Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 251 It’s impossible to defend against it. It’s really impossible to defend against it!
The next day, Sunday!

Today, the second round of the joint finals will be staged at Kanagawa National Gymnasium!
In the morning, the match between Shoyo and Buri kicked off.

As expected, Xiangyang easily defeated the relatively young Buri team with its excellent teamwork and run-and-gun tactics.

Although Buri players tried their best and played a one-star-four-shoots tactic, their skills and experience were obviously not as mature as Shoyo's.

In this match, the match between Hanagata and Nagao Mitsuru attracted much attention.

This is also a battle for center!

The two players fought back and forth on the court, neither giving in, and the game ended in a draw.

Still, the flower shape has a slight upper hand.

Compared with Yuzumi, Hanagata feels that his highlights are still a lot inferior, especially on the defensive end.

In yesterday’s game, Uozumi left an indelible impression on Hanagata on the defensive end.

If Uozumi hadn't been in a physical crisis, Ryonan would have really had a chance of defeating Shoyo.

In this game, Shoyo F4 easily crushed Buri team.

Like Xiangbei, Shoyo F4 also only played half the game but gained a huge advantage of 30+ points.

Although Xiangyang had a huge advantage, the game was not as one-sided as the score showed.

Because they replaced the lineup in the second half.

Unfortunately, this move irritated the Buri team. The Buri players felt that they were underestimated by the opponent, and a flame of indomitable spirit ignited deep in their hearts.

In the following games, Buri players showed amazing fighting spirit and hard work. They were no longer afraid of the strength of their opponents, but bravely faced the challenges.

Although Shoyo's substitute lineup was not bad, under the fierce attack of the Buri team, not only did they fail to expand the score, but they were hit by a 15:3 shock wave from the Buri team.

This wave of offensive gave the Buri team hope of a comeback.

In order to avoid accidents, Coach Kitano had to send out Shoyo's starting lineup again.

Xiangyang's starting players showed their strength and after a fierce competition, Xiangyang finally won the game with outstanding individual ability and teamwork.

After defeating Buri, Shoyo has won two games and is temporarily at the top of the list.

In the afternoon, around 2:30, another highly anticipated game was about to take place.

Shohoku and Ryonan are about to have a fierce battle on the court.

At this time, there was still half an hour left in the game.

There was a crowd outside the stadium, with countless fans coming from all directions, and the crowd poured into the stadium like a tide.

Soon, the stadium was full.

Compared with Ryonan, Shohoku's momentum was obviously more impressive, with shouts and cheers coming one after another.

Among these Shohoku fans, fans of Murasakibara are particularly prominent.

The "Kuroguri-no-Mikoto" members wore red No. 4 jerseys and held up portraits of Koguri. They cheered for Koguri in an organized and disciplined manner.

Compared with Shohoku, Ryonan's momentum is undoubtedly much inferior. It is completely suppressed by Shohoku fans and can hardly make any waves.

This also allowed Xiangbei to experience the "home advantage"!
As the game was about to begin, the fans' enthusiasm reached its peak.

At this time, players from both sides were in the locker room, making final preparations.

"Good farmland!"

"ikebana!"

In the Xiangbei locker room, the Xiangbei players looked at Sakuragi and Miyagi with strange eyes.

Yesterday, the two of them obviously didn't get along and almost came to blows.

As a result, after one night, the two became very close, arm in arm, and inseparable.

Akagi frowned slightly and asked, "What's going on with these two guys?"

"Yeah, they almost got into a fight yesterday!"

Mitsui also looked confused.

Sakuragi scratched his head and said with a smile: "We talked a lot together last night."

“We also found things we had in common.”

Miyagi added.

Mu Mu said in a firm tone: "The thing you have in common is not a broken heart, right?"

Sakuragi and Miyagi both looked surprised and asked, "How did you know!!!"

Yesterday, Sakuragi and Miyagi had an in-depth discussion, and it turned out that both of them had experienced many heartbreaks in junior high school.

Since then, the relationship between the two has undergone a dramatic change, from hostility to good brothers.

"Isn't this normal!"

Mu Mu spread his hands and pretended to be mysterious.

"As expected of you, my godfather. As expected, I still have a lot to learn!"

For a moment, Mitsui was stunned by Murasakibara's beauty.

Soon, under the leadership of Coach Anxi, the Xiangbei team started to play.

Since Sakuragi is not yet a Xiangbei player, he can only continue to stay in the locker room.

When the two teams came out of the player tunnel, the momentum in the stadium suddenly reached its peak.

