Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 176 Ten Days Later

Ten days later, at the Xiangbei High School basketball hall.

The sunlight shines through the window onto the floor, creating mottled shadows.

On the basketball court, Ichiro Sato is constantly making jump shots from various positions.

Bang~bang~shua~bang~
The sound of basketballs hitting the basket was heard frequently, and occasionally there was the friction sound of basketballs passing through the net, like the sound of a divine wind.

Ichiro Sato's mid-range jump shot posture is very standard, but his hit rate needs to be improved.

During the shooting process, he adjusted his posture and shooting strength from time to time, trying to find the best shooting feeling.

The reason why he practiced mid-range jump shots was mainly because of Murasakibara's advice.

Murasakibara wants to train him into a player like Ashen and Durant. After all, Ichiro Sato is tall and has long arms, as well as the speed and flexibility of a small forward, and has such qualities.

He doesn't ask Ichiro Sato to become the next A Shen, as long as he can help the team.

So, Murasaki personally corrected Ichiro Sato's shooting posture and taught him running techniques.

When facing ordinary strong teams, Xiangbei can still rely on the performance of the Big Three to win, but if the opponent is Sanno Industrial or Hakata University of Commerce, then it can only rely on luck.

If the team wants to defeat the two traditional university giants, the depth of the team's lineup is an issue that cannot be ignored.

Xiangbei does not lack star players, what they lack are a large number of high-quality role players.

Murasakibara does not expect them to reach the starting level of a strong team, but as long as there are a few more players who can reach the level of Uesugi and Cross Country, it will be a huge improvement to the overall strength of the team.

Therefore, inspired by the three giants of Xiangbei, some Xiangbei players began to carry out targeted training.

Among them, Yuho Ikeda, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Kumamoto Yamamoto and Ichiro Sato performed the most hardworking.

As the captain, Yuho Ikeda leads by example.

At the same time, he also cherishes his last time in Xiangbei.

As a power forward, Yuho Ikeda is well aware of the importance of confrontation for inside players.

So, he began to work hard to gain weight and frequently did strength training in order to better protect the basket and rebounds.

Nobuhiko Okamoto and Kumamoto followed Murasakibara's advice and began to practice three-point shooting and defense, striving to become 3D players.

As for Ichiro Sato, Mugure taught him positioning and mid-range shooting techniques.

While Ichiro Sato was practicing shooting, Murasaki and Akagi were also competing for rebounds under the basket.

Akagi is tall and has long arms, and he is better at confrontation, has a keen sense of rebounding, and has rich experience in positioning, so most of the rebounds are caught by him.

However, Murasakibara is not completely defenseless.

Compared to Akagi, Murasaki is more flexible, has stronger explosive power, and can occasionally grab some rebounds.

The two players went back and forth, trying to fight for every rebound, and the scene was extremely intense.

After the end of the Autumn National Games, Murasakibara did not slack off. He quickly returned to his previous pace of life and devoted himself to training.

At the same time, he also set a clear goal for himself.

Before Kashima Kaede graduates, he defeated the nation's top high school student head-on.

He knew that it was difficult to achieve this goal, but how would he know if he didn't try? What if he succeeded?

Although the title of the country's top high school student may fall to Murasaki after Kaede Shimokawa graduates, he hopes to win the title himself.

To this end, Murasakibara also began to conduct targeted training to further improve his shortcomings, such as one-on-one defense and rebounding.

Compared with Sanno Industrial, the Shohoku team was clearly at a disadvantage in rebounding.

In this era where centers are king, the importance of rebounds is unquestionable, otherwise Akagi would not have said to Sakuragi: Whoever controls the rebounds can control the entire game!

In order to improve his rebounding skills, Murasakibara took the initiative to ask Watanabe Masao for advice.

Masao Watanabe is the rebounding champion of Kanagawa and the holder of the single-game rebounding record in the county tournament.

In the national competition and the Autumn National Sports Tournament, Watanabe Masao ranked in the top three in average rebounds per game, which shows his rebounding ability.

Watanabe Masao readily agreed and taught Mugure and Akagi at the same time.

Of course, Murasakibara would also teach the Watanabe brothers breakthrough techniques from time to time.

Under the guidance of Watanabe Masao, Murasaki's progress is visible to the naked eye.

At the beginning, in the competition with Akagi, Murasaki was completely at a disadvantage.

It only took ten days for Murasakibara's positioning skills to become more sophisticated. Although there is still a gap between him and Akagi, the gap between the two has been greatly narrowed.

Akagi's positioning skills during this period are naturally somewhat different from those in the plot years.

With his extreme reaction, Murasakibara was always able to notice where the rebound would land in the first place, so he was not at a great disadvantage.

Not far away, Coach Anxi sat calmly on his 'exclusive throne', muttering to himself: "In such a short time, Mu Mu's rebounding skills have obviously improved a lot."

Coach Anzai did not interfere with Murasakibara's training because he knew very well that Murasakibara had clear plans for his future.

At the same time, he would not supervise Murasakibara's training because there was no need.

