freenovelworld Chapter 232: Kanagawa team's first round pick in the national competition (Part )
Chapter 232: Kanagawa team's first round pick in the national competition (Part )
"The opponent in the first round is Houguan High School. Houguan High School has entered the national competition twice in the past five years, but both times it was eliminated in the first round. One year, it met with Hakata University of Commerce Affiliated School, and it only scored 5 points in the whole game. This shows that Houguan's strength is really average." Before the game, Caizi introduced Houguan High School to everyone
"In that case, the three of us don't need to appear on stage yet, let's leave the opportunity to the younger generation," suggested the always cautious Akagi.
"Okay," Mitsui nodded. "I don't mind either," Murasakibara also nodded in agreement.
"Oh, okay. For this match, Akagi, Mitsui, and Murasakibara do not need to appear on the court. You can arrange the lineup freely." Coach Anzai said this and did not make any other tactical arrangements.
"Point guard: Mito Yohei. Shooting guard: Kiyota Nobunaga, small forward Fukuda Yoshitaka, power forward Sakuragi Hanamichi, center: Horita Tokuo" Akagi announced the starting lineup
"Okay, let's go!" As the only senior high school student in the starting lineup, Tokuo Horita led the team into the field
"It seems that Akagi, Mitsui and Mugure don't need to appear in this game." Coincidentally, after the match between Xiangbei and Houze, the next match is between Kainan and Tsushima Miyanishi High School, while the match between Ryonan and Midorikaze will be held in two other venues. Ryonan's match time is the same as Xiangbei's, and Midorikaze's match time is the same as Kainan's. Therefore, only Kainan can watch Xiangbei's game. Gaotou noticed that Akagi and the other two did not take off their coats.
"To deal with a team like Houguan, we don't need all three of them to play. Xiangbei's current lineup is enough to deal with it," said Amu
As the referee throws the ball into the air, the game officially begins!
The No. 6 center in Houguan, who was wearing a black jersey, was less than 3 meters tall, 7 centimeters shorter than Tokuo Horita. The ball was passed by Horita to Yohei, who got the ball and accelerated past the No. point guard in Houguan.
"What a fast speed!" The No. 7 defender only felt a gust of wind passing by, and the opponent in front of him disappeared.
After "Senior Fukuda" Mito Yohei broke through his opponent, he saw Fukuda had already run into the opponent's penalty area. He made a long pass directly
"Good pass, Yohei!" Fukuda got the ball, and there was no one guarding the basket. He dunked and scored. Only 4 seconds into the game, Xiangbei took the initiative.
Attacking from behind, their captain is the shooting guard No. 4, 184cm tall, facing Kiyota Nobunaga who is defending in front of them.
"Look at his back number. He is just a freshman. He definitely doesn't have enough experience and skills. I scored two points on him." The captain of the back pass thought to himself. It must be said that as the captain of the back pass, he still has some skills. After two changes of direction, he shook off an opening and made a mid-range shot.
"Don't underestimate me" Although Qingtian was shaken off, his excellent physical fitness allowed him to make timely defense
"What? How can No. 11 jump so high?" Captain Hou Guan was horrified.
"Bang!" Qingtian gave Captain Houguan a big hit!
"Good shot, Nobunaga" the ball was caught by Mito Yohei
"Give it to me" Qingtian finished the block and ran forward quickly
"Next," Mito Yohei handed the ball to Kiyota Nobunaga without hesitation. Kiyota dribbled the ball straight into the goal and dribbled behind his back to avoid the steal from Houguan No. 5. There was no one in Houguan's backcourt, so Kiyota made a direct dunk.
Houguan No. 6 hits Horida. Although Horida does not play much, the opponent he faces is not comparable to the Houguan center. The ball is successfully defended and bounces out of the basket.
As soon as the ball bounced out of the basket, Sakuragi jumped up and grabbed the rebound.
"This No. 10 actually jumped so high!" The No. 5 power forward behind Sakuragi could only sigh at Sakuragi.
After "Yohei" Sakuragi grabbed the rebound, he made a long pass, and Mito Yohei got the ball and scored a layup. Just one minute into the game, Xiangbei scored a 1:6 lead.
"Everyone calm down and cooperate more."
After some cooperation, the captain of Houguan used the screen to avoid Qingtian's defense and made a layup.
