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Jack Carter passed by Ryota Miyagi when returning to defense.
Jack Carter glanced at Ryota Miyagi; the meaning was self-evident.
"You b*****d." Ryota Miyagi's face turned red with embarrassment. He wanted to say something but didn't know how to start. He could only accept Jack Carter's mocking eyes angrily and helplessly.
On the second floor of the venue.
The excitement of seeing the prey disappeared from Yayoi Aida's face. At this moment, there was shock and horror in her eyes.
She looked at Jack Carter on the court, not knowing what words to use to describe her current mood. After a long while, she finally said, "The situation in Kanagawa is going to change."
At this time, there were only 17 seconds left before the end of the first half.
Because of Jack Carter, the psychological pressure on Miuradai players was growing rapidly. In the last ten seconds, they had no intention of attacking and were ready to drag the game until the end of the first half. They needed to adjust their mindset first.
Jack Carter didn't care about their mentality.
When Miuradai was passing the ball, perhaps because of excessive psychological pressure, Kazuo Araki made a mistake when catching the ball, and the basketball slipped out of his hands.
Ryota Miyagi saw this and immediately rushed to grab the ball. However, Kazuo Araki's timely rescue action was also very quick. The two people's hands touched the basketball almost at the same time, and then the basketball bounced out uncontrollably. The direction the basketball flew out was exactly out of bounds.
There were only 5 seconds left until the end of the game.
Ryota Miyagi and Kazuo Araki almost tacitly did not try to remedy the situation. Ryota Miyagi thought it was unnecessary. Kazuo Araki thought that this would just be enough to delay the game until the end.
But what neither of them expected was that just when the basketball was about to fly out of bounds, a white light flashed before their eyes and then disappeared. After the white light disappeared, the basketball disappeared with it.
This scene made Ryota Miyagi and Kazuo Araki's pupils shrink. They both instinctively thought of the same person. But the psychological activities of the two people were completely different.
Ryota Miyagi's mental activity was: *Oh shit, the basketball is missing, it must be that guy again, so awesome!*
Kazuo Araki's mental activity was like this: *Damn, the basketball is missing, it must be that guy again, I'm screwed!*
Bang... Bang... Bang...
The sound of the basketball hitting the ground continued to ring out, and each hit seemed to strike the hearts of the Miuradai players.
Time passed by second by second. Although Miuradai's team realized it only later, they still fought hard to defend at the first opportunity.
Kengo Murasame's face was filled with anxiety and fear, and he shouted to his players, "Hurry up and defend. We must not let him score this goal."
Fortunately, Akio Kawasaki and Hiroyuki Takatsu of Miuradai were relatively close to their basket and rushed back before Jack Carter attacked. The two men concentrated their attention, with their arms spread out, their eyes fixed on Jack Carter, who was approaching at a very fast speed.
With 3 seconds left in the first half, Jack Carter had already reached them. He looked at the two players in front of him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. He suddenly stopped, and his speed dropped from maximum to zero in an instant.
To Akio Kawasaki and Hiroyuki Takatsu, this scene seemed like frame skipping, making it seem very unreal to them. Jack Carter changed direction immediately, switching the basketball from his right hand to his left hand, and then made a 180-degree counterclockwise rotation, turning to the right side of the two players and breaking through.
There was a flash of panic in Akio Kawasaki and Hiroyuki Takatsu's eyes, and they quickly reacted, trying to stop Jack Carter at the last moment. Hiroyuki Takatsu chased directly behind Jack Carter. However, Akio Kawasaki chose to intercept head-on. For a moment, Jack Carter was sandwiched between two players, one in front and one behind.
At this time, there were 2 seconds left until the end of the first half. There was no sign of panic on Jack Carter's face. He simply jumped up openly from the double team. Kawasaki and Takatsu also jumped up, sandwiching Jack Carter firmly in the middle.
Everyone who saw this scene was stunned.
