Heizi's Basketball: I'm not the boss?

Chapter 236 Fouls are also part of the game
"Xiao Zhen, if you can enter zone mode, will we have a chance to make a comeback?"

Midorima raised his head sharply and met Takao's gaze.

[If I were in zone state...how strong would I be? 】

Midorima took off the glasses on the bridge of his nose and wiped them. He looked at Takao and said seriously: "To be honest, I don't know...I have never entered zone mode."

"But there is no doubt that it must be a completely new realm for me."

Takao picked up a bottle of water, handed it to Midorima's hand, and said with a smile: "In that case, isn't our next strategy clear?"

"It's so easy for those monsters to enter zone mode one by one. Even that baby-faced Hai Chang can do it. There's no reason why you can't get in!"

Takao turned to look at Hai Chang's half. He frowned and said, "Just let it go and do it. It doesn't matter if you need a pick-and-roll or the ball. From now on, we will all serve you."

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47:41, Hai Chang takes the lead.

"Your coach is really willing to give up. He called for two timeouts in such a short time."

Xiangyang was adjusting the elasticity of the wristband while teasing Takao Michio. The latter shrugged and sighed and responded: "There is no way, your family is playing so hard. In order not to be clocked out in the third quarter by you, we also have to struggle hard. "

Xiang Yang looked at Gao Wei quietly for a while, but Xiang Yang didn't even believe a single punctuation mark of his "frustrating words".

When Xiude came back from the timeout, they still had the ball.

Takao just passed the serve and handed the ball to Midorima.

Seeing this, Xiang Yang didn't hesitate at all, and immediately turned around and chased Midorima, completing a defense switch with Yuuki. However, the moment he arrived in front of Midorima, on his right side, a voice with a flirty tone came out Ringed: "Hey, you don't even give me a look, it really makes me sad."

As this sound sounded, Takao protected his crotch with both hands and blocked Xiangyang's side. At the same time, Midorima's eyes flashed and he immediately took Takao's pick-and-roll, raising his hand in a ball-joining motion.

"Yuki!"

Xiang Yang shouted sharply, and Yuuki, who had switched defenses with Xiang Yang earlier, now leaned towards Midorima again.

As Yuki, who is second only to Xiangyang's defensive ability in Haichang's team, he rarely encounters a steel plate during training and competitions on weekdays.

After all, the opponent's ace must be handed over to Kise, and other offensive arrow figures also have Xiang Yang to deal with. To be honest, this is the first time Yuuki has faced a miracle-level figure on the field.

Yuuki's eyes were fixed on Midorima's stride, with his hands on both sides of his body. He mentally calculated the offensive space of Midorima's every step. If he was facing an ordinary shooting guard at this time, he would basically have to A wonderful defense performance on the spot.

But unfortunately, this person is Midorima.

In just a moment, Midorima judged the strength of Yuuki's defense. His eyes narrowed slightly and he was slightly surprised.

【This guy, stuck every step I took? 】

Realizing that conventional attacks would probably be ineffective, Midorima had already thought of a countermeasure the moment he started to break through.

He pushed the ball with one hand and changed direction, rushing towards Yuuki's side. The moment Yuuki turned around to follow him, Midorima twisted his foot and immediately changed his move, suddenly heading towards the center line of the half court!
Yuuki's expression was startled. After playing basketball for so many years and guarding so many offensive players, this was the first time he saw someone break through in a direction away from the basket.

While Yuuki was stunned, Midorima had already adjusted his center of gravity for taking off. He took a deep breath and took off directly using the shift in his center of gravity when he broke through. He found the center of gravity in the air that offset the recoil of the takeoff, and raised his elbow. Move your wrist to take action.

At this moment, the basketball seemed to be transformed into an orange light and shadow, flying towards the basket in Hai Chang's half in a very exaggerated arc.

Yuuki was stunned. He looked up at the basketball and then at Midorima. It wasn't until the crisp sound of the net being brushed that Yuuki came back to his senses.

"What...what is this??"

Yuuki's eyes nearly popped out of her sockets. Although she had already seen Midorima's perverted three-pointer, there was still a huge gap between watching from the side and defending face to face.

Xiang Yang smiled helplessly, walked up to Yuuki and patted his head.

"Boy, you still have a lot to learn."

For Yuuki's failure to guard Midorima, Xiangyang didn't mean to blame him. He turned to look at Takao who was high-fiving Midorima, curled his lips and said: "Really, what kind of guy is he calling a pick-and-roll? He has the ability to play against me." A real man pk."

Shaking his head and sighing, Xiang Yang took the serve from his teammates, and then he stood in Haichang's half-court position and yelled at Da Yuan from a long distance: "Da Yuan, come here and give me a block."

The two people with the "shared zone" mode have a better understanding of cooperation than before. The pick-and-roll angle given by Ohara is Xiangyang's favorite breakthrough direction, and Xiangyang did not let him down, using Ohara's body to squeeze out shooting space. , Xiang Yang made a jumping three-pointer and threw the ball into the basket.

