Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

Chapter 114: Fighting Xiangyang: Pressing Defense

"Coach, what should we do? Shoyo's defense is too tight inside, there is no good chance at all." Mitsui wiped the sweat off his forehead and asked.

"Oh, don't be nervous, everyone. Shoyo's four tall players have certainly strengthened the offense and defense in the interior. But this lineup also has its drawbacks," Coach Anzai said calmly.

"Is it because of the increased altitude that the rotation speed slows down?" Mugure asked

"Yes, what Mugure-san said is very right. Although Shoyo has increased its inside height, their speed has slowed down a lot. There are only two ways to attack. One is to grab the rebound and pass it to Sakata for a fast break, and the other is to use the body advantage to attack from the inside. There is no more coordination like before. The tactics have become simple. The other side of simplicity is monotony. If the connection between Sakata and the four tall players is cut off, it will be difficult for Shoyo to play a rhythm."

"Coach, Sakata is not a point guard, but what if Fujima is substituted in? Fujima's organizational skills are much better than Sakata's," Mitsui asked.

"Haha, Mitsui-san raised a very good question. Shoyo coach will think that I will send Murasakibara up in this timeout, so he will definitely replace Fujima. Murasakibara, Mitsui-san. The two of you will double-team Fujima from the backcourt. Fujima is the only player on the court of Shoyo with outstanding dribbling skills. The dribbling skills of other tall players are only average, Hasegawa-san, Katsumi-san and Horita-san. You are responsible for keeping an eye on the others." Coach Anzai drew the route on the tactical board. After a pause, Coach Anzai continued, "On the offensive end, Horita-san, you have to move to the outside to cover for the outside players. Because our inside line has no advantage compared to Shoyo. But on the outside, Shoyo is far inferior to us. Therefore, our offensive focus is on the outside. Mitsui, Murasakibara, Hasegawa and Katsumi, it depends on your three-point feel."

"Yes, coach"

"Shohoku will definitely substitute Murasakibara next. Sakata, you go off and rest first. Fujima. You come on the court and organize the team's offense, maximize the power of the four tall players. Blow up Shohoku's inside line." Sure enough, Coach Tateyama arranged for Fujima to play.

Timeout. Mugure dribbled the ball to the front court, and the players of the Xiangbei team immediately started running. Horita under the basket acted as a wall to block Takano who was following Mitsui, and Mugure passed the ball to Mitsui.

"Watch out for Mitsui's three-pointer." Tateyama knew that Mitsui's three-pointer was a powerful offensive weapon for Xiangbei. He quickly reminded the players on the court. The Xiangyang players also knew how powerful Mitsui was. Yanwan immediately rushed to the perimeter to make up for the defense. At this time, Murasakibara and Mitsui crossed positions and the ball fell into Murasakibara's hands. At this time, Fujima was blocked by Hasegawa and could not follow. Murasakibara got a gap and shot a three-pointer. The ball drew a beautiful arc and fell straight into the net.

"It doesn't matter, let's attack," Fujima said

"Okay!" Hanagata passed the ball to Fujima and ran forward. When the four tall players ran to the front court, they waited for Fujima's pass as usual, but at this moment, the basketball did not come, Yanwan looked back curiously. Mitsui and Mugure were double-teaming Fujima! Fujima was double-teamed and couldn't pass the ball at all

"Oh no!" Yan Wan realized that something was wrong and hurried back to meet the opponent. Fujima noticed Yan Wan coming back and quickly passed the ball.

The ball was intercepted by Hasegawa behind Yan Wan. Yan Wan didn't notice that Hasegawa had quietly followed behind him. Fujima couldn't pay attention to these things in a hurry.

"Yizhi" Mu Mu immediately left Teng Zhen behind.

"Oh no, Mugure is going to shoot a three-pointer." Mugure's three-pointer just now aroused Fujima's vigilance, and Fujima immediately followed Mugure. But Hasegawa shook his wrist and the ball flew towards Mitsui who was left open!

"Beautiful," Tanaka Shigeka exclaimed. With such a wide open space, it is difficult for a sharpshooter like Mitsui to miss the shot, and this time it was no exception, Mitsui made the three-pointer!

