Unhappy Beginning of Year
Emily naturally didn't agree with Jake's point of view, but as she'd said before she knew something like this could happen and so didn't want to talk from the start, even if she didn't agree with Jake, Emily trusted Jake's vision a lot and hoped for the company to make more profits from these riskier investments .
Jake respected Emily very much and knew he was lucky to have her working for him, unfortunately maybe he couldn't use all of Emily's investment talents, yet he wanted her to know that she helped him a lot .
"Emily, I know you want only the best for the company and are concerned about investments, but I want you to know that I have complete confidence in my vision for investments . "
"I think I always review and choose the best investment option and it's impossible for you or anyone else to change my mind about it, maybe if one day I could make a mistake I won't take your opinion of it anymore . "
"Still you help me a lot and it's critical to the company, I trust you and all administrative and employee management decisions of the company are yours, you are also my personal representative and lawyer . "
"So the best way to help me is to keep doing what you have been doing, especially since over the next few years I will be very busy with basketball and marathons . "
Jake knew he might sound arrogant saying something like that, but since he couldn't tell anyone he knew what would happen in the future, he better say he didn't want to hear other people's opinions because he was overconfident .
So even if he seemed arrogant no one could criticize his decisions unless he made a mistake, after all, he really would need Emily's help in the coming years to handle his business .
This time she might not have been very upset that Jake hadn't listened to her advice, but in the future, she might be dissatisfied thinking he didn't trust her, so it was better that he looks arrogant now and make Emily give up advice .
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After that Emily left her house to make the investments Jake requested, she didn't seem bothered that Jake heard him, but it seemed she found it unpleasant that Jake was arrogant like that .
Jake was very fond of Emily as it would work and even with a friend, but he always tried to keep a distance and treated her as his assistant and business partner, he learned from his experience in his past life that keeping some distance with employees was important .
The fact that Jake always tried to be humble even with everything he achieved could make others think he was very easy going, so for Jake a bit of arrogance was necessary to look natural .
After talking to Emily, Jake had finished all the business he had to settle in Miami, so for the next few days he spent plenty of time at the restaurant to talk and spend more time with Eva .
After another week Jake said goodbye to his mother again and went to college, he wanted to spend more time at home, but coach Smith asked the players to return before the end of the year .
Jake naturally refused and only came back on January 2 when two days left for the first game of the year, Jake knew he might end up angering the coach, but he was willing to face the coach's anger to spend both holidays at home .
When Jake returned he went first to the dorm and talked to his friends who were all still in college, just as Jake though none of them ended up deciding to come home for a few days as Jake did .
Only Zack went home before Christmas because he had no excuse not to spend the holidays at home when he lived so close to the university, yet he managed to take William and Aaron home with him .
"Jake, you had to see what Zack's brother was like, he's called Brett Roberts, he's taller, a year older and prettier than Zack and even nicer, now we understand why Zack never introduces his brother to ourselves for him to study at the same university . "
"It's not true, he's no cuter than me and I'm not jealous of him, I don't call him because he always likes to tease me . "
Jake had heard about Zack's brother himself, Zack said he didn't have a good relationship with his brother who always told his parents about the confusions and problems that Zack caused his parents .
From what Jake understood this Brett was the typical older brother and even though he was only a year older he was forced to mature early to take care of Zack who was the younger brother, but it seemed that Brett had a lot of affection for Zack and was much more responsible after taking care of Zack for so many years .
But if Zack didn't want to introduce his brother to him, Jake would never force it and didn't want to ruin the good friendship he had with Zack because of it, after all, Jake was very unsure about his friendships, William and Aaron were different and didn't care about what Zack thought before they tried to be friends with Brett .
After arranging all things Jake went to the court to train with the basketball team, he happily greeted his teammates and talked with Carter, Jamison, and Charlie, they were closer and talking while doing the warm-up exercises .
Even though Charlie didn't have so much playing time he always came on the court at every game and was respected as a senior student, not to mention that Charlie was more skilled than normal players at other universities, he was a reserve in this star-studded team .
Then he had normal training as he had before the start of the season to regain the shape of the players who had a little break at the end of the year, naturally, even though he arrived 4 days later Jake was the best fit .
Even though throughout the training Jake realized that coach Smith seemed to be looking at him a lot, Jake figured it was because he had disobeyed the coach's orders and arrived a few days later .
Jake naturally hoped something like this would happen and didn't care much, he knew he was wrong in this situation and thought the coach was unreasonable in asking players to come back before the end of the year .
Many, like their roommates, preferred not to travel home and had no problem retraining before the end of the year, but Jake had gone to Miami and wouldn't be back after just a few days at home .
After training coach Guthridge, who always liked Jake very much, called him in to talk, Jake knew it should be something important, so he didn't even warn his roommates that it might take time and went to coach Guthridge's office .
"Did you call me coach?"
"Yes, Jake, you can sit there . "
"I called you here to ask why you didn't come back for training 3 days ago like the other players?"
