After completing the dunk, Ryota Kudo dropped coolly from the rim.
Rather than leaving after showing off, Ryota Kudo walked up to Minami Tsuyoshi with an icy expression.
"Minami, I know you're a dirty player. That foul yesterday was deliberate!
"But that underhanded crap of yours won't work on me.
"In a moment, I'll show you that against absolute strength, your tricks aren't worth shit!"
Ryota Kudo's voice was quiet enough that the others couldn't hear him, but his expression was openly confrontational.
Minami Tsuyoshi's face flushed red with anger, and he spat out a vicious threat.
"Just you wait. After today, I'll make sure you never play basketball again!"
In the stands, quite a few players from Kanagawa teams had come to Hiroshima to watch, including players from Shoyo and Ryonan.
They all knew Ryota Kudo and knew he wasn't someone who sought the spotlight.
For Ryota Kudo to pull something like this before today's game had even started, he had to have a reason.
Akira Sendoh, who understood Ryota Kudo best, spoke up. "Kudo wants to draw all their fire onto himself. After all, their opponents are Toyotama... They don't exactly play clean."
The other players in the stands nodded in agreement. They had watched yesterday's game too and knew just how vicious Minami Tsuyoshi's behavior had been.
Besides, this wasn't the first time Toyotama High School had behaved like this.
Teams that had previously faced Toyotama High School had all suffered injuries of varying severity.
Under the hostile stares of everyone from Toyotama High School, Ryota Kudo swaggered back to Shohoku's half.
Minami Tsuyoshi, in particular, looked as though his eyes might spit fire.
What he hated most were "arrogant" geniuses like Ryota Kudo, who never gave hardworking people like him a second thought.
But deep down,