Slam Dunk: My Study Abroad Career in Northern Hunan

Chapter 69 The expected result!
The players from Yanshui Middle School and Shirong Middle School began to settle in the middle circle. As the referee blew the whistle to start the game, the centers of the two teams jumped up almost at the same time and slapped the basketball with their arms high.

On the jump ball, the center forward of Yanshui High School has an absolute advantage. The center forwards of both teams have a good grasp of the timing of the jump, but the center forward of Yanshui High School is taller than Shirong's center forward. Similarly, the wingspan is also wider. He had the advantage and was the first to capture the basketball.

As soon as Mu Shen, who was in the back position, received the basketball, he quickly dribbled two steps towards his own backcourt. After pulling away from the defenders, he commanded his teammates to run, and at the same time slowly dribbled the ball towards the frontcourt.

Shirong Middle School, who lost the jump ball, also quickly returned to defense and settled on its own court.Before the game, they seemed to have deliberately investigated the tactics of Yanshui High School. The defensive players on the court used the penalty zone defensive tactics. Almost all the players were positioned around the three-second zone, guarding the inside to death. Dead, but he doesn't care about the external line.

There are not even defensive players in the large area from the mid-to-long distance to the three-point line, and there is a posture of vacating the outside line and sticking to the inside line.

"This Shirong Middle School, what kind of defense is it using?"

"Who can this defense defend against?"

Mitsui Shou looked at the positioning of the Shirong Middle School players, and couldn't help but questioned.Mitsui Shou was still looking forward to the first round of the second round of the national competition, but seeing Shirong's defense, Mitsui Shou felt quite bad.

Thinking that a team like Shirong can enter the second round, Mitsui Shou could not tell the twist.

"You are so good, but I am in the same rank as you." Mitsui Shou must have such a feeling in his heart at this time.

"Don't say that, Shirong's defense may be used after studying the opponent's style of play."

"Maybe there will be unexpected effects."

Jinguji Budao touched his chin, leaned forward slightly, focused his eyes on Mu Shenyi, and said softly.He has seen Shirong's defense before. It was the tactic used by Xiangbei to limit Mu Shenyi when he played against Hainan.

However, because of the presence of Shenzong Ichiro and Gong Yiyifan in Hainan, Xiangbei has adopted boxone and 23 defenses successively.

The purpose is to limit Mu Shen's breakthrough and score, and to block Hainan's three-pointer.

At this time, Shirong Middle School's defensive tactics in the restricted area were probably aimed at restricting Mu Shen's breakthrough.

"Did Mu Shenyi already have a strong breakthrough ability in middle school? Is it worth Shirong to give up perimeter defense?"

"Or it's simply because Yanshui didn't have a mid-range shot to score."

While Jinguji Budao was thinking, Mu Shenyi in the court had already entered the frontcourt with the ball.Obviously, Mu Shenyi sensed the opponent's intentions as a matter of course, and was not in a hurry to attack. After giving his team's center forward a look, he quickly dribbled the ball to the middle distance, and at the same time quickly took off to shoot.

At the same time as Mu Shen made a shot, the center of Yanshui High School had already entered the three-second zone, looking up at the basketball while squeezing under the basket.

Yanshui's center forward not only has a huge advantage in height, but also is not small in size. Although Shirong's people tried hard to get his position, they were all squeezed away by the opponent forcefully. The most favorable position under the basket was occupied by the center of Yanshui Middle School easily occupied.

"Shh!"

The basketball Mu Shen shot went into the basket accurately, and Mu, who had no defensive pressure, scored the ball smoothly, smiled and clapped his teammates, and then quickly returned to defense.

With the encouragement of the off-court coach, Shirong Middle School, who lost a goal first, served the ball and started to organize an attack.

"It seems that the situation is clear." Anxi Zhengyi sighed, shook his head slightly, and said.

Wu Dao, who was sitting beside him, nodded in approval, then stretched his waist, and leaned his back on the back of the chair.

"Isn't this game just started? How did the situation become clear?" Chiba Oishi, a second-year student in the back row, asked in puzzlement when he heard what his coach said.He couldn't see that the situation was clear. In his eyes, this game had just begun.

