Chapter 98 National Championship 10 (1/2)

Jake that ran like never before did not receive the mark of the opposing team that was in shock by this stolen of his ball, so he as before stopped in the line of 3 points and made the shot of the outside again to score 3 more points and to diminish the advantage to 2 points.

The grandstand that watched the game was crazy, this final that seemed to be already defined was now an attack to define the champion when Jake's ball entered the basket Foxes team players woke up from their states of shock and everyone looked at the time.

It was 35 seconds to finish the game if the Foxes team made the points the game would end this time the Elite team opened the defense and everyone was preparing to score who was with the ball.

This time even the Foxes team were nervous, to make sure they did not lose they left Max back, so if Jake somehow stole the ball for the last attack it was Max's mission to stop him.

Jack had his confidence shaken by this last move, but it was still he who commanded the attack, Jake was not marking him closely as if he were challenging him to shoot himself if Jack had the guts.

Even though Jack did not lose his temper anymore he was still forced to hear several people from the grandstand calling by the name of Jake in the crowd, Jack again spent the time because it was the only thing they could do.

When the time of possession was over, the Foxes team were scared to risk the shot from outside and took advantage of the open defense of the Elite team, Jack gave the pass to Sam that had left David behind in the mark, this was missing 8 seconds to end the game.

When Sam would do the layup to score the 2 points and ensure the victory, Carter appeared and did not try to make the block and was soon doing the fault to prevent Sam from making the 2 points.

So Sam had to hit the 2 Free Throw attempts to win the game, he hit the first one that left all of the Foxes team happy and the Elite team nervous, Jake was waiting in the middle of the court and Max was still on the defense court.

Maybe the pressure was too great Sam missed the second attempt, Mark took the rebound and gave a long pass to Jake who was waiting in the middle of the court, 6 seconds left to finish the game and the Foxes team were 3 points ahead.

Jake got the ball and ran to the attacking block, Max was waiting for this and got ready, Bryan who had come back tried to push Jake to make the foul and win the game but Jake held him off with his strength and did not fall.

So the referee let the game continue, missing 4 seconds Jake reached the 3-point line a bit far from the line and further away from Max if Jake hit the shot from outside the Elite team would tie and so the game would go to overtime.

If it was for overtime the Elite team would probably win because Jake who made the points was full of energy and everyone on the Foxes team was exhausted, so Max did not want to risk it and so he tried to hit Jake's arm after he had jumped to do miss and prevent the 3 points.

But even with Max hitting Jake's arm after the shot from outside was executed the ball still went and Jake hit the 3 points drawing the game in the final, had 1 second on the clock still and beyond the 3 points, the referee scored the foul for the Elite team made by Max.

Seeing that everyone in the crowd was crazed with this unexpected end of the game, Jake in the last minute of the game hit 3 shots from outside making 9 points to recover from the 9-point advantage that seemed guaranteed the advantage for the Foxes team.

Carter risked a foul to stop Sam's attack at the end and it worked well since Sam missed one of two attempts but Max, who tried to do the same, could not stop Jake from making the 3 points and drawing as he also gave the chance of victory to the Elite team.

Those who understood basketball were impressed by the physical form of Jake that only got that chance to run and to force 2 times more than the other players and still have the persistence to hit that shot from the outside even having suffered two attempts of lack.

Not many players would be able to continue running after being shoved, so now Jake had the chance to lead the team to victory.

So Jake received the ball and waited for the referee's authorization to make his Free Throw attempt and lead his team to victory, Jake received the authorization and so calmed down with his strongest ability that was always SS gave confidence to Jake who made the shot and hit the post on the scoreboard.