# E11 - The Boys' Stubbornness and Girls' Pride
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYW4WVJE6/the-boys-stubbornness-and-girls-pride)
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I'm Nao Nanao! From class 1-3!
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I'm 144 centimeters tall,
and I weigh 36 kilograms!
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I'm a Pisces with a B blood type.
And I love green tea pudding!
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Although I may not be the best manager,
I will do my utmost to support the team!
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I hope we can get along!
**[00:20] ---**
Nanao is... going to be our manager?
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So, how are they? Now that you've
seen them in action, what are your thoughts?
**[00:27] ---**
W-well... everyone on the team is amazing.
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Although...
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I don't think this team stands
any chance of winning actual games.
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If that's what she thinks,
then there's no mistake.
**[00:42] ---**
Huh?
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I can guarantee that personally.
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If you'd like, we can even
prove it with a game.
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You can play against our girls' team.
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What?!
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Why?!
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Well, we could be convinced.
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If the girls agree to strip naked when we win,
then I think we could find the motivation!
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Gotta put a carrot on the stick, so to speak!
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Very well, then.
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That's fine.
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Then we're all agreed.
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Madoka will be the one to do it.
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What?
**[01:22] ---**
Then we'll play! Without holding back!
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Um, okay then.
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Starting now, the game between the boys' and girls'
basketball teams will officially begin!
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ALL RIGHT!
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Where to go? The land, sea or sky?
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Ahiru no Sora
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I wanna invite you to come along
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The pages of our story have started to turn
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If you lose your nerve then recycle it
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And let it push you past hesitation
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Give and go! With the flow
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Instincts that are buried deep
will always rear their head again
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People can't just hide the
dreams they once dreamed of
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Even if these wings can't fly
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We want to spread them
wide and embrace the sky
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Becoming the people who we want to be
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You never know, the impossible
could be possible tomorrow
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So let's keep up the struggle
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Happy go ducky!
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The match will be two 10-minute halves.
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Each team will be allowed
to call one timeout.
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The Boys' Stubbornness and Girls' Pride
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The ball will be a men's size 7.
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I will be the coach for the girls' team.
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And Mr. Satsuki, I'd like you
to be the coach for the boy's team.
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Please and thank you.
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Okay. I can do that.
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Although, I really don't know
anything about basketball.
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Are there different positions,
like there are for baseball and soccer?
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Yes, it's similar.
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Kurumatani:
3-pointers, drives
Natsume:
Penetrates, won't pass
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The backcourt player who directs the offense
is the "Point Guard."
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The players in the wings who try to score
are the "Small Forward" and the "Shooting Guard."
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Then further inside are the
"Center" and "Power Forward."
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They plant themselves near the basket
to help secure points and rebounds.
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I think the boys have already settled
into the positions that suit them the best.
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I see.
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I'm curious to know, do the girls stand any chance
of winning this game?
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If you look at them individually,
the boys are certainly more skilled than the girls.
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However...
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VICTORY WILL BE...
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...OURS!
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Seriously?! Only teams playing in the final round
of nationals ever get THAT intense!
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Okay then, here we go!
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ALL RIGHT!
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Wow, Momoharu! That marks
a totally new jump record for you!
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Oh, come on, Wakamori! Please
take this more seriously!
**[05:10] ---**
Who the heck drops into
the fetal position on a jump ball?!
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I was too scared to do anything else!
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Madoka! Cover Sora so he can't
shoot any three-pointers!
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Okay!
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Deny defense, girls!
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You better get ready.
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Because here I come.
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H-he's so huge!
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I've never had to guard
someone like this before!
**[05:41] ---**
Hey, Bro! Over here!
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Not happening!
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Oh, that's some solid defending.
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I guess I shouldn't be surprised,
since your team practices on a daily basis.
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He's not the only one confident
about having fast footwork.
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I won't be shaken off easily!
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There he goes! He's changing his pace!
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Huh?
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Help!
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Hell yeah! That's one point for us!
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Or wait, do those count for two?
