Chapter 244: Green Wind vs. Luo An (3)
Chapter 244: Green Wind vs. Luo An (3)
"Well done, Nogawa!" It turned out that Nogawa had followed up and added the ball into the goal, 16:11, and Luoan widened the score again
"Is this center fast?" This time Mike passed the ball to Ebina after dribbling it to the front court, and then ran back himself.
"Want to cut in and catch the ball? I saw through it." Terajima and Ishida moved towards Mike. "Oops, we got fooled." Ebina didn't pass the ball to Mike, but dribbled through on his own. Ishida, who was defending Ebina before, had no time to return to defense. After Ebina broke into the restricted area, he made a quick stop and jump shot.
"It's not that easy," Nogawa came over to defend and blocked the shot. At this point, Ebina showed the overall perspective of a point guard, directly receiving the ball and passing it from behind Nogawa to Minggao, who scored a dunk at 16:13.
The two sides exchanged blows, and before they knew it, the first half was over, with Green Wind trailing by 41 points at 45:4 and entering the halftime break.
"Well... Luoan really deserves to be one of the seeded teams that year..." During the halftime break, the coach in the coaching booth sighed. He noticed that center Ming Gao and guard Ebina were already panting.
Throughout the first half, although Green Wind and the opponent seemed to be evenly matched, Ming Gao had been competing against Luoan center Nogawa, who was half a level higher in weight and strength. Although he was able to fight back and forth with his height, wingspan and larger offensive range, he did not have an advantage under the basket, especially in the competition of strength, he was clearly at a disadvantage and had a hard time.
Ebina was facing a national-level point guard, Terashima. In the second half of the first half, Ebina gradually found his rhythm, so Mike and Ebina switched positions again. On the offensive end, Ebina could still use passes and teammates' screens to coordinate the team's offense, but on the defensive end, Ebina, who was not at an advantage in height and skills, was completely at a disadvantage and it was difficult for him to effectively limit the opponent.
"Luoan is indeed quite strong, but I feel that their strength is about the same as that of Shoyo. Shoyo also has Fujima, a national-level point guard. Terajima's breakthrough ability can be compared with Fujima, but his shooting ability is slightly inferior to Fujima. Nogawa's physical fitness is much stronger than Hanagata's, but his technique is relatively rough. One thing that makes them better than Shoyo is that the No. 4 outside player has great long-range shooting. However, Shoyang's inside big men are much better than Luoan's in inside defense." Mike wiped the sweat off his face.
"Shoyo's big guy? We have a way." Ohfune's eyes lit up. "In the second half, we will use fast breaks to deal with Luoan. Totsuka, you will replace Ebina in the second half, and Mike will organize the offense. We play fast. Although Luoan, the center, has good speed, his physical strength is also very high. I believe that under the back and forth impact, his physical strength will be quickly consumed. And the center is like Mike said, his skills are relatively rough, use foul tactics to deal with him." Ohfune made tactical arrangements for the second half.
It can be said. The tactics of the ship were very correct, and the focus of the attack was on Nogawa. Although Nogawa is not Luoan's trump card player, he is an indispensable pillar of the inside line. With him sitting under the basket, Luoan's outside line can safely exert its strength. More importantly, as Luoan's inside pillar, Nogawa's shortcomings are as huge as his advantages: his technique is relatively rough, his offensive range is narrow, and the worst thing is... his free throws are quite bad! Nogawa had four free throws in the first half, but only made one! Another point is that although Nogawa has a speed that does not match his body, Nogawa is huge after all, and each movement consumes more physical energy than ordinary players. What's more, although Minggao is restricted, Nogawa must have consumed a lot of physical strength to deal with Minggao.
While Dachuan was thinking about the competition in the second half, Luoan's coach was doing the same thing, and coincidentally, his target was also the opponent's center - named Gao Guang.
"Ming Gao is not bad either. He has good shooting and defensive abilities. He is only in his second year. He will be even better next year." Luoan's coach gave Ming Gao a high evaluation. Although Ming Gao only scored 8 points in the first half, he scored two hook shots against Nogawa and a mid-range shot from the free throw line. He also showed his offensive skills. At the same time, he blocked two shots on defense, and blocked one shot against Nogawa. It was just a foul.
