Chapter 505
In such a moment of competing will and fighting spirit, the protagonist team never loses.
"If I have to say why, it's probably the desire for victory."
Ever since Kuroko chose to use Vanishing Drive Transcendence, Seirin's momentum reached its peak and didn't drop for even a second.
If Too were crushing them, it would be one thing, but now that the match was so intense, the side with more fighting spirit often achieved the final victory.
What's more, the ending of the animation was Seirin winning.
Sure enough.
When the match entered the middle of the fourth quarter, Kagami began to gradually occupy the upper hand.
He first hit a strong shot against Aomine, and then blocked Aomine on the defensive end.
Then...
Seirin won; they completed the comeback when they were trailing by 3 points with 9 seconds left in the match.
The situation at the time was that Too had almost no possibility of losing; holding a 3-point advantage, they only needed to defend a three-pointer to win.
As a result, Seirin gave up the 3-point tie and insisted on playing inside for 2 points, not to mention that Too was determined to guard this 2-point shot, as if the two teams' scores were tied.
Ultimately, under Too's operation, Kagami assisted Kiyoshi Teppei to score, while also causing Wakamatsu Kosuke to foul.
Seirin then missed the tactical free throw, grabbed the rebound, and buzzer-beated Too in the final seconds.
This dramatic ending exceeded the expectations of the entire audience.
Too, who should have been in a winning position, lost the match in such a way.
"Why did they have to..."
Seto Kentaro really couldn't understand.
It was just 2 points; what if they gave it to Seirin? Too would still be leading by 1 point.
As long as they didn't give Seirin a 3-point opportunity, they only needed to wait for Seirin to come up and foul for an and-one, always maintaining a 3-point lead.
Even if they took a thousand steps back, let Too guard the 2 points, why send the opponent a 2+1?
Fouling at such a buzzer-beating moment is absolutely forbidden; isn't that basic basketball logic?
Seto Kentaro's IQ of 160 could only come up with this method for Seirin to complete the comeback.
And the chance of success for this method wouldn't exceed 5%, yet it happened right before his eyes.
"Tiandao, you guy, can you predict the future?"
They started to doubt Tiandao.
If Too lost normally, they wouldn't feel anything; after all, the opponent wasn't bad.
But losing the match in such a way made Seto Kentaro feel that everyone in Too had shit in their brains.
"What kind of mess is this?"
To be honest, seeing this part, Tiandao also felt it was very absurd.
It was more like forcibly adding scenes for Kuroko, arranging for Kuroko to have the final assist to buzzer-beat Too.
But regardless, Seirin won, so they won.
"Let's go back; the qualifying spots are locked; it's Shutoku and Seirin."
The match ended, and the Seirin players were celebrating this hard-won victory frantically.
Tiandao didn't linger, stood up, and left the arena first.
Three days later.
The Winter Cup regional preliminaries ended.
Seirin won a ticket as expected, joining Shutoku and Kirisaki Daiichi to compete in this year's Winter Cup qualifiers.
A laughable scene appeared at the end of the round-robin.
In the second battle between Shutoku and Seirin, the two teams tied 105:105.
It didn't go into overtime; it was the first time a basketball match resulted in a handshake.
Although it was true that both teams had already secured the right to advance, continuing to play wouldn't change anything.
But a tie in a basketball match was still very surprising.
In the real world, many viewers also started to complain about this arrangement.
What's going on? Can someone tell me the rules of this Winter Cup? Why is there a tie?
It should be that Seirin and Shutoku both got the qualifying spots, so it doesn't matter if they win or lose, right?
How is it not different? Didn't the National Tournament also divide into 1, 2, 3 seed teams? The difference is huge!
Why do I feel like they are forcibly weakening Seirin? Kagami didn't even enter the Zone in this match.
Weakening? Tiandao has said more than once that Seirin's lineup is very strong; why is there a handshake ending?
Why?
Of course, it's because the production team can't control Tiandao; he says whatever he wants.
As an Aomine fan, I'm really unhappy after watching; why did Seirin win against Too but tie with Shutoku? Isn't Aomine stronger than Midorima?
Exactly, what kind of abstract arrangement was that buzzer-beater? They didn't want the 2+1 opportunity, but had to risk grabbing the rebound, and then force a 2-point buzzer-beater; is this really not forcibly adding scenes for Kuroko?
I've discovered it now; as long as the plot deviates from Tiandao and returns to the main line of Seirin, the plot arrangement becomes absurd and dog-blooded.
It's no wonder the audience is so resistant; these two arrangements are truly incomprehensible to many people.
Viewers who don't understand the ball and only watch the anime don't feel anything, but the guys who understand the ball have questioned what the intention of such an arrangement is.
Fan Shi, after watching the latest episode, also said with some worry in the live broadcast room, "If this continues, won't they even plot-kill Tiandao?"
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