Chapter 514

Neither side requested a timeout; the game was flowing very smoothly.

Even though Shutoku was already trailing Kirisaki Daiichi by 6 points at this moment.

Kinya Nakatani knew clearly that Shutoku's deficit had nothing to do with the tactics they had prepared.

It was purely that the individual abilities of their players did not match up.

Under Kirisaki Daiichi's defense, Shutoku had shot at a 53% clip for the quarter.

Such efficiency was not low; at the very least, last year, before Midorima arrived, Shutoku's average field goal percentage was at this level.

In other words, facing the defending champions Kirisaki Daiichi, they were still playing at their normal standard.

But this was not enough, because Kirisaki Daiichi's shooting percentage in the first quarter had exceeded 70%.

Haizaki had made 7 of 9 shots, including 2 of 3 from three-point range, scoring a game-high 16 points.

In the Shutoku lineup, aside from Midorima, there was no player who could match up with Haizaki.

And Tiandao, with 4 points and 8 assists in the quarter, was involved in over 20 of the 27 points Kirisaki Daiichi had scored.