Chapter 173 Battle 3 Putai (3)
Chapter 173 Battle 3 Putai (3)
"Hahahahahaha..." Thinking of Murasame's dirty look when he left the court, the players of the Xiangbei team all laughed heartily.
"Kuromuro is right. We can't be easily provoked by Miuradai. You have seen what will happen if we lose our composure due to provocation," Akagi said to the three first-year students, actually he was speaking to Kiyota and Sakuragi.
"Yes, Captain." The three first-year students nodded.
"Very good, Sakuragi, Fukuda, Katsumi, Kiyota, and Yohei." Coach Anzai said with a smile, "You can play after the second half starts."
"Coach, should we let them play at the beginning of the second half? I feel it's a little early. I think it's better to send them on one by one, which will be safer." Although the team was leading by 20 points at halftime, Akagi still felt it was not safe.
"Oh, Akagi-san, I understand your feelings, but you also have to believe in your teammates. Playing one game in adversity is better than playing ten games in prosperity. They will eventually grow up. And do you hope to see that after you graduate, Xiangbei will be lacking young talents and its performance will plummet?"
"I don't want to" Akagi shook his head
"So you have to fully trust your teammates. I believe that they will not only not let Miuradai narrow the gap, but will even widen the gap. What do you think?" Coach Anzai said to the Shohoku players who were about to play.
"will not!"
"If the score difference is narrowed at the end, how about you double your training?"
"We will never let a team like Miuradai narrow the gap"
"Okay, get ready to go on stage."
At the beginning of the second half, Miuradai was so angry when he saw the lineup of Xiangbei. "With you guys, I can make up the difference in 5 minutes," said Murasame who came back on the court. "It will become garbage time in 5 minutes," Sakuragi replied unceremoniously.
The two teams jumped the ball. Sakuragi was the first to touch the basketball with a palm's height advantage. Kiyota caught the ball and passed it to Yohei. "We scored first."
"This red-haired boy jumps so high," Kawasaki was secretly shocked.
"First-year boy, don't even think about getting through my defense," Araki said arrogantly while looking at Yohei in front of him, but he was soon slapped in the face by Mito Yohei. Mito Yohei broke through Araki's defense with a simple change of direction, and passed the ball to Fukuda before Murasame could assist in defense, and Fukuda succeeded in the attack.
"I was careless." Araki got the ball in the backcourt, and just after dribbling the ball, he found Yohei approaching, so he moved sideways to protect the ball and slowly moved forward. Yohei deliberately put the center of defense on the left, leaving his right side empty.
"He is a freshman after all, and he doesn't have enough defensive experience." Araki thought he had a chance and rushed to the right. As expected, he made it past the defense. However, he found that the basketball in his hand was gone. He turned around and saw that Mito Yohei had reached the empty basket. A small figure made a layup and put the ball into the basket.
"Araki, what are you doing? Your defense was broken through and the ball was stolen on offense." The coach of Miuradai was very dissatisfied.
This time, Araki avoided Yohei's defense under the cover of Murasame. Seeing them like this, Yohei gave up pressing and retreated to his own half to defend.
When Murasame got to the frontcourt, he saw that Fukuda was too close to him and he had no chance to shoot. He passed the ball back to Araki and set a screen for Araki. Araki changed direction and used the screen to rush inside. After Fukuda came to defend, he passed the ball from behind and the ball returned to Murasame. Murasame did not hesitate and shot from the free throw line. The ball went in.
"Come on!" Mito Yohei dribbled the ball to the front court. This time, Araki became cautious and made the most standard defensive move. "Don't think about breaking through me this time."
"Really?" Mito Yohei smiled coldly, patted the basketball directly, took a step forward with his left leg, and pretended to break through. Araki quickly slid to get close to him, Mito Yohei turned around, passed the ball to his right hand, and easily broke through Araki.
"Not good!" Araki turned around and chased after him. At this time, Kawasaki, who was defending Sakuragi, let go of Sakuragi and rushed to the basket to block Mito Yohei.
"Sakuragi!" Yohei saw Kawasaki coming and pretended to pass the ball. Kawasaki was startled and stepped back, but he found that the ball was not in Sakuragi's hands. Mito Yohei faked a layup and scored another two points.
