Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

"It's still Shohoku, right?" Coach An Teng looked at the Shohoku players leaving the field. "As you can see from today's game, Shohoku eliminated Takenoko without much effort. Remember, when we meet Shohoku, we must attack from the first minute of the game and go all out to not give Shohoku a chance to breathe. And when we are ahead, we must not be careless at all, understand?"

"Yes!" The players of the Buri basketball team shouted loudly. The style of the Buri basketball team is to fight a rabbit with all their strength, and they will never underestimate any opponent. In addition, the Buri players were also deeply impressed by the performance of Xiangbei in the quarterfinals against Hainan last year. Even a strong team like Hainan was gradually narrowed by Xiangbei. If it weren't for the last three-pointer, Hainan would have created a shameful page in their team history.

"Masakazu, Masao, your combat zone is under the basket. You need to suppress Akagi's offensive and cut off his connection with the outside line. I believe that with your strength, it should not be difficult to do it." After returning to school, Coach An Teng made arrangements.

"No problem," the Kobayashi brothers answered in unison

"Imamura, Nagao. The task of defending Mitsui from the outside is now up to you two. You two must use all your energy to entangle him and don't let him score easily. If Mitsui cuts into the inside, Masao, you must help defend. Masakazu, don't move. Your task is to defend Akagi all the time."

"Coach, what about Shohoku's Murasakibara? He's also a tough character."

"Kumure... let him attack. He attacks, we attack too. We cancel each other out. It's up to you two." Coach An Teng looked at the two players in the team. An Teng had no choice but to do this. Who made his team's back line a shortcoming? If his team had a good point guard, they might have entered the national competition earlier. It's not that Wu Li had never contacted Miyagi, but he was still one step ahead of him by Tian Gang.

"The Kobayashi brothers are already in their third year this year, and their skills are at their peak. Imamura, who plays on the outside, can also help the Kobayashi brothers after a year of training. Alas... we are facing the toughest Shohoku, and our secret weapon will be exposed in advance. Well, this year, Kanagawa, who is third, also has a chance to advance to the national competition. Minowa was no match for Buri last year, and this year's strength has declined significantly. Even if we can't beat Kainan and Shoyo, we can still enter the play-offs. This year is the best time to advance to the national competition. We don't care about the gains and losses of exposing our secret weapon in advance." Coach An Teng of Buri is different from Coach Tanoka who likes to keep a hand. He knows the pros and cons.

Shohoku High School Basketball Team

"The brothers Kobayashi Masakazu and Kobayashi Masao are both 193 cm tall. Kobayashi Masakazu weighs slightly more at 88 kg, while Kobayashi Masao weighs 85 kg. Both of them can play center and small forward positions. In previous games, we could see them swapping positions. Buri High School was only one of the top in the county, but with the addition of these two, it has become one of the top four in the county. Buri focuses on these two and insists on the double tower tactics in the interior. In terms of interior attack power, it is also the best in Kanagawa. Even Kainan's Hoshino Teruji finds it difficult to gain an advantage over these two," Captain Kusao Takeshi introduced Buri's ace players to the players in the team.

"Two 193cm tall guys, who else can deal with the other one except Akagi-senpai? Our team's inside players, Captain Kusao, Senior Horita and Nakajima, are all under 188cm tall... This is a 5cm difference. Although Senior Hasegawa is m tall, he is mainly outside," Ayako frowned. The atmosphere in the team also became solemn. Xiangbei's inside line has always been an advantage because of Akagi, but this time they are facing a team that is also good at inside attack, and the opponent's strength may be stronger. No wonder Xiangbei's players are worried

"Okay, don't let others' ambitions be boosted and your own prestige be eroded. I admit that Buri's inside line is on par with ours. But don't forget why Buri's inside line is so strong, even not inferior to Kainan and Shoyo, but why can't they beat Kainan and Shoyo?" Mu Mu saw that the atmosphere was not right and immediately spoke up. "Because their back line and forward line are weak points."

"Yes, what Mugure is saying is right. We can't just look at the other side's strengths, we also have to pay attention to their weaknesses." As the captain, Kusao Takeshi also stood up to encourage the morale of the players, "We have Mitsui and Mugure in the back line. We must be stronger than Takeri."

"Oh, Captain Kusao and Mr. Murasaki are right. We also have an advantage. That is our backcourt. Everyone should remember that it is impossible for inside players to advance from the backcourt to the frontcourt in an all-round way. They are limited by their stature and can only dribble in a small range. They need others to pass the ball to them to get opportunities. To put it in an analogy, inside players are like heavy artillery. Although they are powerful, without shells, they are just a pile of scrap metal. Therefore, we must play to our advantage. Restrict their backcourt and cut off their passing routes, so that Buri's twin towers will have no room to play. Their offense will lose its power."

After listening to the analysis of the highly respected coach Anxi, the Xiangbei players also breathed a sigh of relief. It seems that the twin towers of Buri are not that difficult to deal with. Just now, they only paid attention to the strongest point of Buri and ignored the advantages of their own team.

"Although Buri's inside line is very strong, I think our inside line is not inferior to Buri. In fact, it is stronger than Buri." Coach Anxi continued, "Buri's twin towers are connected in the inside line, which is indeed difficult to deal with. But if one is removed, do you think it will still be difficult to deal with?"

"Remove one? How do we remove it? Oh, I see. Use projection to attract one of them so that they can't take care of each other." Kusao Takeshi thought of what Mu Mu had said before.

"Yes, that's what I mean. We can't let these two brothers guard the basket. Kusao, Hasegawa, and even Nakajima. You all have good mid-range shooting skills. As long as you shoot well, Buri's inside players will have to send someone out to guard you, and then Akagi will have a chance to score. As long as we break the connection between the Buri twins, their inside players will not be our opponents." Coach Anzai took a sip of tea and continued. "This is just the inside attack. Don't forget that we have three muskets on the outside. Among them, Mitsui's three-pointer is the most accurate. Mitsui, do you think there will be anyone in Buri to limit your outside attack?"

"No, I've watched Buri's game, and their outside shooting strength is just average. It's about the same level as Takezono's players today." Mitsui thought for a moment and answered confidently.

"Mr. Mugure, do you think the defenders in Takeshita can stop your breakthrough?" Coach Anzai turned his gaze to Mugure.

"They won't," Mu Mu answered affirmatively.

"Don't forget, while you two are providing firepower from the outside, you can also wait for an opportunity to cut in and disrupt their inside defense. Give the inside players offensive opportunities. Compared to Buri, which focuses more on the inside than the outside, we at Xiangbei are balanced inside and outside. Do you think we can beat Buri, a team that is unbalanced inside and outside?"

"We can win!" Xiangbei players answered in unison

"Shohoku will win" As the captain, Kusao Takeshi stood up to encourage the players

"We must win!" the shouts of all Xiangbei players echoed throughout the gymnasium.