Sakuragi's road to NBA superstardom

Chapter 36 Rugby Tactics

Because he was afraid that Miyagi Ryota would directly attack the basket, Kengo Murura, who was defending Hanamichi Sakuragi, directly switched to Miyagi Ryota.

While blocking Kazuo Araki's Sakuragi Hanamichi tightly, he directly chose to dismantle the basket after blocking the man. Miyagi Ryota saw that Sakuragi Hanamichi was in a good position, and directly distributed the ball to Sakuragi Hanamichi with a ground pass.

Sakuragi Hanamichi received the ball and made a strong move, directly hitting Tetsuya Naito, who was guarding the inside lane.

Naito Tetsu also jumped up to block Sakuragi Hanamichi, but Muramame Kengo broke out from the oblique stab and hit Sakuragi Hanamichi hard on the wrist, destroying his attack.

The referee whistles!

Referee: "Miuratai's thug No. [-] fouled, and Xiangbei No. [-] made two free throws."

Road to Superstar System: Force the opponent to foul!The current rating has been upgraded to C level with 75 points.

After Murasame Kengo made a fierce foul, everyone at Miuradai clapped hands and celebrated. It seems that they thought that pulling down Sakuragi Hanamichi's shot was considered a successful defense.

Because Sakuragi Hanamichi didn’t make a free throw when facing Lingnan High School, Miuradai’s guideline when defending Sakuragi Hanamichi should be fouls, and fouls will result in death, absolutely not allowing Sakuragi Hanamichi to score two points.

Seeing the team members of Miuradai proud there, everyone in Xiangbei responded with a sneer, because everyone knew the subtle changes in Sakuragi Hanamichi.

Hanamichi Sakuragi stood on the free throw line, confident and calm instead of the previous embarrassment. After receiving the referee's pass, Hanamichi Sakuragi took two shots to adjust his breathing.

The muscle memory of tens of thousands of times made the goal come naturally. Although the ball swiped a few times in the basket, it was still scored.

For Sakuragi Hanamichi's free throw, the players of Miuradai were obviously very surprised.

For the second free throw, Hanamichi Sakuragi still proceeded step by step. Although the free throw bounced a few times on the basket, the ball finally scored.

5-5!

Road to Superstar System: Two free throws and two hits, scoring +2, and the current rating has been upgraded to C-level with 80 points.

Although there were some stumbles, two free throws and two hits were still a very good start. Hanamichi Sakuragi thought, with his free throw performance, the opponent should not foul him again.

On the opposite side of offense and defense, Miuradai still pulled the ball away and handed the ball to Tetsuya Naito, and Tetsuya Naito was also ready to attack Akagi Takenori with his back.

Sakuragi Hanamichi saw that Akagi Takenori was struggling, so he stepped forward to attack, but before Sakuragi Hanamichi was in place, Naito Tetsu also had eyes in the back of his head, and had insight into Xiangbei's defense.

Hit the ball behind the ground!

The ball bypassed Hanamichi Sakuragi's right leg and bounced into the hands of Kengo Murasame. Kengo Murasame caught the ball and dunked with one hand!

5-7!

Superstar Road System: Defensively lost position, was dunked by the opponent, and the current rating has been reduced to C-level with 45 points.

The initial rating for each competition is C-level 60 points, and this is the first time Sakuragi Flower Road has been lowered to a value lower than the initial rating.

Yingmu Hanamichi was very convinced that his double-teaming was quick and without warning. He really didn't expect that Naito Tetsu could make an accurate judgment in such a timely manner.

Although the Xiangbei people were prepared to encounter difficulties, no one expected that the opening Miuradai would be so strong.

Shohoku attacked, Miyagi Ryota broke through with the ball, and everyone in Miuradai was ready for his breakthrough. Because of Miuradai's defensive strategy, Miyagi found that Kazuo Araki's position was a little far away from him.

45-degree mid-range, Miyagi Ryota takes the ball and shoots!

