The Season Continues
The second quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with an even greater advantage in points, in that second quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and had 8 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, and 3 steals.
"The second quarter ends and the Los Angeles Lakers team continues to win the game, in that quarter the Los Angeles Lakers team's attack was stronger and the Seattle SuperSonics team's defense failed to stop them."
"Jake played very well in defense in that second quarter making some steals at Payton in more difficult plays and also pressing in defense, in attack Jake played well as he has done in recent games."
"Payton was not able to attack very well because Jake was very well in defense, but in the third quarter he will have to attack more if he wants the Seattle SuperSonics team to win."
"Jake and Shaq also played very well in that second quarter, and Dennis Rodman is not playing as well as he has in the last few games, but he did get some rebounds."
In this game the Los Angeles Lakers team was playing very well, with coach Rambis not making many substitutions Kobe and Shaq managed to play well in that game, even though Robert wasn't playing Travis managed to make a good game, even though he couldn't defend against Vin Baker.
In that second quarter, Jake started to press more on defense and try to steals after Payton spoke to him, but in the second quarter, Payton attacked less after seeing that Jake was pressing on defense.
Just as commentators said in the third quarter, the Seattle SuperSonics team had to push harder in the attack if they wanted to win, so Payton would also have to attack more, and Jake was prepared for that.
In a move the Los Angeles Lakers team was on the attack, Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Kobe on the right, Kobe received the ball and Ellis arrived pressing on the defense, Kobe held the ball and decided to pass to Rick on the left.
Rick received the ball and held it for a while and passed it back to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and Payton came in and pressed the defense, Jake held the ball a little and made a high pass to Shaq who took the ball high and made it the dunk to complete the alley-oop and make 2 more points for the Lakers team.
The crowd was excited by the good move of Jake and Shaq after the two played together for several games, they understood each other better and could make more moves like this without the opponent noticing.
In this third quarter, the Seattle SuperSonics team was really trying to attack more, Payton also tried some attacks, but he no longer tried the individual play and tried more mid-range shots and three-point shots.
Jake had more difficulty defending against Payton with him making those mid-range shots and three-point shots, in another move the Seattle SuperSonics team was on the attack, Payton advanced with the ball and passed it to Ellis.
In this game Gary Payton, Dale Ellis, and Vin Baker were playing very well and were helping the Seattle SuperSonics team to keep their chances of winning the game, Ellis received the ball and Kobe came up to press the defense.
Ellis tried to deceive Kobe with a feint, but Kobe was not deceived, so Ellis passed the ball to Schrempf on the right, Schrempf received the ball and Rick came in to press the defense, Schrempf decided to pass the ball to Payton further back.
Payton received the ball and Jake arrived at the defense, Payton realized in this game that Jake was really good playing defense and that was why he was taking advantage in this game in which he was hitting a lot of mid-range shots and shots from outside so as not to try to challenge Jake in the plays.
Payton tried a feint and did a step back as he did in several plays, so Payton tried a shot from outside, but this time Jake was prepared and he was quick and jump together to make the block and reject the attack and Payton.
Kobe took the ball after Jake's block and passed the ball to Jake again, Jake received the ball and moved quickly for the attack, Payton did not expect Jake to try to make the block and he had to go back to the defense when he saw Jake attacking.
Jake was very fast and Payton couldn't keep up, but Payton was further back in defense when Jake started the attack and so he still tried to hinder Jake to wait for the other defensive players to arrive.
Jake got close to the three-point line and realized that Payton was doing this, so Jake took advantage of his agility to do a quick crossover to trick Payton, Jake managed to trick Payton, but Payton was quick to react and didn't let Jake pass him.
So Jake decided to play his signature play and did the Ghost move dribble, Payton could no longer see where the ball was and could not understand what had happened, Jake pass by him and Payton cannot stop Jake without making a foul.
When Jake hit the ball on the court again he had already passed Payton and scored 2 more points with a dunk for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Payton understood that Jake had managed to trick him with the last few moves, but he did not know how.
In the third quarter Jake continued to press on defense and Payton continued to attack without much to do, so at the end of the third quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers team was winning with an even greater advantage in points.
