At the Cliff's Edge

"Whew... whew..."

Damn it, why could this guy always get into form so quickly?

Watching Wu Yufei score again before casually turning to retreat on defense, Matsuoka Teruji could not help cursing inwardly.

But no matter how he thought about it, he could not come up with a reasonable answer. In the end, he could only attribute it to one thing: Is this the level of someone who could go straight into the pros after graduating high school?

Though he was deeply shaken, fear was naturally out of the question.

Shohoku also had players with abilities and talent beyond the high school level! And more than one of them at that!!

After bringing the ball into the frontcourt again, Matsuoka Teruji continued patiently and cautiously searching for the right opportunity.

Since Rukawa Kaede was looking quite passive under Wu Yufei's defense, Matsuoka Teruji had directly placed him third in the passing order.

First and second, naturally, were Sakuragi Hanamichi and Alonso.

Bang!!

The next moment, Matsuoka Teruji and Sanada Taishi executed a pick-and-roll, successfully shaking off Kimura Tetsuya. After smoothly driving into Miuradai's paint, he spotted an opening and decisively fired a quick bounce pass to Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had already established position inside.

After receiving the ball, Sakuragi immediately engaged Ohno Kazuki in an incredibly fierce battle of strength.

The contest between their physical power was quickly decided. Just like Uehara Jun trying to hold off Alonso in the previous possession, although Ohno Kazuki fought fiercely, Sakuragi Hanamichi still found an opening. He muscled his way beneath the basket, spun, rose up, and threw down a dunk over him.

Although Uehara Jun and Ohno Kazuki were both widely recognized as outstanding blue-collar big men with exceptional resilience under pressure, they naturally could not withstand powerful opponents like Alonso and