"I'll be honest, coach, I just wanted to stay home longer with my mom, I went to Miami the day after our last game, and after just over a week the coach has asked me to come back . "
"I understand there are players who couldn't even go home because they lived farther away and training was important, but I didn't want to go back to university after such a short time, after all, I don't have classes . "Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
Coach Guthridge only sighed after hearing what Jake had to say, he understood what Jake meant and even hoped that he didn't have any reason not to come when he was called by Coach Smith .
But he also knew that Coach Smith had not done so badly and had to prepare the team for the first game of 1997, so it was only natural that he had to call the players a few days earlier .
So you had to look at the players' commitment and their need, if you were a player who didn't care much about college basketball you would arrive later just as Jake had .
But if it was someone who loved basketball and college or needed it to join a team in the NBA surely would have come a few days earlier, Jake was halfway between the two .
"I understand, Jake, you made your choice, now you should know that probably in the next games you might not even play them if you are going to stay in reserve and come in for just a few minutes . "
"I understand and accept Coach Smith's decision, but I have to say that if I don't play at least 30 minutes like I was doing in these last games, I think we could seriously lose those next 3 games, and put myself in less than 20 minutes will change the outcome of the game . "
"You can leave now, Jake . "
Coach Guthridge was annoyed and nearly kicked Jake out of his office after hearing what he said, the coach knew that Jake was a great player and could change the outcome of a game and had helped the team win a lot in recent games .
But now he was talking like it was indispensable and that the team would lose the next three games without him, that was a lot of arrogance, coach Guthridge now agreed with coach Smith and thought that Jake had to stay a few games in reserve to learn some humility .
After all even a few games ago Jake was still doubtful if he would play more time in the games, he was playing starter position with Ed Cota and Shammond Williams, Jake was managing to play longer because he had more skill and was better for the team, but coach Guthridge didn't think Jake was indispensable to the team .
He was so annoyed that he ended up talking about his conversation with Coach Smith that he was also annoyed by Jake's arrogance and even laughed in anger, even if the team was in a losing streak he wouldn't hear it from a freshman, yet but now that the team came from a 9-win streak and had such a strong team this year .
He wouldn't let Jake play as a starter after hearing this and really wanted to see if the team would lose if Jake didn't play this game .
After Jake left the basketball court he regretted saying that to coach Guthridge, he always liked the coach very much and was liking the Tar Heels team and the university, so when he knew he wouldn't play he decided to say it because it was the reality he knew in his past life .
So he said it without thinking why maybe coach Guthridge could warn coach Smith and the team would have a chance not to lose this game, but he understood after saying that and seeing coach Guthridge furious that he shouldn't have said it because it seemed too much arrogant .
It was a shame, but as he had already said it was no use going back, the team could lose that game if he didn't play and what Jake said would be on coach Guthridge's mind, he hoped coach Guthridge and coach Smith wouldn't be resentful of it and their teammates didn't know .
The other day before the start of training he apologized to coach Guthridge and coach Smith, he said in apologies that he spoke without thinking, he was not forgiven, but the coaches were no longer so angry .
Jake made a point of saying in his apology that he "spoke without thinking" and not that he made a mistake and told a lie, so the coaches didn't forgive him, yet he didn't want to lie saying he didn't think what he said because it was the reality .
The next day was the day of the first game of the year, it was another visitor game from the Tar Heels team and all the players were used to it, they had a straight 9 wins in 10 games and were rested after spending almost two weeks without playing .
Everyone was in top form, it was ACC's first Regular Season game, and everyone wanted to win to get well, Jake talked a lot with his friends who, although they found it odd that Jake didn't start playing, didn't think much about it .
While they prepared coach Smith repeatedly emphasized that they would not underestimate their opponents even though they were in a 9-win streak after all the opponent also came from a 9-win streak without losing a game in the season .
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Even though coach Smith and coach Guthridge did not like Jake to say that without him on the team they would lose this game, they could not deny that the opponent was really too difficult .
The opposing team in this game would be Wake Forest Demon Deacons, it was a team with whom Tar Heels had a rivalry for playing at the same conference, as coach Smith had already warned this was one of the best seasons starts for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons team .
The main player and highlight of this team are Tim Duncan who would be a great star and one of the best players in NBA history for years to come, 5-time NBA champion and 2-time NBA MVP of the season .
Duncan was a versatile player who could play as Center and as PF, in games like this, he would play as PF so Loren Woods who was expected to replace Duncan could play as well .
After all this year Tim Duncan would go to the NBA, so Jake was so sure that the team would lose this game without himself if the future could change, both teams were very confident of having a winning streak, but Duncan could do a lot . difference in a game like this .
Coach Smith probably underestimated the importance of Duncan in this game as he did not know the future of this NBA star, this would probably be the reason for the team's defeat, as both teams had the same offensive style of play .
Both teams preferred the internal attack taking advantage of their players' ability to attack and catch rebounds if they could make a mistake, and in such a game this would certainly favor the Wake Forest Demon Deacons team that had Duncan in attack and defense .