In the last quarter, the game continued in the same way with Payton and the other players of the Seattle SuperSonics team still trying to win, luckily for the Los Angeles Lakers team with Kobe and Shaq playing very well, Jake had an easier time playing even with Payton pushing hard on defense.
So the game ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning 116 points against 86 points of the Seattle SuperSonics team, in that game Jake played for 48 minutes and had 34 points, 14 assists, 8 rebounds, 11 steals, and 3 blocks.
Jake managed to make another triple-double in that game and felt much more tired after doing that, with his current resistance, Jake knew he couldn't take playing all games that way, but with Gary Payton's provocation he had to try harder.
At the end of the game, Jake was still to congratulate Payton for the good game and Payton did not answer anything for him, Jake still thought that Payton was his idol and he would continue playing with respect in the next games.
"The game ends with another victory for the Los Angeles Lakers team, the strong attack of the Lakers team once again guaranteed their victory in that game, especially with Jake Smith making his best game this season and defending very well against Gary Payton who I was playing very well in attack."
"That's right, Payton still played very well in that game even though Jake defended well against him, Payton still managed to make 22 points and 10 assists in that game and also defended well against Jake in that game."
"I also agree that Jake played his best game this season, this was his seventh triple-double this season and was the first with him also making 3 blocks, even more in a game against Gary Payton who is one of the best players in the NBA currently."
"It is true, with the good game of Kobe and Shaq, the Los Angeles Lakers team achieved another good victory even though Robert Horry did not play in that game, Rick Fox did not play as well and Dennis Rodman did not play as well as in the last few games."
Jake also thought that this was his best game this season, he only intended to try so hard in the playoff games that the Los Angeles Lakers team would have, but he didn't regret trying a little harder in that game.
Even more so because the Los Angeles Lakers team was always having a day to rest between games which were enough for Jake to rest very well, once the game ended the Los Angeles Lakers team had to travel to the next game.
The team traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah where it was going to be the next game, this was a strategy of the Los Angeles Lakers team board so that players would tire less, they would arrive at the game city overnight and have more time to rest before the game.
The other day the players were more relaxed and the team did a light training on that day when the Los Angeles Lakers team would have no game, the rest of the day the players were able to rest for the game the next day.
Soon the game day arrived and the players went to the Delta Center some time before the game, the opponent in that game was the Utah Jazz team that the Los Angeles Lakers team had already faced the beginning of the season.
In the first game, Jake was playing as SF and the Los Angeles Lakers team got the win, the Utah Jazz team was a good team and Jake was excited about this game because he would play as PG and could play against another idol of his that was John Stockton.
In the first game, Jake can play against Stockton, but he was not defending against him and so Jake cannot be satisfied, in that game Jake could play against Stockton and see how his idol really played.
Of course, Stockton was already 36 years old and didn't play as well as he did at his peak, but even at that age Stockton was still one of the best PG in the NBA and would still play for several years before retiring.
In addition to Stockton, the Utah Jazz team still had Karl Malone who was one of the best players in the NBA, in that game Robert Horry could play and he with Dennis Rodman would have the difficult job of defending against Malone.
"Welcome to everyone who came to watch another game this NBA season, this is the Los Angeles Lakers game against the Utah Jazz team, it is one of the most awaited games of the past few weeks and the second game between the two teams."
"The Utah Jazz team is having a good season with 12 wins and only 4 losses in 16 games this season, it is one of the teams with the most victories this season, this season with the least games the Utah Jazz team has won almost a third of the games that season."
"In the first game, the Utah Jazz team lost to the Los Angeles Lakers in a well-balanced game between the two teams, in that game the Utah Jazz team plays at home and has John Stockton and Karl Malone who are two NBA stars to try to get the victory in that game."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team is the team with the most wins this season with 17 wins and only 1 loss in 18 games, with Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and rookie Jake Smith the Los Angeles Lakers team is the favorite to win this game."
"That's right, in this game we will also have the confrontation between Jake Smith who is the best PG of this season so far against John Stockton who is one of the 5 best PG of all time in the NBA."
