Mitsui's three-pointer did not make the audience excited, but it was Maki Shinichi's wonderful pass when facing a double team that won the audience's cheers.
At this moment, Dai Moroboshi was staring at Shinichi Maki who made the wonderful pass, and his attention was not distracted to Mitsui Hisashi at all.
It is not uncommon for an open three-pointer to be made.
The fact that Shinichi Maki was able to pass the ball calmly even when he was trapped in a double-team situation deserves even more attention from Daisuke Moroboshi and others.
"I didn't expect that guy could actually pass the ball under such circumstances!"
"You still underestimated him. This guy's strength... is undoubtedly the best in the country!"
Zhu Xingda looked at the back of Maki Shinichi as he returned to defense, and said to himself, then turned around and waved to his teammates, signaling them to serve the ball quickly.
The basketball was sent from the backcourt of Aichi Prefecture to the hands of Dai Moroboshi, who dribbled the ball forward and waved to his teammates. After receiving the instructions, the Aichi players quickened their pace and soon entered the frontcourt.
Aichi Prefecture's offense was very fast. After entering the frontcourt with his teammates, Daisuke Moroboshi quickly passed the ball sideways. After the basketball was shot, he made a pick-and-roll and then cut into the inside without the ball. Everyone in Aichi Prefecture cooperated very well. As Daisuke Moroboshi cut into the inside, the basketball also fell into the inside.
Zhu Xing received the ball from mid-range, faked a shot and passed the ball, and after attracting Takasago's attention, he quickly hit the ball to the young man with a crew cut under the basket. The latter received the ball and sent the ball into the basket with a light hook shot.
Aichi Prefecture's entire series of offense was quite smooth, starting with Moroboshi Dai holding the ball, followed by his teammates' off-ball pick-and-roll, and then to Moroboshi's fake shot and real pass to assist. It took less than 10 seconds from the backcourt serve to the goal.
After the goal was scored, the players of Aichi Prefecture quickly retreated without lingering in the front field. Their speed in returning to defense was also very fast, not giving Kanagawa Prefecture any chance to counterattack.
"The transmission in Aichi Prefecture is really smooth!"
"When facing such an opponent, you can't be anxious. You must play steadily and steadily and keep your own rhythm."
"If the team's rhythm is affected by the opponent and falls into the opponent's rhythm, then the game will become very difficult."
"Amu, you must stay calm and score every goal steadily!"
The situation on the field was changing quietly, and Coach Takato in the stands could not help but start to worry about the Kanagawa Prefecture team. After all, Coach Takato had played against Aichi Prefecture before, and was quite familiar with the opponent's technical and tactical characteristics. He had already noticed the situation on the field as soon as it started to change.
Unlike him, Coach Tanaoka had no such awareness and consciousness at all. When he saw Aichi Prefecture score a goal successfully, he was not moved at all and did not feel that the current situation on the field required any vigilance.
On the court, after Aichi Prefecture scored consecutive fast breaks, the players of the Kanagawa Prefecture team unconsciously began to become anxious. This change was quite subtle, and reflected in their behavior, only Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima's running speed increased.
Unlike the previous rounds of offense, Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima didn't even wait for their center to enter the court. They crossed the center line early and stood at 45-degree angles on both sides of the three-point line.
However, the offensive rhythm of these two players did not match that of the other three players. A few seconds after the two players entered the court, Daiki Maekawa and Kazuma Takasago slowly entered the front court and then tried to move towards the inside. After the two inside players entered the front court, Shinichi Maki entered the front court with the ball.
"Amu, is the tempo too slow?"
As Fujima Kenji said this, he quickly ran over to Maki Shinichi and set a screen for him. Maki Shinichi didn't reply and quickly broke through with the help of Fujima's screen. As Maki Shinichi moved, Zhu Xingda and his teammates immediately focused their attention on Maki Shinichi. They ignored Fujima's screen and double-teamed Maki Shinichi.
Being double-teamed again, Maki Shinichi immediately stopped his advance. He had originally planned to cut into the inside, but he quickly changed direction and ran towards the direction where Mitsui Hisashi was on the diagonal side.
But after running a few steps, Maki Shenyi's hands moved. He suddenly slapped the basketball while moving, and unexpectedly hit the ball in the opposite direction of his movement.
Maki Shinichi's action was quite sudden and without any warning. The basketball passed through the two players in Aichi Prefecture and landed accurately in the hands of Fujima who was at the top of the arc. After receiving the ball, Fujima simply adjusted his posture and shot a three-pointer.
