Slam Dunk: I'm the Glasses Brother

Chapter 158: Xiangbei VS Hakata Commercial (3)

"Everyone, hold on to this ball," Mitsui encouraged everyone after making a three-pointer.

"It's easy to think," Xiaoshan snorted. After receiving the serve from his teammate, he steadily controlled the ball and came to the front court. When he came to the top of the three-point arc, he immediately stretched out three fingers to make a secret signal. As soon as the secret signal was made, Xiaoshan immediately started to run to the left. Mitsui just started to follow him and bumped into Hirai who came to pick and roll in Hakata. Before Katsumi could react, Xiaoshan suddenly shot a three-pointer in front of him, and the basketball went into the net under the gaze of everyone.

"I'm sorry, Senior Mitsui, it's my fault that I didn't switch defense in time." Katsumi hurriedly apologized to Mitsui. Katsumi didn't follow up on this ball, and he was at least 90% responsible.

"It's okay, pay more attention next time." Mitsui didn't say anything.

Mitsui dribbled the ball to the front court and winked at Kemei, who understood and came over to cover.

"You want to use our trick? You are just imitating me." Xiaoshan, who was guarding Kemei, ran around Kemei and towards Mitsui. When he got to Mitsui and was about to block Mitsui's shot, his eyes widened. The ball was not in Mitsui's hands! It turned out that when setting the screen, Mitsui passed the ball to Kemei. Kemei was unguarded and shot a three-pointer. Hit!

"What did you say just now?" Mitsui asked Xiaoshan with a smile

"Huh." Xiaoshan ignored Mitsui and ran to catch the ball from the baseline and brought it to the front court.

"Let's decide the outcome" Mitsui is ready

'Kimura' Oyama ignored Mitsui and passed the ball to Kimura who was waiting in the high position. Kimura received the ball and made a high jump shot. Horita did not follow up and Kimura made the shot!

"Well done, Xiaoshan, that's how you play basketball, give the ball to the person you are most confident in." Coach Jin Jing nodded with satisfaction off the court.

"As expected of the national runner-up, he is not challenged at all," Mu Mu praised from the audience

Mitsui and Katsumi made another cross screen, but Hakata was prepared this time, Kimura rushed out to block Katsumi's three-pointer, and Katsumi missed the three-pointer. However, Akagi grabbed the offensive rebound and scored on the second attack.

"Kimura, you stay in the inside, and Hirai will defend No. 13." Xiaoshan made arrangements.

In this attack by Hakata Sho, the ball was passed to Kimura, who made another high jump shot. This time Horida rushed over, but Kimura made a fake move, and after catching Horida, he dribbled to the basket, and before Akagi came to assist in defense, he passed the ball to Hyono, who scored with a dunk.

Mitsui passed the ball to Akagi, Akagi played against Hyono alone, and made a hook shot, which hit the target!

Before we knew it, the first half ended with the score 37:40 and Xiangbei was trailing by 3 points.

On the way to the locker room after the game, Muguro was surprised to find that Hasegawa Kazushi was sweating profusely and panting all the way.

"Yizhi, what's wrong with you?" Hasegawa was the least noticeable in the first half. How could he have consumed so much energy?

"It's okay. Bodo's shooting guard is really good at running. I've learned a lot from him. He's amazing!"

"No wonder!" Mumu suddenly realized that in the beginning, it was difficult for Katsumi to interfere with Hirai, and later it was Hasegawa who came to defend. Although Hirai did not score much later, he consumed a lot of Hasegawa's physical strength.

"Hirai, you did a good job in the first half. Although your scoring was limited later, the No. 10 defensive player of Xiangbei consumed a lot of energy, which is also a big hidden danger for Xiangbei. Once he leaves the court, Hirai will depend on you." Kimura praised Hirai

"Kimura is right, Hirai, keep working hard!" Xiaoshan also praised Hirai, "Shohoku's lineup is already relatively thin, if one more player goes down, we will definitely win, keep working hard!"

"Yes, Captain! We will ensure that the mission is completed," Hirai nodded heavily.

On the Shohoku side, "Nakajima, you replace Hasegawa in the second half and defend Hirai. Fukuda, you replace Horita," Coach Anzai also made adjustments, but this adjustment was also a helpless adjustment.