"Is he crazy? In a situation like this, the safest option is to pass the ball! There's no need to force a shot!" Hiroaki Koshino asked, puzzled.
Tomoyuki Uekusa frowned and asked, "Is he so confident that he can score a goal?"
Ryoji Ikegami said: "If this ball could be passed to Hisashi Mitsui, there is a great possibility that the score would be tied."
"That guy wouldn't do anything without confidence," Sendoh analyzed calmly. He thought differently from others, but he could more or less understand that someone as powerful as Jack Carter would not do anything meaningless. This is true even for him. This is the pride and confidence in the bones of a talented player.
Yayoi Aida also analyzed and said: "Too reckless, he was surrounded in the air. If he could have passed the ball before being double-teamed, maybe Shohoku could have scored another goal before the end of the game."
At this time, there was only 1 second left before the end of the first half. Jack Carter, who was in mid-air, made a shooting motion. Akio Kawasaki and Hiroyuki Takatsu quickly stretched out their arms to block all possible shooting routes. At this moment, Jack Carter's arm touched Kawasaki's arm.
The next moment, Jack Carter took back the basketball, and his body bent and leaned to the right. Immediately afterward, he held the ball with one hand and stretched out from the right side, avoiding the area blocked by Kawasaki and Takatsu. Jack Carter waved his arms and threw the basketball towards the basket, which was blocked by Kawasaki. He threw the ball in an extremely unbalanced and abnormal posture.
At this moment, the timer reset to zero.
Beep...
The referee's whistle then sounded. But at this time, no one's attention was focused here. Their eyes were fixed on the basketball flying in the air.
Witnessed by everyone, the basketball hit Miuradai's backboard directly, then bounced and hit the inner edge of the basket, finally bounced on the edge of the basket, and finally fell into the basket.
Swish...
44 to 43.
Everyone was stunned by this scene.
Beep...
Before the audience could cheer, a whistle temporarily calmed their excited emotions. The referee pointed at Akio Kawasaki and said loudly: "Miuradai No. 8, foul, the ball counts as a goal, one penalty shot."
Boom...
For a moment, everyone in the stadium seemed to be struck by lightning. A hand foul resulted in an extra free throw. Jack Carter had actually scored a 2+1 at the last buzzer. And this happened when he was double-teamed.
After a brief silence, the entire stadium was once again filled with thunderous cheers and shouts.
"Wow! It's 2+1."
"It's so strong and exciting."
"How on earth did he manage to make the shot in that situation?"
"He must have lost his balance just now, right?"
"It must be luck! He just threw it away casually just now."
"Anyway, it was a great shot."
The Ryonan players, who had felt that Jack Carter's handling of the ball was inappropriate, now all had their mouths slightly open, in a daze. They never thought that this play could actually result in a 2+1.
Hikoichi Aida was almost going crazy at this moment. His eyes widened, and he was extremely excited. "That shot just now was really amazing. He was able to perform such a move even when he was double-teamed."
Sendoh did not expect this result. This was truly beyond his expectations. He already thought highly of Jack Carter. Unexpectedly, he still underestimated him. Jack Carter simply couldn't be understood using common sense. "Was that goal just luck, or…" Sendoh suddenly felt uneasy. Jack Carter always gave him an inexplicable sense of disharmony, but he still couldn't figure out what it was.
He wasn't the only one who felt this way. Anyone sensitive to basketball would have this feeling—for example, Yayoi Aida, who kept pressing the shutter of her camera at this moment. There were also players from both teams in the game and people on the bench.
And in a corner on the second floor, Shinichi Maki was watching the game silently. His eyes were fixed on Jack Carter. He actually felt an inexplicable pressure from Jack Carter. After a long time, he withdrew his gaze.
"Shohoku's No. 9," Shinichi Maki murmured, then turned and disappeared into the passage.
Swish...
The sound of a basketball hitting the net was heard. Jack Carter made the free throw easily. Shohoku scored another point.
44 to 44.
Shohoku vs. Miuradai, the first half ended in a tie.
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