"Um...the new recruits recruited this year really have their own personalities!"
Seeing the commotion on the court, even Matsumoto Ikken off the court was almost speechless.
He has been a coach for so many years and has the experience of being a former national player. He thinks that he has seen a lot of players, but this is the first time for him to see freshmen like Tsugawa Tomoki and Akashi Asuka.
In the past, there were many arrogant freshmen, but in reality there are very few freshmen who are both arrogant and strong.
Because the stronger the person, the more aware they are of their own weakness, so the strong are more humble. Generally, only newcomers who don’t know the heights of the world and are not afraid of tigers will provoke others wantonly.
What Ikken Matsumoto didn't understand was that Tomoki Tsugawa was really not arrogant, he was just straightforward.
As for Akashi Asuka, all the actions he took were basically purposeful actions, and they were also not considered wanton provocations.
"Hmm! That newcomer seems to have already scored four rebounds, right?" Ikken Matsumoto suddenly asked.
"That's right! From the beginning to now, all the rebounds have been taken by Akashi-kun alone, and the black team has not grabbed a single rebound." Kitayama Yuzuki looked at the data recorded in his hand and responded.
"It seems like Iwamura and the others may be in big trouble this time."
Tall players are not scary, but players who are very tall and know how to work hard to hone their skills are quite scary.
Although Akashi Asuka has not shown other skills so far, his rebounding skills alone are enough for him to win a starting position in Zhengbang, or even any college in the country.
Beep!!!
While Ikken Matsumoto was thinking, the first quarter of the game was officially over.
Until the referee's whistle blew, the score between the two sides was 16:7.
White team takes the lead.
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"It's difficult!"
After returning to the rest area, Kasuga Ryuhei's face, which was full of anger just now, instantly turned into one of distress.
It was true that Kasuga Ryuhei was angry after being provoked like that by the two newcomers, but just because he was angry, it did not mean that he would be so angry that he would lose his mind and be unable to judge even the most basic situation.
"Indeed, we really recruited an incredible person this year!"
"More than one."
Kenjiro Sakamoto corrected him: "The brat with bad breath is also quite annoying. Although that guy has a bad mouth, his defensive skills are really impressive."
Tsutomu Iwamura touched his chin and added: "The two newcomers cooperate very well. It can even be said that the tacit understanding is over the top. It doesn't look like the first time we cooperate."
"Speaking of which, if I remember correctly, these two people seemed to have attended the same junior high school!"
"That's right!"
Kasuga Ryuhei replied: "To be precise, the two of them not only studied in the same school, they were teammates in junior high school, and they also worked together to enter the national competition."
"Really! I see, that makes sense."
Tsutomu Iwamura nodded, suddenly enlightened.
Although the application form for joining the group states that Asuka Akashi and Tomoki Tsugawa were from the same junior high school, this does not mean that the two were teammates in junior high school.
Here in the island country, most people choose to participate in one sport in junior high school and another sport in high school.
Just like among the newcomers who applied to join the basketball club this time, not all of them know how to play basketball, and many of them are pure novices.
"Now that the core of each other has been determined, it is time for the two newcomers to be more honest."
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The second quarter of the game has just started.
The number of people surrounding Akashi Asuka on the inside suddenly increased to three.
"No way! They double-teamed Akashi-kun, and Tsugawa-kun was guarded by Kasuga-senpai."
"What a strong defensive pressure!"
Akashi Asuka doesn't have much of a problem if he's one on two, but if he's one on three at the same time, even he immediately feels a huge increase in pressure.
On the other hand, Tsukawa Tomoki was being guarded by Haruno Ryuhei, and he couldn't find a chance to take action for a while. In the end, he was forced to pass the ball to a newcomer who was in the open space.
The newcomer dribbled the ball to break through, but as soon as he rushed inside, Omuro Yoshihiko, who left Asuka Akashi's side, directly helped to defend and steal the ball.
"Too young, newcomer!"
"Oops!"
Omuro Yiichi threw the ball far away with a long pass. The black team quickly launched a fast break. Although the white team's players tried their best to catch up, they were still a step behind.
16:9.
The black team scored two points.
"Sorry, I made a mistake!" The newcomer who had just had the ball stolen looked ashamed.
"Don't worry, it's just a ball. We just need to catch it back." Akashi Asuka patted the newcomer's head and smiled.
Slapping the head is completely a subconscious behavior of Akashi Asuka, because in the previous world, when he was the captain in the third year of high school, Akashi Asuka often used this method to encourage the first-year newcomers.
But the newcomer was stunned on the spot.
"Hey! Are you okay?" Someone came over and asked.
"It's okay, it's just that Akashi-kun gave me the feeling just now, like a senior from the club during junior high school."
The tactics used by the black team are indeed very effective. In fact, this three-person double-team strategy is definitely not a good choice on the field. Because if the other players of the white team give a little more strength or cooperate more,
Then the black team's tactics can easily break without attacking.
But unfortunately, the white team did not cooperate, and the other three players were not very good.
There is a huge gap in strength between ordinary freshmen and the main force of Zhengbang University.
Tsutomu Iwamura and others only need to double-team Akashi Asuka and spend a little effort on defense to easily defend the attacks of the other three players on the white team.
Asuka Akashi, who was double-teamed by three people, had a much lower success rate in rebounding.
Of course.
It's not to say that his success rate in rebounding dropped by more than half, that would be too exaggerated.
In any case, Akashi Asuka's height advantage is there after all. Even if he is double-teamed by three people, his probability of grabbing rebounds will only drop from 100% to about 70%.
But in terms of offense, the white team is indeed restricted a lot.
As a result, the probability of rebounding has dropped, which to a certain extent has reduced Tsugawa Tomoki's confidence in shooting.
Ikken Matsumoto guessed something right before. Tomoki Tsugawa's confidence in shooting three-pointers actually came not from himself, but from Akashi Asuka.
Secondly, the difficulty for others to pass the ball to Akashi Asuka increased several times.
After all, it is a team composed of newcomers, and there are still big problems with the cooperation of the white team. Otherwise, as long as there is a player who can pass the high ball, Akashi Asuka will not be restricted to this point.
Wait until the second quarter is over.
The score between the two sides has reached 26:24...