Chapter 521 - The Season Continues 1 (1/2)

The second quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with an even greater advantage in points, in that second quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and had 8 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, and 3 steals.

”The second quarter ends and the Los Angeles Lakers team continues to win the game, in that quarter the Los Angeles Lakers team's attack was stronger and the Seattle SuperSonics team's defense failed to stop them.”

”Jake played very well in defense in that second quarter making some steals at Payton in more difficult plays and also pressing in defense, in attack Jake played well as he has done in recent games.”

”Payton was not able to attack very well because Jake was very well in defense, but in the third quarter he will have to attack more if he wants the Seattle SuperSonics team to win.”

”Jake and Shaq also played very well in that second quarter, and Dennis Rodman is not playing as well as he has in the last few games, but he did get some rebounds.”

In this game the Los Angeles Lakers team was playing very well, with coach Rambis not making many substitutions Kobe and Shaq managed to play well in that game, even though Robert wasn't playing Travis managed to make a good game, even though he couldn't defend against Vin Baker.

In that second quarter, Jake started to press more on defense and try to steals after Payton spoke to him, but in the second quarter, Payton attacked less after seeing that Jake was pressing on defense.

Just as commentators said in the third quarter, the Seattle SuperSonics team had to push harder in the attack if they wanted to win, so Payton would also have to attack more, and Jake was prepared for that.

In a move the Los Angeles Lakers team was on the attack, Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Kobe on the right, Kobe received the ball and Ellis arrived pressing on the defense, Kobe held the ball and decided to pass to Rick on the left.

Rick received the ball and held it for a while and passed it back to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and Payton came in and pressed the defense, Jake held the ball a little and made a high pass to Shaq who took the ball high and made it the dunk to complete the alley-oop and make 2 more points for the Lakers team.

The crowd was excited by the good move of Jake and Shaq after the two played together for several games, they understood each other better and could make more moves like this without the opponent noticing.

In this third quarter, the Seattle SuperSonics team was really trying to attack more, Payton also tried some attacks, but he no longer tried the individual play and tried more mid-range shots and three-point shots.

Jake had more difficulty defending against Payton with him making those mid-range shots and three-point shots, in another move the Seattle SuperSonics team was on the attack, Payton advanced with the ball and passed it to Ellis.

In this game Gary Payton, Dale Ellis, and Vin Baker were playing very well and were helping the Seattle SuperSonics team to keep their chances of winning the game, Ellis received the ball and Kobe came up to press the defense.

Ellis tried to deceive Kobe with a feint, but Kobe was not deceived, so Ellis passed the ball to Schrempf on the right, Schrempf received the ball and Rick came in to press the defense, Schrempf decided to pass the ball to Payton further back.

Payton received the ball and Jake arrived at the defense, Payton realized in this game that Jake was really good playing defense and that was why he was taking advantage in this game in which he was hitting a lot of mid-range shots and shots from outside so as not to try to challenge Jake in the plays.

Payton tried a feint and did a step back as he did in several plays, so Payton tried a shot from outside, but this time Jake was prepared and he was quick and jump together to make the block and reject the attack and Payton.

Kobe took the ball after Jake's block and passed the ball to Jake again, Jake received the ball and moved quickly for the attack, Payton did not expect Jake to try to make the block and he had to go back to the defense when he saw Jake attacking.

Jake was very fast and Payton couldn't keep up, but Payton was further back in defense when Jake started the attack and so he still tried to hinder Jake to wait for the other defensive players to arrive.

Jake got close to the three-point line and realized that Payton was doing this, so Jake took advantage of his agility to do a quick crossover to trick Payton, Jake managed to trick Payton, but Payton was quick to react and didn't let Jake pass him.

So Jake decided to play his signature play and did the Ghost move dribble, Payton could no longer see where the ball was and could not understand what had happened, Jake pass by him and Payton cannot stop Jake without making a foul.