Chapter 82 Easy Start 2 (1/2)

And so the second game of the state championship began, the ball began with Mark getting possession of the ball for the Elite team and the ball going into Jake's hands to organize the play, he held the ball, in that game would not start with an attack fast.

Shortly after the entire team positioned themselves in the attack Jake saw that the Hawks' defense was evenly balanced, everyone had a mark that was so much on each player as it could also become a zone marking.

The zone defense was the right type to stop the Elite team's attack as the attacking players changed their position easily with Jake's signals, but this type was the hardest to adapt and able to defend well if a player ran out being left alone to attack would be futile.

Not to mention that the Elite team's attack did not depend solely on Jake's change of position and precise passing, but also on the individual ability of all team players.

So Jake threw the ball to David who soon left on top of his defender and then with a dribble passed him and managed to make the first points with a layup.

Many misunderstood that Jake was controlling the rotation of passes just so that no player stood out, it was not that, if it were so the companions of Jake would have already claimed what happened was that with this rotation the defense would not know in whom to force the marking.

But in that game with the Hawks that was not individual marking was perfect for players to show their individual ability, and it was not long before the defense discovered their mistake.

In the attack the Hawks' team was also having difficulty, Scott was completely nullified by Jake's scoring, as Jake was much stronger than the other players his age, it was almost impossible for anyone to get past him using the form, dribbling was also difficult because Jake did not freak out and his reaction speed was very fast.

So Scott did not have much choice but to pass the ball when he took it and had the chance, Jake was also confused, it was clear to him by the style of game of Scott that he was more an SG than a PG, and Scott was not very good either in giving passes.

At the end of the first period, the Elite team were gaining by 4 points advantage, it was a tighter game and as Jake was giving David freedom and the others made individual play as well, more mistakes happened and the attacks were more time-consuming.

Even though there was no doubt that the Elite team had the advantage, in the second period the defense of the Hawks did not change their form of defense, they should have thought that as the advantage on the scoreboard was small their defense was working.

So before starting the second period, Jake gave a scold at his teammates who were being too individual and forgetting that the game was in team because many times two players from the opposing team would go for scoring and instead of moving to the teammate who was unmarked David and the others forced the shot or the passage.

That was a waste of good selfishness, and Jake's scolding seemed to have worked, the moves were much prettier than in the first period, there were plays that went through the hands of the 5 players before going to the points.

In defense the Elite team was stable as always, in addition to Jake his teammates were also doing a great job, so the second period ended with the Elite team getting a 12 point lead in total.

In the second half of the game, the Hawks team decided to return their score to one against one, and so Jake returned to make the rotation in the game, it was easier for the Hawks team to score more also the points continued out the same way.

In the attack, the team of Hawks decided for a change and sometimes Scott tried to risk the plays against Jake, but Jake defended some and stole the ball a few times, it seemed that Scott's confidence continued to fall.

So he tried to give a shot of 3 that was his differential, but Jake who was alert gave a block on the attack and managed to stop, then passed to David who ran in did plus 2 points for his team.

That was the final blow to the confidence of Scott and the Hawks team who then relaxed Jake also did not want to humiliate the opponent and so the game ended the Elite team winning by a 24 point lead.