Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 207 Advance to the semi-finals
The next morning, Kasumigaoka National Athletic Stadium!
This day will also be the day to determine the top four teams in the Winter Tournament.

After defeating Nanling High School, the next team for the Xiangbei team is Urayasu Commercial.

This is a team from Chiba Prefecture. Like Hainan High School, it has always occupied Chiba Prefecture's qualifying spots.

The difference is that Urayasu Commercial is only at the level of the top eight in the country, and even at the bottom among the top eight in the country. I'm afraid it's not even as good as Changcheng High School.

Beep~
As the whistle sounded, the game to decide the top four officially began.

In this game, Xiangbei sent out a lineup of Akagi, Yuho Ikeda, Ichiro Sato, Murasaki and Nobuhiko Okamoto.

As for Mitsui, although he transformed into Rashid Mitsui Shou yesterday, he has recovered a lot and goes to the toilet much less frequently.

Of course, washing your pants at night is inevitable.

Last night, Mitsui clearly overestimated the capacity of adult diapers and underestimated his own excretion volume.

He didn't even get to finish watching the Blazers game before his diaper leaked, forcing him to leave early.

Along the way, I have been looked down upon.

In fact, given Mitsui's current condition, it is no problem for him to participate in the competition.

It was just that it was leaked yesterday, which made him feel embarrassed to talk about it, and now he just wants to be quiet.

Coach Anzai agreed to Mitsui's request and even arranged for Mitsui to be hospitalized on the grounds that he was injured.

In this way, not only can Mitsui save face, but a pit can also be dug for the opponent in the next round, perhaps catching the opponent off guard.

Although Xiangbei was missing Mitsui, the "third in command", they still easily took the initiative on the court after the start of the game.

How can the third in command be compared with the first and second in command in terms of importance?

Akagi: That makes sense!

In terms of comprehensive strength, Pu'an Commercial is above Nanling High School, but they may not be able to defeat Nanling High School.

After all, Nanling High School has Abrador, ugh, Abubakar.

Don’t think that Abubakar was fouled out due to five fouls. That was because he encountered Shohoku and was targeted by Murasakibara and Akagi.

If facing an ordinary team without a strong center, Abubakar is likely to become a killer and put up phenomenal statistics like Fat Sen.

In the plot year, the reason why Mori Shigehiro was able to produce phenomenal statistics was mainly because Changcheng High School did not have a strong center.

If Changcheng High School had a center who could handle Mori Shigehiro and only needed to sit under the basket, Mori Shigehiro would probably be in trouble.

There is no way, Mori Shigehiro's scoring range is limited to the basket.

Urayasu Commercial does not have a strong center, which is the main reason why Mugure believes that Nanling High School can defeat Urayasu Commercial.

In this era where center is king, the importance of excellent center is unquestionable.

On the court, the Xiangbei team, with Akagi as the core, once again used the one star and four shooters tactics.

As an excellent center, Akagi's presence allows the entire tactics to run smoothly.

Urayasu Commercial's weakness is obvious. They lack an excellent center who can compete with Akagi, which allows the Xiangbei team to fully display the one-star and four-shoot tactics on the court.

For a time, Akagi's dominance in the interior caused his opponents a lot of headaches.

Under the leadership of Akagi, the Xiangbei team launched a fierce offensive.

As for Murasakibara, he chose to slack off on the court and temporarily act as a shooter.

With his current shooting skills, he is second only to Mitsui and Asami.

Although Urayasu Commercial's center tried his best to limit Akagi's performance, he was just an ordinary blue-collar player and could not stop Akagi's strong offense at all.

Every time Akagi scored in the paint, center Urayasu felt powerless and frustrated.

For a time, Urayasu Business was caught in a dilemma.

If they continue like this, the situation of the game will be extremely unfavorable for them.

So after a timeout, Urayasu launched a double-team tactic on Akagi, trying to limit his performance through multiple defenses.

However, Akagi did not choose to force a shot, but instead used his excellent vision advantage to assist his teammates in open positions to score.

The Xiangbei players seized most of the opportunities, making Urayasu Commercial's defense look pale and powerless.

Facing the fierce and ferocious Xiangbei team, Urayasu Commercial inevitably fell into a clear disadvantage.

In just five minutes, the Xiangbei team gained a double-digit lead, which made the players of Urayasu Commercial feel obviously frustrated.

