Chapter 15 - Tokiwadai vs. Shoei, Part 2 (1/2)
(Tokiwadai's bench, Half-time)
Otsubo: ”Kageyama-kun, you did great with defending Nakamura. We now have an eight-point lead.”
Shun: ”Thank you, Otsubo-senpai.”
Aone too patted his back to show support in his silent way.
Coach: ”You guys did well in the first half, Aone, you did well in scoring points. Mibuchi, that three while drawing a foul, was beautifully executed.”
Mibuchi: ”Thank you, Coach.”
Coach: ”Now, you already know what to do in the second, keep performing like this, and we will win without any hiccups.”
Shun would have agreed, but he knew that Kiyoshi Teppei hadn't done anything special in the first half, so he was not getting his hopes up about winning without hiccups.
(Second half, start.)
Shoei started with the ball in the second half, Kajiwara (PG) dribbled to the half-court and immediately passed it to Kiyoshi (C), Kiyoshi charged his way through the defenders and was met by Otsubo under the hoop.
Kiyoshi did a quick spin on his pivot foot and moved past Otsubo to score points for his team.
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[A/N: SPIN MOVE
It involves planting your inside foot and reverse-pivoting around a defender while dragging the basketball with you.
This can be a difficult move for young players to execute, but it's quick and effective when a player has put in the work practicing it.
It's important that players ensure their hand stays on top of the basketball. If the hand slips under, referees will whistle the dribbler for a carrying violation.
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For the next few minutes, Shoei kept passing to Kiyoshi who kept scoring, Kiyoshi used his big hands to keep the ball in contact with his hand long enough to gain an advantage in post-plays, he kept making layups with incredible timing and precision.
Kiyoshi (C) was still losing to Otsubo in rebounds, but he was crushing him in the offense.
Shun decided that it was time to start the plan for the second half, but before that, they had to stop Kiyoshi from racking in more points so that Shoei didn't get back their momentum.
Shun switched mark with Otsubo, for when Shoei had the ball, Shun was now going to defend against Kiyoshi (C).
Shun was having trouble pressuring Kiyoshi in the post because he kept pushing Shun around with pure power. Shun didn't like it, but he had no choice, a competition of power against a Center was not his cup of tea, he was going to wait till Kiyoshi decided to make a play.
Shun had seen enough of Kiyoshi's game to create a profile on him using Perfect Copy, so he knew what he preferred in which situation.
Kiyoshi, who was now in a good spot, jumped up and tried to put in an Overhand layup, but Shun knew that Kiyoshi would try to do that as Kiyoshi liked to do an overhand layup from the current position.
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[A/N: OVERHEAD LAYUP
It's similar to a regular jump shot in that a player gets their hand under the ball and ”shoots” it off the backboard.
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