Chapter 71 Lingnan VS Jinjiuwu

May 3rd, Saturday!

Today is also the day when the second round of the Kanagawa Prefecture joint finals is held.

First, Lingnan and Tsujiuwu appeared.

Tsukutake is a strong team that has emerged in Kanagawa Prefecture in recent years. They even successfully reached the joint finals last year, but they only lost three goals in a row.

This year, Jinjiuwu made a comeback. With Hainan and Lingnan both losing, they saw an opportunity to get tickets for the national competition, and at the very least they had to win a game.

The characteristics of this team are the same as the Odagiri that Lingnan met before. They are both a small and fast team with mid-range shooting ability at every position, which is equivalent to an enhanced version of Odagiri.

Soon, the two teams appeared one after another.

When they appeared on the stage, the audience's reaction immediately became enthusiastic.

If you listen carefully, you will find that most of these viewers are supporters of Lingnan.

Since Uozumi led Lingnan to defeat the king Hainan, his reputation has grown even higher, and Lingnan's supporters have also increased dramatically.

Tsukutake's coach and players don't look very good, which makes them feel like they are playing away from home.

"It seems that neither Yusaku Ozawa nor Oribe Sasaki has recovered, which is good news for us."

For the first time, Tsukutake coach Kazumi Kawasaki looked at the Lingnan team's lineup.

He didn't see Yusaku Ozawa and Oribe Sasaki, so he couldn't help but smile.

Coach Kazumi Kawasaki is a disciple of Mr. Anzai, so his technical and tactical skills are naturally not bad. It is under his coaching that Tsukutake has been able to enter the ranks of strong teams in recent years.

"Senior Inoue, Senior Da Kusu, you must attack the restricted area more often. Tsukutake can't stop you."

During the warm-up period, Uozumi carefully looked at Tsukutake's lineup, and then discussed it with Inoue Toyoyoshi and Ohkusu Fuma.

Judging from the data, not only does this Tsukutake team not have players with a height of 190 centimeters, the highest is only 185 centimeters, and they are generally not strong enough.

Although Inoue Toyoyoshi and Ohkusu are both blue-collar players, with their size advantages, it is not a problem to share the scoring pressure.

Uozumi's idea is very simple, that is, let them take on Ozawa Yusaku's scoring tasks as much as possible.

As for himself, in addition to continuing to score 30 points, he also needs to rebound and block shots as much as possible.

Once Inoue Toyoyoshi and Ohkusu put more energy into the offensive end, he will be able to rebound and block more shots, and the probability of breaking the record will be greater.

"Then it's settled!"

Of course Inoue Toyoyoshi and Ohkusu would not refuse. As players, they also want to produce good data.

After they agreed, Uozumi looked at the data panel again.

Name: Uozumi·Jun

Age:16

Height:200cm/203cm

Wingspan:210cm/213cm

Weight:91kg

physical fitness

Strength: 98/100, Speed: 73/80, Jump: 68/73, Physical fitness: 89/91, Flexibility: 61/64

offensive skills

Close shot: 83/85, mid-range shot: 54/68, three-point shot: 14/52, ball control: 62/66, organization: 57/78, post-up play: 89/93

defensive skills

Individual defense: 88/93, assist defense: 71/75, rebounds: 94/96, steals: 62/68, blocks: 97/99

Potential points: 0

This week, Uozumi has not been slacking off, which has also improved his ability to a certain extent.

Not long after, the warm-up was over.

"In the next game, you must slow down the tempo and focus on positional warfare. When you return to defense, you must be quick and don't give them a chance to make a fast break. Do you understand?"

Before the Lingnan players took the field, coach Tian Gang began to make final arrangements.

A team like Tsukutake must not follow the opponent's rhythm, otherwise it is likely to suffer.

Soon, the starting lineups of both sides appeared.

Due to the absence of Ozawa Yusaku and Sasaki Oribe, Reinan's lineup naturally changed. They are Uozumi, Inoue Toyoyoshi, Ikegami Ryoji, Odawara Kiyoshi and Matsushita Asahi Ken.

Odawara Kiyoshi is the backup shooting guard of the Lingnan team. He has mid-range shooting and running ability, average defense, and no independent offensive ability.

Coach Taoka did not let Okuji play in the starting lineup, mainly because facing a team with Tsukutake's characteristics, it is not suitable for the three-man long-man strategy.

Tsukutake's starting lineup

Center: Nobe Hill, 185cm, 78kg, third grade

Ohmae: Teru Matsushita, 183 cm, 75 kg, second grade

Komae: Yuka Wudai, 178 cm, 76 kg, first grade

Shooting guard: Hiroshi Ohara, 176 cm, 71 kg, third grade

Point Guard: Natsume Hiroshi, 160cm, 55kg, first grade

Like Lingnan, Tsukutake also has two first-year players in his starting lineup, namely Yuka Wudai and Hiroshi Natsume.

Yuka Odairo was a junior high school classmate of Takenori Akagi and Konobu Kigure. He entered Tsukubu in high school. He was frustrated because although he entered Tsukubu, his basketball playing conditions were not as good as those of Akagi.

However, under the guidance of coach Kazumi Kawasaki, Wu Daiyouka discovered the advantage of his good flexibility and began to practice hard on three-point shooting. Now he has begun to see results and has become a qualified three-point shooter.

As for Natsume Hiroshi, in the original work, there was a brilliant performance in the match between Shohoku and Tsukutake.

At that time, Natsume Hiroshi passed Miyagi Ryota and Rukawa Kaede in succession, and made a wonderful pass to assist and score. Yasuda, who was on the Shohoku bench, said that he was extremely fast and passed the ball very well.

Natsume Hiroshi is a point guard who is excellent in speed, agility, dribbling, and passing. However, he is limited by his height and can easily become a team shortcoming on defense.

To put it simply, Natsume Hiroshi is a weakened version of Ryota Miyagi.

Soon, the referee threw the basketball high to signal that the game had officially begun.

When the basketball started to fall, Uozumi shot the basketball to Matsushita Asahiken with an absolute advantage.

Matsushita Asahi Ken moved the basketball steadily, almost stepping into the frontcourt without time.

Lingnan's tactics are very simple, which is to lower the tempo and focus on attacking inside.

After 20 seconds passed, Asahi Ken Matsushita lobbed the ball directly to Uozumi.

In this year's county competition, he experienced the advantage of height for the first time.

Bang~

With a slight bump from Uozumi, Tsukutake center Nobe Hill involuntarily took two steps back and then fell to the ground.

The tonnage gap between the two sides was huge, equivalent to a difference of two levels, and Nobe Hill couldn't hold it at all.

Uozumi immediately turned his back, strode forward, and succeeded in a layup, taking the lead in scoring two points for Lingnan.

"Return to defense!"

Uozumi shouted, and immediately led his teammates to quickly return to defense to prevent being beaten into a fast break by Tsukutake. This was also the main reason why he chose to lay up.

Nobe Hill quickly stood up, went to the baseline to serve quickly, and then rushed towards the frontcourt as quickly as possible.

Tsujiutake's attack was not unpleasant, but because Lingnan had made preparations in advance, this fast attack was not successful.

Natsume Hiroshi tried to break through, but Asahi Ken Matsushita was no slower than him and was very good at defending smaller players.

Under the defense of Asahi Ken Matsushita, Natsume Hiroshi was almost intercepted. He had to grab the ball with both hands and pass it to Hiroshi Ohara.

Hiroshi Ohara is not only Tsukutake's captain, but also Tsukutake's best singles player.

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