The situation on the basketball court is sometimes like snow on the mountains. Once a collapse occurs somewhere, it will quickly cause a chain reaction.
This is undoubtedly the situation in Yangquan right now.
Yangquan and Zhengbang are similar, using a 2-3 zone defense position. However, there are certain differences between the two.
Zhengbang's defense is similar to setting up a checkpoint. The four people on the periphery isolate everyone from the outside and prevent opponents from breaking into the penalty area. If someone can get through this level, they will face the 'big devil' in the second level -
—Asuka Akashi.
Zhengbang's defense is mainly aimed at teams that attack inside, such as Xiude, who is both inside and outside, or teams that mainly attack outside. This formation is not easy to use.
However, Yangquan's 2-3 zone defense uses superimposed defense.
Because the five members of Yangquan are generally tall, except for point guard Kensuke Fukui, even the main shooting guard before Tatsuya Himuro transferred to Yangquan is over 190cm tall.
This also results in the defensive range of each of the five Yangquan players being very amazing.
Atsushi Murasakihara is in the center, and one person is enough to defend the entire three-point area. On this basis, the remaining four people continue to overlap the defensive areas, each occupying a piece of territory.
This kind of defense is irresistible, and even Zhengbang may not be able to match it.
With this kind of defense.
In the original book, during the Winter Cup, Yangquan even had a terrible record of keeping opponents clean for several consecutive rounds.
But now, a huge loophole appeared in Yangquan's defense, and the loophole still appeared in Atsushi Murasakihara, the most critical player in the entire formation.
Bang, bang, bang...
Basket.
Akashi Asuka slapped the basketball and played singles with his back to Murasakihara Atsushi. Akashi Asuka stuck out his butt, raised his big elbow, and immediately backed away from Murasakihara Atsushi.
After advancing all the way to the basket, Akashi Asuka suddenly turned around and shot a jumper. His movements were very fast, and he had already prepared his shooting posture in almost the blink of an eye, but Murasakihara Atsushi still reacted.
Atsushi Murasakihara jumped up with all his strength to block the ball, but just when he was about to block Akashi Asuka's shot, he saw Akashi Asuka put the basketball back and changed from shooting to hooking in mid-air.
Whoosh!
With a flick of the wrist, the basketball fell steadily into the basket.
32:25.
"Beep~~~"
At this moment, the referee blew the whistle for a timeout, and Masako Araki couldn't help but call the first timeout of the first half.
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In the auditorium.
Kise Ryota, a first-class melon-eater, scratched his hair and said: "You are completely suppressed! Murasakibara-chan!"
The game between Zhengbang and Yangquan was full of many unexpected things.
First of all, before the first two quarters of the game were over, two baskets and a basket rack were destroyed in succession. This was obviously something that no one expected.
Although the duel between Masahiro and Yangquan was still stalemate in the follow-up, the "ace battle" between Akashi Asuka and Murasakihara Atsushi, including Ryota Kise, the "Generation of Miracles", thought it would be a battle between dragons and tigers. As a result, in the two quarters of the game,
Murasakihara was actually completely suppressed by Akashi.
Moreover, it is a double suppression from two aspects: strength and technology.
"Murrasaki-chan should be very discouraged now! After all, he has never encountered such a disastrous defeat before." Kise Ryota sighed.
Not everyone in the "Generation of Miracles" has never been defeated. Whether it is Aomine Daiki or Midorima Shintaro, they have encountered many failures before their talents were fully awakened.
Especially Aomine Daiki, he himself has gone through countless failures in the field, and he has become stronger and stronger with each passing day, reaching his current level.
But Murasakihara Atsushi is different.
His huge size itself is a kind of "natural talent". In the entire "Generation of Miracles", if there is a person who has the least number of defeats, it must be Atsushi Murasakihara.
Even Akashi may not be able to match him in this regard.
And most of the failures are often due to teammates. Being defeated by the enemy from the front like today is probably the first time in Murasakihara Atsushi's life... No, maybe it won't be the second time.
"Yeah?"
Midorima Shintaro didn't quite agree with Kise Ryota's view. Instead, he quietly looked at Murasakibara Atsushi in the rest area and said pointedly: "I think Murasakibara might be very happy now?"
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"Oops, why am I so excited?"
In the Yangquan rest area, everything was just as Midorima Shintaro expected. Murasakihara Atsushi did not feel discouraged at all at this time. On the contrary, he was obviously very happy and excited in a way that even he himself did not know.
The two big hands trembled slightly, but Murasakihara knew very well that this was not because of fear, but because of excitement.
"It's not good. I want to play the game. I really want to play the game quickly..."
Similar to Aomine Daiki, Murasakihara Atsushi himself was a very aggressive player in junior high school, but because of his excessive strength, Murasakihara Atsushi had no fighting spirit for a long time.
After entering high school and entering Yangquan, Murasakihara basically spent most of his time sitting at the basket and rarely even stepped out of the three-point line.
I don’t know how long ago it was the last time I had such a thought.
Because it's too long ago.
It almost made Murasakihara forget about this impulse hidden deep in his heart.
"Masako, can you give me a rubber band?"
Araki Masako took advantage of the pause and was about to explain something to the people in Yangquan. However, before she could say anything, she was suddenly interrupted by Murasakihara Atsushi.
A vein suddenly popped out on Masako Araki's forehead.
Just when she turned her head and was about to teach this impolite brat a lesson, she suddenly saw the look in Murasakihara Atsushi's eyes.
She was very familiar with this look. When she was playing professionally, some of her teammates would occasionally look like this...
Masako Araki paused for a moment, then said: "Forget it, the formation in the second half remains the same, let's continue to finish the first half at this pace!"
Everyone in Yangquan looked at Masako Araki strangely, as if they were a little confused about the coach's sudden change of mind. But then, when everyone saw Atsushi Murasakihara with purple hair tied into a ponytail, all their doubts seemed to be answered.
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Thirty seconds later.
The timeout ends and the game restarts.
Iwamura Tsutomu didn't understand what it meant for Murasakihara Atsushi to tie his hair like this, but the aura that Murasakihara Atsushi exuded at this moment was like a disaster. Just one look at it had already triggered Iwamura Tsutomu's body's instinctive warning.
When Akashi Asuka saw the change in Murasakihara Atsushi opposite him, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he reminded everyone in Zhengbang:
"Pay attention, everyone, a powerful guy is coming."