"Eh? Murasakihara, you're very serious about your warm-up today! Aren't you going to sit under the basket today?"
"ah!"
Murasakihara Atsushi nodded and said: "The coach won't let me stay under the basket today, and today's opponent, I must crush him with my own hands."
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Beep~~
"Both salute!"
"Please give me your advice x2."
After the warm-up, the players from Zhengbang and Yangquan Universities saluted as a team and then gathered near the midfield.
"So big!"
After the two sides faced each other, Zhengbang's players were immediately startled.
Because the average height of Yangquan University is too shocking.
There are three players who are over two meters tall. Standing in front of everyone in Zhengbang, they are like big trees rooted in the ground.
"Although I have seen the information in the materials before, but I still feel quite oppressive when I see it in person!" Even Tsutomu Iwamura, who has always been steady, had to sigh secretly in his heart.
"We meet again, Murasakihara-kun."
"I'm going to crush you to death today, Bird Boy."
"Asuka...boy?"
Several black lines appeared on Akashi Asuka's face. What the hell is this called?
Beep!
"Prepare!"
Suddenly, the referee blew the whistle, and Akashi Asuka and Murasakihara Atsushi, who were in the circle, immediately got ready to take off. As the referee threw the basketball high, Akashi Asuka and Murasakihara Atsushi jumped up at the same time...
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"Oh oh oh~~~it's starting."
Ryota Kise, who was annoyed by Shintaro Midorima who was disturbing the audience just now, saw the start of the game and immediately turned his attention to the court.
"Who can win the right to attack first...Oh! It's amazing, even Akashi-chan can't compete with Murasakibara-chan? It seems that Murasakibara-chan has also grown a lot during this time!"
After the game started, Murasakihara Atsushi took the lead and took the lead.
This scene surprised everyone in Zhengbang. After all, since Akashi Asuka joined Zhengbang, this was the first time they saw Akashi Asuka have a disadvantage in the fight for the ball.
"Tsk! Even Akashi can't jump as high as him. How high can that monster touch the ball?" Kasuga Ryuhei complained as he accelerated towards his own basket and returned to defense.
"It's not a matter of how high you jump, it's that Murasakibara's physical condition is better." Iwamura said.
The reason why Murasakihara Atsushi was able to defeat Akashi Asuka just now was not because he jumped very high, but because his arms were longer than Akashi Asuka.
Akashi Asuka's hands and feet are relatively long according to the proportions of a normal human body. However, Murasakihara Atsushi is longer than Akashi Asuka. When his arms are lowered, it feels like they are almost touching his knees.
It's just like a pair of ape arms.
And it was precisely with this physical advantage that Atsushi Murasakihara was able to take the initiative in the first round of the ball.
After the opponent took the initiative, all members of Zhengbang immediately tightened their inside defense. Although the outside line was not completely open, they basically did not put much force outside the three-point line.
Because Yangquan, like Zhengbang, is a super defensive team.
The only difference between the two is that Zhengbang is better at full-court marking, steals, and defense breakthroughs.
Yangquan, on the other hand, is better at defending opponents from inside and scoring from the high altitude because of his height advantage.
As for the offense.
It cannot be said that Yangquan is not good at it, but generally speaking, the current Yangquan, like the previous Zhengbang, does not have a true shooting guard at all. Regardless of offense or defense, he is good at breaking through from the inside.
If it were the Winter Cup now, there would be Tatsu Himuro in Yangquan who is also good at attacking, but Tatsu Himuro is still abroad and has not come here yet!
"Oh~ It seems that you have studied us thoroughly?"
Yangquan point guard Kensuke Fukui is a third-year player with light gray hair and a pair of dead fish eyes. At 176cm tall, he is undoubtedly the shortest player in Yangquan today.
He controlled the ball and came to the outside to face off with Kasuga Ryuhei. With just one glance, Kensuke Fukui immediately discovered that Masakuni's formation was very targeted at Yangquan.
"Your Zhengbang intelligence experts are indeed powerful, but... don't get me wrong, there are no idiots like Emperor Tong in our team!"
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"Ah sneeze~A sneeze~"
On an ordinary field court, Aomine Daiki, who was sitting on the bench and resting, suddenly sneezed several times in a row.
"Ah? Ah Da, do you have a cold?"
"How is that possible!"
Aomine Daiki pushed away Momoi Satsuki's extended hand and said angrily.
Momoi Satsuki didn't care, and said to himself: "Speaking of which, the match between Yangquan and Zhengbang should start now! I wonder who will win this match between Murasakihara-kun and Akashi-kun?"
Aomine Daiki yawned and said lazily: "Who knows? In terms of physical condition alone, that guy Murasakihara may be the most talented one in our 'Generation of Miracles', but the opponent he encountered this time
, maybe he just happens to be his nemesis."
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"Damn it! This guy... can't squeeze through at all."
The captain of Yangquan is third-year player Kenichi Okamura, who is 200cm tall. His original position on the team was center, but after Murasakihara Atsushi joined, he began to serve as power forward.
But in fact, his playing style is still that of a center forward.
There are now three players with a height of over two meters crowded under the basket of Zhengbang. In addition to Okamura Kenichi and Murasakihara Atsushi, there is also a 203cm Chinese student Liu Wei.
Logically speaking.
Facing the three-person attack, Akashi Asuka should be the one at the disadvantage.
However, the fact is that now standing under the basket, the three Yangquan players have no sense of having the upper hand. Kenichi Okamura, who was the first to receive the ball, wanted to use his back to squeeze into the basket and then shoot.
But when Akashi Asuka came behind him, Okamura Kenichi suddenly discovered that no matter how hard he tried, Akashi Asuka behind him was as motionless as a huge boulder.
"In this case, I will launch an attack from here."
Kenichi Okamura turned around and took a step-back jumper. It must be said that Kenichi Okamura's movements are quite smooth among large players.
After all, it is not normal for high school students to be two meters tall. Except for a few individuals, most high school players who are two meters tall often have some defects such as "slow movement", "slow reaction", or "general bounce".
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Kenichi Okamura and Liu Wei from Yangquan are no exception.
So although Kenichi Okamura's movements are relatively smooth for a large player, facing Akashi Asuka, his movements are almost the same as slow motion.
Snap!
Asuka Akashi followed in one step and blocked Okamura Kenichi's shot with one slap, as easily as swatting a fly with an electric mosquito swatter.
