The Final Curtain

Just when everyone thought those two points were already Kazama Yuto's for the taking, the Kainan Basketball Team's savior suddenly emerged and descended before him.

"Raaah!!"

Smack!!

With a thunderous roar and the sensation of the basketball instantly slipping from his control, Kazama Yuto knew he had been blocked.

"Yes!!"

"That was beautiful, Kiyota Nobunaga!!"

"That block was worth a fortune!!"

At courtside, the Kainan Basketball Team's bench erupted into deafening cheers the instant Kiyota Nobunaga completed the block. Some were so excited they could barely speak coherently.

There was no doubt that this massive block had a tremendous impact on the entire game.

Not only had Ryonan lost a chance to put the game away, but Kainan now had an opportunity to tie the score—or even take the lead!

"I've got it!!"

At the last moment before the ball flew out of bounds, Shimazu Kazuto dove through the air and saved it.

"Counterattack!!"

Yamaguchi Kenshin arrived right afterward. Once he received the ball, he had no time to check on his teammate. He immediately turned, accelerated, and launched a fast break toward Ryonan's frontcourt.

"Stop him! Stop him!!"

Coach Taoka immediately sensed a tremendous danger and anxiously jumped about on the sidelines.

But he did not need to say it. The Ryonan players on the court felt exactly the same way and had already sprinted back on defense at full speed.

Yamaguchi Kenshin continuously squeezed the last remnants of strength from his body, charging into Ryonan's paint with two opponents tightly trailing him.

The next moment, just as everyone else thought Yamaguchi Kenshin would take the shot himself and force his way up for a layup, he made a move no one had expected.

Thump!!

Yamaguchi Kenshin decisively fired a bounce pass backward to his right.

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