"In the last game Jake played very well and defended well against Gary Payton, so we are looking forward to seeing what he can do playing against John Stockton."
This was a game in which everyone was looking forward to the dispute between the two teams, the dispute between Jake and John Stockton and also the dispute between Shaq and Karl Malone, two of the teams that were doing very well this season were facing each other.
Many also expected a dispute between Karl Malone and Dennis Rodman, after all the two faced each other several times while Dennis was playing on the Chicago Bulls team, so this was a game that many people who were not fans of these teams wanted to watch.
The Los Angeles Lakers team would start with Jake Smith playing as PG, Kobe Bryant playing as SG, Rick Fox playing as SF, Robert Horry playing as PF, and Shaquille O'Neal playing as Center.
The Utah Jazz team would start that game with John Stockton playing as PG, Jeff Hornacek playing as SG, Bryon Russell playing as SF, Karl Malone playing as PF, and Greg Ostertag playing as Center.
The game started with Shaquille O'Neal winning the first ball possession for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Shaq passed the ball to Jake who started organizing the play for the Lakers team, Jake advanced the ball and passed it to Kobe Bryant on the right.
Kobe received the ball and Jeff Hornacek came in to press on defense, Kobe held the ball and passed it to Rick Fox on the left, Rick received the ball and Bryon Russell came in to press in defense.
Rick held the ball and passed it to Jake in the back, Jake got the ball and John Stockton came in defense, Jake made a feint and managed to go to the right, Jake moved away from Stockton and tried a shot from outside to make 3 points for the Los Angeles Lakers team.
Jake scored 3 early in the game showing that he would attack normally even playing against Stockton, Stockton was not as good a defensive player as Payton, so he knew that in this game he might not be able to defend as well against Jake.
In another move, the Utah Jazz team was on the attack, Stockton advanced with the ball and passed it to Russell on the right, Russell received the ball and Rick came pressing on the defense, Russell held the ball and passed it to Hornacek on the left.
Hornacek received the ball and Kobe came pressing on defense, Hornacek tricked Kobe with a feint and tried a mid-range shot to score 2 points for the Utah Jazz team, the Utah Jazz team was strong in attack too and so everyone expected a game more balanced.
In another move the Los Angeles Lakers team was on the attack, Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Kobe on the right, Kobe received the ball and managed to deceive the opponent with a feint, Kobe advanced to the inside area and drive to the basket doing more 2 points with a layup for the Los Angeles Lakers team.
In this game, Kobe Bryant was playing well and Shaquille O'Neal also, it made Jake more relaxed to make the passes, Rick Fox was not playing so well in this game again and in this game, Jake did not intend to make many passes to Robert Horry because Karl Malone was defending against it.
In another move, the Utah Jazz team was on the attack, Stockton advanced with the ball and passed Hornacek on the left, Hornacek received the ball and Kobe came pressing on the defense, Hornacek held the ball a little and passed it to Russell on the right.
Russell received the ball and then passed to Stockton further back, Stockton received the ball and Jake came to defend, Stockton passed the ball to Karl Malone further on the right, Malone received the ball and Robert Horry came in to press on defense.
Malone used his strength to move closer to the painted area and did a spin and tried a hook shot to make 2 more points for the Utah Jazz team, the Utah Jazz team's moves with Malone were the moves most likely to end in points for the team.
The first quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with a small points advantage, in that first quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and had 8 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals, it was a good first quarter for the Los team Angeles Lakers and to Jake.
"The first quarter ends and the Los Angeles Lakers team is winning the game with a good performance by Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Jake Smith, the Utah Jazz team is also doing well in this game and keeping the game balanced."
"John Stockton and Karl Malone were the highlights of the Utah Jazz team in that first quarter, for the rest of the game the Utah Jazz team will have to put more pressure on the defense if they want to win."
"In the dispute between Jake Smith and John Stockton the two played normally and managed to organize the plays and attack in the same way as in other games, the two seem to be more careful in making assists and Jake is not trying as much to make steals as in other games."
Just as commentators said Jake was not pushing as much in defense as in the last game, this was because Jake knew that Stockton would not score as many points as Gary Payton could do in the last game.
