It was we who started the game.

"Izumi, just do what you just explained, do a good job!."

"I haven't even tried to practice, who knows."

"If it's you, it must be fine."

"Don't say such unfounded words..."

After setting up the stance, Haruhara and I stood on the side of the court and handed the serve to Okazaki.

"Ready," the referee raised his hand and put the whistle in his mouth, "Go!" ”

As the whistle sounds, the start of the game is announced.

"Next!"

Okazaki passes the ball to Haruhara.

Although someone immediately went up to intercept it, he still barely passed the ball to Haruhara's hand.

The opponent is a first-year, but looking at this reflex, it is really the elite of the first-year who is sent.

“OKOK！ Look at me! ”

Shouting loudly, Haruhara jumped up towards the basket.

But at the moment when the ball was about to be sent, a hand stretched out in front of him.

Haruhara's body was still in the air, but he didn't care, and in this position he switched the ball from his right hand to his left, and the ball passed over his head to his back, and he landed on the other side of the three-second zone with the defender.

The ball was safely passed to me and is now completely unguarded.

"Three-pointers!"

"Wow!"

In the midst of the crowd's exclamations, I easily threw the ball in.

I didn't expect that it was just a small strategy that I had just come up with in private, but it really succeeded.

"Well done Izumi!"

"That's how I win!"

"Come on, everyone!"

In an instant, because of the goal and this unexpected cooperation with the atmosphere of the stadium was ignited, the apricots outside the stadium also waved at us excitedly.

"It's a good thing to do for the first time."

Although it was said plainly, the smile on my face that I couldn't help but betray my mood.

"Well done!"

Passing through the defenders who were standing in place, Haruhara excitedly ran over and hooked my head.

"Hmm... For the first time, I barely passed. ”

Okazaki forced a smile and said this, which made the opponent very unhappy.

Let them see such an unexpected cooperation, and constantly emphasize the "first time", in the face of such a situation, the opponent may not be able to deal with it calmly.

"Hmph, that's just a coincidence."

The opponent's player walked to the tee with the basketball, surprised but still unconvinced.

Throwing the ball at me, I threw it back to him, announcing the start of a new round of attacks.

"Can't break through the mark!"

In the face of my close-to-the-man defense, the opponent had to give up the breakthrough and throw the ball to his teammates at the free throw line.

"Damn!"

After seeing the opponent receive the ball, Haruhara immediately ran over to block the front, perhaps because he was being closely watched, he immediately threw the ball after getting it.

The basketball spun around the edge of the frame and fell out.

"Huh!"

Okazaki jumped up, grabbed the rebound, and dribbled the ball quickly.

"Haruhara!"

"Izumi!"

It went smoothly and the ball was thrown in again.

"Three more points!"

"Well done!"

I high-fived Haruhara, who had run by.

When it was our turn to serve, Okazaki passed the ball to me.

"Damn, in that case," the defenders immediately rushed to the front after seeing me take the ball, taking a defensive posture, and intercepting it as soon as I jumped up and threw the ball, "Pressing and marking this guy!" ”

Well, so far, it's all the same as planned.

Taking a step back to avoid the opponent's broken ball, I passed the ball to Okazaki who ran next to me without delay.

"Haruhara!"

The moment he received the ball, Okazaki passed the ball to Haruhara, who was running towards the basket.

"Look at me!"

Shaking off the defenders, Haruharasuke ran two steps and then lifted the ball into the basket with his hand.

Layups!

There was another commotion on the field.

"Come on, brother!"

Hearing Meiyi's cheering, Haruhara waved his hand over excitedly.

"First-year, don't think that the opponent is a layman, give me the best to compete!"

"Yes!"

The gap was opened only a few minutes after the game began, and the basketball captain who was standing on the sidelines watching couldn't help but shout at the players on the court.

"Izumi," Okazaki said to me in a low voice, "the main players will be replaced sooner or later, and we need to open up a little more score now." ”

"At this time, it depends on the effect of the special training, and I have almost found the feel."

"Ah, I'll pass you the ball when I get a chance."

"Please, Captain."

Nodding, Okazaki ran to the other end.

Exhaling, I patted my cheek to cheer myself up.

In the following game time, we continued to pitch and score, although the opponent also scored, but the gap was still a bit big, and the drama department was still ahead.

"Substitution!" After we scored again, the basketball captain made a substitution, "All the first graders are down." ”

It seems that I can't help it, and the next thing is the real trial.

"Finally a regular player."

"It's not a big deal, it's exactly what I want."

"That's right, now is what we're really capable of."

"Izumi, Haruhara," Okazaki looked a little worried, noticing the state of the two of us, "Can you still hold on?" ”

"It's okay, that's nothing."

"Ahh

Although Haruhara and I were confident and optimistic, the gasps and the sweat on our foreheads revealed our exhaustion, after all, compared to Okazaki, who was in charge of commanding, the two of us in charge of scoring exercised more.

Panting, I wiped the sweat from my forehead and looked to the sidelines.

