Chapter 109 - Finals: #6 (1/2)

The viewers in the stands were enjoying the game, but the television audience was also enjoying the game.

Shun's parents, who were busy today and were watching the game from their workplaces.

Shun's father has straight out occupied the biggest meeting room in his clinic and was watching the game on a big television screen installed in the meeting room.

Shun's father was enjoying watching his son play, but he also wondered why his son was the only one scoring on his team.

He would cheer whenever Shun would score, and his employees would look up every time and see him through the glass walls.

Shun's mother, on the other hand, was watching the game on a television screen installed in one of the patient rooms.

There were a couple of nurses and doctors also settled in the room during there lunch break.

[A/N: I know Doctors and Nurses are super busy, but ignore that and think they are having a slow day.]

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Akashi looked at his teammates and felt that he was ready.

He looked at the ball in his hands, moved forward, and crossed the half-court.

He took in the positions of all the people on the court, and a play formed in his mind.

Akashi: 'He needs a win to get going. Straight through the middle is his favorite route, let's give him that.'

Akashi ran through the court, waiting for his pass target to get into the optimal position.

Aomine, who was passing through the middle of the court, got passed the ball from Akashi.

He felt that his position on the court, the timing of the pass, the ball's placement in his hand, and finally, his distance from the defenders were ...

Aomine: ”Perfect.”

Aomine dribbled the ball in front of him and saw that Shun was standing in front of him.

Aomine came to a stop, backed away by two steps, and then while jumping backward, he free-shot the ball towards the basket.

[A/N: Not Aomine's parallel fade away, this was more like a straight out throwing the ball towards the basket at a high-speed.]

Shun, who positioned himself in front of Aomine's path, was expecting him to charge ahead towards him.

So, when Aomine stopped and backed away, Shun felt the jolt of reflexes telling him to run forward, and so he did, but,

Shun: 'He is too far. I won't reach in time...'

And, that was the case. Shun reacted as fast as he could, but Aomine's backing away plus his backward jump made to much space between them for Shun to come in contact with the ball.

Shun clicked his tongue when he saw the ball beam towards the basket. The ball smashed into the backboard and went into the hoop at a high-speed.

Commentator A: ”What a reckless shot! I am amazed at how such a flat arc went into the basket. Truly marvelous!”

Commentator B: ”And that was all the while he was jumping backward. Truly a sight to be amazed at.”

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The scoring battle began as both sides targetted the baskets with hard aggressiveness.

Shun ran right through the middle of the court with the ball with him.

He arrived at the boundary of the Dee, and in front of him was Murasakibara was standing there is the Dee ready to stop him.

Shun performed a Euro-step to fake out Murasakibara with a left foot jump but was actually going to jump with his right foot.

But, Murasakibara didn't fall for the fake and jumped at the right moment.

Commentator A: ”Murasakibara-kun shows excellent awareness and defensive skill. I would have fallen for that Euro-step, but he judged the move correctly.”

Shun reflexes shown in the situation. He jumped and let his body come close to Murasakibara's, and just before contact, he moved his ball hand behind Murasakibara and chucked the ball upwards.

Murasakibara, who was expecting a layup from the front, couldn't do anything when the ball was behind him all the time.

The ball traveled up just to the height of the rim, and then slowly tipped inside the basket, securing another point for Tokiwadai and Shun.

Commentator B: ”A pity, Murasakibara-kun had just evaded a fake to jump at the right moment, but he was outsmarted by Kageyama-kun the second time.”

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Akashi once again had the ball ready to perform his magic as he scoured the court for information and used it for the optimal pass route and target.

Akashi crossed the half-court, then increased his speed to the limit.

Tokiwadai players were expecting him to charge into the basket, but the just after Akashi increased his speed, he passed the ball to Midorima.

Commentator B: ”Excellent pass timing from Akashi-kun.”

Yuki wasn't expecting Akashi to pass at all and was away from him to prepare for a drive.

Yuki: 'I was completely sure that he was going drive.'

Midorima caught the ball and looked around the court to find Akashi entering the three-point arc into the inside area.

He passed the ball back to Akashi, who was now closer to the basket than before.

Commentator B: ”Oh, a pass-back. Is Akashi-kun going to score on his own.”

But, Akashi had withdrawn from the active offense and was only focusing on playmaking.

Moving according to his plan, he passed the ball to Murasakibara in the low post.

Murasakibara boxed out Aone in the post and caught the passed ball.

He stepped into the Dee and jumped for a dunk.

Shun was quick and arrived near Murasakibara and jumped for a block, but the moment he jumped, Shun thought,

Shun: 'Crap, I made a mistake!'

The mistake was to jump in front of Murasakibara.

Murasakibara brought the ball down, both of Shun's hands were pushed away by brute force, and the ball crashed into the basket.

Shun could feel the strength of Murasakibara as he jammed the ball into the basket.

Shun: 'So Heavy!'

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Hikigaya winced as he saw Shun stumble backward and almost crashing into the poll of the basket.

Hikigaya: ”That guy is so powerful. Did you see the rim bend when he dunked the ball.”