Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 122 Boy
"I've already got 14 points, and I'm only 6 points away from exceeding your target!"

After hitting this three-pointer, Mitsui did not forget to stimulate Asakura Yu.

Asakura Yu gave Mitsui a complicated look.

He had tried his best in this game, but Mitsui was in too hot a form.

Mitsui made 7 of 5 shots, including 6 of 4 three-pointers, and scored a total of 14 points, more than Murasakibara.

Looking at Mitsui's back, Asakura Yu couldn't help but curse: "Damn, this year's first-year kids are so unlovable!"

"Asakura-senpai!"

Suddenly, Moroboshi Dai stood in front of Asakura Tsubasa with a serious expression, pointed at himself and said, "I'm a first-year too!"

"..."

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Asakura Yu did not refute.

Most importantly, his position in the team is obviously not as good as Zhu Xing's.

Asakura Tsubasa: This year's first-year kids are so uncute!
The game is still going on. Aiwa Academy originally thought that after Murasakibara changed to play point guard, he would defend Hattori Teru, so that they could free up the firepower of Dai Moroboshi.

Wanwan didn't find it, and it was Mitsui who became the one defending Hattori Teru, while Murasakibara continued to defend Moroboshi Dai.

As for Asakura Tsubasa, who poses the least offensive threat, he will be defended by Yamamoto Kuma.

The main use of Yamamoto Bear is to increase the team's height and improve the team's success rate in rebounding.

This is Coach Anxi’s defensive strategy!

Compared to Nobuhiko Okamoto, Mitsui's defense is obviously better.

In the plot year, even after a two-year window, Mitsui's defensive positioning and skills have always been above the standard, not to mention Mitsui who has experienced the baptism of the national competition.

According to Kogure's estimation, Mitsui's single defense level is likely to be above 80.

Well, taller than Murasakibara.

The only pity is that Mitsui's physical talent is not very good and is still at a second-rate level.

In addition, Murasakibara's reaction speed is definitely far superior to Mitsui.

This is also the main reason why Murasakibara's defense looks better than Mitsui's.

Even so, Mitsui is more than capable of defending Hattori Teru.

As a traditional point guard, Hattori Teru's breakthrough ability is not very good.

Under Mitsui's targeted defense, Hattori Teru obviously felt the pressure and had to dribble sideways.

Not far away, Dai Moroboshi was running on the court, trying to create an open space while depleting Murasakibara's physical strength at the same time.

Murasakibara was chasing him relentlessly. His running skills were even better than Moroboshi Dai's, and he also had an extreme reaction speed.

Even with the cover of his teammates, Dai Moroboshi was still unable to shake off Murasakibara because he was not very good at running without the ball.

While running, Murasakibara found an opportunity and began to approach Hattori Teru purposefully.

Suddenly, Murasakibara turned around abruptly. Instead of chasing Moroboshi Dai, he rushed straight towards Hattori Teru.

Due to his sideways dribbling and Mitsui's close confrontation, Hattori Teru's vision was blocked and he naturally did not notice Murasakibara's approach.

"Hattori, be careful!"

Hiroyuki Takeshita noticed Murasakibara's actions and immediately shouted a warning.

Hattori Teru's heart tightened and he subconsciously grabbed the basketball with both hands, trying to keep the ball by hugging it.

Murasakibara and Mitsui attacked Hattori Teru from the front and back, and the four big hands began to act recklessly.

slap~
Murasakibara completed the steal in an instant, picked up the basketball and rushed to the front court.

"This guy is so dirty!"

While Hattori Teru tried his best to defend, he couldn't help but curse.

It turned out that in order to attract Hattori Teru's attention, Mitsui pretended to grab the ball from his balls, causing Hattori Teru to subconsciously bend down to protect his vital parts, which directly led to being intercepted by Murasakibara.

Murasakibara rushed to the front court with the ball. Moroboshi Dai was the first to return to defense and immediately went towards Murasakibara, trying to slow down Murasakibara's pace.

As he approached, Murasakibara immediately passed the ball back to Mitsui.

Moroboshi Dai had to rush towards Mitsui, but Mitsui passed the ball to Murasakibara.

The two used the two-pass football tactic to easily fool Zhu Xingda.

The Aiwa players could only watch as Murasakibara rushed to the basket and scored a layup.

It’s not that they don’t want to chase, it’s just that Murasakibara’s speed is too fast, and only Moroboshi can catch up.

"Damn it, I got tricked again!"

Moroboshi was cursing loudly. Before the first half was over, he had been fooled by Murasakibara several times.

This made him feel like if there is Yu, why not Liang?

Offense and defense transition!

Aiwa served the ball and Hattori Teru carried the ball across half court again.

This time, he was obviously alert to avoid being intercepted again.

Mitsui approached again, his speed was obviously faster than Hattori Teru.

Even if Hattori Teru breaks through Mitsui, he will be caught up by him quickly.

"Ball-grabbing boy, you have no shame!"

When he thought of the scene where the ball was just intercepted, Hattori Teru looked indignant.

Mitsui was too lazy to pay attention to Hattori Teru, and focused on defense, continuing the strongman locking man mode.

He was just trying to scare the opponent just now, he didn't really want to kill him. After all, he is not Green, and Hattori Teru is not the GOAT.

It turns out that his approach is very effective.

Under Mitsui's entanglement, Hattori Teru's organizational ability could not be fully utilized.

Seeing that Hattori Teru was in a bit of a mess, Asakura Tsubasa hurried forward to help.

Hattori Teru passed the basket to Asakura Yu by hand, and then he quickly ran to the other side of the court.

Surprisingly, Mitsui did not go after Hattori Teru as expected, but instead made a tactical decision to double-team Asakura Tsubasa with Yamamoto Kuma.