The forward three-pointer from the top of the arc, a fixed-point shot from this position, Fujima has no idea how many times he has practiced it.
“Swish!”
The basketball went into the net, causing the net to shake.
Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima made two three-pointers in succession, finally widening the score.
"Good shot, Fujima."
"Nice pass, Amu."
Fujima and Maki Shinichi praised each other and high-fived to celebrate. At the same time, Kanagawa Prefecture's two three-pointers finally made everyone in Aichi Prefecture slowly come to their senses. It seemed that... the double-teaming tactics against Maki Shinichi not only had no restrictive effect, but also completely liberated the two shooters from Kanagawa Prefecture
"Zhu Xing, I think the double-team tactic doesn't work."
"Those two in Kanagawa Prefecture were very stable in their open shots."
A player from Aichi Prefecture walked up to Moroboshi and whispered to him. Double-teaming the point guard was the defensive tactic that Aichi Prefecture was best at. Normal guards couldn't pass the ball smoothly even when they were one-on-one with Moroboshi, let alone when they were double-teamed.
Aichi Prefecture's defensive system was derived from Sanno Industrial's full-court press, but they only intercepted the "double-team guard" feature.
Normally, even if Maki Shinichi passes the ball successfully, the person who receives the ball will often choose to break into the inside. Once they break through, the inside players of Aichi Prefecture will be able to quickly complete the defense with their excellent movement speed, and by the way, they can also wait for the double-teamed teammates to return to defense.
However, Mitsui and Fujima did not give the opponent any chance to make up for the defense when they received the ball, and they directly shot three-pointers. The stable and decisive outside attack happened to be the weakness of Aichi Prefecture's double-teaming tactics.
Last year, the Kanagawa Prefecture team did not have outside scorers of the caliber of Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima.
"Yeah, I feel that too. Just guard your own people and don't double-team unless necessary."
"I will protect Maki Shinichi and won't let him break through easily."
Moroboshi nodded, briefly exchanged opinions with his teammates around him, and then signaled his teammates in the backcourt to serve the ball. Aichi Prefecture still maintained a high frequency of movement during the offense, and his teammates staggered pick-and-rolls with each other in order to create opportunities for Moroboshi to break through.
However, Kanagawa Prefecture's switching defense was quite tacit, which made Aichi Prefecture's offense in this round stumbling. Realizing that it was difficult to get into the inside, Dai Moroboshi once again received a pass from his teammate and called for a pick-and-roll. This time, Dai Moroboshi took advantage of his teammate's cover and shot directly from outside the three-point line.
Although Shinichi Maki anticipated that Moroboshi would choose to attack on his own, he was still helpless when facing the opponent's pull-up shot after the pick-and-roll.
And Zhu Xingda's shooting level is also quite good, and the basketball fell steadily into the basket under the gaze of everyone.
"Ohhhhh! Moroboshi! Moroboshi! Moroboshi!"
Moroboshi's three-pointer immediately attracted support from his supporters. Facing the offensive from Kanagawa Prefecture, Moroboshi's tough response was exactly what the Aichi Prefecture audience wanted to see.
"Aichi Prefecture also has some outstanding players."
"In IH, his brilliance was overshadowed by others, but the strength of that Moroboshi Dai is also quite impressive, and the Aichi Prefecture team that revolves around him is also quite strong."
"Even if outside players of the caliber of Mitsui Hisashi, Fujima, and Amu join forces, it will be difficult to widen the gap in a short period of time."
Off the court, Coach Tanaoka was somewhat surprised by Aichi Prefecture's performance. He thought that Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima would quickly widen the score after scoring. However, he did not expect that Aichi Prefecture's players would play so stably, without a single mistake from the start, and their offensive efficiency was on par with their Kanagawa Prefecture team, maintaining the score and not widening the gap.
"It may not be easy for Aichi Prefecture to maintain such offensive efficiency."
"Similarly, even Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima can't always hit the target."
"The key to the game is probably which side has a more stable outside line."
"How can Moroboshi, alone, possibly deal with Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima?"
"It won't be long before the score gap widens."
Shinomiya Tianye analyzed the situation on the court. Although he did not play in today's game, he trusted his teammates on the court. Fujima was a reliable teammate of his in Ryonan, and Mitsui Shou was also a scorer that gave him a headache. His ability was even better than Sendoh by half a point.
Maki Shinichi also has outstanding personal abilities and is definitely one of the top players in the country. Together with the above-average inside players, this Kanagawa team can now beat any opponent.
