Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 47 Brazilian Banana
Call ~
Shinichi Yano took a deep breath and tried to calm himself down.

After all, he is a third-year student, the captain and core of the team, with a high IQ. His ability to adjust his mentality is far beyond that of ordinary players.

"The key issue is how to limit Kogure Konobu's performance?"

Shinichi Yano's eyes fell on Murasakibara. Except for Murasakibara, the other players of Murasakibara had no advantages at all.

It was also under the leadership of Murasakibara that Shohoku was able to suppress Miuradai.

beep~
At the signal of Shinichi Yano, Miuradai requested a timeout.

On the Miuradai bench, after communicating with Shinichi Yano, the Miuradai coach said to Sato Akikawa, "Sato, in the next game, you will be responsible for defending Murasaki!"

His words revealed his trust in Sato Akikawa. Compared with Sakamoto Kintoki, Sato Akikawa not only has better physical fitness, but also has more mature defensive skills.

"Yes, coach!"

Sato Akikawa nodded solemnly, indicating that he was ready.

Coach Miuradai picked up the tactical board again and quickly wrote and drew on it: "Everyone, we also need to increase running and screening on the offensive end to improve our offensive efficiency."

He pointed to several routes on the tactical board and introduced the tactical arrangements in detail.

Soon, the pause is over!
The two sides took to the court again and Miuradai launched an attack.

This time, the Miuratai players were much more active and obviously increased their running and cooperation.

Soon, Ohashi Hiroaki ran out of the open space.

Sato Akikawa immediately passed the ball, and Ohashi Hiroaki caught the ball and shot.

As a small forward, Hiroaki Ohashi has the ability to make open mid-range shots, but his shooting hotspot is close to the three-second zone.

In order to prevent Akagi from interfering with Hiroaki Ohashi's shot, Shinichi Yano had to entangle Akagi.

shuh~
Ohashi Hiroaki seized the opportunity and scored the goal.

Call ~
For a moment, all the Miuratai players breathed a sigh of relief!

Offense and defense transition!

After arriving at the frontcourt, Muguro found Sato Akikawa standing in front of him.

Nobuhiko Okamoto dribbled the ball across half court and passed it to Murasakibara again.

Now Murasakibara is like the Lakers' Milan blacksmith, while Nobuhiko Okamoto plays the role of a 'small fish'.

Murasakibara had some understanding of Sato Akikawa's defensive ability in previous games.

Sato Akikawa's physical fitness is slightly inferior to Murasame's, but he is a third-year player and is superior to Murasame in both defensive skills and experience.

This is undoubtedly a tough guy!

Murasaki did not attack immediately, but looked up at Akagi.

Murasaki: Follow my instructions!
Akagi understood what he meant and stepped forward to screen for Murasakibara.

Under Akagi's high-quality cover, Murasakibara easily got rid of Sato Akikawa.

Shinichi Yano had no choice but to switch defense, fighting and retreating, always keeping two steps away from Murasakibara.

With Shinichi Yano's height and wingspan, even if he is two steps away, he can still interfere with Murasakibara's shot to a certain extent.

Murasakibara held the ball and looked at Shinichi Yano. The next moment, he jumped up and threw the ball.

Shinichi Yano jumped up quickly, but Murasakibara obviously raised the height of his attack.

He didn't shoot at all, he passed the ball!

Bang~
As soon as Shinichi Yano landed on the ground, he heard the sound of a basket popping up behind him. He turned around and found Akagi hanging on the basket.

This is exactly the connection between Mu Gu and Akagi!
During the three years at Beicun Middle School, the two had a good understanding of each other and cooperated well.

"Nervous!"

Shinichi Yano frowned, but for a moment, he couldn't think of a way to restrict it.

After switching defense, as long as Murasakibara passes the ball to Akagi who cuts into the basket, Sato Akikawa cannot limit Akagi's performance.

Without switching defense, Mu Mu can shoot directly. This is the classic pick-and-roll tactic!

The game continued. Although Miuradai's offensive efficiency improved, its hit rate remained at around 40%.

On the other hand, with the cooperation of Murasakibara and Akagi, the hit rate of the Xiangbei team has always remained above 50%.

As time slowly passed, the gap between the two sides began to widen further.

In order to limit the performance of the Xiangbei team, Miuradai's defensive actions began to become more and more aggressive.

They used various means, from small movements to tough physical collisions, and occasionally some rough movements, trying to put psychological pressure on the Xiangbei team, disrupt the Xiangbei team's offensive rhythm, and thus reduce their scoring efficiency.

Unfortunately, the referee's enforcement standards in this game were not lenient. In order to avoid another power-grabbing foul, the referee's control over the game became stricter than usual.

Therefore, as long as the player makes a big move, the referee will immediately blow the whistle and make a quick and accurate judgment on every foul.

So, Miuratai is in trouble!
With fouls committed again and again, the Miuratai players lost the rhythm of the game.

They found themselves in an awkward situation. Their tough defense not only failed to limit the Shohoku team's scoring, but instead got themselves into foul trouble.

They began to hesitate and their movements were no longer as rough as before.

The Xiangbei team seized the opportunity and took advantage of the opponent's mistakes and free throws to further widen the score.

Coach Miuradai had to call a timeout again, but it seemed too late.

The situation on the field did not change at all because of Miuradai's timeout.

With the cooperation of Murasakibara and Akagi, the Shohoku team firmly held the initiative on the court and continued to expand their score advantage.

Shinichi Yano is still holding on, but his persistence has not brought the team any hope of victory.

When there were five minutes left in the game, Coach Anzai waved his hand and took the initiative to replace Murasakibara.

At this point, the Xiangbei team had established an advantage of more than 20 points, and in this slow-paced era, victory was basically guaranteed.

In addition, it is also related to Murasakibara's physical depletion.

In this game, Murasakibara had to play both the role of father and mother, which consumed a lot of physical energy.

His current physical attribute is less than 80, and he still has a long way to go if he wants to become a physical monster like Sakuragi.

Murasakibara returned to the bench and took out a banana from the cardboard box beside him.

This was naturally another masterpiece of Mitsui. He seemed to be in conflict with Akagi, so he bought another box of bananas.

I heard that this is a banana produced in Brazil and is the favorite of apes.

However, bananas do have great benefits for athletes and can even be called "energy bars" on the sports field.

In intense sports competitions, athletes can often be seen eating bananas during breaks.

There are probably four reasons for this.

1. Supplement carbohydrates to help athletes maintain good competitive state.

Second, supplement potassium to ensure that athletes can perform at their highest level consistently and stably.

Third, it is easy to eat. Bananas are soft and easy to chew and digest, and will not cause gastrointestinal discomfort during the game.

Fourth, bananas can also relieve stress and anxiety.

Mitsui was sitting in the audience at the back and couldn't help but ask Mugure: "Mugure, how did you become so strong?"

"Mitsui, you also know that I scored 36 points!"

Mu Mu answered the question irrelevantly.

Mitsui couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Mu Mu and said unhappily, "Not only do I know you scored 36 points, I also know you got 7 assists, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, and 1 turnover. Stop talking!"

"Great! You've learned how to answer quickly!"

Murasakibara gave a thumbs up, and Mitsui even recorded the number of his mistakes. Isn't this true love?

(End of this chapter)