They had thoroughly torn apart Jinggang's collapsed interior defense with patient ball movement.
After Kanagawa cracked Jinggang's strategy, it once again firmly seized control of the game.
At that point, Shizugang no longer had any advantage against Kanagawa. Like prey with its throat caught in a tiger's jaws, it could only struggle in vain.
Kanagawa suppressed the Jinggang side from beginning to end, widening the gap once more.
As the game wore on, Jinggang's stamina began to decline, and its defensive intensity was clearly weaker than in the first half. Kanagawa, meanwhile, played more and more smoothly.
The second half soon came to an end. When the final buzzer sounded, the electronic scoreboard froze at 102:73. Kanagawa defeated the Jingang side by a massive 29-point margin.
With that, the Kanagawa representative team's first game of the Autumn National Sports Festival came to a successful conclusion.
After Kanagawa claimed its first victory, the games for the other groups followed one after another. As time passed, each match came to an end in turn, and the atmosphere in the gymnasium rose and fell with the action. There were tense, thrilling battles, as well as utterly one-sided routs.
Soon, all four games of the day had ended, and the results were announced.
Group A: Kanagawa Prefecture versus Jinggang Prefecture. Final score: 102:73. Kanagawa Prefecture won.
Group B: Yanshou Prefecture versus Miyazaki Prefecture. Final score: 82:94. Miyazaki Prefecture won.
Group C: Akita Prefecture versus Fujing Prefecture. Final score: 124:63. Akita Prefecture won.
Group D: Qiyu Prefecture versus Hyogo Prefecture. Final score: 88:75. Qiyu Prefecture won.
The results and standings for all four groups were clearly displayed on the giant screen. Under the rules of this Autumn National Sports Festival, the victorious teams—Kanagawa Prefecture, Miyazaki Prefecture, Akita Prefecture, and Qiyu Prefecture—each received 2 points, while