Chapter 53 The State Championship 1 (1/2)

So after two weeks of rest for all players and teams today begins the state championship, although Jake's team has made the best possible games, they were not a favorite of that championship.

The biggest favorite was the Lions team who had won the last state championship with their entire team in the second year and now everyone was in third and theoretically much better and experienced, that team was in another key so Jake's team would only see themselves in the final results.

Jake's team opponent today had not played the state championship for three years, but they struggled last year's champions in the final, and that team they won tight was one of the worst teams in the state championship last year.

The team's name is Alligators, and all players seemed average in skill, the best player on the team was their SF that was called Will, as Aiden is a bit weak in defense the game will be one with many points, his PG that would mark Jake's name was Tom.

Although Jake was not worried he still warned his teammates to play with concentration and give no space to the opponent, and if anyone could in the game that covered Aiden who was with the most difficult opponent.

Before the game Jake put on the sneakers and socks of the brand he was sponsored, of course, he did not tell this to his teammates, because although he did not believe it, it could happen to be envious of his teammates and affect in matches.

So the game started with the ball in the possession of Jake, who soon began to advance to opponent's court, he was taking this game more seriously after knowing that his skills were not as high as he thought they were, this brought Jake a little to the reality that he was only an 11-year-old yet and that he still had a great distance from the NBA.

As soon as he reached the three-point line his team was already positioned for the attack, after the regional championship finale, Jake trained a few more signs with his team, as he increased by only two each did not have to worry, more Jake had more than 10 new combinations to think about now.

He made some signs and then passed the ball to Owen who was freer because he had not made any points so far, so Owen did the layup and the first two points of the state championship for the team.

Owen and Luke had been learning from Jake directly that he had a high school player's abilities now, after two months if they could not make a free basket as Owen was now he would not deserve to be called basketball players or at school.

The Alligators team suffered now with their oversight, of course, all teams have players who could at least score points, so they gave those points by underestimating their opponents, which was what Jake always said.

After Tom started the attack on their team, Tom and no one in that league had received information from other teams besides which player they had to worry about, and Jake was one of them, in the information just said that Jake was a good offensive player and that knew how to organize the team at the time of the attacks.

Plus there was nothing in the information about Jake being good at defense, so after Tom got the three-point line he did not make the pass and tried to infiltrate for the basket, although he felt the mark of Jake squeeze him still managed to move, when he was doing the layup the ball had gotten out of his hands, he was focused on scoring and relaxed his hands from the ball and Jake seized the opportunity and stole the ball.

So Jake just ran more than the others and not at his top speed and reached the opposing basket to score two more points for his team.

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While the game on the court in the bleachers had several reporters who had been sent by the newspapers of their cities to cover the championship, despite being better than the regional no one liked being sent to cover such low-level championships, at least they would be willing if it were national.