The Third Day of The Tournament

The next day, Atsushi got up early and started doing his exercises from running to sitting, rope skipping and other warm-up exercises that he does every day and after that he went to school to gather with his teammates and after arriving he went to the club where he meets all his teammates and then after the greeting Gather and start talking to discuss today's matches

Atsushi: Well, today we have two games to play. The first of them is a team that plays for fun. It's better than Iwatabe School and other lower schools, but no more than that. The midfielder is about 180cm tall, which is less than me in height. It's not a problem with possession of the ball, their other players are average in height and their skills are average so winning easily is not a problem for us.

And the second team is a good defensive team and has two tall players more than 187 cm tall, one is the middle and the other is the shooting guard, its accuracy is good but not great and we have an advantage in the rebound with Leo. And Mibuchi I want you to play more difficult in the second game, where in the first game I want you to relax and not make too much effort, as in the second game the play will revolve around you and as usual if there is no need for me I will not move from behind the basket ring

Leo: It's not a problem, I'll do my best

Leo says with an unwavering iron determination on his face and then Mibuchi speaks with the same determination

Mibuchi: No problem. We will win easily today. These teams do not represent a problem for us. Do not worry. I will not look at them, and I will play my best in the second match.

Then they discuss their plans and tactics that they will use in their game and then the time comes and they go to the bus that will take them to the arena

Half an hour later, they arrived at the arena, and like the first day, the arena was crowded, and their entry attracted the attention of many people, especially Atsushi, who was like a mountain in the front of the team, who was fierce in the first day match. The match is about to start as the referee spoke to signal the two teams to line up to report

Announcer: The first match in Group A between Tokiwadai Middle School team and Mayumi Middle School begins, both teams, please enter the stadium.

Referee: Both teams line up to report

Soon, both teams lined up and advanced the center of the two teams, where Atsushi and the center of Mayumi advanced. The length of the center of the other team was about 180 cm, and the difference between them was about 10 centimeters. Then the referee released the ball up and Atsushi and the other center jumped to her and Atsushi easily grabbed it and passed it to Ishida And he returned to the defense as usual lazily and waited under the basket

When watching Atsushi returning to the defense, no one spoke, as they saw on the first day what he did in the defense and soon the game continued

Ishida started dribbling his defender and rushed forward and then faked to the right and passed to Takeda on the left and Takeda received it and started dribbling inside where he quickly broke through and scored two easy points

In the next possession the ball was with the other team, where their players tried to pass and rush to score, but Liu stole the ball from one of their passes and passed it to Mibuchi, who jumped easily to score after dribbling a little and leaving a space between him and his defender

The match continued with Tokiwadai leading the match as they were playing calmly and trying to exhaust Mayumi's team. The first quarter ended with Tokiwadai leading by thirty points. The coach pulled Leo and Takeda and replaced them with two third years to replace them. After a short break, the second quarter began. In the same way, Tokiwadai exhausted Mayumi and tried to maintain their fitness, where he is still I have Tokiwadai another match to play after winning this match after lunch

In the middle of the second quarter, the coach replaced Ishida and made a second-year player replace him in the play industry, and the quarter continued to the end, and Tokiwadai's team advanced by about 80 points. Then, after resting for ten minutes, the coach replaced Mibuchi in the third and fourth quarters. The match quickly passed and ended with Tokiwadai winning with a score of 120 - Zero as no one was able to score in Murasakibara until the end of the match

The audience was shocked by the result, even though they knew that Tokiwadai would win, but to win by a full 120 points, and the opposing team could not score a single point, and soon news spread that the Tokiwadai team center is a monster whose defense is impenetrable.

After the match ended, the team went to the changing room to rest and wait for the other match to start. Half an hour later, a player from the third series entered the room with a recording of the match of the team they were going to play against in the second match.

Third Series Player: Captain, this is the recording for the play between Aikawa School vs Kamikaze School match, and the winner is Aikawa School with a difference of 15 points.

Atsushi: Thank you for your hard work

Soon, Atsushi opened the record and the core team members gathered to watch as the Aikawa School simply dominated the game as it gained momentum in the first quarter and continued to score and played a one-on-one tactic along the field and kept pressing them. The match soon ended with the Aikawa School winning 65-50 It was a moderately average match, not a fast paced match

After the recording was over, Atsushi turned to his team to talk and discuss how to play

Atsushi: The Aikawa team is a well-balanced team between defense and attack. Their tall players are good, as the center has a good defense and the shooting guard has decisive passes, although not many, but effective as he has a good view of the field, in this match they tried to score a lot from the outside to avoid friction with their center, but if You found an opportunity to score from the inside go for it ، and don't show much as we have an important match in the finals and most likely it will be shoei Middle School

Whereas, Shoei Middle School has a very good team of their center, which is Kiyoshi Teppei , about 183 cm tall, and it is a good center with a good technique called the right of postponement, which gives him more options while he is in the air where he can score and pass until the last moment before releasing the ball from his hands He also has a good defense and his skills as a center are superior to middle school players and their young striker Nakamura Taichi, who has good speed and good playing skills as well, where Taichi is interested in playing and scoring and leaves the defense for Kiyoshi and the rest of the team

The rest of shoei's team is good in defense and attack, but we are stronger than them.

Now get ready for the match

all members : yes captain

The break time was over and it was time for their second match today.