Chapter 90: Akagi's Stage
"Xiangbei!!!Xiangbei!!"
"Yueze!!Yueze!!"
What Xiangbei team did not expect was that when they appeared, uniform cheers sounded. This was something that Xiangbei had never experienced since participating in the game, which made the whole team extremely surprised.[]
Seeing the fans' heart-lost shouts, Xiangbei only now understood what defeating Shanwang brought him - not only was the team's promotion as simple as it was, but more importantly, it was recognized by fans and other strong teams in the country, proving that Xiangbei's national high school basketball teams have begun to occupy a place, and it is no longer the former nameless Xiangbei team.
"We actually had a day when we accepted fans cheering before the game!!"
"Yes, in every important game we were not favored."
“This feeling is really good!”
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Shobei, who was hit by this sudden happiness, did not forget Coach Anxi's tactical arrangement before the game - mainly attacking Akagi.
I don’t know if it is because Aihe Academy’s weak inside strength or Coach Anxi learned that Fukasawa Sports University was observing Akagi’s performance and considering Akagi’s future. In short, the tone of this game is to focus on inside offense.
None of the Xiangbei players expressed dissatisfaction, even psychologically.
Akagi is the one who has paid the most for the team. In Makizawa and Rukawa Kaede had to support the team alone before they joined. Without Akagi's persistence, it would be between Xiangbei and whether there is a basketball team.
After the return of powerful players such as Masaze and Rukawa Kaede joined Mitsui, Xiangbei's offensive center of gravity slowly shifted to the outside, and Akagi's chances of getting the ball were greatly reduced, but Akagi never complained and was willing to make silent efforts to support the sky for Xiangbei in the inside. The Xiangbei players saw it all, and it was time for them to sacrifice for Akagi.
Since Coach Anxi has arranged a strategy that focuses on inside offense, it is enough to implement it resolutely.
When Aihe Academy appeared, Zhuxingda was also welcomed by fans. After all, Aihe Academy's strength is obvious to all. Although he lost to Mingpeng Industry in the qualifiers, his performance in the national competition was still good, so naturally there will be no fewer people who support Aihe.
Soon the organizing committee announced the lineups of both sides and the game was about to begin.
Xiangbei lineup:
Takaki Akagi (No. 4) Height: 197 cm Position: Center (c)
Rukawa Kaede (No. 11) Height: 187 cm Position: Forward (pf)
Maekawa Gosawa (No. 8) Height: 186 cm Position: Forward (sf)
Mitsui Shou (No. 14) Height: 184 cm Position: Defender (sg)
Miyagi Liangda (No. 7) Height: 168 cm Position: Defender (pg)
Aihe Academy lineup:
George Fujiwara (No. 10) Height: 193 cm Position: Center (c)
Sushui Daren (No. 9) Height: 185 cm Position: Forward (pf)
Kyoharu Kurahara (No. 12) 185 cm tall position: forward (sf)
Zhuxingda (No. 4) 180 cm tall position: defender (sg)
Kenjiro Takayama (No. 8) 176 cm tall position: defender (pg)
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Akagi won the ball for Xiangbei without any suspense.
The entire Xiangbei team opened up to create conditions for Akagi's singles. Aihe Academy deeply understood the scoring ability of Xiangbei's outside through two games of the Xiangbei National Competition, so naturally he did not dare to slacken off his defense against Xiangbei's outside, so Akagi's pressure in the inside was greatly relieved.
Akagi received the basketball.
The opponent's center who leaned behind him to defend closely, felt the opponent's strength.
Strength is important to a player, especially for insiders.
Strength has always been an advantage of Akagi. Few centers can compete with Akagi in terms of strength. Perhaps it is difficult for Akagi to exert its advantage in power among Yuzhu, Okawada, and Morishigekuan, but Akagi's strength has never suffered a loss in other team centers.
With an easy back-to-back single, I squeezed away from Fujiwara George into a dunk. Akagi clearly indicated that he was definitely not the inconspicuous person in this game.
Zhu Xing general threw the ball to George Fujiwara in the inside. Although Zhu Xing Da wanted to play by himself, he already had a certain understanding of Xiangbei's outside strength, but it was still unknown how Xiangbei's inside line. After all, Akagi did not have much dazzling performance in the national competition.
Zhu Xingda wanted to see if he could open a breakthrough from Xiangbei's inside line. If it really doesn't work, he would come to it himself.
Fujiwara grabbed the basketball with both hands and raised her arms quickly, and her body jumped upward. Akagi did not react violently after seeing it. If she had met Kawada, Akagi might have been deceived by the other party's fake actions, but after the battle with Sanno, Akagi also grew up, which was far worse than Kawada's fake actions!
Akagi just took a step forward and held Fujiwara's body, and Fujiwara could no longer step beyond the line.
Fujiwara failed to play Akagi, so he forced himself to turn around and jump shot, and he was greeted with a hot pot.
Yueze quickly picked up the ball, but when he turned around and wanted to have a fast attack, Zhu Xingda had already appeared in front of him. Yueze thought about the arrangement of the ball and its extraordinary significance to Akagi, but did not force a fast attack. Instead, after his teammates were all in the position, Yueze Takaya took medicine and hung the ball to Akagi again.
Akagi has been holding it in a few games, and he has accumulated enough firepower, and he still has a successful fight.
Fujiwara received the basketball again. Perhaps Aihe Academy believed that an attack could not test Akagi's quality, or perhaps Aihe Academy was too concerned about Shokukin's outside line, Aihe Academy once again handed the ball to Fujiwara and decided to do it again.
This time Fujiwara chose to attack the face frame.
Fujiwara still has some concerns when facing Akagi's defense with his arms wide open. Not to mention that he is 4 cm shorter than the opponent, the last attack cover shows that the opponent's bounce is not worse than that of him. It seems that the previous offensive method has no effect.
Fujiwara sinks his shoulders, stretches down with both hands, and his upper body sways from left to right, even the center of gravity seems to move.
"Left or Right?" Akagi's spirit was highly concentrated.
Fujiwara suddenly activated it, and the basketball in his hand stepped out from his left hand to his right hand as he stepped forward, and rushed towards Akagi's left side.
Akagi had already reacted at the moment when the other party started, and moved his body one step to the left, ready to withstand the other party's impact.
But Fujiwara stopped the impact of the moment when she was about to hit Akagi and pulled out the jump shot on the spot.
Akagi smiled. This move is very similar to Xiangyang's center-forward Huashi's attack method, but at least the flower-shaped shot is also backward. Do you want to succeed in front of yourself with your ordinary jump shot?!
In fact, through coach Anxi this year, coach Anxi has more serious guidance than before, competing with the county's top teams, and baptism of the national competition, Akagi's progress is also obvious, but there are not many opportunities for Akagi to play. This time, Akagi finally took out all his skills to take over the game.
The back-run arrived first, and Akagi's palm had already appeared in front of the basketball when the basketball just left Fujiwara's hands.
"Ba~~~"
"pretty!!!"
"The fight was so good!!!"
Chapter completed!