Chapter 526 - The Season Continues 6 (1/2)
The first quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with a small points advantage, in that first quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and had 8 points, 2 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals.
”The first quarter ends, the Los Angeles Lakers team is winning the game with a small advantage on the scoreboard, as it was expected the two teams are having a balanced game with the two teams very strong in attack.”
”The Sacramento Kings team players seem to be doing better and all the players are helping in the attack and also trying to defend.”
”On the Los Angeles team Lakers Shaq and Kobe are playing very well, Jake is also playing very well, and the three are putting a lot of pressure on the attack, Rick is not playing very well in this game and Robert is trying to help more in defense.”
”Yes, the two teams are very balanced, so players like Jake, Shaq, and Kobe can make a difference and bring victory if they put more pressure on the defense, Coach Rambis looks like he won't replace Shaq and Kobe and so the Los Angeles team Lakers have the advantage in that game.”
In the second quarter, the two teams continued to press on the attack, the Sacramento Kings team players were more excited about the chance to win seeing that they were performing well.
Even so Jake, Shaq, and Kobe were playing very well in the attack even though the Sacramento Kings team tried to put more pressure on the three of them, in another 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 Tariq arrived pressing on defense, Kobe tried to trick Tariq with a feint, but Tariq was not deceived, so Kobe passed the ball to Rick on the left.
Rick received the ball and Peja arrived pressing in the defense, Rick held the ball and passed it to Jake in the back, Jake received the ball and passed to Shaq in the front, Shaq received the ball and Vlade Divac arrived pressing in the defense.
Shaq made a forceful move to advance to the painted area, Shaq made a quick feint made a forward spin to make 2 more points with a dunk for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Shaq was really skilled in the painted area and Vlade was unable to defend.
In another play the Sacramento Kings team was on the attack, Jason advanced with the ball and passed to Peja on the right, Peja received the ball and Rick arrived pressing on defense, Peja held the ball and passed to Tariq on the left.
Tariq received the ball and Kobe came pressing on defense, Tariq tried to trick Kobe with a feint, but Kobe was not deceived, so Tariq passed the ball to Jason further back, Jason received the ball with little time in possession.
Jake was pushing in defense and he also knew that the possession time was running out, Jason tried to trick Jake with a feint, but Jake was not fooled, Jason tried to use speed to advance to the inside area.
But Jake kept up with him and continued to press on defense, Peja got rid of Rick's defense and gave Jason the opportunity to pass, so Jason tried to pass the ball to Peja before the time was up.
But Jake was watching the move and he anticipated to intercept the ball and make the steal, Jake made the steal and ran with all his agility for the attack, Jason realized that Jake made the steal and tried to come back to defend.
Jake was very fast and Jason was unable to return to defense and Jake advanced to the painted area and tried the dunk to make 2 more points for the Los Angeles Lakers team, the Los Angeles Lakers team was very well in attack and Jake was able to defend well a few times in the game.
The second quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with a good point advantage, in that second quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and had 10 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 3 steals.
”The second quarter ends and the Los Angeles Lakers team continues to win with an even greater advantage in points, the Los Angeles Lakers team's attack is very strong in that game and Jake was helping a lot in defense.”
”It's true, the Sacramento Kings team is playing very well and is pushing forward, so we still had a well-balanced game in the first half of that game, but their defense is failing to stop the Los Angeles Lakers' attack.”
”Jason Williams is playing very well in this game and with Jake defending well against him he helps the Los Angeles Lakers team to further increase their points advantage.”
In the third quarter, the Sacramento Kings team kept trying to attack to get the win, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Peja Stojaković, and Chris Webber is playing very well too and the Los Angeles Lakers' defense cannot stop them in the attack.
Peja Stojaković was managing to hit a few shots from three points and Rick was unable to defend very well, but with Jake pressing on defense and not letting Jason play so well it left the Los Angeles Lakers team with an even greater advantage.