Chapter 498 - The NBA Season Continues 6 (1/2)
To participate in this 1999 World Championsh.i.p.s in Athletics Jake still had to participate and win the competitions in the 5,000 meters and in the 10,000 meters and in the marathon in the 1999 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championsh.i.p.s to qualify for the 1999 World Championsh.i.p.s in Athletics.
Of course, Jake didn't need to participate in the marathon because as he had won the 1997 World Championsh.i.p.s in Athletics he had a guaranteed spot, but he would still participate in the marathon too because he would have to run in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters anyway.
Jake had not yet told his mother that he intended to participate, because he could give up if there was something else he was interested in doing on his vacation, but Jake would probably be running at the 1999 World Championsh.i.p.s in Athletics.
And that was because he loved running and it would be important for him to reveal what he was capable of in the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters for the next Olympics, Jake knew that Adidas would no longer pressure him to run in marathons because he already had started playing in the NBA and his contract was more because of the NBA.
Certainly, Adidas and the other companies that sponsored them were very happy to see how skillful Jake was and was having an excellent performance in the NBA in those first games of this season.
After a good night's rest, the day of the next Los Angeles Lakers team game in the NBA came, Jake went to the Great Western Forum and can see that the Los Angeles Lakers fans were coming to watch another team game.
The Los Angeles Lakers team was making an excellent start to the season and unlike what happened in Jake's past life, they won 6 games and lost only 1 in 7 games this season, it was two more victories than in Jake's past life.
This intense sequence of games was only better for Jake, who had much more stamina than the other players, even though his teammates were also affected by fatigue, Jake could play better against opponents more tired than him.
Jake and the other players went to the locker room and put on their uniforms and went to the court, this time the names of Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and now Jake's name were called by the fans of the Los Angeles Lakers team.
”Welcome everyone to another game this season in the NBA, this is the game between the Los Angeles Lakers team and the Dallas Mavericks team.”
”The Los Angeles Lakers team plays at home today and comes from a great start to the season with 6 wins in 7 games, with stars Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant and rookie star Jake Smith the team Los Angeles Lakers is definitely a favorite to win that game.”
”The Dallas Mavericks team has been having a bad start to the season, they are 6 losses in 7 games and their only victory was in a game that went overtime, it is a situation opposite to that of the Los Angeles Lakers team.”
”Yes, unlike this season's star rookie Jake Smith, rookie Dirk Nowitzki has been disappointing for the Dallas Mavericks team, Dirk Nowitzki has been criticized for being a terrible defensive player in the last games of the Dallas Mavericks team.”
”This is a game that coach Harris will want to replace the main players of the Los Angeles Lakers team if they have the points advantage in the game.”
Jake remembered that at the beginning of Dirk Nowitzki's career in the NBA he was very criticized for not adapting well to the NBA and not being able to defend or attack well against NBA players who had greater physical strength, especially those who played as PF.
Of course, Jake knew that in the future Dirk Nowitzki would be one of the biggest supporters of the Dallas Mavericks team and an idol for European fans and NBA fans as one of the greatest players in history.
The Los Angeles Lakers team came to this game with the starting players Jake Smith playing as PG, Kobe Bryant playing as SG, Rick Fox playing as SF, Travis Knight playing as PF, and Shaquille O'Neal playing as Center.
The Dallas Mavericks team came to this game with the initial players' Steve Nash playing as PG, Michael Finley playing as SF even defending as SG, Cedric Ceballos playing as SF, Gary Trent playing as PF, and Dirk Nowitzki also playing as PF, but defending as Center.
It seemed that the Dallas Mavericks team wanted to make a similar strategy like the one used by the last opponent of the Los Angeles Lakers team, but last time it didn't work very well and this time it wouldn't work very well either.
Jake found it interesting how two of his NBA idols were playing on this Dallas Mavericks team and even though they were playing so badly this season, Steve Nash was one of Jake's idols, especially since he was one of the best PG in NBA history.