Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 174 We are the champions!
"We win! We win!"

"We defeated the arrogant Akita team!"

……

After the game, Kanagawa players burst into deafening cheers.

They were all immersed in the joy of victory, as if they wanted to release all their passion and excitement.

In this game, Murasakibara once again got a triple-double with 30 points, 10 assists and 10 rebounds.

This is also the second consecutive game that Murasakibara has achieved a triple-double.

I have to say, this time the data is really like Goat.

As we all know, the 9-point Goat is unstoppable, the 9-rebound Goat fights hard, and the 9-assist Goat shares selflessly.

If there are 9 mistakes, refuse the interview!
In addition to the triple-double, Murasakibara also had 5 steals and 2 blocks.

Among them, Matsumoto Minoru was the biggest victim.

Under Murasakibara's tight defense, Matsumoto Minoru's performance can only be described as terrible.

I have to say, Murasakibara is becoming more and more comprehensive.

He played at a very high level both offensively and defensively.

However, he is very self-aware.

Being able to get a triple-double again is closely related to the death five-small system.

In addition to Murasakibara, Masao Watanabe scored 25+15+5.

If his right index finger had not yet fully recovered, he would probably have scored 30 points.

On the other side, Akita players stood on the court, their eyes revealing deep loss and unwillingness.

Matsumoto Minoru was more sentimental and could not suppress his inner sadness. His eyes gradually became moist and tears silently fell.

Kashima Fengshimo hooked her arms around Matsumoto Minoru's shoulders. He opened his mouth but couldn't utter any words of comfort.

In this game, he scored 52 points with a hit rate of over %, which was the highest score of the game.

Unfortunately, the team lost again!

He scored 50+ points again in vain!

"We lost the national tournament, we lost the autumn national tournament, and now we have the winter tournament...!"

Kashima Fengshuang felt something was wrong and didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Last year, he won double MVP as a sophomore, and was in the limelight and was known as the best high school student in the country.

As a result, no one has been won this year.

"No matter what, I must lead the team to win the Winter Championship and the MVP."

Kashima Fengshimo made up her mind silently.

Not far away, Coach Domoto looked at Coach Anzai opposite him and couldn't help but sigh.

He is still too young!
Coach Domoto’s coaching career can be described as smooth sailing.

In this game, Coach Anzai accurately predicted Coach Domoto's strategy, causing the entire game to be completely controlled by the opponent, which taught Coach Domoto a profound lesson.

After the celebration, Murasakibara and others scattered like birds and beasts.

Of course, they did not miss the afternoon game.

The match between Fukuoka Prefecture and Aichi Prefecture can be described as a fight between dragons and tigers.

It goes without saying that Fukuoka Prefecture is very powerful, and it is fully represented by Hakata University of Commerce.

Aichi Prefecture is a combination of Aiwa Gakuen and Meiho Industries, with its on-paper strength and substitute lineup enhanced.

On the surface, the difference in strength between the two sides is not big, and either one has the possibility of winning.

In the first half, both sides were evenly matched.

In the second half, the situation changed.

Suzuki Nobisuke began to exert his strength and suppressed Takeshita Hirogen for a while.

As one of the top four centers in the country, Nobisuke Suzuki has strong physique, skills, and a selfless style of play, and is recognized as the best of the top four centers.

The wind direction changed until Masao Watanabe won the MVP of the national competition.

There is no way, Nobisuke Suzuki has never won the national MVP.

Thanks to the tacit team play and rebounding advantage, Fukuoka Prefecture had the last laugh.

Fukuoka Prefecture defeated Aichi Prefecture by a narrow margin and won the game.

Although it successfully advanced to the finals, Fukuoka Prefecture also paid a considerable price.

Including Nobisuke Suzuki, Fukuoka's main players played almost the entire game, and even one main player was injured and retired.

In addition, the final will be held at 9 am tomorrow, and the competition system is not very friendly to the Fukuoka team.

Relatively speaking, the Kanagawa players were in better shape and had rested for a few hours longer than them. The situation was obviously very unfavorable for the Fukuoka team.

……

The next day, around nine in the morning, the curtain of the Autumn National Sports Finals slowly opened.

When the two teams walked out of the player tunnel, the stadium was suddenly filled with noise and cheers.

Among them, the momentum of the Kanagawa team slightly suppressed the Fukuoka team.

After defeating the "three-time champion" Akita team, most spectators clearly preferred the Kanagawa team to win the championship.

"Teacher Anxi, please give me your guidance for this game!"

Coach Fukuoka stood in front of Coach Anzai and bowed.

The Fukuoka coach is naturally the coach affiliated with Hakata University of Commerce!

