Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

"Yamaguchi, you go off the court, Michikawa, you come on, we play double guard, let's organize the offense first" Kawasaki made a substitution adjustment, No. 7 Michikawa, Tsukutake third-year point guard. Height 173cm

"Very good, continue to keep the pressure on Tsukuba, we will play steadily." The team started to attack, and Coach Anzai did not make any other arrangements.

After the timeout, Tsukutake's double-guard tactics worked, and the ball reached the frontcourt safely. "Pay attention to Goyo and Tanaka. If someone provides cover, switch defense immediately," Murasakibara instructed his teammates. Shohoku's duo of outside guns kept a close eye on Tsukutake's duo of outside guns. Natsume tried to break through Murasakibara, but Murasakibara didn't give him the chance at all.

"Damn it, there's no chance at all" Natsume said helplessly

"Hmph, actually your breakthrough ability is not that strong, it's just that your first step starts faster. As long as your first step is blocked, you will be helpless. As for shooting three-pointers, your shooting point is too low. I am sure I can stop you," Mumu said secretly. Mumu observed Natsume Hirotomo for a half court and had seen almost all of Natsume's characteristics.

Seeing that he couldn't break through, Natsume had to pass the ball to Michikawa. Michikawa was unguarded at this time. Katsumi rushed to defend Michikawa. As soon as Katsumi started, Michikawa immediately passed the ball to Tanaka, who was unable to block it. Tanaka made a three-pointer.

"Nakajima, you guard Michikawa and Horita. You guard Sanada. We can't let Goyo and Tanaka shoot three-pointers easily." Murasaki immediately made arrangements. Taking the serve from Horita, Murasaki dribbled to the three-point line. Looking at the running position of his teammates, he suddenly jumped and shot a three-pointer. Natsume Hirotomo was caught off guard and had no time to block it. Murasaki made a three-pointer!

Tsukutake attacked again, and this time they found that Shohoku's defense had changed a lot. No matter how they broke through and passed the ball, there were always Shohoku players standing in front of them ready to interfere with the shot. The ball was in Wudai's hands, and Wudai made a fake move, but Mitsui in front of him was unmoved. He still raised his right hand to defend Wudai's shot. Wudai saw that the fake move was ineffective and forced a breakthrough, but when he just broke through Mitsui, Mitsui directly returned his hand and stole Wudai's ball.

"Your three-point shot is indeed good, but I have been observing you for a long time. In the first half, you hardly dribbled past the defense, which shows that your dribbling is average." Mitsui said silently in his heart after stealing the ball. Xiangbei counterattacked, Mitsui attacked the three-point line with the ball, changed directions twice, and shook Wu Dai off balance, broke into the inside line and made a quick stop jump shot, hitting two points!

Seeing that he couldn't get into the outside, Tsukutake switched to the inside. Facing Horida's defense, Sanada played a back-to-the-basket singles, but found that he couldn't carry Horida at all, so he had to pass the ball to the outside first, and then asked for the ball, playing a face-to-basket singles, first rushing to the left, seeing Horida catch up, and then changing direction to the right. Horida pulled his center of gravity back, Sanada shot, Horida jumped up to block, but it was a fake move, and Sanada jumped up again. Horida could only watch Sanada hit this trick shot.

"It's okay! We can fight back, Ade!" Mitsui comforted him.

Xiangbei attacked, Mugure dribbled to the front court, and Horita came out to cover for Mitsui. Mugure saw this and immediately passed the ball to Mitsui. Mitsui only had a simple fake change of direction, and his speed increased sharply, and he chose to rush directly from the left outside of Michikawa who was defending. When his left foot stepped out, it was just level with the opponent's body. When his right foot stepped out, it was already the first step of a three-step layup.

"You can't score a goal!" Sanada came over to help defend and jumped up to block the shot, but was surprised to find that the ball in Mitsui's hand was gone.

"Ade, this is for you." Mitsui received the ball and passed it to the back. Horida, who arrived, received the ball and made a layup to score.