Meanwhile, the weakness of the Wake Forest Demon Deacons were the outsiders and the team's PG and SG, of course, they had the skill and made many points for three-point play attempts .
But in a high-level competition playing was usually the same as a flaw, so if coach Smith considered Duncan to be an elite player he would have switched the team to a three-point play strategy as well .
If it had been in Jake's past life this could also be considered a weakness of the Tar Heels team who only relied on Shammond Williams as their top scorer on the outside shots let alone Carter and Okulaja .
However, this season was different because the Tar Heels team could count on Jake who had an average of 72 percent in the hit rate of three-point shots because the team played in an internal play style .
If coach Smith asked Jake he could try 9 or more three-point play in this game, not to mention that he guaranteed 65 percent of hits, along with Shammond Williams they could use a different style of play to try to beat the Wake Forest Demon Deacons team .
Even so Jake couldn't guarantee they would win, without him on team Jake saw no chance for team Tar Heels to win this game that was not won in his past life, just a few months after fully adapting to college basketball Jake could guarantee victory .
After a few more hours the two teams were almost ready for the game, the Tar Heels team had a different starting lineup before the end of last year, Shammond Williams was PG, Vince Carter SG, Antawn Jamison SF, Ademola Okulaja as PF and Serge Zwikker as Center . Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www . webnovel . com for visiting .
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons team came with Jerry Braswell as PG, Tony Rutland as SG, Ricky Peral as SF, Tim Duncan as PF and Loren Woods playing as Center, the coach decided on this lineup to better defend against attacks by Team Tar Heels and gain an advantage in attack .
Everyone was confused as to why Jake, who had been the star of the team, was out of the starting lineup in this difficult game, yet the crowd and the audience were expecting a good game and soon they would find out which of those teams with excellent campaigns this season would continue with victories interrupted .
What everyone expected was the favoritism of the Tar Heels team that had both Carter and Jamison attacking inside as well as Jake and Williams attacking outside, in this game this versatility would be very important .
In the early minutes, Wake Forest led the game and the score with relative ease, they attacked very well and efficiently without making a lot of mistakes, and in defense, they managed to block some attacks from Team Tar Heels .
Duncan was being the name of the game and was controlling the rebound by winning in both offensive and defensive contests, he was winning in disputes against Jamison and Zwikker who were the most rebounding players after Jake .
"If more than 4 minutes have passed and the lead is entire with the Wake Forest team, they dominate both attacking and defending, Duncan instead playing an incredible game and using his height to win rebounds . "
"It's not just the height advantage, it's a talent test to catch so many rebounds like that, Tar Heels's Jake is nowhere near the top of the team and has the average rebounding advantage in games . "
"You're right, talking about Jake I miss him in this game, with Jake the Tar Heels team could make much better use of the ball in offense and would be strengthened in defense . "
"Soon I think coach Smith will put him in this game, see it looks like Williams will be replaced . "
Willians wasn't having a good game that day because he didn't get many balls to try the shot on and off and he had to organize the plays, so after more than 4 minutes he left but it wasn't Jake who came in is Ed Cota In his place coach Smith wanted to insist on internal strikes and Cota was better on the pass .
Even though in the next few minutes the result of the match did not change with the entrance of Ed Cota, the team could not make good plays and even if he hit the passes his teammates still failed to score points against the strong defense of Wake Forest .
In addition to Tim Duncan, Woods and Rutland were also having a great game, even though Carter and Jamison were also playing well they were missing compared to the opposing defense in that game .
Serge Zwikker and Okulaja were even worse off in both attack and defense, it should be said that Wake Forest was doing very well in this match, so just after 13 minutes, Jake entered on the court .
"Coach Smith put Jake Smith in the game after 13 minutes, I don't know what the coach was thinking, I even suspected Jake was injured and couldn't play in today's game . "
"I confess I thought the same, I don't know the cause, but putting the best player of the team in these last games just after 13 minutes is inexplicable for me, now the Wake Forest team is almost 9 points ahead on the scoreboard, I don't know if Jake can make a lot of difference . "
Jake also did not expect coach Smith to be so radical in his punishment and to put Jake in just 13 minutes of play, and coach Smith clearly gave the message that he wanted to keep trying the inside game and it wasn't for Jake to just insist on shots from 3 points .
Jake didn't know what coach Smith was thinking, but he was a pro and would play his best at this game and do what the coach asked, if the team lost that game he would leave with the quiet conscience that he did his best .
After a play with a mistake by Wake Forest, Jake received the ball to work on his first play in the game, he soon passed the ball to Carter who did not seem so excited about that game, Carter advanced and passed the ball to Okulaja who had to leave the three-point line to get out of Duncan's defense and receive the pass .
Okulaja soon felt the pressure of Duncan's defense and passed the ball back to Jake further back, Jake received and made a feint and tricked the opposing defense and passed, when another defender left Jake passed the ball to Jamison who ripped the defense .
Jamison received the pass entering the inside line and soon finished the play with a layup after protecting the ball, the opposing player risked committing a foul and thus Jamison scored the 2 points for the team Tar Heels.
