bhwS

by Cr0w0019

this is a fanfic of a bhwS book i read with a little bit of things edited to make it better

26. Chapter 26

College Basketball Season Begins

Luckily the first game of this season would be at the Dean Smith Center in North Carolina, playing at home was much easier for the Tar Heels team who were the current champions to have more confidence to win the game with the full support of the fans.

Before long both teams were ready to start the game, the opposing team for this start of the season was the team Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders, was a good team that had been having a good season for the last two years and this year too would have, Jake remembered.

The Tar Heels team had played against this team last season and easily won, making the players of the Middle Tennessee team nervous before this game, especially since the Tar Heels team won the NCAA title last season.

On the other hand, the players and fans of the Tar Heels team were nervous because they had a responsibility to play well this season because they are the current NCAA title team, especially because coach Dean Smith had retired.

Only Jake was cool because from what he knew of his past life the Tar Heels team would play very well this season even if he wasn't on the team, with him on the team would be just better.

So soon the game started and the Tar Heels team got the ball, this was the first game with the Tar Heels team testing the new formation with no Center in the starting team, the starting team was Antawn Jamison, Vince Carter, Shammond Williams, Ademola Okulaja and Jake Smith.

It was a very offensive team even without Coach Guthridge daring to put Ed Cota in place of Ademola Okulaja, in that first game Coach Guthridge preferred a more balanced team defensively and offensively.

Jake and Jamison would be primarily responsible for the team's rebounds in attack and defense, so Coach Guthridge hoped to see how the team would do this way and he was relying on Jake and the other players to bring victory to the team.

"Welcome to everyone watching at home, this is the first game of these two teams in this 1997-98 college basketball season."

"The Middle Tennessee team has had good seasons in recent years, but they haven't achieved anything at the end of those seasons, while the Tar Heels team won the ACC tournament and NCAA tournament last season and is the favorite to win this game today."

"Of course, the Tar Heels team is the favorite to win today's game and maybe win this year's NCAA tournament again at the end of the season, but with the departure of coach Smith from the team many think that the Tar Heels team will not play as before."

"But the team still has the same players from last season just missing the athlete Serge Zwikker who graduated this year, and the team Tar Heels has Jake Smith who is arguably the best college player today."

"Sure, there may even be players who perform better in other positions and that's why it's hard to argue who is better, but Jake is a PG who practically plays SG and scores a lot and also makes a lot of passes."

"Jake is also great at rebounds and steals which is something that basketball is missing a lot these days, plus he has broken several records last season for players from other positions as well, so he's the most complete player."

While the commentators were talking about how Jake was the best college player, Jake was making the first Tar Heels team attack of the season, he advanced with the ball and after midfield passed the ball to Shammond Williams.

Williams was playing as second PG or second SG in that lineup, depending on the situation of the game, so Jamison would have to come back less to get the passes and could concentrate on trying to score or catch the offensive rebound.

Williams passed the ball to Carter from the left that advanced and paused holding the ball, Carter tried the trick, but the opponent was not fooled, so Carter passed the ball to Jake who was behind.

Jake received the ball and with speed got rid of the opponent's defense and advanced to the painted area, when another defender player arrived Jake made an unexpected pass to Okulaja that was still marked.

Okulaja had already trained with Jake several times and hoped for it and could easily pass and tried the layup making the first 2 points for team Tar Heels, Jake's assistance was unexpected because when he took out another defender Jamison who was the best offensive player of the team was left without defense.

The Middle Tennessee team didn't break down and soon went into the attack to equalize the game quickly, Jake quickly returned to defense and stayed after the defensive three-point line, PG opponent Richard Duncan refused to try anything against Jake and passed the ball to Freddie Martinez on the right.

Freddie Martinez was being defended by Vince Carter who was focused on defense, Martinez tried to pass Carter and when he saw that he could not pass to Aylton Tesch who was the best offensive player of this team on the left.

Tesch managed to easily pass Williams and advanced to make the mid-range shot to make 2 points and tie this game, in the beginning, this game was well balanced because the two teams were still without pace.

But after 7 minutes of the first quarter, Jake began to make more attacks and the game balance was over, in 5 minutes Jake made 3 shots of 3 points and hit the 3 and so after the Middle Tennessee team missed a play the advantage was of 6 points for the team Tar Heels.

Jake knew that after these more than 7 months of rest he had greatly improved on the three-point shots because of the increased statistic he had and much training in those months.

But Jake thought he had improved his basketball skills even more overall because he didn't have much to improve on his three-point shots and his other skills that still need to improve a lot for Jake to play well in the NBA.

After that, the Tar Heels team players were able to calm down more and the main players like Jamison and Carter began to hit more and more moves and the team's attack improved even more.

After the end of the first quarter, Tar Heels team had a big lead and Jake had played for every 20 minutes and had 15 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals, Jake was playing very well but still didn't think that it was good enough.

"What a great first quarter for Team Tar Heels in this game, the game was balanced until Jake started trying his three-point shots and since then Team Tar Heels has gained the advantage."

"It's true, Jake shows in this game how he showed last season how the moves if three points that many years ago didn't even exist in college basketball became important to change the direction of a game."

"A good player on the three-point line can in a good game give his team up to 6 points more than normal 2-point play, and Jake who has the best hit averages can change the course of a game in a few minutes as you did in that game."

"That's right, the Tar Heels team is in a moment of adaptation early this season playing without Coach Smith in charge and trying to play without a Center on the team which affects both offensively and defensively."

"True, I think Coach Guthridge decided to do that because he doesn't have a lot of options for players playing as Center and the Tar Heels team also has great players that allow him to make that change."

"Now we will have to follow up on this game and the next games if the Tar Heels team can keep winning by playing like that."

In the second quarter, the advantageous Tar Heels team could play quietly as always while still being very strong offensively and the Middle Tennessee players were more nervous to try to win the first game of this season.

Jake kept attacking as well as ever and was slowly catching up and trying to get more steals, so he wasn't playing the same games as last season, but in a few games, Jake thought he would play even better than before.

Meanwhile the Middle Tennessee players began to feel more tired at the end of the second quarter, clearly, the fitness of the Tar Heels team players was better than Middle Tennessee.

Jake was not even feeling tired with more than 30 minutes of play, and with this difference in the physical condition, the Tar Heels team players increased their lead further.

So after a few minutes, the game was over and the Tar Heels team had easily won by making 93 points against only 51 points from the Middle Tennessee team, in that second quarter, Jake played for 20 minutes and scored 18 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and 4 steals.

"And today's game ends with the Tar Heels team winning as expected with a comfortable win, a great start for the Tar Heels team who needed that win to bring confidence to the team with a new coach."

"Okay, a great start for the Tar Heels team who is the current NCAA tournament champion, but today's game was not ideal yet and Jake was the one who led the team to victory, the Tar Heels team just won with all this advantage because the physical condition of the players was better than the players of the Middle Tennessee team."

"Let's see if the Tar Heels team continues to delight us in the games with this amazing team and amazing winning streak with this new coach."

After the game was over everyone celebrated and Jake also celebrated after returning to his dorm with his friends, Jake also called his mother who said she watched the game and was very happy.

After that first win, Jake could feel that the mood at the Tar Heels team training was much better, the players were still nervous about Coach Dean Smith leaving, and they were worried about what it would be like to play with Coach Bill Guthridge leading the team.

But after this first win the players realized that everything was as it was before, Jake thought that if the team continued to win the players would be more comfortable and play even better.

After this first game, the very competent coach Guthridge realized the mistakes the team made with the lack of a player in the Center position and used the next few days of training to correct it.

One good thing that everyone noticed in this game was that the physical condition of the Tar Heels team players was very good, not many teams would have the players so well prepared for the new season.

By those days Jake and his roommates were already adjusting to the university routine again, Jake was very happy because it looked like Aaron had been able to join the football team again.

Unlike basketball, the College football season started in August and ended in December, so Aaron could just start playing for the team and officially enter next season.

Even though Jake was happy for his friend who could still play third and fourth year on the university football team, Jake had heard that Aaron was really very talented in football and just before the start of season one he got hurt which annoyed the university that took his sports bag.

But Aaron's dedication to fully recovering from his injury and continuing to college even without his sports scholarship and still being able to recover his best condition in a year left the team coach moved and so he sent Aaron back to the team.

Now Aaron would keep striving and training alone until the team resumed normal training after this season was over, he couldn't go back to training now because the season was almost over and that could affect the rest of the team in some way.

This made Jake very happy for his friend who might now have an opportunity perhaps someday to play in the NFL by playing two seasons on the college football team, of course, Jake knew this was very difficult to happen, but it was possible.

