Speed up across the board!
If the tactical system is only built on the existing tactical framework of this era, the so-called overall speed-up is nothing more than simply speeding up the offensive rhythm. It is not a special tactic, but just a change in the team's rhythm.
However, when Xiangbei eliminated the relatively slow center Takenori Akagi, the meaning of this so-called overall speed-up became different.
Death Five.
This kind of offensive tactic has never appeared in high school competitions, but Coach Anxi is preparing to use this set of tactics in the current game against Ryonan High School.
After eliminating Takenori Akagi, the overall movement speed of Xiangbei will be greatly improved. If there is a replacement player, Budo even thinks that Chiba Daishi, who consumes a lot of physical energy, can be replaced as well, so as to make the overall offensive speed of Xiangbei faster.
However, the substitute lineup of Xiangbei High School is too weak. In terms of defense, there is no other player who can replace Chiba Daishi, which also prevents Xiangbei from fully utilizing its speed-up.
However, for Xiangbei's current lineup, this little change is enough. If such a lineup cannot achieve the results expected by Coach Anxi, it means that this set of tactics is not suitable for Xiangbei High School at this stage and can be directly abandoned.
There were still four minutes left in the first half and Ryonan's Jun Yuzumi also had three fouls. Considering that Ryonan would substitute Yuzumi, Coach Anzai was willing to use these four minutes to verify the practical significance of this lineup.
For a gambler like Coach Anzai, no matter how important the game is, it can become a testing ground for his tactics.
"With Akagi replaced, our defense is really in tatters."
"Is there really no problem with such a substitution?"
Mitsui Shou and Akagi Takenori have always had a bad relationship, but as they spend more time together, their relationship has become that of a "rival" teammate relationship. Although he is unhappy with Akagi, Mitsui Shou still recognizes Akagi's role in Xiangbei and any ability of Akagi Takenori as a center.
At this time, Akagi left the field, and Mitsui couldn't help feeling a little depressed.
There is actually no problem with Jinguji Takeshi's physique as a center, but Takeshi has played as a center too few times, and Mitsui Hisashi is not sure whether Takeshi can handle the center task in the interior.
"Hey, hey, hey, Xiaosan, you are doubting my ability!"
"Although I don't really want to play center, but if the task is assigned to me, I won't refuse it."
"Coach, there's no need to separate the offensive and defensive ends. I will try my best to take on the responsibilities of a center."
"Although Xiangbei's defensive strength has indeed greatly decreased, the offensive firepower on the outside has also been greatly enhanced accordingly."
"At this stage, the attention of those people from Ryonan should still be on me. If I go inside, the offensive pressure from the outside will be greatly reduced."
"Mitsui, Mumu, this is a great opportunity for the two of you to show off your talents, but you must seize it well!"
After all, Takeshi Jinguji is a man who has experienced the baptism of the small ball era, so it is natural for him to accept the situation where there is no traditional center in the team. At the same time, he comforted Mitsui Hisashi, Murasakibara and others.
Coach Anzai himself has a very high prestige in the Xiangbei team, and Mitsui's resistance is not actually strong. With Wudao's comfort, Mitsui nodded slightly and said nothing more.
And Takenori Akagi also knew that Coach Anzai would not change his decision, so he didn't waste any more words and sat down on the empty seat on the bench. Although Akagi didn't say much, his face didn't look very good, and it seemed that he was sulking.
"In the next game, all of you need to run aggressively."
"With Akagi not on the court, you need to reduce your shots under interference from the opponent and use fast break layups as your main means of scoring."
"Budo, you need to do your best to distract the defense of Ryonan High School and create open opportunities for your teammates."
"We've been preparing for this for so long, now is the time!"
Coach Anzai pushed his glasses, and bright lights reflected from the transparent lenses. Behind the glasses, Coach Anzai looked at Jinguji Budo with bright eyes.
"Did you notice that... As expected of Coach Anzai, I haven't even started yet."
Wu Dao was also stunned when he heard what Coach Anxi said, then he smiled and said nothing. He thought he had hidden it well, but the experienced Coach Anxi still saw through his plan.
Fortunately, judging from the current situation, Coach Anzai is probably the only one who has noticed this. Ryonan probably has no corresponding plans yet. This is a great opportunity for Shohoku!
Not long after Coach Anxi arranged the tactics, the referee's whistle sounded on the field.
The players from Xiangbei High School and Ryonan High School returned to the court.
Under the surprised gazes of the crowd, Mugure Konobu walked into the basketball court, adjusted the position of the wrist guard on his wrist, and began to take position on the outside.
"Hey hey hey~~ Xiangbei High School actually made a substitution? That big guy was substituted out. Did they give up on the inside?"
