Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

Chapter 169 County Tournament Elimination Round 1 (3)

“Oh, everyone played very well, keep it up.” The situation on the field was going well and Coach Anxi did not make any adjustments.

After the timeout, it was Natsume Hirotoshi who was organizing the attack for Tsukuba. He dribbled the ball slowly, while the others kept running around like moles, making Sakuragi and others extremely impatient.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, suddenly two members of Tsukutake ran towards Natsume Hirotoshi, and Katsumi shouted loudly: "Yohei, watch out for the pick-and-roll!"

However, he was too late, as Yohei had been trapped by the two players. Just as Katsumi was about to step forward to switch defense, Natsume Hirotomo, who was not guarded, raised his hand and made a three-pointer, and the ball went into the net!

Just as Yohei was about to receive Katsumi's serve, he found himself trapped by two players of Tsukuba Takeshi again, "It's a full-court press!" Tsukuba Takeshi used Sanno's signature skill, full-court press defense!

Katsumi frowned. He saw that the referee had the whistle to his lips. He knew that the serve time was almost up, so he shouted, "Sakuragi, catch the ball!" Katsumi threw the ball high to Sakuragi. He believed that with Sakuragi's jumping ability, he could definitely catch the ball!

Sure enough, Sakuragi caught the basketball as expected, and ran to the front court without stopping after landing. However, just as Sakuragi's speed increased, he bumped into someone.

"White No. 10 hit the opponent" the referee blew the whistle

The ball possession changed, and there was another double screen. When Kemei was assisting in defending Natsume, he was fooled by Natsume's fake move and was passed by Natsume. Natsume made a quick stop and jump shot, scoring 2 points.

Tsukutake continued to press the whole court, but this time Xiangbei was prepared. Horita passed the ball to Sakuragi, who was too tall for Tsukutake's players to reach. Sakuragi received the ball. Katsumi and Kiyota, one on the left and one on the right, double-screened for Yohei to block the pressing Tsukutake players. Yohei used the screen to get the ball from Sakuragi and then rushed forward with the ball. Tsukutake saw that the press failed and rushed back to defend. Horita came out to screen for Katsumi, who took the opportunity to run out of the open space. Yohei's ball was also passed in time, but this time, Katsumi's three-pointer was rejected by the basket, and the ball did not bounce to Sakuragi's side, and was received by Tsukutake players. Under the instigation of Natsume Hirotomo, they launched a counterattack. They quickly ran to the frontcourt, kept running and doing pick-and-roll, trying to create an opening. Although the Xiangbei team defended very tightly, they were inevitably dizzy and unable to defend facing an opponent who was like a mole. The opponent took this opportunity to make short passes continuously until they found a good opportunity and immediately shot.

Tsukutake's team played in a unique way. They almost completely gave up the control of the inside line and used speed and hit rate to wear down the opponent. However, facing the Xiangbei team, which had the advantage of height and was not inferior to them in accuracy, Tsukutake had no good way to deal with it. However, with the super high hit rate, they did not let Xiangbei team fall behind. At the end of the first half, 44:40, Xiangbei led by 4 points

"This game was so awkward. These short guys were so cunning." The three freshmen from Xiangbei felt that the game was very awkward.

"Haha, Sakuragi, Kiyota, Mito. Don't be impatient, we are sure to win this game," Coach Anzai said calmly. "Although the Tsukutake team has a high hit rate, they have obviously reached their limit! And because they ran all over the court in the first half, I think they can no longer have enough physical strength. As long as we work harder, suppress their offense, and reverse the score, we can win without any danger! The lineup for the second half is Murasaki, Mitsui, Hasegawa, Fukuda and Sakuragi. As soon as the second half started, we started to use full-court pressing defense until we were ahead by 20 points! When the opponent serves, Murasaki and Hasegawa, you two press Natsume. Natsume is Tsukutake's engine, you have to limit him to death."

"Yes!" Mu Mu and Hasegawa nodded heavily. "

Soon the second half of the game officially began! Mitsui scored two points for Xiangbei

Just as Tsukuhisa was about to serve, he found that Shohoku had already launched a full-court pressing defense. Natsume Hirotomo was double-teamed, and the others were also tightly held by Shohoku players. No matter how they moved, they could not get rid of them!