William was also struggling hard in class, and in the past two semesters he had good grades with Jake's help and his effort, Jake believed that if William kept striving this way and had opportunities he could make a lot of money working on stocks.

Jake just thought it was a pity that William had no interest in working in companies, otherwise Jake would even give him an opportunity, after all, Jake didn't need anyone to work on stocks with him, after all, he only invested when he knew the stock could have an excellent result.

Who Jake was betting for after college was Haruto he met at a lecture late last semester, Haruto was very smart and hardworking and was looking for a job after finishing college.

Besides, he was a big fan of Jake because he is a basketball player and also working as an actor, so Jake hoped he could work with Haruto after college.

They also became more friends and even went out to dinner sometimes when Jake couldn't be with his roommates, Haruto was studying a course related to Jake's and was in a year longer at university.

Zack still continued training with Jake every day and now had more calm and confidence to do the daily training, he ran 25 km every day and would continue to do so until again to the 30 km every day.

He was happy too because women were more interested in himself than Zack being very handsome after he got in great shape by running so much with Jake, so all was well with all of Jake's friends at the university.

Jake also continued his alternating training on one day running the 50 km at the fastest pace he was used to and on another day running the 10,000 meters 3 times with a time that was comfortable for Jake.

Coach Davis knew that Jake was able to improve his running pace in these two workouts, but he was concerned that Jake's body would not be able to withstand a more intense training routine.

Coach Davis did not know that Jake had a system-enhanced body and thought it was unnecessary to force more on training since Jake was already able to easily win marathons today and was not even competing in the 10,000 meters.

So next year's vacation after the end of the basketball season Coach Davis could calmly consider whether Jake was able to improve much more and support the new, more intensive training routine.

Jake didn't know what Coach Davis was thinking, but he agreed that it was no hurry to improve his training further before he received the Tokyo Marathon reward next year.

So after a few more days of training came the day of Team Tar Heels's second game of the season, Team Tar Heels would have to travel that day to play a game as a visitor, yet everyone was excited after the first game.

After a few hours, both teams were ready to start the game, the opposing team in this second game was the Richmond Spiders team, it was another team that the Tar Heels team had faced last season even though it was another conference and easily won the game too.

Jake also remembered that the Richmond Spiders team had almost the same team as last season and yet had a very good season this year just putting the reserve players from the previous year to play.

Jake remembered that very well because he found it all the more interesting because these reserve players weren't all freshmen last season and just weren't put in because the coach decided to put the senior players on the team.

"We are going to follow Tar Heels' team second game this season today, after winning the first game everyone still wants to see how the Tar Heels team will play in the second game."

"It's true, surely the Tar Heels team is being watched the most this season because it's a very strong team that has been in the NCAA tournament almost every year and even won the NCAA title last year."

"And this season this team gets even more attention because they are without coach Dean Smith and there is still Jake Smith who is the best college player today."

"That's right, and from what we saw in this first game in addition to the different formation the team is playing the same way with Jake controlling the creative part of the team and helping out on points and defense and Jamison and Carter playing very well too."

"We can say that the team is playing almost the same way because Coach Guthridge who took over the team this season has been Coach Dean Smith's assistant coach for all these years."

In this game from the start, the Tar Heels team wanted to press into the attack to take advantage and make the Richmond Spiders team more nervous, and with Jake, Williams, Jamison, and Carter the team could easily do that.

Jake advanced with the ball past the middle of the court and passed Carter on the left, Carter advanced quickly and stopped the ball before the three-point line, Carter got the feint and got rid of the defender and advanced to the painted area.

Another defender followed and Carter passed the ball to Jamison who was in front, Jamison held the ball and when the defense approached he passed to Jake who was in the middle, Jake faked the mid-range shot and managed to fool the opponent and drive to the basket to make 2 points with a dunk.

Since Jake was known for his ability to do three-point and mid-range shots, he was more likely to go to the painted area and do the dunk or layup, and even if he didn't get the feint he could use his speed to pass by the defenders and make the points for the team Tar Heels.

After scoring the first points, Team Tar Heels stood firm in defense to prevent Team Richmond Spiders from attacking freely and making points, yet Team Richmond Spiders managed to score points with difficulty.

But the game continued at this pace until the 10th minute of the first quarter, with pressure from Team Tar Heels and players from Team Richmond Spiders failing to stop Jake from scoring and assists Team He He got a 10-point lead and then decreased the offensive intensity in the game.

"What a strong start for the Tar Heels team in this game, almost 10 minutes of intense offensive intensity from the players and with a team with talented players like the Tar Heels team they got 10 points in the middle of the first quarter."

"Not only is there strong pressure on the attack, the Team Tar Heels also put a lot of pressure on the defense and thus forced Team Richmond Spiders to miss more plays and rebounds were controlled by Team Tar Heels with Jamison and Jake."

"Jake also got 2 steals in those 10 minutes and the Tar Heels team missed a lot less in those early minutes giving them that advantage."

By the end of the first quarter, Team Tar Heels still managed to increase their lead even further on the scoreboard, even if Team Richmond Spiders didn't get too nervous, they still missed more than Team Tar Heels who were quiet with the lead.

In the first quarter of the game the team Tar Heels played very well and had a good lead, Jake played for every 20 minutes in that first quarter and scored 17 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and 4 steals, Jake was not able to catch many rebounds because he wasn't used to doing that in games yet, and because Jamison was taking a lot more rebounds than he was.

In the second quarter the team Tar Heels still played calmly and seemed to be in no hurry and still continued to hit offensive plays and Jake and Williams sometimes hit three points shots and so the advantage just increased.

The Richmond Spiders players seemed a lot more nervous being behind the score with such a big difference, so the Richmond Spiders started to look forward to making more rapid attacks and at that point, the Tar Heels team also increased the pressure on the defense.

As the second quarter passed, the other reason for the Tar Heels team to make that offensive 10-minute pressure began to appear was because of the physical condition of the players, the physical condition of the Tar Heels team players was better and so after that pressure the players could still hold on until the end of the game.

But the Richmond Spiders players could not stand all the excitement at the beginning of the game and still had energy until the end of the game, and the Richmond Spiders team had to press even more into the attack to diminish the advantage that the Tar Heels team had and try to win the game.

Thus at the end of the second quarter of the game, the players of the Richmond Spiders team started to get tired and the coach had to put in some substitutes and the team Tar Heels took the opportunity to attack further at the end of the game.

Jake and Williams attacked before the three-point line, and Jake always assisted Jamison and Carter to score points from the painted area, Okulaja was also always available to assist in attacking moves.

Even though Shammond Williams did not have a hit average as high as Jake on the three-point shots, he still had more than 40 percent hit on the three-point shots, while the Jake drawing the attention of the other teams' defense was even higher.

Thus the game ended with the Tar Heels team winning 91 points against 60 points of the Richmond Spiders team, in this second quarter Jake played for 20 minutes made 15 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals.

"A great game for the Tar Heels team who once again played with the same formation as the first game and could win again, it looks like we can see the Tar Heels team this season winning just as they did last season."

"Undoubtedly, all players on this team are very talented and could play in the NBA in the future or in basketball leagues around the world, with Jake being a distinguished player that team is certainly strong enough to win the NCAA tournament this year."

"I think so too, Coach Bill Guthridge seems to be running this team very well having worked for many years with Coach Dean Smith, and he managed to put some of his coaching styles on that team and even changed the lineup, now we hope to see this team will continue to delight us all."

"Jake played very well in this game as did Williams and Jamison too, if it goes on like this I see that the Tar Heels team will be the team that makes the most points this season as it was last season."

With this victory in an away match the team players got even more confident, Jake was playing well as always and Jamison looked even better this year, with the whole team playing the sports media well and fans expected the Tar Heels team could be champion again.

The families of the players who were caught off guard when Coach Dean Smith retired also calmed down realizing that Coach Guthridge also had quality just as Coach Smith had.

So Coach Guthridge finally had a calmer environment to work with and prepare players for this long game season, after this third game physical condition would no longer be a problem for any team so the Tar Heels team would only depend on their ability to win the games.

Jake intended to try more three-point shots this season and thus score more points in the games, but with Shammond Williams joining the starting team and with him playing longer, Jake had to give up on that idea for now.

He already intended to maintain the good rebound average he had last season and wanted to try to get more blocks and steals, so now he could think of further improving his assist average this season.

As he thought of joining the NBA after this season he knew he couldn't break his scoring and assisting records, but he could further improve his average and break his steal record in his entire college career at least.

