Fierce Battle 2

Beep—!!

The one-minute timeout quickly ended. Urged on by the referee's whistle, the players from both sides swiftly returned to the court, and the game resumed.

Shohoku had possession now.

"Let's go!!"

After receiving the inbound pass, Matsuoka Teruji immediately organized the team and steadily advanced toward Meihou High's frontcourt.

Meihou High, meanwhile, set up its defensive line in its own half as quickly as possible.

Then, after the two sides battled in Meihou High's frontcourt for more than ten seconds, Shohoku finally tore through Meihou's defense. Matsuoka Teruji successfully passed the ball to Rukawa Kaede.

After receiving the ball, Rukawa Kaede immediately drove into Meihou's paint. He used a series of feints to shake off the two defenders rotating over, then rose for a layup and scored.

On the first possession after the timeout, Shohoku scored successfully and further extended its lead.

This was clearly not something Meihou wanted to see.

They had taken a timeout to regroup too!

On the next possession, Meihou answered in kind. After patiently working the ball around in the frontcourt, Kono spotted an opening. He first powered past Matsuoka Teruji, forced his way into the paint through the defense, then immediately leaped and dished a clever pass to Morishige Hiroshi, who had cut under the basket. Morishige Hiroshi caught the ball, rose directly, and easily dunked it into Kainan's basket.

Meihou answered Shohoku's previous attack with an incredibly morale-boosting dunk, further lifting the spirits of the entire team.

Possession returned to Shohoku.

This time, Shohoku continued to trust their ace, Rukawa Kaede, and his three-point shot.

Huff...

After using a fake to shake Hosokawa, Rukawa Kaede rose up and used Quick Release from beyond the three-point line.

Swish!!

In the next moment, Rukawa Kaede lived up to his teammates' expectations, sending the basketball