Matsumoto Ikken looked at Akashi Asuka beside him strangely.
Um!
That’s right!
Akashi Asuka did not play in this game.
This is what Akashi Asuka himself requested, because only in this way can we better see the gap between the current situation and before the summer vacation.
Hearing Matsumoto Ikken's words, Akashi Asuka raised the corner of his mouth, smiled faintly, and replied: "Summer vacation? Actually, I didn't do anything, I just used a little method to stimulate the motivation of the players!"
After Akashi Asuka finished speaking, Matsumoto Ikken didn't react at all, but the eyes of several other substitute players in the dugout jumped crazily.
They looked at Akashi Asuka with wide eyes, as if to say:
You devil, don't you even close your eyes when you tell lies?
Is that what motivates us?
You are obviously pointing a gun behind us and crawling forward!
Even now, when they think of the events they experienced this summer, many Zhengbang players still feel trembling in their hearts.
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The game on the field continues.
The point guard of Izumi Hall tried his best but still failed to break through Kasuga Ryuhei's guard. As a last resort, he had no choice but to pass the ball out. As a result, the moment he took the shot, Kasuga Ryuhei seemed to predict him in advance.
The passing route was the same, but he suddenly reached out and intercepted the ball.
Snap!
"Counterattack!"
Kasuga Ryuhei roared, and then the two forwards, Omuro Giichi and Sakamoto Kenjiro, took the lead and quickly rushed towards the opponent's court.
"Damn, stop!"
The face of Izumi Shinkan's point guard became increasingly ugly. This was not the first time Kasuga Ryuhei intercepted his pass.
The two previous times had the same ending. This guy seemed to have seen through his passing route in advance and was able to take action just half a step ahead each time.
Have you learned any new tricks?
As soon as Omuro Yi received the pass, he quickly rushed inside, but just when he was about to lay up, he was chased by someone from Izumi Mankan.
However, faced with an interception from the front, Omuro Yiichi did not panic. He first made a fake move of dribbling forward. After Izumi Mankan's defensive players were distracted, he suddenly stepped back and shot.
Whoosh!
The basketball fell steadily into the basket.
Izumi Hall's defensive players were shocked.
"This person's retreat is so fast...and his movements are also very weird."
For Izumi Shinkan to become the "Three Kings of Tokyo", the strength of the players cannot be underestimated. Ordinary step-back shots basically do not pose much of a threat to them.
However, Omuro Giichi's step-back shot is different.
Not only is the retreat speed extremely fast.
Moreover, the action was extremely concise and strange, even the people at Izumi Hall were not able to react for a moment.
78:55.
The difference between the two sides widened further.
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"Damn it! Are these guys Masakuni taking steroids? How come their strength has improved so quickly?" Izumi Shinkan's point guard, who was being guarded by Kasuga Ryuhei and had no chance to break through, couldn't help but said angrily.
"This is not a simple strength gap. Although Zhengbang has made great progress now, it is not like there is such a big difference between us and us without even playing the 'ace'..."
Speaking of this, the captain of Izumikan glanced at Akashi Asuka outside the field, then sighed secretly and said: "The things we both carry are no longer the same."
Before today's practice match even started, the captain of Izumi Hall already had a bad premonition in his heart.
Because the moment he arrived at Zhengbang today, he discovered that the eyes of Zhengbang players were completely different.
Compared with the former Zhengbang, the eyes of the current Zhengbang players are more oppressive.
This is not simply a matter of fighting spirit or fighting spirit.
It is the "dignity and honor" that comes with being a championship team.
In the arena.
The challenger and the challenged have completely different weights.
Izumikan launched an attack.
Izumi Shinkan's power forward took the lead in attacking, but before he could break through and rush inside, he was stopped by Tsugawa Tomuki.
"It's this guy again. This kid's defense is more difficult than last semester."
In the qualifiers last semester, Masakuni played against Izumi Shinkan in the final round. At that time, apart from Asuka Akashi, it was Tomoki Tsugawa who left the deepest impression on Izumi Shinkan's power forward.
If Asuka Ishi's defense is simply strong, then Tomoki Tsugawa's defense is super disgusting.
Not only is he always around like a fly, but he also deliberately lures others to cause fouls.
Whoosh!
Seeing Tomoki Tsugawa guarding him, the power forward Izumi Shinkan passed the ball decisively.
After the breakthrough, the basketball was passed back to his hands.
"Huh? Two-person cooperation! Is it better than last time? But just by doing this, you can't break through my defense!"
Seeing the attack of Izumi Shinkan's power forward, Tomoki Tsugawa revealed a 'perverted' smile, and then he saw him suddenly turn around, so fast that an afterimage almost appeared.
[Afterimage turns around]
This is exactly the technique that Tomoki Tsugawa discovered during the battle with Rakuzan.
During the devil training in the summer, he completely perfected this move and turned it into a unique skill that only belongs to him.
Izumi Shinkan's power forward had just used the cooperation of his teammates to successfully break through Tsukawa Tomoki's defense. Unexpectedly, before he could take a shot, he found that the scene in front of him flashed and Tsugawa Tomoki appeared in front of him again.
"What the hell?"
Izumikan's power forward was so startled that he almost threw the basketball away.
"If I can't break through like this, then I'll just shoot."
With a fierce look in his eyes, Izumi Shinkan's power forward took a shot directly. Although Tsugawa Tomoki followed immediately, his height disadvantage did not allow him to directly block the shot, but it did cause interference.
Boom!
The sound of blacksmithing is clear and sweet.
Under the basket, center Tsutomu Iwamura and center Izumi Shinkan began to compete for positions with each other. These two are also old rivals.
Tsutomu Iwamura is a power-type center, while Izumi Shinkan's center is a skill-type. Although their types are different, their strengths are almost the same.
So in the past, when two people faced off, most of the time it was a 50-50 split.
But today's duel was completely different from the past.
Because Tsutomu Iwamura, a powerful center, actually started to use skills, and they were very agile center skills.
[Unloading footwork]
This is also a technique that Tsutomu Iwamura mastered in his battle with Rakuzan. During the summer training, he slowly turned it into his own unique skill.
Tsutomu Iwamura, who has mastered this move, can now be said to be both strong and soft. Even if he competes with skilled centers, he can still have a considerable advantage.
After several attempts to relieve his strength, the center forward Izumi Shinkan was extremely uncomfortable.
In the end, this rebound was successfully picked off by Tsutomu Iwamura...