Chapter 272 Have you ever seen Tokyo at four in the morning?

Without waiting for Kobe to reply, Murasakibara immediately signaled to his teammates to serve the ball.

Kobe was startled and immediately retreated.

“Defense!”

In order to prevent his teammates from slacking off, Kobe loudly signaled them to strengthen their defense.

In an instant, Kashima Kaede quickly passed the ball to Murasakibara.

When Kashima Kaede served the ball, Murasakibara rushed to the front court first.

Seeing Murasakibara rushing over quickly, Priest, who was the slowest to retreat on the American team, took the initiative to rush forward.

When he was about to catch the ball, Murasakibara twisted and shook his wrist, which reduced the force on the basketball and instantly changed the trajectory of the basketball, passing Srest in one step.

In a flash, Murasakibara appeared outside the three-point line.

Kobe had to step forward, and Knight stood aside, ready to steal the ball at any time.

At this moment, Murasakibara used the ‘Muraasaki Kogure pass’ which he had not used in this game.

Kobe was caught off guard by Murasakibara’s breakthrough, and Murasakibara completed the breakthrough with his opposite foot.

At the moment when Kobe was broken through by Murray, Knight seized the opportunity and flew to steal the ball.

Just when Knight was about to touch the basketball, Murasakibara suddenly accelerated and left Knight behind.

Until this moment, there were only four seconds left in the game!

Hamilton was obviously surprised, but he had to go forward.

Perhaps because he was too surprised, his strides were larger than usual.

This also gave Murasakibara an opportunity.

Before Hamilton could make any adjustments, Murasakibara made a personal pass.

By the time Hamilton reacted, the basketball had already passed through his crotch, and he belatedly wanted to “close the door”.

Seeing Murasakibara break through four players in an extremely smooth and fast manner, Dampier, who was sitting under the basket, was stunned.

At this moment, Murasakibara had already rushed forward completely, and his momentum was unstoppable.

Dampier felt a strong threat and subconsciously lowered his center of gravity, trying to block Murasaki’s breakthrough route.

However, Murasakibara did not attempt to break through as he expected, but instead jumped up towards Dampier.

By the time Dampier reacted, it was too late.

At that moment, time seemed to freeze.

Murasakibara seemed to be flying, and during the process of jumping and gliding, his jumping height did not decrease at all.

This is the power of the ‘Glider’!

Because Dampier’s center of gravity dropped, Murasaki’s legs were spread open and were just supported by his shoulders on both sides.

The next moment, Danville felt a slight pain in his cheek, as if he was whipped, and then everything went dark in front of his eyes and he had difficulty breathing.

Eat a stick from my old grandson!
Mu Mu swung his right hand and made a dunk.

Bang~

Along with the deafening sound of the basket bursting, the basket began to vibrate violently, stirring the hearts of everyone present.

He dunked on the second-best center in the Western Conference – Dampier!

At this moment, everyone was stunned, staring at the player who was dunking while riding on Dampier.

In just seven seconds, Murasakibara dribbled past four players and dunked over Dampier to complete the winning move.

At this moment, Murasakibara’s name will be engraved in everyone’s memory.

This dunk is likely to become one of their unforgettable moments.

After the dunk, in order to avoid Dampier getting angry, Murasaki immediately let go of the basket and it fell to the ground.

He threw his head back and shouted, his excitement evident in his words.

His voice echoed in the stadium, as if speaking a declaration of victory.

This dunk directly defeated the American team and left the opponent no chance to counterattack.

By the time they reacted, the teammates rushed over and were completely impressed by Murasakibara’s outstanding performance.

If it weren’t for Murasakibara’s effort to turn the tide, the game would have ended with the American team winning.

It was because of Murasakibara that they were able to defeat the strong with the weak and beat the arrogant American team.

On the other side, the American team could only watch their opponents celebrate with complicated eyes.

They never thought they would lose before the game. After all, the talents and strengths of both sides were there.

Among them, Dampier was still standing there, seemingly still immersed in the scene of being knocked down by Murasaki.

After he came to his senses, Dampier’s dark cheeks began to turn red.

Being tackled by Murasaki who was less than 1.9 meters tall was a huge humiliation for him who always cared about his reputation!
Dampier almost lost his mind and rushed towards Mu Mu.

“Eric, calm down!”

Knight reacted immediately and hurriedly hugged Dampier.

Unfortunately, Dampier was still angry and just carried Knight to continue.

Poor Knight just became a pendant!
It was precisely because of Knight’s selflessness that Dampier’s speed slowed down a lot.

