Slam Dunk: Muguro

Chapter 259 Four Shooting Guards, Four Power Forwards
Mu Mu frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Invitation letter?"

"You'll know once you see it!"

Out of curiosity, Murasakibara took a beautifully crafted invitation from Akagi.

The paper of the invitation is smooth to the touch, with eye-catching patterns and text printed on it, and it is obviously carefully designed.

Mu Mu took a quick glance and then showed a look of surprise.

McDonald's Basketball Junior Training Camp!

He continued to read the content of the invitation letter and found that this was a commercial promotion activity jointly carried out by McDonald's and Nike in the island country.

The purpose of this activity is to expand the influence of both brands through basketball and cultivate the love and interest of the younger generation in basketball.

McDonald's has been working hard to expand into international competitions, the most famous of which is the NBA overseas McDonald's Championship.

This basketball tournament, sponsored by McDonald's, was held nine times between 1987 and 1999.

In these nine competitions, NBA teams have successfully won the championship.

Under the influence of the 'God of Basketball', Nike is also working hard to expand overseas markets.

Among them, island countries are undoubtedly the top priority.

Recently, the popularity of basketball in the island nation has reached an unprecedented high.

The two brands hit it off and sponsored this sporting event.

However, there are some restrictions on the training camp, such as the training camp is only open to young players under 20 years old (including 20 years old).

In addition to the players from the island countries, there are also a group of top American high school players.

"Under 20, that is, Milan Blacksmith, Harden, Carter, McGrady, Iverson and others may come?"

When he thought of this, Mu Mu became very interested in the training camp.

He decided to accept the invitation and wanted to experience the training camp in person to see what was so special about it.

In this era, the future four shooting guards and four power forwards are basically still in high school.

Because of the loneliness of masters, he has long wanted to compete with this group of future NBA superstars.

Of course, he wanted to obtain titles and skills from these people to further improve his own strength.

"There's still half a month left!"

Mu Mu glanced at the date and couldn't help but sigh softly.

Because waiting is painful!
Akagi thought that Mugure didn't want to attend the training camp, so he quickly persuaded him: "Mugure, I think you should go and have a look. This is not just a training camp. Maybe you can get a chance to enter America from it."

As a good friend, Akagi naturally knew Murasakibara's vision for the future, which was to go to America to make a living after graduating from high school.

"Don't worry, I won't let go of such a good opportunity!"

Mu Mu waved his hand and then asked, "By the way, who else in our team has received an invitation?"

"Mitsui!"

When talking about this, Akagi couldn't help but reveal a depressed look.

The third-in-command of the team has an invitation letter, but the second-in-command does not. This is very discouraging.

Murasakibara: How did you become the second-in-command? Don’t you have any idea?
"What about the other teams?"

"I'm not sure. Apart from you, the people in our county who are most likely to receive invitations are probably Fujima and Amu. After all, you were one of the four super new stars in Kanagawa last year."

Akagi became more and more depressed as he spoke. As the current No. 1 center in Kanagawa (self-proclaimed), he did not even receive an invitation letter. This was too discouraging.

"No more talking, I'm going to practice!"

Muguro saw that Akagi was in a bad mood, so he put away the invitation letter and prepared for training.

Before the training camp starts, Murasakibara will naturally not slack off in training.

He wants to attend the training camp in the best condition!

Before that, he has to defeat Shoyo and win the Kanagawa championship.

……

Time flies like a white horse, and five days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Tuesday, Kanagawa National Stadium!

This day is also the day of the last round of the county joint finals.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the first game finally ended.

"Lingnan, Lingnan!"

At this time, the gymnasium was filled with noise, as if it had turned into a sea of ​​joy.

"Xian Dao, Xian Dao!"

Mixed in this wave of voices was the name of Xiandao.

In this game, Sendoh's performance on the court can be described as a highlight, and his handsome appearance made many fans crazy.

After the game, Ryonan players celebrated wildly on the court.

Coach Tiangang's eyes were glistening with tears and his mind was filled with thoughts.

He has coached Ryonan for eleven years and is finally going to enter the national level!

At this moment, all the sweat and hard work paid off.

On the other side, the Buri players left the field in a daze, their eyes filled with resentment and regret.

Among them, the more emotional Ebinajia burst into tears and shed tears of unwillingness.

On the other side, Ming Gaoguang raised his head with great effort.

When tears are about to fall, just raise your head and the tears will not fall.

In the county joint finals, Ming Gaoguang, who was originally full of confidence, encountered an unprecedented setback.

