The Final Moments

"I really never expected the game to turn out like this."

In the stands, Wu Yufei wore a face full of surprise as he looked down at the court and sighed.

Like most neutral spectators, Wu Yufei had originally believed that although Ryonan might cause Kainan some trouble, Kainan would ultimately take the win by around five to eight points.

Judging by the two sides' raw strength, such a gap would have been perfectly reasonable.

Yet no one could have imagined that Ryonan would rely on Kazama Yuto's exceptional performance to keep the suspense alive until the final moments of the second half.

By now, no one dared say that Ryonan would definitely lose and Kainan would definitely win.

After all, several times when Kainan had clearly been on the verge of turning things around, Ryonan had managed to escape danger and maintain a very slim but very real advantage.

Of course, surprise was all Wu Yufei felt beyond that.

Whether Kainan or Ryonan ultimately entered the Winter Cup main tournament as Kanagawa Prefecture's third seed did not matter to Wu Yufei or Miuradai.

After all, if either team wanted to face Miuradai in the Winter Cup, it could only happen in the semifinals or finals.

And by then, whether it was Ryonan or Kainan, Wu Yufei was naturally fully confident that he could lead his team to victory.

Beep—!!

In the eighteenth minute of the second half, seeing that the game had entered its final निर्णायक stage, Coach Taoka immediately called the last timeout he had in hand, allowing his players one final chance to rest and regroup.

"The game has reached this point, and every one of you has performed brilliantly! Not just me—today, you have also given every spectator who came here specifically to watch you an