bestfiction Chapter 202: Lu Feng vs. Ling Nan (Part )
Chapter 202: Lu Feng vs. Ling Nan (Part )
"I didn't expect that Ryonan could still lead Midorikaze without Yuzhu," Hasegawa exclaimed
"Ryonan is indeed unexpectedly tenacious, but it's hard to say about the second half." Akagi expressed his opinion
"Yes, Akagi is right. In the first half, Sendoh was organizing the offense all the time. Both Rukawa and Mike who was guarding him later put a lot of pressure on him. And he had to limit Mike on defense. This was also a big test for Sendoh. Don't forget that yesterday's battle with Kainan consumed a lot of Sendoh's physical energy. On the other hand, Midorikaze hadn't used his full strength yet, and Rukawa got a rest. Once Sendoh has physical problems, it will be difficult for Ryonan to play." Mugure agreed with Akagi's opinion.
"Yeah," the Xiangbei players also nodded.
Half time passed in a flash, and players from both sides came on the field
"Ryonan replaced Ikegami with Guan Ping. That's right, Ikegami had been defending Rukawa and then defended Totsuka who was very fast. Although he only scored 2 points with Totsuka, it was also a great consumption of his own energy. On the Green Wind side, Rukawa is back and replaced Totsuka. Green Wind is going to make a crazy counterattack in the second half."
"I can't see it. If Rukawa Kaede acts as recklessly as he did in the first half, Midorikaze will be dead," Kiyota Nobunaga disagreed.
"Then it depends on whether Rukawa Kaede will realize it."
At the beginning of the second half, Ming Gao won the jump ball, and the ball was handed to Rukawa who returned to the court. The one defending in front of him was Sendoh!
"Since you want to fight with Sendoh, then fine, I will satisfy you. I want to use your psychology to disrupt Green Wind's offensive rhythm." Tian Gangshi looked sinister.
Time goes back to halftime
"Sendoh, if Rukawa comes on the court in the second half, you will be responsible for defending Rukawa."
"Coach, Mike is a bigger offensive threat than Rukawa," Sendoh was a little confused.
"Didn't you notice that Rukawa is a competitive person? Being competitive is good, but being too competitive will have the opposite effect. It's obvious that Rukawa wants to defeat you, so he will definitely put his personal victory over the team's. So I'm using this to deal with Rukawa. Do you understand, Sendoh?"
"Got it, Coach."
Facing Sendoh's defense, Rukawa accelerated his dribble, then dribbled between his legs, and then jumped to shoot.
"You haven't gotten rid of me yet." Sendo raised his right hand and rushed forward. As long as Rukawa made a move, he would be blocked.
"Hmm?" Sendoh noticed that Rukawa had collected the ball and passed it to Minggao under the basket. The Ryonan players did not expect Rukawa to pass the ball, and even Minggao was stunned, but he reacted quickly and shot the ball facing the basket. Nanxiang was a step slower. 38:35.
"Oh? Rukawa passed the ball." Mitsui noticed this change.
"Maybe it's a coincidence. With Sendoh defending like that, if he didn't pass the ball, it would definitely be blocked," Qingtian disagreed.
"Well, let's see again"
In the next round, Ryonan missed the shot, Green Wind attacked, and the ball was handed to Rukawa. After getting the ball, Rukawa tried to get rid of Sendoh's defense, but Sendoh did not give him any chance. At this time, Rukawa chose to pass the ball again, then cut in, got the ball, and prepared to attack the basket.
"You haven't gotten rid of me yet." Sendoh appeared in front of him again, but the next second, Sendoh was surprised to find that Rukawa passed the ball to Pinggu on the outside again! Pinggu made a three-pointer and the two sides tied at 38!
Ryonan attacks, Miyagi breaks through Ebina, but is blocked by Minggao when making a layup, and the ball bounces out of the basket. However, Nanxiang dunks the ball into the basket, 40:38
This time, Rukawa got the ball again and rushed to Sendoh's left. Sendoh took a half step back to block him. Rukawa changed direction and rushed to the right. Sendoh knew that Rukawa's breakthrough was not that easy so he was prepared. Sendoh quickly moved a step and blocked Rukawa again. Seeing that he was blocked again, Rukawa chose to pass the ball again.