The most important thing for him was to win the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament, Jake was confident that the team could do it and would try his best to do it, Jake knew the team was capable of it and he could just play even better to try it get.

After a few more days of training, the day of the third game of the season arrived, this third game was back home at the Dean Smith Center so the Tar Heels team fans came to watch the team play again.

After winning in the first two games the crowd began to get used to coach Guthridge and were excited again that the team continued to win many games this year as well.

In a few hours, both teams were ready for the game, the opponent in that game was the California Golden Bears team, it was a team that the Tar Heels team faced last season in the NCAA tournament and won.

Even though this team had a great performance last season, this season the California Golden Bears team would not play that well and have a bad performance for the fans.

In the first quarter, the team Tar Heels was playing with Jake still controlling the pace of the game, although in the last game they put offensive pressure since the beginning of the game was because of the opponent's physical condition.

But as it was still early in the season the players were still getting used to the pace of the game and could not yet play their full skill so Jake played calmly for the Tar Heels team to have more control of the game.

They were lucky so far not to face any Center on the opposing team that was too strong offensively, yet without a Center, they could defend well, after all, one of the strengths of that team with Jake was the defensive part as well as the offensive part.

By the end of the first quarter, the Tar Heels team was winning by a good lead, but it wasn't quite like in the last games, Jake had played for every 20 minutes and had scored 14 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals.

As the team was playing at a slower pace the players were not getting many points, but the opponent also had difficulty scoring points, and not all players were doing well in this game which made it even more difficult.

In the second quarter, the two teams continued this slow pace of play, the California Golden Bears team even losing did not despair and tried to press hard in the attack, so they posed no danger to the defense of team Tar Heels, but also gave no chances of receive counterattacks from the Tar Heels team.

Jake also only sought victory in this game to increase player confidence and knew how to control the entire team by setting up the game, so the game ended with the Tar Heels team winning by 83 points against just 40 points from the California Golden Bears team.

It was a great win for the Tar Heels team with more points in the scoreboard than in the last game, and even not trying so many exciting moves for the fans was still a victory for the Tar Heels team which made everyone happy.

Jake controlled the team well and even though the team did not have many opportunities to score points he was still the best player of the team, in this second quarter he played for 20 minutes and made 13 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals.

Jake came home and celebrated with his roommates as he did after every game and called his mom to talk about the win, Jake was happy with how this new season was going for him.

This time he was playing in every game the 40 minutes and having more opportunities to score points and lead the team to victory, he was also very relaxed with the team playing as well as he thought they would play.

Jake was also doing daily workouts with Zack and even though he didn't feel he was getting as much better as before he still felt good running every day, after earning so many resistance points he no longer got tired of those workouts.

With everything going so well Jake was wondering what next season would be if he really went to the NBA, next year would be very hectic for him with the recording of the movie he had, the games of the season and the tournaments to play.

Besides, he could still have the draft to join some NBA team, with his NBA debut season he could even imagine how things would be hectic, fortunately, next year with the marathons would be much quieter.

For now Jake was only thinking of running two marathons next year and only in 1999 with World Championships in Athletics would be more hectic for him, Jake wanted to run more marathons, but figured that if he entered the NBA he would have to take time to adapt before to be able to participate in more marathons.

If Jake were really going to join the NBA he would have to talk well with his mother too, Jake would have to move to the city where his team would play and would have to travel all year round in several different cities to play in the season.

So Jake figured Eva wouldn't live in the city where he would live and would continue to take care of the restaurant that was what she always wanted, Jake wanted to see his mother happy and after that first year at university Jake was no longer worried about Eva getting depressed without him around and he also thought his mother was living well without him around.

But there was a possibility that Eva might want to move to live in the same city where Jake lived, Jake could imagine that happening and so he knew he would have to talk to her about it before deciding.

Sometimes Jake also thought of Kate and what she looked like after they met last time, even though he wasn't sure what it was he had to admit that he thought of her whenever he had no concern.

Especially after he knew that in fact, Kate had thought of him too when they were apart, as she had thought of him after meeting only once even Jake understood that she felt something for him.

The truth was, Jake had often thought of looking for Kate to talk to her after the last time they met, but as someone who lived on the internet and smartphones, Jake knew how gossip could end an artist's career.

So he could just hope she really liked him as he thought and call him when she was prepared to deal with the media and the fans if that didn't happen Jake could only regret it.

But after the system said that Kate would actually have died if she didn't know him, Jake always thought that somehow the fate that sent him back in time was helping him to have a good wife that was one of his dreams when he would die in the past life.

Jake was also thinking that he would have to prepare for the next few years in business, maybe he would have to interfere with Amazon to help Jeff Bezos as he approached the 2000s.

Jake also had to prepare the money to make a few more investments in the coming years that could make him even richer if he could, the smartphone project and touch and multi-touch technologies would probably be completed next year.

Jake would then have to fight to get as many patents as he could on this prototype to earn much more in the smartphone era, he would also have to start developing the Android operating system as soon as he could.

He would also have to try to help Matthew prepare to move from one of the world's largest digital camera companies to technology providers for smartphone and notebook companies around the world.

On top of that, he would have to prepare and find the best dates and ways to sell all his and his investment firm's stock before the bubble burst in the stock market, so only he and investors could make the most out of it.

He already had a great company that Emily hired a lot of specialists to buy and sell the stock, these specialists all these years just managed the stock and did almost nothing, but when the time came every year that Jake paid them it would be worth if he could sell all the stock.

It showed how Jake's coming years would be hectic, he would have to work on billions of dollars and be careful not to lose everything while playing basketball and running without neglecting his personal life.

Beyond all this after 2000 or perhaps even earlier, his fortune would surely be revealed and discovered by trade magazines like Forbes, while Jake was clever and used the names of Matthew, Oliver, his mother, and Emily to undiscovered, but after 2000 it will be impossible to hide it.

Once this has happened his already hectic life will be fully exposed in the media and perhaps he will become one of America's best-known people after the movie The Matrix was released.

No one close to Jake knew or even imagined that something like this would be possible in the future, so Jake just wasn't stressed about it all because it was good for him and lately everything was working out in his life.

He was even excited for all this to happen because it would be proof that everything was going the way he wanted in his past life, even if he didn't join the NBA next year he sure could in the next few years.

After a few more days of training came the day of the next game for the Tar Heels team, this was the first game they considered really difficult, in the last game everyone expected a difficult challenge, but the opponent did not make a good game.

But the team they would face in this game was the UCLA team that was one of the biggest winners of the NCAA tournament, so it was a team always respected by all College basketball teams.

So Coach Guthridge prepared more and the players trained more willingly this week, Jake knew that in his past life the Tar Heels team would win this game easily, but not even he relaxed in training and was also nervous about this game.

Another thing that bothered players was that in the next 3 games they would play in a different 4-quarters format than they were used to, 4 quarters of 10 minutes each.

Jake hoped to play the best he could as well as the other players, after several games last season Jake had more confidence from coach Guthridge and therefore suggested that in this next game Shammond Williams would not play and coach put Makhtar N'Diaye to play.

Jake remembered that Williams would not be playing well in this game and Makhtar N'Diaye would be very well, Coach Guthridge thought it was because the UCLA team had an excellent Center that was Jelani McCoy and so agreed.

Jake didn't correct the coach because he got what he wanted because Jelani McCoy wouldn't even be playing this game, after a couple of hours both teams were ready for this game, both teams had to travel to this game so the fans were the same for both sides.

"Today we will follow another game that promises to be exciting between these two teams, the UCLA team is the biggest winner of the NCAA tournament and has a glorious history."

"The Tar Heels team also has a great history, but it is only after coach Dean Smith has been in charge of the team for many years that the titles have come in recent years, and it is one of the best teams today."

"That's right, the UCLA team has a big draw in this game because this is just their first game this season and the Tar Heels team already comes from 3 wins and gets more confident in that game."

"In addition, the Tar Heels team has Jake Smith who has always been performing well since he started playing and is currently the best college player."

The game started with both teams studying and being careful, Jake controlled the pace of the game and did not let the opposing PG attack when he was in defense, with N'Diaye playing as Center the team defense was much more stable.

From the history of the UCLA team, the Tar Heels team players were being careful in attack and putting a lot of effort into defense, as a result of this first quarter, the Tar Heels team got a slight advantage after Jake made a steal and the team got some offensive rebounds and Defensive.

Jake was still studying the pace of the game and so only made a three-point move and was making more plays with mid-range shots and layups, he was also counting on Jamison and Carter who were playing very well and thus making more assists.

