Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 261 I gave you a chance but you didn’t use it!
Beep~
On the Xiangbei bench, Coach Anzai immediately requested a timeout.

During the timeout, he immediately chose to make a substitution, replacing Miyagi with Ichiro Sato.

Miyagi had too many flaws and was completely defeated by Fujima, who was also agile.

Can't attack, can't defend!
If the opponent is a player like Fukatsu who has no desire to attack, Miyagi may still be able to play well, but if the opponent is Fujima or Amaki, he will only be beaten.

His biggest advantage is his speed. Unfortunately, Fujima and Amu are not much slower than him, not to mention other aspects.

Fujima is taller and stronger than him, and has top-notch shooting ability.

This can be seen from Fujima's data.

In just ten minutes, Fujima had already scored 12 points and 4 assists, while Miyagi only had 2 points and 2 assists, the difference was obvious.

The fledgling Miyagi is no match for the enhanced version of Fujima.

After the failure of this experiment, Coach Anzai no longer intends to give Miyagi the opportunity to start.

Miyagi sat dejectedly on the bench. Perhaps feeling ashamed, he covered his head with a towel and lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

Ayako glanced at him and simply shook her head, with no intention of comforting him at all.

"I gave you a chance, but you didn't use it!"

Murasaki also glanced at Miyagi and was too lazy to pay attention to him.

As the captain, he usually has to organize team training. He is very clear that Miyagi has not focused on basketball during this period, causing his level to stagnate.

After the substitution, Coach Anzai did not explain the tactics because he believed that Murasakibara would make the arrangements.

Ever since Murasakibara came into being, Coach Anzai doesn't want to use his brain anymore, and he's almost become a symbol.

After the timeout, Ichiro Sato replaced Miyagi and faced Hasegawa.

Since Hasegawa is not good at offense, he is only confident in making open mid-range shots, so he does not feel too much pressure.

As for Murasakibara, he will naturally change to play point guard!

As Xiangbei changed its lineup, the expressions of the five tigers of Xiangyang became noticeably more serious.

They knew very well that the real test was finally coming!
Without that short player who holds the team back, Xiangbei will surely show amazing strength.

When Xiangbei had the ball, Murasakibara deliberately slowed down the pace.

Miyagi's ability to control the rhythm is obviously not as good as in the plot years, and he is instead led by Fujima.

As soon as Murasakibara crossed half court with the ball, Fujima immediately came up to him.

His eyes were full of vigilance and concentration!

The next moment, Murasakibara broke through with the ball.

Fujima quickly moved sideways, trying to block Murasakibara's breakthrough.

Murasakibara chose to break through with a steamroller and took the initiative to physically confront Fujima.

At the moment of contact, Fujima's expression changed, his steps staggered, and he almost lost his footing.

Even if he consciously intensified the confrontation, the weight of both parties was there, not to mention that Murasakibara was stronger than him.

Mu Mu took advantage of the situation to break through and rushed straight to the basket.

Kishimoto immediately realized Murasakibara's intention and rushed over to try to stop him.

Faced with Kishimoto's reinforcements, Murasakibara did not retreat at all and jumped up to meet Kishimoto.

Seeing Murasakibara jump, Kishimoto immediately raised his hands and jumped up as well.

However, Murasakibara did not choose to shoot, but instead deftly passed the ball under Kishimoto's armpit.

The basketball fell accurately into Naito's hands. After receiving the wonderful pass from Murasakibara, Naito immediately jumped up and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands.

Bang~
From Murasakibara's breakthrough to the wonderful pass, and then to Naito's dunk, the players' individual skills and the tacit cooperation between teammates were fully demonstrated. The whole process can be described as done in one go.

This score not only won the team valuable points, but also greatly boosted the team's morale.

Offense and defense transition!

Xiangyang served the ball quickly, and in just three seconds, all Xiangyang players crossed the half court.

They were like a group of well-trained soldiers, moving quickly and flexibly on the field while covering each other, with an invisible tacit understanding between them.

Whenever they have an opportunity, Fujima will capture it keenly and pass the ball immediately.

At this moment, Mu Mu suddenly took a step forward and used Death Coil.
Fujima hurriedly moved sideways to control the ball, but under the pressure of Murasakibara, he looked quite embarrassed.

"Confrontation is not enough!"

Fujima Shin thought to herself, and moved her hands quickly, trying her best to break through Murasakibara's defense.

He decided to further strengthen his confrontational capabilities after the county competition.

Seeing that Fujima was restricted, Nan Lie immediately stepped forward, and Fujima immediately passed the ball to Nan Lie hand to hand.

