Chapter 493 The NBA Season Continues 1
With this bad news from Robert Horry the Los Angeles Lakers team did not train as well, not even Jake rembered that Robert had been sick at that ti, he just thought Robert Horry did not play because coach Del Harris chose another player.
Without Horry on the team, coach Harris decided to put Travis Knight on the team, this ti the team still had one day to train before the next ga so Horry’s absence would not be so bad for the team.
After the first 5 gas of the season, Jake had won the respect of his teammates, now the other players on the team treated him like a professional player and as Jake talked to everyone politely, all the players liked him.
The team managed to find a way to play even without Horry on the team, but the team’s defense would be weaker without Robert Horry, the attack would not be a problem because the Los Angeles Lakers team’s attack was the strongest this season.
The next day ca the next ga for the Los Angeles Lakers team in the NBA, this would be a team ga in Los Angeles at ho at the Great Western Forum, with the team’s good start to the season everyone hoped the Los Angeles Lakers team would win that ga easily.
Of course, the Indiana Pacers team was a strong and difficult opponent, but after beating other tough opponents the fans had confidence in the Los Angeles Lakers team, the fans started to like Jake Smith even more, who seed to help the Los Angeles Lakers team. winning the NBA title again.
Jake and the other players arrived at the Great Western Forum and went to the locker rooms to put on their uniform and do warm-up exercises for the ga, Jake could see that Shaquille O’Neal was very excited about that ga after not playing in the last ga.
So the two teams soon went to the court and Jake could see the fans of the Los Angeles Lakers much happier than in the first two gas of the team this season, after all the team Los Angeles Lakers managed to win 4 gas of the 5 gas that they played in that one season.
"Welco to everyone who will watch another ga this season in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers team that has 4 wins in 5 gas this season will face the Indiana Pacers team that won 3 of the 5 gas this season."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team lost the last ga playing as a visitor, but in that ga, Shaquille O’Neal was not playing and today he is back, but in this ga who will not be playing is Robert Horry, it seems that in the next gas he will not participate due to health problems."
"Certainly without Robert Horry who perford well in the Los Angeles Lakers team in those early gas, the team will be left with the weakest defense, but with Shaquille O’Neal, back on the team I think they will win this ga."
"Yes, the Los Angeles Lakers team is the favorite to win this ga, Jake Smith so far is the best rookie of the season, if he keeps playing well he can even be chosen for the All-NBA First Team like Tim Duncan did the previous year."
Normally the dia and fans would not be so excited about 5 good gas by a rookie player because it was always good to wait and see how a rookie player would end the season, but with Jake it was different.
In this season of just 50 gas, Jake had already played very well in a tenth of them, moreover, after that lockout and the retirent of Michael Jordan, the sports dia and basketball fans wanted to find another NBA idol.
Jake had a big difference, which was that Jake was also an athlete who ran marathons and won more than 10 marathons and had a gold dal in the Olympics, so even if Jake Smith didn’t beco a maximum idol in basketball, he would be a maximum idol in Arican sport.
In the gas of the Los Angeles Lakers team, there were many posters calling Jake by the nickna that was given to him in the races that were Captain Arica, this showed the great affection that basketball fans, in general, had for Jake Smith.
The Los Angeles Lakers team ca in this ga with the starting players Jake Smith playing as PG, Kobe Bryant playing as SG, Rick Fox playing as SF, Travis Knight playing improvised as PF, and Shaquille O’Neal playing as Center back for the team.
The Indiana Pacers team ca with early players Mark Jackson playing as PG, Reggie Miller playing as SG, Jalen Rose playing as SF, Dale Davis playing as PF, and Rik Smits playing as Center.
Jake knew that the players on the Indiana Pacers team were good and this season they would be first in the Central Division, it showed how strong their team was this season, Jake also knew Reggie Miller well and even though Miller was not an idol for Jake, it was soone he respected a lot.
The ga started and the Los Angeles Lakers team won the first possession of the ball, Jake received the ball and started to organize the first attack of the ga for the Lakers team, Jake advanced and passed the ball to Kobe Bryant on the right.
