Chapter Four: The Price of Losing

If she exceeds twenty-eight minutes and aggravates her knee, coverage is void. Will you reimburse the team yourself?” He was no longer hiding. He put money beside the tactical board and made everyone choose. Xinglan stopped Qiao from exploding. “Twenty-eight minutes is enough. What matters is how we use them.” In her first life, she had played thirty-nine and lost her legs in the final six. Harbor had lost by nine, and commentators called her an assist-chaser. This time her body was different—and Yunzhou would be different too. The Blaze abandoned their usual traps and put a six-foot-three forward on her full court. Xinglan refused to force shots, repeatedly finding Qiao at the elbow. Harbor led by six after one quarter.