The midfield jump ball, Akagi is still invincible, Mitsui got the ball. This time, Mitsui learned from the lesson at the beginning of the game, focused his attention, and did not give Hakata a chance to steal the ball. Xiangbei got the first chance in the second half. Mitsui dribbled the ball twice and suddenly threw the ball into the air.

"What's going on? Akagi hasn't even run to the basket yet." The players of Bodosho were a little surprised, but at this moment, a figure appeared under Bodosho's basket, caught the ball in the air, and pushed it into the basket.

"Good job, Fukuda!" Mitsui took advantage of Hakata's unfamiliarity with Fukuda and made a clever move to recover two points.

Although Fukuda's goal was very exciting, Hakata was not affected at all. They also took advantage of the fact that the new players of Shohoku were unfamiliar with the situation on the field, and Hirai ran into an open space and made a mid-range shot.

Xiangbei served the ball from the baseline, and "Nani" Mitsui just got the ball when he found that Oyama and Yasukawa were pressing him. Mitsui was about to pass the ball to Akagi who was serving the ball from the baseline when he realized something was wrong because he noticed that Kimura, who was interfering with Akagi's serve at the baseline, was ready to make a move. This ball might be intercepted by Akagi, so he passed it to Fukuda instead. However, as soon as Fukuda got the ball, Hirai came over to defend. Facing Hirai who was defending him so closely, Fukuda had no chance to dribble or even turn around. In anger, he made a big move and accidentally hit Hirai in the ribs with his elbow. Hirai fell to the ground holding his stomach!

The referee blew the whistle: Offensive foul! The ball changed! Hakata Sho took advantage of this opportunity and Kimura scored!

"Hakata's pressing hit the weak spot of Shohoku this time. Without Murasakibara on the court, Shohoku has no other player who is good at holding the ball except Mitsui."

"It would have been great if I could have entered Shohoku a year earlier." Mito Yohei, who was watching the game, also saw Hakata Corporation's intention.

"Nakajima, you serve, pass it to Akagi," Mitsui quietly told Nakajima. This time, Nakajima served and passed it to Akagi. Akagi held the ball high. The players of Hakata Corporation could not grab the ball from Akagi. Mitsui finally got the ball from Akagi with the help of Fukuda and Nakajima's multiple screens and crossed the half court before the 10-second countdown. The players of Hakata Corporation did not care. Their main purpose was to consume the offensive time of Xiangbei.

"Akagi" Mitsui passed the ball to Akagi, but this time Akagi was double-teamed and missed the shot.

"Shohoku requests a timeout" Coach Anzai called a timeout again

"Hasegawa, you continue to play and replace Nakajima. We will compete with Hakata Corporation in offense. Hasegawa, you move to the high position and wait for the opportunity to shoot. Fukuda, you continue to cut to the empty field and wait for the opportunity at any time. At the same time, you will defend Hirai. Do your best to keep up with Hirai. Nakajima, don't be discouraged, be ready to play at any time. On the defensive end, Mitsui and Hasegawa, the two of you double-team Oyama," Coach Anzai made arrangements.

After the timeout, Xiangbei attacked, Akagi pulled out to screen for Mitsui, Kimura followed out, and after Mitsui got rid of Oyama, he passed the ball to Hasegawa before Kimura could assist in defense, and Hasegawa took a mid-range shot and made it!

Hakata served the ball from the baseline, and Koyama got the ball. Mitsui and Hasegawa double-teamed Koyama. Koyama did not expect that Xiangbei would use this trick against him. In the process of trying to break through, he dribbled the ball on his feet and it went out of bounds. Xiangbei served the ball from the baseline. After Fukuda passed the ball to Akagi, he ran directly from the baseline to the inside. With the help of Akagi's huge body as a screen, he ran to the basket. Akagi understood what he meant and made a back pass. Fukuda made a layup and Xiangbei chased four points in a row!

This time, Xiaoshan used the screen to break through Xiangbei's tight defense. When he got to the frontcourt, he saw Hirai running out of space and immediately passed the ball to Hirai, but he never thought that Hasegawa had expected this move and reached out to steal the ball, and Xiangbei counterattacked. When he got to the backcourt of Hakata Commercial, Mitsui passed the ball to Hasegawa. Because Hasegawa had scored a goal before, Kimura pulled out to defend. Hasegawa saw this and turned inside. Akagi got the ball and turned to shoot, and hit it. Xiangbei scored three goals in a row after the timeout!

"Hakata Merchants request a pause!"