Chapter 60 The State Championship 8 (1/2)

In the interval the players of both teams were exhausted, only Jake was a little better, it was a final, which was already stressful and still the score was so close, the Lions had not given up yet, after all, they thought Jake would not hit all the 3-point baskets, they were counting on these mistakes.

Not even the NBA pros get a 100 percent hit in a game, only if they throw a few balls if Jake wanted the win he could not go here, and the rest of the team was there just to put pressure on the defense and swap passes with Jake.

Jake took a look at the bleachers and with his excellent vision managed to see many people, he saw his mother who was smiling at him although still nervous, elsewhere he saw Joseph and his father Oliver, it seems they came to take a surprise and cheer for Jake.

Elsewhere in the stands, he saw the reporter and journalist Eric who was the only one who did several interviews with him and even helped him with some important information, after looking a little longer he saw Clara in the corner of the public next to a beautiful lady blonde who seemed to be the same age.

It seemed that all the people that mattered in his life were in this game to support him, this gave Jake extra energy, the strategy had to be the same as the second period, he would not continue giving shots of 3 as everyone thought, he only will manage the score that guarantees the trophy for his team.

So after a while, the Lions team will be anxious and miss more attacks, and Jake's team just had to be calm, he looked around and saw that his team was very nervous to whoever was ahead on the scoreboard.

So he thought that if it were him in his places he would also be nervous, after all, they are being suppressed the whole game and can not know if the team can or not win because it does not depend on them, but Jake, so it seems that it was time to be The captain.

”Guys, everyone here, I have a few words to say.”

The players immediately approached and crouched around Jake as they did to listen to strategies, if the captain had an order they would listen to it.

”Look at you all scared, calm down, I've said that before, but when we're ahead of the leaderboard, who should be nervous are not our opponents, we deserve to be in this final no matter what you think or what others say.”

When he said this the whole team relaxed as if it was magic, they were even a little embarrassed, Jake was much younger than them and also as captain and team ace was suffering a lot more pressure than they did, but those who were there were tremendous they were the ones who had to set an example.

”Everyone here knows how important this game is, I do not know the whole story but I know that in ten years at least it's the first time our school has a team in the final, and that's our chance, we're going to win and be the first school in at least decades to be in a national championship. ”

”I'm going to say this for the first time, I know we have no chance to go very far to the national championship, so let's give all of us here and so we can spend our vacations and holidays with a smile on our faces and make our family proud.”

”Close your eyes and try to remember everything that we have been going through since the regional championship so far, we have defeated some teams that would have gone further if they had not faced us, we are strong, what I need you to do is tighten as much as possible the marking and try to force them to give 2-point shots and not make the points with layups which is what they are best, let's win. ”

So the whole team had fire in their eyes and a willingness to win, they forgot the nervousness and just wanted to do everything they could to say after they did something to help the team to be the champion.

After that, Jake called Owen alone in a corner.

”Owen I have two important missions for you to do until the end of this game, the first one, if I miss a shot you should get the rebound, this is what you are best, you do not lose in height and neither skills for them, and second if you have a chance, I want you to block one of your players, to show that it's not anyone who can be strolling around our basket, I'm counting on you. ”

Although Jake knew it was difficult, he also had to give a purpose to his team.

So the third period started and the game was weak again, everything was going very well in the defenses and did not invent much in the attacks, Jake did not try any 3-point shot and Jake's team continued in the advantage by 4 points.

Only at the end of the third period did the Lions team begin to become visibly nervous and trying to defend more and unstable in the attacks.

In the last period, the pressure of the Lions arrived at an absurd level, as Aiden and Lucas became tired the adversaries began to tighten the mark in Jake that could not go to the layup anymore.

So he was forced to try the 3-point shot, the first one he tried to hit and in the Lions' comeback attack he was rushed and careless and Owen saw an opportunity and a block on Edward.