books44 Chapter 179: Xiangbei vs. Midorikaze: Mumu Shows Off His Power
Chapter 179: Xiangbei vs. Midorikaze: Mumu Shows Off His Power
"Midori Kaze's strength is not bad. They were able to tie with Shohoku, but the second half is hard to say. What do you think, Fujima?" Hanagata, who came to watch the game, asked
"You're right. Shohoku's Murasakibara and Mitsui haven't played yet. If they both play in the second half, it will be difficult for Midori Wind to play." Fujima looked serious. What was serious was not that Shohoku could lead Midori Wind without the two main players. What made him afraid was the strength of Midori Wind's players. Ming Gao was easy to deal with, as the experienced Hanagata could limit him. Ebina would not be able to do much in front of him. The three-point shooter was easier to deal with. But what about Mike and Rukawa? Who in the team has the ability to defend them alone? Fujima thought hard.
"Don't be too nervous, Green Wind is a newly formed team, and the offense still tends to be a one-on-one fight. There is no tactical system, and Mike has not participated in the group stage and the knockout stage before, so there are still problems with running-in with teammates. Remember, basketball sometimes depends on foundation and unity." Coach Lishan noticed the expressions of the two ace players in the team. He quickly pointed out the shortcomings of Green Wind and encouraged the disciples.
"Yes, how can we be intimidated by an upstart team? We were one of the top eight teams in the country last year." As the ace of the team, Fujima also encouraged his teammates
"Yes, there is nothing to be afraid of in Green Wind." The fighting spirit of the Xiangyang players was greatly boosted.
Green Wind Dressing Room
"Everyone performed well in the first half, keep it up. Totsuka, you will replace Hiratani in the second half and use your speed to attack the Shohoku defense. Mike, you will cooperate with Ebina to organize the team's offense." Coach Ofuna made arrangements
Shohoku locker room
"I am very satisfied with the performance in the first half. I believe you have already understood the strength of Midorikaze. Let's make an effort to defeat them within ten minutes of the second half. Our lineup needs to be adjusted. Center Sakuragi, power forward Fukuda, small forward Mitsui, shooting guard Kiyota, point guard Murasaki. We will use speed to break down Midorikaze. Mitsui will be responsible for defending the foreigner. Do you have confidence?"
"No problem, leave it to me. I've already found his weakness." Mitsui said confidently.
"Kumure, you come and block Ebina, so that he can't organize the team's offense"
"Yes, coach"
"Kiyota, keep defending Rukawa Kaede and don't lose to him." Anxi looked at Kiyota with encouraging eyes.
"Please rest assured, coach. I will definitely block Rukawa Kaede," Kiyota replied excitedly. When he heard that the lineup needed to be adjusted in the second half, Kiyota thought he would be replaced, but unexpectedly, Coach Anxi still chose to believe in himself.
"If you can do it, you will be the hero of this game's victory. Green Wind actually only has two outstanding scoring points. As long as they can limit Rukawa, their offensive power will collapse in half. So limiting Rukawa is a very important task. If you can't do it, you will be out of the court. You will never be able to play again." Mu Mu remembered the original book's Amu's encouragement to Kiyota by patting his head to kill
"I will do my best to protect Rukawa Kaede," Kiyota answered loudly. From his eyes, Murasakibara saw endless fighting spirit.
After a short break, the second half began
"Akagi is off the court, Mitsui and Mugure are on the court, the back line is stronger, and the inside line is lowered." Ofuna made a gesture to Ebina, meaning to attack the inside line, and Ebina nodded.
Sakuragi and Minggao compete for the ball. Although Sakuragi is 5cm shorter than Minggao, Sakuragi's excellent jumping ability makes up for his height deficiency and he touches the basketball first. The ball is in Mugure's hands. Mugure takes the ball to the three-point line and decides to take the first shot. He signals his teammates to move away and face Ebina. Mugure crosses his right foot to the left. Seeing Ebina's body moving with him, he immediately turns around with his right foot as the axis, drops his left foot to the right, leans against Ebina, and hits Ebina from behind. Ebina suddenly feels a strong force coming at him. "How can his strength be so strong?" Ebina loses his position, and Mugure lands on his right foot again. At this time, he is facing the basket and makes a dry jump shot.