Tsukutake attacked, and this time Horida changed his defensive strategy and went around to defend Sanada, preventing him from receiving the ball. Although Sanada had good skills, he was not as strong as Horida and could not get a favorable position. Natsume had to give the ball to Michikawa.

"Nakajima, don't let him break through, let him shoot." Mugure guessed that as a third-year student, he was taken away from the starting position by Natsume, so his skills must have some flaws. Through observation, he didn't choose to shoot directly when there was no one defending just now, but waited for Katsumi to pass the ball. He must be not confident in his shooting. So Mugure reminded Nakajima.

Sure enough, Nakajima put Michikawa one step away, but Michikawa did not shoot. Instead, he broke through. Although Nakajima is tall, as mentioned in the previous article, he was a handball goalkeeper and his movements are more flexible. He was able to keep up with Michikawa. Michikawa rushed to the inside and made a layup, but was blocked by Nakajima. Tsukutake sent the ball out of bounds. There was not much time left. Tanaka took a three-pointer and missed. Horita took the rebound and Xiangbei pushed back. Although Mitsui's three-pointer missed this time, Horita grabbed the frontcourt rebound and passed it to the outside line. Katsumi made a three-pointer.

"It looks like the outcome has been decided. Although our team has many players with accurate shooting, except for Michikawa who can dribble, the breakthrough ability of other players is average. Unfortunately, Michikawa's shooting is too poor. On the other hand, Shohoku has two players, Murasaki and Mitsui, who are good at both breakthroughs and shots. Plus, No. 13 is also good at three-pointers. At the same time, although Akagi is not in Shohoku's inside line, we still have an advantage in height compared to us, and we can also shoot safely from the outside. Our defense can't cope with it at all. If all the main players of Shohoku play, I'm afraid we can only last in the first half." Kawasaki, sitting in the coaching seat, had already acquiesced to the fact that the team had lost. He stood up and called a timeout.

"Coach, what should we do? We can't defend Xiangbei at all."

"Everyone performed very well. I am very satisfied with this game. Although we are not a match for Xiangbei, we cannot lose morale and play every ball seriously." Coach Kawasaki patted each of his disciples on the shoulder.

After the timeout, Tsukutake replaced all the main players. Xiangbei only replaced Katsumi with Hasegawa. Tsukutake did not give up. They attacked and defended tenaciously, fighting for every ball. They fought with Xiangbei until the last moment. In the end, Xiangbei defeated the opponent 76:58.

"Oh, hehe, Kawasaki, you have brought out a good team. Good luck in the county competition." "Coach Anzai, Shohoku is really a strong team. I wish you can make it to the national competition this year." The master and apprentice shook hands after the game.

After seeing off the player Tsukutake, Coach Anzai called everyone to gather and summarize the game. "I am quite satisfied with the result of today's game, but there are still some problems in the process. First of all, in the first half, our offense was relatively monotonous, and the main offense was concentrated on Akagi. As an excellent center in the county, I have no objection to using Akagi as an attack point, but it is not enough to rely on Akagi alone. The other players did not run, they were all waiting for the ball. This is a bad habit. Why did Tsukutake lead us in the first half when they did not have an advantage in the interior? Was it because their three-point shots were accurate? This is only one aspect. The main reason is that the players of Tsukutake were actively creating opportunities. They kept covering and running to get chances to score. This is something you have to learn. Xi Jinjiuwu. In the second half, after Akagi left the court, our inside attack was not active enough. Although we have three guns on the outside, Mu Mu, Mitsui, and Katsumi. But don't forget how Jinjiuwu collapsed. It was because their inside and outside strength was unbalanced. So inside players should not slack off because they are not the focus of offense. You must also learn to create opportunities, not only to actively grab offensive rebounds, but also to learn to move. To screen and run. The last point I want to emphasize is: basketball games are not played by only five people, but by all. This is why I separated the inside and outside lines in this warm-up game. This is the purpose. No one can play the whole court all the time. You have to adapt to various rhythms. Non-main players must learn to actively create opportunities to make up for the losses after the main players leave the court, do you understand?"

"understand!"

"Okay, everyone has worked hard today, so let's disband."