Coach Bodo served as his assistant coach during his time at Anzai Coaching University.

During that period, Coach Anzai gave a lot of guidance, which is why Coach Hakata called Coach Anzai his teacher.

"Coach Tajiri, you're so polite!"

Coach Anzai shook the big hand that Coach Tajiri extended to him, and his signature Maitreya Buddha smile appeared on his face.

While the two coaches were having a friendly exchange, the players from both teams began to warm up on the court.

Beep~
Soon, with a whistle, the game officially began.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on the field.

In this game, Coach Anxi once again sent out the main lineup.

The difference is that Murasakibara plays as point guard, Fujima plays as shooting guard, and Mitsui plays as small forward.

In this game, Murasakibara's opponent is Fukuoka's outside core player - Itakura Kenjiro!

There is only one character difference between Itakura Kenjiro and Itakura Daijiro's names, and both of them are ugly, so Murasaki seriously suspects that there is a relationship between them.

The most important thing is that Murasakibara discovered Daijiro Itakura in the audience.

Kenjiro Itakura is not only strong, but also has first-class speed, excellent mid-range and long-range shooting, and excellent organizational skills.

He is the outside core of the Fukuoka team and plays the role of commander. His status in the team is almost second to Nobisuke Suzuki.

By the way, he is still one of the best point guards in active service, and a real core player of a strong team.

As for the rest of Fukuoka's starting players, they are all at the level of starting players for strong teams or core players of pseudo-strong teams.

But even with this lineup, there is still a big gap between them and the Kanagawa team.

The five starting players of Kanagawa are at least at the level of core of a pseudo strong team, and are only half a step away from being the core of a strong team. They are jokingly called half a step to the peak by Murasakibara!

I'm talking about you, Kenji Fujima!

Mitsui, who has experienced the baptism of national competitions, and with the guidance of Murasakibara, his strength is already superior to Fujima.

During the jump ball phase, Nobi Suzuki helped to suppress Masao Watanabe and first passed the ball to Kenjiro Itakura. As soon as Kenjiro Itakura crossed the half court with the ball, Mu Mu immediately came up to him.

Looking at Murasakibara in front of him, Kenjiro Itakura's expression was more solemn than ever.

In the match between Kanagawa and Akita, Murasakibara was not at all inferior to Kaede Kaede of Kashima.

This also made Murasakibara's popularity soar, and he was called the second best high school student in the country by many gossipers.

But, it was only second place after all.

Few people will remember the second place, unless that person calls himself Goat!

Facing such an opponent, how could Kenjiro Itakura not take it seriously?

He first tested the defensive strength of Murasakibara, but under Murasakibara's tight defense, he did not find any opportunities and had to call on his teammates for pick-and-roll cooperation.

Suzuki Nobita immediately stepped forward, but Itakura Kenjiro did not break through with the ball. Instead, he jumped up across Suzuki Nobita and made a sudden shot, which was a three-pointer.

But in the next second, his eyes froze.

Murasakibara also jumped up across from Nobita Suzuki, his right hand stretched straight, trying to reach the basketball.

Feeling the touch from the bottom of the basketball, Murasakibara smiled.

Kenjiro Itakura's heart skipped a beat and he felt something was wrong.

"Rebound!"

At the reminder of Kenjiro Itakura, Fukuoka players began to block out positions.

bang~
The basketball hit the basket and was grabbed by Watanabe Masao, who then passed the ball to Murasakibara.

The Fukuoka team returned to defense very quickly and returned in time before Kanagawa launched a fast break.

Soon, Murasakibara dribbled the ball across half court.

Kenjiro Itakura immediately stepped forward and put a step distance between himself and Murasakibara.

His eyes were fixed on Mu Mu, not daring to slack off for a moment.

Outside the three-point line, Murasakibara was looking back and forth on the court, as if waiting for his teammates to get into position.

Suddenly, as if without warning, Murasakibara started rapidly.

The basketball seemed to be stuck in Murasakibara's hands. With his explosive power, he easily completed the breakthrough with just a simple change of direction in front of his body.

Kenjiro Itakura wanted to stop it, but he was a beat too late.

It has to be said that Bodo University of Commerce Affiliated School is worthy of being the representative team of university team basketball.

Just as Murasakibara completed the breakthrough, Suzuki Nobita immediately came forward and cut off Murasakibara's attack route in the first place.

At the same time, Itakura Kenjiro quickly turned around and was about to double-team Suzuki Nobisuke.

The moment the two men completed the encirclement, Murasakibara decisively broke the deadlock with a ground pass.

The basketball fell accurately into the hands of Watanabe Masao who was in the open position like a precision-guided missile.