**[06:22] ---**
It was a two-pointer.
**[06:23] ---**
Excellent. I'm already starting to picture
that t-shirt of hers coming right off!
**[06:27] ---**
I'm sorry... he got by
me like it was nothing.
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I couldn't read his movements at all.
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Don't worry.
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We've only just gotten started.
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Ugh, he's just too fast...
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I couldn't even see what
kind of move he pulled.
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Nice one.
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Go back, girls!
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Whoa! It looks like we're
totally overwhelming them!
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Sorry about this, Sora.
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But your weakness was outed to everyone
during that match against Maru High.
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I'll just lay on pressure
until I've got him cornered on the left side!
**[07:14] ---**
Huh?!
**[07:16] ---**
He went left...?!
**[07:20] ---**
Perfect chance!
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Pass me the ball, Bro!
**[07:27] ---**
No way!
**[07:36] ---**
He's shooting from the left side?!
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Aw, yeah! That's our lil' Sora!
**[07:48] ---**
I'd say that shot guarantees a bra
will be dropping to the floor soon!
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No comments from the peanut gallery!
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I'm so glad I sunk that one!
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Have you been practicing taking shots from the left
ever since that game with Maru High?
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Yep!
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And I didn't just shoot them freely.
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I had Yasuhara and the others
play defense against me.
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And we didn't get to go home
until well after 10:00 because of it.
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I even missed my favorite show,
"The World's Most Amazing Animals"!
**[08:16] ---**
Well, we got a good deal.
**[08:17] ---**
Since the squirt is going
to treat us to lunch for the next 3 months.
**[08:20] ---**
Uh... I don't remember agreeing
to anything like that.
**[08:23] ---**
Wait a minute...
Are you for real? The best move there was passing me the ball.
**[08:25] ---**
Are you for real? The best move
there was passing me the ball.
**[08:26] ---**
Have these guys always been this strong?
Really? But I thought scoring 3 points was better than just 2...
**[08:29] ---**
This team... I think they might actually be able
to go to the inter-high...
**[08:37] ---**
Crap! The inter-high doesn't
matter at all right now!
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I forgot that my body is on the line!
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Rebound!
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Yo, Kite! Don't just let them
shoot an open three like that!
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Shut it.
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Did you even hear what I said?! Hey!
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I don't think we can win this...
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I feel really bad for Madoka...
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Come on, don't give up!
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Hey, Madoka!
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From here on out, just stick to my plan.
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Nao...
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Okay! Go, girls!
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What now?
**[09:44] ---**
Zone defense?!
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What does that mean?
**[09:47] ---**
Just look.
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As you can see here, "Zone defense"
is when the entire team
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focuses solely on defending
the area around the basket.
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Unlike man-to-man, which requires everyone
to constantly guard a specific player,
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this style makes them all responsible for guarding
a specific "zone" instead, hence the name.
**[10:04] ---**
That makes sense.
**[10:06] ---**
But then...
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what good does that actually do?
**[10:10] ---**
No way, they can't be serious.
**[10:12] ---**
Did they forget we have Sora on our team?
**[10:14] ---**
What does he mean?
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The major difference between zone and man-to-man,
is that the area the defense guards is limited.
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In exchange for preventing anyone
on the other team from reaching the paint,
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it becomes easier for them to score
from long distance instead.
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Simply put, the single most effective way
to neutralize a zone defense
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is by having a really skilled
3-point shooter, just like Sora.
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I get it. That means our resident shorty
will be doing most of the work from now on.
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Unfortunately for you, it's
not going to be that simple.
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Because...
**[10:43] ---**
...this is not an ordinary zone defense.
**[10:47] ---**
Box and 1.
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Using this will enable us to prevent both Natsume
and Kurumatani from scoring any more points.
**[11:04] ---**
Box and 1, eh?
**[11:06] ---**
Well, that's the most obvious decision
they could have made.
**[11:09] ---**
Yabuuchi is moving alone and
totally ignoring her area.
**[11:12] ---**
Doesn't that ruin this
whole "zone defense" thing?
