, once Kawata goes to defend Mito Yohei, there will be no high point to limit Sakuragi from receiving the ball. Once Sakuragi receives the ball, he cannot be allowed to dribble and attack, as someone will go up to defend him. Sakuragi can choose to pass the ball, and then Murasakibara or Mitsui will be defending one-on-one, and their offensive pressure will be reduced. It seems that the pressing tactics will not have much effect on Xiangbei." Domoto secretly made up his mind to cancel the pressing defense in the next round.