By the end of the first quarter, the Tar Heels team was winning by a 7-point lead, which left the players excited to play even better in the second quarter to try to secure a win in the first half of the game.

"Great first time for the Tar Heels team, in a tough game like this with the two teams balanced the defense of the Tar Heels team that decided to put N'Diaye in Williams position got a lot better and that was what guaranteed this 7 point advantage to the Tar Heels team."

"Jamison and Carter were also playing well in this game and Jake seemed to be studying his opponents more, so in this second quarter when he starts trying more three-point plays we will see how the UCLA team will react."

In that first quarter, Jake had played for 10 minutes and had only scored 7 points, with 3 assists, 1 rebound, and 2 steals, which is what he always did in the first 10 minutes of his college time, at least against opponents who he found it more difficult.

In the second quarter the team Tar Heels was excited about the advantage and thus attacked much more so the players could see the fragility of the UCLA defense in this game in a few minutes with Jake scoring 6 points and an assist, the defense of the team Tar Heels was also able to nullify part of the attacks of the opposing team.

This gave more confidence to the Tar Heels team who attacked harder and put more pressure on the defense, so by the end of the second quarter the Tar Heels team was already winning by 31 points and that was only the first half of the game.

Jake played for another 10 minutes in this second quarter and can score 16 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds, and 3 steals, Jake took advantage of the space he got in the attack and landed 4 shots of three points in this second quarter.

"What an incredible second quarter for the Tar Heels team, they came more focused and missed no attacks and the players seemed to be inspired, Jake scored an incredible 16 points in those 10 minutes."

"Scoring 16 points even in an entire game would be a good result for any player and Jake did it in just one quarter, it already shows how he plays differently from the others."

"True, but even with Jake scoring so many points Jamison, Carter, Okulaja, and N'Diaye also scored a few points, it shows the strength of the Tar Heels team this season under coach Guthridge."

"On the other hand the UCLA team had a second-quarter far worse than their first quarter, the players didn't have the ability to beat the defense of team Tar Heels and scored a few points in that quarter and were still very poor in defense."

"That's right, we see the coach fighting with the players for having such a bad performance, but with 31 points on the scoreboard I see nothing more than the UCLA team can do in this game."

While Coach Steve Lavin fought with the UCLA players, Coach Guthridge praised the great game the Tar Heels team players were having that day, everyone was playing well and focused throughout the game.

Coach Guthridge could see how the players he had could have a great future in the NBA or other professional basketball leagues, and he was lucky to coach those players in his first year as a coach after Coach Smith left.

In the third quarter the UCLA team returned to play much better, it seemed that coach Lavin's scolding worked, but the Tar Heels team players were really fine in this game and focused and did not give much space for the UCLA team to make the plays.

Jake kept trying the three-point shots and setting up the shots so that Jamison, Carter and the other players had more freedom to score, yet with the UCLA team playing well the Tar Heels team continued to increase the lead.

By the end of the third quarter, the Tar Heels team increased their lead even further and the UCLA players had already given up on winning that first game, Jake played for 10 minutes and scored 11 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, and 3 steals.

In the last quarter of this game, the UCLA team returned to play poorly because the players gave up on winning the game, but the Tar Heels team continued playing as in the other quarters of this game and performing very well.

Thus the Tar Heels team won the game to the great advantage and further showing the strength of this team for this season, the Tar Heels team won by 125 points against just 57 points from the UCLA team.

Jake played for 10 minutes in the last quarter and scored 12 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, 3 steals, this was Jake's first triple-double this season and the best team match of the season by Tar Heels team as well.

Such a victory further increased the confidence of the entire team and coach Guthridge and the fans, especially because they had won against a strong team like the UCLA team.

"What a great game for the Tar Heels team in this game, against a strong team like the UCLA team they managed to win with double the opposing team's score and great offensive and defensive performance as well as a great performance of all players."

"Antawn Jamison made a double-double on this one and Vince Carter also had a great offensive game, and Jake Smith was amazing in this game making his first triple-double this season scoring 46 points, it looks like we can see Jake winning all of the prizes again in this season."

"Undoubtedly, on the other side the UCLA team had a bad second quarter and fourth quarter, in the last quarter the players were discouraged because the game was already lost, but the second quarter was a complete inattention of the team."

"In the first quarter the UCLA team players played very well, and in the third quarter after the coach's scolding the team returned to play well, but the game was already lost after the bad second quarter."

"I think this game was an exception and the UCLA team will still have a great season, but the Tar Heels team play the same way since the first game of this season, it's the fourth straight win and it looks like we can see the team making a great season just as it was last year."

Jake and the other team players were very happy after this game, Jake celebrated again with his teammates, he also called Eva to talk to his mother as he always did after games

The team didn't have time to train and rest because the next day they had to play another game, they were in a kind of preseason tournament and so they played in four quarters and three days in a row at the Sullivan Arena in Alaska.

This second game would be against the Seton Hall team, which this year would not have a good season despite having some quality players, so the players of the Tar Heels team were not so excited to try hard.

Still, everyone was excited after the victory against the UCLA team in the last game and Jake also wanted to play well in that game, just as in the last game Coach Guthridge decided to leave Williams out of the team.

But in this game as Jake had said nothing, Coach Guthridge decided to let Ed Cota play in place of Shammond Williams to test a different starting lineup, Jake said nothing about it and just prepared for the game.

The truth was that Jake thought that with him playing as PG and setting up the plays and assists the team didn't need another player in that position, but it seemed that Coach Guthridge thought differently from him and so put Cota in this game.

In the first quarter of the game you could clearly see that the players didn't have the same excitement and concentration in the game, Carter didn't seem too excited to attack as much as in the last game and Okulaja was as usual.

Even so Jake, Jamison, and Cota were playing well in offense and defense and so the Seton Hall players were having difficulty making the moves, as Cota was in the team Jake left him to make some plays as the point guard and just made the assists teammates score points.

Everyone could see that clearly after all Ed Cota even though he was a great player didn't have that much quality to play in other positions and only had the best performance as SG, since Jake could play wherever he wanted on the court and not fall in quality.

It seemed that the quality of the gameplay was still the same, and Seton Hall's defense had a harder time defending against Jake and Cota who could assist Carter, Jamison or Okulaja at any moment, or they could just try to shoot from mid-range and the three-point shot.

Even though Team Seton Hall playing well in the first quarter Team Tar Heels still had the full advantage, Jamison still scored as many points as in the last game and even Cota was still hitting more mid-range moves.

Jake played for 10 minutes and made 9 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals, even though Jake was still playing as PG and doing some assists with Cota on the team he had fewer opportunities to make assists.

"What a good game we are following today, Team Seton Hall is working hard on defense and attack to beat Team Tar Heels, but players from Team are making a great game today as well."

"This change from Coach Guthridge made the Tar Heels team play differently than all games this season and last season took the Seton Hall team by surprise."

"It just shows how Coach Guthridge has more freedom to change the lineup without losing quality because that team has great players in both the start and reserve."

"This game also shows Jake's incredible adaptability sometimes playing as PG, sometimes as SG and sometimes as SF in this game without disturbing the players who are in that position and so Ed Cota who plays better as PG can do better than he can."

In the second quarter, the team Tar Heels continued to attack well and defended even better, while the team Seton Hall missed much as the team UCLA did in the last game and therefore the advantage of team Tar Heels only increased.

Unlike the last game, however, it was not unexpected that with Team Tar Heels putting more pressure on the defense Team Seton Hall missed more in this second quarter, Jake played for 10 minutes and scored 8 points, 2 assists, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals.

In the third quarter, Team Seton Hall returned to play better and Team Tar Heels kept attacking a lot but did not press the defense because they already had a lot of advantage in the scoreboard, with three games in three days Team Tar Heels could not overreact to not have players very tired or injured.

In the third quarter, Jake played for 10 minutes and scored 9 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 3 steals, even though he didn't score as many points and assists as in the last game Jake still focused on defense and got a lot of steals in all quarters.

From the last game Coach, Guthridge had this concern and so besides Jake, the players didn't play more than 30 minutes, Coach Guthridge already knew that at the beginning of the season Jake would have no problem playing three straight games all the time without getting tired.

In the last quarter, Team Tar Heels was still attacking with a will and not relaxing just because they had almost guaranteed victory, Seton Hall also did not relax in the last quarter and kept trying to play well despite knowing that they had already lost the game.

Tar Heels team won this match by scoring 105 points against 59 points for the Seton Hall team, in this last quarter Jake played for 10 minutes and scored 11 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound, and 3 steals, so Jake made the first double-double in this quarter. season.

