Black basketball opened the game with a hook shot from the park that shocked everyone Chapter 077

Time seemed to freeze.

The ace of Outai had a confident smile on his face, his arm muscles bulging as he slammed the ball towards the hoop.

Everyone thought they would see an earth-shattering block, a fierce collision between a right hand and the rim.

Bai Xiao did not jump.

Just as the opponent rose to his highest point, on the verge of shooting, his tall body tilted to the left at a completely counter-intuitive angle, almost sliding past the opponent’s body.

“What the heck? What’s he doing?”

“He dodged? Is he giving up?”

“What the hell is going on?!”

Before the questions died down, a scene that made everyone’s pupils constrict occurred.

His left hand, the hand that had never been listed as a threat in Outai’s data reports, shot out like a venomous snake, so fast that everyone’s dynamic vision couldn’t catch it, leaving only a faint afterimage in the air!

There was no astonishing power, no violent impact.

“Pa.”

A soft sound, almost inaudible.

Bai Xiao’s fingertips precisely touched the basketball.

It wasn’t a slap, nor a snatch, but a light, disarming flick.

The ball, which was about to be dunked into the hoop, seemed to lose all momentum and was steadily scooped up by Bai Xiao.

A perfect steal.

After a moment of dead silence in the entire arena, a tsunami of uproar erupted.

“I…I…I…What did I just see?!”

“Illusion! This is definitely an illusion!!”

“A steal? He completed a steal in front of a dunk like that?! That’s unscientific!!”

“How did he do it? How did his body twist like that? His left hand…how could his left hand be so fast!”

“Show-off! What a show-off! The show of shows! Mom asked me why I’m watching the game on my knees!”

The audience went crazy, completely insane! They roared wildly, waving their arms, venting their inner shock in the most primal way!

“What?!” Outai’s coach suddenly stood up from his seat, his face filled with disbelief. His pupils contracted in shock, staring intently at the figure on the court.

The data, their proud data, precise to two decimal places, became a joke at this moment. In the database, Bai Xiao’s left-hand coordination score posed no threat at all!

How was this possible!

Bai Xiao ignored the surrounding noise. He scooped up the ball with one hand, his movements as steady as if he hadn’t just completed an extreme steal.

He didn’t choose to initiate a fast break himself but turned and steadily passed the ball into the hands of his captain, Yukio Kasamatsu.

He raised his head, his gaze penetrating the entire court, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching everyone’s ears.

“Their defense is based on what’s known.”

“Now, let them see the unknown.”

Yukio Kasamatsu’s heart trembled, and he instantly understood Bai Xiao’s meaning. He looked at his teammates and roared, “Run! Get the ball moving!”

In the second half, Kaijo’s tactics changed dramatically.

Bai Xiao was still the beast in the restricted area, but he was no longer the end point of the offense. He transformed into a giant magnet, a terrifying tactical pivot.

As soon as he called for the ball in the low post, Outai immediately had two, or even three, defenders collapse and double-team him. This was their established strategy, the optimal solution given by the data.

However, this time, Bai Xiao did not force a shot.

Just a second before the encirclement formed, he flicked his wrist, and the basketball, like a bullet from a gun, passed under the defender’s armpit, bounced off the ground, and accurately flew into the hands of the cutting Yoshitaka Moriyama on the other side.

“Good pass!” Moriyama caught the ball and easily scored a layup.

Outai’s defenders looked at each other, their expressions frozen. The probability of this passing lane appearing in their data model was less than five percent.

But this was just the beginning.

Bai Xiao began to display court vision and basketball IQ as terrifying as his superhuman strength. He used his unresolvable deterrence to constantly tear apart and manipulate Outai’s defense.

He made passing an art form.

Sometimes it was a no-look pass, allowing Kise to receive the ball in the most comfortable position for an isolation play.

Sometimes it was a half-court long pass, finding a teammate on a fast break.

Sometimes it was even a seemingly casual behind-the-back pass, yet it always found the gap ignored by the data.

He was like an omniscient God, overlooking the entire court. Every Outai player’s movement, every defensive intention, became a guide for his passes.

“Can’t defend! We can’t defend at all!” Outai’s on-court captain shouted anxiously.

Their proud data cage was shattered into pieces by the huge unknown variable that was Bai Xiao.

The defenders began to hesitate. They didn’t know whether to stick to the data and double-team Bai Xiao, or to guard the Kaijo attacking points that had been completely activated.

Once they hesitated, the defense completely collapsed.

Kise’s sharp scoring, Kasamatsu’s quick breakthroughs, Moriyama’s accurate three-pointers. Every attacking point for Kaijo was activated, playing with smooth, flowing coordination.

The score was gradually caught up, point by point.

With five seconds left in the game, 88 to 88, tied.

After a timeout, Kaijo’s last offense, the ball naturally went to Bai Xiao.

The gymnasium was eerily quiet. Everyone stood up, their hearts in their throats.

This was the ace’s moment.

Three Outai players unhesitatingly rushed forward, forming an impenetrable iron barrel formation, locking Bai Xiao firmly outside the three-point line. They exerted all their strength, determined not to give him any space to shoot.

Everyone thought that Bai Xiao would, at the last moment, stage a heroic, forced game-winner.

Bai Xiao held the ball, his back to the hoop, feeling the immense pressure from behind him. His gaze, however, passed over all the defenders and saw the figure on the other side.

Just as the triple-team collapsed to its extreme, he moved.

No turn, no forced shot.

He slammed the basketball behind him, and the ball bounced off the ground at a tricky angle, passing through the gap between the three defenders.

An incredible behind-the-back bounce pass!

The basketball accurately landed outside the baseline three-point line, where an unguarded figure was already waiting.

It was Ryota Kise.

He caught the ball, bent his knees, jumped, and shot. His movements were fluid and perfect, like something out of a textbook.

In Kise’s eyes, the spinning basketball flying towards the hoop was reflected, and he heard Bai Xiao’s voice echoing in his ears.

“Now, let them see the unknown.”

“Swish—!”

The basketball swished through the net, the crisp sound like a trumpet of victory.

“Beep—!”

The final whistle blew at the same moment, echoing throughout the arena.

91 to 88.

Kaijo, won in a comeback!