At this level of competition, if one player got hot from three, the outcome was basically a foregone conclusion.
Even though the prep team's offense remained fairly efficient over the next two minutes, Wang Yi gave the order. The moment the prep players took a shot, the third team's players rushed them, even if it meant fouling. They weren't going to let them shoot uncontested.
So one hard foul after another followed, with players grabbing and hacking at their opponents.
The prep students had never played in a real game before. How could they have been prepared for this?
They went two whole minutes without scoring, and every one of them was furious.
They repeatedly protested to Xiao Bao, who was officiating.
But Xiao Bao had been calling the game by the book.
"You fouled them, and they got free throws. When you went too far, I called a technical foul. You're the ones who saw how aggressive they were and got scared to drive. You couldn't even make your free throws. What do you expect me to do?"
Meanwhile, Classmate Huang hit two more three-pointers for the third team during those two minutes, stretching their lead to twenty points. There were only three minutes left in the game.
At that point, the game was completely out of reach.
So Wang Yi waved his flag again: Five Up Five Down. He took out all five starters and sent in five substitutes who hadn't played at all.
Seeing that Wang Yi had already brought in his substitutes, Principal Xu decided there was no point in keeping his starters out there either. He waved his flag too: Five Up Five Down, replacing his players with five substitutes who hadn't seen much playing time.
In the end, the ten substitutes played until there