Chapter 74 Team Practice
"Akagi, Kimu, Yasuda, Kakuda, and Chaozaki, you represent the second and third graders. You are free to join the first graders, Sakuragi, you continue to do basic practice." Chen Takashi did not let Mitsui and Miyagi appear, so as not to have too big gap in strength.
"Coach!" Mitsui Shou and Sakuragi Hanado shouted at the same time. They both wanted to appear.
"Mitsui, come here and watch that guy. I will change you to the court later." Chen Long pointed to Rukawa Kaede and arranged Mitsui Shou. He found Sakuragi, "Kando, let's make a bet. If you win, I will send you to the court."
"Dad, what bets are you making? Can you send someone to the field quickly? Without this genius, how could that dead fox Rukawa Kaede beat the gorilla?" Hanamichi Sakuragi wanted to come over and pinch Shenlong's chin, but was stopped by Mitsui Shou.
"You guy, do you know that you have to respect the coach?" Mitsui Shou was very dissatisfied.
The competition began, Rukawa Kaede took Toki Mianda, Tomoki Sasaoka, Kentaro Ishii and other first-year freshmen, and Akagi and Mura.
Chen Long pointed to the court and said to Hana Sakuragi, "Kanuta, when they shoot later, you guess which direction the basketball will land, whether it is the left side of the basket, the right side or the front side. If you can guess five times correctly, I will send you on the court."
Hanamichi Sakuragi's rebounding talent is the strongest in the entire comic. This is not only because he has superman bounce, but also the intuition like a beast is also the key. He wants to see how strong Sakuragi's talent is.
"Left or right?" Hanamichi Sakuragi squatted on one knee, dribbling while observing the situation on the field. Mitsui Shou looked at Rukawa Kaede without blinking. Rukawa Kaede's sharp attack just now surprised him. Is it so powerful now in the first grade?
"Uh, left?" Seeing Mu Mu's shot, Sakuragi Hanada guessed randomly, and then the basketball bounced on the basket and landed on the right.
"Huadao, if you guess more than five times, you don't have to play in this game." You can't be confused, "Don't worry, observe slowly first, and guess when you are sure." No matter how powerful a genius is, he is just a newbie in basketball.
"Idiot, the landing point of the basketball is not randomly guessed. It depends on the shooting position and arc. If you shoot on the left and the arc is low, the possibility of bounce back to the left is higher. The probability of bounce on the back to the rebound on the front is the greatest..." Mitsui Shou couldn't help but say a few more words, "For example, Rukawa Kaede deliberately raised the arc in order to avoid Akagi's block. If he fails to hit, he may land on the other side..."
Then… Rukawa Kaede’s shot was hollowed into the net, and Hanamichi Sakuragi laughed, “Haha, mistress, what are you talking about!”
"Idiot, I'm just talking about possible, haven't you heard it?" The two guys reached a ball.
"Kandao, Mitsui is right, you can continue to observe! Remember, if you guess wrongly, you will have no chance to play." Chen Long separated them.
Does the arc and position determine the landing point? Sakuragi let go of Mitsui Shou and observed it carefully for a while, and felt that he had caught something. Yasuda received Akagi's inside pass shot, and the arc was a bit low. A flash of inspiration in Handao's mind should have bounced back to the right. Sure enough, the basketball hit the ring and bounced back to the right. Akagi squeezed away Rukawa Kaede and grabbed the rebound and staged an orangutan slam dunk.
"This should be on the left!" In the next round, Rukawa Kaede took action, and Sakuragi quickly guessed, but the basketball rolled two laps on the basket and fell into the Nets, Rukawa Kaede scored another two points.
"Huangdao, you guessed it wrong twice, there are three more chances." Chen Long smiled and raised his two fingers.
"Ah, Dad, that time just now was also counted?" Hua Dao was stunned.
"Mijing, do you see anything?" Chen Long ignored him and turned around and asked Mitsui Shou.
"This guy's bounce, speed, reaction, dribble, breakthrough, shooting, and layup are all first-class. One-on-one Akagi is difficult to block him, but he is too persistent in personal attack and ignores the existence of his teammates. Several times, Sanda, Sasaoka Tomokatsu and others ran out of the open space, Rukawa Kaede did not pass the ball, but instead faced Akagi." Mitsui Shou's experience was still there, and he could see Rukawa Kaede's advantages and shortcomings at once.
"Okay, next time you replace Akagi, you will deal with Rukawa Kaede. At the right time, you can ask Mu Mu and Kaede to help you double-team." Mitsui Shou's defense is still very strong. He has restricted Fukuda's offense and was not inferior in the single-match with Rukawa Kaede. "In the offense, I will also let Kaede and Kou Mu help you block people."
Chen Long called a timeout, replaced Akagi, explained tactics to Kakuda and Muru, and then the game started again.
Rukawa Kaede attacked with the ball, and Mu Mu stepped forward and was easily broken by Rukawa Kaede. However, he just flashed by Mu Mu but found that Mitsui had already stood on his forward route. Rukawa Kaede had no time to brake and was attacked by Mitsui Shou.
It was Mitsui Shou's turn to attack, Rukawa Kaede blocked him, but Mitsui Shou did not break through, but passed the ball to Mu Mu. Then Kakuda's pick-and-roll delayed Rukawa Kaede's pace, and received a pass from Mu Mu to a three-pointer from the open space.
Mitsui Shou did not pursue steals or blocks during the defense, but used the help of Ki Mu and Kakuda to try to force Rukawa Kaede to choose a more difficult offensive method, which quickly reduced Rukawa Kaede's hit rate.
"This time it should be bounced back to the front, mistress's position." As soon as Hana Sakuragi finished speaking, she saw Rukawa Kaede's shot bounce back. Mitsui Shou jumped high and took the rebound, and a long pass was thrown to Yasuda. Yasuda, who was unguarded, scored a layup.
The game lasted several more rounds. As Rukawa Kaede hit rate decreased, the score was gradually widened. Chen Long called another timeout. This time he directly asked Rukawa Kaede and Mitsui Shou to change teams. Rukawa Kaede and Kiru and other first teams in the second and third grades, and Mitsui Shou began to lead the first-year freshmen.
"Take Sasaoka, I'll help me double-team Rukawa Kaede and Kurata later. I see that your layup is OK. I will pass the ball to you when you run to a good position..." Mitsui Shou immediately summoned the first-year freshmen and began to arrange tactics. Rukawa Kaede was still standing there coldly, not communicating with Mu Mu and the others.
The old students in the second and third grades were obviously higher than the freshmen in the first grade. Unfortunately, Rukawa Kaede did not take advantage of this advantage and was still obsessed with singles. Mitsui Shou combined the first grade with his loud commands and passes. Under his leadership, the first grade scores slowly caught up.
Chapter completed!