Chapter 144 National Competition Awards(1/2)
The next morning, the National Competition Organizing Committee finally announced the punishment for the players involved in the 'boxing match'.
Among them, Yuzhu was suspended for two games.
Although in a sense, Uozumi can be considered a victim, his counterattack was too strong, causing Kentaro Sakurai and Ito Yu to suffer serious injuries, which also had a far-reaching impact. This is why he was banned.
main reason.
Since the Lingnan team has been eliminated, these two-match suspensions will be activated in the next county competition.
As for his teammate Ikegami, he did not take action due to Kashima Maple Shuang's obstruction, so naturally he was not suspended.
"Lingnan is the champion of the county competition, and the place for the joint finals will be determined in the first game. This means that Lingnan must advance to the joint finals and play the first joint finals before I can end my suspension..."
Uozumi calculated silently, even if Sendō, Naito Tetsuya, Fukuda and others successfully join the team next year, they will still be relatively immature after all.
Without him leading the team, there should be no problem for Lingnan to advance to the joint finals of the county competition. After all, the Watanabe brothers from Buri High School have graduated next year, and they are afraid of losing the first joint finals by a big score.
"That's all, this can be considered a test for them!"
Uozumi shook his head. He was inevitably a little regretful about this. The lack of two county competitions meant that he had missed two less games and missed the opportunity to break the record.
However, Uozumi is not the player with the most bans.
Among the three Sannos, Kentaro Sakurai, who was the 'initiator', was naturally the worst offender and was directly suspended for five games.
However, Kentaro Sakurai is a senior player, and the next game can be said to be his last national competition, and he will not participate in the next prefectural competition.
Yui Ito and Masashi Kawada were not much better, as they were both suspended for three games.
The organizing committee believes that it is precisely because of the relationship between Ito Yu and Kawada Masashi that the conflicts on the field will intensify.
Unlike Kentaro Sakurai, Ito Yu is still in his second year and Masashi Kawada is in his first year. They will also have to wait until next year's prefectural competition to end their suspension.
If the next game against Hakata is included, the suspension time for both of them will be the same as Uozumi.
The three Sannos were suspended, which troubled coach Domoto. At this time, he was very angry at Kentaro Sakurai's behavior.
According to coach Domoto, even though Lingnan and Sanno were tied at the time and had a tendency to break the press, Sanno was definitely superior to Lingnan in terms of strength. As long as he was able to hold off Yuzhu, he could win the game.
As a result, Kentaro Sakurai made his own decisions, which resulted in Sanno losing his troops and generals. The formation of the next game will definitely be greatly affected.
Masashi Kawada has nothing to do with the overall situation. He is also a defender. His overall strength is not as good as Kazuki Fukatsu and Minoru Matsumoto, but he has an obvious height disadvantage, which is why he is rarely played.
The key point is Kentaro Sakurai and Yue Ito. They are Sanno's two starting insiders. Compared with them, Sanno's substitute insiders are definitely not as strong as these two, especially Kentaro Sakurai is still the core of Sanno inside, second only to Kashima.
The existence of Maple Frost.
Without these two people, Sanno Industrial's insider strength has dropped by more than one level.
10 a.m., Kyoto Center Gymnasium.
Amidst the hustle and bustle, the national competition finally entered the finals. The two teams were Sanno Industries and Hakata Shoga University Affiliated.
What I have to say is that in the past few years, the finals of national competitions have always been controlled by these two 'rich families', and their dominance can be imagined.
Among them, in terms of overall honor, Sanno Industrial has the upper hand.
Soon, the game begins.
Neither team had any intention of testing the situation. From the beginning, both sides were at war with each other, and the competition was extremely fierce.
They are both old rivals and have an extraordinary understanding of each other, so there is no need to test them.
In addition, this is the last game, so both sides don't need to save as much energy as they did in the previous games, just try their best.
The two teams have very different styles. Among them, Sanno relies more on the individual abilities of the players, which is also the style of a high school team; while Bodo relies on teamwork, more like the style of a college team.
However, Sanno Industries was at a disadvantage from the beginning.
In fact, Sanwang pulls the hips inside but has a clear advantage on the outside.
However, Minoru Matsumoto seems to have not recovered from yesterday's game. His performance in this game was like sleepwalking, with a low shooting rate and a series of mistakes.
In this case, coach Domoto had to replace Minoru Matsumoto.
But as a result, Sanno's lineup further declined.
This also made Coach Domoto's impression of Minoru Matsumoto drop again.
Minoru Matsumoto lowered his head and covered his head with a towel.
He could clearly feel the change in coach Domoto's attitude, but he did not defend himself. After all, his performance just now was indeed not good.
With Minoru Matsumoto being substituted, Sanno's roster has further declined.
As a result, Sanno's attack could only rely on Kashima Maple Shuang and Fukatsu Kazunari.
After all, Fukatsu Kazunari is a first-year player, and his mentality is not yet fully mature, so his performance will inevitably fluctuate. Coupled with Hakata's targeting, Fukatsu Kazunari's performance is not very good, with a shooting percentage of less than 40%.