Jake was not provoked and had realized how much more tired he had become in the last game, he would still press on defense, but if the Los Angeles Lakers team could win he would not press so hard on defense.
In the second quarter the Utah Jazz team started to press more in the attack and the Los Angeles Lakers team continued to press in the attack, both teams had strong attacks and wanted the victory.
Stockton advanced with the ball and passed Hornacek on the left, Hornacek received the ball and Kobe came pressing on defense, Hornacek tried to trick Kobe with a feint, but Kobe was not fooled.
Then Hornacek passed the ball to Russell on the right, Russell received the ball and then passed to Stockton further back, Stockton took the ball and Jake came to defend, Stockton stepped back and attempted a mid-range shot and scored 2 more points for the Utah Jazz team.
With the experience Stockton was very good at making the mid-range shots, he was very fast when attacking and Jake had no way to get in the way, Jake could try the block, but if he missed the right time he could miss it.
In another move, the Los Angeles Lakers team was on the attack, Jake advanced with the ball and passed it to Rick on the left, Rick received the ball and Russell arrived pressing on defense, Rick held the ball and passed it to Kobe on the right.
Kobe received the ball and Hornacek came pressing on defense, Kobe tried to make the individual move by advancing, but Hornacek kept pressing on defense and not letting Kobe forward, so Kobe passed the ball back to Jake.
Jake received the ball and Stockton came to defend, Jake made a feint and managed to outwit Stockton and used his speed to advance to the inside area, Jake advanced quickly and only Greg Ostertag came to defend, Jake was quick and passed the ball to Shaquille O'Neal who was free.
Shaq received the ball and scored 2 more points with a dunk for the Los Angeles Lakers team, with this move by Jake Ostertag had nothing to do, Jake was very fast and if he did not try to defend it would be Jake who would make the dunk.
The game continued with the two teams playing well and with the game well balanced, the Los Angeles Lakers team still finished the second quarter with an even greater advantage in points, Jake and Stockton were attacking normally and were not defending well.
Jake still managed to make some steals and was helping the Los Angeles Lakers team to continue with the points advantage, in the third quarter the Utah Jazz team tried to press further in the attack and most of the attacks was with Karl Malone trying to make the points.
In that game, coach Kurt Rambis realized that he could not replace the main players for long, so only Shaq was replaced for a few minutes in all quarters of the game.
Contrary to what many expected Dennis Rodman was not playing very well in that game again and he was unable to defend well against Karl Malone and still made many fouls in that game.
The game ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning the game with 109 points against 85 points from the Utah Jazz team, in that game Jake played for 48 minutes and had 32 points, 13 assists, 9 rebounds, and 8 steals.
This was a balanced game in which the Los Angeles Lakers team still managed to increase the points advantage in every quarter and at the end of the game, they had an advantage of more than 20 points.
"The game ends with another victory for the Los Angeles Lakers team, even with the Utah Jazz team playing very well and with the good performance of Karl Malone making 32 points and the good performance of John Stockton and Jeff Hornacek, they did not get the victory."
"The attack by the Los Angeles Lakers team is very strong and Jake made a double-double in this game with 32 points and 13 assists, Shaq also managed a double-double with 23 points and 16 rebounds, and Kobe had 24 points in that game."
"It's true, the Los Angeles Lakers team is doing very well this season and after that game, we don't know when the Lakers team will lose a game, they defeated some of the strongest teams this season and with this attack, it is difficult to find an opponent to defeat them."
"Coach Rambis seems to have found a good way for the team to play and also found the ideal starting team for the Los Angeles Lakers team, with the good performance of Jake, Shaq, and Kobe, I think they will still win a lot of games this season."
This victory against the Utah Jazz team left the players and fans of the Los Angeles Lakers team, this was a difficult game and it wouldn't be strange if the Los Angeles Lakers team had lost, so it was an important victory.
Even though Dennis Rodman and Rick Fox didn't play these games so well, with the victories the fans didn't care much about it and the sports media didn't talk much about it either, Jack knew that this was until the Lakers team lost so journalists remember those games.
