Chapter 495 - The NBA Season Continues 3 (1/2)
”The third quarter ends now, those were 12 minutes in which the two teams were very balanced, but the Indiana Pacers team was unable to diminish the points advantage that the Los Angeles Lakers team had.”
”So for the last quarter of the game, the Los Angeles Lakers team has the advantage and just have to defend well and keep the game balanced in order to get the win, in the meantime the Indiana Pacers team will have to put more pressure on the attack.”
”Yes, even with the effort of the Indiana Pacers team in that third quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers team is playing very well and it will be difficult for them to lose this game.”
In the last quarter, the Indiana Pacers team tried to put even more pressure in the attack, but this made their defense more open, besides, the players of the Indiana Pacers team got more tired even with the team coach making several substitutions.
So the Los Angeles Lakers team won the game making 112 points against 98 points of the Indiana Pacers team, in that last quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and made 7 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals, Jake got a double-double in that game with 9 steals too.
”And so the game ends, the Los Angeles Lakers team won their fifth game of the season, with just one defeat the team shows that it is really favorite to win the NBA title this season.”
”The Indiana Pacers team played well in that game and the players did a good second half of the game, but the players of the Los Angeles Lakers team were very good in that game, Shaquille O'Neal played very well with 38 points and 17 rebounds making one double-double.”
”But for me, the best player in that game was once again Jake Smith with 32 points, 14 assists, 9 steals and 8 rebounds, even though Jake Smith didn't score more than Shaquille O'Neal, he helped the team a lot more in that game.”
”I think Shaquille O'Neal was the best player in that game with those 38 points and 17 rebounds, but it's amazing how Jake Smith, who is a rookie, can play at the same level as NBA All-Star Shaquille O'Neal.”
”For sure, Jake Smith has been very important for the Los Angeles Lakers team to achieve these victories in the first games of this season, and it has already been 6 games out of the 50 games that we will have this season.”
Jake was happy with his performance in that game and was happy with the victories that the Los Angeles Lakers team was achieved in those first games, of the three defeats that the Los Angeles Lakers team would have this season, Jake managed to avoid two of them.
Even though Jake could see how Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant still didn't like Coach Del Harris, Jake didn't know if it was Coach Harris who had prevented Shaquille O'Neal from playing in the game that the Los Angeles Lakers team lost.
Jake had nothing against Coach Harris, Jake didn't like the coach very much, but he also didn't want him to be fired, but Jake wanted Coach Phil Jackson to be hired next season and for that, Coach Del Harris would have to be fired.
Jake admired Coach Phil Jackson who was one of his NBA idols, Jake also couldn't help but wonder if Coach Phil Jackson could help him be an even better player as he did with Shaquille O'Neal, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant.
Los Angeles Lakers team fans and the media talked a lot now about Jake and as he was the team's new star, older fans couldn't help but remember the times when Magic Johnson played as PG and team leader Los Angeles Lakers.
Before Michael Jordan's time, it was the Los Angeles Lakers team that dominated the NBA along with the Boston Celtics team, of course, they couldn't expect Jake to help the Los Angeles Lakers team win another 5 NBA title as Magic Johnson did, but if Jake could help the Lakers team win an NBA title they would be happy.
The sports media commented on the story of Jake Smith who was doing an excellent season as a rookie and also talked about how he was also currently the best marathon athlete in the world.
What the media said and the fans agreed was that if this season he had an all-star game, Jake would certainly be one of the chosen ones because American fans liked him a lot, it was a pity that this season the game had been canceled.
The Los Angeles Lakers team players were happy that they would have a day of rest before the next game, that day they would only have the training, in addition, the next three games of the Los Angeles Lakers team would be at home, so the players would get tired any less.
The next day Jake woke up very early excited, he was very happy with the games he had this season, the training he did in his imagination training helped him a lot to adapt more quickly to the NBA level.
Of course, Jake knew he still had a lot of things he could improve on to play even better, for sure when he was more used to playing with his teammates the next games would be easier.