bestfiction Chapter 176: Xiangbei vs. Green Wind: Opening
Chapter 176: Xiangbei vs. Green Wind: Opening
湘北身着白色队服，首发阵容，中锋4号赤木刚宪200cm，大前锋10号樱木花道190cm，小前锋7号长谷川一志192cm得分后卫9号克美一郎182cm控球后卫12号水户洋平175cm
Green Wind is wearing a green uniform. The starting lineup is: center No. 4 Gao Guang 195cm, power forward No. 5 Mike Okita 192cm, small forward No. 8 Rukawa Kaede 187cm, shooting guard No. 7 Hiratani Taichi 181cm, point guard No. 6 guard Ebina Kaori
"What? Mitsui and Murasaki are not on the court, and only Akagi is on? Xiangbei, are you too arrogant?" Fujisawa Eri took a look at Xiangbei's lineup. She was so angry that her eyebrows were raised.
Akagi and Nagaka jumped the ball, and Akagi hit the ball to Shohoku with absolute advantage. Sakuragi Hanamichi jumped high and caught the ball in his arms, then passed it to Yohei to organize the attack.
After Yohei pushed forward and saw Akagi in a good position in the paint, he immediately passed the ball to Akagi. The current Akagi is not the same as in the original novel. After experiencing the baptism of last year's national competition, Akagi has become a center in the national high school basketball world. After Akagi got the ball, he backed up and made a strong shot, squeezed in a step, turned around and hooked the ball, and Xiangbei scored the first goal.
"Oh, what a good center, with solid skills and skillful and smooth movements." Mike on the side noticed that Ming Gao was unable to hold on, and when he wanted to help defend, it was too late.
Green Wind Attack
"No. 6 OK" by Yohei, "No. 8 OK" by Hasegawa, "No. 7 OK" by Katsumi, "No. 5 OK" by Sakuragi, "No. 4 OK!" by Akagi. The Xiangbei players found their defensive targets.
Mike pulled out to ask for the ball, and after Ebina passed the ball to him, Sakuragi also came out to defend. Mike suddenly accelerated to break through, and Sakuragi blocked him quickly. Mike stopped abruptly and Sakuragi also stopped. At this time, Mike accelerated again, and Sakuragi was caught off guard and was broken through by Mike. Mike went straight to the basket, and Akagi made up for the defense. In the air, Akagi blocked Mike's shooting angle. When Akagi was about to block the basketball, Mike suddenly pulled the lever to avoid Akagi, and before his body landed on the ground, he gently threw the ball into the basket with his backhand.
"Whether the NCAA's attention is just bragging or not, just based on this one shot, this guy is really good," Mu Mu thought to himself.
"Sakuragi" was scored by Mike, how could Sakuragi let it go? He didn't care if the opponent was mixed-race (Sakuragi himself was also mixed-race) or if he was under the attention of the NCAA. Sakuragi was a fearless person. Mumu handed the ball to Sakuragi
"Red-haired boy, come on!" Mike Okita stood in position. Sakuragi, who received the basketball, immediately used the back-to-back technique taught by Murasakibara and used his back as a siege weapon to attack Mike Okita.
"What?" Mike Okita felt a strong force coming at him and was immediately knocked back.
Sakuragi was secretly delighted, and immediately turned around quickly, knocked Mike away with his shoulder, and made a layup.
"Good job, Sakuragi" Shohoku players generously gave their blessings to Sakuragi after he was able to score at the hands of the Green Wind Ace.
"Shit! I underestimated the power of this red-haired boy!" Mike Okita cursed inwardly. After being defeated, he would naturally find a way to fight back. Facing Sakuragi's defense, he dribbled the ball between his legs continuously and suddenly made a jump shot.
In the Xiangbei rest area, Mitsui saw this goal and couldn't help but say: "This guy is really strong. Coach, why don't you let Hasegawa defend him! Sakuragi is not good at defending forwards who attack from the outside."
"Oh, Mitsui, you have to believe in Sakuragi-san. Sakuragi-san has a very strong learning ability. This is a kind of training for him. And no matter how much Mike scores, he can't beat us. And if it's just him attacking, our defense is also very easy to target."
On the Xiangbei side, Akagi made a strong shot under the basket and scored 2 points with a rebound.
"This Akagi is really too difficult to deal with. Is this the strength of a national-level center?" Ming Gao panted.
"They only have this one center who is good. Let's shrink back when defending and not give him any chance to shoot," Mike Okita suggested.
Green Wind attacked and the ball came into Mike's hands again. He controlled the ball steadily with his right hand and gently lifted his right leg. When his right foot stepped on the floor, he changed direction and passed the ball to his left hand.
Sakuragi quickly followed, but Mike changed direction again and seized the space to break through.
