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Chapter 492 Never give up

At this moment, Xiangbei's morale was obviously hit, and even Mitsui felt a little discouraged.

He finally managed to recover four points, but they were caught up again in the blink of an eye.

At this time, there was more than a minute left in the game, but the difference between the two sides had reached 15 points.

Unless a miracle happens, it is almost impossible to catch up.

beep~
In order to prevent the morale from collapsing, Coach Anxi decisively called the last timeout to prevent the players' morale from collapsing.

Coach Anxi stood in front of Mitsui, his face still filled with a kind smile, and asked: "Mitsui, do you still remember what I said to you in the county junior high school tournament finals?"

Mitsui was slightly stunned. This sentence was like a key that instantly made him fall into memories, as if it instantly pulled him back to that exciting county junior high school finals.

In that game, if it weren't for Coach Anxi's encouragement that helped him regain his confidence, he would not have been able to complete the buzzer-beater in the last few seconds and turn defeat into victory.

It is for this reason that Mitsui regards Coach Anzai as his benefactor. When he was going to further his studies, he rejected the invitations from famous schools such as Kainan, Shoyo, and Ryonan without hesitation, and firmly chose Shohoku High School, where Coach Anzai coached.

Mitsui took a deep breath and looked up to meet Coach Anzai's eyes. His eyes were firm and determined, no longer as confused as before.

"Coach, I always remember your teachings! Never give up until the last moment of the game! Once you give up, the game will end early!"

“Remember not to have any regrets!”

The timeout is limited and Coach Anxi still has no time to talk nonsense. He must restore the morale of the Xiangbei team as quickly as possible within the limited time.

He glanced at the faces of every member of the Xiangbei team and said, "Today, I will also say this to you!"

Coach Anxi's words hit the hearts of every Xiangbei player like a hammer, giving them unprecedented shock and strength.

At this moment, Mitsui saw his chance and quickly raised his arms and shouted: "Never give up until the last moment of the game! Once you give up, the game will end early!"

The Xiangbei players followed suit and shouted.

"haha!"

Coach Anxi let out his signature laugh, and the glasses on his nose seemed to be shining.

In fact, he knew very well that the probability of Xiangbei team winning was only theoretically possible.

The reason why he did this was mainly to convey a spirit and encourage the Xiangbei players to move forward bravely and never give up no matter what difficulties and challenges they encounter in future games.

The Xiangbei team made such a loud noise that even Ryonan on the opposite side could hear it clearly.

"Nervous!"

Xiandao shook his head and took a sip of the lemon slice in his hand.

"Wow, it's so sour!"

Suddenly, a big hand slapped his shoulder heavily, causing Xiandao to stagger and almost fall to the ground.

Sendoh looked up and saw Yuzumi's serious face.

"Xian Dao, stop being lazy, you know the consequences!"

At this point, Yuzumi felt like a villain.

"Yes, Captain, I will do my best!"

Xiandao quickly put down the lemon slice in his hand, his face more solemn than ever before.

He didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Yuzumi, otherwise the other party would definitely ask Rukawa to deal with him.

Whenever he recalled the days when he trained with Rukawa, Sendoh shuddered. Those were simply the most unbearable times in his life.

That guy is simply not a human being. Apart from eating and sleeping, he is almost always training. The only thing he has eyes for is basketball!

Soon, the game started again.

The Xiangbei team served the ball and Mitsui dribbled quickly across half court.

With only one minute left, the Xiangbei team had and could only choose the fast break tactic.

At the same time, Murasaki replaced Miyagi.

As a result, four of the five players in Xiangbei's lineup have accurate three-point shooting ability.

As soon as Mitsui crossed the midfield line, Ikegami immediately stuck to the defense and increased the confrontation.

Ikegami would rather let Mitsui score two points than let him continue to shoot three-pointers.

At the same time, Sakuragi and Rukawa quickly started to cooperate.

The two of them were closely intertwined, providing cover for each other.

Among them, Sakuragi cleverly got rid of Nanxiang and quickly appeared outside the 45° three-point line on the right.

Mitsui made a move to pass the ball, but Ikegami remained unmoved, his eyes always fixed on Mitsui.

