Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

"Kumure, Mitsui, Akagi, thank you (Hasegawa, Horita: Hey, we are here too)" Daimon Jiro's eyes were red. No wonder he was excited. Since Daimon entered Xiangbei, Xiangbei has always been eliminated in the first round. How could he not be excited to be able to eliminate the last round of the top 16 team by a large margin today?

"Captain, it's just an ordinary game, why get so excited? If we really make it to the national competition, wouldn't you..." Mu Mu joked

"Hahaha, you're right, I was a little too excited." Damen wiped his eyes, feeling a little embarrassed.

In this game, Mugure got a double-double: 14 points, 10 assists and 4 steals, Akagi 21 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks. Mitsui scored 30 points, and the first-year trio of Xiangbei scored 2/3 of the team's points. Soon, the news of Xiangbei's victory spread everywhere.

"Coach, Xiangbei should not be underestimated. Not only does the team have the MVP player Mitsui, but there is also a first-year center in the team whose power should not be underestimated. Captain, you have to be careful of him." Maki Shenyi, who came back from watching the game, reported the battle situation to the coach and teammates

"With junior high school MVP Mitsui Hisashi and top center Akagi Takenori, Shohoku's strength has indeed increased a lot, but they are all freshmen and relatively immature. They will not be our Hainan opponent this year," Hainan coach Gao Touli analyzed.

"Akagi Takenori. I will go to the next game to see how strong he is." Kainan captain Hoshino Teruji also looked eager to fight. Hoshino Teruji, 196cm tall, is known as the best center in Kanagawa. Whether it is Shoyo, Minowa or Buri (last year's semi-finals were Kainan, Shoyo, Minowa, Buri), Hoshino Teruji rarely encounters opponents.

"Mitsui Shou, I really want to play against you, the MVP of Kanagawa, but... can you get past Hainan?" A handsome boy was watching the report at the Shoyo Stadium. It was Shoyo's super rookie, Fujima Kenji.

"Mitsui... Akagi... it would be great if you guys came to Ryonan," lamented the "No. 20 complainer" in the original novel, Shigeka Takaoka. In the first game, Ryonan won by more than 7 points, but the main scoring point was still the seniors. Although Yuzhu, who was highly expected, had an amazing 10 blocks, he only scored points.

"With the addition of several outstanding freshmen, the future of Xiangbei, a team that has been a bottom of the league for many years, is promising. We need to pay more attention to it." by Basketball Weekly reporter Yayoi Aida

Soon, it was time for the second round of the game. Before the game, in the Xiangbei locker room

"Today's starting lineup is center Iwami, power forward Kusao Takeshi, small forward Hasegawa, shooting guard Daimon, and point guard Murasakibara." Coach Anzai announced today's starting lineup.

"Coach, why am I not in the starting lineup?" Akagi and Mitsui asked in unison.

"Which team do you think is better, Kurido Industry or Kadunohiya?" Coach Anzai did not answer directly, but asked a question instead.

"Kurido Industries was a top 16 team last year, and Kadono made it to the second round last year. Kurido Industries is still the best."

"Then do we need to use all our strength, Murasakibara? The responsibility of organizing the offense is now on you." Coach Anzai said this while looking at his disciple. When he was a player, Mitsuyoshi Anzai was the main point guard of the national team and led the team to win the Asian Championship. So Coach Anzai has more love for Murasakibara, who plays in the same position. What Murasakibara didn't know was that Coach Anzai went to Kitamura Middle School to find Coach Yoneda to inquire about Murasakibara's situation. He learned that Murasakibara was unknown before, but suddenly rose to prominence in the third year of junior high school. Coach Anzai felt that Murasakibara had great potential. He was determined to train Murasakibara.

"Yes! Coach!"

The game started, and after a few rounds, Murasakibara already understood the strength of his opponent. In the original novel, not to mention the third-year Shohoku, even in the first year, Kadunori was no match for Shohoku. It can only be said that Shohoku in the original novel was unlucky, as they faced the top 16 teams in their first and second years of high school.

