Chapter 408 - Training for the Movie 2 (1/2)

Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Vince Carter on the left before passing through the middle of the court, Carter did not play well in the last game and was not satisfied with his performance this season.

He didn't have any games this season when he had a great highlight making many points just like Antawn Jamison and Williams had, with Jake so he couldn't even compare himself.

Carter praised her for his performance in several games that helped the team win and in defense too, but he still wanted to have a game scoring more than 35 points as his teammates.

Even if he didn't succeed, he at least wanted to play well for the next games until the end of this season, after all, he was thinking about joining the NBA draft this year and this would be his last season for the Tar Heels team.

Carter came forward and passed the ball to Jamison later on the left, Jamison tried to get rid of the opposing defense, but had to stop and pass the ball to Okulaja on the left, Okulaja received the ball and passed it to Jake further back.

Jake received the ball and pretended he would try a shot from the outside and advanced with the ball, Jake used his agility and drive to the basket by doing a dunk after passing through all the opposing players on the way and making the first 2 points for the team Tar Heels.

Jake was considered a complete player because he could score points on three-point shots and he could also make dunk and layup move with ease, Wake Forest team players were not intimidated and tried to attack.

Jake and Williams were defending against the best players on the Wake Forest team outside the three-point line, and Jake was still on the lookout for players who were inside the three-point line if he had the chance Jake would try a steal.

After a good move, the ball went to Rutland who was being defended by Williams, Rutland made a feint and managed to take a step back and was free to make the shot from outside to make three more points for the Wake Forest team.

After 10 minutes of the 1st half everyone had already realized what was going on in the game, the Tar Heels team players again were not performing well and only Williams was playing better.

But the players of the Wake Forest team were also not playing well and the defense of the Tar Heels team was putting pressure, so the players of the Wake Forest team were having trouble getting the points.

Jake was playing as well as ever and had already scored 11 points and was helping the Tar Heels team to be winning with a good advantage on the scoreboard, in another play Jake managed to make a steal intercepting a pass from the Wake Forest team.

Jake did not use speed and advanced slowly so that his teammates could move forward, after passing through the middle of the court Jake passed the ball to Williams on the right.

Williams advanced the ball to the three-point line and passed to Okulaja further on, Okulaja passed to Jamison on the left and Jamison tried to advance to make a layup, but the Wake Forest defense pressed against him and Jamison had to pass the ball to Jake further back.

Jake held the ball and made a high pass to Carter who took the ball high and made a dunk to complete the alley-oop and make 2 more points for the Tar Heels team, no one saw Carter coming behind the defense of the Wake team Forest and he managed to dunk easily.

Jake trained a lot with Jamison and Carter in the basketball team's training because the two were his best friends on the team, but in the game, he did most of the assists for Jamison who was playing better.

Carter was not upset because he knew Jamison was playing better than he was, but to make up for Jake he just made plays like this with Carter who was better at dunking, so the most beautiful moves Jake made with Carter.

With the Tar Heels team pressing in attack and defense, the 1st half ended with the Tar Heels team winning with a good advantage against the Wake Forest team, the best players of the Wake Forest team failed to score much with Jake and Williams defending against them and Jake still got a lot of steals.

In this 1st half of the game Jake played for 20 minutes and made 17 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, 6 steals, and 2 blocks, Jake got 2 more blocks in that game defending against O'Kelley, in his last 5 games Jake got blocks in all games playing against good opponents.

”And so the 1st half of the game ends, the Tar Heels team is winning the game with a good advantage as expected, Jake is playing well in attack and also in defense, but not as well as in the last game.”

”The players of the Tar Heels team are not performing as well as in the last game and that worries the fans and coach Guthridge, soon the ACC tournament will start and the Tar Heels team will not be able to lose any more if they want to become the champion.”