"The hard power of Shirong Middle School is not enough to compete with Yanshui."

"The reason why their team put up such a defensive formation is mainly to stick to the inside line. The person they are targeting should undoubtedly be No. 12 Mushen."

"But they miscalculated one thing, and that is Yanshui's center forward."

"In the middle school arena, such a center can bring unimaginable benefits to the team. Taking this game as an example, Yanshui's players can shoot unscrupulously, so they don't have to worry about the ownership of rebounds."

"The position just now has no way to restrict Yanshui's center from entering the inside line. From this point of view, it is impossible for Shirong to pose a threat to Yanshui."

"Shirong doesn't have the pillars to guard the inside. In this game, they have no hope."

Masayoshi Anzai turned his head to analyze the situation on the court for the players. When he was speaking, he glanced at Masao Fujii unobtrusively. Although his tone was brisk, his eyes were full of worry.

If Wushi is allowed to face Yanshui Middle School, whether the inside line can take advantage is also very important.For now, Takeshi's main scoring method is to rely on the shots of Mitsui Hisashi and Takedo, and a small part relies on Mitsui's breakthrough layup.

However, the shooting-based scoring method requires the support of the inside line. If the inside line is crushed, whether it is Mitsui Hisashi or Budo, the psychological pressure on the two of them will definitely increase significantly when shooting, which will affect the shooting offense. efficiency.

The situation was good when they faced the No. [-] Middle School affiliated to Dongda University before. Takeshi did a good job of protecting the basket. Shinomiya Tianno, who has the ability to grab rebounds, has been kept on the periphery by Budo and Mitsui Shou.

But if facing Iwasui with an orthodox center, it is almost impossible for Takeshi to call the opponent's center out of the paint.

Sure enough, not long after Anxi Zhengyi's analysis, Shirong Middle School made a mistake on the offensive end. The player missed a shot and had a rebound.

And Yanshui's 190cm center forward overwhelmed everyone, pocketed the rebound, and at the same time quickly passed the ball to Mu Shenyi, who was already running forward, for a fast counterattack.

In less than 30 seconds, Yanshui High School directly took the lead with 4:0.

Afterwards, the trend of the game was exactly as Masayoshi Anzai expected. Shirong Middle School, which had no air supremacy, was quickly defeated by Yanshui Middle School's offensive.The first half lasted less than 10 minutes, and the point difference between the two teams widened to 12 points. After halftime, the point difference between the two teams even widened to 20 points.

In the second half, Shirong Middle School failed to organize a decent counterattack, and the suspense was lost early in a game.

At the end of the game, Yanshui defeated Shirong Middle School by a big score of 93:37, getting close to the third round of the national competition.In the junior high school arena, scoring more than 90 points is already a bit shocking. Just looking at the scores is enough to get a glimpse of Yanshui High School's terrifying scoring ability.

Mu Shenyi's performance in this game was quite impressive, scoring 16 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds, and 4 steals.As for the center forward in Yanshui, the statistics are even more impressive. He scored 41 points and 15 rebounds. With the help of Mu Shen, he is a cake king.

"Okay, their game is over, let's go warm up."

"Today's opponent is Aoyama Affiliated High School in Nagano Prefecture. If we pass them, we will be qualified to play against Yanshui."

"Forget about this game for now, and put all your energy into the next game!"

Masayoshi Anzai stood up from his seat and spoke to the people behind him. In the response of the players, Takeshi's people left the auditorium and entered the stadium through the player tunnel.

When Wushi came, Yanshui's people were packing their bags and preparing to leave. At this time, Yanshui's team members saw Wushi's players, and unconsciously slowed down the action of packing their bags, and looked at Wushi's players one after another.

And the handsome, tall and thin Jinguji Budo naturally attracted the attention of many people.

"It seems that our opponent tomorrow should be Wushi Middle School in Kanagawa." Mu Shenyi swept his eyes between Wushi's team members while packing his luggage.After a while, in the rest area on the other side, the players from Qingshan High School also began to gather. Mu Shenyi just took a look at the height of the players from Qingshan High School, and he already had a conclusion in his mind.

(End of this chapter)