"Hey! Ryonan's Uozumi Jun is no longer on the court. He has been replaced by a bamboo pole. Is that guy any good? He looks so skinny. Is he a backup center?"
"I don't think I've seen the new teammate from Xiangbei. What are they going to do?"
As the players from the Xiangbei and Ryonan teams returned to the court, the audience in the stands began to discuss the matter. Both Mugure Konobu from Xiangbei High School and Guan Ping from Ryonan High School had rarely appeared on the stage of the national competition, and the audience was very unfamiliar with both of them.
Jinguji Budo listened to the discussions of the people around him and walked to the free throw line following the referee's instructions.
There was a timeout before free throws, but the free throws were pushed back to after the timeout.
"Kumure, you have to work harder. Let Mitsui take it easy. The second half is the time for him to shine."
"In the remaining 4 minutes of the first half, you have to help me share the offensive tasks!"
At the free throw line, Jinguji Budo received the pass from the referee and looked at the basket, but his mind was not on the free throw at all.
Free throws have become a muscle memory for Wudao. After adjusting the dribble twice, he directly shot the ball, and the basketball went into the net accurately. The spectators on the sidelines cheered when they saw this scene. It was not until the referee gave the ball to Wudao for the second time that the people around him quieted down and watched Wudao with bated breath.
“Swish!”
Not long after, there was another light sound, and amid the cheers of the audience, the Xiangbei players began to retreat quickly. After the change of formation, Xiangbei High School's defense also changed dramatically, with Jinguji Budou and Chiba Daishi landing on both sides of the paint area at the baseline.
Mitsui Hisashi, Kogure Konobu and Miyagi Ryouta were positioned on the outside, evenly distributed around the three-point line.
Kenji Fujima dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and observed the defense of Shohoku High School, frowning for a moment.
"Akagi Takenori obviously had no problems, so why did he leave the game? Was it to give Akagi enough rest time to deal with Uozumi?"
"Jinguji Budou went to the inside, Mitsui Shou switched to defend Tano. The player who just came on the court seems to be a sophomore from Shohoku, Kogure Mitsunobu. Is he going to defend Sendoh?"
"Is this player good enough to defend Sendoh?"
The reason why Kenji Fujima frowned was not because he thought that Shohoku High School's defense was very strong. On the contrary, he felt that Shohoku's defensive arrangement was full of loopholes. For a moment, he couldn't understand why Shohoku made such a tactical adjustment.
In his opinion, with Uozumi leaving the court, Shohoku should have kept Akagi on the court and used the advantage of the center to catch up. However, he did not expect that Shohoku actually abandoned the advantage of the center and instead replaced him with Kogure Kiminori.
"Let's try this guy's quality first!"
Fujima Kenji and Kogure Konobu were not familiar with each other. He just knew that there was such a person in Xiangbei, that's all. With a cautious attitude, Fujima made a feint and quickly passed the ball to Sendoh, thinking that Sendoh would test the quality of Kogure Konobu.
"Snap!" The basketball was in hand, and Sendoh faced the basket with the ball. He was different from Fujima Kenji, he had played with Mugure Kiminori before, although he had never faced him head-on, but Sendoh knew something about Mugure's ability, it was really a bit too much for Xiangbei to rely on such a player to deal with him.
Without any unnecessary movements, Sendoh didn't even make a fake move after getting the ball. He just dropped the ball and broke through from his right side. In the blink of an eye, Sendoh's body was already close to Kogure Konobu. The next second, Sendoh quickly flashed past Kogure Konobu and rushed towards the inside.
Sendoh broke through easily, and the defending player Mugure Gongyan didn't even react at all. He just looked back at Sendoh's back after the breakthrough, as if seeing him off.
“So weak... ..” Fujima Kenji was also a little surprised when he saw this scene. He didn’t expect that Sendoh’s breakthrough would be so easy, and his opponent didn’t even move.
Inside, Jinguji Budou was blocking Hanagata Toru's position, and Sendo's breakthrough was within his expectations, so he quickly moved up to defend. Sendo saw Jinguji Budou coming up and showed his determination to attack, so he accelerated and rushed over, but when he was about to get in front of Budou, Sendo suddenly passed the ball and the basketball hit the floor at Budou's feet and bounced into Hanagata's hands inside.
"Hey!" However, just as Sendoh showed his intention to pass the ball, Takeshi Jinguji suddenly chuckled. The moment the basketball hit the floor, Takeshi Jinguji had already reacted and turned around and ran towards Hanagata. It seemed that he had anticipated Sendoh's pass.
"Oh no! Hanagata, be careful behind you!"
