Chapter 521 The Season Continues 1
Chapter 521 The Season Continues 1
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.
When Jake hit the ball on the court again he had already passed Payton and scored 2 more points with a dunk for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Payton understood that Jake had managed to trick him with the last few moves, but he did not know how.
In the third quarter Jake continued to press on defense and Payton continued to attack without much to do, so at the end of the third quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers team was winning with an even greater advantage in points.
In the last quarter, the game continued in the same way with Payton and the other players of the Seattle SuperSonics team still trying to win, luckily for the Los Angeles Lakers team with Kobe and Shaq playing very well, Jake had an easier time playing even with Payton pushing hard on defense.
So the game ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning 116 points against 86 points of the Seattle SuperSonics team, in that game Jake played for 48 minutes and had 34 points, 14 assists, 8 rebounds, 11 steals, and 3 blocks.
Jake managed to make another triple-double in that game and felt much more tired after doing that, with his current resistance, Jake knew he couldn't take playing all games that way, but with Gary Payton's provocation he had to try harder.
At the end of the game, Jake was still to congratulate Payton for the good game and Payton did not answer anything for him, Jake still thought that Payton was his idol and he would continue playing with respect in the next games.
"The game ends with another victory for the Los Angeles Lakers team, the strong attack of the Lakers team once again guaranteed their victory in that game, especially with Jake Smith making his best game this season and defending very well against Gary Payton who I was playing very well in attack."
"That's right, Payton still played very well in that game even though Jake defended well against him, Payton still managed to make 22 points and 10 assists in that game and also defended well against Jake in that game."
"I also agree that Jake played his best game this season, this was his seventh triple-double this season and was the first with him also making 3 blocks, even more in a game against Gary Payton who is one of the best players in the NBA currently."
"It is true, with the good game of Kobe and Shaq, the Los Angeles Lakers team achieved another good victory even though Robert Horry did not play in that game, Rick Fox did not play as well and Dennis Rodman did not play as well as in the last few games."
Jake also thought that this was his best game this season, he only intended to try so hard in the playoff games that the Los Angeles Lakers team would have, but he didn't regret trying a little harder in that game.
Even more so because the Los Angeles Lakers team was always having a day to rest between games which were enough for Jake to rest very well, once the game ended the Los Angeles Lakers team had to travel to the next game.
The team traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah where it was going to be the next game, this was a strategy of the Los Angeles Lakers team board so that players would tire less, they would arrive at the game city overnight and have more time to rest before the game.
The other day the players were more relaxed and the team did a light training on that day when the Los Angeles Lakers team would have no game, the rest of the day the players were able to rest for the game the next day.
Soon the game day arrived and the players went to the Delta Center some time before the game, the opponent in that game was the Utah Jazz team that the Los Angeles Lakers team had already faced the beginning of the season.
In the first game, Jake was playing as SF and the Los Angeles Lakers team got the win, the Utah Jazz team was a good team and Jake was excited about this game because he would play as PG and could play against another idol of his that was John Stockton.
In the first game, Jake can play against Stockton, but he was not defending against him and so Jake cannot be satisfied, in that game Jake could play against Stockton and see how his idol really played.
Of course, Stockton was already 36 years old and didn't play as well as he did at his peak, but even at that age Stockton was still one of the best PG in the NBA and would still play for several years before retiring.
In addition to Stockton, the Utah Jazz team still had Karl Malone who was one of the best players in the NBA, in that game Robert Horry could play and he with Dennis Rodman would have the difficult job of defending against Malone.
"Welcome to everyone who came to watch another game this NBA season, this is the Los Angeles Lakers game against the Utah Jazz team, it is one of the most awaited games of the past few weeks and the second game between the two teams."