Chapter 206: The Final Battle of Hainan: Horita's Brilliance
Chapter 206: The Final Battle of Hainan: Horita's Brilliance
"What a wonderful match!" The ball-blind Nakamura was fascinated by the match.
"Maki Shinichi and Kogure Mitsunobu can be said to be the best defenders in Kanagawa. No, looking at the whole country, they can also be in the top five. Even Fujima who was eliminated has this ability." Aida Yayoi said to herself
"One goal, another one," the audience also cheered.
"Gong Yan, fight him back." Mizuta Norika stared at her boyfriend.
Compared to the noisy audience, Mugure's heart was very calm. "Akagi" Mugure did not choose to attack directly this time, but passed the ball to Akagi under the basket.
"Come on, Akagi" Naito stood still
"Okay!" Akagi agreed loudly. "Bang!" Before he finished speaking, Akagi took the initiative.
"When it comes to strength, I am not inferior to anyone." Naito exerted his strength, and the two sides quickly engaged in a physical conflict, punching each other in the flesh...
The continuous back-to-the-basket attacks did not gain any advantage. Akagi knew that the opponent's strength could withstand him, so he turned around and tried to get to the basket from the weak side defended by Naito.
"It's not that easy to cut in." Naito once again stood in Akagi's attacking path in time.
"Not bad, but not enough." Akagi failed to turn right, so he quickly turned around and leaned back, immediately getting rid of Naito's defense and making a jump shot.
"What?!" Naito had no time to react
"Swish!" The ball goes in! 11:8
"Don't mind it, Naito. Akagi is the top center in the county. You haven't been in contact with basketball for a long time, so it's normal that you can't defend him for a while. But on the offensive end, you won't lose. You were just careless last time," Amu comforted Naito.
Hainan was attacking, Naito was fighting fiercely with Akagi in the paint, and suddenly Naito felt a lightness on his back. "Successful, although it was a little difficult, I still got the position," Naito thought to himself, and stretched out his hand to signal for the ball. Seeing this, Amu passed the ball to the paint.
"Bang!" A hand suddenly appeared in front of Naito and hit the ball away.
"Do you think you can get the position so easily?" Akagi glanced at Naito after disrupting the pass.
"Good interception, Akagi-senpai" The ball that was hit by Akagi flew towards Kemei, Kemei got the ball "Kumure-senpai" Kemei passed the ball to Keumure
"Snap!" A dark hand appeared between Katsumi and Mugure, stealing the ball! It was Amu who stole the ball, and Amu passed the ball to Muto. Muto faked a shot to spurt Katsumi, then broke into the paint and shot a mid-range shot.
"Are you treating me as if I don't exist?" Akagi suddenly appeared and blocked Muto's shot out of bounds!
Amu threw the ball out of bounds for Hainan. Amu looked at the positions of his teammates on the court: A-shin was being closely guarded by Mitsui and had no space to receive the ball. Naito was also blocked by Akagi. Muto was being watched by Katsumi, and Takasago was facing Sakuragi. Sakuragi did not put much pressure on Takasago. Takasago had a lot of experience in games, which was not comparable to Sakuragi. Thinking of this, Amu handed the ball to Takasago without hesitation.
Takasago got the ball and tried to push it with his body, but it didn't move. However, because of the last singles match, Takasago was mentally prepared and didn't force the ball.
"Fake gorilla, even though you look like a gorilla, your strength is far inferior to that of a gorilla," Sakuragi said behind Takasago.
Seeing that his back-to-the-basket shot was not effective, Takasago turned around, faced the basket, faked a shot, then cut in and shot. His movements were all done in one smooth motion and the ball went in!
"Kid, basketball doesn't just rely on strength, it also relies on brains." Takasago remembered what the coach said before the game: Although Sakuragi has outstanding physical fitness, he is still a freshman in high school after all. If you don't have the upper hand in strength, use technology to deal with him. In addition, Sakuragi used to be a bad boy, so you can provoke him. Once Sakuragi leaves the court, Xiangbei will lose its rebound guarantee. No matter how strong Akagi is, he can't take care of both you and Naito."
"You fake gorilla, you actually look down on this genius" Sakuragi was angry
Xiangbei attacked, Mumu passed the ball to Akagi, but the ball was intercepted by Sakuragi in mid-air
"Sakuragi, what are you doing? That's for Akagi," Mumu reminded
"Fake gorilla, look at this genius!" Sakuragi back-to-backed Takasago, and the moment their bodies came into contact, Takasago fell down.
"Red No. 10, offensive foul" the referee whistled
"I didn't, I didn't even use any strength and he fell down" Sakuragi immediately got angry after hearing the penalty
"Number 10, raise your hands" the referee ignored
"I didn't commit a foul" Sakuragi continued to defend himself
"Sakuragi, raise your hands!" Mumu realized something was wrong and hurried to remind Sakuragi, but it was too late.
"Red 10, technical foul!" The referee made a "T" gesture
"Shohoku makes a substitution, No. 8 on, No. 10 off." When Coach Anzai saw this, he immediately replaced Sakuragi with Horida.
Because of Sakuragi's irrationality, Hainan made a free throw, and Amu made a technical foul free throw, 11:9, Hainan continued to attack
"Horita?" Amu looked at the position of his teammates and thought that Takasago should be an offensive advantage, so he passed the ball to Takasago. Sure enough, Takasago back-passed Horita.
"Well?"
After a few attempts, Takasago was surprised to find that his opponent did not lose his position. Takasago did not force a shot, but passed the ball to the outside line, then got into position, and after receiving the pass, he turned to the right and passed Horida.
"It's not that easy" Horita jumped up, and his fingertips touched the ball "backboard" Horita shouted
"Huh!" Akagi overpowered Naito, grabbed the rebound and praised "Great defense, Horita"
"I underestimated him." Takasago was a little upset when being defended by Horita. If it was Akagi who was defended, it would be nothing. After all, Akagi has been the center of Xiangbei since the first grade, and he is the main player in every game. He also participated in the national competition in the second year of high school, fighting against Ai, Toyotama and Hakata, and he is experienced. But he was only a semi-main player in the second year of high school, and his experience was not as good as Akagi. And what is Horita? He has never been a main player, but he can defend him.
After Akagi got the rebound, he gave the ball to Mitsui, who went for a fast break, but failed as the Hainan players retreated in time. Seeing that there was no chance, Mitsui did not rush to shoot a three-pointer, but slowed down the offensive rhythm. At this time, he noticed that Horida had run out of position and passed the ball to the low post.
"Come on, Ade"
"He can't shoot from this distance, watch out for Akagi." Takasago had also watched videos of Shohoku, and the impression he had of Horita was that he was a laborious player who never scored from mid-range shots.
As expected, Horita made a move to pass the ball to Akagi, which immediately made Naito and Takasago nervous. Takasago immediately stepped back to double-team Akagi, but at this time Horita took a mid-range jump shot instead.
"Swish!" Hit! 13:9
After succeeding, Horida waved his fist excitedly.
Takasago looked at Horita with an indescribable look. This guy could actually make a mid-range shot?! "Is this shot a fluke?" Takasago said to himself. At this time, a hand was placed on his shoulder.
"Don't think he scored by chance. This was not a forced shot. The fact that Horita dared to shoot shows that he has the confidence. The team that caused us the most trouble in recent years was not Shoyo, but Shohoku. They fought again and again, always aiming to defeat us, and trained hard for this goal, so we cannot ignore any Shohoku player," Amu said seriously.
"Yes, I won't underestimate the enemy anymore and will treat him as an opponent of Akagi level," Takasago responded seriously.
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