Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

Chapter 177: Xiangbei vs. Midorikaze: Rukawa Kaede

"What's wrong with everyone? You are a team aiming to enter the national competition. Mike, what's wrong with you? You are a player who has received much attention from the NCAA. How can you be easily restrained by a red-haired boy? Don't just fight alone, otherwise you will be easily blocked by the Xiangbei players. You must trust your teammates. As for Minggao, how long are you going to make a fuss? The next game depends on you to guard the inside. We can't lose to Xiangbei's Akagi. Akagi is really strong. His power under the basket is probably unmatched in Kanagawa, but he is not so strong that you can't resist him. You also have your advantages. Use your advantages to deal with him. Show your best condition. Ebina, the offense will be organized by you. You have a heavy task. You must pass the ball to the teammate who has the most scoring opportunities. In a word, everyone should cooperate more." Coach Ofune hurriedly arranged tactics.

"Haha, everyone did a great job, keep it up. Green Wind probably won't play like this next time. They will either cooperate with each other or shift the focus of the attack. Then Rukawa will join the offense. Kiyota-san, since you have always wanted to defeat Rukawa, I will give you a chance this time. You will replace Hasegawa and defend Rukawa." Coach Anzai made arrangements.

"Please rest assured, coach. I will definitely defend Rukawa Kaede." Kiyota Nobunaga responded solemnly

After the timeout, Ebina organized the offense and handed the ball to Mike as usual. Mike played against Sakuragi, but Sakuragi succeeded in defense continuously and was very excited. Mike couldn't break through Sakuragi's defense for a while. Then a figure appeared. "Give me the ball." Mike looked at the person who came. It was Rukawa. In fact, Mike's personality made him get along well with the Green Wind players in just a few days after returning. Except for Rukawa, Rukawa was too cold and too self-centered. He didn't like to communicate with his teammates. He was usually taciturn. Except for burying his head in training, he basically didn't say much. Mike tried to approach him, but Rukawa ignored her, which made Mike unhappy. However, no matter how unhappy he was, Mike still knew the priorities. For the sake of the overall situation, he gave the ball to Rukawa.

It must be said that Mike is worthy of playing basketball in the United States for many years, and his passing skills are also excellent. When the basketball flew out, it was ahead of time, and Rukawa had just sprinted to the baseline and the ball fell comfortably into his hands.

"Come on, Rukawa!" Although Rukawa was very fast, Kiyota had already noticed Rukawa and was also fast, so he followed him completely.

Rukawa faked twice, but Kiyota remained unmoved. "Put away your clumsy fake moves, I won't fall for it," Kiyota said.

"So nagging!" Rukawa raised his hands, bent his knees, and prepared to shoot.

"Want to shoot in front of my Kiyota?! How naive!" Kiyota jumped up with a "whoosh". One has to admit that Kiyota has a good physique. He jumped so high. Although he was nearly ten centimeters shorter than Rukawa, if Rukawa took a shot, he would definitely be blocked.

But, Kiyota, who was in mid-air, was dumbfounded, because, he did jump up, but Rukawa...didn't jump at all, this shot was a fake move.

When Kiyota fell from the air with his hands and feet dancing, Rukawa...had already made a safe shot into the basket.

"Hmm..." Seeing his "apprentice" being fooled, Mitsui shook his head, smiled and scratched his ear with his little finger, "Kiyota is still too impatient."

"The red-haired monkey is right, Rukawa Kaede is too cunning, he is simply a fox." Kiyota was very angry after being fooled.

"It's okay, Kiyota, hit him back. This ball is for you, you must seize the opportunity," Mito Yohei said as he walked over.

"Ok, I'll fight him back." Qingtian's fighting spirit was also burning.

Mito Yohei brought the ball to the front court, and after a cross screen with Kiyota Nobunaga, Kiyota came to the top of the three-point arc. Mito Yohei passed the ball to Kiyota Nobunaga, and the defender in front of him was Rukawa Kaede

"You don't have a long shot, just break through." Rukawa took a big step back, lowered his center of gravity, and strictly prevented Kiyota Nobunaga from breaking through.

"Who said I don't have a long shot?" Kiyota Nobunaga smiled. Jump and shoot

"What?!" Kiyota Nobunaga's confident shot made Rukawa Kaede feel something was wrong. He quickly turned around and "Swish!" The ball went into the net.

