Chapter 272 The Beginning of the Season at College Basketball 4 (1/2)
The game was tied and in the 15 minutes of the break the coaches just encouraged the players more, it was just the first game of the players of the season and the game was tied so there was no reason for the coaches to complain.
If there was any difference between the teams it was that Michael Bibby who was a freshman was getting more confidence from the coach and was excelling more in the game, Ed Cota just helped with assists and had little defensive presence.
When the second half started again Vince Carter and Antawn Jamison excelled in attacks, Shammond Williams was not having a good game and missed a lot of shots from outside, so in the first minutes of the second half, he could not do much.
After 10 minutes had passed in the second half the game was already different, Mike Bibby started to play much better in the second half and neither Ed Cota nor Shammond Williams was able to score it because they did not expect him to play so well.
Michael Dickerson was also playing very well in the second half and soon they opened a lead of 5 points on the scoreboard, and you could see that the Wildcats team was better prepared for this game.
Coach Smith naturally realized this and decided to give Jake a chance to play a few minutes in this game when he was called in by coach Jake was very happy and took off his jacket getting ready to play.
”The Wildcats team is dominating in the first 10 minutes of the second half, as the two teams are very much equal in the game a 5-point lead when only 10 minutes left can decide the outcome of the game.”
”Really, Dickerson is playing especially well in the game and has already scored 3 three-point shots in 4 attempts, it seems that after seeing that he is fine he is gaining confidence for this endgame.”
”Both teams are among the favorites to win the NCAA Tournament this year, I know it may be too early to speak, but as a freshman like Mark Bibby and a player like Dickerson they can be champions this year.”
”It seems that Tar Heels coach Dean Smith has decided to make a change to try to regain the game's balance, he's putting on this year's freshman sensation Jake Smith, he's an Olympic medalist only in another sport.”
”Hahaha, all the scouts gave Jake's top rating, he averages over 30 points per game and over 9 assists plus 6 steals, if he can do half of that at university we'll see a new genius.”
Even though Jake always had good professional ratings many were skeptical about his basketball skills, Jake seemed to everyone to be devoting most of his time in marathons, so he has won almost everything and broken several records.
The experts were just reporting what they saw, Jake managed to lead an average team to two national championships in a row, proof of this was that he could be twice followed MVP championship.
Jake ended up replacing Ed Cota, Shammond Williams was having a bad game and was left in reserve, so the team was Jake as PG, Vince Carter in SG position, Antawn Jamison in SF position, Ademola Okulaja in PF position and Serge Zwikker in the position of Center.
Jake was defending against Mark Bibby who had already scored 16 points in the game and wanted more, Dickerson had scored 19 points and had hit 4 shots out of 5 attempts, so the end of the game would be much harder for Jake's team.
When Jake entered the opposing team was having another attack on Bibby with the ball, so Jake soon prepared to defend against Bibby, in the whole game Bibby was having more freedom to play and did not expect to face the pressure of Jake's defense.
Still, he didn't worry because, with 30 seconds of possession, Wildcats liked to circle the ball until someone had a chance to try the Field goal from any position.
Bibby passed the ball to Dickerson open from the left, so Dickerson protected the ball and dribbled into the three-point line and passed it to Simon who also played very well and was only overshadowed by the performances of Bibby and Dickerson.
Simon tried to force his way through Jamison's shot, but Jamison was defending well against Simon in that game so Simon passed the ball to Dickerson who was open from the left, Vince Carter was away from Dickerson and couldn't make it in time to block the attempted shot from outside Dickerson who was full of confidence.
Luckily this time Dickerson missed the shot and Jake went up to get the rebound, Jake protected the ball and then passed Carter on the right, Carter advanced to the attack line as Wildcats retreated to defense.
Carter advanced and passed the ball to Jake on his left side, Jake received the ball and accelerated while Bibby was fumbling for Carter, Jake quickly passed Bibby and when Simon tried to stop his advance Jake passed Jamison who was unmarked.
Jamison did not miss the opportunity and advanced to layup and 2 points more for the Tar Heels team, so with a rebound and assistance from Jake they reduced the advantage to 6 points, the advantage was 8 points before Jake came in when Dickerson hit Another shot from outside.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.