Chapter 778 [Are you really high school students? 】
Lingnan attacked, Uo Jashiro once again caught the ball and singled out Takenori Akagi, turned and shot and missed, Sakuragi Hanamichi grabbed the rebound.
If Yuzhu plays singles in the low post, Lingnan has only Xiandao, a big man who is good at grabbing boards. Xiandao can't even enter the penalty area under Yang Jian's defense, and gets stuck on air cuts. As soon as he sees that he can't grab it, he quickly returns to defense, fearing that his opponent will try again.
Fast break.
Yang Jian carried the ball past half-time in a positional battle. Xiandao lowered his center of gravity and kept his distance, thinking about how to prevent a breakthrough. It seemed that he could only rely on his teammates to double-team, and he could not handle it even if he kept up with the change of direction.
Xiandao tried his best to reduce Yang Jian's impact, but Yang Jian suddenly stopped one meter outside the three-point line in the middle to shoot a jumper. Xiandao only stepped forward and stretched out his hand without jumping, turned around and saw the ball flying into the basket.
Basket.9 to 0.
Shigeichi Taoka was thinking, if Yang Jian is just physically good at breaking through and shooting inaccurately, there are still ways to limit the use of double-team tactics, leaving others open to shoot. As a result, Yang Jian immediately slapped him in the face with a long-distance three-pointer.
I voted very resolutely, and it turned out to be a blind cat and a dead mouse.
When Lingnan attacked, Tomoyuki Uekusa broke through with the ball and passed Konobu Kingure. He found that the area around the penalty area was full of people and there was no room for a layup.
The defensive tactics of the Xiangbei team were also arranged by Yang Jian. They were man-to-man but at least ensured that the three of them would shrink to the vicinity of the penalty area, allowing the opponent to make mid- and long-range jump shots, and protecting the backcourt rebounds for counterattacks.
Three big men over 185cm tall blocked the penalty area. How could Tomoyuki Uekusa, who was 170cm tall, dare to continue to break through to the basket? He passed the ball to cross-country Hiroaki on the right, but the latter did not have the confidence to shoot a three-pointer and took a mid-range shot.
On the surface, Rukawa Kaede seemed to be two steps away, but in fact, he was 187cm to defend against 174cm. He took one step forward and relied on his height advantage to complete the interference, and the ball bounced out of the frame.
Akagi stuck the fish pillar to prevent it from jumping, and Sakuragi Hanamichi easily won the rebound.
During the team training, Sakuragi practiced positioning skills with Akagi and Yang Jian, and was violently abused. Today's friendly match felt much easier for him than the team training. Ikegami Ryoji's height, weight, wingspan, and jumping were all worse.
He is quite big.
Sakuragi is just like Yang Jian, he can't feel the physical confrontation and can defeat Ikegami without jumping hard.
The manga never talks about the player's wingspan, but it is not difficult to see from some details that Hanamichi Sakuragi's static talent is also top-notch. Not only does he have long arms, but his palms are huge, and he can easily catch the ball with one hand.
Out of curiosity, Yang Jian found a ruler and measured the wingspans of the three main players in northern Hunan.
Sakuragi's wingspan is 206cm, slightly inferior to Yang Jian but 18cm longer than his height, mainly because of his big hands. Rukawa Kaede's wingspan of 200cm is considered excellent. Akagi's wingspan of only 203cm is average, only more than his own height.
6cm.
From an age point of view, Sakuragi and Rukawa Kaede still have the possibility of improvement. The arm span increases with the height, as long as they do not exercise their upper body strength too early. Practicing bench press too early will affect the length of their arms. There are a lot of big guys in the gym.
A man with strong arms, no one with long arms.
Sakuragi passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede at the nearest distance. Rukawa Kaede can also play point guard and advances very quickly. The Shohoku team only has two third-year players who are slow.
Rukawa Kaede, under the defense of cross-country Hiroaki, steadily dribbled the ball across the half court and passed it to Yang Jian. Yang Jian relied on Xiandao to get the ball and forced a breakthrough, attracting Ryoji Ikegami to defend and double-team, then jumped up on the right side and put his right hand behind his head.
The pass was passed to the center.
Sakuragi caught the ball, jumped up, dunked with both hands and smashed the ball into the basket. He also pulled the basket and hit Ryoji Ikegami, who was carrying his back, staggering. 11 to 0.
The audience was stunned again. Xiangbei dunked four times in the opening game, and two people completed dunks.
A junior boy from Lingnan High School asked his peers: "Lingnan's opponent in this game is not a high school student, but a college student, right? How can high school students be so good?"
The companion sighed: "What do you know? College students are not that good. I have watched the live broadcast of the Japanese national team, and no one in the national team is as strong as No. 6 and No. 10."
