Since there wasn't much of a gap in ability between Mingde Middle School's starters and substitutes,
their substitutes not only prevented the deficit from shrinking when they took the court, but at one point increased it to seven points.
Just then, Huang Rixin suddenly answered with a three-pointer.
That brought the deficit back down to four.
By the end of the first quarter, Huali was trailing by four points.
The ordinary viewers in the livestream chat didn't think much of Huali being down by four.
But Guo Allen said, "Don't be fooled by the fact that Huali is only down four points right now. In terms of how the game has gone, Huali has been at a disadvantage. Ever since those five Five Tiger Generals took the court, they went from leading by three to trailing by three, and then they stayed three to five points behind. In the final minute, they were down by as many as seven."
"It was only Huang Rixin's three-pointer that managed to cut the deficit back to four."
"You can tell they've been gritting their teeth just to keep it to four."
Xiao Bao, Li Yueru, nodded and said,
"Yeah. Mingde Elementary School looks like they're playing with ease. They only have to step it up a little to stretch the lead to more than five points. Huali, on the other hand, is having a really hard time. They're gritting their teeth and hanging on just to keep the deficit under five. And that's with Huang Rixin's three-pointer. Without it, the gap would probably be heading toward ten."
Guo Allen continued with a sigh:
"Mingde Middle School really is a team with no weaknesses. So far, I haven't been able to find a single one."
"Compared with Huali's players, Mingde Middle School is strong