Yan Wan received the ball thrown by the referee and prepared to serve. Hasegawa, the tallest player on the Xiangbei court, immediately opened his arms and moved back and forth in front of him, forcing him to pass the ball to Fujima, who was closest to him.

After he passed the ball, Mitsui immediately rushed in front of Fujima, and he and Murasakibara pressed Fujima tightly from the front and the back!

"Zone defense!" Gao Touli shouted and stood up. As the coach of a nationally renowned team, Gao Touli is well-informed. This is the trump card of a certain king team.

"Coach Anzai's move was really ruthless. Although Shoyo currently has a clear height advantage on the field, only Fujima is good at dribbling. Murasakibara and Mitsui double-teamed Fujima, which cut off Shoyo's offensive route."

"Two people guarding one? Xiangbei is really ruthless! The audience who understands basketball also saw the power of this move.

The two players were so close that there was almost no space for Fujima to dribble.

Unprecedented pressure came at him all of a sudden, and Fujima broke out in a cold sweat. Although the first time he was forced to play was unexpected, this time Fujima really felt uncomfortable. He wanted to get rid of the two men, but found that there was no gap, and even the passing route was blocked. In a moment of distraction, Mitsui seized the opportunity and used his quick hands to steal the ball in an instant. Muguro took advantage of the situation and passed the ball to Muguro, who scored a layup!

Shoyo served the ball from the baseline, and as soon as Fujima received the ball, Mitsui and Murasakibara rushed over again, "Hanagata!" Fujima signaled to Hanagata to receive the ball, but as soon as the ball was passed, he realized something was wrong, the ball was intercepted by Katsumi, and Katsumi took the opportunity to make a layup and score!

"Fujima handled this ball very badly. If he had passed the ball high, it would have been difficult for Xiangbei to intercept the ball, but he only passed the ball low," said Amu.

"Amu, what you said is only one aspect. The reason why Fujima passes the ball like this is also limited by his height. Mitsui and Murasakibara are nearly 5 cm taller than Fujima. Fujima has to spend more effort than before to pass the ball, otherwise, the ball will be easily intercepted as soon as it is released," Gao Touli explained to his disciple.

"Shoyo timeout" Coach Tateyama realized that the situation was not right and quickly called a timeout

"Don't panic, I have a solution," Tateyama began to draw. "Hanagata will be in charge of the baseline serve. Pretend to pass the ball from a high altitude. If the opponent doesn't jump up to intercept, then pass it to the front court. Hanagata, you have a wide field of vision, so you will be able to turn around accurately."

"If the opponent jumps up to intercept Hanagata's pass, then Hanagata, you pass the ball to Sakata. Sakata, after the timeout, you replace Nagano and cooperate with Fujima to carry the ball to the front court. Sakata, Fujima, the distance between the two of you should not be too far. You should take care of each other. I don't require you to advance to the front court quickly, as long as you pass the front court within ten seconds."

"Haha, everyone did a great job. Shoyo will definitely have a countermeasure for our pressing next time. If we are broken, we will still defend normally. We can't spend too much energy on the defensive end. We have to compete with Shoyo in offense!" Coach Anxi was also making arrangements.

After the timeout, Hanagata served the ball from the baseline, and this time Hanagata passed the ball to Sakata! At this time, Xiangbei's focus was still on Fujima!

"Ichishi, go defend Sakata," Murasaki shouted. Hasegawa rushed to Sakata. Sakata handed the ball to Hanagata again. Then he ran forward. Hanagata raised the ball high above his head and made a long pass to Takano, who was already standing in the front court of Xiangbei.

"Go back to defense." Murasaki recalled what Coach Anzai said during the timeout, and immediately reminded the players to go back to defense. The two sides started a positional battle again. However, once it fell into a positional battle, Shoyo had the advantage. His backcourt double guns pulled Shohoku's backcourt out of the three-point line. And in the interior, Shoyo has three tall players over 190 cm tall, with a clear height advantage. Although he made consecutive mistakes, Fujima was still very calm. Instead of attacking himself, he passed the ball to the inside, Hanagata got the ball, and turned around and shot a jump shot. Although Hasegawa on the opposite side tried his best to block, his height disadvantage could not interfere with Hanagata. Hanagata made a jump shot. Ended this scoring drought.