The Decisive Point
Following my devised strategy, Kawakami-senpai and the other two seniors raked in points after points. Satsuki and Kanno-senpai perfectly did their role; blocking the point guard during defense and becoming the focal point for their offense.
From a 12-point lead, it gradually went down to 4 points. I mean, even though they got chances, their field goals weren’t 100%. Moreover, there were also times when the opponent could still shoot from somewhere and land the basket by luck.
Through that short time, my observations also became more apparent. Apart from letting the point guard be their shot-caller, it became so obvious that if they didn’t pass to her, they were just going to kill time and shoot a wild shot before the shot clock expired.
And because of that, the little time they had diminished further. The game clock quickly approached the last two minutes. Furthermore, it was inevitable for the opposition to read the new strategy I devised.