Only quick plays like this bypassing Duncan in defense were most effective for Team Tar Heels, and soon after Wake Forest made another move that ended with Duncan pulling the defense for Woods to enter alone and lay up to score 2 more points.
This was the most common type of offense for the Wake Forest team, they were inside and if there were two players defending Duncan the ball would go to Woods if there was only one player scoring Duncan the ball would go for him.
It seemed simple, but it was a move that always had to be worked out and trained and depended on Duncan's talent to make it work, Jake couldn't say anything because it was the right move against Duncan.
Zwikker was a good Center, and Okulaja also did his job well as a PF, but neither had the ability to score Duncan alone in defense, so players like Duncan, Jamison, Carter, and Jake were more likely to score at the university.
In the NBA there would always be players who could take care of Duncan's defense individually and the opposing team would not have as much advantage as in this game, not to mention that the other players in the Wake Forest team also did a good job in this game.
In another move Jake was organizing the attack for the team to have Heels, after moving to the attack court he went to Jamison which was more open on the right, Jamison advanced and pass by Peral easily.
When another player arrived in defense Jamison went to Okulaja who had left the painted area to receive the ball, Duncan soon arrived in defense and Okulaja moved to Zwikker inside, Zwikker tried the mid-range shot and Woods fumbled.
Jamison tried to catch the rebound, but Duncan was quicker and took another defensive rebound for the Wake Forest team, Duncan tried to get out quickly and Jake took advantage of his careless moment to steal the ball.
Duncan did not expect to have the ball stolen on his defensive court and when he recovered he saw Jake making a dunk to score 2 more points for the Tar Heels team and the cheering crowd, soon after the game restarted again.
Jake played for the end of the first half and did what Coach Smith asked by focusing only on the two-point play, so Jake can only make a three-point play in that first half, in 7 minutes he made 9 points, 2 assists, 1 steal, and 1 rebound.
Even though not playing, as usual, Jake was the best player at the end of the first half and brought more confidence to the team that missed the least in attack and played better in defense, yet they finished the first half 7 points behind on the scoreboard.
Even though Jake played well he did not have much time to change the score of the game and Duncan was also playing well the same way, if they were playing in the same position one could restrict the other, but in different positions the two played quietly.
In the second half, Jake hoped to start playing so he could make more plays and maybe reverse the difference in the scoreboard, but Coach Smith decided to start with Ed Cota playing as PG and Williams playing as SG.
"I don't really understand what team coach Tar Heels is thinking, Jake clearly played very well in the few minutes he can play, but is he out of the team early in the second half?"
"Maybe it could be a game strategy change? Carter seems to be starting in reserve by the second half."
"What change could be effective in this game? They could change their strategy to make more three-point play, but Jake was clearly better than Ed Cota."
"This we will have to see in the next few minutes."
Maybe if Jake hadn't said that to Coach Guthridge the day before, Coach Smith would have realized that this game was headed for defeat and would have let Jake play longer, but after what Jake said he couldn't stand to let him have more than 20 minutes in this game.
If it were another player who said something like that, perhaps Coach Smith would have removed that player from the team, but since Jake was one of the best players on the team, the coach could give a few punishment games at most by playing for less time.
This change made even the players of Tar Heels confused, the opponents with the full team decided to take this chance to further increase the lead on the scoreboard, was again seen the team Wake Forest dominating the game.
After 5 minutes Coach Smith took Shammond Williams to put Vince Carter in the game, but Jake didn't join him as the commentators had hoped, Jake can only come in after 10 minutes of the second half in place of Ed Cota.
At that point, the team was losing by 14 points and even the Tar Heels players were starting to get discouraged in the game, when Jake came into the game the Wake Forest players started paying special attention to him.
That's why in several plays Jake had no opportunity to go inside to score, yet he took advantage of this difficult situation and made more assists when the defense on him had more than one player.
Even though Jake had a tight defense he didn't make a turnover and could always continue the play, so Carter and Jamison who was suffocated the whole game had more freedom to make the play.
When Jake was given a lot of space he found an opportunity to try the shot from outside, in 3 more attempts in the second half he could hit two of them and thus help the team a little to recover the score.
In another move, Jake received the ball out of the three-point line, as he had already scored 6 points from that position in the second half of the game when opponents were paying more attention to him when one left the inside area to press Jake and another player was waiting. the conclusion of the play.
Jake was quick and passed to Carter who was entering the indoor area, Carter soon received another player's marking and passed the ball to Jamison who had been free, Jamison ran and made a dunk to score 2 more points for Tar Heels.
Jake took full advantage of the attention he was getting from the Wake Forest team defense and even failing to score more points he made room for his teammates to have more freedom.
So after a few more minutes, the game ended with the Wake Forest team winning by 14 points, even though Jake played well they could not diminish the Wake Forest team advantage before Jake entered the second half.
In that second half playing for 10 minutes Jake scored 8 points, 4 assists, and 2 rebounds, was a good performance considering he was very well marked and thought more of assisting than making points.
