Chapter 88: The Strongest Rival (End)
After Matsumoto Minor came on the court, he really came to share the pressure of Zebei's offensive, because he chose to go alone in the first attack.
Drip the ball under his crotch, breaks through quickly, and changes direction in front of him. Minor Matsumoto's offensive path is very similar to Zeki's attack mode. However, Yokosawa, who is used to this offensive mode, is still facing Zeki. Mitsui, who is responsible for defending Minor Matsumoto, has always played against Ichinokura, who has no offensive ability. Now the opponent has suddenly changed from a defensive expert to an offensive madman, and Mitsui is still a little uncomfortable.
Minor Matsumoto rushed in from Mitsui's right hand, and before Sakuragi came to make up for defense, he stopped and jumped.
"Bang~~bang~~swish~~", the basketball hit the basket twice and then got into the basket under everyone's gaze.
~~~~~~~~~~
The players on both sides have brought their offensive firepower to the extreme, but their defensive intensity has dropped a lot. This is a good thing for Xiangbei, because Xiangbei is more inclined to attack. Xiangbei's offensive ability can be comparable to that of Shanwang, but the defense is very different from teams like Shanwang. Now Shanwang is actually fighting against Xiangbei, just in the face of Xiangbei's desire.
Seeing that he could not get rid of Yokosawa's defense in a short time, Zebei had to give the ball to No. 6 Minori Matsumoto. After Matsumoto came on the court, he had already hit 4 goals, and 4 of 6 shots was a pretty good hit rate. At this time, he was full of confidence and was in a state of courage. Although he was not the team's ace player and had been suppressed by Zebei, Matsumoto was still very confident about his strength.
"The right choice, Zebei. If the offense is blocked, don't force it." Coach Domoto clenched his fist hard: "As long as Zebei can pass the ball properly, Shanwang's offense will be higher. As long as he continues like this, the one who persists until the end must be Shanwang. Xiangbei has never played such a game, and problems will definitely occur in the end!!!"
Yueze, who is in Xiangbei, has completely taken over the game.
With Masazawa controlling the rhythm of the game, he chose how to launch an attack. With the help of Rukawa Kaede and Mitsui, Shoki's current offensive focus has completely shifted to the outside.
Yue Ze faced Zebei again and dribbled towards Zebei's right side. Zebei followed and retreated. The two men were only one step apart. Yue Ze's body rushed forward suddenly stopped suddenly, and then took a step back and shot. It was already too late when Zebei jumped up to block the block.
"Swish~~~" Yoshize's shooting percentage in the middle distance position can be maintained at more than 60%. Unless there is a person with similar physical fitness and excellent defense, who may reduce Yoshize's shooting percentage.
Just as Yueze scored, Sanno's goal was already sent out.
The offense and defense were changed, and Zebei faced Yueze.
Zebei received a pass from Fukatsu at the top of the three-point line arc, holding the ball with both hands swaying left and right, and his body also tended to jump upward at any time.
It is difficult for Yue Ze to judge Zebei's next move, so he can only take a step back and lean his body sideways, stretch out his right hand to cover Zebei's head, so that no matter how Zebei chooses Yue Ze, he can react.
Zebei jumped up and shot, Yueze immediately jumped up and reached out to block Zebei's eyes. Yueze never thought of blocking Zebei's ball. As long as Zebei's shooting percentage could be reduced, the goal would be achieved.
"It's a pass!! Not a shooting!!" There was a burst of exclamations in the audience.
"Good pass!!" Kawada shouted after receiving the ball, then dribbled the ball, turned around and threw the ball into the basket.
Mitsui used a bow and archery from the outside, and a three-pointer made Sanno's offense lose its meaning again.
Sanwang No. 6 ran out of the open position and took the ball calmly, and threw the ball into it in a horse-riding and archery posture.
Although both sides occasionally made a blow to the attack, the success rate was still very high, which allowed the audience to enjoy a wonderful offensive feast.
Time passed by minute by minute. Although Shanwang's attack was sharp, Xiangbei was not much inferior. Shanwang did not catch up with the score as expected by the audience. Now the audience was waiting silently for the moment of creating history.
The audience was in a complicated mood. They didn't want Shanwang to be eliminated early and lost the opportunity to continue the Shanwang competition. They also wanted to see a dark horse appear. As if they had knocked over the five flavor bottle, they all felt like they were overturned.
Unfortunately, the audience can't control the results of the game now and can only wait for the last moment to arrive.
"Swish~~~" Mitsui received a breakthrough pass from the outside again from Joezawa.
This is Mitsui's seventh three-pointer.
Among the several main players in Xiangbei, Mitsui is the least noticeable one, but Mitsui's scores are often ranked in the top two. His performance rarely breaks out, but he can get an ideal score without realizing it.
Now Shonobu has a more Joezawa who often breaks through and passes the ball. Unlike Miyagi's breakthrough, Joezawa often attracts double-teams when breaking through. In this case, Mitsui has a better chance of playing than in the original work.
Rukawa Kaede, a player who plays in a similar way as Masato, rarely has the opportunity to excel, because Rukawa's offensive method is not as successful as Masato. In addition, Masato is also threatening to Masato Kaede on the outside, so Masato's joining invisibly deprives Rukawa Kaede of growth.
This makes it difficult to see Rukawa Kaede and Zebei's offensive confrontation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Dou~~The whole game ends!!!"
There is no last moment tension and no last shot.
Although Shanwang tried his best to catch up with the score, it still did not pose an effective threat to Xiangbei.
98:90.
Xiangbei won the most critical battle without any danger, breaking the myth of the Shanwang winning every battle over the past few years, and gaining the qualification to enter the next round.
Whether it was Xiangbei or Shanwang, whether it was winning or losing, the players on both sides were in tears.
The reasons for crying may be different, but they all express their love and persistence for the sport of basketball. There are no losers here. As long as the love for basketball remains unchanged, there is still a chance to stand on this field again.
No matter how reluctant they are, they will leave. The Shanwang players reluctantly walk out of the field, and they want to give up the venue for the team that will play next.
"Let's go! Don't be sad, everyone will find that today's failure will become your future wealth!" Coach Domoto comforted his disciples.
Sanno was bitter when he left, but Xiangbei was sweet.
While the Shokuki players were cheering and preparing to leave, Yayoi Aida and Nakamura blocked Shokuki's way.
"Can you take a photo? This chapter will be the cover of the next issue of Basketball Weekly, so please cooperate." Nakamura said with a camera.
Yayoi Aida said in surprise: "Nakamura, don't you know that the cover already has it......"
"It's okay, I will convince the editor-in-chief!!!" Nakamura has been infected by this competition and has never thought about whether he has the ability to change the editor-in-chief's decision.
"Ka~~~" A family photo of Xiangbei was born. Not only the players, but also Ayako who worked silently for Xiangbei, the Sakuragi Legion who helped Xiangbei a lot, Haruko, who had been cheering behind Akagi, and Coach Anxi, who arranged tactics for Xiangbei, was frozen in a small photo. I believe this photo is likely to be a wonderful memory for many people in Xiangbei to preserve their lives.
At this point, Xiangbei finally overcomes the first difficulty of the national competition.
As for Xiangbei's next round of opponents, they will have to wait until the match between Hojo Shishang and Aihe Academy ends. Of course, it is almost certain that they will advance to Aihe Academy. After all, both sides are not a team of the same level.
Will Xiangbei still fail in the Tongaihe Academy competition? Let's wait and see.
ps: Thank you "Mr. Yim" for casting two review tickets at a time, but why isn't it the first one? I cried~~~~ But I still want to thank you for your support for this book.
Chapter completed!