Chapter 553 - The Playoffs 3 (1/2)
”It's true, the players from the Minnesota Timberwolves team still played well in that game, but with all the players from the Los Angeles Lakers team playing well it was expected that the Lakers team would win that first playoff game.”
”If the Los Angeles Lakers team continues to play well like that, the Minnesota Timberwolves team will not have a chance to win any of the next games, but this is difficult to happen and the Minnesota Timberwolves team still have 2 more opportunities to get the victory so that we have more games in that first phase of the playoffs.”
”On the Minnesota Timberwolves side, the highlight was again Kevin Garnett who played very well in attack and defense even playing against Shaquille O'Neal, when Shaq started to be replaced he started to make even more points making the Minnesota Timberwolves team don't lose by such a big difference in points.”
”Terrell Brandon and Sam Mitchell also played very well in the attack and made an effort in defense, but that was not enough for the Minnesota Timberwolves to stop the best attack this season.”
”In this game, Rick Fox played very well scoring several points and attracting the attention of the Minnesota Timberwolves defense so that Jake and Kobe could attack more freely, Dennis Rodman helped the team by defending well and catching several important defensive rebounds.”
”Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant did not play for that long, but they still played very well at the beginning of the game and were important for the Los Angeles Lakers team to ensure victory.”
”Jake Smith was the main player of the Los Angeles Lakers team again playing every minute of the game and making a double-double with 37 points and 13 assists.”
After that game, the Los Angeles Lakers team was even more favorite to be on to the next stage and Jake was closer to winning the MVP award of the season, the Lakers team fans were excited about the team's chance to win the NBA title later so many years.
The players celebrated this victory a lot and the coach Rambis was also excited, after all the Los Angeles Lakers team got the victory and he managed to spare some players who were not so tired in this game.
After the game Jake returned to his house with his mother who watched Jake's first game in the playoffs, this was Jake's first NBA game that Eva could watch and she realized it was different than when Jake played in college.
Jake was happy to have Eva watching the game and can relax more and be more confident, Jake got one of the best places near the court for his mother and in many plays, he made the points he looked at Eva to see her celebrating.
Jake managed to secure the best seats for his mother because he was the player on the Los Angeles Lakers team and also because he paid for tickets at every game, Jake could get tickets without having to pay for being a player, but he wanted to get the best places for his mother.
Because of that Jake got the best seats even in the game in which the Los Angeles Lakers team would play as a visitor, Eva was still not as well known by the fans of the Lakers team and by some media people, but even so, she was very well received.
Arriving home Jake talked to his mother for a while about the game and then he went to rest, the next morning Jake woke up and went to eat the breakfast that Eva had insisted on making.
On that day the players had a rest before the second game the next day, coach Rambis told the players that they would have to do a lighter training that day, but they would not have the day to rest.
The players already hoped they would not have so many days to rest when the playoffs started, after all, if the Los Angeles Lakers team had a few straight losses they could be eliminated.
”Mom, did you like yesterday's game?”
”I enjoyed seeing your team winning, I don't know much about basketball and I'm just happy to know that your team is winning and hearing the fans shouting your name.”
Eva did not like basketball very much and Jake knew that the truth was that Eva did not like sports very much, but Jake knew that his mother had started to enjoy watching basketball games after he became a professional player.
Jake knew that this could happen because, in his past life, Eva watched NBA games several times with him after he started to love basketball after the accident, so in this life that Jake was a professional player it was normal for Eva to like even more watch basketball games.
”Thanks, Mom, I was much more relaxed during the game knowing that you were watching, the next games are significant, and I am more confident knowing that you will be watching the games.”
”You don't have to say that, Jake, I'm always going to support you, I'm going to take advantage of these games you're going to have to take a vacation from the restaurant, I've never taken a vacation in all these years since the restaurant opened.”