Green Wind served the ball from the backcourt, Ebina got the ball, and Murasaki immediately used entangled defense on Ebina. "Is this the ace guard of Xiangbei? The previous guards were already difficult to deal with, but Murasaki is even more difficult to deal with." Ebina secretly complained
"Ebina" Mike found something wrong and came over to help immediately
"Chance" Mike came over to respond, which made Ebina feel a little relieved and relaxed a little, but at the moment he relaxed, the ball in his hand also relaxed. Mu Mu stretched out his hand to steal the ball and went to the basket to prepare for a layup.
"NOWAY!" Mike Okita rushed over to block Muguro's layup. Muguro ignored him and continued to rush to the basket. When he got close to the basket, he raised his hands calmly and jumped up to make a layup.
Mike was secretly delighted. He had expected Mu Mu's move. He jumped up to meet Mu Mu and stretched out his hands to block Mu Mu's layup. He increased the strength of his hands, trying to block Mu Mu's shot.
"What?!" Mike's hand hit nothing. He turned his head and looked at Mu Mu, who seemed to be hanging in the air, with no sign of falling. At the same time, the ball was already in Mu Mu's left hand. Mike, who had already landed, realized that Mu Mu must have passed the ball from his right hand to his left hand to avoid his block.
"Noonecanstopme!" Murasakibara scored the ball with a layup.
"Oh, sure." Mike still looked relaxed. This time, Mike received the ball from Ebina and dribbled across the front court.
"Come on, foreigner" Mitsui took a defensive stance
"Ok, here I come, the trump card of Xiangbei" Mike learned from intelligence that the opponent in front of him was Xiangbei's trump card. He took a breakthrough stance, growled, and took a big step with his left foot. The ball moved with his foot and rushed to Mitsui's left hand side. Mitsui seemed to have expected it and blocked Mike's way. Mike changed direction, but Mitsui moved sideways. He didn't leave him any chance.
"Good defense," Mike praised when he saw that his way was blocked, but he was not in a hurry. He had another idea in mind. He used his momentum to lean towards Mitsui. He planned to use his physical fitness to fight against Mitsui.
His idea was correct. Mitsui's height and weight were inferior to Mike's. When Mike leaned on him, he felt a tightness in his chest.
But even so, Mitsui did not retreat a step, and endured the suffocating feeling, holding on to Mike tightly. However, soon, Mitsui felt his upper body lighten, and the force had been removed from him. Mike leaned towards Mitsui, and then took advantage of the reaction force from Mitsui's body, turned around easily, and passed Mitsui.
"Snap!" Although Mike used his quality to pass Mitsui, he ignored that Murasakibara had already noticed this side. Murasakibara started, stole the ball, and made a fast break alone.
"Don't even think about scoring again!" Rukawa rushed back immediately and blocked Mu Mu's offensive route.
"Ryukawa, come on." Mumu smiled and continued to break through with the ball. Rukawa did not show any weakness and followed Mumu closely. Seeing this, Mumu stopped suddenly and pulled the ball back.
"Turn around and break through?" Rukawa Kaede judged.
At this moment, Mu Mu put the ball with his left hand and caught it with his right hand. The toes of his right foot followed his right hand and turned back.
"As expected, I saw through it." Rukawa was about to steal the ball. "Nani," Rukawa's eyes widened the next second. It turned out that Murasakibara caught the ball with his left hand again, scooped it inward and broke through, and his toes turned inward. Rukawa was shaken off by Murasakibara's fake move, and Murasakibara made a beautiful "turnaround" layup and scored! Murasakibara scored 6 points in a row after the start of the second half, showing the strength of Xiangbei's ace point guard to Lufeng!