After this victory, even slightly tired Tar Heels team players were still excited about the great start of the season, the next day would still have another game before returning to normal games of the season.

The great performance of the Tar Heels team this early season was receiving a lot of praise from the media and even coaches from other teams for Coach Guthridge and the team, some hoped that the Tar Heels team might not have a good season and these games were the answer.

Even though the whole team was happy about this great start to the season, many players were nervous because they didn't know if they could continue in Coach Guthridge's initial lineup this season.

Only Jake, Jamison and Carter have confirmed players on this starting team, Okulaja had a position in every game but knew that he could go out to N'Diaye to play anytime, Williams who thought the chance of him being a player in the initial formation had arrived almost did not play in these last games.

And Ed Cota who had almost given up hope of having more playing time got excited again after playing almost the entire last game, this was good for the team as players would not settle in and would train harder after those games to secure a seat on this team.

This was making Coach Guthridge happier and the whole team also because of this competition for team positions they kept winning, even though Jake, Jamison, and Carter who had the positions secured always struggled in every game for the best of the team.

After everyone rested for just one night the other day had the last game in a row that they had to play, the players were tired for that game because even though it was just the beginning of the season they still didn't have the ideal fitness they would have after Halfway through the season.

So in this game, Coach Guthridge had to rely on Jake to lead this team more than usual, before the game Jake told Coach Guthridge to put Williams back in the team and take Carter out to put N'Diaye in this game.

The coach trusted Jake's vision and decided to do so, all the more so because this game would be harder than the others because it faced another team that had great players and was doing well this season in a game where players were more tired.

After a few hours, both teams were ready to start this game, the opponent for Team Tar Heels in this game was the strong Purdue Boilermakers team, the Purdue team would have a great season as Jake remembered.

Last season of this team was not very good, but even with the same players with more experience this year's season would be much better for this team, one of the best players of this team was Brad Miller who played in several NBA teams and was very talented.

So Jake recommended that N'Diaye who could play as Center play in place of Carter who would play poorly in today's game so that they could strengthen the team's defense, Williams would play very well in that game and so had to go back to the team.

Jake was expecting a very difficult game and so wanted the team to be careful and to put pressure on the defense and to work hard on attack, but that was hard to ask when the players were tired.

That is why Williams, who was rested for almost not playing in the last games, would be important for the attack of the team Tar Heels and N'Diaye could help more in the defense, yet Jake remembered that in this game Brad Miller would be playing very well and that is why It would also help in defense.

"We're here to follow another College basketball game this season between Team Tar Heels and Team Purdue Boilermakers, which we hope is another easy win for Team Tar Heels as in the last 5 games."

"Sure enough, last season we saw the Tar Heels team win most games and lose only 2 games and end the season winning the NCAA tournament, and we have almost the same team with Jake who is the best player on that team."

"One of the only players that the Tar Heels team lost this season was an important player for the team and for the NCAA title conquest Center Serge Zwikker, in this game we will once again see how the Tar Heels team does without a quality Center to playing against the Brad Miller Purdue Boilermakers team."

"That's right, I'm sure Brad Miller will be very active in this game against the Tar Heels team precisely because the team is trying to play some games without a Center in defense and attack."

Coach Guthridge was also worried about this and thought that maybe N'Diaye couldn't stop a talented player like Miller in this game, but he agreed with Jake that N'Diaye was the best for this game.

In the first minutes of the first quarter the Purdue Boilermakers team started attacking, they did not hurry and attacked calmly to try to get the points, Jake was focused on defense and Jamison was also.

Only the most concentrated players were playing in this formation and everyone wants to win even if they did not think their opponent was strong, the Purdue Boilermakers team knew how to play well and the ball was passed to Miller who can make the 2 points even with the N'Diaye's defense.

Jake wanted to help N'Diaye, but could not simply abandon his position in defense, he would have to find the right opportunity to steal the ball in the other plays, Jake received the ball and went to attack to tie the game.

After passing through the middle of the court Jake passed the ball to Williams on the left, without Carter playing in this game Williams played as SG normally and the positions were better defined.

Williams advanced with the ball and then felt the pressure of the Purdue Boilermakers defense, Williams tried no further and pass the ball to Okulaja, Okulaja held the ball and then passed to Jake behind.

Jake saw that the Purdue Boilermakers team was trying to pressure the Tar Heels team attack and so started attacking himself, Jake made a feint and the opposing PG was not fooled but was shaken so Jake made the quick crossover and passed him.

Purdue Boilermakers PG managed to recover in defense because Jake was not so fast and Jake took the opportunity to step back and back off the three-point line to try an outside shot.

Jake got it right and scored 3 points for the Tar Heels team and so passed the lead, Purdue Boilermakers tried to attack again and with pressure from the defense of the Tar Heels team missed the attack, but Brad Miller caught the rebound and made 2 more points.

In another attacking move by the Tar Heels team, the ball went to Okulaja who missed the attack and Brad Miller caught the offensive rebound again, Jake realized he could count more on those attacks with Jamison, Williams and himself.

But Jamison and Williams were well defended in this first quarter and so Jake was having difficulty making assists, so he had to attack himself to get the Tar Heels team to finish that first-quarter upfront.

Thus at the end of the first quarter, Team Tar Heels ended up leading on the scoreboard with Jake scoring 9 points hitting three three-point shots in that first quarter as Purdue Boilermakers tried to press Jake with more players in defense Jake was assisting.

In that first quarter Jake played for 10 minutes and made 9 points, 1 assist, and 1 steal, it was a tough first quarter for the whole Tar Heels team, but Purdue Boilermakers also failed to attack easily.

Before the start of the second quarter coach Guthridge spoke briefly as the players, he spoke more to N'Diaye and Okulaja asking them to try to further upset the Purdue Boilermakers team's defense for Jamison and Williams to have more opportunities to make the plays.

Jake was playing very well and just needed the right opportunities to assist his teammates, coach Guthridge was also worried about Miller and asked N'Diaye to be more careful in defense.

In the second quarter, Jake had more pressure from the Purdue Boilermakers defense, but with the movement of the Tar Heels team players Jake had more options to assist, he preferred to move to Jamison and Williams, but he would move to Okulaja and N'Diaye if they are free to make the points.

So in the second quarter the game was more disputed and both teams attacked and defended with quality, Jake still found opportunities whenever he could to make the assists, but if not could create a chance to make the points.

In the second quarter, Miller was still fine and even though N'Diaye struggling was hard to defend against Miller that day, Jake could only find two opportunities and so made 2 steals to retrieve the ball and prevent Miller from scoring more points.

Williams and Jamison were much better in this second quarter as well and scored a lot of points that helped the Tar Heels team finish ahead in the second quarter as well, so Tar Heels team had a bigger lead, but Purdue Boilermakers still had a chance to look for them the victory.

"Good game so far for both teams, the Purdue Boilermakers team has been surprised by putting a lot of difficulty into the Tar Heels team to attack and playing very well so far with Brad Miller making a great game so far."

"But even with Jake playing very well as always and Jamison and Williams scoring several points in this second quarter, the team has a good lead before the third quarter."

"That's right, the Purdue Boilermakers team has been the toughest opponent for the Tar Heels team this season, they managed to stop the Tar Heels team's strong attack in the first quarter and so almost managed to finish the first quarter ahead on the scoreboard."

"But with Jake's great first half Tar Heels team ended up ahead in the first quarter, in the second quarter both teams attacked more and with N'Diaye and Okulaja bothering the defending opponent Tar Heels team can score more points."

"True, Miller is playing very well taking advantage of the defensive defenses of the Tar Heels team to score more points, but we have seen that against this very strong offensive team Tar Heels the best way to play against them is to defend."

"Almost every player in the Tar Heels team attack has to stop, so Jake can still score and the opposing team just has to score more points than Jake and win."

The commentator said this and everyone interpreted it as a joke, he said that the opposing team would have to focus completely on the defense and even then it would do no good because Jake would still score the points and besides focusing on the defense the attack would have to make more points than the opponent Jake who excels at three-point play and has an 80% average hit rate this season.

Of course, this was not true because if a team attacked very well without losing too many attacks they could still easily beat Team Tar Heels, which happens to be hard to find a team that can easily pass Jake and Jamison who was in the defense and make the points in almost every attack.

In the second quarter, Jake played for 10 minutes and scored 11 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals, a good second quarter of Jake that made it possible for the Tar Heels team to finish this quarter with even more advantage.