Hai Chang's three-pointer was effective, and the score difference between the two sides reached six points again.

At the last moment of the second quarter, Midorima tried to single Xiangyang again, but unfortunately, after losing the help of the pick-and-roll, his breakthrough ability was not enough to tear Xiangyang's defense.

In the end, they had to add another steal to Xiangyang's data panel, and the two sides also entered the second half duel with an eight-point difference.

Due to a miscalculation of his own strength, Xiangyang originally thought that the match against Xiude would be a fierce battle. In his plan, Hai Chang should be lagging behind at the end of the first half, and the "bombardment" that was originally reserved for the third quarter was to be activated. Tactics were temporarily put aside by Xiang Yang.

At the same time, because of Hidetoku Fang Kimura's demise, there was little pressure on the Haichang family's inside line. In order to maximize the utilization of resources, Xiangyang replaced Moriyama and Shimamura on the bench one after another to adapt to the strong enemy's game rhythm.

The overall rhythm of the game in the third quarter was more like a microcosm of the second quarter. As the lagging side, Showtoku still relied on Midorima's four-guarantee-one play, and as the leading side, Kaitoku naturally also Will not change formation at will.

In this way, with Xiang Yang targeting Midorima intentionally or unintentionally, the two teams maintained a score difference of about eight points and slowly entered the fourth quarter of the game.

The only episode was at the last moment of the third quarter. During Midorima's dribbling attack, the overall movements suddenly became much more coordinated than before. Although there was no change on the surface, there was Xiang Yang who continued to pay attention to Midorima. , was keenly aware of this change.

Without any hesitation, Xiangyang made a prompt decision, risking a foul and interrupting Midorima's attack forcefully.Although the referee blew the whistle for a defensive foul on Xiang Yang and gave Midorima two free throws, Xiang Yang did not regret it at all.

Are you kidding, where are you?The world of Black Basket where evildoers and miracles are flying all over the sky.

As long as you dare to give the opponent the slightest chance to breathe, those perverts will come up with something weird and change the rhythm of the game.

Midorima was not angry when his attack was interrupted by Xiang Yang's rough move. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he once again held the ball and beat Xiang Yang in an attempt to regain the comfortable feeling on the court that he had at the end of the third quarter.

It's a pity that Xiang Yang didn't give Midorima any chance. Whenever Midorima's eyes looked wrong or his aura changed, Xiang Yang would ignore it and directly interrupt Midorima's attack.

Basketball side goal knowledge: The most effective defensive method when facing an attack is always a foul!
Xiangyang, who has a deep understanding of the game, naturally understands this truth thoroughly.

In just 3 minutes, Xiangyang received three fouls in a row and a first-level foul!
(Basketball trivia: Malicious fouls are divided into first-level fouls and second-level fouls. Two first-level fouls or one second-level foul will force the player to leave the game.)
Counting the fouls he received at the end of the third quarter, Xiangyang has accumulated four fouls and a first-level foul at this moment!
Any more of these two will make Xiang Yang lose the right to continue the game.

But... as long as the number of fouls is not up to standard, no matter how many times he commits a foul, it will be the same as zero, and it will not have the slightest impact on Xiang Yang.

Although the players on the German side, especially Gao Wei, were trying their best to create Xiang Yang's last foul and get him off the field.

But Xiang Yang, as an old ruffian in the stadium, naturally would not give them this opportunity.

Until the last minute of the game, Xiang Yang still had so many fouls and still failed to leave the field.

Midorima, who was frequently interrupted by Xiangyang's fouls, failed to enter the "zone" mode as he wished.

In the last 30 seconds, the score gap between the two sides remained at six points. Xiudoku's coach Hitoshi Nakatani was forced to replace the starting player, withdraw his troops, and withdraw from the competition.

Under the cheers of the entire audience, Xiangyang people and Xiude players hugged and greeted each other one after another. They won the second game of the semi-finals and successfully advanced to the finals!
When it was Xiang Yang's turn to hug Midorima, Xiang Yang patted Midorima's back with a smile and said, "Don't call me mean. I really don't want to face you in zone mode. If I were in the audience From an angle, I’d really like to see it.”

Yes, in the middle of the third quarter, Midorima's thoughts were already revealed to Xiang Yang.

It can only be said that Midorima is unlucky. If his opponent is Aomine Kagami, he will probably let him enter zone mode without any hesitation, and then meet him for a duel.

Of course, after such a long time, Xiangyang has never been a "hot-blooded male protagonist". He prefers a sure victory to a close match.

"It's okay Xiangyang, fouls are also part of the game."

Midorima pursed his lips, looked at Xiang Yang and said seriously: "Come on for the finals."

"Ang, if I lend you some good words, I will definitely do it."

(End of this chapter)