**[11:15] ---**
Nope.
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It's a variation, which means
it's still considered a zone defense.
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While four of the players focus on defending their zones,
the last one goes man-to-man
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with the one opponent who poses
the biggest scoring threat.
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This allows them to effectively suppress
the ace of the other team.
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Even if that player gets a hold of the ball,
all 5 can work to defend against them.
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That's the box and 1 defense.
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So, 3-pointers are out of the question.
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Our best bet is to follow standard practice
and exploit it with passes.
**[11:44] ---**
But if their defense is this
clustered together, then...
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Did you get all that, Madoka?
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This defense is designed so that
it's impossible to shoot any threes.
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Our first step is to shut down
their top scorer, Kurumatani.
**[12:00] ---**
Yo! Don't push through! Just pass it around!
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I can do it!
**[12:08] ---**
We can already assume that
he'll find a way past you.
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But letting him go past the three-point line
will actually make everything work in our favor.
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They may be able to stop me from shooting threes,
but I can still charge-in and shoot from mid-range!
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They reacted fast!
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What the hell was that?! You damn shrimp!
**[12:33] ---**
Well shit, they snatched it right from us.
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One fundamental aspect of zone defense
is reacting to the ball instead of to other players.
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Unless the opposing team is good at passing
the ball around, then steals are more likely to occur.
**[12:44] ---**
Are you serious? Then that means
there's hardly anything they can do.
**[12:48] ---**
And we haven't even gotten
to the good part yet.
**[12:58] ---**
Huh?
**[12:58] ---**
Is it just me, or is everybody
getting clustered on the left?
**[13:02] ---**
Kite is one thing, but even
Chiaki is over there now.
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I know what's up!
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They're pushing the offense
to one side of the court!
**[13:09] ---**
Sora got a taste of that back in our match
with Maru High, remember?
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I'm gonna get the ball back!
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That's it, stray frustrated.
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And then chase after me like a good boy!
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Oh crap!
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A screen!
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Dammit!
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Idiot! Don't follow her!
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That was way too close.
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She nearly slipped away
from me in an instant.
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Gotta stop it!
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Dammit! Going one-on-one right below the basket
is too hard at my height!
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Nice shot, Madoka!
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Huh?
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How did all you guys end up so far away?
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You dummy.
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Don't just walk into such an obvious trap.
**[14:17] ---**
They wanted you to be the one who went
under the basket and you fell for it.
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No way...
**[14:21] ---**
That tiny lady over there, planned a strategy
that assures they can score points.
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It was an isolation play.
**[14:29] ---**
"Isolation play"?
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Facing our man-to-man defense, they spread out across
the court and create empty space below the basket.
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Then someone sets up a screen
and quickly returns to their position,
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forcing the pair in that
space to go one-on-one.
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That's known as an isolation play.
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They all know that you're not
an effective guard underneath the basket.
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Do you get it now?
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The other team is taking full advantage
of your lack of height.
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Tee-hee~
**[15:04] ---**
What the heck is that?!
What does it even mean?!
**[15:07] ---**
It was really cute, though.
**[15:09] ---**
If they set up another screen on the shrimp,
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we have to execute a solid switch or else they're
just going to keep abusing his shortness to score.
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Yeah, I know.
**[15:17] ---**
What the hell's a "switch"?
**[15:19] ---**
Dude, that's easy. The thing on the wall
that turns out the lights.
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It means switching up defenders on the fly!
**[15:24] ---**
"Switching up defenders on the fly"?
**[15:27] ---**
Whenever you're playing man-to-man defense,
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everyone has to be ready to change the player they're
defending to deal with screens from the other team.
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That's called a "switch."
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Out on the court you have to say "switch!" or something
else, to let everyone know that you're changing.
**[15:41] ---**
O-oh...
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If they pull another screen like that on you, then I'll
switch to defending Yabuuchi since I'm taller than her.
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Got it?
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Right!
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Keep your eyes on them!
**[15:54] ---**
Right!
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Close their pass windows!
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Dammit!