"This was another big game from Tim Duncan and the Wake Forest team that won their tenth straight game and a bad game for the Tar Heels team who lose their second game of the season and finish their winning streak."
"I also didn't understand why Coach Smith let Jake play only 17 minutes in this game, the time Jake was on the court were the best moments of the Tar Heels team in this game, more plays could be made, the team gained more quality in the shooting of outside and Carter and Jamison had more freedom to make the moves."
Like commentators, everyone realized that it was a wrong decision to give Jake so little court time in this game, many even associated that Jake's absence for most of the game had to do with the team's defeat.
Even though Coach Smith and Coach Guthridge came to think of this several times from the warning Jake had given before the game, in the next game Coach Smith was still undecided about whether to leave Jake out of the next game as authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
After the game, the players were not very excited about the outcome of the game and hoped that in the next game the team could win again, everyone was smart not to mention why Jake was out of that game because Coach Smith was so prestigious in that team.
Fortunately, everyone was happy to remember that in the next game they would play at home and this was the last game as a visitor, so playing at the Dean Smith Center they were more confident in winning.
After returning to university Jake didn't even have to tell the bad result to his teammates who had watched the game on television, his friends just said losing was normal and that the Tar Heels team would win in the next game.
Jake called to talk to his mother and learned that she had also watched the game and was very annoyed that Jake had not played long enough and said that Coach Smith was to blame for the team's defeat.
Jake knew his mother was like that and didn't argue and just listened to her talking on the call, then she comforted Jake just saying that they would win in the next game, which Eva didn't know was that would make Jake even sadder because he hoped the team lost again in the next game.
The next day Jake returned to his daily training running 50 km, as usual, Zack seemed to be running the 6 km much more easily and asked Jake again if he should increase his distance traveled every day.
Jake agreed and so told Zack to run 8 km every day, which Zack didn't realize is that after a few weeks he was running the 6 km daily in much less time than before, that was Jake's goal for Zack, after all. Finishing the most disputed marathons has to be run in the shortest time possible.
Later the basketball team had their training normally, the players were saddened by the defeat the day before and the training mood was not very good, yet everyone trained hard so they would not lose again in the next game.
And so it was for the next two days, Jake did his training every morning with Zack and the afternoon trained with his teammates, none of the coaches came to talk to him and Jake didn't want any more problems either and wanted to play again as soon as possible.
On January 7 which was the day before the team's second game of the year, Jake had one more surprise, Eva had arrived in the morning and Anna was with her too, they had come from Miami and closed the restaurant that day to celebrate Jake's birthday.
Jake was very happy with this surprise and that he could spend his birthday together with his mother again, they decided to throw a small party for Jake in a restaurant near the university, all players of Jake's basketball team and his roommates were called.
Even though some of Jake's classmates had been invited, this was Jake's 18th birthday which was an important date for anyone, everyone laughed a lot and most of the party Jake had spent with Eva and Anna who didn't know anyone.
After the party Eva and Anna left for Miami again, they did not like to spend the night in hotels and in the morning had to open the restaurant again so decided it was better to travel back at night.
After going through this celebration Jake was excited again even trying an unfortunate start of the year, even though the team could miss these next two games when Jake resumed playing normally he had to make sure they wouldn't lose anymore.
Even if they lost a few more games at least in the NCAA tournament games he had to make sure they didn't lose any games and be champions, another thing Jake worried about was whether he could continue to participate in marathon competitions this year.
After all, he would have to miss training or even games during the season, with Coach Smith's personality it was hard to think that the coach would accept that Jake lost any games in the season.
These were concerns Jake had for the season, in fact, he honestly had to admit that he had underestimated the difficulty of college games, he thought he would have more freedom and could do more things than in the NBA, but it seemed he had even more things to do than in the NBA.
On his birthday several of his friends called to congratulate him during the day, so Jake can be even happier feeling dear to his friends, even Joseph called congratulating Jake and apologizing for eventually falling out during the holidays.
It looked like Joseph had gone back to college earlier this year and said that if Jake was going to play again there they could talk again, Jake knew they wouldn't meet, but said nothing about it and just agreed.
After spending the whole day happily celebrating the birthday the other day Jake had to worry again about the team's next game in Regular Season, after the first loss everyone wanted to win the second game, only Jake wasn't excited about that game.
He hoped he didn't have the opportunity to play many minutes in this game either, so it would probably be his team's second straight loss, yet he would still do his best while on the court.
Unlike the game against Wake Forest that had Duncan making a difference in the game, his next opponent had no player who would make such a difference, meanwhile, they had a very strong team.
The other day later the Tar Heels team went to the Dean Smith Center to prepare for the game, all the players did the warm-up exercises and the players wondered if Jake would play normally in today's game.
The opponent did not look as strong as Team Wake Forest in the previous game, they would face Team Maryland Terrapins who also came from a sequence of over 11 straight wins earlier this season.
They also lost a game, but it was a tough game against the Georgia Bulldogs team that was also having a strong season this year and that game was even for authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
This was the Maryland Terrapins team's only defeat this year, so Jake thought it was only fair for the Tar Heels team to lose this game in their past life, surely Coach Smith and Coach Guthridge had the same opinion of him.
