Chapter 293 Unhappy Beginning of Year 5 (1/2)
Jamison received the ball, but did not attempt the move into the inside area, when the defense arrived he passed to Carter on the right, Carter made the feint and invaded the inner area and when the opposing defense arrived he passed to Okulaja.
Okulaja passed the ball back to Jake who was free, Jake waited for the defense to arrive and made a pass tearing the defense for Jamison, Jamison received the ball with freedom and advanced to layup and 2 points for Tar Heels.
With Carter joining the Tar Heels team, they were now with more options in offensive moves, Jake and Okulaja could try more outsiders and Carter and Jamison could continue trying in-house moves.
”In that second half Coach, Smith made the right decisions by leaving Jake on the team from the start and shifting the offensive tactic to three-point attacks.”
”True, early in the second half he put Williams in to focus more on the three-point play and Maryland Terrapins defender began to defend more outside the box and Jamison had more room to attack.”
”Then Coach Smith noticed this change in defending Maryland Terrapins and put Carter back in play to further explore this opening in defending Maryland Terrapins.”
”It's all because Jake is on the court that the Tar Heels team has won several attack options, perhaps we can see the Tar Heels team gaining the lead on this match.”
After a couple of plays, Tar Heels got the lead after 2 minutes, which was when the Maryland Terrapins coach decided to give up three-way play and defend more inside.
That was the right decision because at that point in the game, Team Tar Heels had the strongest offensive inside with Carter, Jamison, and Zwikker, and the Maryland Terrapins defense was stronger inside.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Jake was still tagged, but only one player remained in defense, even though the tactics were set by the Tar Heels offensive lineup being stronger in the inside plays Coach Smith did so because he trusted Jake.
So it was in another play when Jake organized the attack after taking a defensive rebound, it was the chance for the team Tar Heels to increase the advantage that was 2 points, Jake passed to Okulaja who left to receive the pass.
Okulaja received Jake's pass and then advanced to the back of the court on the left when the defense came to press him, Okulaja moved to Carter inside, Carter managed to get rid of the player who was marking him and advanced into the inner area.
The way he advanced had two players from the Maryland Terrapins team and his fellow attackers Jamison and Zwikker were well marked in this defensive formation on the Maryland Terrapins team, so Carter moved to Jake who was off the three-point line.
Jake received the ball and easily got rid of the player who was scoring him and tried the shot from outside to score 3 points for team Tar Heels, the defense of Maryland Terrapins did the right thing, but using the individual skill of the players Jake managed to make 3 more points and increase the lead on the scoreboard to 5 points.
”What a great move from Team Tar Heels this time, after getting a rebound even with the Maryland Terrapins defense well assembled they managed to find a space to make the 3 points.
”This is Jake's 4-point three-play in this 5-game game, he's been getting a good average of hits in the last games and this game is clearly better.”
”Jake has confidence in his three-point play, we can clearly see that he only shoots off when he is sure he has a chance to hit, not to mention that he trusts his teammates to catch the rebound if he misses.”
It was just as the commentators said, Jake firing only when he thought he could get it right and he could always firing with confidence when he knew his teammates could get the rebound.
In the game against Wake Forest, he had no such confidence because he knew that Duncan could end up catching rebounds, yet he ended up not missing so many three-point moves in that game.
After a few more moves Jake got a steal in anticipation of the opposing team pass, he used his speed to advance to the attacking court but had two players on the Maryland Terrapins defensive court reacting in time and Jake had to wait for his teammates.
Luckily Jamison and Carter were quick and the fast play turned a three on three attacks, this was a chance to increase the lead to 7 points and Jake didn't want to miss this opportunity.
So Jake ran farther to the right where Jamison was attacking and near the three-point line he seemed to make the pass for Jamison, the opponents also thought the pass would go to Jamison and shifted the defensive to the right.