Sakuragi, who was unwilling to admit defeat, was immediately irritated after being fooled by the same move for several times. Mike was clearly bullying him because of his slow turning speed. "Foreigners, don't even think about it!" This time, Sakuragi quickly followed Mike with two steps in three steps.
"This guy is really fast." Mike Okita was also very surprised. He suddenly stopped and raised his body. Sakuragi thought he was going to shoot and jumped immediately.
Oh no! It was a fake move! By the time Sakuragi realized it, Mike had already lowered his body and rushed in again.
Damn, Sakuragi chased after him immediately after landing, but he was still a step too slow this time, and Mike scored a slam dunk. "This red-haired guy..." Mike looked at Sakuragi deeply when he returned to defense. His speed was so fast, and his bounce speed was also excellent. If he was slower, this ball might have been destroyed.
"Defend Akagi" Akagi's attack this time, Mike Okita made up for it and successfully interfered with Akagi's shot, and the basketball bounced out of the basket
"Go in" A white figure descended from the sky and pushed the ball into the hoop
"Good job, Sakuragi. The rebounding king Sakuragi!" The Sakuragi army in the stands cheered for their friend.
"What a red-haired boy!" Mike Okita suddenly made an incredible move in the face of Sakuragi's defense. He slammed the basketball to the floor, passed between his legs and Sakuragi's, and turned around and ran to the basket before Sakuragi could react, and jumped up to catch the high-bouncing basketball. He scored a direct slam dunk, and it all happened so suddenly that Akagi didn't have time to block it.
"Wonderful~~~~" The audience in the stands, the coaches and players on the bench, and the reporters and commentators in the broadcast booth all cheered and applauded.
"Quick Break" Akagi quickly serves the ball from the baseline, Yohei quickly advances with the ball, Sakuragi and Katsumi rush to the sides of Midorikaze from the left and right, Mike scores a wonderful goal, Xiangbei cannot let Midorikaze gain momentum
Green Wind was also caught off guard. "Quickly return to defense," Mike Okita commanded his players. Rukawa Kaede and Hirayama, one on the left and one on the right, desperately chased back and stood in the defensive position in the three-second zone.
The three people formed an inverted triangle and formed a defensive formation under the basket.
At this time, Sakuragi and Katsume, who were originally attacking the basket head-on, began to pull outwards at the same time. The two drew a small arc and moved from the ribs of the three-second zone to the bottom line. Rukawa and Hirayama were subconsciously pulled away from the bottom line on both sides. In this way, the temporary defensive formation collapsed.
Yohei Mito passed the ball back and Hasegawa followed up and got the ball!
"Be careful of No. 7's three-pointer." Green Wind's intelligence system is not to be underestimated. Fujisawa Eri collected a lot of intelligence, one of which was about Hasegawa: an outside defensive gate who also has the ability to shoot three-pointers. Mike immediately ran towards Hasegawa without hesitation, but Hasegawa passed the ball forward again, similar to the two-pass cooperation in football, Mito Yohei took the ball and directly made a layup to score!
Ebina slowly advanced with the ball. Yohei's eyes were fixed on Ebina's movements. The seconds passed by, and when there were 7 seconds left, Ebina moved. He first changed his hands under his crotch, and then suddenly jumped to the right. Yohei quickly moved to hold Ebina tightly, but he did not see the basketball. He only saw an orange light flashing in front of his face, and the ball reached the bottom corner with the help of a screen and Taichi Pingu who was in an open position. Pingu directly shot a three-pointer. But Sakuragi had already noticed the open space here, and rushed out to block the shot.
"Rebound" Sakuragi felt his fingertips touch the basketball. Sure enough, the basketball bounced out of the basket, but because Sakuragi was pulled to the outside, Mike was unguarded and grabbed the rebound and prepared to dunk.
"Don't even think about it" Under the basket, Akagi can't let the enemy run wild, so he jumps up to block
"It's a fake move," Mitsui said off the court. Sure enough, Mike just made a fake move, and after igniting Akagi, he
"Bang!" The ball in Mike's hand was blown away! It was Sakuragi. After Sakuragi completed the outside shot, he quickly came back to block Mike!
"Good job, Sakuragi!" Mito Yohei got the ball, "Let's make a fast break!" Sakuragi ran to the front court immediately after landing, and received the pass from Yohei and made a slam dunk.
"Is this red-haired boy a devil? He can come back to help with defense so quickly and even make a fast break as soon as he lands. It's rare to find such people in the United States," said Mike Okita with an expression of disbelief.
Obviously, Mike was affected by Sakuragi's block and wanted to fight back. However, the Xiangbei players found a flaw, disrupted Mike's attack, and counterattacked to score two more points!
"Green Wind High School requests a timeout!"