Chapter 174: The Match, With the Showdown with Mine and Yukimiya, the Score Continues to Alternate Rising

33:34!

33:36!

35:36!

43:46!

Until...

Yukimiya Kazuma dribbled continuously, feinting; the moment he suddenly accelerated to break through and stopped abruptly, Aomine Daiki surged forward to catch up, rendering the entire series of dribble feints meaningless.

Seeing Aomine appear before him again, Yukimiya's expression remained unchanged; he crossed the ball under his legs and instantly spun his body around.

Immediately following that, he added a back-to-the-basket post-up, stepped back, and raised his hand to launch a 'Flying Bird'.

But just then.

A very dark-skinned hand suddenly reached out.

Swish~!

Yukimiya Kazuma instantly froze.

The moment his shot left his hand, he immediately felt that the ball had gone off course.

"Get back on defense!"

Yukimiya Kazuma had no time to be surprised, nor did he even call for everyone to fight for the rebound; he directly shouted for a defensive retreat.

In the paint.

Midorima Atsushi extended his long arms and grabbed the rebound.

Aomine Daiki successfully blocked the 'Monster Immersion · Flying Bird' for the first time in this match, but with his 'Wildness' sinking deeper and deeper, his expression showed no trace of fluctuation, though one could faintly see an even sharper look in his eyes.

"Only I can defeat me."

673 The instant Aomine's words fell, his figure began to leap toward Bai Shui Hall's half-court like a black panther; the speed of this surprise attack was, surprisingly, even faster.

Like a violent wind and storm!

"Actually..."

"He can get even faster?!"

Seeing Aomine Daiki's speed increase once more, the spectators in the arena couldn't help but widen their eyes.

Aomine received Akashi's pass; Yukimiya Kazuma retreated to defend in time, but Aomine seemed to have anticipated Yukimiya's move, changing direction the instant he caught the ball and bypassing the opponent's defense immediately.

Then he swung violently, hurling the ball from his hand like a cannonball.

Clang!

43:48!

The point gap continued to widen; although it was only five points, everyone at Bai Shui Hall, Yukimiya Kazuma, and even the many teams present knew exactly what kind of signal that shot just now represented.

Yukimiya Kazuma: "..."

It's truly wonderful.

Wildness.

The harder the fight, the stronger it becomes.

"I have won, Yukimiya."

Aomine Daiki stated the conclusion calmly; his tone was hard to define, but it was certainly not as excited as at the beginning, and indeed, what followed was exactly as Aomine had said.

Starting from this shot, Yukimiya Kazuma's scoring efficiency was suddenly restricted.

Aomine's block, before Yukimiya's 'Flying Bird' left his hand, under the increasingly cautious weight shifting of the 'Passing and Control Master', meant that although not every shot was blocked, the shooting percentage undoubtedly dropped significantly.

Moreover, Yukimiya Kazuma knew that when Aomine defeated him, Akashi's personality would surely lead him to press his advantage, and the facts were exactly as he had thought.

In the latter half of the second quarter, the showdown between Yukimiya and Aomine, already causing the point gap between the two sides to constantly widen due to the difference in shooting percentage.

At this moment...

Akashi suddenly passed the ball to Midorima Shintaro, who had just stepped into Bai Shui Hall's half-court with his foot on the center line; the latter, facing Takefune Masaki's rushing defense, turned to pass him and scored a half-court three-pointer.

Describing the basketball as slicing through the long sky was no exaggeration.

Under the white incandescent lights, the ball flew for a long time, creating immense psychological pressure on everyone at Bai Shui Hall.

Swish~!

47:59!

With Midorima Shintaro's sudden three-pointer, the point gap between Bai Shui Hall and Teiko reached double digits for the first time in this match.

Moreover, it was foreseeable that in the remaining three-plus minutes, this trend would only intensify.

Under Akashi's orchestration, with Aomine as the primary attacker interspersed with Midorima's three-pointers, Yukimiya Kazuma also quickly adapted by changing his defensive positioning; based on a 90.7 team defense attribute, he stood near the three-point line, able to provide team defense against Aomine if retreating, or against Midorima if advancing.

But that guy Akashi, in his desire to win, had abandoned all rules of conduct; in Teiko's next offensive possession, the ball once again found its way into the hands of the post player Midorima Atsushi.

Clang~!

(caaj) Teiko scored easily once again!

Everyone at White Water Hall was defending very hard, but just as Sasame Akira had predicted earlier, Akashi's playmaking from the top of the key didn't count as any kind of team coordination; it was simply handing the ball to more offensive options, leaving White Water Hall and Yukimiya Kazuma running themselves ragged.

If chasing Aomine before, with teammates providing team defense, there was still a theoretical possibility of a Successful Defense, then with Teiko playing like this now, Bai Shui Hall didn't even have a shred of theoretical possibility left.

So, in the final moments of the second quarter, Yukimiya Kazuma threw himself wholeheartedly into offense, attempting to slow Teiko's pace of further score expansion with his own offense; as long as they scored, the opponent would have to start from the baseline throw-in, making the rhythm definitely slower than the current offense-defense transition.

However...

"Haa..."

The breathing is so heavy.

Arms and legs felt just like during the continuous obstacle run at the training camp.