"Xiangbei, Xiangbei!"

"Lingnan, Lingnan!"

……

At the first moment, Coach Tiangang quickened his pace and respectfully extended his hands to Coach Anxi: "Coach Anxi, we are here to learn from you again!"

"Oh, hehe, Coach Tiangang, you're so polite!"

Coach Anzai laughed his signature laugh and then shook hands with Coach Tagoka in a friendly manner.

At this time, players from both sides were also communicating in a friendly manner.

The two sides have played many friendly matches and their relationship has obviously become much closer.

Among them, Akagi and Uozumi are the most sympathetic to each other.

After the exchange, both sides began to warm up.

beep~
Soon, with the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

In order to express his importance to Ryonan, Coach Anzai once again sent out the starting lineup, namely Akagi, Naito, Ichiro Sato, Mitsui and Kogure.

Miyagi still hasn't won the coach's trust, maybe because he doesn't know how to smile yet.

On the other side, Ryonan also sent out its best lineup.

Center: Uozumi, 202 cm, 93 kg, sophomore
Power forward: Inoue Toyoshi, 189cm, 78kg, third grade
Small forward: Yoshitaka Fukuda, 186cm, 76kg, freshman
Shooting guard: Kazuo Kamiso, 188 cm, 71 kg, freshman
Point guard: Sendoh, 186cm, 75kg, freshman
After several friendly matches, Coach Takeo knew very well that Ryonan was no match for Shohoku.

Therefore, Coach Takeo let Sendoh play as point guard again, hoping that Sendoh could gain something from the competition with Murasakibara.

For Coach Tiangang, this game was equivalent to training and preparing for the final game.

From the beginning, Coach Tanaoka’s goal was to beat Buri and win a play-off spot.

As for why Fukuda was used instead of Ikegami, it was because when Sendoh was the point guard, Ryonan urgently needed Fukuda to share the scoring responsibility.

Under the referee's instructions, Akagi and Uozumi stood in the center circle and executed the jump ball.

The next moment, the referee threw the ball into the air.

When the basketball started to fall, the two of them jumped up almost at the same time.

slap~
Akagi and Uozumi hit the basketball at the same time, and the two sides wrestled in the air, but in the end there was no winner.

The basketball was squeezed out directly, and players from both sides rushed towards the basketball.

Relying on his reaction and explosive power, Murasakibara was the first to grab the basketball.

Soon, Mu Mu passed the half court with the ball. Immediately, Sendoh came up to him.

"Nervous!"

As soon as he saw Murasakibara, Sendoh couldn't help but show an expression of headache.

Murasakibara is definitely the player he least wants to play against, no doubt about it.

Even with his 'old enemy' Zebei, he had never felt such great pressure from the other party.

In those friendly matches, Sendoh was tortured to death by Murasakibara and had to change his "big single-force" attacking style.

In Sendo's opinion, whether in offense, defense or comprehensiveness, Murasakibara is better than Zebei.

Sendoh and Murasaki were one step apart, ready for battle.

Murasakibara began to dribble the ball between his legs. His ball-control movements were smooth and rhythmic, as if he had become one with the basketball.

The subtle changes in Murasakibara's body center of gravity made it difficult for Sendoh to grasp his intentions.

After another dribble between the legs, Murasakibara changed direction without warning and easily bypassed Sendoh's defense.

"So fast!"

Xiandao couldn't help but exclaimed.

Murasaki's change of direction was not only better than before, but also more concealed, so he was unable to react immediately.

Seeing that Sendoh was broken through by Murasaki, Yuzumi immediately realized the danger and quickly pounced on Murasaki.

It seemed that Murasaki had anticipated this scene. At the moment when Yuzumi was about to arrive, he suddenly stopped, jumped up, and shook his wrist lightly, and the basketball flew out from his fingertips.

shuh~
The basketball drew a beautiful parabola and fell into the basket accurately.

From beginning to end, Murasakibara seemed very calm, as if all this was a matter of course for him.

His attack, from beginning to end, was extremely smooth. There was not a single unnecessary movement, and every movement seemed so natural.

This feeling of making light of a heavy task amazed teammates, opponents and even the audience.

"I didn't expect he would have this trick!"

Xiandao looked solemn, his concentration rising to an unprecedented level.

Facing an opponent like Murasakibara, he dared not be careless at all.

Offense and defense transition!

After dribbling the ball across half court, Sendoh did not test Murasakibara's defense and called for a pick-and-roll immediately.

He naturally knew how strong Murasakibara's defense was.

