Chapter 410 - Training for the Movie 4 (1/2)

The Duke Blue Devils team did not expect the Tar Heels team to start putting so much pressure on the attack playing as a visitor and knowing they needed to win, and even if they knew it was difficult to stop the Tar Heels attack this season.

So, in addition to reinforcing the defense, the Duke Blue Devils team knew they needed to attack if they wanted to have a chance to win in that game, the strength of this team was the three-point play and the fact that the whole team attacked together and everyone had the quality to attack and defend.

They had no main players that stood out much more than the others and even those in the reserve could decide an important game, it was because of that style of play that everyone was important that the Duke Blue Devils team always had a team strong.

So the Tar Heels team was also prepared to defend this game against this difficult opponent, Jake was not defending against anyone in this 1st half of the game and was just watching if someone would perform better and so he would defend against that person.

Jake only defended against the best players in the three-point line, but the truth was that when he didn't defend against anyone he sometimes played better because he could defend against more opponents even if he couldn't block by playing like that.

In another play the Duke Blue Devils team was attacking, after a good play in which the Tar Heels defense could not keep up with the left ball for Roshown McLeod, Jake was defending on the left side and so McLeod was free to try the outside shot to making 3 more points for the Duke Blue Devils team.

The Duke Blue Devils team still tried to react by making a good game in the attack, but with Jake and Jamison leading the attack of the Tar Heels team it was difficult for the Duke Blue Devils team to defend or lessen the advantage on the scoreboard.

In another move Jake advanced the ball even before the three-point line and passed to Williams on the right, Williams was also fine in that 1st half of the game, but he couldn't score much because Jake was attacking more with Jamison and Carter.

Williams passed the ball to Okulaja further down the right, Okulaja tried to advance the ball to try to enter the painted area, but the Duke Blue Devils team's defense was strong in the painted area.

So Okulaja had to stop and pass the ball farther back to Jake in the middle, when Jake took the ball the defense of the Duke Blue Devils team went to defend by the side of Jamison and Carter, Williams was open on the right and Okulaja was more in the middle.

Seeing this, Jake made a feint and tricked the opponent by advancing on the almost empty right, the defense players of the Duke Blue Devils team realized this and some players on the left went to the right trying to defend against Jake.

Jake moved forward with speed and when he found Trajan Langdon he did a quick crossover and managed to get rid of Langdon going through the middle, Jake made a mess in the defense of the Duke Blue Devils team who sent another player to defend against Jake.

Jake didn't try to go any further when he saw that more players from the Duke Blue Devils team came to defend against him and passed the ball to Carter further down the left, with the players who came to defend against Jake and the player who was defending against Jamison, Carter can receive the ball freely and make a dunk to cheer up teammates and make 2 more points for the Tar Heels team.

With Jake's leadership in the strong attack of the Tar Heels team they ended the 1st half by winning the game with a big advantage on the scoreboard, with that advantage unless the players of the Tar Heels team made a mistake they would easily win that game.

In this 1st half of the game Jake played for 20 minutes and had 16 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds, and 6 steals, Jake was satisfied with the performance of his teammates in that game and everyone was trying as hard as they could to bring victory for the Tar Heels team.

”What a great performance from the Tar Heels team players in this game, everyone is playing well and Jamison returned to playing well with 12 points until that point in the game, Jake is having an easier time organizing the attacks in that game and he himself scored 16 points in the 1st half of the game.”

”The players on the Duke Blue Devils team also performed well, but they made a lot of mistakes and Jake even hindered the Duke Blue Devils team by making 6 steals, so they scored fewer points than the Tar Heels team.”

”It is true, but this result does not decide the game, I could see that some players on the Tar Heels team ended up tired this 1st half because of the intensity of the last games and because of the pressure as well.”

”The Duke Blue Devils team still has a chance of winning the game even with the Tar Heels team having such a great advantage at the end of the 1st half, the players of the Duke Blue Devils team have the skill and because the reserves play well in the game the initial players they're not that tired.”