"Again and again! How come they can do it as easily as throwing rubbish into a bucket?!"
"I have to learn a lot from them to score three points easily!"
That's how it goes when Davies does something out of the ordinary. It's inevitable that the throw will turn out to be a direct shot towards the ring.
Even professional players think that if the enemy player throws the ball with both hands above the head, whether it is high or short, their assumption is that the movement is an overhead pass and will not result in any points.
But who would have thought that with almost impossible conditions to get space to shoot or pass, it could produce results that were far from what they expected. Even Davies almost smiled smugly and quickly covered his mouth and wiped it.
'Damn it! I was really lucky that the ball didn't leave the field. I didn't expect the tall and heavy Jerome to catch up with Kein!" Davies walked backwards and tried to calm down so as not to look panicked or big-headed even though either of them could happen.
"Nice shoot, Senior Davies! Since when have you been able to shoot in such a complicated manner?!" Kein looked happy as he patted Davies' hand. "Feed it to me next time because I also want to score points with stunning action."
He just laughed stupidly and showed his teeth without replying anything. Then their formation formed a defence even though the opposing players were not yet in their positions.
"There's no need to worry. We'll get that point back." Jerome threw it in and it was received by the Point Guard.
Then the next attack was started by Tim Damian who was still controlling the ball. Damian's hand continued to wave even though he was quite far away from the player guarding him, expecting to take the same shot that Davies did. But his Point Guard remained indifferent and was still looking for an opening to pass or where to move.
'Come forward if you can get past me!' The expression showed as if he was saying that, considering he was playing Point Guard. His hands were wide open like the wings of an eagle ready to crush his enemy.
But at the moment Kein couldn't understand each player's style of play. The enemy team's Point Guard only needed a dribble and a classy crossover to get past him. One player had been overlooked. Kein wanted to hit himself when he was lured into taking the ball that bounced away from his hand. He was fooled so the enemy Point Guard caught the ball as quickly as possible and passed the ball with a crossover move to the other hand and completed a follow-up crossover to shut down his move.
Kein even nearly fell over as his feet couldn't keep up with the ball. After passing one player, the other player certainly didn't want to make room for the enemy to score. Davies, who had been at the end of the court, immediately entered the ring area and tried to double block, along with the Center. But the Point Guard did not panic, he did not just make decisions so that he had the compulsion to score.
He saw a golden opportunity and passed to his partner in the corner of the court, which was left by Davies. However, his guarding of other players was strengthened by enemy players around him. As a result, Damian was left with so much space that his eyes were drawn to the wide-open ring.
"Pass!" Damian shouted and the pass was immediately launched when his partner realised an enemy player was trying to put pressure on him.
"This is it," Damian received his partner's chest pass seamlessly. He raised both hands first and then jumped and shot the ball towards the ring. Although the shoot release was unique as his hands were slightly tilted, the result equalised the points and boosted his confidence.
The ball went into the hoop and Damian's team also got three points in their first 24 seconds. Only a small clap was heard from the players on the sidelines. Gilbert seemed to be laughing because he had just realised. Since the first match, both teams always started with three points first, as if shooting at the two-point line was not a level they touched.
"Hahaha, I scored first, Kein!" Damian insulted his friend while sticking out his tongue briefly.
Kein was provoked by this and his previous goal of scoring points with layups had to change and think of ways to score more points than his room mate. No matter what, Kein wanted to surpass Damian.
The throw-in was made and Kein received the ball in a hurry. His steps were also irregular so the resulting dribble was out of rhythm. Realising it would turn the tide, Kein immediately passed to another partner who was rotating. Davies was at the back of the defence, while Kein headed straight for the enemy's blind spot.
Without any communication, Kein, who had been standing on the right sideline, ran straight in and now faced Jerome who was still pitting his strength against his team's Center. Realising that his partner was running free, Davies made his second overhead pass and it was well received by Kein.
He immediately jumped up and planned to finish with a lay up. But suddenly Jerome ran towards him and raised his arms as high as he could along with the jump. Kein felt that his jump was too high so it was difficult for him to land. Taking advantage of this Kein immediately passed to the Center who was released and already standing under the ring.
The score changed to 5: 3. Team Kein excelled with Kein's simple pass but still prioritised teamwork or he would be further berated by Damian and co.
The game went on and Kein continued to maximise his chances of scoring with lay-ups. It was a question mark for his teammates when he would sometimes get free of the opposition's guard but didn't capitalise on the moment to attempt a three points. Davies was a little exhausted despite being the fastest player of the bunch, his breath caught in his throat as time ran out.