After receiving the ball, Masao Watanabe stepped into the paint and scored a layup without any hesitation.

Offense and defense transition!

Kenjiro Itakura slowly carried the ball across half court.

Because yesterday's match with Aichi Prefecture was too intense and the Fukuoka players were not in their prime, he had to slow down the pace and reduce the physical loss of his teammates.

Murasakibara immediately took a step forward, and under his oppressive defense, Itakura Kenjiro had to dribble sideways and defend with difficulty.

In terms of confrontation, Murasakibara also has the upper hand.

"This guy's defense is much stronger than I thought. No wonder Matsumoto Minoru of Sanno Industries performed poorly!"

Kenjiro Itakura had a serious expression on his face. He once again used his teammates' pick-and-roll to break through with the ball.

Murasakibara quickly came up, but Kenjiro Itakura passed the ball to Nobisuke Suzuki who cut into the basket.

shuh~
Nobisuke Suzuki calmly scored with a hook shot across Masao Watanabe.

Fast break!

Murasakibara served the ball quickly, and the Kanagawa players, having received instructions from Coach Anzai, immediately rushed to the front court as fast as they could.

Coach Anzai did this mainly to bring out Kanagawa's greatest advantage - the depth of the lineup!
This is also closely related to the status of Fukuoka players.

As long as Kanagawa's main lineup matches Fukuoka's main lineup, Kanagawa can rely on the substitute lineup to easily defeat the opponent.

The Kanagawa players will naturally not miss such a good opportunity to attack you while you are weak.

The Fukuoka players had to retreat quickly, but were still caught off guard.

While moving at high speed, Murasakibara assisted Mitsui and hit a three-pointer.

In less than a minute, Murasakibara easily got two assists.

The game on the field is still going on, and the Kanagawa team mainly uses the run-and-gun + one star and four shoot tactics.

The Fukuoka players are also playing team basketball, which is what they are best at. They are like a tightly-knit machine and can always play wonderful cooperation.

For a while, the two sides were tied.

In the process, Murasakibara suppressed Kenjiro Itakura and more or less restricted his performance.

As one of the best point guards in the country, Kenjiro Itakura focuses on organizing offense and is a typical traditional point guard, which is why he was not completely restricted by Murasakibara.

Surprisingly, in the head-on confrontation with Nobisuke Suzuki, Watanabe Masao was at a disadvantage.

In fact, the strength of the two is comparable.

Suzuki Nobisuke was able to suppress Watanabe Masao thanks to the latter not being in his prime.

As for other players, Kanagawa players win because of their stronger individual strength, while Fukuoka players are stronger in cooperation and tacit understanding.

The two teams are evenly matched. For the time being, neither can do anything to the other, and the situation is showing a trend of mutual explosion.

However, it didn't take long for Kanagawa's outside players to explode collectively.

Kogure, Fujima and Mitsui were in hot form and promptly extinguished Fukuoka's momentum with a rain of three-pointers.

In just a few minutes, Kanagawa gained a double-digit score advantage and directly stopped Fukuoka.

Before the first half was over, Murasakibara's assists had already reached double digits.

When the timeout was over, Fukuoka strengthened its perimeter defense and finally stopped the decline.

But before the end of the first half, Fukuoka still couldn't narrow the double-digit gap.

During the break, Coach Anxi quickly adjusted the strategy for the second half.

In the second half, Coach Anzai waved his hand and sent out a substitute lineup consisting of Kazuhiro Ikeda, Taro Aso, Masaru Matsumoto, Shinichi Maki and Shibune Kusanagi.

The Fukuoka team's lineup has changed slightly, but it is still mainly based on the main lineup.

It’s not that they don’t want to give their main players a rest, it’s just that they can’t do it.

Thanks to their abundant physical strength, Kanagawa's substitute lineup did not fall into a disadvantage.

They increased the frequency of their attacks, further depleting the physical strength of the Fukuoka players.

When there were ten minutes left in the game, Coach Anxi replaced the main lineup.

At this time, most of Fukuoka's main players had lost most of their strength.

On the contrary, the main players of Kanagawa, who had received sufficient rest, maintained a strong performance, suppressing the Fukuoka team in one fell swoop and further widening the score difference.

Due to the difference in physical fitness, Watanabe Masao suppressed Nobisuke Suzuki and had his way in the low post.

The Fukuoka players did not give up and tried hard to catch up with the score with their tenacious fighting spirit and indomitable spirit.

However, under the steady command of Coach Anzai, the Fukuoka team's counterattacks all ended in failure.

At the end of the game, the Kanagawa team won the game with their outstanding performance.

(End of this chapter)