Even though it was a good advantage, it wasn't good enough for Team Tar Heels and it was too small to make Team Purdue Boilermakers discourage, players from Team Purdue Boilermakers were realizing that they could put pressure on Team Tar Heels in this game and that was leaving everyone animated.

Since they were losing the game, the Purdue Boilermakers team decided to attack with everything in this third quarter instead of just defending what they were thinking of doing, Miller was the focus of that team in the attack because the other players in the attack were having a hard time attacking.

After the first 2 quarter Jake already knew how the Purdue Boilermakers team attacked and was prepared to help N'Diaye further in defense to disrupt plays with Miller, the Tar Heels team also wanted to attack a lot in that last quarter to ensure victory.

Shammond Williams was playing well in the offense, but didn't seem to want to try too much of three points and had missed four shots that he tried, so Jamison had already scored a lot with Jake and Williams had not even scored 10 points by the end of the second quarter.

So Jake called him before the start of the third quarter and told Williams to try more three-point shots because he trusted him to win, which made Williams more excited to try.

In defense early in the third quarter, Purdue Boilermakers tried to make the attacking move and Jake managed to intercept the pass, he used his speed to run to the attack side of the court and the opponents could not keep up with him and Jake finished the play with a dunk.

With that, the Purdue Boilermakers team had to be more careful when attacking so that Jake did not intercept the passes, in another attacking move Jake went to Williams who was free to the left, but Williams was so excited to make the three points that ended up stepping in line of three points and thus the play was worth only 2 points.

But with that he was more confident of making more moves like this in the third quarter, in defense Jake seized a moment that Miller was distracted and made a block on him, this was Jake's first block of the season.

In this third period the team greatly increased the advantage because the offensive part went very well and the defense, even more, thanks to the confidence that Jake gave to him, Williams made 2 plays of 3 points and 8 points in this quarter just missing 1 move.

In this third quarter Jake played for 10 minutes and made 8 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 3 steals, was one of Jake's best quarters of the season, he was already fully recovering the pace he had at the end of last season.

Even with much difference in the scoreboard and the victory already almost guaranteed for the team Tar Heels, the Purdue Boilermakers team still returned to play well in this last quarter of the game, they did not give up and played well as in every game.

Even with Jake helping the defense, Miller still managed to score several points in this game, in the last quarter Jamison was attacking well and Williams hit two more three-point shots and scored eight more points in this last period.

So the Tar Heels team won this game very well even with the Purdue Boilermakers team also playing very well, in this fourth quarter Jake played for 10 minutes and made 9 points, 2 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 block, and 3 steals.

Tar Heels team won by 89 points against 67 points by Purdue Boilermakers, it was the hardest game for the Tar Heels team and Shammond Williams was the one who helped Tar Heels team to win more than Jake in that game.

"We had a great game here today, Team Tar Heels and Team Purdue Boilermakers played very well and Team Purdue Boilermakers was a nice surprise in this game, with Miller making a good game they fought for victory and in the first quarters of the game."

"But with Jake playing very well as always Tar Heels team always got the lead on the scoreboard, after the third quarter the Purdue Boilermakers team kept fighting, but Jake made 3 blocks in that game and 9 steals prevented several major Purdue Boilermakers attacks."

"In addition, Jake made another double-double with 37 points and 10 assists that helped the Tar Heels team win in this game."

"That's right, what we saw in this game is the strength of the Tar Heels team even when a defensive problem arose, Coach Guthridge worked well with the team and from the second quarter onwards the whole Tar Heels team was already reacting better to the team attacks Purdue Boilermakers."

"Even if the Purdue Boilermakers team got an advantage in the first two quarters the team could still react before the end of the game and win."

"True, but I still think Jake is very important to this team and makes everything easier, with Jake on this team I find it hard for them to lose if the other players play normally."

After this game the Tar Heels team had a 6-win streak and could not be a better start for a team that needs confidence with a new coach, the crowd was also excited and Jake had already become a fan idol in less than two years playing in the team.

So everyone came back happy to the university and could rest, after three games in three days in a row the players were tired for the first time this season, everyone knew that the season had not even officially started and had many months for this team to play.

Jake called his mom to talk about the games of the last days and they talked about other things like the restaurant, Jake sometimes called Anna secretly to know how Eva was in the restaurant and it showed how he cared about her.

Anna said everyone in the restaurant was fine and that they were starting to change the menu again, a long time ago since the last time the restaurant changed the menu and customers needed new things.

Jake knew well how to cook that he even received compliments from Anna, but he tried not to comment on the restaurant menu because he had confidence in Anna's wisdom and wanted his mother to try to create something too.

Jake also celebrated with his roommates and so can rest peacefully, the other day Jake returned to normal training with the basketball team and also returned to daily training with Zack racing.

Jake had already talked to David Falk and after a few months they would talk about Jake's willingness to get into the 1998 draft, Jake already had the ability to do that and could even be number one this season but Jake wanted more than that and maybe wanted to try to talk about the team he wanted to play in the next few years.

David Falk was very excited to be the sports agent after Jake's excellent last season, even though Jake competing in marathons was a reason for David to get excited because it would only increase Jake's market value.

So maybe this was just the right time for Jake to join the NBA, so the NBA would have a big change in both business and retirement of major players, and it was important that Jake could settle in the NBA before this storm to become perhaps the player who made the fans keep watching the NBA for years to come.

Not to mention that the sponsors will be looking for a new star player to invest in and Jake has already confirmed his ability to bring profits to the companies he sponsors, David Falk was already negotiating some excellent contracts that would have yet to be approved by Jake, but himself was happy about that.

The hardest thing for David was Jake's request for contracts not to be longer than 4 years, this could hurt himself with market instability, but David tried to do so because he had confidence that Jake could only improve in the coming years.

In the coming days, the players were doing lighter training to regain energy for the next games, taking advantage of this light training and still having 4 days between games Jake decided to help Aaron as he had promised.

Next season Aaron would start training with his team, but until he could train with the team he would have to train alone to keep fit, Jake called Aaron to run with him and Zack.

But Aaron was used to doing one more explosive run than the long run as Jake and Zack did, and to improve stamina and stamina Aaron had another kind of training.

Aaron's biggest problem training on his own was his skills as a Wide receiver, he had no way of training his ability to receive passes alone, so he asked Jake for help knowing that he played time on the high school football team.

Even though Jake said he played for a short time Aaron knew that Jake was not a liar and if he can play as the team's initial quarterback without training in the team he should at least know how to pass well.

Jake naturally agreed to help Aaron because he also enjoyed playing football at times and had confidence in making dozens of passes for Aaron without getting tired of his current strength and endurance statistics.

Aaron took advantage of these days that Jake helped to do all the training he needed a quarterback to do and so made the most of Jake's help, he can see in person how Jake was really talented as a quarterback being able to make several accurate passes at a distance of many Yards.

If Aaron had not seen Jake playing basketball he would say it was a pity that Jake did not play football, but Aaron knew that Jake was doing what was best for himself and was also safer.

Jake, not enough of the football world to judge, but he knew Aaron was at least better than all the Wide receiver he played in high school, of course, Jake knew that the Wide receiver needed to have more skills than Jake could not seeing in such a simple training, but just being on the college football team showed how talented Aaron was.

After a few days of training, the day of the next game for Team Tar Heels came, it was another away game and Team Tar Heels would have some more before returning to play at the Dean Smith Center.

Even though as 6 straight wins the team was very confident for this match, coach Guthridge could also work more smoothly with the team without anyone charging him for anything with the team having great results.

After a few hours, both teams were ready to start this game, the opponent in today's game was the team Louisville Cardinals, Jake remembered that this season would not be very good for this team as it was last season, but the players of the team Tar Heels did not know said and were preparing for a difficult game.

For this game the starting team would be what Coach Guthridge considered the top without N'Diaye on the team, Shammond Williams, Carter, Jamison, Okulaja and Jake would play in today's game on the starting team.

But that didn't leave the early players at ease and the reserve team players were still waiting for an opportunity, everyone knew that the 7 players could play in any game and maybe only Jake and Jamison were guaranteed on the team.

This was a game of only 2 quarters as the Tar Heels team players were used to playing, but the strategy used had to be different than it was in the last games, so both teams had to be careful.

Jake knew that Jamison would be playing well in this game as in all this season and Williams would be playing well again, even if Carter was not so good in this game Jake still trusted that he could score more points and help disrupt the opposing team's defense.

In the first quarter the team Tar Heels started attacking well and also pressing in defense, Jake was not afraid of the opposing team and so made quiet moves and this made the players calmer as well.

