With Takaki Akagi's appearance, Shonoki's strength in the inside was strengthened, Mitsui Shou's attack on the outside became calm, and his shooting rate began to increase.

"Swish!"

With a mid-range shot from Mitsui Shou, with 2 minutes left before the end of the first half, the score was finally caught up by Xiangbei, and the score reached 37:36, and Xiangyang's leading score was only 1 point.

"Good job! Mitsui!"

The players on the Xiangbei bench acted as Xiangbei's cheerleader! He waved the towel and knocked the water bottle to cheer for Xiangbei! Mitsui Shou scored two points with this two-point score, and his personal score had reached 14 points. Although Fujima's defense put a certain amount of pressure on Mitsui Shou, for Mitsui, Fujima's defense is not unbreakable.

With this goal, Xiangbei reached its peak. The players were ready to beat the score and wanted to overtake the score before the end of the first half.

In response to Xiangbei's expectations, Fujima scored a one-stop goal from the baseline to the frontcourt. The gap widened to 3 points.

The left-handed Fujima made Mitsui Shoku very uncomfortable when he broke through. Fujima started very quickly, and his accurate jump shot and his wide passing vision were all things Mitsui Shoku needs to beware of!

"Come on! Xiangbei!"

Fujima on the court was full of enthusiasm! Mitsui Shou of Shokui put great pressure on him, but this kind of pressure made him excited! This is a wonderful feeling of meeting opponents, and Fujima enjoys such a duel very much.

The remaining two minutes of the first half turned into a performance of Shokibe and Shoyo backs! Fujima and Mitsui Shou were bothered by each other, and no one could stop the opponent from scoring. The difference between the two teams remained within 5 points.

The whistle sounded at the end of the first half! The score was temporarily frozen at 42:40, and the scoring efficiency of both sides was very high.

"Xiangbei is really not bad! He can actually fight with Xiangyang like this!"

"It should be that Xiangyang didn't use all his strength! The third-grade center has not even played!"

"Is that guard from Xiangbei Mitsui Shou from Wushi Middle School? It's so amazing!"

As the first half ended, the audience on the court began to talk. No one could have thought that Shokiku High School, which has always been the weakest of Kanagawa, could actually bit the score so tightly when competing with the second-place Shoyo High School in the prefecture. The performance of the two players Mitsui Shou and Akagi Takaki made most of the audience remember their names.

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The lounge in Xiangbei.

The players who came back from the field were gasping for breath, and their sweat had soaked their jerseys! Although the score difference between Shokutan and Shoyang was only two points, the fatigue level of the two teams was completely different. Akagi, a first-year-old, serves as the defensive core of Shokutan, and he still had to serve as an offensive site when Mitsui Shou had no chance.

Facing the configuration of the four great men in Xiangyang, Akagi's defense alone was already very physically exhausted. After only nearly 10 minutes in the first half, he was almost half of his strength.

Mitsui Shou lost even more physical strength. Fujima put a lot of pressure on defense. Xiangyang's small forward would come up from time to time to make up for defense. While consuming Mitsui Shou's physical strength, it also brought great psychological pressure to Mitsui Shou.

Coach Anxi saw the players' condition. He had no good way to face the players' physical strength deficiency. He could only expect the players' will to exceed the limits of physical strength!

"Misi! Akagi! At the beginning of the second half, the team will attack around you two! Make more cover for Mitsui classmates, Akagi, and you will leave the basket."

He put all the bets on Mitsui Shou and Akagi! The players' physical strength no longer allowed coach Anxi to arrange any tactics, and Xiangbei's weak bench strength made coach Anxi helpless. There was no too much tactical arrangement, but he just clarified the main and secondary attacks.

Now that Xiangbei wants to win, he has to keep scoring! It doesn’t matter if he loses points, as long as he is still scoring, there is still hope for victory. This is what coach Anxi plans.

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Compared to Coach Anxi's desperate bets, Coach Xincun is now very relaxed.

Although Xiangbei caught up with the score, all the trump cards of Xiangbei have been revealed. With the strength shown by Xiangbei now, Xiangyang's position cannot be shaken, not to mention that Xiangyang has not yet shown all his strength.

