There were only 53 seconds left in the game, and Wolf Team had taken a two-point lead.
Guo Allen checked how many timeouts they had left.
Windwalkers Team had only one timeout remaining, and they couldn't afford to waste it.
He shook his head helplessly and subbed Ding Haoran out.
They returned to their earlier lineup of two guards and a center.
First, although their two centers could grab rebounds, their poor free-throw shooting made them a weakness the other team could exploit;
Second, according to what the director had said earlier, Hu Guangsheng and Hu Guangping had to be on the court during the final crucial moments, or there would be no way to explain things to the investors.
So he put Hu Guangsheng and Hu Guangping in, along with Da Dong.
As the two took the court, Guo Allen told them, "Run Five-on-Five, run Play Five. This ball has to go in."
Both of them nodded, and Da Dong nodded too.
Da Dong played a crucial role in Play Five.
Although he didn't handle the ball during the play, he had to set a screen for the ball handler, then screen for another player, and finally screen for the ball handler again—a total of three consecutive screens.
If he missed even one screen, the whole play would fail.
That made him a vital part of it.
But perhaps he was too exhausted, or perhaps he had been on the court too long and his mind had gone foggy.
He did all right on the first screen, but by the second, he was already out of position.
Hu Guangsheng had meant to pass to Hu Guangping, but Da Dong ran through the middle, and the ball went straight into his shoulder.
Little Mouse reacted in a flash, darted behind