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I don't even have the ball yet!
**[16:03] ---**
This is just like what happened
in our match against Maru High!
**[16:06] ---**
Hey, Bro, give it here!
**[16:08] ---**
Getting past four of them should be a cinch!
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Listen carefully.
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Whenever Natsume makes a move to penetrate to the
basket, we'll use all four defenders to shut him down.
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First, one defender will immediately stick to him
to prevent any shots from middle-range.
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If he gets around them, then the remaining three
will triple team to put on pressure.
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The first defender will also press him from behind
to assure he'll have no windows to pass through.
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But if we do that, won't he just pass it
the instant that we try to triple team him?
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Don't worry about that.
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I know he won't pass it.
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Kite! They left me wide open over here!
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I'm the one... who's going to score!
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Boys
Girls
**[16:59] ---**
Offensive foul! Charging!
**[17:01] ---**
Ow, ow, ow...
**[17:03] ---**
Oh my gosh! Are you all right, Sachi?
**[17:05] ---**
Give me a break, it can't be that bad.
**[17:08] ---**
That was a totally reckless
move and you know it!
**[17:10] ---**
Nabe was wide open right behind you!
**[17:12] ---**
Why the hell are you playing lone wolf?
**[17:14] ---**
Well, I probably would have missed the basket
even if he did pass it...
**[17:18] ---**
Even if he can't shoot well, passing the ball to him
would definitely have spread out the defense.
**[17:22] ---**
And that Kite guy is way too skilled to not know
something that fundamental about the game.
**[17:26] ---**
I wonder why he didn't just pass the ball?
**[17:28] ---**
Man, I bet you that he still doesn't trust
the other members of the team.
**[17:31] ---**
Nah, I would say it's because he's
overconfident in his ability to score.
**[17:35] ---**
Actually, it's a mix of both.
**[17:38] ---**
He feels a strong sense of responsibility as a forward,
and that comes from confidence in his skills.
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When someone has the level of talent that he does,
it's only natural that it can become a weakness at times.
**[17:51] ---**
Another screen?!
**[17:53] ---**
Don't bother, Sora! We're switching!
**[18:12] ---**
Timeout for the boys' team!
**[18:15] ---**
Nice! You pulled that
pass off perfectly, Yoko!
**[18:17] ---**
Senpai!
**[18:19] ---**
Ugh! I can't believe you guys
actually made me shoot a 3-pointer!
**[18:23] ---**
My hands are still shaking with anxiety!
**[18:26] ---**
This time they gave up heading
for the paint and just shot a three instead.
**[18:31] ---**
They're determined to take advantage
of Sora's height for this whole game.
**[18:35] ---**
Hmph, that damned tiny lady.
She's better than I gave her credit for.
**[18:38] ---**
Dammit...
**[18:39] ---**
It's all because of me that we're being hindered
on both offense and defense.
**[18:43] ---**
What the hell happened
to all that momentum we had earlier?
**[18:46] ---**
All our dreams of that bra falling to the floor
are slowly fading away...
**[18:49] ---**
Shucks, I really can't
keep up with any of this.
**[18:52] ---**
I had a sneaking suspicion
that this might be the case, but...
**[18:56] ---**
...we're all still really weak
when it comes to basketball, huh?
**[18:59] ---**
Seriously, I doubt we're even at the level
of being able to compete in a real game yet.
**[19:03] ---**
I mean, there's only four guys on our team
with actual experience.
**[19:06] ---**
What?
**[19:07] ---**
I don't remember saying anything
about you guys being weak.
**[19:10] ---**
Huh?
**[19:11] ---**
Your team is... really strong.
**[19:17] ---**
I'm sorry, Kurumatani.
**[19:19] ---**
But...
**[19:22] ---**
Oh jeez. Now's not the time
to be having a pity party, guys.
**[19:26] ---**
There'll be no stripping at this rate, much less,
any chance of us going to the inter-high!
**[19:31] ---**
Just let me handle our next move.
**[19:34] ---**
It looks like Afro Senpai is
cooking up some kind of plan.
