Wu Yufei had no idea what kind of pep talk Coach Koto Riki had given Kainan during that one-minute timeout.
But when both teams returned to the court, Kainan's morale, which had seemed on the verge of collapse to him, had indeed recovered quite a bit because of that timeout.
Under Kainan's tenacious defense, Miuradai failed to score again. Likewise, Miuradai did not allow Kainan to score another point either.
The final two minutes passed scorelessly for both sides, and the first half ended at 50:39 as the teams entered halftime.
"Kainan's morale is gradually recovering. The fact that they didn't let Miuradai score a single point in those last two minutes is the best proof."
Akagi Takenori spoke with a grave expression.
"In the second half, Kainan will definitely launch a storm-like counterattack."
"Gorilla, you're exaggerating."
Sakuragi Hanamichi beside him was unimpressed by Akagi's words.
"Didn't Kainan fail to score too? And even if they launch a fierce attack in the second half, that Chinese guy won't be so easy to deal with."
"Let's hope so."
At this point, there was nothing Shohoku could do except believe in Miuradai and pray that they won this game.
Meanwhile, inside Miuradai's locker room.
"Hahaha!! This feels amazing!! I never thought leading Kainan could feel this damn good!"
The moment he returned to the locker room, Murasame Kengo burst into laughter without any concern for his image.
He had given up countless chances to have fun and trained his basketball skills hard every day for an entire year. Wasn't it all for this very moment?
He recalled the humiliation from last year, when Miuradai had still been crushed by more than forty points by Kainan even while A Maki spent the entire second half watching from the sidelines.
At this very