In the match against Shohoku, he met Akagi, and was beaten to death by Akagi, and was completely at a disadvantage.

In the match against Shoyo, he met Hanagata, and the two of them were in a trend of exploding against each other, but Hanagata performed better than him.

As for this game, Ming Gaoguang played very poorly and was defended by Yuzumi to the point that he doubted his life.

The 202-centimeter Yuzumi has a very strong defensive pressure, and he has long arms that are unique to monkeys. The key is that the two have very similar technical styles, both of which focus on strong shots under the basket.

In addition, Uozumi was 6 kg heavier than him.

Yuzumi's confrontation was above Ming Gaoguang, which directly led to a significant reduction in his scoring efficiency, and he even had to eat several hot pot meals.

In this game, Yuzumi blocked 5 shots on Ming Gaoguang and contributed his first triple-double in his career.

That’s right, Yuzhu had double digit blocks in this game.

After reaching a height of 202 cm, Uozumi's blocking ability was further improved.

After the competition, Buri lost three games and completely lost hope of participating in the summer national competition.

According to the rules, the third place in the county competition will get a place in the play-offs.

As long as Ryonan defeats other teams in the play-offs, they will qualify for the summer national competition.

After the game, almost no spectators left.

If this game can only be regarded as an appetizer, then the next game will be the real highlight.

Both Xiangbei and Shoyo have won both games, and they only need to win one more game to win the county championship.

Therefore, this game is naturally very popular among the audience.

It didn't take long before the two teams walked out of the player tunnel.

Among them, Murasakibara and Fujima, as the trump cards of their respective teams, will naturally be the last to appear.

As the two appeared, the atmosphere in the stadium reached its peak.

"Mumu, Mumu!"

"Fujima, Fujima!"

As a handsome boy, Fujima naturally has many female fans.

Unfortunately, he met Murasakibara.

In terms of momentum, Murasakibara is clearly superior to Fujima.

If you observe carefully, you will find that the number of people with the name "Kurogure-no-Mikoto" seems to be increasing again.

Apart from the two of them, Mitsui provided the greatest support.

"Mi-chan!" Tokuo Horita waved the 'Flame Man' flag and started cheering for Mitsui with his companions.

Under the organization of Tokuo Horita, Mitsui's fans gathered more and more.

Unfortunately, this organization is composed entirely of men!
"Xiangbei, Xiangbei!"

"Shoyo, Shoyo!"

During the warm-up phase, the audience began to cheer for the teams they supported.

Judging from the momentum, Xiangbei has the upper hand.

Since winning the winter championship last year, Xiangbei's popularity has been unprecedented.

However, there are also many viewers who support Shoyo, especially the Shoyo cheerleading team.

dong dong ~ dong dong ~ dong dong~
The Xiangyang cheerleading team is composed of Xiangyang reserve players. They are dressed in uniform and each holds two large plastic bottles in their hands.

Led by the team leader, they beat beverage bottles rhythmically and cheered for the team loudly, with an extremely shocking momentum.

This is obviously an organized and disciplined cheerleading team with absolutely top-notch professional capabilities.

Soon, the competition officially began.

Players from both sides started to play, among which Xiangbei sent out the lineup of Akagi, Naito, Kogure, Mitsui and Miyagi.

Miyagi's concentration in training has improved recently, so Coach Anzai decided to give Miyagi another chance.

Xiangyang lineup
Center: Hanagata Toru, 196cm, 83kg, sophomore
Ohmae: Minori Kishimoto, 186cm, 81kg, second year
Komae: Hasegawa Kazushi, 188cm, 80kg, second grade
Shooting guard: Nan Lie, 183 cm, 73 kg, sophomore
Point guard: Kenji Fujima, 177 cm, 68 kg, sophomore
As expected, Xiangyang once again sent out the starting five.

Beep~
At the referee's signal, Akagi and Hanagata Toru stood in the center circle and executed the jump ball.

Looking at the tall and strong Akagi opposite him, Hanagata couldn't help but hold up the frame of his glasses to suppress his inner tension.

In the match between Shoyo and Ryonan, Uozumi personally admitted that Akagi's strength was still above his.

Although Hanagata did not seem to be at a disadvantage in the confrontation with Yuzumi, Yuzumi was superior to him in terms of scoring efficiency and contribution to the team.

He has never even defeated Yuzumi, and now facing Akagi who is stronger than Yuzumi, he would be lying if he said he was not nervous.

At this time, the referee threw the ball vertically up.

Because Hanagata was still in a daze, he reacted a beat late and Akagi got the ball out first.