**[19:39] ---**
How exactly will they try
and counter the box and 1 defense?
**[19:43] ---**
Let you handle it?
**[19:45] ---**
But we haven't done any practice
to overcome a zone defense...
**[19:48] ---**
That's a good point. So for now...
**[19:52] ---**
You two, sub out!
**[19:53] ---**
S-sub out?!
**[19:57] ---**
But why us?!
**[19:58] ---**
Bro! At least tell us what your reason is!
**[20:00] ---**
Because you're in the way.
**[20:01] ---**
Huh?!
**[20:02] ---**
Hell yeah! It's time for the real
superstars to hit the court!
**[20:05] ---**
I've been waiting for this!
**[20:07] ---**
Wait! I haven't agreed to
sub out with anyone ye-
**[20:12] ---**
Player substitution!
**[20:15] ---**
Here we go, my blood has
already started pumping.
**[20:18] ---**
Dammit...
**[20:19] ---**
Why would they take
their two primary scorers out of the game?
**[20:22] ---**
It's almost like they're
trying to throw the match.
**[20:25] ---**
This is nothing new, we never know
what those idiots are thinking.
**[20:30] ---**
Listen up, Momoharu.
**[20:32] ---**
The only members of the team now
who can put up a screen are you and me.
**[20:36] ---**
Let's do what we can to
tear their defense apart.
**[20:38] ---**
Uh, right.
**[20:40] ---**
We're gonna.... win this thing!
**[20:43] ---**
No question!
**[20:48] ---**
I've had enough! No more pervy stares!
**[20:50] ---**
You damn horndogs!
**[20:53] ---**
All right! Time to get back on track, boys!
**[20:57] ---**
Let's go, let's go!
**[20:59] ---**
Dammit! Why can't I play?!
**[21:01] ---**
This is clearly a terrible strategy!
**[21:05] ---**
Not at all.
**[21:06] ---**
I think he made the perfect
call for this situation.
**[21:10] ---**
If you both stayed out there, it would have been
impossible to overcome the box and 1 defense.
**[21:23] ---**
The 2-3 zone.
**[21:25] ---**
It's the most commonly used formation
when playing zone defense.
**[21:28] ---**
And it'll be difficult for these guys to deal with,
since none of them are long-range shooters.
**[21:33] ---**
With Yasu on the court, we have
a pretty big height advantage on them.
**[21:36] ---**
Let's just pass the ball over their heads an-
**[21:38] ---**
No, we won't bother with that.
**[21:40] ---**
We can't afford to turn this into
a height competition between boys and girls.
**[21:44] ---**
We have to play this on equal
ground until the very end.
**[21:47] ---**
Otherwise, there's no point
to playing with our current lineup.
**[21:50] ---**
I have no doubt about it.
**[21:52] ---**
That guy has also...
**[21:54] ---**
...realized all the weaknesses
of the players on this team!
**[22:15] ---**
It didn't matter how long
you stared up at the sky
**[22:18] ---**
You always said that you
would never be able to fly
**[22:21] ---**
One night I cried wondering
how long it would take
**[22:25] ---**
Until I could finally reach you with my hands
**[22:28] ---**
Eventually I got used to just running away
**[22:31] ---**
Until the day I realized that was a weakness
**[22:35] ---**
So let's start it all over, right now
**[22:42] ---**
The things precious to us
were always close at hand
**[22:48] ---**
We are never completely alone
at any time in our lives
**[22:54] ---**
The truth is that you can
fly, wherever you want
**[22:57] ---**
Spreading your wings to go
far higher than anyone else
**[23:01] ---**
The more tears that you shed
**[23:05] ---**
Then the stronger you become
**[23:07] ---**
Let's use those wings
to travel the world over
**[23:11] ---**
And find a path to a future
that no one knows about
**[23:14] ---**
Always, always, always
**[23:19] ---**
Walking onwards, all of us together
**[23:30] ---**
Ahiru no Sora
Next Time: Team
**[23:31] ---**
Next time: "Team."