freenovelworld Chapter 183 The 1nd round of the joint finals ends
Chapter 183 The 1nd round of the joint finals ends
Green Wind requested a substitution. The Green Wind players looked outside the court and saw that the player number being substituted was 8! The player being substituted was Rukawa Kaede! Rukawa Kaede was stunned for a moment and lowered his head before leaving the court.
"Ryukawa, do you really want to win?" Coach Ohfune asked seriously after Rukawa left the court.
"Coach, why did you replace me?" Rukawa did not answer directly, but asked Ohna instead.
The big ship coach replied, "Because your mindset is not right!"
"Mentality?" Rukawa murmured two words.
Coach Ohfuna nodded. "All you think about is scoring points and winning. Under normal circumstances, your thinking is correct, but now, if you continue like this, we will definitely lose!"
Rukawa was stunned!
The big ship coach continued: "If you don't understand, just look at what Mike does!"
Rukawa looked at the court through the gap in the towel.
After Ebina returned to the court, he continued to organize the team's offense. Seeing that Murasakibara was defending him, he used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Murasakibara and passed the ball to Mike. Facing Mitsui's defense, Mike did not rush to attack, but passed the ball to the inside and cut to the basket. Minggao in the inside passed the ball to Mike, who scored a layup.
In this attack by Xiangbei, Mike stole the ball from Murasakibara to Mitsui, and Green Wind counterattacked. However, Xiangbei's defense was very fast. Mike and Mitsui were one-on-one, and it was difficult for Mike to break through under Mitsui's defense, so he gave the ball to Ebina and ran again. Ebina gave the ball back to Mike. This time Mike did not rush to dribble, but with a series of fake moves, he finally found Mitsui's flaw, so he immediately accelerated and got rid of Mitsui! When he got to the inside, he made a fake pass to deceive Sakuragi who was helping to defend, and scored a layup himself."
The coach of the ship suddenly asked, "How did Mike score just now? Tell me!"
Rukawa answered without hesitation: "Because of his fake move, he deceived the defense after pretending to pass the ball."
"Then why did he deceive the defense?"
"Because that redhead is gullible"
"How did he break through Mitsui? How does Mike's strength compare to yours? How does Mitsui's defense compare to Sakuragi's?"
Rukawa Kaede was silent. He didn't know how to answer for a moment.
"Your first answer has explained the reason, which is passing the ball. Mike used the pass to give Mitsui and Sakuragi a little more time to think. They would consider whether Mike would pass the ball or attack on his own this time. Two questions appeared in their minds. Mike used this extra time to think to complete the breakthrough and score. And think about it, have you ever passed the ball to your teammates?"
Rukawa Kaede was silent again, and after a moment, he answered honestly, "No."
"This is the difference between you and Mike!" Coach Ofuna said, "Your overall view is not as good as Mike's! When you encounter difficulties, you don't say much and just face them head-on! Although this is not wrong, you ignore the fact that Mitsui can easily determine that you only know how to attack, so he can focus on preventing you from breaking through. He doesn't need to consider other things, so you will be watched dead by Mitsui."
Rukawa Kaede is thoughtful
"Ryukawa, you are a very talented and motivated player, but you have to remember: the game is not for one person, and the strength of one person will never be as strong as that of five people!" Coach Ofuna continued.
"Coach, I'm sorry. I was wrong. I thought I was the only one who wanted to win the game and ignored my teammates. My teammates also wanted to win and they were working hard. I should have fought with them and won the game together." Rukawa left the bench and bowed to the coach to apologize
"Very good, get ready to play, Rukawa Kaede." Ofuna nodded with satisfaction.
"Lvfeng requests a substitution, No. 8 on, No. 7 off" After Xiangbei scored a goal, the referee signaled a substitution
"Oh, is Rukawa on the court?" The Xiangbei players noticed that Rukawa was on the court again.
"I'm sorry, I will cooperate with you this time." After Rukawa came on the court, he first apologized to the Green Wind players on the court.
"Rukawa Kaede?!" The members of Green Wind were a little surprised. They didn't expect that Rukawa Kaede, who usually had a cold face and was very careful with his words, would actually apologize to them.
"Okay, let's go to the competition together, there's still enough time," Mike was the first to react.
"Okay!" The Green Wind team members responded collectively
"Everyone, be careful of Midorikaze's counterattack." Mumu noticed that Midorikaze's morale suddenly became high, and immediately reminded the Xiangbei players.
"it is good"
Ebina organized an offensive and saw Rukawa asking for the ball, "Rukawa seems to have changed? Let's give it to him first." Ebina passed the ball to Rukawa, and Rukawa held the ball.
"Come on, Rukawa Kaede" Mitsui was ready.
Rukawa made a probing move, but Mitsui was not affected. "As expected of Mitsui-senpai, his defense is flawless," Rukawa praised him, and suddenly started. Mitsui was not to be outdone, and immediately slid to follow Rukawa's path. Rukawa suddenly pulled the ball back. He raised his hand and prepared to jump shot.