After a few more hours the two teams were ready for the game, the Maryland Terrapins team came with Šarūnas Jasikevičius as PG, Laron Profit as SG, Rodney Elliott as PF, Keith Booth as SF and Obinna Ekezie playing as Center.
Four of them played for some time in the NBA and the best player of this team this year was Keith Booth who had almost 20 points average in all games and 8 rebounds as well, Booth was playing very well and was compared to Jamison this season by the experts.
Just like Team Wake Forest this Maryland Terrapins team played more attacking inside, the difference is that the Maryland Terrapins team did not have a player like Duncan as a reference in the attack and the team Tar Heels could defend better.
If they changed their attack style to attack more with the three-point play they could win this game more easily, it was the same solution as the last game, but as the Tar Heels team would have the same initial formation as the previous game it didn't look like Coach Smith thought of doing this.
In the first minutes of the game, the team played much better than in the previous game, yet the Maryland Terrapins team had the advantage in control of the game and in the scoreboard, even with the whole team playing better lacked a differential to bring them control. about the game.
Shammond Williams was playing well and hit two three-point shots, but he couldn't organize the team as well as Ed Cota and Jake, so in the attack Carter and Jamison's plays were limited.
After 6 minutes Coach Smith decided to put Ed Cota into play, but the team lost in three-point play even though they gained more momentum with Carter and Jamison and without Williams bothering with a three-point play the Maryland Terrapins defense came back to focus on internal defense.
"Ten minutes have passed in the first half, the game is still very close, but the Maryland Terrapins team has clearly taken the lead in that game."
"I can see what happened in the past game repeating itself in that game, if the Maryland Terrapins team had someone like Duncan on the team they would be more advantageous, clearly Tar Heels' offensive strategy is wrong."
"True, in this game it was a mistake to take Williams off the team, one player was missing to set up the moves, so Jake would have had to come in and Carter would have to leave for Williams to play as SG."
"It's like you said, again we don't understand why Jake isn't playing in this game unless he's injured. These two games were perfect for him to make a difference and bring victory to the Tar Heels team."
Coach Smith seems to have realized this was the case and put Jake in place of Ed Cota and let Williams play in place of Carter, so he had done what the commentators thought.
Unlike the past game, coach Smith told Jake that the strategy of the game was to make more three-point play in that first half, so Williams had joined that game with him, when Jake came in the defense didn't care about him and continued defending in the internal area.
So after two minutes in two plays, Jake had fired two shots off and hit both of them with 6 points, so Maryland Terrapins' lead on the scoreboard dropped to just 2 points.
After this move, Maryland Terrapins decided to score Jake more closely in the three-point play, so in another play Jake passed the ball to Williams who tried another three-point play and missed.
But Jamison caught the rebound and passed to Zwikker to make the 2 points with a layup, so the game was tied again, the Maryland Terrapins team reacted by making 2 points with Booth, but the advantage was only 2 points.
After a few more minutes, both teams finished the first half with Maryland Terrapins ahead by 2 points, but the Tar Heels crowd was still looking forward to a second-half turnaround.
In that first half, Jake had played for 10 minutes and made 13 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, and steals, clearly, he had been instrumental to the Tar Heels team keeping the slight difference in the score.
"Again the team Tar Heels changed completely with Jake's entry into the game, from an 8-point lead to just 2 points in the first half."
"In that game, Jake came in long enough to change the tempo of the game, we hope Jake can start playing in the second half and play longer."
"I think Coach Smith is aware of the team changes and knows that it is important for Jake to start playing and they continue this three-point play strategy."
Coach Smith naturally understood that in this game Jake could be the key to victory, he also remembered what Jake had said to coach Guthridge and had to assume that he respected Jake's game vision at a time when the whole team was excited about the winning streak.
So in the second half, Jake started playing and Williams also took the place of Carter, the Maryland Terrapins team noticed the Tar Heels offensive strategy change and also changed their defensive play.
So in the early minutes, Jake was not having opportunities to try out plays and was having to leave for inbound play and make the 2-point play, Jake also had more freedom to pass the ball to Jamison and Zwikker to make more points.
Williams was having the hardest time making the moves, so Coach Smith put Carter in place of Williams, yet the team's attack strategy didn't change, they still tried the three-point play with Jake and Okulaja and even Carter.
That way any countermeasure that tried to use Maryland Terrapins would still leave room for Tar Heels to attack, in another play Jake received the ball from the left and as the defense approached it passed to Jamison ahead.
Jamison received the ball, but did not attempt the move into the inside area, when the defense arrived he passed to Carter on the right, Carter made the feint and invaded the inner area and when the opposing defense arrived he passed to Okulaja.
Okulaja passed the ball back to Jake who was free, Jake waited for the defense to arrive and made a pass tearing the defense for Jamison, Jamison received the ball with freedom and advanced to layup and 2 points for Tar Heels.
