Konan's coach nodded in a satisfied manner when he saw the game was back on track again. This was the reason why he put Genzo on the court. It wasn't to stabilize the game's tempo since Sawada was definitely better in that particular aspect. No, what he wanted from Genzo was to stabilize the team's mentality.
He knew that even though the team seemed perfect from the outsider's perspective, it still had some flaws. They tended to fall into their bad habits as the game progressed. Matsumoto would be far more aggressive than necessary, Lucas would start to get lazy, Akihiro became more reckless, and Shimada sometimes lost his concentration in the middle of the game. But once Genzo entered the court, those bad habits disappeared immediately, and once they behaved more properly, the better they would play.
