Even though he is forced to struggle, he finds a win from the defense
In the final of the Empress’s Cup, ENEOS Sunflowers and Toyota Antelopes clashed.
From the beginning, Toyota Motor used a lot of zones to block the fast attack that ENEOS is good at, and by increasing the pressure on Yuki Miyazawa, invited a turnover from the opponent who was aggressive and brought it to haste. In addition, Naho Miyoshi’s 3-point shot, Evelyn Mawuli’s basket count to screw in a tough shot, and Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., whose big play jumped out, preceded.
After that, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., which exceeds the amount of exercise, keeps the lead in high-tempo meetings. With the exception of Yuka Nakamura, who once went down to the bench due to a foul trouble in the situation of the game for two days in a row, ENEOS, whose starting lineup continues to play full-time, was exhausted because it could not be brought to their own development. And Miyoshi’s 3-point shot makes a difference. Miyoshi, who entrusted the game control to Shiori Yasuma and skillfully used the screen to become free in a fast pass, decided the deep three without difficulty and became an untouchable existence.
Still, ENEOS overcomes the predicament by enduring a difficult time with defense. At the end of the third quarter, Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. started to miss the shot that should be decided by rushing to attack, and triggered the flow by raising the gear. In the last two and a half minutes, Toyota’s offensive will be shut out, and the team will work together to create opportunities and accumulate points.
“Queen” ENEOS is strong once you get on the waves. At the end of the third quarter, Tamami Nakada’s jump shot turned around, and Sayaka Okamoto, who decided that this was the place to play, aggressively set up and widened the lead.
Yuki Miyazawa “The most happy victory since joining ENEOS”
Toyota Motor is in a situation where the attack is all about the outside and ENEOS takes the initiative in the transition. He used up all three time-outs before half of the fourth quarter, but he couldn’t regain the balance of the offense that was lost due to the rush to attack. His legs were moving, and the intensity of rebounding and biting into the loose ball did not drop, but each of them became too strong in “I am myself” due to the attack, and once I went to attack, I could not select a pass.
You can score points with a brute force attack, but it won’t last many times. On the other hand, ENEOS has team offenses. Saori Miyazaki, who has suffered from Miyoshi’s attack so far and has not been able to show goodness in the offensive, comes here and shows a splendid game make, creates opportunities as a team and accumulates points.
The final score is 87-80. Toyota Motor played perfect basketball halfway through the third quarter, but when it was over, the strength of “Queen” ENEOS was outstanding.
“The power of the 4th quarter is the real power. The power of ENEOS is that we were able to run thoroughly to the end,” said Eiki Umezaki, head coach. In addition, Yuki Miyazawa, who was selected as the MVP of the tournament, said, “It’s been 9 years, but I was the most happy victory since I entered ENEOS.” That’s right.
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