Chapter 138: Begin

In the very first possession of the game, Yukimiya Kazuma successfully intercepted Hagiya's pass while helping on defense.

Hagiya Middle School's defensive retreat was fast, so after Yukimiya Kazuma pushed up to the frontcourt, he once again used his signature fake-pass feint, pointing east and delivering west.

He looked toward the paint at Takefuji Masaki, but fed the ball to Liang Huayin beyond the arc on the wing.

Liang Huayin's hand came up like a blade, and the basketball arced across like a rainbow.

Swish!

Nothing but net.

The shooting drills reinforced late in the training camp seemed to have paid off well.

The crowd erupted; in middle school basketball—including junior high and senior high—fast-break threes are rare, and apart from Midorima and Yukimiya when he's locked in with 'Monster Immersion,' you basically never see them from anyone else.

In everyone's mind, the closer you get to the rim, the easier it is to score.

As for Liang Huayin daring to throw up that shot, it didn't surprise Yukimiya; his shooting just now was purely forced into being by the pass Yukimiya triggered through the 'Passing Maestro' effect.

After releasing it, even Liang Huayin himself was a little surprised.

Because Yukimiya Kazuma, as a 'point guard,' daring to make that kind of pass was genuinely unexpected—after all, although Takefuji Masaki in the paint had a defender draped on him, the probability of him laying the ball in still looked higher than Liang Huayin's own.

From the qualifiers to now, Liang Huayin has a 37% three-point shooting percentage; although he only shoots when open and his volume is low, his three-point ability actually has a solid foundation.

Add in the training-camp reinforcement and Yukimiya's bonus badge 'Passing Maestro' granting a 20% boost to shooting percentage, and on these open threes, Liang Huayin is now very accurate.