Walker was dribbling the ball he felt the pressure from Larry because his defense was way better than Peter.

Walker starts with hesitation moves, he saw an opening, it was clear that Larry wants him to drive to the basket so he could steal the ball.

Walker smiled then he drove to the basket, Larry thought that his plan was going to succeed, but the moment he tried to reach for the ball, Walker did a behind the back pa.s.s to Isiah who was wide open for another 3pt shot.

Larry was caught off guard with the pa.s.s, he was sure that Walker caught the bait and he was going to steal the ball.

Larry looked at where he pa.s.sed and saw that Isiah was wide open, then he saw that Peter forgot about him because he wants to block Walker's shot when he saw him drive to the basket.

Larry smiled because he knew that he was the one who got caught in his scheme.

Isiah scored the basket, and he extends the lead to 7 points.

Mapel bad Boys 9-2 ALL FIRED UP.

Larry look at walker who was smiling, and he was sure that their plan worked, and that their chances of winning are slim, but he wasn't willing to give up without a fight.

Larry scored a 2pt with a post move because of how Walker was heavily guarding him.

Mapel bad Boys 9-4 ALL FIRED UP.

Larry tried to cover the pa.s.sing lanes to Isiah because the latter was guarded by Peter who was out of the game mentally.

Walker saw that Larry was closing the pa.s.sing path to Isiah, then he pa.s.sed the ball the Z.

Larry saw that he pa.s.sed the ball to Z, and he saw that Gray was still guarding, he was relieved because Gray's defense is good enough to stop that young lad.

When Z received the ball, his eyes were s.h.i.+ning with excitement and said to Walker

"you finally pa.s.sed the ball, I was going to sleep here"

"aren't you also feeling sleepy also," said Z to Gray

"Show me what you got don't disappoint me," said Gray with a solemn expression.

Walker shook his head when he saw Walker talking to Gray because he knows he and Z personalities were a total opposite.

Z starts with some dribble move until he found an opening then, with a burst of energy Z drove by Gray before leaping to dunk the ball.

Mapel bad Boys 11-4 ALL FIRED UP.

The crowd went ballistic after the dunk, Gray was surprised that young lad could jump this high.

"I underestimated you guys," said Larry because Walker took the spotlight first, he forgot about how good the other two.

Walker didn't answer him because he knew that he wasn't on the same level as Larry, and he needs to concentrate if he wants to keep up with him.

Larry saw how Walker is focused, and sighed because if they want to have a chance to get back in the game, they need to find a way to deal with Walker.

Peter who was absent-minded due to the humiliation he suffered at the hand of Walker in the end, he knew that he crossed the wrong people.

The game continued with both team trading baskets.

Gray scored 2 points after using his height advantage against Z.

Mapel bad Boys 11-6 ALL FIRED UP.

Walker pa.s.sed the ball to Isiah after Larry and Peter try to double team him, then Isiah scored a 3 point shot.

Mapel bad Boys 14-6 ALL FIRED UP.

Walker tried his hardest to stop Larry from shooting any 3 point shots but he failed after he felled for a fake shot.

Mapel bad Boys 14-9 ALL FIRED UP.

Walker was guarded heavily by Larry who tried to close all of Walker's pa.s.sing lanes. Finally, Walker found Z for an easy 2 points.

Mapel bad Boys 16-9 ALL FIRED UP.

Peter scored the next 2 points for them after exploiting a flaw in Isiah's defense.

Mapel bad Boys 16-11 ALL FIRED UP.

Larry was aware that Isiah is a sharpshooter so, he tried to block Walker's pa.s.sing paths towards Isiah.

Since Walker had decent ball-handling skills, it was hard for Larry to steal the ball for him.

Moreover, he was confident that Gray can stop Z from scoring.

Walker saw Larry forcing him to pa.s.s the ball to Z since they didn't want them to shot 3 pointers.

Walker agreed with this tactic that Larry used, but it was only effective against players that rely on attacking the basket and didn't have a jump shot ( author : **Cough** Ben Simmons **Cough**), but Z wasn't one of them.

Walker pa.s.sed the ball to Z .he catches the ball behind the three-point line and saw that Gray wasn't guarding him closely and gave him enough s.p.a.ce to shoot.

"Do you think I can't shoot three's?" said Z before shooting the ball and he scored the 3 point shot, and the ball didn't even hit the rim.

Larry was taken by surprise, he didn't think that Z could shoot 3 point shots this good.

Mapel bad Boys 19-11 ALL FIRED UP.

Walker once again couldn't stop Larry from scoring another 3 point shot, but that didn't discourage him but lit a fire under him to work harder to achieve his dream.

Mapel bad Boys 19-14 ALL FIRED UP.

"Game point for Mapel Bad Boys," said the official

Z approached Walker and started whispering to him when Walker heard what Z said he looked at him with a troubled expression and said to him "Are you sure about it."

"Yeah, trust me I could do it," said Z with confidence

"Okay be careful," said Walker with a concerned expression.

When Walker starts dribbling the ball thinking of who to execute what Z told him.

Meanwhile, Z was trying to find an opening, Gray was trying his hardest to keep up with him.

Z found an opening that he was looking for then he cut towards the basket with full steam.

Walker who was handling the ball was observing the two of them, the moment he saw that Gray late reflex he pa.s.sed the ball towards the basket.

Larry who was guarding Walker was surprised by the pa.s.s because it was a high pa.s.s, but the moment Larry turned his head, he saw Z jumped high before catching the ball and dunks it.

Mapel bad Boys 21-14 ALL FIRED UP.

The crowd went wild after the Ally-oop because most of them didn't think those young lads were able to give them an entertaining game.

"Mapel Bad Boys advances to the second round," the official announced.

Larry shook his head then he stretches his hand to Walker "Good Luck in your next match"

Walker shook his hand "good luck next time, and I want a one on one against you."

Larry was surprised by his answer, and said: "shouldn't I be the one who wants the rematch?"

"We won as a team but I lost against you that's why," said Walker

"HA HA HA you are quite the character, but I love it if you want a rematch I will give to you any time," said Larry

"Okay then see you soon," said Walker then headed towards Z and Isiah.