Expectations

During halftime, Wu Yufei had no idea what adjustments and plans the two sides made in their locker rooms, so there was no need to elaborate on it here.

Beep—!!

Ten minutes later, as the long-awaited whistle finally sounded from the sidelines, the doors to the player tunnels on both sides of the court below opened once more.

Whoosh—!!

The next moment, bathed in the enthusiastic cheers of more than seven thousand spectators, the players of Ryonan and Sanno finally reappeared before the crowd and quickly gathered in their respective bench areas for their final pep talks.

"Victory!!" XN

A minute later, thunderous roars erupted simultaneously from both teams' bench areas, ringing through the entire arena. Their final mobilization before the second half was complete, and the players taking the floor were led onto the court by their respective captains.

Both sides made lineup adjustments for the second half, but only at relatively unimportant role-player positions, such as Sanno's small forward Onishi Koji and Ryonan's power forward Takemoto Nozomu. As for their core stars, Sanno's Mikio Kawata and Toda Kazuma, as well as Ryonan's Kazama Yuto and Aida Hikoichi, all remained on the court.

Neither coach had any intention of dragging the game out until the very end before deciding the winner. They both wanted to settle the suspense as quickly as possible in the second half so they could prepare for tomorrow's semifinals. Naturally, they would continue riding their starters hard.

Beep—!!

With the referee's whistle, the second half officially began.

There was no need to say much about the opening tip. Unless Mikio Kawata simply chose not to jump at all, Niwa Tomoya had no chance of beating him to it.

Mikio Kawata easily won the tip, securing Sanno's first possession.

After receiving the inbound, Toda Kazuma immediately