However, at this moment, Murasakibara immediately abandoned Fujima and double-teamed Nan Lie together with Mitsui.

Nan Lie was obviously startled and subconsciously tried to pull the ball to dodge, but it was too late.

slap~
Murasakibara completed the steal in an instant, then took off and rushed to the frontcourt with the ball.

"not good!"

Fujima quickly retreated and went after Muguro.

Before Fujima got close, Murasakibara passed the ball to Mitsui and then quickly rushed to the basket.

Outside the three-point line, Mitsui raised his hand to shoot.

Nan Lie immediately pounced on him, but unfortunately, it was a fake move by Mitsui.

Mitsui ducked to break through, then casually threw the ball into the basket.

With extreme reaction, Murasaki adjusted his position, jumped up, relayed the ball in the air, and slammed the ball into the basket.

Bang~
As the sound of the basketball hoop popping rang out again, the basketball hoop began to shake again.

Hua Hua Hua~
The audience watched with rapt attention, and then cheered for Xiangbei's wonderful performance.

Although Xiangbei was behind in the score, they often contributed dunks with great visual impact, which also made them very popular with the audience.

Soon, Xiangyang made a comeback.

This time, Huaxing immediately stepped forward to screen.

Fujima wanted to take the opportunity to break through, but Murasakibara got around Hanagata first and pounced on him again.

This caught Fujima off guard, but he stopped in time and immediately passed the ball to Kishimoto.

At this time, Kishimoto was using Nan Lie's cover to temporarily get away from Naito by one body length.

As soon as he received the basketball, Kishimoto immediately jumped up and shot.

Unfortunately, Naito used his powerful explosive power to jump up from the side and swung towards the basketball with his right hand.

Kishimoto was surprised, and in order to avoid being blocked by Naito, he quickly threw the ball out.

bang~
Because he shot too hastily, Kishimoto's power was not enough, and the basketball hit the front of the basket and quickly bounced out of the paint area.

Murasakibara quickly changed his position, stretched out his hands and caught the basketball that bounced towards him.

His backcourt rebounding attributes have reached top level, coupled with max reaction speed, so it's natural that he can do it.

Fujima immediately came up and suddenly slapped the basketball with his left hand.

Murasaki dribbled the ball with his back to the basket, avoiding Fujima's steal and completing a breakthrough.

The Xiangyang players were afraid that Xiangbei would break into a fast break again, so they hurried back to defense as quickly as possible.

However, Muguro only pretended to attack quickly, causing Shoyo to waste his energy.

Murasakibara slowly carried the ball across half court, watching his teammates get into position.

Fujima didn't dare to defend closely, and stood one step away, ready for battle.

The next moment, Murasakibara directly lofted the ball over Fujima's head.

Naito received the ball with his back to the basket and immediately started to post up.

Even though Naito's back-to-the-basket attack hasn't gotten very far, his powerful force can still make miracles happen.

bang~
Even though Kishimoto lowered his center of gravity, he still took two steps back, and felt a pain in his chest. Naito was 20 kilograms heavier than him, and was not in the same heavyweight class at all.

After knocking Kishimoto back, Naito turned around and rushed into the basket.

Bang~
Naito leaped up and slammed the ball into the basket again.

Under the light, Naito's big bald head shines brightly.

After landing, Naito immediately gave Kishimoto a ferocious smile.

"Kuya, this guy is too barbaric!"

Looking at Naito's back, Kishimoto had a bad feeling in his heart.

If Naito cannot be stopped from scoring, he will probably score a lot of points on his head.

Naito's body is so hot that Kishimoto is envious.

This is really a gift from God!

The game is still going on, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Xiangyang's offensive is obviously much slower than before, and it is difficult to form a powerful attack.

For a time, Xiangyang's scoring efficiency declined rapidly.

All this is mainly related to Mu Mu.

Under his impeccable defense, Fujima could hardly protect himself, let alone organize a powerful attack.

Unlike Shoyo, under the leadership of Murasakibara, Shohoku's offensive was like a tide, one wave after another, leaving no chance for the opponent to breathe.

Among them, Murasakibara gave a lot of ball rights to Akagi and Naito.

On the offensive end, Xiangbei has a clear advantage.

Although Hanagata and Kishimoto tried hard to defend, their disadvantage in confrontation was too great to form an effective defense.

In addition, Xiangbei's rebounding is clearly better than Shoyo's.

In addition to Akagi and Naito, Murasakibara also joined the ranks of fighting for rebounds.

Soon, Xiangbei launched a 12:3 wave and reversed the score in one fell swoop.

Beep~
It was only at this point that Coach Kitano had to call for a timeout.