Hit the iron!

Akagi Gosho and Naito Tetsuya wrestled on the ground, desperately fighting for the position of the rebound.

Sakuragi Hanamichi also ran over to grab an offensive rebound, but Kengo Muramamura, who was facing him, pouted his buttocks and was staggered by the rushing Sakuragi Hanamichi.

The referee didn't notice this hidden trick at all, and Yingmu Huadao could only continue the game.

Naito Tetsu was also superior, protecting the backcourt rebounds.

Yingmu Huadao found out that just after the attack just now, Rukawa Kaede and Mitsui also suffered dark elbows.

It seems that such small defensive moves are Miuradai's overall defensive habits.

The members of the Xiangbei team were protesting to the referee, but the referee ignored their demands.

While the players in Shonhoku were still complaining to the referee, Tetsu Naito also handed the ball to Kengo Muramame. At the moment of handing over the ball, Tetsu Naito rushed out with the movement of a [-]-meter race.

With a delay of less than two seconds, Kengo Murasame threw the ball with a football throwing posture. At the three-point line in the northern part of the field, the ball finally caught up with Tetsuya Naito, who was sprinting extremely fast.

Naito Tetsu also turned around to catch the ball without slowing down, took off with one step, and abused the basket with both hands!

5-9!

After Naito Tetsuya hit the ground, he pressed the jumping ball firmly and placed it on the bottom line of Xiangbei.

At this time, the retreating Shonhoku players ran to the center line, and Tetsuya Naito's release of the ball seemed to say that your speed is too slow.

This super long pass by Muramame Kengo and Naito Tetsuya is no accident, from grabbing backboards to passing and receiving quickly.

The fast break cooperation of Miuradai High School brought out the personal characteristics of Tetsuya Naito and Kengo Muramame to the fullest.

And this coordination similar to that in rugby is definitely one of Miuradai High School's skilled routine tactics.

Faced with such an unreasonable style of play, the entire Xiangbei team felt that the opponent was definitely a tough nut to crack.

Sakuragi Hanamichi ran back to the backcourt and served to Ryota Miyagi. Miyagi passed the ball to Mitsui. Mitsui didn't have a chance to make a move. Mitsui lobbed the ball to Akagi Takenori inside.

Takenori Akagi feinted, Hanamichi Sakuragi knew how to cut, Takenori Akagi passed the ball, the ball was interfered by Kengo Murasame, Hanamichi Sakuragi fell to the ground to save the ball, and did not wait for the opponent to compete.

Sakuragi Hanamichi lay on the ground and passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede, and Rukawa Kaede made a fallback jumper!Steady hit!

7-9!

Road to Superstar System: Assist +1, the current rating has been upgraded to C-level with 55 points.

Miuradai High School offense, currently Miuradai scored 7 points, and Naito Tetsuya himself scored 1 points and [-] assist. Such a strong performance made Akagi Takenori very passive.

Akagi Takenori, who returned to the half, made up his mind to limit Tetsuya Naito's performance no matter what.

The tried-and-tested tactics gave Miuradai High School a taste of the sweetness, and the four of them pulled apart to prepare, with Tetsuya Naito as the starting point for the tactics.

At this time, Takenori Akagi adjusted his defensive strategy. He chose to defend around the front, trying to cut off Tetsuya Naito's receiving route!
Sakuragi Hanamichi respects Akagi Takenori's change, because a center who has been famous for a long time goes around to defend the opponent's rookie, which is a very low-level thing in the basketball circle.

It's like the monster Howard faced Yao Ming, even though he lost every time, he just didn't choose to go around the front defense Yao Ming to catch the ball.

It has to be said that Akagi Takenori's changes have brought excellent results, and Miuradai's ball handlers have never been able to find too good passing opportunities.

In the repeated positions with Akagi Takenori, Naito Tetsuya's actions are also getting bigger and bigger.

(End of this chapter)