The Los Angeles Lakers team players would have one more day to rest before the next game, luckily they were able to travel back to Los Angeles after the game so they could rest at home.
Even if the Los Angeles Lakers team still had one more game as a visitor, it would be a game in Los Angeles and therefore the players would tire even less, after the players arrived in Los Angeles they were able to return to their home.
Jake was happy that he could return to his home in Los Angeles, he lived a few months in Los Angeles in that new home, but Jake already liked it because it was a house that he chose and renovated.
In the NBA, teams having multiple games during the week was a bad thing because it made players tired, but Jake thought it was good because even though the Los Angeles Lakers team had several games as a visitor, he could still return to his house in a maximum of two weeks.
When Jake was in his childhood on this second chance he didn't like to spend a lot of time away from home because he wanted to spend every day with his mother, after all, he knew how bad it was to spend several years without living with his mother in his past life.
But the truth was that unfortunately Jake had gotten used to living alone after living alone for more than 15 years in his past life, so in addition to missing Eva many times, Jake didn't mind living in a new home in Los Angeles.
Jake thought that if he were married and had children this big game sequence would be bad, but Jake couldn't imagine him getting married in the next few years, and even though he married Kate who was his girlfriend, the two traveled a lot because of from work and they would have no problems with Jake's games in the NBA.
The other day Jake woke up very early to get ready for another day, this time David hadn't called him again to say that he had to record another commercial and Jake can rest until the Los Angeles Lakers team training that happened in the afternoon.
It was a light training to not tire the players and they were soon able to return to their home, then the day of the next game for the Los Angeles Lakers team in the NBA came, that was the game against the Los Angeles Clippers team.
It would be the third game between the two teams this season and the Los Angeles Lakers team would face the Los Angeles Clippers team in the next game too, in the first two games the Los Angeles Lakers team got a good victory.
Coach Rambis said that he intended to replace Kobe Bryant for many minutes in that game and intended to replace Shaquille O'Neal for a few minutes in that game, this could make the game more difficult for the Los Angeles Lakers.
The game ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning 115 points against 87 points from the Los Angeles Clippers team, in that game Jake played for 48 minutes and made 37 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds, and 8 steals, with another double-double Jake helped a lot in this victory.
In this game Shaquille O'Neal played very well and scored 31 points and had 12 rebounds, it was really great performance and helped the team a lot in that victory, Kobe Bryant played for less than 27 minutes in this game and played well with 16 points and 5 assists.
Dennis Rodman was another highlight of this game with an excellent performance catching 20 rebounds, Dennis had performed poorly in the last games and in this game, he had the best performance of him playing in the Los Angeles Lakers team.
This made the fans of the Los Angeles Lakers team happy and managed to make the sports media forget the poor performance he had in the last games, with this good game the Los Angeles Lakers team won the victory.
The next day the Los Angeles Lakers team played against the Los Angeles Clippers team again, Jake remembered that in that game in his past life the Los Angeles Lakers team would have already hired Glen Rice and J.R. Reid.
In that life these players would not be hired by the Los Angeles Lakers team, the Los Angeles Lakers team could not hire Glen Rice and had no player to make the switch with the Charlotte Hornets team.
This was another change that Jake's entry into the NBA had caused for the teams, in that game the Los Angeles Lakers team achieved another victory making 114 points against 82 points of the Los Angeles Clippers team.
In this game Jake played for 48 minutes and made 35 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds, and 8 steals, Jake played very well in that game and managed to make another triple-double, Jake had difficulty making assists because some players from the Los team Angeles Lakers were not playing that well.
Coach Rambis replaced the main players again in that game and replaced Kobe Bryant again for many minutes and Kobe played just 27 minutes again, yet Kobe underperformed and scored just 9 points.
Shaquille O'Neal was also replaced for a few minutes but managed to score 31 points and get 13 rebounds making another excellent performance in that game, Rick Fox and Robert Horry had a regular performance in that game and Dennis Rodman played for a short time and still managed to catch 6 rebounds.
With a strong attack, the Los Angeles Lakers team managed another victory and now had 20 wins and only 1 loss this season, the Los Angeles Lakers team had played almost half of the games and had only one defeat and was one of the favorite teams to win the NBA title this season.