With Carter joining the Tar Heels team, they were now with more options in offensive moves, Jake and Okulaja could try more outsiders and Carter and Jamison could continue trying in-house moves.
"In that second half Coach, Smith made the right decisions by leaving Jake on the team from the start and shifting the offensive tactic to three-point attacks."
"True, early in the second half he put Williams in to focus more on the three-point play and Maryland Terrapins defender began to defend more outside the box and Jamison had more room to attack."
"Then Coach Smith noticed this change in defending Maryland Terrapins and put Carter back in play to further explore this opening in defending Maryland Terrapins."
"It's all because Jake is on the court that the Tar Heels team has won several attack options, perhaps we can see the Tar Heels team gaining the lead on this match."
After a couple of plays, Tar Heels got the lead after 2 minutes, which was when the Maryland Terrapins coach decided to give up three-way play and defend more inside.
That was the right decision because at that point in the game, Team Tar Heels had the strongest offensive inside with Carter, Jamison, and Zwikker, and the Maryland Terrapins defense was stronger authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
Jake was still tagged, but only one player remained in defense, even though the tactics were set by the Tar Heels offensive lineup being stronger in the inside plays Coach Smith did so because he trusted Jake.
So it was in another play when Jake organized the attack after taking a defensive rebound, it was the chance for the team Tar Heels to increase the advantage that was 2 points, Jake passed to Okulaja who left to receive the pass.
Okulaja received Jake's pass and then advanced to the back of the court on the left when the defense came to press him, Okulaja moved to Carter inside, Carter managed to get rid of the player who was marking him and advanced into the inner area.
The way he advanced had two players from the Maryland Terrapins team and his fellow attackers Jamison and Zwikker were well marked in this defensive formation on the Maryland Terrapins team, so Carter moved to Jake who was off the three-point line.
Jake received the ball and easily got rid of the player who was scoring him and tried the shot from outside to score 3 points for team Tar Heels, the defense of Maryland Terrapins did the right thing, but using the individual skill of the players Jake managed to make 3 more points and increase the lead on the scoreboard to 5 points.
"What a great move from Team Tar Heels this time, after getting a rebound even with the Maryland Terrapins defense well assembled they managed to find a space to make the 3 points.
"This is Jake's 4-point three-play in this 5-game game, he's been getting a good average of hits in the last games and this game is clearly better."
"Jake has confidence in his three-point play, we can clearly see that he only shoots off when he is sure he has a chance to hit, not to mention that he trusts his teammates to catch the rebound if he misses."
It was just as the commentators said, Jake firing only when he thought he could get it right and he could always firing with confidence when he knew his teammates could get the rebound.
In the game against Wake Forest, he had no such confidence because he knew that Duncan could end up catching rebounds, yet he ended up not missing so many three-point moves in that game.
After a few more moves Jake got a steal in anticipation of the opposing team pass, he used his speed to advance to the attacking court but had two players on the Maryland Terrapins defensive court reacting in time and Jake had to wait for his teammates.
Luckily Jamison and Carter were quick and the fast play turned a three on three attacks, this was a chance to increase the lead to 7 points and Jake didn't want to miss this opportunity.
So Jake ran farther to the right where Jamison was attacking and near the three-point line he seemed to make the pass for Jamison, the opponents also thought the pass would go to Jamison and shifted the defensive to the right.
At the last moment, Jake made his move unique that he created 'elastic pass' and with his fingertips changed the direction of the pass to Carter, this move took everyone by surprise and Carter almost let the ball slip out of his hands.
Luckily he recovered quickly and finished the game with a dunk to make 2 points for the Tar Heels team, the game was 15 minutes into the second half and 7 points ahead Tar Heels practically secured the victory.
"Another incredible move from Team Tar Heels, Jake started with a steal and advanced with speed, he was smart to wait for his teammates to appear to continue the attack."
"So he tricked his opponent with a different play and Carter got the free pass to make the 2 points."
"What an amazing move from Jake, let's see in the replay… see what an interesting move, he totally fooled his opponents and even his teammates, his whole move was to pass the ball to Jamison, even though his body was adjusting from that way to give the pass."
"But in the end with his fingertips, he managed to change the trajectory of the pass for Carter to receive the ball, Carter was surprised by that and almost lost the play."
"I don't know if I've ever seen a similar move in basketball before, but I'm sure no one can do something like that at speed and fooling opponents even with body movements."
After another 2 minutes, Coach Smith still decided to take Jake out at the end of the second half, yet Jake was applauded by the crowd at Dean Smith Center, clearly Jake was responsible for that win.
Jake played in this second half for 18 minutes and scored 22 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals, so he practically guaranteed the team's victory in this tough game, Jake knew this more than anyone else because in his past life his team I had lost.
The game ended with Tar Heels winning at home by 88 points against 83 points for Maryland Terrapins, it was the first game Jake could change the result he had seen in his past life and knew he could continue to do so and secure the win at the NCAA tournament.
Coach Smith was very happy to win but was upset when he admitted that Jake was right, without him in this game they would have lost again and maybe after a two-game losing streak the team would get discouraged and lose the next game as Jake said.