"Hanagata, relax!"

When Shohoku was organizing an attack, Fujima noticed Hanagata's nervousness and couldn't help but pat his friend on the shoulder.

Soon, Miyagi crossed half court with the ball.

He first extended an index finger, and then took advantage of Fujima's unpreparedness and started quickly.

Miyagi moved past Fujima in a flash.

His explosiveness seems to have increased compared to last week!

"So fast!"

Fujima was surprised, he knew Miyagi was fast, but this was faster than he thought.

After being broken through by Miyagi, Fujima quickly turned around and chased back.

Although Fujima's speed is not as fast as Miyagi's, it is not much slower.

After getting rid of the defender, Miyagi dribbled like the wind and rushed towards the basket quickly.

However, before Miyagi stepped into the paint area, Fujima caught up.

“It would be great if I could throw it!”

Miyagi inevitably felt a little regretful, but he was quick with his hands and passed the ball to Akagi who cut into the basket.

bang~
Hanagata immediately rushed towards Akagi, but was easily knocked away by Akagi.

Bang~
With a loud bang of the rim, Akagi the gorilla scored a dunk.

In the plot year, Hanagata couldn't stop Akagi, let alone now.

This is almost equivalent to a second-year high school student Hanagata facing a third-year awakened Akagi.

"Akagi's resistance is no less than Uozumi's. This is not easy to deal with!"

Hanagata rubbed his aching chest and looked at Akagi with a wary look in his eyes.

Because this may very well be the strongest opponent he has ever encountered!
At this time, Xiangyang served the ball quickly.

Xiangyang players quickly crossed the half court and began to use the run-and-gun tactics.

I have to say that this Shoyo team is very suitable for the bombardment tactics and is obviously better than Touou last year.

However, Xiangbei had been prepared for this.

After completing the attack, Xiangbei retreated quickly without any hesitation.

As soon as Fujima crossed the half court with the ball, Miyagi immediately rushed forward.

Being a small guy, he could only stick to it.

Although Fujima is not tall, he is half a head taller than the current Miyagi.

During this process, Miyagi took the initiative to confront.

Unfortunately, Fujima spontaneously increased confrontational training last year.

Compared to Miyagi, he is not only taller and heavier, but also more capable in confrontation.

Taking advantage of the confrontation, Fujima forced a breakthrough.

Although the first-year Miyagi was weak in the confrontation, he still used his speed advantage to entangle the opponent again.

During this process, Xiangyang players began to run and provide screens.

Even though Xiangbei was prepared, Shoyo still took advantage of the opportunity.

Naito's lack of experience was revealed, and Kishimoto created an opportunity by successfully counter-running.

Fujima passed the ball at the right time, Kishimoto received the ball and made a shooting posture, easily deceiving Naito, and then rushed into the basket with the ball, trying to score a layup.

slap~
Murasaki slapped the ball on the backboard, making a dull sound.

When Naito was tricked, Murasakibara immediately reacted with a chase-down block.

After Murasakibara grabbed the basketball, the Shoyo team quickly returned to defense.

Mu Mu casually passed the ball to Miyagi, and then said to Naito: "Naito, you have the advantage of height, wingspan and jumping speed, you can just wait for him to jump first!"

"Makes sense!"

Naito touched the shiny bald head and learned something new.

Soon, Miyagi crossed half court with the ball.

This time, Fujima did not get close to Miyagi, but kept two steps away from him.

As we all know, Miyagi can't shoot a basketball!
In the last round, Fujima got close to Miyagi mainly to test his quality.

Now he dared not get close to the palace no matter what.

Miyagi could do nothing about this.

His offensive methods are too simple, and once he encounters a faster opponent, he will be easily targeted.

Without hesitation, he immediately passed the ball to Murasakibara and took Fujima away.

Outside the three-point line, Murasakibara is in a triple threat posture.

One step away, Hasegawa stared at Murasakibara closely, his heart filled with nervousness.

Before the game, Coach Kitano entrusted him with an important task and gave him the task of defending Murasakibara.

As the team's defensive vanguard, he must always take on the responsibility of defending the opponent's core.

However, this time the opponent is not Mitsui or Sendoh, but Murasakibara!

Hasegawa is naturally Alexander. He can't even defend Mitsui, let alone Murasakibara.

How could he have the right to restrict the top high school student in the country!
However, Hasegawa still tried to cheer himself up.

Suddenly, Mu Mu started without any warning.

"So fast!"

Hasegawa didn't move, didn't react at all, and was passed by Murasakibara in one step.

(End of this chapter)