Chapter 510 - Change in Los Angeles Lakers Team 8 (1/2)
In the third quarter, the Denver Nuggets team had to keep pressing in attack to try to win the game, but it was the Los Angeles Lakers team that started strong in attack and also in defense.
Even with Coach Harris replacing Shaquille O'Neal for a few minutes in all quarters, Jake was still able to organize his attacks well and Nick Van Exel was unable to defend well against him in that game.
Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Bryant on the right, Bryant received the ball and Billups came to press on defense, Bryant held the ball before passing to Fox on the left, Fox was not playing so well in this game, but he was still helping the team Los Angeles Lakers with several points and defending too.
Fox received the ball and Washington came to press in defense, Fox tried a feint, but Washington was not deceived and stood firm in defense, so Fox decided to pass the ball back to Jake.
Jake received the ball and Van Exel came to press on defense, Jake made a feint and step back and tried the shot from outside to make 3 more points for the Los Angeles Lakers, Van Exel didn't even have a chance to hinder Jake in this play.
The Denver Nuggets team was not doing so well in the third quarter, the players were missing a lot of attacks and with the Los Angeles Lakers team realizing that they were putting even more pressure on the defense.
The Denver Nuggets team went on the attack and Van Exel advanced to the attack and passed the ball to Billups on the left, Billups received the ball and Bryant pressed the defense, so Billups decided to pass the ball to Washington on the right.
Washington received the ball and saw that Van Exel was free and decided to pass the ball to him, but Jake hoped for that and managed to intercept Washington's pass, Jake took the ball and advanced with speed to attack.
Van Exel was the last player in the Denver Nuggets team's defense and tried to accompany Jake to defend against him, but Jake was faster and Van Exel was unable to follow, Jake advanced to the painted area and scored 2 more points with the dunk for the team Los Angeles Lakers.
The Denver Nuggets team could not attack as well as in other quarters and the Los Angeles Lakers did not miss the opportunity to further increase the advantage in points that they had in the game.
The third quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with a big lead on the scoreboard, Jake played for 12 minutes in that third quarter and had 11 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals.
In the last quarter, the Denver Nuggets team came back much better as it was in the initials quarters, but the advantage of the Los Angeles Lakers team was already very large and the attack of the Los Angeles Lakers team remained good and the Denver Nuggets team was unable to reverse the score.
The Los Angeles Lakers team won the game with 116 points against 99 points from the Denver Nuggets team, Jake played for 12 minutes in the last quarter and had 8 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals, thus achieving another double-double.
”And so this great game that we had ended, the Denver Nuggets team played a great game surprising everyone, but the Los Angeles Lakers team still managed their tenth victory this season.”
”Really, the Denver Nuggets team played really well, but the Los Angeles Lakers team has the best attack this season and has won 10 of the 11 games they have had this season.”
”It is even more amazing to remember that this season we will only have 50 games, so we have had more than 20 percent of the games this season and the Los Angeles Lakers team has only one defeat.”
”Yes, Jake Smith, Shaquille O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant played very well and it was important for the Los Angeles Lakers team to get another victory in that balanced game.”
The Los Angeles Lakers team had made a great start to the season and the sports media increasingly thought they had a team that could win the NBA title this season.
After the end of the game, the reporters came to interview some players from the Los Angeles Lakers team, this time the players wanted to talk to the reporters, one of the reporters approached Shaquille O'Neal first to speak with him.
”Hi Shaq, what do you think of the Lakers team's performance so far this season?”
”I'm very happy, we started this season very well with just one defeat so far, Jake's entry into the team helped our team to achieve these victories, I think with more games the team will have the players even more in touch and we will play the games even better.”
”And what do you think about Coach Harris starting to replace you and the other players in the games so that you don't get tired?”
”I feel like I could play longer in that game and of course I don't like being replaced, but this season is really having a lot of games and I and the other players don't have that much time to rest.”