"You did a very good job! You can move more vigorously when defending, so don't worry about fouls! Fujima, don't let Mitsui Shou take action too easily!"

Coach Shinmura is quite satisfied with Xiangyang's overall defense, but Fujima, who thinks Fujima's defense is too weak. Fujima, who is mainly smart, does not have an advantage in confronting Mitsui's body, so Fujima's defensive strategy is also mainly stealing and interception!

Fujima's defense method is not something that coach Shinmura likes. The Yokota Middle School he used to teach has always focused on physical confrontation! Sports like basketball require physical collisions to have passion.

"Yes! Coach."

Fujima still listened to the coach's words. He himself knew his flaws. Due to his physical fitness, he tried hard to avoid physical collisions in defense choices. This undoubtedly gave Mitsui Shou a more comfortable space to take action!

"Fujima! Mitsui Shou will leave it to you!"

Coach Shinmura, who received the affirmative answer from Fujima, was at ease! As long as the players maintain stable performance in the second half, the victory of the game can be successfully won.

The halftime break ended soon! The players from both sides returned to the court, and the audience was greeted with the roaring applause.

The one-sided situation that the audience had expected did not happen. As Xiangbei caught up with the score, the game was full of suspense, and the audience was more looking forward to the progress of the game! Only evenly matched games can make a name for themselves, and only such games are worthy of the tickets they bought.

Jump the ball in the middle circle!

Akagi has now completely recovered his form and has been the first to broadcast the ball with his extraordinary explosive power. The basketball flew straight towards Mitsui Shou.

Mitsui Sho saw Akagi reach the ball first and ran to the ball first. Just as Mitsui Sho was about to receive the basketball, a fair hand grabbed Mitsui Sho's first goal!

Fujima came out from the side and reached out to intercept Akagi's jump ball!

"Speed ​​attack!"

Fujima, who successfully intercepted, launched a fast attack instruction and immediately drove the ball to the frontcourt. While dribbling the ball, he observed the situation of Xiangbei players returning to defense in his eyes!

The sharp-eyed Fujima saw the Xiangyang small forward entering the infield, and the Xiangbei defenseman did not immediately follow. The basketball passed to the Xiangyang small forward, and the small forward immediately took a comfortable position in the middle distance when he got the ball, and the basketball entered the net.

"Good job! Fujima!"

The small forward who scored the goal and Fujima celebrated the punch. Xiangyang took the lead in the second half at the beginning of the second half. Xiangbei won the jump ball but still lost points. This goal hit the momentum of Xiangbei High School very much.

“Don't   mind!”

Akagi, who had not waited for the rebound at the basket, comforted Mitsui who had not got the ball. Without waiting for Mitsui to react, he ran to the frontcourt to prepare for the attack. Akagi did not blame Mitsui for Mitsui's mistake. He now just wants to get the field back in the inside.

"Akagi!"

Mitsui thanked me silently! He quickly adjusted his mentality and dribbled in the frontcourt after receiving the serve from his teammate. Facing Fujima, he took the initiative to defend himself, and Mitsui Shouyi was not afraid, but dribbled through and took the initiative to find physical confrontation!

Fujima, who received the impact, was not as physically as Mitsui! Half of her body was knocked away by Mitsui Shou, which was the loss of position at this moment. Mitsui Shou already had enough room to attack!

Mitsui Shou took the knife and scored two points, and Fujima, who was defending, had no choice.

After Mitsui Shou was in Guozhong, he was always worried about losing the game because of his lack of physical strength in the Guozhong Prefecture Competition. After the Guozhong Prefecture Competition, he began to consciously improve his physical fitness. He did not seek to be as perverted as Yokota's Tiano, but he could not be ruined by just hitting him.

Today, the match between Fujima made Mitsui Shou taste the sweetness of physical confrontation.

In the next few rounds of confrontation, Mitsui Shou frequently used his physical advantages to create space for himself! Although he did not make any shots, Akagi at the basket also gave the team good support, helping the team win many frontcourt rebounds and completing a second offense!

"Swish!"

With a mid-range shot from Mitsui Sho, the second half started with 6 minutes, and the game score reached 46:50. Fujima on the back line could not resist Mitsui Sho's offensive and the score was successfully overtaken by Shonobe.
Chapter completed!