Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

At eight o'clock the next day, the Xiangbei players showed up in the gymnasium on time for training, trying to get a feel for the game.

"Mitsui's three-point shooting is so accurate. He has played so many games in a row without being affected by his physical condition at all." Seeing Mitsui frequently hit three-pointers, Xiangbei's reserve players were amazed

"Your senior Mitsui has achieved what he has today after years of hard training. As long as you practice hard, you will reach Mitsui's level." Mu Mu heard this and said to the reserve players. After that, he also shot a three-pointer. In a moment, the basketball went into the net. "When I first started playing basketball, my shooting percentage was terrible, and I didn't have enough physical strength. I ran out of energy after shooting dozens of balls. But after practice, my three-point shooting percentage is not bad either."

"Yes, Senior Murasaki's three-point shooting is also very accurate," said Sasaoka

"Now that I think about it, there are many three-point shooters in our team, Mitsui senior, Mugure senior, Hasegawa senior, Katsumi senior, Konoha senior, and even Kiyota has the ability to shoot three-pointers in certain areas. I wonder who is the three-point king of our Xiangbei team."

"Oh? Kuwata-san's question is interesting. Why don't we have a three-point contest? It can be regarded as a warm-up before the game to get a feel for it. How about that?" Mu Mu heard Kuwata's words and his heart moved.

So he immediately smiled and said, "Since everyone is curious, how about we have a three-point shooting contest?"

Mitsui: "Three-point shooting contest? It sounds like a lot of fun. I agree!"

“Interesting, I want to join too.”

In this way, in the end, seven forward and guard players of Xiangbei, including Mitsui, Kogure, Hasegawa, Katsumi, Konosuba, Kiyota and Yohei, all participated in the competition. The time limit was 90 seconds. They had to shoot 5 balls at each of the five points divided into four parts of the three-point arc, for a total of 25 balls. The ranking was based on the number of goals, and the winner was determined in one round.

This is the competition system designed by Murasakibara for this competition. It was based on the NBA All-Star Weekend Three-Point Contest, and of course the difficulty was reduced a bit, such as increasing the time by 30 seconds.

However, in order to increase suspense, the competition will be held in two rounds, just like the NBA system, and the top three in the first round will compete in another round of finals.

The seven people drew lots to decide the order of appearance. As a result, Yueyue was drawn to appear first. I don't know whether to say he was lucky or unlucky. After him, the order of appearance of the remaining seven people was: Katsumi was second, Mugure was third, Kiyota was fourth, and then Mitsui, Hasegawa and Mito Yohei were

Nakajima acted as the referee, Akagi and Horita were responsible for scoring, and the match was about to begin.

"What are you doing?" Aida Yan from Ryonan passed by the gymnasium and saw this scene.

"Aida-san, we are going to have a three-point contest. First, it's for entertainment, and second, it's to get our shooting feel right." Mugure replied

"Interesting." Yan Yi ran to a nearby telephone booth and called his teammates, "Captain Yuzhu, the Xiangbei team is training. They are going to have a three-point contest. If you are interested, you can come and watch." After the call, Yan Yi returned to the Xiangbei training hall to watch

Yueyue walked to the baseline, took a deep breath, then nodded to Nakajima, indicating that he was ready.

Nakajima blew the whistle, Yueyue grabbed the basketball from the rack beside him, took careful aim, jumped, and threw the ball.

After the first ball went in, Yueyue immediately grabbed the second ball and shot it out in the same rhythm as the first ball, but this time, the basketball hit the basket and bounced out.

Yueyue didn't have time to sigh, he carefully adjusted the third ball and made it in. But the fourth ball hit the neck of the basket and started to bounce around the rim, but it neither went in nor came out. Yueyue saw that there was no time to waste, so he had to throw the fifth ball. As a result, the fifth ball didn't go in, but it just happened to hit the fourth ball, which was still spinning, in.

The first point scored three goals, which was actually a pretty good result, but then Nakajima started to announce the time as usual: "23 seconds."

The first point took 23 seconds, and there were five points in total, only 90 seconds!

Yueyue was a little panicked. He tried to increase his speed, but the result was only a pitiful 5 out of 1 at the second point!