Mike Okita scored a jump shot after getting the ball from "nicepass", tying the game at 40
"It seems that Rukawa knows how to share the ball." If passing the ball once or twice is a coincidence, then what about three times in a row? The Xiangbei players noticed the change in Rukawa.
This time, in Ryonan's attack, Sendoh made a three-pointer and hit
"This guy is really hard to defend." Rukawa Kaede stared at Sendoh's back
"It's okay, let's hit it back, the next ball will still be yours" Ebina came over and patted Rukawa
Rukawa got the ball, he raised it high above his head and looked towards Ming Gao in the paint.
"Are you still going to pass the ball?" Sendoh noticed that Rukawa sent the ball forward and immediately raised his center of gravity to steal the ball, but the next second, Rukawa took the ball back and lowered his body to pass from the side of Sendoh. This time, Rukawa successfully broke through Sendoh and scored directly by attacking the basket!
"It's troublesome. This guy is hard to defend against." Xiandao was a little helpless.
Although Rukawa had realized his mistake, he was still no match for Sendoh on defense. Sendoh broke through Rukawa and, facing Mike's assist defense, passed the ball to Guan Ping, who scored.
But the offense and defense changed. Rukawa Kaede once again successfully broke through Sendoh, attracted Wu Dai's defense, passed to the outside line, and Pinggu made a steady three-pointer!
"Well done, Rukawa." Pinggu and Rukawa came over to high-five. Rukawa showed a rare smile on his face. His mind was still recalling what the coach said to him, "Rukawa, your offensive talent is indeed outstanding, but you have not yet demonstrated it to the greatest extent. Think about how the opponent's Sendoh plays, and then recall the process of the battle with Xiangbei..." After some recollection, Rukawa understood what the coach meant.
"Coach, you're right. This feeling is happier than scoring points myself."
"The outcome has been decided. Rukawa has integrated into Midorikaze's system. Midorikaze's attack will be extremely smooth. Although Sendō can still score points for Ryonan, it is not enough to rely on Sendō alone."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sendoh received the ball, and this time the defensive target changed to Mike! Sendoh dribbled the ball and changed direction, turning from the right side to the left side, stepping his left foot next to Mike's right toe. His strong right leg burst out with great elasticity, and he bent his shoulders and waist at the same time, and drilled past Mike's side.
But Mike used his left foot as the axis and turned his body slightly to the left, giving the opponent some space to break through, and then chased after Sendoh. However, Sendoh took three steps at a very fast pace and immediately left Mike one step away. He was now facing Rukawa Kaede who had given up Guan Ping and rushed over to defend. Sendoh passed the ball to Guan Ping.
"It's also a pass," Rukawa went to intercept, but this was another fake move by Sendoh. Sendoh took the ball back, changed direction, passed Rukawa, and scored a layup. In this round, Sendoh challenged the two masters of Green Wind!
"This guy" Sendoh's wonderful goal aroused the anger of Green Wind's two top scorers.
This time, Mike held the ball and started a dazzling performance of fake moves, with continuous cross steps and sudden stops and changes of direction. Sendoh followed closely with a sliding step, trying to block Mike's possible breakthrough route, but he was finally delayed for a moment due to the shaking.
Mike seized this moment and quickly passed by Sendoh. Although Sendoh followed him immediately, he was already half a body length ahead of Mike. Mike reached the basket and was about to dunk.
"Wow!" Nan Xiang immediately jumped up to block the attack.
"Boom!" Mike succeeded in the dunk! He also caused Nanxiang to foul! What's worse, Nanxiang also sprained his wrist! Tiangang had no choice but to replace Nanxiang with Ikegami.
Without Nango, Ryonan's inside line was greatly affected, and Minggao was also liberated. In the following games, under the joint attack of Mike, Rukawa and Minggao, Ryonan's defense was riddled with holes like a fishing net. Sendoh's two fists were no match for six hands, and he scored 35 points in vain. In the end, Ryonan lost 74:83. Green Wind entered the national competition, while Ryonan had to play in the play-offs.