Prest rushed up in time and directly held Dampier, avoiding a conflict in time.

Surrounded by his teammates, Murasaki finally noticed something wrong with Dampier.

He glanced at Dampier and became more alert.

Even though Dampier was stopped, it doesn’t mean he will calm down. It is very likely that he is just enduring temporarily. If there is an opportunity in the future, he may give Murasakibara a hard time.

Murasaki decided to find an opportunity to eliminate the hidden dangers in advance by convincing people with reason.

He didn’t read the Spring and Autumn Annals, he only read the Analects!
On the sidelines, Bird and Sonny Cavallo stared at Muguru closely, as if they were looking at a treasure.

“I didn’t expect this kid to have such a big heart!”

Bird sighed and wanted to say that he saw the shadow of Drexler in Murasakibara.

In the entire NBA, only Drexler meets the requirements of this type of jumping and gliding without falling.

At this moment, Bird didn’t know who to use as Murasakibara’s template.

However, he was greatly attracted by the qualities that Murasakibara displayed in the practice match.

As long as Murasakibara continues to improve, when he becomes an NBA coach in the future, he will definitely get Murasakibara at all costs.

“Larry, what technique did he use to break through Kobe just now?”

As a Nike executive, Sonny Vaccaro certainly knows a thing or two about basketball tricks.

What puzzled him was that he had never seen how Murasakibara broke through.

Larry Bird held his chin and thought for a while, then said, “This seems to be a breakthrough technique from Europe, but it seems to be true and not true!”

Last year, Larry Bird represented the “Dream Team” and won the gold medal at the Barcelona Olympics.

At the Olympics, Bird had played against many European players and had seen similar breakthrough methods.

Of course, Bird did not play against the future ‘King of Europe’ and ‘Magician of Europe’ Dejan Bodiroga.

Dejan Bodiroga is still a little-known European player, at least in Bird’s opinion.

It wasn’t until the 1996 Atlanta Olympics that Bodiroga fought his famous match.

In the men’s basketball final of that Olympics, the Yugoslav team led by Bodiroga and Divac gave the Dream Team III led by Olajuwon and Barkley a cold sweat.

Among them, Bodiroga scored 13 points under Pippen’s close defense.

Unfortunately, due to the lack of strength of the Yugoslav team, they were ultimately defeated and only won the Olympic silver medal.

In Bird’s opinion, the breakthrough methods of those European players are all to break through with the same foot, rather than the opposite foot like Murasakibara.

In Bird’s opinion, compared with the complicated same-side foot breakthrough, Murasakibara’s opposite-side foot breakthrough is simpler and more efficient.

Of course, both have their merits and can be used to deal with different defenses.

After the celebration, Bird clapped his hands and gathered everyone again.

“It was a great match!”

Bird first reviewed some details of the game, then praised the players with outstanding performances, such as Murasakibara, Big Z and others, and publicly criticized players with poor performances such as Zebei and Kobe.

In this game, although Kobe made several amazing shots, his shooting percentage was less than 40%.

For this reason, the progress of the Mamba Mentality has reached 12%. Not to mention Zebei, who didn’t score a single point in the whole game, which was a miserable word.

After talking for a while, Bird looked at his watch and found that it was already eight o’clock in the evening.

“Well, it’s getting late, you should go back and rest.”

Bird announced the disbandment, but kept Murasakibara behind, wanting to get to know Murasakibara better.

The players looked at Murasakibara with envy and jealousy. If they could get Bird’s attention, it would be very beneficial to their future draft prospects.

Soon, everyone scattered like birds and beasts.

Bird stood in front of Mu Mu and asked curiously: “Little guy, I want to hear your story!”

Murasaki hesitated for a moment, then spoke briefly.

Of course, he wouldn’t be stupid enough to reveal the golden finger.

It only needs him to know the golden finger, not even his parents.

Even Bird, who was used to big scenes, was more and more surprised the more he listened.

“So, you have grown to this point in just over a year?”

Bird’s tone was full of disbelief. He had never seen a player improve so quickly.

“It’s absolutely true. If you don’t believe me, you can ask other people. By the way, Clyde and Chris have both taught me.”

Mu Mu spread his hands, looking like you can believe it or not.

“Ok, I trust you!”

Bird waved his hand and at the same time paid more attention to Murasakibara.

In addition, after learning that both Drexler and Mullin had recommended their alma mater to Murasaki, Bird suddenly became alert.

If nothing unexpected happens, those two guys probably still have evil intentions towards Murasakibara.