"Beep! The serve is five seconds past the mark." The referee indicated that Tsukutake's serve was illegal.

Mugure took the ball from the referee and quickly passed it to Mitsui. With Sakuragi's pick-and-roll, Mitsui easily got rid of Tsukuba's defense, received Mugure's serve, and jumped up to shoot.

The Xiangbei players did not run back to the half court to prepare for defense, but continued to press Tsukutake with full-court defense. Because Natsume was trapped by Murasaki and Hasegawa and could not move at all, he could not use his speed at all. As soon as he showed a flaw, Murasaki stole the ball and passed it to Mitsui again. Mitsui missed the three-pointer this time, but it didn't matter, because Sakuragi was under the basket, and Sakuragi made a tip-in in the air.

Tsukutake changed the server this time, and Natsume Hirochi served instead. After Natsume served the ball, he quickly ran to the front court. The player who received the serve threw the ball out without thinking.

"You want to use speed to shake off the defense? It's not that easy." As soon as Mumu saw Natsume running faster, he understood his opponent's plan, and at the same time, he fully released his speed and quickly chased after Natsume! At this time, Natsume had already run to the three-second zone and made a layup, but Mumu jumped up at the same time as Natsume took off! Under the incredible gaze of Natsume and the audience, Mumu swung his right hand fiercely and slapped the basketball that Natsume had already shot onto the backboard!

"Good job, Murasakibara!" Mitsui ran back, got the ball, made a long pass, and Fukuda made a slam dunk!

Tsukumu tried to use a high ball to break the pressure of Xiangbei, but their height was limited, and Xiangbei had a jumping expert on the field.

"Even an elementary school student wants to pass the ball through this genius defense." Sakuragi jumped up and stole the ball. Xiangbei took advantage of the opportunity to steal the ball and scored two more points.

In just five minutes, Xiangbei scored 16 points, while Tsukubuki didn't score a single point. Xiangbei widened the gap to 20 points, and Tsukubuki called a timeout again.

"Haha, everyone did a great job. Next, Nakajima will replace Sakuragi, and Yueyue will replace Murasakibara." Xiangbei began to train with substitute players.

Compared to the jubilation of Xiangbei, Tsukuba's side is gloomy.

"I didn't expect that Xiangbei is getting stronger and stronger. They have already left us behind before all the main players have even played. This is the strength of a national-level team." Some of Tsukutake's players have lost their fighting spirit.

"You performed very well today. Keep working hard in the remaining time and try your best to play a wonderful game. Don't leave any regrets." Kawasaki also knew that it was impossible for Tsukutake to beat Shohoku, so he encouraged his disciples not to give up and play well every minute.

"Yes, this is our last game. Everyone should play every minute seriously to make up for our three years of hard work." Natsume Hirotoshi also encouraged the players

"One, two, three, Tsukutake goes forward"

"Haha, Kawasaki, you have brought out a great team. You are an excellent coach." Coach Anzai saw that Tsukutake's fighting spirit was still there, and nodded with satisfaction.

In the following games, because the overall situation was already decided and there was no pressure of winning or losing, both sides played lightly and took turns to replace players. The excitement of the game did not diminish because of the substitutes on the court. In the end, Xiangbei defeated the opponent 92:60. In this game, every player of Xiangbei played and scored. The performance of the three freshmen: Although Sakuragi only scored 8 points, he grabbed 12 rebounds (including 6 offensive rebounds) and sent 4 blocks. Kiyota scored 18 points, Mito Yohei scored 10 points, 7 assists and 3 steals. The playing time of the three captains and vice-captains of Xiangbei was controlled within 10 minutes, just to find the feeling.

"Coach Anxi, I wish you all the best in Xiangbei this year" After the game, Kawasaki found his former mentor, shook hands and wished him the best

"Oh, Kawasaki, you are already an excellent coach. I am proud of you." Coach Anzai also highly recognized the performance of his students.

After the Xiangbei game, other games were played one after another. As expected, Hainan, Xiangyang and other teams also successfully advanced to the next round. In the next round, Xiangbei will face the challenge of Miuradai.