Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 17 Friendly Match

When the freshman team came back again, Ikeda Yuho stood in front of Murasakibara with his arms open.

Yuho Ikeda was well aware of the power of Murasakibara's cross step, so he did not stick too close to Murasakibara, but deliberately kept a distance from him.

Even though Yuho Ikeda was fully prepared, he still couldn't limit Murasakibara's performance.

In just five days, Murasakibara's strength increased significantly, and he was promoted from the starting player of a weak team to the sixth man of a strong team.

To put it bluntly, the two are no longer players of the same level!
The next moment, Murasakibara dribbled the ball across his legs, and then used skillful and varied cross steps, causing Ikeda Yuho's center of gravity to change significantly.

With his extreme reaction, Murasakibara seized the opportunity to "drill" into the loophole and scored two points again with a quick stop jump shot.

This scene shocked everyone present.

After scoring consecutive singles, Murasakibara started scoring mode, either using crossover steps to attack the opponent's defense or making sudden shots to hit three-pointers.

In addition to scoring, once the opponent double-teams him, he will immediately pass the ball to a teammate in an open position to assist his teammate in scoring.

Under the leadership of Murasakibara, the freshman team quickly stabilized their position and regained the advantage on the field.

In just five minutes, Murasakibara scored 11 points and 2 assists.

It's not that Murasakibara is too strong, but that the senior players are too weak, just like the fledgling Uozumi, who can always get exaggerated data when facing teams without a strong center and is called the 'Monster' Uozumi.

As the core player of the senior team, Yuho Ikeda did not give up easily.

He forced his way through Murasakibara's defense and tried to break the deadlock using the scoring method he was best at.

Relying on his extreme reaction speed, Murasakibara was not left behind by Ikeda Yuho, but instead followed quietly behind.

The two jumped up one after another. Murasakibara stretched his arms as far as he could, and finally his fingertips touched the basketball, causing the flight trajectory of the basketball to change.

bang~
The basketball hit the backboard and was protected by Akagi.

This further dampened the morale of the senior team. They began to become impatient, made frequent mistakes, and could no longer pose a substantial threat.

In desperation, Yuho Ikeda had to call a timeout again, hoping to find a way to limit Murasakibara.

On the other side, Mu Mu patted Akagi's shoulder: "Akagi, don't you see it yet?"

Akagi looked at Mugure with a puzzled look: "What are you talking about?"

"Suzuki-senpai's weakness!"

When it comes to this, Akagi thought about it carefully and asked, "Is it his speed?"

"To be more precise, in addition to speed, there is also physical strength!"

Mumu paused for a moment and continued, "Akagi, we can use fast breaks. With Suzuki-senpai's speed, it will be difficult for him to return to defense in time. This way, we can form a five-on-four situation in the local area."

Akagi then frowned again: "But what if Senior Suzuki doesn't participate in the attack?"

Murasaki looked at Akagi speechlessly, as if he was looking at a fool.

"Isn't that better? The senior team will have one less player on offense, so you can imagine how efficient they are at scoring."

"I'm so stupid, how could I forget this!"

Akagi showed an expression of sudden enlightenment and slapped his head hard.

With Murasakibara's guidance, Akagi found the key factor to defeat Suzuki Ohno.

Soon, the pause ends.

I don't know what Ikeda Yuho said, but the morale of the senior team has recovered. At least on the offensive end, they are no longer as disorganized and make frequent mistakes as before.

shuh~
Yuho Ikeda assisted Itachi Takahashi to hit a mid-range shot.

"Quick attack!"

The first thing that happened was that Mu Mu shouted.

Akagi served the ball quickly, then started as fast as he could and ran with his head down.

The teammates understood what he meant and rushed to the front court.

"Not good, hurry back to defend!"

Ikeda Yuho's expression changed, and he signaled his teammates to return to defense quickly. As expected by Mu Mu, even though Suzuki Ohno tried his best, he still inevitably fell behind and was seized by the freshman team.

At this time, Ito Masaru stopped Okamoto Nobuhiko, who did not stick to the ball and immediately passed it to Murasakibara.

"Akagi!"

Murasakibara dribbled the ball forward quickly, and as Akagi rushed towards the three-second zone, he immediately passed the ball to him.

"Don't think about it!"

Yuho Ikeda hurriedly accelerated and chased back, trying to block Akagi, but facing Akagi who had already rushed forward, it was no different from trying to stop a chariot with a mantis arm.

Akagi exerted force with his feet, his body flew into the air, caught the ball with both hands and slammed it into the basket.

Bang~
There was a loud banging sound and the basket was pulled down by Akagi to a considerable angle.

roar~
Akagi fell to the ground and slapped his chest hard. The depression that had been pent up in his heart was completely released.

"nice shot!"

Teammates surrounded Akagi and high-fived him to celebrate.

At this time, the senior players looked at each other, and a feeling of powerlessness emerged in their hearts.

Sure enough, Suzuki Ohno’s flaws were finally exposed!

The game on the field continued, but the situation was obviously quite unfavorable to the senior team.

Their mentality changed, they began to become impatient, their offense became fragmented, and they lost the tacit understanding and cooperation of the past.

There were numerous mistakes and loopholes on the defensive end, and they were completely unable to stop the freshman team's offensive.

In contrast to the senior team, the freshman team became more and more courageous as the game went on. Their offensive was like a tide, one wave after another, and their scoring efficiency far exceeded that of the senior team.

Yuho Ikeda tried to replace Suzuki Ohno and tried to change the situation by adjusting the lineup.

However, it was of no use. Without Suzuki Ohno in the three-second zone, the freshman team immediately reverted to the one-star-four-shooter tactic.

Without Suzuki Ohno, what can they use to stop Akagi?

But if Suzuki Ohno was not substituted, the freshman team's fast break alone would be enough to ruin the game.

Under such circumstances, the difference between the two sides has exceeded 20 points, and there is no suspense at all.

It was also at this time that Coach Anxi took the initiative to stop the game to prevent the senior players from suffering too much of a blow and losing confidence.

The freshmen paused with reluctance to continue. Although they wanted to continue, no one dared to disobey the coach's decision.

"The performance of this year's freshmen is impressive, especially Akagi and Mugure!"

"It seems that in this county competition, our Xiangbei team has a chance to survive the first round. If we are lucky, we may even have a chance to become one of the top eight in the county competition!"

"Top eight in the county competition? Just go to sleep, dreams can hold anything!"

Although the result of the intra-squad competition was hard for the senior players to accept, the outstanding performance of the freshmen also gave them hope.

At this time, Mu Mu was checking a prompt.

[Your organization attributes have reached the panel standard and will begin to be displayed on your personal panel! ]

From the explanation of each major attribute, passing is mainly related to the accuracy of long and short passes; organization is the ability to initiate tactics, organize the offense, command teammates' movements, connect the team's offense, implement on-field tactics, and control the tempo of the game.

Looking at the progress bars of various attributes that had increased a lot after the game, Murasakibara expressed great satisfaction.

It was just an insignificant intra-team competition, but it gave him gains far beyond training.

Compared with training, the bonus from competition is obviously more significant.

Unfortunately, there aren't competitions every day.

At this time, Coach Anxi stood up from the wide chair and glanced at the Xiangbei players one by one.

"There is something I need to tell you. I have received an invitation from Coach Tiangang of Ryonan High School. They hope to have a friendly match with us this weekend. The venue of the match is in our Xiangbei. I hope everyone will be fully prepared!"

(End of this chapter)