He was very self-aware and knew that it would be difficult for him to break free from Murasakibara's defense.

Yuzumi immediately stepped forward to block Murasaki for Sendoh.

With the help of Yuzumi's cover, Sendoh quickly rushed forward, and after attracting Akagi's attention, he immediately threw the ball into the basket.

Bang~
Fukuda quickly cut into the basket and slammed the ball with a powerful tomahawk slam dunk.

Futian has a variety of offensive methods. He is not only good at cutting directly into the basket, but also very sharp when breaking through with the ball.

Of course, Futian also has many flaws and has not yet been polished, such as no mid-range and long-range shooting ability, weak defense, and not outstanding rebounding.

Thanks to Murasakibara's guidance, Coach Takeo praised Fukuda from time to time, so Fukuda naturally did not use his "snake-like hand" to attack Takeoka again, let alone leave the basketball team.

Therefore, Fukuda received guidance from Coach Tanaoka.

His offense may not be as good as in the drama year, but his defense has improved a lot, and he has been working hard on mid-range shooting recently.

Due to the short time and limited shooting talent, Futian's mid-range shot has not yet been developed.

"Well done, Futian!"

Yuzumi hugged Futian and rubbed his messy hair hard.

Unlike Sendoh, Fukuda can be said to be the player who pays the least attention to his hairstyle. He has a messy hair all day long, which makes people suspect that he has never taken care of his hair.

It was Shohoku's turn to attack again, and Murasakibara started his performance again.

He first used the LV9 cross step to easily break through Sendoh's defense.

In the face of Murasakibara's cross step, Sendoh seemed powerless.

After getting rid of Sendoh, Murasakibara rushed forward while calmly observing the situation on the field.

He noticed that Ryonan's defensive focus began to shift towards him.

Among them, it attracted A Shen's defensive attention.

With his excellent organizational awareness, Mumu passed the ball without looking at anyone and passed it to a seemingly empty position.

Just when everyone thought that Murasakibara was about to make a mistake, suddenly, Mitsui happened to appear at that position.

Outside the three-point line in the right corner, the basketball flew accurately into Mitsui's hands like a precision-guided missile.

The whole process is as smooth as Dove!
"not good!"

A Shen realized that the situation was not good and quickly turned around and rushed towards Mitsui.

Although Ah Shen reacted quickly, it was already too late.

After receiving the ball, Mitsui didn't even have to make any adjustments. He just shot the ball into the basket.

shuh~
With the crisp sound of the ball entering the net, Mitsui easily made the three-pointer.

The stadium suddenly erupted with warm applause and cheers, but most of them were for Murasakibara.

To use football terms, Murasakibara accounted for at least 80% of the credit for this goal.

The game is still going on, and Sendo calls for a pick-and-roll again.

However, this time Murasakibara was well prepared.

The moment Yuzumi took his position, Murasaki took a step back and then went around him.

Sendoh rushed forward with the ball and suddenly collided with Murasakibara.

bang~
Under Murasakibara's high-intensity confrontation, Sendoh's ball control rhythm changed significantly.

Before Sendoh could steady his balance, Murasakibara rushed forward and easily completed the steal.

slap~
The basketball flew straight to the front court.

The referee did not blow the whistle from beginning to end.

At the first moment, Murasakibara and Sendoh rushed towards the basketball almost at the same time.

With his faster reaction speed, Murasakibara grabbed the basketball first and started sprinting towards the front court.

Sendoh followed closely behind and took the initiative to physically confront Murasakibara, trying to regain the ball.

"This guy is really tough, he's in no way inferior to Amu from Hainan High School!"

Xiandao sighed in his heart, and his heart was filled with envy.

Which man doesn’t want to have such hardness?
In the blink of an eye, the two rushed into the three-point line side by side.

At this moment, Murasakibara used a fake move similar to worshiping Buddha to easily shake Sendoh's center of gravity.

Because it was so realistic, Xiandao subconsciously stood on tiptoe.

In an instant, Murasakibara ducked and broke through, easily breaking through Sendoh's defense, and finally ended the attack with a beautiful layup.

shuh~
The basketball went into the net, creating a splash of white flowers on the net.

Mu Mu scored two more points!

Xiandao shrugged helplessly, with a hint of frustration in his expression.

In addition to envy, he was also full of helplessness towards Murasakibara's offensive skills.

I can't guard against it, I really can't guard against it!
If he wants to make a difference in the next game, he must find a way to deal with Murasakibara, otherwise he will be powerless to fight back, and the balance of victory will completely tilt towards Shohoku.

(End of this chapter)