"BOOM!"

The rim let out a violent cry as Jason Silver completed a brutal two-handed slam dunk over Murasakibara. The arena immediately erupted with thunderous cheers.

Murasakibara's physical talent had always been acknowledged as the strongest among the Generation of Miracles. Some professional players and commentators considered him a treasure of Japanese basketball. In fact, compared to Murasakibara's other teammates from the Generation of Miracles, people had the highest expectations for him.

Why? Because within the Asian sphere, there had never appeared a star-level point guard. The only Asian number one draft pick was Yao Ming. Therefore, people had developed deep-rooted ideas about Asian players, believing that Asian players excelled most as inside players.

As a result, in their first encounter, Murasakibara was dunked on hard. The massive sound once made fans worry whether the rim would be shattered by Jason Silver's dunk.

"Aomine's speed, Murasakibara's strength, Kagami's jumping ability..."

"This guy is a complete monster."

The bench players' expressions were extremely grave. This feeling was just like when they used to watch Tendou. But Tendou was a perimeter player, so the impact he brought wasn't as shocking as Jason Silver's.

"This is Jason Silver, possessing 'the body chosen by God.'"

Momoi's face also showed more worry. Their research on the Evil Dragons was already thorough, but in the end, they discovered they had still underestimated this team.

"This is basically an inside version of Tendou." Wakamatsu Kōsuke had thought Murasakibara was the most heaven-defying inside player. Today opened his eyes wide - in this world, there existed a center even more unreasonable than Murasakibara.

"Be careful. If you get injured, I won't take responsibility, monkey." After scoring, Jason Silver stuck out his tongue to further provoke.

The purple-haired giant baby immediately became furious. Since his debut, he had never suffered such humiliation.

"Any problems?" Tendou walked over.

"Not a single problem." Murasakibara would never easily admit defeat.

"That's good. I'll help you set up the stage."

After saying this, Tendou beckoned to Murasakibara and took control of the ball. Akashi had no objections and joined his teammates in the offensive play.

"Thump"

"Thump"

"Thump"

Tendou personally dribbled across half court. Having learned from the previous experience, Allen appeared much more serious this time. He didn't dare underestimate this comedian in front of him at all, especially after seeing him defeat Nash in a one-on-one situation.

Although Nash wasn't serious and it wasn't his full effort, this comedian had enough reason to be proud.

"Want to pass the ball to that big guy? Don't even think about it. I absolutely won't let you pass the ball inside..."

"Swish!"

The basketball shot into the inside like a comet. Under circumstances where Allen couldn't react at all, it penetrated through layers of defense and crashed into Murasakibara's hands.

The face-slapping happened quite quickly, catching Allen off guard.

"Never say 'absolutely,' acrobatic little brother." Tendou looked at his opponent with understated calm.

Damn.

Allen felt that this number 14's words were somewhat irritating. Turning his head, he saw his teammate Jason Silver being brutally pushed aside by Murasakibara, who then returned the favor with a one-handed slam dunk.

Although Murasakibara's scoring wasn't as shocking as Jason Silver's, it was very practical. For inside players, being able to do this was actually sufficient.

"He's got some skills." This was Nash's first impression. Much stronger than that university representative team from a week ago.

"Never thought a place like Japan would have high school students like this." This was what surprised Nash. The team before him had talent that wasn't as vulnerable as he had imagined.

But...

"Compared to us, they're still far behind." Nash still had no intention of taking action himself, bringing the ball across half court and handing it to Jason Silver to handle.

The latter's heaven-defying athletic ability made it very difficult for the Dragon Slayer Sword team to deal with. Those with his speed lacked his size and strength. Those matching his strength and physical condition lacked his speed.

People looked around and discovered that in the entire Dragon Slayer Sword team, they couldn't find a single person who could match up against Jason Silver. If they couldn't limit their opponent, it would be very troublesome.

The only good news was that the Dragon Slayer Sword team could score.

...

"Beep!" The first quarter ended. Both sides were tied at 26-24, with the Dragon Slayer Sword team temporarily leading by 2 points.

Although it was an advantage, the Aida father and daughter couldn't be optimistic. In just one quarter of game time, the starting players were already breathing heavily.

This kind of situation, Aida Riko had never seen even during the national tournament. These Generation of Miracles players were once-in-a-decade talents - playing at full output for 30 minutes was completely not a problem.

Yet today, after just one quarter of play, their sweat rate was abnormally high.

"Is the gap really this big?"

Akashi, Aomine, Murasakibara, and Midorima all had their jerseys soaked with sweat at this point. The only one who could maintain normalcy was Tendou.

This Teiko demon star, leader of the miraculous era, the strongest high school student in the nation. He was the only player who could ignore age and keep up with the Evil Dragons' pace.

Thinking this way, Aida Riko felt it was terrifying. The opponents were like five Tendous - how could such a game be played? There was absolutely no way!

"Tendou, are you tired?"

"No problem." Tendou took the water Momoi handed him and also noticed his teammates' somewhat intense physical consumption.

His teammates' talents weren't inferior to their opponents - the main gap was in age. However, in a single decisive game, this was an insurmountable natural barrier.

At least in terms of fighting spirit, the Dragon Slayer Sword team playing at home was definitely stronger than the Evil Dragons team. After all, the Evil Dragons guys were still partying at bars the day before the game.

"Aomine, rest on the bench for the second quarter. Kagami, you're in. Pay attention to inside defense."

"Huh? I'm not tired yet, I can still play." Aomine was having quite a good time and didn't want to come out like this.

"You should save it. All flashy moves - you have the highest physical consumption." Streetball moves were numerous and complex, invisibly increasing players' physical consumption.

This was also one of the reasons why streetball players couldn't play professional games. They needed ball possession and were ball-sticky, easily creating the awkward situation of one person playing while others watched.

Alston was called the Streetball King. But the reason he could ultimately establish himself in the NBA was because he completely abandoned streetball's bad habits.

When he first entered the league, Alston had the idea of bringing technical assistance. But after entering the league and getting thoroughly beaten, he became more honest.

He even warned streetball players during interviews: "Street basketball and professional basketball are completely two different worlds. If you want to establish yourself in the professional arena, you need the tremendous courage to make changes."

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