After defeating Kurido Industrial, the confidence of the seniors of Xiangbei has also increased a lot, not to mention that the team has two ace players, Akagi and Mitsui, who have not yet played. Xiangbei led all the way. Soon the first half ended, Xiangbei led by 39 points 24:15

"This game is really boring. Akagi and Mitsui didn't play. This is the level of the senior students in Xiangbei." Hoshino Teruji, who came to watch the game, yawned.

"That point guard is pretty good." Fujima, who came to watch the game, noticed Mugure.

"It seems that Coach Anzai is determined to preserve his strength." Tian Gang also came to watch the game

In the second half, Coach Anzai continued to make substitutions. In addition to Murasakibara, other players (excluding Mitsui and Akagi) also came on the court one after another. With 6 minutes left in the game, Coach Anzai replaced Murasakibara and sent Mitsui and Akagi, who had been sitting for 34 minutes, to let the two ace players find their game feeling.

"Well, this Akagi is really capable. He has good strength." Hoshino Teruji sat up straight and saw Akagi under double teaming on the sidelines, and he came up with a slam dunk.

"Mitsui... is really good." Three people double-teamed Akagi, and Akagi passed the ball to the outside. Mitsui ignored the opponent in front of him, took the ball and shot directly, hitting the target. This scene was seen by Fujima

In the end, Xiangbei defeated the opponent again by more than 82 points with a score of 48:30.

In the third game, Xiangbei continued the second round routine and eliminated Odagiri High School 75:53. The next opponent is the last quarterfinals team, Sunrise West High School

"Sunrise West, this team should not be underestimated. In the quarterfinals last year, they faced Buri High School, but they only lost to their opponent by 6 points." Captain Daimon Jiro introduced Sunrise West High School to the first-year students. "Kurido Industrial was eliminated last year because of Sunrise West High School. And in that game, Sunrise West only sent out 2 main players. Although we also defeated Kurido Industrial. But we cannot rule out the possibility that Kurido Industrial's strength will decline. After all, four players in Kurido Industrial's starting lineup last year have graduated."

"Captain, why do you want to boost others' morale and destroy your own prestige? If there are teams with declining strength, they should be replaced by teams with growing strength. For example, we are Xiangbei, but we have me and the gorilla joining us, as well as Ade, Mugure and Hasegawa. We are also very strong." Mitsui was not satisfied with the captain's caution.

"Who is the gorilla?" Akagi was a little unhappy.

"I agree with Mitsui. After all, our strength has been greatly enhanced. I am still waiting to challenge Hainan." Murasakibara agreed with Mitsui's opinion

"Yeah... that's right." Daimon also felt that he was worrying too much. The juniors were right. Some teams have declined in strength, while others have improved in strength. We have five junior high school players from the top four in the county joining us. This is not the Xiangbei of the past.

"Oh, I have a videotape of Sunrise West's winter tournament last year. My student lent it to me. You can take a look." After saying that, Coach Anzai took out a videotape. The two teams in the videotape were the top 16 match of last year's winter qualifiers, Sunrise West vs. Tsukutake. It seems that Coach Anzai asked his student Kazumi Kawasaki to take the videotape.

"Hmm... Tsukubuki is pretty good, but he's at a disadvantage in the paint." Akagi, the center, noticed something was wrong.

"The shooting guard is also good, and his three-point shooting ability is only slightly worse than mine." Mitsui also commented on his opponent

"But I won't lose to him," Mitsui and Akagi looked at each other and said in unison.

"What's the use of them being so powerful? Their point guard is a weak spot. I will freeze him tomorrow. Without the supply of artillery shells, the power of these two people will be reduced by half. It seems that the victory or defeat tomorrow will depend on me." Murasakibara was not willing to be outdone.

"You are not the winner," Akagi and Mitsui said in unison

Oh... these two brothers