If no timeout is called, Xiangyang may collapse early.

After the players left the field, Coach Kitano first gave some encouragement, then changed the subject and decided to speed up the game further and use offensive tactics.

Coach Kitano knew very well that Shoyo could not limit the performance of Shohoku.

This is also related to Shoyo's tactics. Shoyo, which mainly uses the bombardment tactics, focuses mostly on offense, and the defense can only be considered so-so.

What's more, with Xiangbei's advantage in the interior, Shoyo can't defend it either.

The best way to defeat Xiangbei is to attack.

In addition, try to protect the defensive rebounds as much as possible.

Just now, Xiangbei grabbed several offensive rebounds, which is one of the reasons why Xiangbei was able to quickly overtake.

Soon, the timeout ended and both sides returned to the court.

With the encouragement from Coach Kitano, Shoyo players regained their confidence.

The Shoyo team served the ball, Fujima quickly dribbled the ball across half court, and immediately passed the ball to Nan Lie for organization, while he took Murasakibara away.

Nan Lie quickly organized the team's offense. His organizational skills were clearly above average, especially his tacit understanding with Kishimoto.

He and Kishimoto grew up together, so there is no need to say much about their tacit understanding.

Different from before, Xiangyang players began to run tirelessly and increased their screening efforts.

In just two or three breaths, Kishimoto used Hanagata's cover to run out of the open space.

This time, he left Naito two and a half body lengths behind.

Nan Lie passed the ball at the right time and Kishimoto raised his hand to shoot.

As Naito rushed over, he immediately jumped up.

Unfortunately, Kishimoto didn't take the shot.

It was not until Naito jumped up that Kishimoto went to meet him.

slap~
Although Naito wanted to hide, it was too late.

After being hit on the arm by Naito, Kishimoto almost lost his balance, but still managed to throw the ball.

Beep~
The referee immediately blew the whistle and raised two fingers.

The basketball flew past the net and almost missed the shot.

"This guy is so strong!"

Looking at the clear slap mark on his arm, Kishimoto couldn't help but rub it, and then walked towards the free throw line.

At the free throw line, after taking a few shots, Kishimoto threw the ball out

bang~
Perhaps due to the influence of his arm, the first ball missed!

At the free throw line, Kishimoto adjusted himself and shot the second ball.

shuh~
This time, the basketball fell into the basket with a bump.

Call ~
Kishimoto breathed a sigh of relief, as he was really afraid of missing another shot.

Shoyo retreated very quickly, giving Shohoku no chance to fast break.

It was Shohoku's turn to attack again. Murasakibara dribbled the ball steadily across half court and then passed the ball to Naito again.

bang~
Naito knocked Kishimoto back again and turned around to rush to the basket.

Suddenly, he bumped into a figure.

bang~
Nan Lie was knocked almost off the ground with both his feet, and finally he fell to the ground with his buttocks.

Beep~
Re-examination.

Under Xiangyang's excited gaze, the referee called an offensive foul on him.

In fact, this ball can be called an offensive foul or a defensive foul.

It’s just that Nan Lie was hit pretty badly, and Naito was tall and strong with a fierce look, so the referee naturally tended to favor Nan Lie.

At the referee's signal, Naito could only raise his right hand unwillingly.

"Naito, be careful, they might be trying to make you commit a foul!"

When returning to defense, Murasakibara gave a timely reminder.

Naito has been playing basketball for less than half a year, so his competition experience can be said to be the least among the players on the field.

Competition experience needs to be accumulated and cannot be achieved overnight. Even Sakuragi had to start from the stage where he retired.

Unlike Naito and Sakuragi, he has not yet achieved the achievement of being ejected for five fouls.

As long as Naito is eliminated, Xiangbei's inside line will not only lose its advantage, but may even fall into a disadvantage.

In addition, Xiangyang team will not be at a disadvantage in rebounding.

Naito replied in a muffled voice: "Captain, I understand."

On the other side, Kishimoto pulled Nan Lie up from the ground and gave him a thumbs up.

"Nan Lie, well done, I didn't expect you to have such courage!"

"That guy is really strong. He almost knocked me to pieces. But he already has three fouls. We have to get him off the court as soon as possible."

Nan Lie smiled confidently.

He couldn't help but glance at Coach Kitano.

This is Coach Kitano's first season at Shoyo. In order to help Coach Kitano gain a foothold, he must defeat Shohoku and win the county championship.

Fujima also responded at the right time: "Let's all work together to get him out of the game!"

As long as Naito is not on the court, Shoyo's disadvantage in the interior will be turned into an advantage, especially in rebounding.

(End of this chapter)