Miuradai attacks, and Murasame singles out Fukuda, but at this time Fukuda is no longer like in the original, and his defense is full of loopholes. Murasame cannot break through Fukuda's defense
"Murasame" Takatsuhiro signals for the ball
"It's an opportunity. The long-haired kid facing Gao Jin looks less than 1.8 meters tall. Gao Jin has a chance to shoot a three-pointer to narrow the gap." Murasame passed the ball to Gao Jin, who shot a three-pointer. "What? How can this kid jump so high?"
"Pah!" Qingtian jumped up and gave Gao Jin a big hot pot. "Don't think that just because I'm shorter than you, you can do whatever you want in front of me!" Qingtian yelled after completing the block.
"Nice block, Kiyota" Katsumi picked up the ball, Kiyota blocked it and ran forward. "Go, Kiyota" Katsumi made a long pass. Kiyota dunked.
"Damn it, how could we lose to a bunch of first and second graders like this?" Murasame was unwilling to accept this. He didn't want his last summer to end like this. "Everyone, cheer up. Have you forgotten our hard training this year? Don't let these juniors from Xiangbei look down on us."
"Good!" It has to be said that although Murasame has many shortcomings, he is still very competent as a captain.
This time, Murasame played against Fukuda with his back to the basket. The continuous changes in his footwork made it difficult for Fukuda to cope with it. Sakuragi stepped forward, ready to assist in defending Murasame, but unexpectedly, Murasame made a wonderful pass to Kawasaki under the basket. Sakuragi was unable to catch up, and Kawasaki succeeded in the attack.
Yohei successfully broke through Araki this time, but Takatsu and Miyamoto suddenly double-teamed Yohei from the left and right. Yohei was startled and immediately passed the ball to Katsumi who was left open, but a hand appeared in front of Katsumi and Murasame stole the ball. Fast break dunk
Then he and Araki pressed Yohei in the backcourt of Shohoku, and while the referee was not paying attention, he secretly made a small move to steal the ball from Yohei's hands and scored another two points!
"Although Murasame is a very annoying guy, his fighting spirit is truly admirable." Yuzhu couldn't help but think of last year's game. At the final stage of the game, the third-year seniors of Miuradai had already given up the game, and only Murasame was still fighting.
"Damn it, don't underestimate us, you can't close the gap." Murasame's series of performances also ignited Xiangbei's fighting spirit. This time, the Miuratai players used a trick to steal the ball from Xiangbei players again. Murasame shot, Fukuda and Sakuragi jumped at the same time. Murasame was surprised to find that he had no chance to shoot. Once he shot, he would be blocked. He had to pass the ball to Araki in the air. Araki was about to catch the ball when a gust of wind passed by. When he looked again, the ball was gone.
"Yohei" Sakuragi saw that Yohei had successfully stolen the ball and immediately ran. Mito Yohei passed the ball to Sakuragi without hesitation. "I'm going to defend your ball" Murasame also chased back
Sakuragi dribbled the ball, but his speed was not as fast as Murasame's sprinting. Seeing Murasame had returned to the basket and stood in position, Sakuragi was not anxious, but very excited. One step past the free throw line, Sakuragi held the ball with one hand, and glided towards the basket as if flying.
"First-year boy! Stop being naive!" Murasame jumped high and blocked the basket with both hands.
"So beautiful!" Since the moment Sakuragi jumped, everyone in the gym couldn't help but have this thought as they watched Sakuragi gliding.
"Does this scene look familiar? No..." Mumu suddenly remembered the scene in the comics. He couldn't help but stand up and shout, "Be careful!" I don't know if he was telling Sakuragi to be careful or Murasame to be careful. Maybe Sakuragi would hit Murasame unconscious with a ball just like in the comics.
Sakuragi and Murasame collided fiercely, "Hey!" Sakuragi straightened his waist and paused in the air. Murasame had already started to fall. Sakuragi slammed the basketball in his hand into the basket. After Murasame landed, he took two steps back and sat on the ground.
"Oh!"
This time Sakuragi did not mess up, with a beautiful slam dunk. Grabbing the basket with one hand, Sakuragi looked coldly at the fallen Murasame.
The stadium suddenly became quiet, but soon became noisy
"Sakuragi, you are awesome!" Haruko clapped her hands vigorously
"So handsome, Sakuragi!" All the Xiangbei players present came over to cheer for Sakuragi.
"Oh...hehehe!" Coach Anxi smiled more like Maitreya Buddha.
"Hahahaha, I'm a talented basketball player!" Sakuragi put his hands on his hips and laughed out loud.
"Beep!" At this moment, a whistle interrupted everyone's celebration.
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