No matter how bad Urayasu Commercial was, it was still one of the top eight teams in the country and was rated as an A- team by Basketball Weekly. However, it was suppressed by the A+ rated Shohoku.

They are both A-level teams, so why is there such a big gap between them?

However, Urayasu Commercial did not give up the idea of ​​​​the competition.

They changed their defensive strategy again, trying to limit Akagi's performance by defending from the front.

At the same time, cut off Akagi's passing route as much as possible.

In this way, Urayasu Business has indeed achieved certain results.

They successfully limited Akagi's performance, but this strategy came at the cost of leaving other Shohoku players open.

Since Urayasu Commercial's defense was mainly focused on Akagi, Murasakibara felt more relaxed than ever before.

Naturally, Murasakibara did not miss this opportunity and began to have his way on the offensive end, making Urayasu Commercial pay the price.

For a time, Urayasu Business was in a dilemma, but there was nothing it could do.

They dared not allow Akagi to wreak havoc in the interior, nor could they ignore the threat posed by Murasakibara on the outside.

As time goes by, the gap between the two sides continues to widen.

By the end of the first half, Urayasu Business still hadn't found a way to limit the 'Kumure Connection'.

In this situation, the Xiangbei team took a 30-point lead in the first half alone.

With such a huge score difference, the morale of Urayasu Commercial's players was obviously affected.

In the second half, Murasakibara and Akagi continued to play and led the Shohoku team to further expand their lead.

After five minutes, Coach Anxi began to replace the substitutes.

At this time, Xiangbei had already taken a 40-point lead, and the remaining game time was no longer important and turned into garbage time.

Murasakibara is not a Goat, so naturally he has no intention of brushing up his stats during garbage time.

Goat: I am the first person in history to brush up my stats!
After the Lakers were swept out by the Nuggets, Goat once said on social media: "I should be the first person on all the lists."

It's not just about brushing up the stats, but also the traveling, spreading hands, and shocking kneeling, and even the mistakes are the first in history.

If NBA memes weigh a stone, then Goat accounts for at least eight of them.

Mu Mu sat silently on the bench, watching his teammates sweat on the court with a smile.

Although Xiangbei sent out a substitute lineup, the morale of Urayasu Commercial players had completely collapsed.

The players of Urayasu Commercial looked at a loss on the court, with a deep sense of powerlessness in their eyes.

Since they saw no hope of winning, they just wanted to end the game as soon as possible.

For a while, the players of Urayasu Commercial fought on their own and played without any order.

Coach Urayasu Commercial stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly, trying to cheer up the players, but he was unable to arouse their fighting spirit.

The substitute players of Xiangbei seemed unusually active.
They seized every opportunity, and although their skills were lackluster, they were in high spirits and full of desire to fight. For a while, the Xiangbei substitutes did not fall too far behind.

In the end, the game ended with Xiangbei's victory.

For Murasakibara, this was another exciting game!

The players of Urayasu Commercial left the field in embarrassment, their hearts filled with frustration.

From the beginning to the end, they were suppressed by Xiangbei, and the whole game was uneventful.

After this game, Xiangbei successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the winter competition.

As for the opponent of the next game, it will be announced in the afternoon.

After the game, Yayoi Aida and her assistant Nakamura conducted a routine interview with Murasakibara.

"Mr. Muguruma, since you entered high school, I found that no one has been able to limit your performance. What do you think about this?"

"I'm like the Pythagorean theorem. Few people understand how to stop me on the field, just like few people understand the Pythagorean theorem."

Mu Mu shrugged and directly applied what Future O'Neal said.

Apart from O'Neal's grandmother, this sentence can be said to be O'Neal's most insightful statement.

Oh, and there is one more sentence.

O'Neal: I hope people remember that I am one of the most dominant players in history!

I have to say, compared to Goat, O'Neal is too humble.

If it was Goat, it would have been removed long ago.

"I heard you beat Clyde Drexler?"

"what?"

Yayoi Aida's next question startled Murasakibara so much that he stood up from the bench on the spot.

No, when did he ever beat Drexler? Wasn't he the one who got beaten?
"I heard from a staff member that he saw you hit a shot over Drexler's head."

After hearing what Yayoi Aida said, Murasaki finally understood.

It turns out it was taken out of context!
“I never beat Clyde and it was hard to even score against him.”

Murasaki chose to tell the truth.

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but think of an interesting thing.

