Chapter 294 Unhappy Beginning of Year 6
So this week besides training Jake did nothing different, so asked about the move Jake had made in the last ga and were impressed when Jake said it was no accident and that he had trained a lot to make that move.
After another two days of training they traveled to play the next ga as a visitor, it was the third ga of Regular Season and they had a win and a defeat, it was better to win this ga and not lose more to get a good NCAA tournant ranking.
After a few hours, they arrived and went to do the pre-ga warm-up exercises, just as the previous ga Jake would still start on the bench, but no one doubted that he would still co in during the ga to help the team.
The team they would be facing today was Virginia Cavaliers, it was a team that was not having a good season even though they had a well-balanced team, they had a three-point attack strategy with internal attacks.
So depending on the opponents they could have the upper hand or be dominated, perhaps in this ga where Jake rembered that the Tar Heels team lost, they got lucky using the three-point attacking tactic and ended up winning.
But with Jake on the court, this was harder to do because he would nullify the opposing team’s PG and could still make so three-point plays, that was if he had enough ti on the court that would depend on Coach Smith’s strategy.
After a few hours, both teams were ready for the ga, the team opponent Tar Heels was the Virginia Cavaliers team which this year had a much weaker team than the previous opponents they had.
Even though Jake was apprehensive about this ga, Coach Smith and Coach Guthridge were apprehensive because of Jake’s advice before the ga, they hoped this could be an easy ga, but it was better to be careful and not underestimate the opponent.
That’s why Coach Smith said several tis in training for players to stay focused on this ga, as Jake was also very serious in training the other players also began to feel an unknown pressure.
The Virginia Cavaliers team ca with the team ford by Harold Deane as PG, Courtney Alexander as SG, Jamal Robinson in SF position, Norman Nolan in PF position and Colin Duchar playing as Center.
In the early minutes of this ga, the Tar Heels team played cautiously and worked the attacking moves well as the players struggled in defense, perhaps due to the caution of the team they eventually realized that the Virginia Cavaliers players were playing very well in the match today.
So much so that even playing as in training they could not open any advantage on the scoreboard and were equal with the team Virginia Cavaliers, if in other gas they might not care about it and just go for the attack.
But from the unknown pressure caused by the coach and Jake in training, they beca even more cautious and just did as in training, this continued until almost 7 minutes from the first half.
"We’re seeing an unexpected ga here at University Hall today, the Virginia Cavaliers team has had a shaky season with so great gas and other stumbles, but today they’re playing very well."
"The Tar Heels team that has had a great season with just two losses have not rushed either and have played a calm and well-controlled ga, so we have an even ga so far."
"True, in terms of individual talents, the Tar Heels team clearly has the upper hand, but as a team, today Virginia Cavaliers players are in great shape to keep the ga that way."
"Maybe if the Tar Heels players did as in other gas, it would be Virginia Cavaliers who would have the upper hand and then it would be hard to recover."
"I think the Tar Heels team is right not to hurry because Coach Smith still has Jake on the bench who can probably get in at any ti in this part of the ga."
Just as the comntators said Coach Smith was aware of what was happening on the court right now, he wondered what this ga would be like if it wasn’t for Jake telling Coach Guthridge that.
They would probably have two losses in two Regular Season gas and players would be very agitated thinking about winning the first ga against a weak team like Virginia Cavaliers and losing the ga.
So after 7 minutes of the first half, he decided it was finally ti to put Jake on the court, Williams left after scoring 4 points and having a normal ga and didn’t care because he would probably take Carter’s place again.
Jake was analyzing the ga and the opponent while on the bench and saw that Virginia Cavaliers had no special strategy for that ga, only that in this ga their overall strength of their team was slightly stronger than the team Tar Heels.
As the Virginia Cavaliers team, this season was known for having a good defense, they would naturally win this ga if it continued as it was, so Jake just had to do as in training.