In the past six months, Mumu has been the most hardworking player in Xiangbei, no doubt about it. He couldn't understand why Mumu was still working so hard when he was so strong and should have been a little slack.

The reason why Murasakibara is so hardworking, besides because he loves basketball, is also related to the progress bar on the panel.

If a person can always see his own progress, he will naturally not slack off.

This is visible progress!
Name: Mumu Gongyan
Age: 15
Height: 183cm
Armspan: 197cm
Weight: 74kg
physical fitness
Strength: 90, Speed: 91, Physical Fitness: 90, Flexibility: 95, Reaction: MAX, Injury Resistance: MAX, Explosive Power: 96, Bounce: 93
Offensive skills

Ball control: 94, passing: 82, layup: 94, close shot: 90, mid-range shot: 94, three-pointer: 91, free throw: 90, running: 86, organization: 80, dunk: 83
defensive skills

单防：81、协防71、抢断:79、盖帽：70、防守篮板：80、进攻篮板：70
技能：交叉步LV8、急停跳投LV8、欧洲步LV8、转身跳投LV8、极限拉杆LV7、击地传球LV7、后撤步跳投LV7、后仰跳投LV7、背身单打LV7、指尖挑篮LV7、西克玛步LV6、内线脚步LV6、山姆高德过人LV6
Status: Excellent
Evaluation: Core of a strong team

In ten days, Murasakibara's defensive rebounds increased to 80 and his offensive rebounds reached 70.

By the time of the winter tryouts, the rebounding attributes will be further improved.

In addition, when he advanced to Level 7 with the fingertip layup, Murasakibara's arm span increased by another 1 cm.

Now, Murasakibara's arm span is 14 cm longer than his height, reaching the top level among Asians.

Although he has not yet reached the level of an NBA 'wingspan freak', he is still among the best.

You know, the future Goat is 206 cm tall and has a wingspan of 214 cm.

In terms of height to wingspan ratio, Murasakibara has surpassed Goat.

This is undoubtedly exciting news for Murasakibara, who wants to catch up with Goat in the future.

Before closing his personal panel, Murasakibara took a look at the cross step.

Cross Step LV8: 15000/20000
The crossover step is the breakthrough technique that Murasakibara uses most in the game, which also makes his proficiency increase rapidly.

There is still a month left until the winter trials, and Murasakibara still has enough time to upgrade his cross step to level 9.

The crossover step at LV8 was already so powerful, he couldn’t imagine how powerful LV9 would be.

On the court, Ichiro Sato, Murasaki and Akagi are still training.

In addition to them, there is also a backup player responsible for defending Ichiro Sato.

Ever since Xiangbei won the national top four, many Xiangbei students have come here to become members of the Xiangbei team.

Reserve players can also contribute to the team, such as picking up balls, passing water, massaging, cleaning, etc.

These seemingly insignificant things can greatly reduce the burden on the starting players and allow them to focus more on training.

You know, in the future, Hikoichi Aida of Ryonan is also a backup player.

As for whether these reserve players can persist, it is hard to say. After all, many of them chose to join the Xiangbei team on impulse.

"Sato, I think you could practice one or two shooting spots first!"

Seeing that Ichiro Sato was unable to significantly improve his mid-range shooting ability in a short period of time, Murasakibara gave a suggestion.

Ichiro Sato's talent is limited, and it is impossible for him to develop accurate mid-range shots in just one month like Sakuragi.

If you only practice mid-range shots in one or two positions, the difficulty level will inevitably drop significantly. With Ichiro Sato's talent, he may not be able to do it.

At this time, Sakuragi's shouting voice was heard from the other half of the court.

"Ryukawa Kaede, I want to challenge you!"

Since defeating Oda Ryumasa, Sakuragi has become full of confidence and has fallen in love with the sport of basketball.

Not long ago, after learning the news, the coach of the basketball team of Wako Junior High School took the initiative to invite Sakuragi to join the basketball team.

Sakuragi was moved by the sincerity of the basketball coach and finally agreed.
In addition to him, Mito Yohei also joined the Wako Junior High School basketball team.

As for the three idiots, they were used to being lazy and not as talented as Sakuragi and Yohei. After getting in touch with them for a while, they chose to give up.

During this period, Sakuragi thought that his strength had greatly increased.

So, he set his sights on Rukawa Kaede again.

The sky cleared up, the rain stopped, and the red monkey felt that he was able to do it again!

"come!"

Rukawa accepted Sakuragi's challenge in a concise manner.

At this time, Mitsui interrupted and said, "Wait, I think the loser should be punished!"

Mitsui rolled his eyes, as if he had thought of something, and continued, "How about this, I have a green tights, the loser must wear it to train, what do you think?"

Sakuragi and Rukawa looked at each other and agreed.

The next moment, Mitsui brought the two of them to the locker room.

After opening the closet, he took out the green tights that had been covered in dust for a long time.

After failing in consecutive challenges against Murasakibara, this green tights finally came in handy again.

Just as Mitsui took out the green tights, a photo happened to be brought out and fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)