Mitsui had no choice but to pass the ball, otherwise Sakuragi's opportunity to run out would be wasted.

As soon as he received the pass from Mitsui, Sakuragi shot a three-pointer without hesitation.
Seeing the basketball bounce off the backboard and hit the basket, Sakuragi was obviously relieved.

“Full-court press!!”

Sakuragi didn't celebrate and immediately rushed towards Nanxiang.

The other Xiangbei players followed closely and rushed towards their respective opponents.

The reason they did this was simply because they didn't have much time left!

Once Ryonan delays time, they will never have another chance.

Yuzumi stayed focused throughout the whole process and used his absolute height advantage to easily pass the ball to Sendoh.

Sendoh decisively broke through with the ball and successfully passed the ball to Uozumi before Shohoku completed the double-team.

Yuzumi took a big step and quickly got rid of Akagi, who was almost exhausted.

Sakuragi rushed out from the flank, trying to slow down Yuzumi's advance, but Yuzumi suddenly stopped, and turned from moving to still, as if trying to delay time.

At this time, there were fifty seconds left until the end of the game.

"not good!"

Sakuragi was shocked and became obviously impatient. He rushed towards the basketball in Yuzumi's hand as fast as he could.

Yuzumi was obviously prepared. He quickly lowered his body, cleverly avoided Sakuragi's grab, and steadily protected the basketball.

Sakuragi missed his attack, lost his balance and fell heavily to the ground.

He quickly climbed up, but it was obviously too late.

After breaking through Sakuragi, Uozumi quickly rushed across half court, as if he was going to charge towards the basket.

Rukawa Kaede ran for his life and finally caught up outside the three-point line.

While Rukawa was still unstable, Yuzumi changed direction and made a sign of breaking forward, causing Rukawa to retreat reflexively.

When he realized that the situation was not good, Yuzumi had already jumped outside the three-point line and the basketball slipped out of his hands.

shuh~
The basketball went into the net, bringing the score back to within a point.

At this time, Yuzumi had scored 98 points!
"Damn monkey boss!"

Sakuragi stared at Yuzumi's back angrily, his eyes seemed to be breathing fire.

The reason why he was so angry was not only because he was fooled by Yuzumi, but more importantly, the three-pointer he had finally got was caught up by Yuzumi in the blink of an eye.

How could this not make him furious!
It was also at this time that Ryonan requested a substitution, with Uekusa replacing Nango.

It's not that Nanxiang performed poorly, but his free throws were relatively weak. Once Xiangbei implemented the "Hack the Shark" strategy, he would become the focus of the attack.
Ryonan's substitution strategy directly caused great trouble to the Xiangbei team, and they did have such intention.

Offense and defense transition!

The Xiangbei team served the ball and Mitsui quickly crossed the half court.

Ikegami faced the challenge again, still adopting the strategy of defending shots rather than breakthroughs.

At this time, there were only 33 seconds left.

Under Ikegami's tight defense, Mitsui tried but never found a suitable opportunity.

At this time, Rukawa ran out of the open space and appeared outside the three-point line in the bottom corner.

This is undoubtedly a great scoring opportunity.

Mitsui made a quick decision and made a ground pass, intending to pass the ball to Rukawa.

But at the moment he passed the ball, Yuzumi rushed out suddenly, and with his arm span advantage, his middle finger successfully touched the basketball.

The trajectory of the basketball suddenly changed, and it unexpectedly hit Murasakibara's foot, then flew out of the court at an astonishing speed.

Just as the basketball was about to go out of bounds, an agile figure rushed towards the basketball like lightning. It was Sakuragi.

At this moment, Sakuragi's attention was all focused on the orange basketball, his eyes flashing with unwavering determination.

Just as he was about to step onto the boundary line, he stomped his right foot hard on the floor and pounced forward.

His body was almost parallel to the floor, his hands stretched straight, grasping the basketball firmly.

"This way!"

At this time, Rukawa Kaede's voice sounded.

Sakuragi tried his best to turn around and passed the ball decisively.

After passing the basketball, Sakuragi had completely lost his balance.

At this moment, the audience's eyes involuntarily focused on Sakuragi who was about to fall.

If he falls, Sakuragi might suffer serious injuries like in the original story, or even say goodbye to basketball completely.