Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 121 Mitsui's Strength
With the support of the audience, the game on the field continues.

Murasaki tried again and found that Moroboshi Dai ignored him.

In order to avoid being substituted by the coach, Zhu Xingdai forced himself to suppress his inner impulse and wait for the opportunity.

Under such circumstances, Murasakibara began to reduce the frequency of individual singles and instead devote more energy to organizing the team's offense.

Although Murasakibara's passing and organizational skills cannot be compared with those of Kenji Fujima and Shibaune Kusanagi, his breakthrough ability is stronger.

Relying on his super strong breakthrough ability, as long as he attracts the opponent's defensive attention, opportunities will appear for his teammates.

At the same time, with his extreme reaction and LV6 ground pass, Murasakibara's passing error rate is very low.

With Murasakibara's breakthrough pass, the Shohoku team blossomed in multiple areas and the offense began to become orderly.

On the offensive end, Xiangbei was invincible, but on the defensive end, it was still difficult to contain Aiwa College's offense.

The cooperation between Ai and the players has reached an amazing level. Their skills are more comprehensive and every cooperation seems to have been practiced countless times.

Among them, Hiroyuki Takeshita's performance on the offensive end was particularly outstanding.

Compared with Akagi, Takeshita Hirogen is obviously more flexible, has superb inside skills, and even has some outside skills, making him difficult to guard against on the offensive end.

The feeling he gives to Murasakibara is similar to that of Masashi Kawata in the plot years.

Compared with Masashi Kawata, Hirogen Takeshita is slightly inferior, mainly because of the difference in physical confrontation.

Among the four major centers in the country, Hiroyuki Takeshita has the worst physical confrontation, which is about the same as the first-year Akagi.

Facing Hiroyuki Takeshita's attack, even though Akagi tried his best to defend, his speed was always a beat slower and he was unable to stop Hiroyuki Takeshita's scoring momentum.

For a while, the two sides showed a trend of mutual explosion, and the scores rose alternately.

Unfortunately, the good times don't last long.

Hiroyuki Takeshita seemed to have figured out the characteristics of the Xiangbei players. He began to reduce the frequency of singles and focus more on the defensive end.

He has the speed of a small forward and can sweep the entire three-point line.

At the same time, Hiroyuki Takeshita also has a good grasp of the timing of assisting defense, just like another Masayasu Watanabe.

For a moment, Hiroyuki Takeshita seemed to be everywhere.

Whenever the Xiangbei players were ready to attack, Takeshita Hiroyuki would always appear in time to break up their offensive again and again.

In this situation, the shooting rhythm of the Xiangbei team was obviously affected, and they had to shoot from farther away, but the effect was not ideal.

With his assistance in defense, the offense of the Xiangbei team began to become extremely difficult, and the hit rate dropped sharply.

At the same time, Murasakibara's touch also cooled down a bit, causing the Xiangbei team to fall into a scoring drought for a while.

After Hiroyuki Takeshita focused his energy on the defensive end, he gave a lot of ball possession to Shoyo Sugiyama.

Compared with defense, Sugiyama Shoyo is better at offense. He is a typical offensive power forward.

Although Sugiyama Shoyo can only be considered a role player, he has delicate skills and is good at using his physical advantages, which gives Ikeda Yuho a headache.

Although Yuho Ikeda has grown a lot after participating in the national competition, there is still a clear gap between him and Shoyo Sugiyama.

Yuho Ikeda was completely unable to keep up with Sugiyama Shoyo's rhythm, and coupled with the difference in height and arm span, he was unable to effectively curb Sugiyama Shoyo's offense.

As one side gained ground while the other lost ground, Aiwa Academy took the opportunity to widen the score.

With five minutes left in the first half, Coach Anxi had to call for a timeout.

Before leaving the court, Murasakibara glanced at the score on the scoreboard.

25: 35!

At this time, Aiwa Academy had a double-digit score advantage.

On the Xiangbei bench, Coach Anzai took out the tactical board and quickly analyzed the situation on the field. Coach Anzai scanned every player on the field and finally landed on Mitsui.

"When you come on the court, you need to provide more screens for Mitsui and make sure he can get rid of the defense. We need to use his three-pointers to disrupt the opponent's defense."

After a pause, Coach Anzai turned to look at Akagi and said, "Akagi, when Takeshita Hiroyuki is 'out sweeping', you can take the opportunity to fight for offensive rebounds and gain more second-chance opportunities for the team."

As the only player in Aiwa Academy who is over 190 cm tall, as long as Hiroyuki Takeshita participates in the outside defense, Akagi will have the opportunity to grab more offensive rebounds.

Coach Anxi quickly outlined various tactical arrangements on the tactical board.

"Everyone must remember that Mitsui's three-pointers and Akagi's rebounds are the key, and other players must also be ready to shoot at any time."

Before the end of this timeout, Coach Anzai said to Mugure: "Mugure, I'll leave it to you from now on!"

In fact, Murasakibara is the most important link!
After returning to the game, the lineup of the Xiangbei team changed.

Kumamoto replaced Nobuhiko Okamoto and Murasakibara changed to play point guard, increasing the team's height.

The game restarts and Xiangbei team has the ball.

As Murasakibara crossed half court with the ball, Hattori Teru immediately came up to him.

He did not act rashly, but kept his eyes fixed on Murasakibara, ready to block Murasakibara's breakthrough route.

At this time, Murasakibara's eyes quickly swept across the court, trying to capture the position of every teammate and even opponent.

At this time, Mitsui was running quickly on the court.

As if carefully calculated, every move he made was full of purpose.

The teammates began to perform a series of screen actions for Mitsui, effectively slowing down Asakura Yu's pace.

Taking advantage of the opportunities created by his teammates, Mitsui successfully got rid of Asakura Yu and ran into the open space.

In the first moment, Murasakibara made a ground pass and quickly passed the ball to Mitsui.

The moment he caught the ball, Mitsui leaped into the air, his arms extending in rhythm with his body, his wrists flicking slightly.

shuh~
The basketball drew a perfect parabola in the air and went through the basket accurately.

This three-pointer successfully narrowed the score difference to single digits, and the team's morale quickly stabilized.

Offense and defense transition!

As soon as Hattori Teru crossed half court with the ball, Murasakibara immediately rushed forward, waving his long arms while confronting him.

Murasakibara's confrontation was obviously beyond Hattori Teru's expectations, which made his steps become messy and his ball control movements even deformed.

slap~
Naturally, Murasakibara did not miss this opportunity. His eyes were like a falcon foraging for food, and he quickly completed the steal.

After grabbing the basketball, he immediately picked it up and started a fast break.

The Aiwa players quickly returned to defense, among which, Dai Moroboshi was the fastest.

When Murasakibara rushed to the front, Dai Moroboshi appeared in front of Murasakibara.

No matter what, he would never give Murasakibara the opportunity to score easily.

However, Murasakibara did not stick to the ball, so passing the ball was the best option at this time.

He once again demonstrated his passing skills, with another legendary ground-kick, and the basketball fell into Mitsui's hands like a precision-guided missile.

Without hesitation, Mitsui made another three-pointer.

This was Mitsui's fourth three-pointer.

(End of this chapter)