Goat, who is also 16 years old, claimed that he defeated Jordan.

In a media interview, Goat claimed that he beat Jordan at the age of 16!
Not Jordan Hill, not DeAndre Jordan, but the 'God of Basketball' Michael Jordan!

In an informal game, Goat, who was only 16 years old at the time, competed against Michael Jordan.

So, in a podcast, the host asked: "Is it true that you played against Jordan in an informal game when you were 16 years old? Can you share your feelings at that time?"

"I was in Chicago, in Jordan's gym called 'Hoops,' and Michael Jordan and his friends were reluctant to let us young guys play at first.

But in the end, we got the chance to show what we can do in front of those legends.

After a long wait, I finally got the chance to play.

At that moment, I fought alongside legendary players like Jordan, Walker, Hardaway, Artest, and Finley. "

The host asked again: "Who was responsible for defending you at that time?"

At that time, Goat answered like this.

"They are like sand castles trying to hold back the waves; solid as they are, they are doomed to be washed away. No one can really limit me...

Nobody could defend me, and I said before I went on the court that I was going to kick their asses. And I did it. ”

Then the audience burst into laughter.

Netizens expressed their admiration for this.

"It's worthy of being the true love of 'P. Diddy'."

"I always thought P. Diddy was one person, but now I realize it's a group!"

"Podcasts are invincible, but trainers are invincible on the training ground."

"When he was 16, he beat Jordan. But when he was 26, he couldn't beat Barea, right?"

"There's a cow flying in the sky, that's because Goat is blowing on the ground."

"And then what? Did Jordan confiscate the tape?"

"It's over. This is not blind confidence anymore. I'm starting to worry about LeBron's condition. I'm afraid he's using his anus to push the defense away! It smells bad, no need to say more."

……

Then, Antoine Walker, one of the parties involved, quickly slapped his face and said that when the 16-year-old Goat challenged Jordan one-on-one, he lost!
The slap in the face came so fast like a tornado!
After finishing the interview, Murasakibara went to watch the afternoon game.

After the other three games are over, it will be the turn of today's highlight, Sanno Industrial VS Buri!

In addition to Shohoku, Hakata University of Commerce and Aiwa College also successfully advanced to the semi-finals of the winter competition.

Among them, the most regrettable was Toouou, who lost to Aiwa Academy by only 3 points.

If Touou advances to the semi-finals, Coach Kitano will definitely be able to secure his position.

Unfortunately, there is no if!
If nothing unexpected happens, Coach Kitano will face the fate of being dismissed by the Toyoma Board of Directors and eventually become the head coach of an elementary school boys' basketball team.

Compared with high school boys' basketball, elementary school boys' basketball is less utilitarian and simpler.

Coach Kitano's idea of ​​cultivating interest in basketball is more suitable for elementary school students. From this perspective, perhaps this job is more suitable for him.

However, will he really coach an elementary school basketball team like in the original book?

Because after Touou's defeat, Murasakibara saw a familiar figure - Kenji Fujima!
After the winter trials, Taro Aso voluntarily withdrew from the basketball team, and Fujima naturally became the new ace of the Shoyo team.

Fujima found Coach Kitano and his purpose was obvious.

Because the Xiangyang team has no coach!
As for whether Coach Kitano agrees, it’s hard to say.

Like Toouou, Shoyo is also a private school, and its performance this year is even worse than Toouou.

At least Touou made it to the two major tournaments, but what about Shoyo?

Not even once!

However, if Fujima really convinces Coach Kitano to join the Shoyo team, then Shohoku will inevitably face a strong opponent.

In SD, Coach Kitano is undoubtedly the most approachable and charismatic coach.

Once you are captured by Kitano's charm, you will immediately enter the fan circle mode and become an exclusive and mindless star chaser.

Coach Jinping has a deep understanding of this.

Coach Jinping was a victim of the internal strife between the management and the players. The management wanted to use him to clean up Kitano's influence, but Kishimoto and Minami Rei wanted to use Jinping to force the management to reuse Kitano.

The result was that he was caught in a dilemma, losing his job and being bullied by students.

This is the charm of Coach Kitano!
I would like to defend Coach Jinping here. Coach Jinping is a very nice person. Even when he was bullied like that, he still cares about the players.

That is to say, unless he encounters an extreme case like the Kitano fan club, otherwise Coach Jinping is likely to become a qualified coach.

(End of this chapter)