"In the first half, Minggao has already received two fouls. In the next game, Terajima and Nogawa, you two will be the main players. Try to cause damage under the basket and try to send him off the court! As long as he leaves the court, we will definitely win." Luoan's coach gave instructions with a gleam in his eyes.
"Yes!" Terajima and Nogawa both nodded in acceptance of the order.
At the start of the second half, Luo An noticed that the Green Wind team had made a substitution, and the original point guard left the court, but Luo An did not pay too much attention to it. The Green Wind point guard was probably beaten by Terajima and needed a rest.
The two sides jumped the ball in the center circle again. With the previous experience, Ming Gao reacted very quickly this time. The moment the ball touched his hand, he changed his hand shape, from confronting the opponent head-on with force to pushing the ball to the side. As a result, the ball fell into Mike's hands.
"Good, let's go!" Mike got the ball and threw it long.
"What?!" Luoan players looked back and saw a figure wearing a green No. 9 jersey running to the Luoan basket. Layup score 43:45
Luo An attacked. This time the ball was handed to Nogawa. Facing Ming Gao's defense, Nogawa once again used his strength to push him back step by step, and at the same time, he also provoked him: "Your strength is still too weak, I want to score in front of you!"
Ming Gao became furious when he heard this, but he suppressed his anger and devoted himself to defense. Unfortunately, Nogawa was obviously stronger than him, and his footwork was also slightly better. Under the basket, he really had no good way to limit the opponent.
Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound. At some point, Totsuka suddenly appeared beside Nogawa and slapped Nogawa's hand holding the ball!
The referee naturally penalized Totsuka for a foul, and Nogawa was also sent to the free throw line. Unfortunately, although he had the upper hand in the competition under the basket, he was still helpless at the free throw line. "Ding, ding!" The sound of continuous iron shots came, and Nogawa missed both free throws...
"Quick break!" Ming Gao grabbed the rebound and made a long pass. Totsuka, Mike Okita and Rukawa Kaede had already started.
"What a fast speed!" Luoan's players hurriedly stood up and chased back, but the Green Wind players were too fast, and finally Rukawa Kaede completed the dunk. 45-!
However, in the next round, Tanaka used a fake move to open up Pinggu's defense and rushed into the paint. Compared with Tanaka's accurate shooting, his breakthrough ability was much inferior. However, Nogawa did not block Minggao. Instead, he let Minggao block the shot. Minggao naturally would not let Tanaka score a layup, and jumped under the basket to try to block Tanaka's layup.
"Why didn't Nogawa stop Minggao? Tanaka didn't break through to the inside to score in the first half... No, Minggao, they are going to foul you." Coach Ofuna suddenly realized and hurriedly reminded Minggao in the inside, but it was too late. Although Minggao heard the coach's reminder, his body was already out of control.
Tanaka smiled, lowered his arm a little, and then raised it again, hitting Minggao's arm and lifting the ball towards the basket. Although the ball didn't go in, he earned two free throws.
"Ming Gao, you have committed three fouls already, you must be careful, leave the inside defense to me and Rukawa, we can't lose you," Mike reminded Ming Gao, and then said to the other players, "Since they want to target Ming Gao, then we can also target Nogawa, anyway, his shooting is really too bad, we can use his free throws to make fast breaks."
Tanaka made two free throws, 47:45.
Green Wind quickly serves the ball from the baseline. Except for Ming Gao, the other four players of Green Wind run at full speed.
"What a fast speed!" Green Wind caught Luo An off guard again, but Luo An is a strong team in the country after all, and they reacted quickly. Terajima fouled in advance, which made Green Wind's fast break aborted. Green Wind threw the ball out of bounds and the ball fell into Rukawa's hands. After getting the ball, Rukawa did not stop and directly broke through the defense and rushed to the basket.
"You can't score a goal!" Nogawa rushed over, only to see that Rukawa's speed did not slow down at all. He jumped high and dunked. Although Nogawa's speed was not slow, Rukawa's speed was faster. Rukawa made a wonderful dunk across Nogawa, tying the score at 47!
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