Sendoh saw what Takeshi was doing, and also saw how fast Takeshi turned around, and hurriedly reminded Hanagata. But his reminder was still a step too late. Hanagata received the ball in the paint and quickly approached the basket with one dribble, then he put the ball together with both hands and jumped up to prepare for a dunk.
When Sendoh's reminder sounded, a red figure had already flown into the air behind Huaxing, and a big hand pressed directly on the basketball in Huaxing's hand.
"!"
Hanagata, who was preparing to slam dunk, felt a huge force coming from above him. The next second, his hands were empty and the basketball was snatched away from him by Jinguji Budo.
However, the impact of Huaxing's jump was still there, and he grabbed the basket with both hands and scored a goal.
"Ohhhh, what was that?! It just grabbed the ball right out of Flower Shape's hand?"
"In a split second, he returned from the free throw line to the basket and blocked Hanagata. His athletic ability is incredible!"
"This guy, this guy's defense range is really terrifying!"
Whether it was the audience in the stands or the Ryonan bench on the sidelines, the people watching the game never stopped exclaiming from the moment Wudao finished the block.
But Wu Dao didn't have time to enjoy the admiration of the people around him. He grabbed the ball with one hand and shouted, "Quick break!"
The basketball flew directly from Wudao's hands and landed accurately in the hands of Miyagi Ryouta who was already running towards the front court. Jinguji Wudao also suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the front court quickly.
He was so fast that in the blink of an eye he had left Hanagata and Guan Ping of Ryonan behind.
On the Shohoku side, the energetic Kogure Konobu and Mitsui Hisashi, as well as Miyagi Ryouta with the ball, had already entered the frontcourt early.
However, their fast break opportunities were not very good. Whether it was Shinomiya Tano, Sendoh or Fujima from Ryonan, the three of them were not shaken off by Shohoku at all. Seeing Miyagi dribbling the ball towards the three-point line, the players participating in the fast break on Shohoku's side did not have a suitable opportunity to shoot.
"Miyagi! Pass the ball!"
At this moment, Jinguji Takeshi's voice suddenly came from behind Miyagi. Miyagi Ryouta looked over and saw that Jinguji Takeshi had already crossed the three-point line before him and quickly cut into the paint. Without any hesitation, Miyagi directly lobbed the ball into Jinguji Takeshi's hands.
"Hmph!" Shinomiya Tano, who was originally defending Mitsui Hisashi, and Sendoh, who was originally defending Murasakibara, both noticed Jinguji Takeshi at this time. They snorted together and quickly approached Jinguji Takeshi from both sides. Judging from the looks of the two men, they didn't want to give Jinguji Takeshi any chance to attack.
However, Wudao seemed unaware of Sendoh and Shinomiya Tano who were chasing him. After catching the ball, he dribbled once, grabbed the basketball and rushed into the basket with big strides. Then he jumped up, grabbed the ball with one hand and glided towards the basket.
"Too naive!"
However, at this moment, a loud shout rang out from Takeshi's ears, and Shinomiya Tano suddenly jumped out from the side of Jinguji Takeshi, raising his arm and quickly slapping the basketball in Takeshi's hand. On the other side of Takeshi, Sendoh also jumped into the air, and although he didn't say anything, his right hand also quickly slapped the basketball in Takeshi's hand.
Two ghosts knocking on the door!
The defense of Sendoh and Shinomiya Tano easily blocked all of Takeshi's attack routes. Seeing that the basketball was about to be knocked down by the two, Takeshi Jinguji in the air suddenly caught the ball, held it in his arms, and easily passed over the palms of the two.
"Pull the lever?! Can you do it in front of me?!"
Shimono had excellent dynamic vision, and all of Takeshi's movements were captured by his eyes. Shimono felt no ripples when he saw this scene, because his air stay was enough to deal with all of Jinguji Takeshi's shooting changes!
The immortal path had already started to decline, but the Sigong Field, like the martial path, showed no sign of decline at all.
"Huh?!" However, just when Shimono thought that Budou would use a pull-up layup, Jinguji Budou, who received the ball, suddenly threw the ball behind him, and the basketball flew rapidly towards the outside line.
"What?!"
"Pass the ball? This guy actually passed the ball? How is that possible?!"
As the people around him exclaimed, the basketball flew straight into the hands of Kogure Konosuba. At this time, Kogure was standing at the top of the arc outside the three-point line, adjusting his posture. The light from the spotlight was reflected on his glasses.
"My talent is not as outstanding as that of Budo and Mitsui."
"Neither Akagi's physique nor Miyagi's speed."
"But I am also doing my part to help Xiangbei dominate the country!"
The basketball was thrown out from Mugure Konobu's hands, flew across half of the court, flew over the heads of Shinomiya Tano and Sendoh, and under the gaze of everyone, fell into the net with a crisp sound.
“Swish!”
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