In the first 10 minutes of the first quarter, Jake was trying some three-point shots to increase the lead and his teammates were also performing well.

So in the rest of the first quarter with a good lead, Team Tar Heels could play more smoothly and this put more pressure on Team Louisville Cardinals, Jake also got some steals and hindered several moves from the opponent.

By the end of the first quarter, the Tar Heels team had a good lead, Jake played for 20 minutes and scored 17 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and 4 steals. Jake had a good first quarter and made the Tar Heels team more comfortable for the second quarter.

In the second quarter, Louisville Cardinals became more agitated to try to win and the Tar Heels team increased the pressure on the defense, the Tar Heels team attacked calmly so they could quietly play in the second quarter and further increase the lead.

At the end of the game, Tar Heels team won 94 points against 74 points of Louisville Cardinals team, in this second quarter Jake played for 20 minutes and made 18 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals.

Another good game for the Tar Heels team and that was making the fans happier, but it also made the coach and the players more nervous, after all with a sequence of 7 victories the fans always wanted more and the players too and that was a concern more at game time.

Only at the end of the season when tournaments started did the team's winning streak no longer make so much difference because if the team lost they would be eliminated from the tournaments so winning was a must.

After just a day's rest, the Tar Heels team soon had to travel to do another two-game sequence in two straight days away from home, it was a tiring game sequence for players and Jake knew that this season they would hardly have time to rest.

After a while both teams were ready for the start of the game, the opposing team in this game was the Chattanooga Mocs team, it was another team that Jake remembered that had a good last season, but that this season would not play very well.

The expectation of everyone in this game was the victory of the team Tar Heels and perhaps a more exciting game with many points, Jake knew that this would not be a game of many points and was already prepared for it.

In the first quarter, the Tar Heels team players were excited to play, but within minutes everyone realized that the Chattanooga Mocs players were not playing very well in this game.

Maybe it was a difference between players' ability, but the game wasn't as exciting as the Tar Heels team players expected, yet they still struggled in defense and made the play as usual.

Coach Guthridge also noticed this and asked the players to still work hard and Jake tried to get the Tar Heels team players to save energy on attacking plays.

Jake understood and slowed the attacking pace of the team and just wanted to attack with who was more willing, Jamison was playing well as always and Okulaja also seemed to want to attack, and Carter still wanted to make some moves.

So Jake decided that he would play more with them and not pass the ball to Williams who was playing poorly in this game, Jake also wanted to make the moves and even at a slower pace the team still attacked well in that game.

By the end of the first quarter, the Tar Heels team had a great lead and had virtually secured a win against Chattanooga Mocs who was not doing well in this game, Jake played for 20 minutes and scored 15 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, and 3 steals.

In the second quarter, the Chattanooga Mocs team returned a little better in the game, but the Tar Heels team's huge advantage and strong defense took Chattanooga Mocs's willingness to play, Jake kept attacking at a slow pace and took advantage of the seconds to attack in every move.

So the players from Team Tar Heels didn't get tired and Team Tar Heels could still attack effectively, Jake played well in the second quarter as well and relied on Jamison and the other teammates to secure another win.

The game ended with the victory of team Tar Heels who scored 84 points against 31 points of team Chattanooga Mocs, in this second quarter Jake played for 20 minutes and made 16 points, 3 assists, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals.

It was another good game for the Tar Heels team that was clearly playing so that the players could save energy for next day's game, Jake and Jamison were again the best players of the team and were the best players of the season so far.

Carter was falling a little behind in the best-attacking trio of this team, but Jake couldn't do anything because Jamison was really playing very well and it was easier for Jake to assist with Jamison.

The Tar Heels team crowd was much more excited with this 8-team winning streak and excellent performances from Jake who was the best player on the team and from all universities in recent seasons.

It was interesting that when Jake played on the Tar Heels team he played so well that everyone forgot he was a marathon runner, but when he was running and winning several marathons breaking world records everyone forgot that he played basketball too.

The other day the Tar Heels team already had another game this season, thanks to the last game with a slower pace the players did not spend much energy and were prepared for that game.

Jake had already talked to Coach Guthridge that after this game he would go to Miami to spend a week with his mother, he wanted to take advantage of these opportunities to stay home because this season would be very crowded and players would never have more than a week to relax.

So he would go this time and around Christmas again, because then only in February would the players have some time to rest and spend with their family and then just after the end of the season.

Jake had to enjoy it because he regretted not doing it last season and Coach Guthridge gave Jake more freedom because he knew how great he was in every game and training of the season.

He also wouldn't have time to talk to Matthew and Emily this holiday season and couldn't talk to David Falk, so he would have to delay all the things he had to work out for February next year.

The worst thing for Jake was that he was going to spend his birthday this year at university and couldn't go home as he always did, but he was expecting it when he decided to become a professional basketball player.

After a few hours, both teams were ready to start the game, the opponent in that game was the Virginia Tech team, the Virginia Tech team had a last regular season and Jake remembered that this season would not be very good for this team.

The fans and the media hoped that this was also an easy game for the Tar Heels team because Jake kept playing very well in every game and Jamison also always showed that he deserved to be one of the best players this season.

Jake remembered that Carter and Williams would also be playing well in this game, so he wasn't very nervous about the Virginia Tech team game either, so the team could play willingly because the players would have a week to rest after that game.

In the first quarter, however, the game was different from what Jake thought with Team Virginia Tech trying to pressure Team Tar Heels into both offense and defense, even though Jake could still make the moves his teammates had a harder time making the points.

In defense, Tar Heels managed to hold on well with Jake and the other more focused defense players, so Jake decided to make a few more individual plays until the team could make the attacking moves better.

The opposing defense tried to hinder Jake in the plays, but Jake was skilled and could always get space to make the three-point shot or dribble to layup, but even the opponent knowing it was hard to defend against Jake they couldn't let go. him alone and had to at least try to disturb him.

And that was right because with the pressure of defense even Jake could miss a few shots of three, luckily Jamison helped catch some rebounds and so the Tar Heels team did not miss the attacks.

Even with a tougher first quarter Tar Heels can still attack and defend well and finished the first quarter with a good lead, Jake played for 20 minutes and scored 21 points, 3 assists, 5 rebounds, and 4 steals.

The Virginia Tech team also missed more while trying to attack more willingly to try to beat this first quarter, so Jake and Jamison had more opportunities to catch the rebounds in defense.

At half-time Coach Guthridge made some changes and gave some advice to the players, the players were not tired yet and in the second quarter, it was time for the Tar Heels team to put pressure on attack and defense.

This strategy took Virginia Tech by surprise because they were thinking of slowing down the game so that they could re-press Tar Heels later and try to win, the Tar Heels attacks were much more accurate and strong and the defense then It was even stronger.

Jake started making more assists for Jamison and Carter in the attack and for Williams when he was within the three-point line because in this game Williams was poorly on a three-point play.

Jake continued to attack well in this second quarter and this made the Virginia Tech team have a harder time defending having to worry about Jake, Jamison, Carter, and Williams, so the advantage was only increasing.

At the end of the game, the team Tar Heels won with a great advantage in this game, in the second quarter the team Tar Heels was very well in attack and gave no chance for the team Virginia Tech to react.

Team Tar Heels won by scoring 97 points against just 51 points from Team Virginia Tech, in this second quarter Jake played for 20 minutes and made 19 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds, and 4 steals, this was one of the few games Jake ever made the most. 40 points in the season.

The whole team was fine offensively and so Jake couldn't get many moves to score more points, but he was hoping for a special game to try to maybe score 60 points in a game this season which was what Jake wanted.

After this game, the Tar Heels team now had a 9-win streak, the same sequence that the team had last season before losing, so after that week of rest, the players had to come back willingly to try to win the next game.

After the team returned to university Jake celebrated with his roommates and warned everyone that he was going to Miami the next day, he would drop off at university and catch the plane that had already bought tickets before.

Jake had also warned Coach Davis that he could rest with his family this week, it was difficult for Coach Davis to live with his family in a hotel, but even when Jake offered to buy a house Coach Davis said it would only be a waste.

After all Jake would leave college after this season or maybe after another year, so buying a house for such a short time was a waste, but Coach Davis was happy because he was giving a good life to his family and was still able to pay the medicine for his daughter to live a normal childhood without pain.

Not to mention that Coach Davis's job wasn't too difficult because Coach had almost nothing to teach Jake during the year and just a few times that Jake needed help, Coach Davis could even bring his daughter sometimes to accompany Jake's training.