In the previous ga, Kobe Bryant and Jake suffered a lot from the opposing team’s defense strategy, so in that ga, Bryant wanted to make more moves, Reggie Miller soon arrived to defend against Bryant who soon felt the pressure of the defense.
Bryant thought about trying the individual play to make the points, but decided it was better to pass the ball and passed it to Rick Fox on the left, Fox received the ball and Jalen Rose soon pressed in defense, so Fox decided to pass the ball to Jake further back.
Jake received the ball and decided to try the shot from outside and made the first 3 points for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Jake thought it was good that the Lakers team started the ga with the advantage on the scoreboard to pressure the Indiana Pacers team.
The Indiana Pacers team tried to react and Mark Jackson advanced with the ball, Jake was a little far from Jackson in defense, but Jackson did not want to try the individual play and passed the ball to Rose on the right.
Rose received the ball and advanced with the ball and Fox pressed the defense, rose passed the ball to Rik Smits further on, Smits received the ball and O’Neal soon pressed the defense, Smits tried to position himself to try the play and was unable.
So Smits passed the ball to Miller further back, Miller received the ball and Kobe Bryant was defending against him, Miller got a good individual play by making a feint and cheating Bryant and then he tried the mid-range shot to make 2 points for the team Indiana Pacers.
The two teams looked the sa in the ga, but the players on the court soon realized that the Los Angeles Lakers team had the advantage with Jake on the team, Mark Jackson was an excellent PG and had good ga attendance statistics.
But in this ga, he had to be more careful when making passes because he knew that Jake was very skillful in making steals, so he could not make passes in the right moves at tis thinking that Jake could intercept his passes.
Jake didn’t have to worry about that and as he showed in the last few gas, any opponent had a hard ti defending against him, especially when Jake used his speed, so the Los Angeles Lakers team had a greater advantage in controlling the ga.
The Los Angeles Lakers team attacked again and Jake moved forward and passed the ball to Fox from the left, Fox received and ball and held on a little and Rose soon pressed in defense, so Fox decided to pass the ball to Bryant on the right.
Bryant received the ball and Miller soon pressed in defense against him, Bryant was having trouble making the move in that ga and passed the ball to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and saw Shaquille O’Neal’s good movent and passed the ball for him.
Shaquille O’Neal received the ball and protected the Smits ball that was in defense, O’Neal protected the ball and can advance to make the layup and 2 more points for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Jake had realized that O’Neal wanted to make the points in that ga so he would pass the ball over to him.
The Indiana Pacers team went on the attack and Jackson was organizing the play, Jackson advanced with the ball and Jake was on defense waiting for Jackson’s move, so Jackson passed the ball to Miller on the left.
Miller received the ball and Bryant soon pressed in defense against him, Miller tried an individual play and Bryant defended well against him, so Miller passed the ball to Rose from the left, Fox was pressing in defense against him, and in front O’Neal was defending well against Smits.
So Rose had to try the pass to Jackson further back, but Jake was watching the move and was anticipating to intercept the pass and make the steal, Jake intended to hold the ball in defense until the team prepared to make the attack.
But Kobe Bryant quickly advanced to the attack and in the defense of the Indiana Pacers team he had only 3 players, so Jake also ran for the attack and the defense of the Indiana Pacers team had to return.
In the attack there was Kobe Bryant and Jake and in defense, there was Jackson, Rose, and Miller, Kobe Bryant was more ahead and Jackson was defending against him, with Jake’s speed in the race, Miller was unable to keep up and so was Jake and Bryant against the defense of the Indiana Pacers team.
Jake advanced on the left and Bryant was on the right, near the three-point line Rose tried to hinder Jake in the play or even try to make the steal, Jake was quick and made a crossover that tricked Rose.
Soon after Jake made his special move that was the Ghost Move, Jake made the Ghost Move and Rose could no longer see where the ball was and looked at where Kobe Bryant was thinking that Jake had made the pass and Jake easily passed Rose with the ball.
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