Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 48 The Most Competitive Era in History
Mitsui stared at Mugure with suspicion and continued, "During the team practice match a month ago, you must have hidden your strength!"

Mu Mu spread his hands helplessly: "Mitsui, I didn't hide my strength at that time. If you don't believe me, you can ask Akagi!"

Mitsui frowned, his eyes filled with disbelief, unable to accept this fact at all.

In just one month, Murasakibara has made such amazing progress.

How can this be?

He still remembered the team practice match a month ago. At that time, Murasakibara performed very poorly. Even in a weak team like Shohoku, he did not reach the starting level.

In the game just now, Murasakibara's jump shot, breakthrough and even defense were all eye-catching. He scored 36 points. Can you believe it?
If the previous two games are counted, Murasakibara can compete for the scoring title in the county tournament.

"Mitsui, this may be the power of belief, and it also has something to do with my hard work in training every day!"

Murasakibara did not lie, his current achievements are all due to his own efforts!

His panel isn't dark blue, so he can't add points. This is entirely the result of his hard training.

“The power of belief!”

Mitsui looked thoughtful.

Murasakibara didn't bother to pay attention to Mitsui and continued watching the game.

After Kogure left the court, Miuradai gradually turned the situation around.

Their attack was swift and they completely controlled the tempo on the court, almost suffocating the Xiangbei team.

Despite this, as long as Akagi is in the three-second zone, the scoring efficiency of the Miura team will not be very high.

However, the Xiangbei team's offense seemed to be out of its element.

In terms of individual strength or coordination, the Xiangbei players on the field are not as good as Miuradai.

Under Miuradai's tight defense, the Shohoku team struggled on the offensive end, like squeezing toothpaste. Compared with the team before Murasakibara left the court, they were like two different teams.

After Murasakibara left the court, Shohoku's biggest problem was attributed to the lack of an ace player who could make the final decision.

Even so, it is almost only theoretically possible for Miuradai to recover more than 20 points within five minutes.

Because Miuradai also lacks an ace player who can make the final decision!

Although Shinichi Yano is one of the three major centers in Kanagawa, he is mainly known for his defense and his offense is limited to the basket.

This is just like Yuzumi. If he just bullies the weak, Shinichi Yano can get a lot of points.

Unfortunately, his opponent was Akagi, and his scoring efficiency declined significantly.

Soon, the time came to the last minute and Xiangbei still had an advantage of more than ten points.

With the pace of college basketball, there is no possibility of turning defeat into victory in this short period of time, even if McGrady comes.

Seeing that there was no way to turn the situation around, coach Miuradai had to replace the main players.

Not surprisingly, the Xiangbei team won the game.

After defeating Miuradai, the Xiangbei team successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the county competition.

This is also the best result of the Xiangbei team in recent years!
In the audience seats, the Watanabe brothers looked at the celebrating Shohoku team with serious expressions.

Originally, they came to observe Miuradai's strength, but the Shohoku team emerged as a dark horse and showed a stronger strength than Miuradai.

Watanabe Masao sighed lightly, with bitterness in his voice: "Oh, I didn't expect that the Xiangbei team has such an excellent player!"

Watanabe Masayasu feels the same way: "If our Buri has such outstanding freshmen, we can definitely make it to the national competition this year."

"I heard that the Xiangbei team still has the junior high school MVP Mitsui Shou, but due to injury, he is temporarily unable to participate. Otherwise, the Xiangbei team will be even stronger!"

There was undisguised envy in Watanabe Masao's voice.

If we include Akagi, the unknown Shohoku team suddenly had three such outstanding freshmen, while they had no one in Buri. Imamura?

Compared with these three, he is not even on the same level as these three players.

"Oh, there's nothing we can do about it."

Watanabe Masayasu sighed. It was obvious that both brothers were very strong and could be ranked among the best in the country.

Unfortunately, they were in Kanagawa, where the competition was the most intense, and their luck was not very good, so they missed the national competition every year.

This year is their last year and their last chance, but the situation is not optimistic for them.

Their main competitors, Hainan High School and Xiangyang, have been strengthened, but Buri remains the same.

Now the dark horse Shohoku has emerged. This year's Kanagawa Prefecture competition is probably the most competitive in history.

While the Watanabe brothers were sighing, Kogure Mitsunobu came to his parents.

Mugure Sasuke patted Mugure's shoulder vigorously and said with satisfaction: "Gong Yan, I was right about you. Your hard work and persistence make me very proud."

Hearing his father's praise, Murasaki's heart was filled with gratitude and joy.

If his father hadn't taken a month's sick leave for him, Murasakibara wouldn't have made such great progress and might have lost the game today.

On the side, Mugure Aoi looked at Mugure tenderly and said softly: "Gong Yan, we still have to go back to prepare lunch, remember to go home early to eat."

Mu Mu nodded and said goodbye to his parents.

Suddenly, Murasaki discovered a familiar figure, it was the core of Wuyuan - Kusanagi Shibune!
Apparently, Kusanagi Shibaune was also there watching the game.

"Kusanagi-senpai!"

Murasaki called out to Kusanagi Shibune who was about to leave.

Kusanagi Shibune turned around and when he found out it was Murasakibara, he couldn't help but reveal a complicated look.

"Mumu, I didn't expect you to be so strong."

There was a strong resentment in Kusanagi Shibune's voice.

In the match between Shohoku and Takezono, Murasakibara failed to show his strength and he felt that his team was underestimated by the opponent.

"Senior, this is the coach's arrangement. As a player, I must obey the coach's tactical arrangement."

Murasakibara sold Coach Anzai with a clear conscience.

The reason why Coach Anxi asked him to hide his strength was to catch his opponent off guard at the critical moment.

This is also the main reason for Miuradai's failure. If Murasakibara had not hidden his strength, Miuradai would most likely have made targeted deployments before the game.

"It's not your fault. It's our Wuyuan's fault for being too weak!"

Kusanagi Shibaune's brows gradually relaxed and he patted Murasaki's shoulder, trying to hide his inner loss.

"Senior, are you available now? I want to ask you for some tips on ground passes."

Murasaki made his request without any concealment.

"Convenient, I'm free now!"

Kusanagi Shibune readily agreed, but he went on to say, "However, I also hope you can teach me the pull-up jump shot. I've been practicing this technique recently, but I just can't get the hang of it."

"Then it's decided!"

Kusanagi Shibaune's proposal was exactly what Kogure wanted. After all, he didn't like to owe favors to others.

(End of this chapter)