Score: Vorpal Basket 52 – Portsmouth Vultures 20
Time Remaining in 3rd Quarter: 4 minutes
The gym was in a frenzy.
Cheers exploded with every pass, every clean stop, every no-look assist that came from Louie's hand. The bench unit of Vorpal wasn't just holding their ground—they were dominating.
Fourteen unanswered points.
The scoreboard glowed like a cruel joke to the Vultures.
52 to 20.
Coach Ryland of the Vultures slammed the clipboard into his thigh and barked out a timeout.
The air was thick with confusion.
Vultures' strategy—the math, the plans, the matchups—all burned away like paper in a wildfire.
Jamie Lin didn't walk to the bench—he stalked toward it, each step heavy with disbelief.
He sat down, wiped sweat from his chin, and glanced up at the scoreboard again.
52–20.
"Tsk… How can this have so much gap…"
He lowered his head, staring at his knees, thoughts racing.
(I thought my calculations were right. We had them.