Except for Kashima Mapleshuang, the other Sanno players are not much better. They can only be regarded as excellent role players and their help to the team is relatively limited.
As a result, the scoring pressure was almost concentrated on Kashima MapleShuang.
Faced with this situation, Kashima Maple Shuang first tried to lead his teammates to score, but under Hakata's defensive rotation, his teammates' performance was not very good.
On the contrary, Hakata can always use wonderful cooperation to break up the defense and score points. If there is no chance, he can also rely on Suzuki Nobisuke's inside singles to score points, which is very efficient.
Kashima Maple Shuang was very helpless. His teammates couldn't help, so he could only turn on the personal scoring mode.
On the court, Kashima Maple Shuang was simply unstoppable. His scoring was like chopping up melons and vegetables. Even if Hakata used double or even triple teams, there was still nothing he could do against him.
His body is comparable to that of Mu Shinichi in his drama years. Crucially, he has also developed excellent mid-range shooting ability. No matter how hard Hakata racks his brains, there is still nothing he can do about him.
Even Uozumi had to admit that Kashima Maple Shuang was the high school player with the strongest singles ability he had ever seen.
As Kashima MapleShuang started the personal scoring mode, the game on the court was in full swing.
For a time, no one could guard the other, and the two teams fell into a stalemate. The score began to rise, but it never opened up.
By the end of the first half, Bodo still maintained its lead, but the point difference was very small, and it was possible for Sanno to overtake it at any time.
During the halftime break, coach Taoka shook his head and said: "Unless Sanno has players who can help Kashima Mapleshuang share the scoring pressure, Sanno will definitely lose!"
Uozumi pondered for a moment and said: "Among the Sanno players, only Minoru Matsumoto seems to meet the requirements. I wonder if he still has a chance to prove it!"
Although Kazunari Fukatsu is also very strong, he prefers traditional point guards and focuses on organizing and linking up. In terms of independent offensive ability, Minoru Matsumoto is better.
It's a pity that Minoru Matsumoto's performance in the first half was too stretched, and I don't know if he will have a chance to play in the second half.
On the Sanno bench, coach Domoto is obviously very aware of the team's shortcomings.
He first glanced at the panting Kashima Maple Shuang. In the first half, Kashima Maple Shuang scored 36 points and suffered a great loss of physical strength.
What is certain is that if he continues at this pace, his condition will definitely be affected before long.
If the Mountain King wants to win, Kashima Maple Shuang cannot do it alone.
"It would be great if Kashima Maple Frost turned into Uozumi!"
Coach Domoto suddenly had this thought in his mind. It was not that Kashima Maple Shuang was inferior to Uozumi, but that this was an era when the inside was king, and the most dominant center was the most dominant player.
In the opinion of coach Domoto, Ryonan's main lineup is not as good as Sanno's substitute lineup. Since Uozumi can lead such a weak Ryonan to fight Sanno, if it is replaced by Sanno's lineup, he can definitely dominate high school for three years.
It's a pity that such a good player is from another team.
"Matsumoto, you will replace Ichinokura Satoshi for the game later. Remember to concentrate!"
Coach Domoto thought for a while and gave Minoru Matsumoto a chance.
"I got it, coach!"
Minoru Matsumoto nodded expressionlessly. Coach Domoto looked at him for a long time and said nothing more.
However, it is impossible for him to place all his hopes on Minoru Matsumoto.
So when the second half began, Sanno once again launched a full-court press.
Unfortunately, Sanno's lineup was lacking, and Hakata was very familiar with the full-court press, until the efficiency of the full-court press became very unsatisfactory, which in turn further drained Kashima Maplesho's physical strength.
As for Matsumoto Minoru, his condition has improved somewhat, but it is still not as good as usual.
Fukatsu Kazunari increased the proportion of his personal offense, but unfortunately, Hakata's defensive strategy changed from the first half.
Hakata began to let Kashima Maple Frost attack, and turned to target the other Sanno players.
Hakata Materials adopted a rotational defense, using high mobility to help defend the other Sanno players except Kashima Maplesmooth, and cut off the ball carrier's passing route as much as possible.
Coach Domoto is not an idiot, he naturally saw Hakata’s strategy.
He called timeout twice in a row, but unfortunately it had little effect, which made him feel even more annoyed.
After all, Kashima Mapleshuang's physical strength is limited and she cannot guarantee high-intensity scoring throughout the game.
Not long after, Kashima Maple Shuang fell into a physical crisis. He could continue to hold on, but his hit rate began to decline.
Under such circumstances, Sanno not only failed to overtake the score in the second half, but Hakata continued to widen the gap.
By the time there were ten minutes left in the second half, the point difference between the two sides had widened to double digits.
For a team of their level, it is very difficult to offset a double-digit point difference.
It was also at this time that Bodo's defensive policy changed again, and he began to put a lot of energy into defense and further dropped his rhythm.
At the same time, Hakata ace Suzuki Nohisuke finally showed his fangs.
To be continued...