Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 201: Crab Jump Shot
Seeing the team get off to a good start is undoubtedly good news for Murasakibara.

Changcheng High School launched another offensive. Suzuki Naruto carried the ball across half court and began to observe the situation on the court.

Nobuhiko Okamoto didn't dare to get close, for fear of being eaten alive by Suzuki Naruto's speed.

Soon, Mikoshiba took advantage of the cover of his teammates and found an opportunity to run away, leaving Mitsui one or two body lengths behind.

This was a great scoring opportunity, and Suzuki Naruto immediately passed the ball.

However, at the moment of catching the ball, Mikoshiba had butter hands and failed to hold the basketball firmly.

By the time he adjusted himself, Mitsui had already returned to defense.

Mikoshiba had to try to break through, but was unable to break through Mitsui's defense.

Although he had agile steps, he never had any chance due to Mitsui's tight defense.

Seeing that the offensive time was almost up, he had no intention of passing the blame to his teammates. He first made a feint and then immediately jumped up.

Mitsui seemed to have anticipated Mikoshiba's actions. He did not get fooled, but also jumped up and reached out to hit the basketball.

In order to avoid the block, Mikoshiba forced himself to lean back, which made his posture look funny and weird.

Despite the funny posture, Mikoshiba still insisted on throwing the ball.

Not only was his shooting posture weird, but when he landed, his hands and feet were wide open, like a crab.

The action is as ugly as a picture!
When the audience saw this scene, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Murasakibara's eyes widened even more. Such a strange fadeaway jump shot reminded him of an old friend.

Goat's exclusive shooting package - four-legged crab jump shot!
He had watched highlights of the crab jump shots, especially the one from beyond the three-point line, which made him burst into laughter.

Then he tried it out on the court.

He remembered that it was winter and he was wearing long trousers.

Because his shooting posture was too abstract, his pants split when he landed and he missed all three shots.

Seeing the good pants turned into open-crotch pants, I was so sad that I couldn't even cry. I had to cover myself carefully when walking on the street, for fear that others would see my "inner beauty".

So he never practiced this move again.

It is worthy of being Goau’s exclusive shooting package. It is impossible for normal people to learn it.

If you ask him to evaluate the fadeaway jump shots of Goat and Jordan, he can only say that God's fadeaway jump shots are not as funny as Goat's!
The biggest difference between Goat and Jordan is that the former weakened the basketball awareness of his fan base, while the latter elevated it.

Although both of them make people sigh that "basketball can still be played like this", the difference is really huge.

bang~
Mikoshiba's forward jump shot was so powerful that the basketball hit the basket with a dull sound.

Akagi finally suppressed Kobayashi Hayato, but the rebound bounced to the other side.

Relying on his height and arm span advantages, Takahashi Shun overpowered Ikeda Yuho and grabbed the offensive rebound.

After landing, he looked towards the basket and bent his knees to get into a jumping position.

Yuho Ikeda thought he was going to dunk and jumped up subconsciously.

After successfully deceiving Yuho Ikeda, Takahashi Shun bypassed Yuho Ikeda and made a two-handed slam dunk.

Bang~
Takahashi Shun grabbed the basket with both hands and a smile appeared on his face.

2 points and 1 rebound!
Takahashi Shun attaches great importance to personal data. Even if the team loses the game, he will be happy as long as his personal data looks good.

Even during post-match media interviews, he was able to use his personal data to get away with it and shift the blame to his teammates.

This is how he conducts himself in the world!
In this way, everyone is happy when we win, and teammates can take the blame when we lose. Isn't it invincible?

This is Takahashi Shun’s philosophy of life!
Shohoku attacked again, with Nobuhiko Okamoto bulldozing past Naruto Suzuki once again.

This time, Suzuki Naruto was on guard. After being broken through, he used his speed advantage to entangle the opponent again and even almost managed to steal the ball.

In desperation, Nobuhiko Okamoto had to pass the ball to Mitsui.

Facing Mikoshiba’s defense, Mitsui assumed a triple threat stance.

Mikoshiba was well aware of the threat posed by Mitsui's projection and did not dare to stay too far away from Mitsui, staying less than one step away from him.

The next moment, Mitsui moved. He first made a feint and then used a cross step.

Under the guidance of Murasakibara, Mitsui's crossover step has improved greatly.

In the blink of an eye, Mitsui easily broke through Mikoshiba's defense and made a quick stop jump shot.

shuh~
The basketball fell into the basket accurately, causing a splash of flowers on the net.

In addition to three-pointers, Mitsui's mid-range shots are also top-notch.

Thanks to his exaggerated sense of the ball, Mitsui has reached top level whether it is short, medium or long shots, lobs, layups or free throws.

His shortcoming lies in his physical fitness. Even if he had not suffered a second injury, his physical fitness was still at an upper second-rate level.

