Black Basketball: A false start

Chapter 63 Practice Match (Part )
With Zuo Xiangtai's three-pointer, the score came to 18:13.

"Well done, Kuroko!" Zuo Xiangtai rubbed Kuroko Tetsuya's head excitedly, "The pass was spot-on!"

"You pitched very well too!" Kuroko Tetsuya encouraged with a smile.

"Tetsuya seems to be doing pretty well." Akashi Seijuro's voice sounded from the sidelines, "No wonder Coach Shirogane asked Shintaro and me to come and watch this game."

"Hey, here comes Red Boy and Green Boy." Murasakibara Atsushi greeted the two of them lazily.

"Yes, yes!" Qingfeng Daihui excitedly introduced them to the two, "After Ah Zhe came on the court, he led the team to score 5 points in a row! The second team didn't get a single point!"

"? Really?" Akashi Seijuro still had a warm smile on his face, "Then I really have to take a closer look."

Midorima Shintaro looked at Akashi Seijuro's back without saying a word, pushed his glasses and looked into the field.

"I don't know how you did it, kid." Yamazaki Watari tightly grasped the basketball in his hand, "but this is the end!"

Yamazaki Wataru made a fake shot and shook off Kuroko Tetsuya who was trying to interfere, then dribbled sideways and made a jump shot to score.

"Alas, even though I have Yan'zai's advice, the lack of personal ability is indeed a problem." Murasakibara Atsushi smacked his lips and muttered with some regret as he looked at Kuroko Tetsuya who had just conceded a goal.

"Don't be impatient, just keep watching, Murasakibara." Kaneki Ken had a calm expression, "The same tactics will produce different results when used by different people."

"Oh." Murasakibara Atsushi curled his lips obediently and didn't continue speaking.

As the game progressed, Yamazaki Wataru repeatedly scored against Kuroko Tetsuya, and the three-army lineup also launched a wave of offensive climaxes under the guidance of Kuroko Tetsuya. Instead of expanding the score gap as the second army had expected, it narrowed to two points. Seeing this, Sugitani Taro quickly called a timeout again.

"Damn it..." Sugitani Taro drank a sip of water angrily, "There's obviously nothing wrong, how come the gap has narrowed!"

"Yeah, there's obviously no problem, so how come the score gap has narrowed?" Akashi Seijuro on the sidelines looked at the situation on the field and fell into deep thought.

"Yanzi, you just said that Kuro-chin's strength... is that he can lead three armies to deal with two armies on both offense and defense, right?" Murasakibara Atsushi turned his head and looked at Kaneki Ken thoughtfully, "Although the score difference has narrowed, Kuro-chin was beaten very badly..."

"But isn't it a well-known fact that Kuroko is terrible at single-handed defense?" Kaneki Ken asked with a smile, "Single-handed attack can indeed alleviate the sense of oppression caused by Kuroko to a certain extent, but it also depends on the success rate."

"What you mean is..." Akashi Seijuro suddenly understood and looked at Kaneki Ken with complicated eyes.

"That's right." Kaneki Ken nodded and acquiesced to Akashi Seijuro's idea. "The opportunities that Kuroko-san passes to his teammates are all absolutely open, and the success rate of scoring is much higher than that guy in the second team's singles. After all, basketball is also a game of probability in a sense. Just wait and see. If those guys in the second team can't react, they can only go around in a vicious circle of getting better and better, and getting more disadvantaged as the game goes on."

"Tsk, apart from Kurokina, they are just some talentless guys." Murasakibara Atsushi frowned, "If it were me, I wouldn't lose in a head-on fight."

"Yes, yes, Xiao Zi is the best!" Tao Jingwuyue had already figured out the temper of this innocent girl. "But Zhejun is our friend, right? We should be happy that he can play well." "We can't go on like this!" Fujii Itsuki said solemnly, "Although Yamazaki's singles are successful many times, our hit rate is still not as good as his. If we continue like this, we will lose sooner or later!"

"Then tell me, what should we do now?" Sugitani Taro threw his towel down. He was really at his wit's end. "On defense, he disappears if we're not paying attention. On offense, we have to be careful of his steals... What the hell!"

"If you ask me, why don't we double-team him, Captain!" Fujii Itsuki said as if it was a matter of course, "Double-team him on both offense and defense! Double-team him even when he doesn't have the ball! I don't believe that he can still be so elusive with two people double-teaming him!"

"But if that's the case, we'll actually be three against four..." Sugitani Taro hesitated.

"Oh, captain, if it weren't for this kid's pass, the level of the other soldiers in the army would be just average. Once we get rid of that elusive kid, we can focus on offense and defense and there will be no problem!" Fujii Itsuki said confidently.

"Okay, then let's do as you say." Sugitani Taro clenched his fists, weighed the pros and cons, and said through gritted teeth, "Damn it, we can lose the game, but this kid must die!"

As the timeout ended and players from both teams returned to the court, the change in the second team's defensive strategy was obvious.

"Yeah, they double-teamed Hei Kiss." Murasakibara Atsushi showed approval, "Not bad, the reaction is pretty quick."

"Hey, hey, hey, which side are you from, Murasakibara? You're eating the potato chips I gave you!" Aomine Daiki angrily scolded Murasakibara Atsushi, "If Zhe doesn't perform well, I'll also be demoted to the third army!"

"I forgot what Qingzai said." Murasakibara Atsushi wiped his fingers lightly and took out his cell phone from his pocket, "Let me see, I forgot something else..."

"But then again, letting Ah Zhe experience double-teaming in advance may not be a bad thing." Qingfeng Daihui changed his expression very wisely, "I believe that even if I go to the Third Army, I can quickly bring Ah Zhe to the First Army."

"Three armies? What's going on?" Akashi Seijuro looked at Aomine Daiki curiously, "Is there any hidden story behind this?"

"Hey... when I recommended Azhe to Coach Sanada, I made a bet with Coach Sanada." Aomine Daiki said lightly, "I said Azhe would definitely be able to adapt to the basketball team. If he can't contribute to the team, I will go to the three armies with Azhe..."

"Then your bet is really big, Aomine." Akashi Seijuro looked at Aomine Daiki with a smile, "If you say that, Tetsuya won't be able to convince the crowd unless he puts in some impressive performances."

"...I'm already honest, please let me go." Qingfeng Daihui scratched his head in annoyance, "That's why I'm anxious now. If Azhe can't turn defeat into victory this time..."

"Look at you, you're anxious again." Kaneki Ken said slowly, "Have you forgotten that I taught Kuroko about vision misdirection, and there is a third rule?"

"You mean..." Qingfeng Daiki seemed to have realized something.

"Yes." Kaneki Ken nodded, "It's just that the big actions cover up the small actions."

(End of this chapter)