"Don't even think about going in" Sakuragi swung the ball over the basket
"White No. 10 interferes with the ball, the goal is valid"
"What kind of monster is that No. 10? He can even block that high ball." Although the goal was valid, as a coach, Coach Hou Guan's knowledge is much higher than that of the players. How can a high school student break such a rule?
"Don't mind, Sakuragi, your defense is very active, this attitude is very good." Horita Tokuo patted Sakuragi on the shoulder
Shohoku attacks, Mito Yohei directly shoots a three-pointer
"Oh no, Sakuragi, rebound!" As soon as Mito Yohei shot, he felt something was wrong and immediately reminded his friends.
"My" Sakuragi jumped high and pushed the ball into the basket
"Well done, Sakuragi!" The Xiangbei players off the court cheered for Sakuragi
The ball was intercepted by Mito Yohei before the point guard crossed the half court, and Shohoku attacked. The ball was in the hands of Horida Tokuo, who backed up the opponent's center and scored.
Houguan served the ball from the baseline, but the ball was intercepted by Qingtian in the air, and Qingtian scored a layup
"Shohoku is really strong. Three excellent freshmen have joined the team. It is even better than last year," some veteran fans still remember the performance of Shohoku last year. How could the Shohoku basketball team, which aims to dominate the country, lose to such an opponent? In the first game, Shohoku showed the national high school basketball world what a storm is.
The score in the first half was 69:29, with Xiangbei leading by 40 points!
69 points. Some high school games may not even reach this score in the entire game, but Xiangbei did it in just twenty minutes. Twenty minutes, for Houguan High School, it was a nightmare twenty minutes. The violent offense destroyed their defense and completely crushed their fighting spirit and confidence. Xiangbei could fast break, attack and defend in positions, attack hard under the basket, and shoot from outside the three-point line. With lightning-fast breakthroughs, exquisite coordination, strong and tough attacks, and elegant and gorgeous cuts, Xiangbei showed the most gorgeous offense in twenty minutes.
"Oh, everyone played very well. In the second half, Yueyue, Nakajima, and Hasegawa will play. Sakuragi and Katsumi (Katsumi came on as a substitute in the 14th minute) will stay on the court. Don't you want to be the rebounding champion? This game will satisfy you." Coach Anzai made a simple arrangement for the second half.
"Xiangbei finally made a substitution, and we can take a breath." The Houguan players noticed the changes in Xiangbei's lineup. They thought that Xiangbei had replaced a group of players and they could make up for the lost points, but the facts told them that they were overthinking.
Sakuragi won the second half jump ball and gave it to Kemei. Kemei shot a three-pointer, but because he had just come on the court, his hands were not warm yet and the three-pointer bounced out of the frame, but Sakuragi grabbed the rebound
"Good catch, Sakuragi" At this time, Sakuragi had grabbed the 7th offensive rebound.
"Master Katsumi, keep shooting." Sakuragi did not attack himself, but passed the ball to Katsumi, who shot another three-pointer.
The attack of the captain Houguan was blocked by Hasegawa, and he made a dribbling error, hitting his own foot and going out of bounds. Xiangbei counterattacked, the ball was in the hands of Nakajima, facing the Houguan center, Nakajima used his footwork to shake the opponent's center's center of gravity and scored a jump shot
"In the first half, No. 8 was a power-type center, and in the second half, there was a technical-type center. How can we defend against them?" The centers at the back were all stunned.
In the 11th minute of the second half, "Shohoku made a substitution, No. 10 replaced by No. 13"
"Well done, red-haired boy, you are the rebounding king." Some careful viewers also made statistics and praised Sakuragi's heroic performance on the rebounding end.
"Haha, I'm a genius." 14 points, 20 rebounds, 4 blocks, these are Sakuragi's stats in the first game. 20 rebounds, the rest of the players combined don't have as many as Sakuragi
"Sakuragi is one of the best rebounders in the country," the Hainan players couldn't help but admire.
In the end, Xiangbei won 120:50 with a 70-point advantage. In this game, 9 Xiangbei players played and all scored. The scoring leader, Katsumi, made 7 three-pointers and scored 28 points. Fukuda and Kiyota followed closely with 18 points each. Mito Yohei scored 9 points, 8 assists and 4 steals, Horita scored 11 points and 4 rebounds, Nakajima scored 8 points, Hasegawa scored 10 points, and Yugoku scored 4 points and 3 assists.