Episode 501, yes!
Yueye Hongming wiped the sweat continuously pouring from his forehead with a towel. His voice carried a trace of exhaustion, but he still nodded forcefully.
That was what he thought too, but Matsumoto Minoru's strength was right there. How could he possibly be stopped so easily?
Yueye Hongming knew better than anyone that he was absolutely no match for his opponent. The last few exchanges had proven that well enough. Unless someone from the team came over to help him defend and form a double-team, there was no way to limit Matsumoto's performance.
But the moment that thought surfaced, he crushed it himself. He knew Ryonan's situation too well. Their defense was already stretched thin, and everyone had an assignment to cover. There was no way to spare anyone to double-team an opposing player. If they got distracted, the double-team would only create more opportunities for Shohoku's other players. The situation would only get worse.
At that thought, Yueye Hongming's shoulders slumped even further, and the pressure in his heart grew heavier.
Tiangang Maoyi gave everyone a harsh scolding, but he did not make any further complicated tactical arrangements.
He understood better than anyone that the situation had already deteriorated to the extreme. No flashy tactics could reverse their decline. All they could do now was treat a dead horse as if it were alive and pin all hopes of a comeback on Sendoh and Chi Tong.
As a coach with years of experience, his eye had always been sharp. Every clash on the court, every offensive and defensive mistake, made one cruel fact clear to him: aside from the two core players, Sendoh and Chi Tong, the rest of Ryonan's players faced an unbridgeable gap in strength compared with Sannoh Industrial High School's players. Whether in