His 9-year-old daughter named Lara was very fond of Jake as well as the coach's wife, so their working relationship was very good and Coach Davis was pleased to be coaching one of the greatest athletes in history like Jake. It would be after winning more gold medals in different modalities of athletics.

The other day Jake returned to Miami to spend a few days with his mother before the next game, Eva didn't know Jake would come this time and that would come as a surprise, but Jake was wise and even if he wanted to make a surprise he still didn't go to the restaurant not to disturb Lola and stayed at home waiting for Eva to return.

After doing his normal training routine, Jake thought of having a special dinner for his mother as it had not been long since she started working at the restaurant, Jake knew that Eva liked to have dinner at home and rarely ate at the restaurant since she started back home early.

Eva knew well that Jake was a great cook and she thought he learned to cook on his own, but the truth was that Jake was an excellent cook after learning how to cook for many years in his past life.

But how strange it would be for someone as young as he was a few years ago to just cook very well. Jake still held back and didn't make the best dishes he knew using all his skills.

In fact, a few months ago Jake had the opportunity to cook at home when Eva was in the restaurant and wanted to make one of the best dishes he knew, and he saw that he cooked even better than in his past life, perhaps because of his increased agility which also increased his dexterity.

As Jake was unsure what he could do he decided to make two dishes that although not the best he could do could please Eva a lot, the dishes he would make were Poutine which was a Canadian dish and Paella that Jake knew that his mother liked it when she ate in Spain.

Jake already knew how to make this dish well, but after going to Spain for the second time with his lighter-hearted mother without the worries he had in his past life, Jake improved even more after eating this dish a few times during the trip.

When Eva got home after working at the restaurant she was very tired but was soon excited to see that Jake was home, she didn't really expect it because she saw Jake's game the day before, but was very happy with that surprise.

After talking for a while, Eve realized it was because Jake wouldn't have time to come to Miami next year, at least he could spend Christmas at home, she understood well how Jake was busy at university and was happy just to find Jake time to come home.

After that Eva and Jake had dinner and she was impressed again to see how Jake had improved as a cook, it was hard to understand why he had almost no time to do anything, but Eva had to admit that the food Jake made was better than everyone else her restaurant dishes.

Eva can't say anything but eat the food happily and compliment Jake's talent, because those two dishes were once on the restaurant menu and it was Anna herself who cooked, so the restaurant had no problems with the recipe.

Also, after working so long at the restaurant Eva learned that anyone who prepared the dish with the same recipe made all the difference, she couldn't even cook all those years better than Anna or even some cooks at her restaurant.

So she could only admire Jake who was talented in everything he did, she was proud to have a child so that even though she had achieved so much at such a young age she was still humble and striving to get even better.

As Jake had come by surprise few people knew he was in Miami, Eva decided to just say that to Anna at the restaurant, Jake also didn't tell almost anyone he was in Miami, only Emily knew he was home.

Nothing important could happen in the week he was home, and if it happened people could look for his mother or his friends at the university who knew where he was.

There was no way he could talk to Matthew about the company because the official sales report would come out only early next year and it was better for him to settle it only in February when he had another week off.

His sponsors were also busy with the company's reporting and accounting at the end of the year, Jake just knew that John's company hoped to break their company's sales record again this year.

They were smart and only invested advertising money in Jake-related stuff, the rest of the profits and even new investments were concentrated on their product quality, they greatly improved the product so that customers would buy their drink because of Jake and then continue to consume the product because they liked the drink.

This seemed to be working because the company's sales only increased, Jake didn't expect to renew the sponsorship agreement with John's company and so wanted to know what their profit would be next year when their contract would probably end in the middle of the year.

He hoped that the companies that worked with him would continue to profit even after he was no longer sponsored by these companies, these companies helped Jake when he needed it most and he wanted to help if possible.

Just as Jake wanted in the next few days he stayed home relaxing and enjoying time with his mother, so Eva this week was coming home early to spend more time with Jake and he was training at home while his mother was at the restaurant.

He wouldn't be without training just because he was home and he had nothing else to do, the training center that Jake set up at his house was better than some things he used at the university because they were more suited to him.

But after 2 days Emily called Jake saying she wanted to meet him at lunch, Jake knew that Emily was very busy running the investment company so she knew it should be something important and went to meet her.

"Hi Emily, you look very good today."

"Thank you, I'm happy for what has been happening with the company, I never expected these actions to appreciate so much, it makes me feel that everything we worked on was worth it."

"Did you come to report on the company's investments?"

"No, that's what I called you for, but if you want I can tell you how the company is doing."

"Of course, you can give me a report."

"Your stock has appreciated a lot in recent years, mainly because of the investment you made last year, this year you have stocks worth $ 44 million."

Jake had hoped for that when he invested last year, he knew that in fact the stocks had not even started to appreciate much, in the next 3 years these stocks would appreciate more than 10 times the current value, but of course as soon as he could invest more he would earn.

If he had invested the $ 33 million he used to buy Clara's stock to help her, he would have doubled that now and more than 10 times that over the next 3 years, so when Jake said he wanted help Clara he was being more than sincere.

"The shares that my father's group has now are worth $ 98 million, I never expected them to make so much, I told my father that if he sold those stocks as he wanted to do last year he would have lost a lot of money."

"Still he told me it's too risky and keeps saying to ask you to sell his shares."

"Matthew's shares are worth $ 987 million, not long after reaching $ 1 billion when he received this report he no longer told me that he wanted to sell the shares he had invested."

Jake was glad that Matthew finally trusted him again, after seeing the stocks valuing Matthew who was a smart businessman and knew well Jake decided to let Jake take care of his investments.

If Matthew sold his shares last year as he wanted, he would have lost more than $ 200 million and regretted it for a lifetime, after which he thought it was better just to trust Jake to take care of his investments, but Matthew would not. would invest more money in stocks.

On the other hand, Jake was very upset with Emily's father and his group's investors, Jake hoped that this group would keep these investments because in the coming years it will appreciate almost 10 times more.

Also because it was Emily's dad's group and Jake wanted Emily's family to make a lot of money, but it had been years and Emily's dad was just charging Jake more and more to sell his shares.

In addition, Jake knew from Oliver that Emily's father and other investors complained that Jake charged a high management fee to invest and also gave clients no freedom to sell the products.

Jake didn't plan on continuing with this investment company after 2000, but it wasn't good to hear others complain about Jake's company to help people make more money from his knowledge of the future.

Also, this was the best time to sell these shares without negatively affecting the market, in the coming years Jake could not sell nearly $ 90 million without having any reaction on the value of Cisco shares.

"I'm sorry Emily, but your father and his friends have already pissed me off about their investment, which is not a tenth of what the company has invested, I wanted to help them make more money, but after all that he did, I'll ask you to sell his shares and give them the money."

"No, Jake, let me talk to my dad, I know how much he will lose money if he sells his shares now."

"There's no way, Emily, he's been defaming me and the company these last few years, if you want to invest I help you, but your father's investments are no longer in my company."

Emily felt it was a pity, but she knew well enough that Jake had already endured too much because of her, she also knew what her father and the other investors were doing and could do nothing about it.

"Get them to sign a liability statement that they want their shares to be sold and then you can sell."

"I'll do it, my dad will be happy about it now, but will regret it in the future, well, I wanted to tell you that Charlie and his group have finished developing the smartphone as you requested and also a tablet, as you asked."

"They are coming to Miami and tomorrow they will be here to show the finished product, Charlie said it was just the same as you said and it is ready."

Jake was very happy to hear that, he didn't expect Charlie to actually finish this product later this year, so Jake had better take a little longer for Jake to get a lot of patents.

But as the process was really slow it was better to go now and in a few years when the patents came out he could have the best gains, now he had to develop a strategy to get many patents in order to get many royalties for this product in the future.

"Very good, after you ask the company to sell the shares of your father's group, come back here and we'll start organizing how we will apply for patent applications to earn even more in the future."

"Very well."

Jake was very happy because he thought he might actually sell smartphones in the future, he was able to assemble the smartphone and everything needed, then he would ask Charlie's team to develop the Android operating system if they could just missing the components to assemble the smartphone.

The cameras he could get from Matthew's company and he could even partner with Matthew's company and Amazon to create a richer company than Apple for smartphones.

Matthew would soon become a billionaire after Jake sold the stock in a few years, in many years Amazon would also become one of the largest companies in the world, with Jake's patents and operating system they would have the capital and resources to create the largest Company of the world.

But that was something to see in the years to come, before thinking about this partnership Jake had to secure product patents first, only later would he have more ability to negotiate with Matthew and Jeff Bezos so as not to lose out on this deal.