Chapter 49: At the White Water Hall, Absolute Advantage Continues

Point guard Haru Dayu Two, having pressed relentlessly without sparing his stamina throughout the first quarter, was substituted out to rest as soon as the second quarter began.

Shin Matsuzaki had originally intended to substitute in a backup power forward and place Yukimiya Kazuma entirely at the point guard position to reduce his defensive workload, but on Yukimiya Kazuma's suggestion, he instead substituted in another point guard.

As a result.

On the court, the one matching up against He Xiuyang on defense remained Yukimiya Kazuma.

On the court.

Yukimiya pondered how to complete the badge mission.

Given the opponent's shot selection, blocking their shots outright was clearly difficult; even if the opponent did shoot, Yukimiya, exerting every ounce of effort, would find it hard to block their cautious fadeaway jump shot over the screener, managing at most to disrupt it.

Under normal circumstances, providing sufficient disruption would actually be enough.

But the crucial point is that the current situation is 'abnormal'.

He must rack up blocks on He Xiuyang.

And it is not a matter of one or two.

Imagine the scenario where one can rack up a large number of blocks; it would likely only be possible if the opponent continuously attacks the rim.

With the Purple Badge 'I Love Blocking Dunks' active, the success rate of blocking dunks increases by 50%, so the safest approach is to force the opponent to choose a dunk.

Thus, Yukimiya Kazuma's intention in provoking He Xiuyang just now was precisely to make He Xiuyang attempt a dunk, thereby triggering the badge effect to reliably rack up blocks; however, no matter how sarcastically he taunted He Xiuyang, the opponent remained unmoved.

He Xiuyang is not foolish; considering the height Yukimiya Kazuma achieves when blocking shots, plus the presence of Takefuji Masaki inside who is even taller, charging in to dunk under such defense would be asking to get blocked.

Although shooting off the screen while floating like this results in extremely ugly production and shooting percentages, at least one avoids being blocked; if one avoids being blocked, there is still hope for scoring, and even if the shot misses, one can still fight for the rebound.