Chapter 531 - Sequence of Difficult Games 1 (1/2)
Kobe tried to defend in that play and tried to recover after being tricked by the feint, but Iverson had already played with players who were much better than Kobe in defense and he knew how to take advantage of the opportunities.
Jake was watching this and wondering if he could do better than Kobe in defense, Jake knew he could prevent Iverson from making some attacks, but Allen Iverson was playing very well in that game and would still score a lot.
In another move Jake started to organize the attack for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Rick on the left, Rick received the ball and held it a little before passing to Kobe on the right.
Kobe received the ball and Iverson came in to press on defense, Iverson realized that Kobe was playing well in that game and he also had to press on defense to keep Kobe from scoring too many points.
Kobe tried to deceive Iverson with a feint, but Iverson was not deceived and kept pressing in defense, Kobe tried another move doing a crossover, but Iverson kept pressing in defense.
So Kobe decided to pass the ball to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and took advantage that Snow was away from him, Jake tried a shot from outside to make 3 more points for the Los Angeles Lakers team.
Jake was playing well trying to win in that game, but the Philadelphia 76ers team started to press on defense, even though Jake was having a hard time attacking, the other players on the Los Angeles Lakers team were also having a hard time attacking.
So the Philadelphia 76ers team ended the second quarter by winning the game with an even greater advantage in points, Allen Iverson continued to be the highlight of the team scoring more points than Jake in that quarter too.
In the third quarter, the Philadelphia 76ers team started to put more pressure on the defense and not attacking as much, when Shaq was replaced, the Philadelphia 76ers team attacked more with Geiger and all the players of the Philadelphia 76ers team also tied when the Los Angeles Lakers team defense was concentrated in Iverson.
The game ended with the Philadelphia 76ers taking the win by making 103 points against 98 points of the Los Angeles Lakers team, in that game Jake played for 48 minutes and made 35 points, 10 assists, 8 rebounds, and 9 steals.
”The game ends with the victory of the Philadelphia 76ers team, this was the second defeat of the Los Angeles Lakers team this season in this excellent game that we had, thus ending the sequence of 20 victories that the Los Angeles Lakers team had.”
”This was the fourth-longest winning streak for a team in NBA history, and the Los Angeles Lakers team has the longest winning streak with a streak of 33 wins, the most interesting thing is that Jake just left university with a straight incredible of victories also playing in the Tar Heels team.”
”This is certainly not a coincidence and shows the skill of Jake Smith who is currently the best player of the NBA season, in this game Jake played very well with 35 points and 10 assists.”
”The players of the Los Angeles Lakers team played well in that game, but the Philadelphia 76ers team played much better and defended better, which was very important for this victory.”
”Allen Iverson was the star of that game with 41 points and 10 assists, this was one of the few games where we saw a player performing better than Jake, so the Philadelphia 76ers team managed to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers.”
”Now the Philadelphia 76ers team will be more excited to continue winning this NBA season and the Los Angeles Lakers team continues with the streak of games as a visitor that is being tired for the players.”
The players of the Los Angeles Lakers team were saddened by this defeat, they realized that they could win the game if they played a little better, especially Shaq who was replaced, of course, they were professional players and knew that losing was normal in the NBA.
Everyone expected that the Los Angeles Lakers team would lose at some point and that's why the Lakers' winning streak was so impressive, Coach Rambis was not so upset about it because he knew he had to replace Shaq in that game.
The one who was most upset and saddened by this victory was Kobe because Jake had talked to him before the game to ask that he could defend against Allen Iverson in that game and Kobe refused to say that he could defend well.
At the end of this game Allen Iverson had 41 points and 10 assists, even though Kobe was struggling in defense he was unable to defend well against Iverson who was playing very well in that game, Jake realized this and called Kobe to talk.
”I know what you're thinking, Kobe, you don't have to worry about the 41 points that Allen Iverson made in that game, I wanted to defend against him because I have more resistance and I knew he would be able to play many minutes.”