The Final Push

Before long, halftime came to an end.

As the atmosphere in the arena heated up once more, the players from both teams quickly emerged from the tunnel. After one final round of encouragement, they swiftly took the court.

Neither side made any substitutions in the second half. Both kept their strongest lineups on the floor, clearly intending to fight to the bitter end.

After all, this was their final game of the year. Once it was over, they would have plenty of time to rest and recover. Even if they fought until they were completely exhausted and unable to stand, it would not matter.

Thus, neither team had any pressure or reservations. They only needed to think about how to help their team win before their strength gave out.

Beeep—!!

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

"Roaargh!"

Slap!!

With Morishige Hiroshi at the jump ball, Niwa Tomoya naturally had no chance of making waves.

Morishige Hiroshi easily won the tip, giving Meihou High the first possession of the half.

Niwa Tomoya himself seemed perfectly accepting of this. He simply gave a token jump, then immediately returned to the floor, turned around, and retreated with his teammates to quickly set up their defense.

Kono brought the ball into the frontcourt. After patiently organizing the offense and pulling the defense apart, he steadily fed the ball to Morishige Hiroshi.

Morishige Hiroshi continued relying on his dominant post game, backing Niwa Tomoya down step by step before turning and powering up for a solid basket over his head.

49-47.

Meihou High scored on its first possession of the second half and cut the deficit to just two points, making a strong start to the half.

But Ryonan Basketball Team was not intimidated just because its opponent had scored. After taking