Even if Tokashiki leaves the front, “I will control the plane because there is no height.”
ENEOS Sunflowers and Denso Iris play in the Empress’s Cup semi-finals. ENEOS showed a great performance in offense and defense and won 78-62.
In the quarter-finals, Ramu Tokashiki suffered a serious injury to the anterior cruciate ligament of his right knee and left. Kina Umezawa was also absent due to an injury, and the inside of ENEOS was in an emergency. Even so, Yuka Nakamura, who has had a long bench for eight years, and Tamami Nakada, a rookie, showed a struggle to meet the expectations of the starting lineup.
For three minutes from the start, ENEOS took the lead, with Nakamura taking the lead from defensive to fast development, but Maki Takada’s inside was caught up by Nakata, who had a difference in performance. However, DENSO’s other scoring source, Himawari Akaho, was completely suppressed by Yuki Miyazawa due to the difference in achievements, and he could not make an advantage.
It was Saori Miyazaki, the starting point guard, who created the opportunity to break the equilibrium from there. Speed up the switch from defensive to offensive, and set up before DENSO’s defense is ready. “Miyazawa and Okamoto (Sayaka) were severely marked and I thought I was free. I thought I would hit the 3-point shot I had practiced as usual,” says Miyazaki, who not only creates a fast development. He boldly set himself up and scored points.
Furthermore, ENEOS is higher due to his obsession with the ball. Especially in the offense rebound, everyone stretched their bodies and accumulated second chance points to reduce DENSO’s mentality.
Saori Miyazaki of the command tower, triple-double with 25 points
In the latter half of the 42-30s, DENSO modified the defense and gave almost no chance of easy shooting, but ENEOS puts their own axis on the defense even if it becomes an aggressive development, so as expected It doesn’t collapse mentally even during times when I can’t go. ENEOS was squeezed by 6 points in the middle of the 3rd quarter, but when Nakamura decided to make a one-man haste from Steele, he gained momentum at once. Denso, who turned passively, dropped on the bench during the time when Takada had to rest, which reduced the strength of his play. During this time, Miyazaki’s 3-point shot, Nakata’s middle jumper, Miyazawa’s 3-point shot from the second chance and ENEOS pushed out with a 10-0 run.
64-49 at the time of the fourth quarter. In Denso, Takada scored 19 points and 13 rebounds, but the team did not engage until the end. Even in the final stage, he was defeated without panicking ENEOS.
In the absence of Tokashiki, ENEOS head coach Umezaki emphasized the speed and movement, saying, “I will control the plane because there is no height. I was able to thoroughly mark Takada,” he said. The players did their best really well, “he praised the team.
The first is Miyazaki. In addition to 25 points in the game high, he recorded a triple-double with 10 rebounds and 11 assists. Although he was almost full in the 38th minute, he did not slow down until the end and led the team strongly as a command tower.
In the final, which starts at 15:00 tomorrow, we will face the winners of Hitachi High-Tech Cougars and Toyota Antelopes.
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