The broadcast announced, reminding everyone to enter before the start of the game.
The point guard, Koguchi Ainosuke, patted Uesugi Sakura on the shoulder:
"Just do your best!"
The other players also patted his shoulder one by one as they passed by him.
"Come on."
"Come on."
"Come on."
Uesugi Sakura turned his head, looking at everyone heading to the court, the people he just met and who seemed to have been dissatisfied with him earlier.
Amid the chatter from the audience seats, under the watchful eyes of thousands of students and teachers from the five campuses, a silent Uesugi Sakura thought.
They really smell like sweat!
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A whistle blew.
The game started!
The referee tossed the basketball high up within a circle whose name Uesugi Sakura didn't know.
Standing at the back of the line, Uesugi Sakura watched as their point guard—Koguchi Ainosuke and the tall black guy from Hoshin jumped to compete for the shot.
Bam!
A low, muffled sound.