Furukawa, Apricot, Starling, Kotomi, and Mei Yi also seemed to notice our physical condition and realized what kind of situation we would face next, and they all looked at us worriedly.

Hey, the cheerleaders are out with that look on their faces.

Look at the scoreboard.

Fifteen points ahead? You have to make it to the end of the game.

"Damn!"

Haruhara's voice drew my attention back, but as soon as I looked back, I saw the basketball captain who shook Okazaki and Haruhara away and quickly dribbled the ball towards the basket.

"Hmm!"

The moment the opponent jumped, I hurriedly jumped up to try to stop the attack.

Oops, slow start!

The ball flew past my fingertips and towards the basket.

With a "poof", the ball went in.

Damn, it's really more difficult than just now.

The actions of laymen like me and Haruhara are constantly seen through by them and they break the ball easily.

I don't know if it's because the physical exertion is too fast, and the success rate of the investment has also dropped a lot, and several times it was because the opponent grabbed the rebound because of the shot that popped up on the edge of the frame, allowing them to regain a lot of points.

Although we are still ahead at the moment, it is not so optimistic.

"Izumi, catch it!"

Haruhara spotted the defensive gap and moved his footsteps, and the opponent moved after him to make up for the defensive position.

However, thanks to this, my side of the defense became less lax, and Okazaki had a chance to pass the ball to me.

"Look at me!"

I made the move of preparing to shoot the basket.

"I won't let you vote!"

Suddenly, a defender appeared on the left side and stopped in front of me and jumped with me.

Oops! I didn't expect the other party to appear from the left side, which I couldn't see, and I didn't notice it at all! But now it's absolutely too late to collect the ball, either the shot is off target or it is cut off by the opponent, damn it!

At the moment when I thought I couldn't do anything, I saw a figure running desperately towards the basket, and I threw the ball towards the basket.

"Stupid! I can't shoot... Yes! ”

When Okazaki saw what was next, he sighed in surprise.

I saw a figure suddenly jump up on the side of the rebound, and he grabbed the ball with both hands...

"Boom!" Heavily dunked in the basket.

A blonde head landed with the ball.

"Air, air relay?!"

The opposing player's mouth grew in surprise, he didn't expect us to play such a game at this time.

"Well done Haruhara!"

"Haha, how was the slam dunk just now, Okazaki?"

"You two... It's beautiful. ”

Okazaki was stunned for a moment with his mouth open, but immediately came back to his senses and shook his head with a smile like "I really can't help you".

Thanks to the goal just now, we regained our confidence after being a little low.

Although he was shocked by the goal just now, it was worthy of professionalism, and the opponent immediately recovered and started a new round of offensive again.

It seems that the other party has realized that I am very weak in close quarters, and the close competition for me is becoming more and more intense, but fortunately I am not mainly based on power competition, and rely on passing to try to score and get a breakthrough.

Defensively, both Okazaki and Haruha are flexible, agile in their fight for rebounding positions, and occasionally break the ball once or twice.

It gradually became a stalemate between the two sides.

But...

"Huh... Hah..."

My breathing began to grow rapid, and I felt my strength drain away from my sweat at a straight line rate.

Oops, let's not talk about the game if it goes on like this, maybe the game is not over and people will fall, and sure enough, I'm still...

"Izumi!"

"It hurts!"

After watching the shouting, I didn't expect that it was a basketball flying towards me, and the ball hit me impartially in the next second.

"What are you doing in a daze?" Running over and stretching out his hand to me, Okazaki sighed with a helpless expression, "Come on, can you stand up?" ”

"I'm sorry," he said, holding Okazaki's hand, "I was a little distracted." ”

"Your hand..."

“！”

Raising his arm, he didn't expect a small piece of broken skin at his elbow, which was still oozing blood.

"It's better to bandage."

"Hmm... All right. ”

The physical strength is at the bottom, the hand is injured again, and if you continue to fight, you can only be a burden, and now that the balance with the other party has begun to deviate, it may be a good way to replace people.

Okazaki's suggestion was met with a nod.

"We're asking for a substitution!"

Seeing that I agreed, Okazaki raised his hand and shouted at the referee.

"Apricot, it's your turn."

"Then you can rest and look at me! What happened to your hand? ”

Walking to the sideline and about to make a high-five with Xing, she noticed the wound on it as soon as her hand was raised.

"I just fell on the ground and scratched my skin, it's no big deal."

"You~ remember to go to the infirmary to bandage it later."

"Yes, yes, you should hurry up and get in, come on."

"Great! Izumi's sacrifice will be avenged by Miss Ben! ”

Saying inexplicable words, Xing walked into the arena with a fist full of fighting spirit.

I said, I'm just broken, and I'm not dead!

"Quan-kun, do you want to go to the infirmary now?"

"It's okay, I'll go back when the game is played."

"Let's stop the bleeding with a tissue first."

"Oh, thank you."

Taking the tissues from Starling, I sat cross-legged on the floor and rested.

"Furukawa, how long will it end?"

"Seven minutes or so."

"Oh, it's been so long."

27:28。

At the moment we are still one point ahead... Please, everyone.