He doesn’t want such a good seedling to fall into the hands of others.

“Coach, can I challenge you?”

Seeing that Bird fell silent, Mu Mu directly stated his purpose.

He has been coveting Bird for a long time!
Of course, he is not Diddy and has no interest in Bird.

He was curious about what effect the title he received from Bird would have.
In addition, Bird has always been known for his skills and is the best technical player in the NBA today. There is a good chance that I can gain skills from him.

“It’s too late now, let’s wait a few days!”

Bird was startled and flatly rejected Murasaki’s request.

Just kidding, he has retired for a year and rarely exercises, so his athletic ability has obviously declined.

If I were to fight Murasakibara one-on-one now, there is a real possibility that I would fail miserably.

For the sake of his reputation, Bird prepared to cram and recover as much strength as possible in the next few days.

“Then it’s decided!”

Murasakibara seemed to see what Bird was thinking. To him, winning or losing didn’t matter, as long as Bird gave him a chance.

After saying goodbye to Bird, Mu Mu took a shower and returned to the dormitory.

The players’ dormitory is located near the Dome Stadium, and Murasakibara was assigned a four-person dormitory.

When he entered the dormitory, he found Mitsui and Hamilton packing their things.

On the lower bunk on the right, Kobe was playing a game on a handheld game console.

It was obvious that they would be Murasaki’s roommates for the next ten days.

Murasakibara didn’t expect that they would be assigned to the same dormitory. It can only be said that it is fate.

The training camp is arranged in this way to cultivate tacit understanding between players from the two countries.

After packing up his belongings, Murasakibara covered himself with the quilt and prepared to go to sleep.

On the other side, Mitsui did the same thing.

They are used to getting up early for training, and they don’t want to slack off even in the training camp.

Looking at the actions of Mu Mu and Mitsui, Kobe asked in confusion: “Why are you going to bed so early?”

“Get up early for training tomorrow!”

Mu Mu replied.

When Kobe heard about the training, his eyes lit up and he quickly said, “Then add me in!”

He is a training fanatic and thinks he can’t lose to anyone in this regard.

“Okay!”

Murasakibara immediately agreed and translated it into Japanese for Mitsui.

In addition, he winked at Mitsui and blinked four times in succession.

Mitsui was stunned at first, then he understood what Murasakibara meant and immediately made an OK gesture.

The two looked at each other and both smiled wickedly.

Kobe looked puzzled and asked, “What are you laughing at?”

“We suddenly remembered something funny.”

Kobe glanced at the two of them, then turned his attention back to the handheld game console.

He obviously did not realize the importance of the problem.

Not long after, Murasaki fell into a deep sleep.

I don’t know how long it took before Mu Mu opened his eyes.

“Three-thirty, just right!”

He first glanced at the time, then called Mitsui.

Soon, the two of them got dressed and came to Kobe’s bed.

“Kobe, wake up, we should go to practice.”

Mu Mu called Kobe softly, but Kobe was sleeping like a dead pig and could not be woken up no matter how he called. Instead, he woke up Hamilton who was sleeping on the upper bunk.

“What are you doing?”

Hamilton opened his confused eyes and looked at the two of them in confusion.

“train!”

“train?”

Hamilton subconsciously looked out the window and found that the sky was still dark.

Looking at the night outside the window and then at the time, Hamilton’s mouth twitched slightly.

“Fuck!”

“Richard, have you ever seen Tokyo at four in the morning?”

“never seen it!”

Hamilton felt a sense of awe when he heard this, and a surge of warmth suddenly surged in his body.

For a moment, Hamilton’s blood boiled and he lost all desire to sleep, as if he had been given an injection of chicken blood.

He had never been so eager to train!

“Can you add me?”

Mu Mu readily agreed, and then pointed at Kobe who was still sleeping and asked, “Richard, why is Kobe sleeping so soundly?”

“He was still playing games while I was sleeping. He must have gone to bed very late. Besides, he is very irritable when he wakes up. It’s best not to wake him up.”

“That’s a shame!”

Murasakibara was a little helpless, as he still wanted to give Kobe a big surprise.

Kobe: Was that a surprise? It was clearly a shock!

“I have a way to get Kobe to come with us!”

Suddenly, Hamilton’s eyes turned, a plan came to his mind, and he looked at Kobe with a sinister and weird smile in his eyes.

Seeing Hamilton’s sinister smile, both Murasaki and Mitsui were shocked.

No wonder this guy wears a mask in the future, this is where his emotional problems lie!
(End of this chapter)