However, high school students change every year, and his physical fitness still has room for improvement.

Even so, his physical fitness is difficult to reach the level of Sakuragi and Rukawa.

The game on the court continued. On the offensive end, Mitsui played very selflessly, focusing on breakthroughs and passing the ball.

Under his leadership, all Xiangbei players scored points.

As for Changcheng High School, Hayato Kobayashi first played two singles, but his efficiency was not very good.

Akagi focused almost all of his energy on the defensive end, making it difficult for Hayato Kobayashi.

Even if he could get rid of Akagi's entanglement, it would still take a lot of energy, and the efficiency would not be very ideal.

As for Changcheng High School's second scoring point, Mikoshiba, his physical fitness is indeed better than Mitsui, but the gap is not too big.

However, Mikoshiba's skills during this period were relatively crude, and his efficiency was not very high under Mitsui's defense.

As a result, the other three Changcheng players had significantly more ball possession.

Among them, Takahashi Shun had the most ball possession.

Compared with other players, Takahashi Shun has the biggest advantage.

Whether in terms of height, arm span or confrontation, Takahashi Shun firmly suppressed Ikeda Yuho.

No matter how hard Yuho Ikeda tries, it is still difficult to limit his performance.

Takahashi Shun plays from a high position, and often as long as he receives the ball under the basket, he can use his advantage to easily put the ball into the basket.

For a moment, Takahashi Shun defeated Ikeda Yuho with great efficiency.

In just five minutes, Takahashi Shun's score exceeded double digits.

At the same time, he also grabbed two valuable frontcourt rebounds and turned them into points.

With Takahashi Shun's outburst, Changcheng High School began to gain the upper hand.

Beep~
It was only then that Coach Anxi requested a timeout.

After the timeout, the shrewd coach Anzai chose to make a substitution, replacing Ikeda Yuho with Suzuki Ohno.

Suzuki Ohno and Sato Ichiro are known as the two generals of the Shohoku team. One is as fat as a meatball, and the other is as thin as a bamboo pole.

Of course, that was half a year ago.

As the performance of the Xiangbei team is getting better and better, in order not to drag the team down, the two generals Heng and Ha are obviously much more hardworking than before.

Among them, Ichiro Sato can occasionally get into the starting position.

Suzuki Ohno has naturally made progress, at least his body has become a little slimmer.

Suzuki Ohno: 187 cm, 94 kg.

As a result, the lineup of the Xiangbei team became Akagi, Suzuki Ohno, Mitsui, Sato Ichiro and Okamoto Nobuhiko.

That’s right, Mitsui will be the point guard.

As soon as Suzuki Ohno came on the court, he made achievements on the defensive end.

Changcheng High School has the ball, and Suzuki Naruto passes the ball to Takahashi Shun again. Suzuki Ohno did not come out and sat in the paint area.

Before going on the court, Coach Anxi had told him not to leave the paint area.

The reason is simple, Takahashi Shun doesn't have a basket.

After receiving the basketball, Takahashi Shun wanted to shoot high like he did before.

However, facing the fat Suzuki Ohno, Takahashi Shun couldn't squeeze in at all.

He wanted to use a fake shot to shake Suzuki Ohno's center of gravity, but the opponent remained indifferent.

In this situation, Takahashi Shun tried again, but was helpless.

Time passed slowly, and soon, with three seconds left in the offensive time, Takahashi Shun decisively passed the ball to Mikoshiba.

"Is this guy possessed by a Goat?"

Seeing this scene, Mu Mu felt more and more that Takahashi Shun was like an old friend.

As we all know, in order to maintain his shooting percentage, Goat likes to pass the buck to his teammates in the last few seconds of the offensive time.

This is also the main reason why his teammates' shooting percentage dropped after Goat joined the team.

There are a lot of invalid passes and dump-offs in Goat's passes!
On the court, after receiving the basketball, Mikoshiba had no choice but to bite the bullet and force a shot despite Mitsui's defense.

What can he do? He is also desperate!

When the ball was passed to him, there were less than two seconds left and his only option was to shoot!

Mikoshiba's reaction was as Mitsui expected. He also jumped up and tried his best to interfere.

bang~
The basketball hit the rim and bounced high.

Takahashi Shun wanted to fight for the offensive rebound, but was blocked by Suzuki Ohno and was helpless.

On the other side, Hayato Kobayashi was entangled by Akagi again.

So, Suzuki Ohno easily protected the rebound.

Changcheng High School immediately retreated, and as soon as they returned to their own half, Mikoshiba expressed his dissatisfaction with Takahashi Shun.

"Takahashi, you're too sticky with the ball. If there's no chance, you should pass the ball as soon as possible."

