The young boys turn out to be members of the boys' basketball team in the elementary section at Keishin Academy, and they want Subaru to stop being the coach for the girls' basketball team. The boys explain that a match between the two teams will determine whether or not the girls' team will be dissolved. When Subaru shows up for practice, he mentions how he understands how the boys feel, causing Maho to get upset and run out again. Subaru meets Tomoka on the way back with a get-together with his friends, and he invites her over to his house so she can practice basketball. Tomoka challenges him to a match to decide whether he will continue coaching the club, but she is not able to win. Tomoka explains to him that her obsession over winning and losing isolated her and it was not until she transferred to Keishin Academy and made friends with the other girls that she realized that winning is not everything. This serves to rekindle Subaru's passion in the sport, and he tells Tomoka that he will protect her basketball and the place she belongs to by continuing as their coach, which moves her to tears. Subaru gathers information about the boy's basketball team from his aunt. The next day he goes to apologize to the girls about everything, and they greet him the same way as when they first met.
女子バスケ部のコーチを辞めろ。昴にそんな警告をしたのは、智花たちと同じ慧心学園初等部男子バスケ部の部員たちだった。彼らの口から『勝負』のいきさつを聞かされた昴は、前日に真帆の見せた焦りの正体に気付く。しかしコーチの約束は３日間。最終日を迎えてしまった上、試合までの短い期間に彼女たちを勝てるチームに育てる指導などできないと、智花たちに告げる昴。美星のバスケから逃げるなという厳しい言葉にも、今の自分にバスケに対する情熱はないと口にする。智花たちの想いも、男子バスケ部員の気持ちもわかる。そしてバスケから離れようとしている自分は、本当はどうしたいのか。そんな複雑な想いを抱えた昴は、偶然、目の前を通りかかった智花を思わず呼び止め……。
去辞掉女子篮球部的教练吧。如此警告昴的人是和智花她们同样的慧心学园初等部男子篮球部的部员们。从他们那里得知“比赛”详情的昴，意识到了前几天真帆表现出的焦虑的真正原因。但教练的约定是三天之内。在最后一天到来之时，昴告诉智花她们，到比赛为止的短时间内自己无法将她们培育成能够获胜的队伍。即使美星说出让他不要逃避篮球这种严厉的话语，他还是说现在的自己已经没有打篮球的热情了。他能够理解智花她们的想法以及男子篮球部员的心情，而想要逃避篮球的自己真正想做的又是什么呢。怀着如此复杂心思的昴，偶然遇到了经过自己面前的智花，不觉叫住了她。
