In the audience.
The cheers of the audience who had cheered for Kainan at the top of their lungs had now become weak, like a candle in the wind.
In sharp contrast, more and more people were impressed by Shohoku's wonderful performance and switched sides, starting to cheer for Shohoku, their voices like rolling waves, one after another.
Many people were filled with anticipation, eager to witness the rise of a new basketball champion on this court, and the entire arena gradually became Shohoku's home court.
"Shohoku...Shohoku...Shohoku..."
The overwhelming cheers were like heavy hammers, mercilessly hitting the hearts of Kainan people.
Even though they have built a strong inner defense through long-term high-intensity training in Kainan.
But at this moment, under the impact of the overwhelming sound waves, cracks began to appear in the defense line.
Bang...
Bang...
Bang...
The sound of the basketball hitting the ground was rhythmic. Jack Carter held the ball again and rushed to Kainan's half like a black cheetah.
This time, Kainan took a gamble and directly sent out three players to try to encircle Jack Carter at the side boundary.
Kazuma Takasago, Nobunaga Kiyota, and Shinichi Maki quickly moved to the bottom corner and successfully trapped Jack Carter in the circle.
Nobunaga Kiyota's eyes sparkled with excitement, and he prayed madly in his heart. "It's almost there. Just hold on a little longer and we can force him out of bounds."
Kazuma Takasago's eyes were as firm as torches, and he seemed to be injected with new energy. His movements were much more flexible and agile than before, and he was always ready to deal with Jack Carter's breakthrough.
Shinichi Maki was fully focused, focusing all his attention on Jack Carter, like a hound ready to attack. As long as Jack Carter made the slightest movement, he would react immediately and launch a fatal blow.
However, Jack Carter's face was filled with excitement and madness.
This long-lost feeling of oppression, like a mellow wine, made him intoxicated.
"Do you think you can stop me like this?" Jack Carter grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. There was a hint of unruliness and confidence in that smile.
The next moment, an astonishing scene happened.
In front of the three people, Jack Carter leaped backwards towards the border line without any warning, and flew out of the border like a cannonball.
In the minds of Kazuma Takasago, Nobunaga Kiyota, and Shinichi Maki, players usually move within bounds and almost never think of the option of being out of bounds.
Even though Jack Carter had shot from outside the baseline before, that was only at the baseline after all, and now they were at the sideline near the baseline, which was much farther from the basket than the three-point line.
But Jack Carter did just that, completely surprising everyone.
The three people's minds went blank in an instant, and their bodies seemed to be frozen. No one could react, and they could only watch Jack Carter fly out, their eyes full of astonishment and confusion.
Jack Carter adjusted his posture in the air, and just when his body was about to touch the ground, he suddenly swung his arms and threw the basketball towards Kainan's basket like a meteor.
Whoosh…
The basketball flashed over the heads of Kazuma Takasago, Nobunaga Kiyota, and Shinichi Maki, leaving a brilliant orange-yellow tail flame in the air.
The first unstructured three-point shot since the start of the game appeared.
As everyone stared in astonishment, shock, and stunned gazes, the basketball drew a beautiful yet strange arc in the air, hit the backboard heavily, and then bounced into the basket as if gently pushed by an invisible big hand.
Swish...
The net shook slightly and the basketball went into the net.
Shohoku is a great deal in just 3 minutes.
At this moment, time seemed to freeze.
Kazuma Takasago, Nobunaga Kiyota, and Shinichi Maki stood there like statues, their minds blank.
The audience was stunned by this incredible scene, and the entire venue fell into a brief silence.
They had never seen Jack Carter shoot a three-pointer, but the shot just now, both in terms of shooting posture and shooting position, was definitely a three-pointer.
More importantly, they had never seen such a weird and shocking three-point shooting method.
In just a moment, the entire venue seemed to be detonated by a nuclear bomb, and cheers and shouts broke through the sky like a surging tide.
"I didn't expect Shohoku's No. 9 to be able to shoot three-pointers."
"Oh my god! He can even make a shot with that posture, how on earth did he do it?"
"Can Jack Carter still shoot three-pointers?"
"Invincible, really invincible. I didn't expect that he could make a three-pointer in such a weird way."
"Now there is really no one who can stop Jack Carter."
Kainan bench.
Coach Riki Takato stared at the stadium in despair, his mouth slightly open. The sharpness and brilliance in his eyes had disappeared, replaced by endless loss and despair.
His legs went limp, and he slumped down on the bench, muttering to himself, "It's over, it's all over. Kainan can't stop him at all. We can't turn the tide in this game."
He could never have imagined that Kainan's glorious road to dominance would be completely shattered because of one person.
His eyes slowly moved to the electronic scoreboard on the field.
Shohoku 73 to Kainan 53.
The huge score difference of 20 points made it impossible for Kainan to make a comeback.
At this moment, Kainan's players had pale faces, looking ashen, as if the end of the world had come.
On the other hand, the atmosphere on the Shohoku bench was completely different.
Everyone was in a state of extreme excitement. Everyone jumped up from their seats, their bodies trembling slightly with excitement.
They clenched their fists tightly, and their hearts beat violently in their chests, as if they were about to burst through their chests.
Everyone held their breath, quietly waiting for the moment when the game would end.
As soon as the competition is over, Shohoku will be eligible to advance to the national competition.
Tears welled up in the eyes of Kiminobu Kogure and Ayako. Even Takenori Akagi and Hisashi Mitsui, who were still fighting hard on the field, had slightly red eyes and tears welled up in their eyes, as if they would burst out in the next second.
They have put in so much effort and sweat for this moment, and the dawn of victory is right in front of them, how can they not be excited.
