Chapter 30 - Tokiwadai vs. Meiho, Part 3 (1/2)

Both teams entered the court for the second half.

Midorima: ”Tokiwadai's game is going to change, Kageyama Shun is going to start his stealing.”

Aomine: ”I think Nebuya Eikichi won't be able to get the ball a whole lot in this half.”

Nijimura: ”With Kageyama stealing passes, it is completely possible.”

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Shun walked on the court for the second half of the game. He had already figured out Meiho's usual pass pattern, all he needed to do was to be at the right place at the right time, and he would get the ball.

The game started with Shun intercepting a pass to Nebuya right in front of him. Nebuya chased after Shun, who had the ball.

Nebuya: ”Come back here.”

Alas, Shun was faster than Nebuya, and he scored at the bucket scored with a simple finger-roll layup.

Nebuya was furious he got the ball and dribbled the ball, but Shun got in his way, the still furious Nebuya tried to move past Shun but got charged with a charging violation.

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Murasakibara: ”Arara, he got in the loud guy's head and caused him to commit a foul.”

Haizaki: ”That Kageyama sure got in a good steal.”

Akashi: ”The things will get worse from here on out. Meiho will not be able to score much, and the pressure will pile on.”

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Akashi was right the situation got worse, Tokiwadai started to gain turnovers and started to score from the outside.

Ishida got into a rhythm and started to pull more threes than the first half. Mibuchi drew in more fouls and increased the value of his plays.

But, nothing could beat the damage Shun was doing, he kept stealing the ball, and Meiho's morale dropped to an all-time low.

Nebuya got agitated, and his performance started to drop. He made silly mistakes in finishing at the rim.

Nebuya was trying to push his way to the basket, and Aone who was trying to stop him pulled back at the moment Nebuya pushed back, causing Nebuya to lose balance, and Aone stole the ball.

Even Shun got a block in, Nebuya tried to score with an overhead layup got the ball smacked out of his hands from his back.

Shun: 'This game is over with this.'

Shun decided to let Otsubo, and Aone score from here on out, they had worked hard to stop Nebuya all game and deserved a chance to score freely.

Otsubo went out a dunk streak; he spent the last minutes of the game, dunking at each of his baskets.

Viewer: ”That tall guy is awesome; he is dunking all over the place.”

Viewer: ”*Whistle*, look at that point gap, is this really a semi-final in the Nationals.”

Viewer: ”Look at Tokiwadai, dropping those threes. As expected from the reigning champions. ”

The crowd was going wild at Otsubo scoring, and Nebuya, who was now in a rut, couldn't stop Otsubo.

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