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"What on earth is wrong with you? That performance just now was absolutely disgraceful!!"

On the sidelines, in Toyotama's rest area, Coach Kanahira immediately tore into the players the moment they came off the court.

"Are you still asleep?? Open your eyes and look carefully! Miuradai hasn't even sent out a single third-year starter yet! And this mere second-string lineup is already able to go toe-to-toe with you?"

Over the first five minutes, aside from Noguchi Yuji performing up to his usual standard, not a single Toyotama player had played normally.

And they did not seem worried about this situation at all. Instead, they had very straightforwardly pinned all their hopes on Noguchi Yuji alone.

If today's opponent had not been Miuradai, but any other average team, then there would have been nothing wrong with playing like this. Noguchi Yuji alone could contend against the entire opposing team, while the other players slowly found their rhythm until they could keep up with Noguchi Yuji's pace, and then the whole team would take off together.

Toyotama had won many games in the past using exactly this approach.

But today was different! Their opponent was Miuradai!!

And Miuradai's current lineup was completely made up of second-string players. Their three third-year starters were all sitting leisurely on the sidelines.

If Toyotama could not enter their best form as quickly as possible and force the opposing starters onto the court, then the longer this dragged on, the slimmer their hopes would become.

To put it even more bluntly, if Toyotama could not stabilize their lead in double digits before the end of the first half, then this game would already be a failure for them.

After all, with only a single-digit lead, once Miuradai threw Wu Yufei and the other core starters onto the