Coach Shigeichi Tagoka certainly knows better about the level of the Japanese national team, and he was so shocked that he couldn't shut up at this moment. He thought that Shohoku's leader was Takenori Akagi, but it turned out that Akagi had not yet shot a basket, and super rookie Rukawa Kaede was just
Responsible for passing the ball and scoring in Xiangbei are two monsters.
Are you really high school students? It’s not like the adults invited by Coach Anxi deliberately played with me, right?
Taoka Shigeichi's plan to help Yuzhu build up his confidence completely failed. Yuzhu couldn't defend against a fast break and couldn't play his role in guarding the basket. If he keeps playing like this, Yuzhu will just run back and waste his energy in vain.
Lingnan attacked, and Xiangbei's formation shrank again. This time Xiandao chose to change direction and shoot a pull-up jumper, which missed due to the interference of Yang Jian's eye-sealing. Eye-sealing defense only became popular in the NBA after 2000. This era is very smart.
Defensive skills.
Akagi grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the Lingnan players finally got back in position once, and the fish column retracted to the basket.
However, Akagi did not go to the basket to gain position. After Yang Jian dribbled the ball across half court, he set a screen for him outside the three-point line to block Xiandao. Yang Jian quickly moved sideways with the ball and made an emergency stop at 70 degrees on the right side to shoot a three-pointer.
The ball hit the net! 14 to 0.
Yuzhu was still waiting in the penalty area to dominate the basket, and did not change defense at all when encountering a pick-and-roll. Akagi turned out to be like this. After watching Yang Jian and Sakuragi throw three-pointers wildly in the pick-and-roll from the outside, he realized his shortcomings.
Akagi is now willing to pull out to cover Yang Jian, and he knows what will happen if Yuzhu is guarded.
Shigeichi Taoka didn't call a timeout, and didn't know how to adjust. He continued to be in a daze on the sidelines. Xiandao tried his best to ensure that he didn't lose the ball and couldn't break through under Yang Jian's defense. Lingnan's core was blocked.
Xiandao's role in Lingnan is similar to that of last season's MVP Mu Shenyi. Neither of them needs teammates to cover them. They only need their teammates to open up space to create singles opportunities. They rely on their personal ability to score points and breakthrough points to drive the whole team.
An important prerequisite for Sendō's performance is breakthrough. If he fails to break through, his effect will be greatly reduced. Lingnan's offensive power forward Yoshihao Fukuda has not yet returned to the team. The team lacks scoring points and his teammates cannot help Sendō share the offensive pressure.
In the last game of the county competition, Yuzhu took a break due to foul trouble, and Lingnan's offense became weak.
After several passes, as fast as 24 seconds, Ikegami Ryoji caught the ball and forced a layup on the left side but was blocked by Sakuragi. A short person facing Sakuragi's forced shot is looking for a shot, but Ikegami was not familiar with Sakuragi's style.
There was no time to make fake moves to shake him up.
Rukawa Kaede picked up the ball and went for a fast break, passing it to Yang Jian after half court. Yang Jian broke through on the left, held the ball with his left hand, and used his "flying to the ground" with his right hand, passing Xiandao with his speed.
Faced with this kind of breakthrough like a motorcycle turning a corner, Xiandao did not react. He only felt that Yang Jian disappeared in front of his eyes in an instant. He turned around and saw Yang Jian half-turning with the ball and taking off with both feet. His body was flying in the air.
Folded and smashed the ball with both hands behind his back to score! 16 to 0.
The fans on the sidelines let out a burst of exclamations. Yang Jian's dunk action was too exaggerated. They had never seen anything like it.
Aida Yayoi decided to interview Yang Jian after the game. She didn't expect that there was someone better than Sendao. She was very lucky that she brought a camera. She took pictures of Yang Jian's fast break, hoping to capture the best dunk action.
When Lingnan attacked, defender Hong Ming's intention of passing the ball to Xiandao was too obvious, but Yang Jian suddenly accelerated and blocked the pass route and successfully intercepted it. Yang Jian took advantage of the situation and went on a fast break alone, but Xiandao tried his best to catch up, but the distance became further and further away.
Yang Jian accelerated in a straight line, and it was impossible for anyone to catch up. In this era, when he participated in a 100-meter race, he could easily set an Asian record. If he practiced a little, he might even break the world record. He calculated the distance accurately, and moved his hands 360 degrees in reverse in the middle.
Dunk basketball scored .18 to 0.
After the ball was scored, the three girls from northern Hunan who came to cheer for Rukawa Kaede called Yang Jian's name instead.
Many Lingnan fans also began to applaud and cheer! They had never seen anyone with a more gorgeous playing style than Yang Jian, so they switched sides.
Aida Yayoi's breathing became a little difficult. She felt that this big boy from Shohoku was too handsome, even more handsome than Sendō.
Kaede Rukawa almost stole the ball while defending Ue Sok, and knocked the ball out of the sideline. Shigeichi Taoka requested a timeout. If he didn't call a timeout, the Lingnan players' mentality would collapse...