Jake was soon to mark Courtney Alexander who was making the most three-point moves and Carter was to mark Harold Deane who was stronger on the inside plays, this was the way to disrupt the Virginia Cavaliers attack in that ga.
After a few moves, Zwikker caught a defensive rebound and then passed the ball to Jake to set up the counterattack, Jake this ti not accelerating the play but just waiting for the team to go normally for the attack.
When the team was all in attack Jake passed the ball to Carter who was behind him, Carter received the ball and attempted a feint on the opposing player and managed to pass through the left, inside the three-point line Carter passed the ball diagonally to Jamison on the right.
Jamison received the ball and then passed it back to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and made a deep throw for Zwikker who made his free-kick inside, Zwikker received the pass and then dunk to make 2 points for the team Tar Heels.
In another move after making the move, Jake received Jamison’s pass further back and feigned an outside shot to count in and drive to the basket to lay up and 2 points for the Tar Heels team.
At the end of the first half, Jake landed a steal intercepting an opponent’s pass and making a counterattack that ended in a Carter dunk after receiving Jamison’s pass when Jake drew all the opposing defense.
In the first half of this ga Jake played for 13 minutes and scored 12 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals, it was a great ga where Jake worked harder to assist his teammates when he was well scored.
After all Jake was the team’s top scorer with an average of over 22 points per ga, it was normal for him to get special defense attention, as Jake was a PG he took advantage of that special defense attention to create more opportunities for his teammates.
"This first half was completely dominated by the Tar Heels team, especially after Jake ca in before the first half."
"True, it was a well-balanced ga played between the two teams until Jake ca in and broke the balance completely bringing the advantage to the Tar Heels team."
"It’s interesting to see how Jake uses the opposing defense to create more opportunities for his teammates, he’s a PG that all teams would want to have."
"We hope Coach Smith will keep Jake early in the second half to have a more exciting ga and we’ll see if the ho team can react to that ga."
"I find it hard to do that, the difference is 6 points after the end of the first half and the Virginia Cavaliers team is already playing the best they can in that first half."
"We’ll have to keep watching to see what happens, which is why I say college basketball is so exciting, anything can happen before the end of the ga."
Coach Smith naturally realized how important Jake was in this ga and didn’t think for a mont about taking him off the team, after a few minutes of the second half Jake got another steal and used his speed to counterattack.
This ti he was alone against just one Virginia Cavaliers defender, so he bet on his speed and after the three-point line was just behind the defender who couldn’t find the right ti to try the steal.
When Alexander thought of missing Jake to stop the move Jake tried a high-speed crossover to fool Alexander, as Alexander thought of missing, he was not fooled by Jake’s dribbling and didn’t get the foul.
Jake was surprised that his dribbling went awry, but soon recovered and made the unstoppable Spin Move which was LeBron Jas’ special move and after turning on Alexander ended the move with a dunk.
"What an amazing move we saw now, Jake’s wonderful move scoring 2 points for the Tar Heels team after a steal."
"Really an amazing play that just happened by luck as Alexander tried to foul and didn’t fall on Jake’s quick crossover."
"It was a powerful move, after a high-speed play and a failed crossover. Jake made the turn and soon finished the dunk, this is a ga that requires a lot of the player’s knee and requires a lot of strength in addition to agility."
"I’m sure the ho audience loved the play as well as the people who ca to watch the ga here in Charlottesville, Virginia while cheering for the Virginia Cavaliers team are standing up for this amazing move."
After this move while Jake was praised the ga continued, after a few more moves Jake caught a defensive rebound and after making the move went to Jamison who ca in alone to score 2 points for the Tar Heels team.
Just when the ga was 3 minutes to end, Coach Smith took Jake to put Ed Cota, in that second half Jake played for 17 minutes and scored 26 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals.
An amazing double-double that brought applause in the stands in the ga, seeing that Coach Smith decided that while Jake was playing well and not behaving badly he would keep playing.
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