Feeling the court again (edited)

As Raine entered the court still wobbling a little not due to the knock to the head but due to the unfamiliar feeling of being supported by his legs but luckly he was able to merge with the other Raine allowing for Raine to Acclimate quicker after a few jumps and squeak of the shoes he was pumped full of adrenaline.

As the referee handed the ball to the shooting guard Kendrick for the free throw and he made the tech throw.

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As Ginkgo pushed the ball down the court Raine maked a familiar 77 on his jersey as the main point guard he is there to facilitate for his teammates and stop the other point guard from doing the same, with this in mind Raine closed down possible passing lanes however as he did the rust of not being in a game caused him to forget that he can also drive to the lane, as 77 took off with a quick step he entered the paint causing the collapse of the defence this cause 77 to throw a dart across to the weak side corner to a player wearing 2 who carmly shot over the contest of Raine's teammate and made the 3 with just 36 seconds on the clock

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The score was tied but unlike what Raine thought he wasn't subbed off even though he was the main cause for the defence breaking down.

When he looked at the clock he noticed there was still enough time so as the ball entered play again Raine blazed down the court thinking to get a shot up quickly.

As he approached the 3 point line he drove past 77 only to stop and step back leaving 77 looking at the rim with adrenaline pumping a calmness took over Raine his hand felt like it held the world and the hoop was as wide as the galaxy he threw it as to glided in a rainbow like arc into the net.

*Splash*

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The clock was now left with 15 seconds as Ginkgo moved in urgency as 77 played the ball to 2 at the half court line which he proceeded to shoot which had bounced off the rim right into the hands of Raine who held the ball smartly and got fouled allowing him to take free throws.

*Splash* 95:91

*Thunk* the ball after the second shot missed and was picked up by Ginkgo they shot before the buzzer to no avail.

After the shot the clock buzzed and the players of Toronto university celebrated after which they shook hands with the players from Ginkgo wising them well for this season.

After the match in the locker room the players were celebrating with towels and dirty clothes as music was playing and everyone was dancing Raine sat in the corner looking at his legs

'I can't believe it' he thought to himself 'I've got working legs'

As he was looking at his legs he was hit with a towel, angry he looked to see who it was, it was a man with light olive skin standing around 6"7 with a grin that if he was a woman he'd have already fallen. (A/N: Pause)

Raine looked at the man and a name popped to mind 'Maximo' a friend since childhood as they grew up together and even started playing the sport together.

Maximo who was smiling asked "why the intense stare?"

"It's nothing Max just thinking about the game" replied Raine hoping it would stop any more questions.

"Ok even though we won?" Maximo asked

"Yes it's more important after a win so we don't become complacent it's the first game of the season and the teams already partying like it's the finals" Raine responded to Max with as smile

Maximo shocked looked around and saw the celebration was indeed a bit excessive and shouted.

"ITS ONLY ONE GAME AND YOUR LIKE THIS GET YOURSELVES TOGETHER IT ISNT EVEN THE PLAYOFFS"

This caused the players celebrating to freeze as Coach Joe who was outside entered the room adding to the sentiment that Maximo had brought saying

"Don't be happy we barley won if not for Raine the game could have ended differently"

Pouring cold water in the already frozen players they began to hit the showers and get changed.

Maximo and Raine left first with them both taking about the game and thier thoughts Maximo played scoring 26points 15 rebounds and 4 blocks at the power forward position due to the size of the university being small in this department as Maximo has the speed of a guard and the strength of a small forward allowing him to blow by the bigger defenders and get to the rim easily.

Raine himself ended the game with 4points 4 rebounds 8 assists ,as he was always the pass before assist during the time he was in TV most going to Maximo in the end, the stats didn't tell the story without those 4 points the game would of been leading to an overtime making them the most critical in the mind of Maximo.

"That 3 pointer has probably ended that guys career" Maximo laughed thinking about the memes of players being broken like that.

Raine also laughed responding to the joke "yeah maybe I did let's hope he can

'turnaround' this time a focus up"

As Raine reached the gate of the college he said goodbye to Maximo and walked towards the houses he'd seen in the memories of the previous Raine and stopped at a house with the number 79 making Raine find the reason for the number on his jersey looking at the door he froze.

Raine thought about what to say and how to meet them even tho they aren't different that didnt stop Raine from overthinking and the consequences of them finding the Raine of thier world is gone.

As he was thinking this the door flew open and a person jumped out,

*Crash*