"Step back and shoot?" Mitsui immediately stepped forward, without jumping, with one hand raised high and the other hand extended to the side, so as to interfere with Rukawa's shot and prevent him from breaking through again. "What?" Mitsui was stunned the next second. It turned out that Rukawa did not attack, but passed the ball to Mai Minggao from the air! Minggao was also stunned when he received the ball, but he reacted quickly and jumped and shot immediately after receiving the ball. Sakuragi did not expect Rukawa to pass the ball, and neglected to defend Minggao, and Minggao made the shot this time!
Mugure passed the ball to Sakuragi under the basket, and Sakuragi turned his back to attack Ming Gao after receiving the ball. Ming Gao was not to be outdone and used his body to block Sakuragi's attack route. "Sakuragi" Mugure suddenly started to cut to the basket, and Sakuragi passed the ball to him without hesitation. Ming Gao saw that Mugure was unguarded under the basket, so he gave up Sakuragi and went to block Mugure's attack. When Ming Gao rushed over, he found that Mugure no longer had the basketball in his hand.
"Oops, I got fooled." Ming Gao reacted and just turned around. He found that the white No. 10 behind him had already caught the ball and jumped up, and then there was a "boom", Sakuragi completed the slam dunk!
This time, Mu Mu tightly entangled Ebina, and Ebina could not break through. At this time, a figure came over, "Give me the ball." Ebina saw that it was Rukawa who came to respond, and immediately handed the ball to Rukawa. "Don't think about getting rid of me." Mitsui had already caught up, but he was surprised to find that the ball was not in Rukawa's hands. After Rukawa got the ball, he passed it to Pinggu outside the three-point line, and Pinggu made a three-pointer!
The pass was intercepted by Rukawa, who made a fast break. Mitsui followed closely, but Rukawa suddenly made a back pass and Mike dunked the ball.
"Nicepass" Mike high-fives Rukawa Kaede after scoring a goal
"This guy can actually pass the ball?" If one time was a coincidence, then what about three times in a row? Mitsui was surprised.
"It seems that Rukawa has evolved?" Mugure, who was familiar with the original work, reacted, "Mitsui, you still defend Mike, Kiyota, you continue to defend Rukawa. Everyone pay attention, keep a close eye on your own players, if the opponent switches defense, we will also switch defense resolutely. Midorikaze's offensive has already started, but compared to offense, we will not lose"
Murasakibara slowly held the ball and pressed towards the three-point line step by step. Seeing Ebina retreating slowly with caution, Murasakibara slowly narrowed his eyes without any movement. The players of Xiangbei were constantly running in open spaces. Ebina was nervous and he had no idea what Murasakibara would do.
In a trance, Murasakibara suddenly moved. He took a big step to the left with his left foot and stepped towards the three-point line. He pulled the ball to the left with his right hand, created an opening, and leaped up.
Ebina only felt a flash before his eyes, and when he came to his senses, Murasaki had already jumped high, and the basketball in his hand drew a perfect arc and shot straight into the basket. Hit!
This time, Rukawa got the ball and faced Kiyota, "Will he pass the ball or break through?" Kiyota thought to himself. Then, Rukawa in front of him suddenly disappeared, "Oh no, it's a breakthrough," Kiyota hurriedly turned around to defend.
"Score a goal for him," Rukawa thought, "???!" Suddenly, Rukawa's eyes narrowed and his hands were empty. Rukawa turned around and saw the back of a white No. 5.
"I'm sorry, Rukawa Kaede. I'm familiar with the original story. I know you'll use the previous layout and choose to break through this time," Murasakibara said silently in his heart. Mike, who quickly returned to defense, shouted and stepped out from the right side of the basket to meet Murasakibara. Murasakibara dribbled the ball towards Mike with his right hand, then suddenly paused and instantly dunked the basketball in his wrist. When Mike showed a puzzled expression, Murasakibara pressed his right wrist downward with all his strength, slammed the basketball hard, squeezed straight past Mike's right side, and rushed into the basket, a perfect emergency stop and run! He jumped high towards the basket. He raised his right arm with the ball until it reached just above the basket, and then pretended to push it down hard into the basket!
"Boom!" Murasakibara scored with a slam dunk!
"Good shot, Murasakibara!" Murasakibara's steal and score boosted the morale of the Shohoku team, but the morale that Midorikaze had worked so hard to build up was also hit by Murasakibara.
In the following games, although Lu Feng was still able to score points with his personal ability and cooperation, Xiangbei did not give in and suppressed Lu Feng tightly, preventing him from turning the tables.
"Five, four, three, two, one, beep" the buzzer sounded at the end of the game, and Xiangbei defeated Green Wind 87:78 to win the first game of the joint finals!