Everything Was Under Control

Beep--!!

Very soon, the one-minute timeout ended, and both teams quickly returned to the court under their respective captains' lead.

Neither side made any substitutions; both remained with their starting lineups.

As soon as the players returned to the court and took their positions, the referee immediately blew the whistle to signal the game's resumption.

Shohoku had possession now.

"We're on! Let's get this basket back first!"

After receiving the inbound pass, Matsuoka Teruji once again began organizing the team's advance.

Clearly, during that one-minute timeout, Coach Anzai had spent all his time calming the players' emotions and rebuilding their morale rather than devising any new tactics.

After returning from the timeout, Shohoku still maintained the same half-court offense as before.

And having learned from the previous pass to Rukawa Kaede that had been intercepted, Matsuoka Teruji naturally did not dare casually pass to Rukawa again while Wu Yufei was guarding him.

At 11:18, after a remarkably patient series of attacks and cuts in the frontcourt, Shohoku finally broke through Miuradai's defense once more.

Spotting an opening, Matsuoka Teruji first used a fake to shake off Kimura Tetsuya, then accelerated into the paint and immediately assumed the posture of preparing for a pull-up shot.

"Don't even think about it!!"

Ohno Kazuki immediately rushed over, leaping into the air to try and block the shot.

But that was exactly what Matsuoka Teruji wanted.

Bang!!

The next moment, Matsuoka Teruji pulled the ball back and quickly dished it to Sakuragi Hanamichi, who had circled around to the other side.

Whew...

After catching the ball, Sakuragi Hanamichi immediately took aim, rose up, and decisively fired a mid-range shot.

Swish!!

As the basketball pierced Miuradai's hoop once again, Shohoku finally put more points on the board and changed the score to 33-25, cutting the