Chapter 14 - Tokiwadai vs. Shoei, Part 1 (1/2)

Player's from both teams gathered midcourt, with Kiyoshi and Otsubo in the middle for the tipoff.

Otsubo was taller than Kiyoshi (C). Kiyoshi was the same height as Aone.

[A/N: In the main series, Otsubo is 198 cm tall, and Kiyoshi is 193 cm tall.]

One of the referees of the game raised his hand before he shouted out.

[A/N: The following are the names of Shoei's team members;

Kiyoshi Teppei (Second-year), Center,

Nakamura Taichi (Second-year), Power-forward,

Kajiwara Tarou (Third-year), Point-Guard,

Yane Fuyuto (Third-year), Small-Forward,

and Horikawa Kenya (Third-year), Shooting-Guard]

Referee: ”Let the Final match of Block A begin!”

The referee approached the middle of the court before signaling both players to prepare themselves to jump.

After blowing the whistle, he tossed the ball up, which sprung both players into action as they attempted to slap the ball towards one of their team members.

The result was Kiyoshi (C) losing the tip-off, and he was on mark immediately.

Shun who got the ball dribbled it past the half-court, he scanned the court and decided what to do, he did a crossover dribble and moved past his mark with ease.

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[A/N: CROSSOVER DRIBBLE

It's most often used when a player wants to change directions and they're not being tightly guarded by a defender who could poke the ball away.

This is the easiest basketball move for players to perform and is the first move a player will start practicing when they first start learning how to dribble.

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But the moment he passed another player was waiting for him in his way, Shun smiled inwardly, and passed the ball to Mibuchi who was at the three-point line.

Shun had checked with his Eagle-Eye, that if he moved past his defender, there was a chance that Mibuchi's mark would move to intercept him.

His guess was correct, and Mibuchi, who was now had the ball was free of his mark, he jumped up and shot a three which went in the basket with a swish.

Tokiwadai, three and Shoei, zero. [A/N: 3-0]

Now it was Shoei's turn to go on the offensive, and their point guard, Kajiwara Tarou, started with the ball as he dribbled down the court.

As he was getting ready to make a play, he was unable to determine a player to pass to due to how well covered his teammates were.

Kajiwara: ”This is unreal.”

Just then he saw the Nakamura leave his mark and run towards, he seeing that passed to him; Nakamura, charged his way to the court and did a layup, but the moment the ball left his hand, another hand came and smacked the ball out of its original path.

Nakamura saw Otsubo towering above him,

Nakamura: 'Damn, he is tall.'

Aone caught the ball and threw it to Ishida, who made his way to the three-point line and attempted a three which missed, Shun and Mibuchi were below the net, they jumped up to catch the rebound, but suddenly two hands shot up and the ball was caught by Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi passed the ball to Yane (SF), who worked his way inside and shot from inside the line when he saw that Otsubo and Ishida were already there.

Both teams went back and forth the court scoring and defending. Seven minutes into the game, the score was 22-18, with Tokiwadai in the lead, Shoei called a timeout.