The third point is at the top of the three-point arc, facing the basket. For most people, this is also the position with the highest hit rate. Yueyue calmed down and slowed down the pace slightly, shooting 5 out of 4 at this point.

But then, because he had wasted too much time in the previous points, he only had 32 seconds left for the last two points. In a panic, he only shot 10 out of 4 in the last two points.

The final result of the cross country event was that all 25 balls were thrown and 12 balls were hit.

The second player to appear was Kemei. After 90 seconds, although Kemei still had 3 balls left to throw, he still managed to score 15 goals, which was a very good result.

"Kumei, your shot is pretty steady, but you need to speed up your shooting frequency in the future. You won't have much time to adjust your hand shape during the game." Mitsui gave guidance to his junior.

"I understand, Mitsui-senpai, I will practice on my shooting speed."

"It's my turn" The next one to appear is Mu Mu

"Hey, Muguruma-senpai's shooting posture is a little different from usual. He didn't jump up to shoot, and his posture is a bit like a woman's shooting." Kiyota discovered the clue

"Is this... tiptoe shot?" As a three-point shooter, Mitsui is obviously well-informed and can see through Murasakibara's shooting method. "This kind of shooting does not require you to jump very high. As long as you tiptoe, you can shoot directly. Although the shooting posture is not good-looking, the shooting speed is very fast. After all, you don't need to be very high. The rhythm of the traditional jump shot is completely different."

As a result, after 81 seconds, Mu Mu finished shooting 25 balls and hit 17 balls.

The next player to appear was Kiyota. However, as mentioned above, Kiyota was only accurate in long shots in a specific area. Moreover, this time-limited game was obviously not suitable for him. As a result, after 90 seconds, he not only had 5 balls left to shoot, but also only scored 5 goals. Kiyota needs to practice harder.

Next up is Mitsui

The whistle blows.

Mitsui leaned over and grabbed the basketball on the rack beside him. After a slight adjustment, he threw the ball out. The ball went in. Then the second ball, the third ball... His movements were not urgent. He even looked very relaxed. Even the height of his jump was very low, as if he didn't use any strength. However, this was only on the surface. The most important point was that Mitsui's shooting rhythm was always consistent. Even when a ball missed, he only made slight adjustments, which were almost invisible. Occasionally, when the basketball kept spinning on the basket, he would even throw the next ball. He would rather use one more ball to knock the previous ball away than disrupt his rhythm.

In the 77th second, Mitsui threw the last ball and hit it cleanly.

He made 25 of 19 shots, and the missed shots were evenly distributed. Hidden behind this is his strong control over rhythm and ability to adjust himself.

The crowd cheered loudly. He is indeed the best shooter in Kanagawa, no, he should be the best shooter in the country. After Mitsui finished shooting, the players on the scene applauded Mitsui without any prior agreement.

Hasegawa, who played next, shot 25 out of 15, which is also a respectable hit rate.

The last player to appear was Mito Yohei. In fact, Mito Yohei rarely shot three-pointers in the game. Although it doesn't mean that he can't shoot, it's obvious that three-pointers are not his main means of attack. In the end, after 90 seconds, Mito Yohei shot 20 balls and made 6 of them, which was only slightly better than Kiyota Nobunaga. "Alas... After the finals, we have to train these two guys well, otherwise after we graduate, Xiangbei's outside line will be without lethality." Seeing the eye-catching performance of the first-year juniors, Mitsui shook his head helplessly.

"Well, they must be given some special training." Mu Mu nodded, agreeing with Mitsui's point of view

After the first round, Mitsui and Kogure entered the finals with 19 and 17 goals respectively, while Hasegawa and Katsumi both had 15 goals, tied for the top spot.

"Only three people can enter the finals. How about letting Hasegawa and Kumi play an extra game?" Akagi asked

"Forget it, it's not a formal competition, and there's no huge prize money. It's just for fun. Let's both go to the finals. We can take a 10-minute break before moving on to the finals," Mugure suggested.

"I agree too." Mitsui nodded. The ten-minute break passed quickly and the final officially began.