On the court.
Kainan's people seemed to have not given up their last hope. Although the situation was already very unfavorable, they still desperately launched a counterattack.
However, Jack Carter was like an insurmountable mountain that stood in front of them, causing every counterattack of theirs to be hindered to varying degrees.
In addition to Jack Carter, Takenori Akagi, Kaede Rukawa, Hisashi Mitsui, and Ryota Miyagi seemed to have been injected with a shot of adrenaline. They were in great shape and their strength was greatly improved.
This caused Kainan to retreat step by step under their fierce attack, and there were several times when they even had difficulty breaking through the midfield.
The score gap between the two sides was further widened.
Perhaps because his "wildness" was turned on for too long, Shinichi Maki's physical strength began to decline significantly, and his movements were no longer as agile and flexible as at the beginning of the second half.
However, the determination in his eyes and the aura emanating from his body did not diminish at all, and he always maintained a high fighting spirit. This made Jack Carter sincerely admire him.
"The only thing I admire about you is that you never give up." Jack Carter said to Kainan's players while dribbling the ball skillfully, with a hint of appreciation in his tone.
As soon as he finished speaking, Jack Carter launched a fierce offensive.
He first changed direction continuously to the left and right, and the basketball in his hands seemed to be like magic, flexibly shuttling between the defensive players.
Then, he turned around, cleverly created an open space, stomped his feet on the ground, and rushed out in an instant like a beast ready to pounce on its prey, successfully breaking through Shinichi Maki's defense.
This exciting demonstration of ultra-high-speed dribbling amazed everyone present.
Shinichi Maki was shocked and thought to himself, "He can still dribble like this, and his speed hasn't decreased at all."
At this moment, he was truly convinced by this monster-like opponent in front of him.
After breaking through Shinichi Maki, Jack Carter's offensive momentum became more and more fierce. He was like a fish in water, breaking through Soichiro Jin and Nobunaga Kiyota in succession.
Finally, facing Kazuma Takasago's tight defense, Jack Carter once again used his Formless Shot.
He suddenly hugged the basketball, and quickly rotated his arms in a clockwise direction from right to left. His body also turned flexibly, successfully avoiding Kazuma Takasago's block, and then threw the basketball steadily.
Swish...
The basketball drew a strange arc in the air and went into the net.
In the following game time, Jack Carter was like a dark killer on the court, silent but extremely deadly.
He always had the perfect timing for stealing the ball, often stealing the ball without anyone noticing when Kainan players were off guard, and then making that astonishing and "unreasonable" shot.
Kainan's players were like being trapped in a fog when facing Jack Carter's offense. They were completely confused and had no idea how to deal with it. They could only watch him put the ball into his own basket again and again.
Jack Carter's firepower became more and more fierce. In the last 10 minutes of the game, he was like an ignited powder keg, the rhythm kept accelerating, and every attack was like a sledgehammer, hitting Kainan's defense line hard.
In the last 5 minutes, the goal climax was reached, and the intensive scoring made everyone astonished.
At this time, Kainan's team members were already exhausted. Their legs felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and every step they took seemed extremely difficult.
Although Jack Carter's speed has been reduced due to physical exhaustion, compared with ordinary people, he is like a ferocious cheetah, doing whatever he wants on the court.
Bang...
Swish...
Clang...
The sounds of slam dunks and basketballs hitting the net came one after another, interweaving into a soul-stirring melody.
The audience's eyes widened and their mouths opened wide enough to fit an egg.
Cameras in the hands of reporters flashed wildly, trying to record this historic moment.
The team members from other schools who came to watch the game were stunned. They had never seen such a one-sided slaughter, and the target of the slaughter was actually the king Kainan who dominated the area.
Clang...
As Jack Carter completed his last dunk and the basketball went into the net, time seemed to stop at this moment.
Beep...
Almost at the same moment, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.
The crisp whistle announced the final end of the game.
Shohoku VS Kainan, in the end, Shohoku defeated Kainan with a huge score of 96 to 68, a huge difference of 28 points.
Shinichi Maki stood quietly on the court, his eyes closed, head raised, standing there for a long time, like a statue.
He seemed to be recalling every moment of the game, the intense confrontations, the missed opportunities, and the opponent in front of him who made him feel powerless.
The other Kainan team members could no longer suppress their emotions, and tears welled up in their eyes. Those were tears of unwillingness and regret that rolled down their cheeks.
Coach Riki Takato sighed, and that sigh contained helplessness and loss.
Then, he calmed down, stood up, and walked towards Coach Anzai.
"Coach Anzai, we lost this game. Shohoku has an incredible guy!" Riki Takato stretched out his hand and shook hands with Coach Anzai.
Coach Anzai responded with a gracious smile on his face: "Ho ho ho ho… No matter what, it's all the kids' own efforts."
Not long after, players from both teams came to the midfield, lined up neatly in two teams, and saluted each other to say goodbye.
Shinichi Maki looked at Jack Carter in front of him with complicated eyes, hesitated for a moment, and finally stretched out his hand and said: "If we meet in the national competition, I will find the place back."
Although Shohoku still has two games coming up, namely against Ryonan and Buri.
But he doesn't think these two teams will be a match for Shohoku.
It is inevitable for Shohoku to advance to the national competition.
He also doesn't think Kainan will lose to these two teams.
Jack Carter raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a confident smile, stretched out his hand and shook hands with Shinichi Maki, and said expectantly: "I hope you can let me enjoy it more at that time."
Shinichi Maki was slightly startled, with a complex emotion welling up in his heart, but he was speechless.
At this point, Shohoku successfully advanced to the finals.
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