Third Place

Just as all the Meihou supporters in the stands had prepared to cheer for Morishige Hiroshi's game-clinching dunk, the Ryonan Basketball Team made one final desperate stand.

After being suppressed so badly by Morishige Hiroshi for dozens of minutes that he could barely lift his head, Niwa Tomoya finally delivered a stunning play in the final possession, one enough to erase all his previous mistakes.

He successfully got back on defense, but he did not confront Morishige Hiroshi head-on, because he knew that would be no different from courting death.

So Niwa Tomoya first avoided the brunt of the attack. Then, spotting his chance, he decisively came charging in from the side and threw every ounce of strength he had into this monstrous block.

Smack!!

The deafening sound echoed through the entire arena like a massive sledgehammer, smashing brutally into the fragile hearts of every Meihou player and supporter, nearly suffocating them.

Of course, the most shocked person was Morishige Hiroshi himself, the one whose shot had been blocked.

He had never imagined that he would get blocked.

He had imagined even less that the one serving him this gigantic rejection was Niwa Tomoya, whom he had dominated so thoroughly all game that Niwa could barely raise his head!

What Morishige Hiroshi regretted most was why he had not paid a little more attention to the situation around him. He had been far too eager to dunk the ball in.

But there was no medicine for regret in this world.

Morishige Hiroshi's dunk, which should have completely ended the game, was blocked by Niwa Tomoya, and there were still 6 seconds left!

"Counterattack!!"

Just before the basketball went out of bounds, Nishiki Junichi arrived in time, dove to save it, and immediately sent it to Kazama Yuto.

**"Six seconds left!