Beeep—!!
At last, as the referee blew the final whistle, Miuradai High School Basketball Team's first-ever National Tournament game officially came to an end.
118:70. That was the final score.
Throughout the entire second half, Miuradai had not sent a single starter back onto the court, using only their second- and third-string reserves so they could experience the atmosphere of the National Tournament as well.
Under those circumstances, Azure Phoenix finally managed to recover some of the dignity expected of Miyazaki Prefecture's representative team in the second half.
Against Miuradai's second string, Azure Phoenix was able to trade blows with them and even held a slight edge at times.
Against Miuradai's third string, the Azure Phoenix players were even more delighted, playing with absolute joy.
Since the result could no longer be changed anyway, both sides had a blast in the second half, running fast breaks the entire time as the score climbed rapidly.
Over the entire second half, Miuradai and Azure Phoenix scored 40:50.
That showed Azure Phoenix had built a fairly decent advantage against Miuradai's second and third strings.
But compared to the massive hole Wu Yufei had personally dug for them in the first half, that tiny advantage was nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
"You've already done your best. We'll come back next year..."
Azure Phoenix High School's coach could only comfort his players like that.
They had fought through the entire summer and finally surpassed the best result in school history this year, making it past the first round where they had fallen for the previous four years.
They had originally looked forward to taking a few more steps on the National Tournament stage, only for things to end like this.
Azure Phoenix's coach was actually rather grateful to Miuradai's coach. He had