They surrounded Asakura Yu tightly, forming an encirclement that was difficult to break through. Mu Mu found an opportunity and rushed over as well.

The three of them worked together to trap Asakura Tsubasa and manipulated him from head to toe.

For a moment, Asakura Yu was locked up by the strong man and was in a situation where he was surrounded by men on both sides and on top of others. He subconsciously hugged the basketball tightly.

Taking advantage of Asakura Tsubasa's unpreparedness, Murasakibara was quick-witted and grabbed the basketball, trying to snatch the ball away.

However, Asakura Yu held on very tightly and refused to let go.

beep~
Just when Aihe players wanted to support, the referee's whistle suddenly sounded.

"Fight for the ball!"

The referee raised his hands above his head and gave a thumbs-up.

This is the gesture for fighting for the ball!
The so-called scrimmage means that one or several players from each team hold the basketball at the same time, and neither side owes the other, the referee will whistle for a scrimmage.

Prior to 2003, once a faceoff occurred, the two teams would jump the ball in the circle closest to the faceoff point.

Hearing the referee's decision, Murasakibara smiled.

Unlike the NBA where designated players jump for the ball, the national competition has both teams jumping for the ball.

Although Asakura Yu and Murasakibara are almost the same height, Murasakibara is very confident in his jumping ability and arm span.

In this jump ball, he is likely to win the ball.

Soon, the two started jumping the ball.

As expected, Murasakibara overpowered Asakura and hit the ball towards Mitsui.

Mitsui caught the basketball steadily and then passed the ball to Murasakibara, asking him to organize the offense.

After taking the ball, Murasakibara slowed down the pace a little and began to observe the situation on the court.

The Xiangbei players started running, and his teammates provided cover for Mitsui from time to time.

However, Asakura Yu chased too closely, and with the delay of Aiwa players, Mitsui did not have any chance for the time being.

After discovering that his teammates did not have any good opportunities, Murasakibara's eyes fell on Hattori Teru who was defending him, and he couldn't help but reveal a sly smile.

The next moment, Murasakibara started the back-to-back attack mode.

bang~
Taking advantage of his confrontational advantage, Murasakibara easily knocked back Hattori Teru.

bang~
Murasakibara continued to attack from behind, and even though Hattori Teru lowered his focus, he still couldn't stop retreating.

At the moment when Hattori Teru was knocked back again, Murasakibara spun around and broke through, like an arrow from a bow, quickly stepping into the paint area.

Seeing this, Hiroyuki Takeshita immediately stepped forward to defend, and the two of them jumped up almost at the same time.

In mid-air, Hiroyuki Takeshita quickly slapped the basketball with his right hand.

However, Murasakibara skillfully pulled the rod in the air, and the two collided.

beep~
The referee's whistle sounded again.

Bang~
In mid-air, before losing his balance, Murasakibara gathered his remaining strength and slammed the ball over the opponent.

Hua Hua Hua~
Murasakibara's dunk over Takeshita Hirogen made the audience exclaim in surprise, followed by loud cheers.

For a time, the momentum supporting Shohoku clearly suppressed Aiwa Academy.

"No. 4 of the white team committed a foul, No. 11 of the red team gets one free throw!"

The referee announced the verdict immediately.

Mu Mu stood at the free throw line and made the free throw steadily, successfully completing 2+1.

As a result, the gap between the two sides was further narrowed to 2 points.

At this critical moment, Coach Aiwa stood up and waved to Moroboshi.

Zhu Xingda immediately ran to the sidelines and looked at his coach in confusion.

"Morohise, you and Hattori will switch defense from now on. You will continue to defend Murasakibara!"

Coach Aiwa was also helpless. He didn't expect that Murasakibara would play a back-to-back singles game.

Although Dai Moroboshi's ability to fight is not as good as Murasakibara's, the gap is not that big.

If Hattori Teru continues to defend Murasakibara, Aiwa's defense will become like a sieve.

"Yes, coach!"

Zhu Xingda agreed to the coach's arrangement without hesitation.

Aiwa launched another attack and Hattori Teru dribbled the ball across half court.

Without waiting for Mitsui to step forward, Hattori Teru immediately called on Takeshita Hirogen for a pick-and-roll.

With the help of Takeshita Hirogen's pick-and-roll, Hattori Teru broke through with the ball.

Akagi had to switch defense and try to stop Hattori Teru's attack.

Hattori Teru did not continue to break through. Seeing Takeshita Hirogen cutting towards the basket, he quickly passed the ball to him.

Suddenly, a figure pounced on the basketball.

slap~
Murasakibara successfully completed the steal. It turned out that at the moment when Hattori Teru called for a pick-and-roll, Murasakibara guessed Hattori Teru's thoughts and prepared to cut off the passing route in advance.

The basketball hit the ground and bounced toward the sidelines.

Ikeda Yuho, who was closest to the player, rushed forward desperately, flew to save the ball, and put it back into the court.

bang~
Ikeda Yuho fell heavily to the ground, and endured the pain and quickly got up from the floor.

In the chaos, Yamamoto grabbed the basketball and passed it to Murasakibara immediately.

Murasakibara started quickly, ready to launch another fast break.

Takeshita Hirogen and Sugiyama Shoyo rushed up together and tried to stop Murasakibara.

Before the two men surrounded him, Murasakibara hit the ground and the basketball rushed towards Sugiyama Shoyo's small goal.

Sugiyama Shoyo only felt a chill in his crotch and subconsciously clamped his legs together.

Unfortunately, the basketball got in first.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Murasakibara accelerated and rushed between the two people, caught the basketball and continued to charge.

(End of this chapter)