Chapter 172 New Game Style 1 (1/2)

The opposing team soon made an attack to equalize the game with a mid-range shot of the SF, Jake received the ball and started another attack for the Elite team, after passing through the middle of the court he passed the ball to Nathan.

Nathan passed the ball to Lucas who had gained more confidence after the last play, Lucas pass by the opponent and went into the inner area and passed the ball to Mark, Mark received the ball and saw that the defense was already on him, so Mark passed the ball to Jake who was free and Jake made the mid-range shot to make 2 more points for the Elite team.

The opposing team also went for another attack, the team PG ran up close to the three-point line and passed the ball to the SF of his team, Lucas was firm from the defense and so the SF of the opposing team had to return the ball for the PG.

So the PG of the opposing team passed the ball to the Center in the inner area, the Center that was well defended by Mark had to force the attack to make 2 more points to tie the game again.

Jake grabbed the ball and began to organize another attack, this time he came before the three-point line and passed the ball to Nathan, Nathan quickly passed the ball to Carter, Carter returned the ball to Jake and Jake made the pass to Lucas who had gotten free with the move and made the mid-range shot to make 2 more points for the Elite team.

And so continued the game in the first period, the Elite team had a 6-point advantage, Jake had 6 points and also made 2 assists, which scored most was Lucas who made 6 points in the first period.

Nathan seemed to be more nervous in this debut game, but even so, he scored 4 points and made 2 assists, yet he could play better normally as the MVP team at Middle School.

Coach Mike was pleased with the performance of the team in the first period, even though they did not have any three-pointers they still managed a 6-point lead, which is why they did not miss an opportunity to attack.

The opposing team was also playing well this game, but they were having difficulties even when the defense of the Elite team was not too tight, so it was a good practice opportunity for the team.

When the second period began the opposing team changed to a zone defense, after all, they did not achieve anything with an individual defense in the first period, so Jake went for the first attack of that period.

He passed the ball to Lucas who had gotten rid of the defense to receive the pass, so Lucas passed the ball to Nathan who was free, this time Nathan did not hesitate and took advantage of the space to make the shot from outside to make 3 more points for the Elite team.

The opposing team started another attack and was passing the ball as well as the Elite team, but they did not seem to have much intermingling and ended up missing one of the passes and the ball came out.

So Jake received the ball in the return of the game, Jake advanced calmly and the opponent defense was very worried about Lucas and Nathan and left a space free for Jake that advanced without hesitate, thus Jake drive to the basket and finished the play with a dunk to make 2 more points for the Elite team.

The opposing team seemed to be lost in the game and did not have a player to calm their teammates and lead the team into a reaction, so the second period ended with the Elite team leading by 14 points.

Jake had 14 points and 5 assists in the game and managed 2 steals in that period, Nathan had 11 points in total and Lucas had 10 points in the game and so it was a great debut for them.

In the second part of the game in the third period, David and Harrison would return to play the rest of the match, it could have been they who started, but the trained Mike wanted to give more confidence to Nathan and Lucas.

Jake also had to admit that Nathan seemed to be on the same level as David and Lucas was already better than Harrison because he was good at defense too, so it looked like in another 1 year they would be the team's highlights after Jake and the others left.

It seemed that the Middle School team was also the favorite to win the national championship this year, so next year better players would join this team, these players came to the Elite team thanks to the former players who were twice champions of the national championship and the team of Jake and his teammates as well.

This inspired new players showing that the Elite school was a great strength of youth basketball, even if it was not now before it would be with new talented players entering it showed that the strategy of the current president of the school was right.

At the beginning of the third period, the opposing PG advanced to the court and passed the ball to the SF, but Harrison who wanted to show that he deserved the position was very strong in the defense and SF had to return the ball to the PG.

The PG then tried to pass Jake with a dribble, but Jake followed closely on the defense, so with the time of possession of the ball finishing the PG passed to the SG of his team that made a jump and mid-range shot quickly to do more 2 points for the opposing team.