Although Shigong Tianye's judgment was in line with Wudao's ideas, the development of the situation on the field did surprise everyone.
Today, Moroboshi Dai seemed to be in great form. He combined well with his teammates on offense, frequently providing assists from inside and outside, and scoring points himself. On defense, Aichi Prefecture was unable to stop the outside combination of Mitsui Hisashi, Fujima, and Maki Shinichi, and repeatedly watched Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima score three-pointers.
But today, neither of them had a particularly hot touch, but they were still up to standard.
The hit rates of both players were maintained at around 50%, which even exceeded Curry's all-time three-point hit rate, which is terrifying enough. However, in today's game against Aichi Prefecture, such offensive efficiency was not enough to support the team to widen the score.
Jinguji Budo knew that Mitsui Shou, who had a blank, was able to hit a terrifying stat of 8 out of 9 three-pointers in a high-intensity game. Given the intensity of today's game, Mitsui Shou's hit rate still did not meet his expectations. Although such a hit rate is already considered terrifying in high school basketball in this era.
When the game time reached 10 minutes, the score between the two teams was 27:23. The Kanagawa Prefecture team was leading their opponents by 4 points. At the same time, the ball was also in the hands of the Kanagawa Prefecture team.
Shinichi Maki advanced with the ball in the backcourt, while Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima Kenji entered the frontcourt early. Influenced by the offensive rhythm of these two people, Daiki Maekawa and Kazuma Takasago also tried hard to coordinate with the movement speed of Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima, and entered the frontcourt as quickly as possible.
Although Shinichi Maki was holding the ball at the back of the team, in order to match the speed of his teammates, he quickly crossed the center line with the ball.
Unknowingly, the offensive rhythm of the Kanagawa Prefecture team has been affected by Mitsui Hisashi and Fujima, and the offensive rhythm of these two people is actually adapting to the offensive rhythm of Aichi Prefecture. As the offensive rhythms of the two teams become more and more similar, the offensive speed is also getting faster and faster.
After entering the frontcourt, Maki Shinichi did not choose to call for a pick-and-roll. Facing Zhu Xingdai's defense, he launched a breakthrough offensive without any hesitation.
At this time, Zhu Xingda was already familiar with the rhythm of Maki Shinichi's breakthrough. As Maki Shinichi rushed forward after dropping the ball, Zhu Xing did not think of blocking him. He just raised his hands and followed the direction of Maki Shinichi's breakthrough to defend. There was no direct physical contact. Zhu Xingda simply blocked Maki Shinichi's sight.
This kind of defense actually had little effect on Maki Shinichi, but just as Maki Shinichi was advancing, a figure suddenly appeared in the corner of his eye. Unconsciously, the inside player from Aichi Prefecture actually moved forward, and before that, Maki Shinichi had not seen the other party at all.
Faced with such a situation, Shinichi Maki made up his mind. Before dribbling close to Aichi center, he directly passed the ball and forced a jump. As Shinichi Maki's figure leaped into the air, the young man with a crew cut who was facing Yamato Moroboshi also jumped up, raised their four hands high, blocking all of Shinichi Maki's shooting routes.
"Bang!"
In the air, Maki Shinichi's body slammed into the young man with a crew cut. The young man, who was a center, was pushed back unconsciously. Before his body reached the highest point, it began to fall rapidly. Maki Shinichi, still holding the basketball high, entered a short period of suspension in the air.
As soon as the blockade was loosened, Maki Shinichi decisively seized the opportunity to shoot from close range. However, in order to avoid Zhuxing Dai's block, Maki Shinichi's shooting arc was a little high, and the rebound position was not ideal. The basketball bounced back to the edge of the basket and hit the basket out.
However, Takasago and Daiki Maekawa under the basket took advantage of the opponent's center going out to assist in defense and quickly invaded the basket, and early on they occupied the best position to grab the rebound. As the basketball fell, Daiki Maekawa lightly touched the bottom of the ball and made a tip-in.
As the basketball went into the net, the score became 29:23, and the difference widened to 6 points.
At this point in the game, the coach of Aichi Prefecture saw that his team could not close the score no matter how hard they tried. After glancing at the time, he stood up silently and went to the referee's seat to call a timeout. He planned to adjust the team's defense and find a way to limit Maki Shinichi's performance.
When Coach Takeo saw that the opponent seemed to be going to call for a timeout, he immediately called Sendoh to come over and after whispering a few words in the opponent's ear, Sendoh began to take off his coat.
"Hehe... pause, huh? That's great, it saves me a pause!"
"After this timeout, we will completely widen the score gap!"
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