Even though he was proud he was not stupid, he realized that Jake was right and not arrogant and had to accept it and let Jake play again, originally he thought of leaving Jake out of the team just for a few minutes in the wake forest match as punishment because Jake was late for training.
Coach Smith coached basketball teams for many years and coached the team that had Michael Jordan playing too, he knew that sometimes there were some great players who did different and special things without being arrogant and he had to accept that Jake was a genius like this.
After the game Jake celebrated with his friends who had gone to watch the game in person, Jake saw them when they were in the break from the first to the second half, everyone was happy to see the Tar Heels team winning this game and Jake being happy about it.
After Jake called his mother who was very happy when she watched Jake win in the restaurant, she said on the phone that the team only won because Jake played longer in this game and if Jake had played so long in the last game they would have won again.
Jake did not know what to answer because he himself did not know if the outcome of the game would be different if he were playing, he knew that they would have lost with fewer points, but did not know if he could have changed the outcome of the entire game.
He could know if it would be any different the next time they faced the Wake Forest team, so Jake went to rest happily after winning this game over.
The next day he did his daily training with Zack as he did every day and later went to basketball team training, everyone was very happy to have won this game and seemed to accept that Jake was really a special player.
Some still wondered if Jake was the best player on the team because they still had Carter and Jamison who played very well in different positions, but how PG Jake was certainly the best player with his assists and how he controlled the game.
None of the coaches came to talk to Jake in training and it seemed like they wanted to forget about the subject that Jake talked to Coach Guthridge, Jake really wanted to forget it and was happy that Coach Guthridge didn't seem to be mad at him anymore.
Jake respected Coach Smith a lot, but he cared more about what Coach Guthridge thought because Coach Guthridge was the one who brought him to the team and he was the head coach next year.
The team had to focus on the next game because they had lost from what Jake remembered in his past life, he thought it was because they lost two games in a row, but there could be another reason he didn't know, so it was better to train harder for them change the outcome of this game too.
So this week besides training Jake did nothing different, some asked about the move Jake had made in the last game 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 game as a visitor, it was the third game of Regular Season and they had a win and a defeat, it was better to win this game and not lose more to get a good NCAA tournament ranking.
After a few hours, they arrived and went to do the pre-game warm-up exercises, just as the previous game Jake would still start on the bench, but no one doubted that he would still come in during the game 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 game where Jake remembered 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 some three-point plays, that was if he had enough time on the court that would depend on Coach Smith's strategy.
After a few hours, both teams were ready for the game, 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 game, Coach Smith and Coach Guthridge were apprehensive because of Jake's advice before the game, they hoped this could be an easy game, but it was better to be careful and not underestimate the opponent.
That's why Coach Smith said several times in training for players to stay focused on this game, as Jake was also very serious in training the other players also began to feel an unknown pressure.
The Virginia Cavaliers team came with the team formed by Harold Deane as PG, Courtney Alexander as SG, Jamal Robinson in SF position, Norman Nolan in PF position and Colin Ducharme playing as Center.
In the early minutes of this game, 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 games 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 became even more cautious and just did as in training, this continued until almost 7 minutes from the first half.
"We're seeing an unexpected game here at University Hall today, the Virginia Cavaliers team has had a shaky season with some great games 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 game, so we have an even game 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 game that way."
"Maybe if the Tar Heels players did as in other games, 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 time in this part of the game."
Just as the commentators said Coach Smith was aware of what was happening on the court right now, he wondered what this game would be like if it wasn't for Jake telling Coach Guthridge that.
They would probably have two losses in two Regular Season games and players would be very agitated thinking about winning the first game against a weak team like Virginia Cavaliers and losing the game.
So after 7 minutes of the first half, he decided it was finally time to put Jake on the court, Williams left after scoring 4 points and having a normal game and didn't care because he would probably take Carter's place again.
Jake was analyzing the game and the opponent while on the bench and saw that Virginia Cavaliers had no special strategy for that game, only that in this game 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 game 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 game.
After a few moves, Zwikker caught a defensive rebound and then passed the ball to Jake to set up the counterattack, Jake this time 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 game Jake played for 13 minutes and scored 12 points, 5 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals, it was a great game 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 game, 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 came in before the first half."
"True, it was a well-balanced game played between the two teams until Jake came 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 game and we'll see if the home team can react to that game."
"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 game."
Coach Smith naturally realized how important Jake was in this game and didn't think for a moment 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 time 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 time 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 James' 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 game that requires a lot of the player's knee and requires a lot of strength in addition to agility."
"I'm sure the home audience loved the play as well as the people who came to watch the game here in Charlottesville, Virginia while cheering for the Virginia Cavaliers team are standing up for this amazing move."Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.
After this move while Jake was praised the game continued, after a few more moves Jake caught a defensive rebound and after making the move went to Jamison who came in alone to score 2 points for the Tar Heels team.
Just when the game 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 game, seeing that Coach Smith decided that while Jake was playing well and not behaving badly he would keep playing.