"Don't underestimate me, Rukawa Kaede," Kiyota said to Rukawa Kaede while flexing his wrist.

"This guy has improved a lot in shooting." Rukawa looked at Kiyota with a little surprise. In fact, what he didn't know was that Kiyota's three-point shooting percentage was not very high. Mitsui just asked him to practice a few shooting areas he was good at first, so Kiyota mainly practiced the three-point shooting facing the basket and two 45-degree angles. If he was defended, his shooting percentage would not be too high, but if he was left open, Kiyota would not be polite.

"Give me the ball," Rukawa ran to Ebina and whispered when serving the ball from the baseline. Ebina nodded. Although Rukawa rarely communicated with his teammates, his offensive ability still impressed Ebina. When he got to the frontcourt, Ebina passed the ball to him with a bounce pass. Rukawa held the ball. Kiyota was well prepared and immediately came up to him. Rukawa kept watching Kiyota with his peripheral vision, and the moment he came up to him, he suddenly turned around and shot a jump shot.

"Is it a shot?!" Qingtian was stunned. He could no longer stop Rukawa from shooting. He could only watch the basketball pass through his opponent's fingertips and slowly fly towards the basket. "Swish!" The shot hit

Mito Yohei dribbled the ball to the front court, turned sideways, used his shoulder to block Ebina who came to steal the ball, grabbed the ball with both hands, swung his elbows back and forth in front of Ebina's eyes twice, and saw that Ebina was forced away. Then he threw the basketball to Kiyota who was cutting inside very steadily. "Come on, Rukawa, let's have another match!" Looking at Rukawa who was so close, he lowered his center of gravity and dribbled the ball back and forth between his legs. Suddenly, while dribbling the ball from his left hand, he shifted his center of gravity to his left foot, made a gesture of protecting the ball with his right hand, held the ball with his left hand, and looked towards the basket.

"It's a shot," Rukawa judged. Just now, Kiyota made a long shot, which made him dare not be careless, and he immediately raised his hand to block it. "What?" Rukawa's eyes narrowed. Kiyota did not shoot, but changed direction from left hand to right hand, accelerated and broke through, and scored a layup.

"Well done, Kiyota," Mitsui applauded from the audience, "Not bad, you learned this Buddhist worship move very well," Murasakibara also nodded.

"Kiyoda Nobunaga, I really underestimated you." After being scored by Kiyoda Nobunaga twice in a row, Rukawa's eyes became cold and he went to the front court. After receiving the pass, Rukawa's momentum was shaken, and after a short pause, he ran towards Kiyoda.

"Come on." Kiyota didn't hesitate and immediately adjusted his defensive posture. He continued to attack in front of Rukawa. Kiyota was also full of confidence to defend Rukawa. At this time, Rukawa suddenly took a cross step and leaned his body in Kiyota's arms. Then he ran a few steps towards the basket. "You are too naive, Rukawa." Kiyota moved sideways to block Rukawa's breakthrough route, and Rukawa stopped suddenly. He was about to force a layup, and Kiyota didn't have time to think about it, and blocked Rukawa's shooting route.

"Oh no!" But when Qingtian's feet left the ground, he knew it was bad. Rukawa Kaede lowered his center of gravity. Then he turned around with his right foot as the axis. He avoided Qingtian's block, then reversed the layup and scored the ball.

After Kiyota got the ball, he dribbled with his back to Kiyota. Rukawa Kaede's whole body was completely pressed against Kiyota's back, blocking him tightly. He didn't want to be hit by Kiyota again. Kiyota also felt the pressure from Rukawa Kaede at this moment, but Kiyota also suddenly resisted Rukawa Kaede's force, turned around and broke through to make a layup. This time, he was very fast and directly shook off Rukawa Kaede. When he reached the basket, Kiyota made a layup. But this time, a black shadow attacked from behind, and his fingertips touched the basketball. It was Rukawa Kaede who was chasing back quickly. The ball was taken by Minggao, and Green Wind counterattacked.

"Damn it, he still has the physical advantage, otherwise the ball would have gone in," Qingtian returned to defense somewhat unconvinced.

This time, Rukawa dribbled past Kiyota, and when Kiyota came close, he suddenly stopped, then sped up, pulled back, took a step back, jumped up and shot. "Swish!" The basketball fell into the basket. All four attacks were successful. Rukawa Kaede deserves to be the MVP player of junior high school!