Because of this blame, Mikoshiba missed another shot, and his already low hit rate became even worse.

Takahashi Shun said in a muffled voice: "I know!"

As for whether he listened or not, only he himself knows.

Soon, the Xiangbei team made a comeback.

Looking at the short Suzuki Naruto in front of him, Mitsui jumped up without hesitation and made a three-pointer.

Suzuki Naruto's expression suddenly changed and he jumped up quickly.

He is not Miyagi, and his jumping ability is only average. In addition, he has disadvantages in height and wingspan, so he can only watch the basketball jump over his fingertips and fly towards the basket.

As soon as the basketball was thrown, Mitsui smiled.

shuh~
The basketball hit the net.

Naruto Suzuki was cumshot on the face by Mitsui.

The game was still going on. Suzuki Naruto carried the ball across half court, trying to use his speed to overpower Okamoto Nobuhiko.

However, Nobuhiko Okamoto learned his lesson and took the initiative to confront Suzuki Naruto when he broke through, causing his control of the ball to become distorted.

Suzuki Naruto had to grab the ball with both hands, and under the entanglement of Okamoto Nobuhiko, he had to pass the ball to Yamada Sho.

Sho Yamada changed direction in front of his body, easily broke through Ichiro Sato and made a jump shot.

Ichiro Sato's center of gravity is too high, making it difficult for him to limit Yamada Sho's performance.

Likewise, Sho Yamada also had difficulty limiting Ichiro Sato's shots.

For a while, neither of them could do anything to the other, and they were on the court and were showing a trend of exploding against each other.

With rebounds secured, the Xiangbei team more or less took the advantage on the court.

Just when Xiangbei was about to overtake the score, coach Chang Cheng finally discovered Suzuki Ohno's huge flaw.

Although Suzuki Ohno has made some success in losing weight, he is still too heavy. He is still the slowest player on the field and can only play the role of a surprise player.

Therefore, at the instruction of Coach Chang Cheng, Chang Cheng High School significantly increased the frequency of fast breaks.

For a while, Suzuki Ohno could only do shuttle runs.

Under such an unfavorable situation, Xiangbei could only defend five with four players, and was very passive on the defensive end, allowing the opponent to score one after another.

Seeing that Suzuki Ohno's strengths had been seen through, Coach Anzai had to replace him.

Yuho Ikeda was sent into the court again, and he has become the best power forward of Shohoku.

Under the guidance of Coach Anzai, although Yuho Ikeda still could not limit Takahashi Shun's performance, his performance was much better than before, especially in rebounding.

When fighting for rebounds, he would do his best to harass Takahashi Shun and let Akagi grab the rebound as much as possible.

In addition, the other Xiangbei players were also trying their best to protect the rebounds.

Although they are still at a disadvantage in rebounding, there has been a clear improvement and the gap is not that big.

By the end of the first half, Changcheng High School was leading by 7 points.

When leaving the court, Akagi asked in a muffled voice: "Mitsui, can you do it?"

"A man can't say he can't do it!"

Mitsui rolled his eyes at Akagi. This was the last thing he wanted to hear. If someone didn't know, they would think he was not good at that.

"Little brat!"

"Gorilla, although you look much older than me, we are the same age. I am even two months older than you."

"Mitsui, you scored 9 points in the first half. This is not like you."

Akagi paused and continued, "If we lose this game, the ticket will be mine. I also want to watch the game between Drexler and Ron Harper."

Tonight, the Trail Blazers' opponent is the Clippers.

In his rookie season, Harper averaged 22.9 points per game and set a record for steals in a single game in a rookie season.

Unfortunately, he did not win the Rookie of the Year award that year.

Even so, Ron Harper is still an excellent defender.

In the future, he will win five championships, one more than Goat.

They were the Bulls' second three-peat, and the NBA titles he won with the Lakers in 2000 and 2001.

Finally, the so-called 'Harper lineup' is also about him.

The Harper Team is named after Derek Harper and Ron Harper, and usually refers to a lineup of players with All-Star potential but have never been selected for the All-Star Game, meaning the best players who have never been selected for the All-Star Game.

That's right, even though Ron Harper won five championships and averaged 20 points per game in multiple seasons, and even averaged 20+5+5 in two seasons, he was never selected to the All-Star Game.

In this iron-blooded era, there are not many people who can get 20+5+5 in a season, especially twice.

By the way, Drexler has 7 times, not to mention Jordan.

Ron Harper and Drexler are at their peak, so this is bound to be a tit-for-tat match, which is also the main reason why the NBA sent these two teams to the island country to play the game.

"Gorilla, I just took a nap in the first half, wait and see how I perform in the second half!"

Mitsui showed a strong desire to attack.

In order to get the tickets for tonight's game, he will fight to the death to win this game.

(End of this chapter)