After that game, players would have a day to rest before the next game, it would be a game in Los Angeles and so players could rest at their home without having to worry about traveling.
With the good performance of the team, this season the players were always excited, even coach Rambis received several accolades for the winning streak of the Los Angeles Lakers team.
Coach Rambis decided to let the players rest the next day and decided to leave the team without the training they always had, Coach Rambis and the medical team were clearly concerned that the players would be injured and that in the last two games Kobe Bryant has not played more than 28 minutes.
The players were excited that they could rest, Jake also thought a day of rest was a good one when David Falk called him again, Jake was waiting for that call and knew what David meant.
"Jake, congratulations on the Lakers team's victories in the last few games, you've been playing better and better."
"Thanks, David, I was hoping you would call, it was a good time because Coach Rambis said the team will not be training tomorrow."
"This is really good, a Gatorade representative called me and said that they want to record the commercial tomorrow, in fact, the other companies also called me, but Gatorade called first because they can earn more with the good performance you have had in this season."
"But you can expect that this month you will have to record commercials for the other companies that you have endorsed."
"Everything is fine with me, I expected you to call because our team will have to play the next 6 games as a visitor and I will be traveling for more than a week with the team."
Jake hoped David would call him because of this, and also because David had said that other companies would want to record a commercial because of Jake's success in the NBA, after that they talked for a while and arranged the time that Jake would have to go to the advertising company.
Jake was able to rest well after sleeping and was excited to record the commercial the next day, Jake knew he might not be able to participate in many films in the coming years because of the NBA games, so recording the commercials was his chance to Act.
After a few hours, Jake went to the advertising company, Jake already hoped that they would not record the commercial at the company and so he went quietly there, this time when Jake arrived everyone was waiting with him.
It seems that this time David arrived at the company before and talked to the Gatorade representative and the directors of the commercials that Jake would do and they had already discussed all the details of the commercial and David went to speak with Jake alone.
"Jake, I already discussed the details of the commercial with you, in fact, today two commercials will be recorded, in one, you will do the narration and record some scenes, and in the other commercial you will not do the narration, but there will be more scenes."
"The commercial that you will have to narrate, gives the idea that you have a lot of resistance and can run the marathons and play 48 minutes in the games because you drink Gatorade drinks."
"In this commercial, they will show some scenes of you playing in the games of the Los Angeles Lakers team and they will also show some recordings of you running some marathons."
"For this commercial you will have to record some scenes training on the court, running on the athletics track and exercising at the gym."
"You will say that to play 48 minutes in all games, and to run marathons over 42 km quickly, you have to train hard every day, and during games and training you need to hydrate and recover your energies drinking Gatorade."
Jake liked the idea of the commercial, it was a positive message that someone had to strive for better results and spoke well of the Gatorade brand, of course, the idea of the commercial was to suggest that drinking Gatorade helped Jake to have more resistance, but that was normal in product commercials.
It was really a creative commercial that used his skills to send a message that Gatorade was important for Jake to be a better athlete, David was calm to see that Jake liked it, many players were very proud and did not understand the marketing ideas that brands had.
"In the other commercial, it will show you playing basketball training to hit three-point shots, you will train three-point shots, and then you will train with a player defending against you."
"It will show you running on the athletics track looking like you are trying hard to run even harder, then you will stop and drink Gatorade and you will take a deep breath and keep running, and you will continue playing basketball."
"The two commercials have a similar message and will be commercials with little time and they will sometimes put a bottle of Gatorade to promote their product."
Jake did not find this commercial as creative as the other, but as David said the idea of this other commercial was to highlight the product and Jake would only help by attracting the attention of consumers.
Jake agreed to this commercial as well and soon they started with Jake recording the narration for the first commercial, Jake was good at acting and needed to repeat the phrases just a few times so that the director liked it and the narration part ended.
Then Jake took some pictures that would be used to promote Gatorade products in newspapers, magazines and other ways, that was normal and Jake would have to do that for other companies as well.
After that they left the company with a film crew and went first to a gym that the advertising company had already booked, they knew they only had one day to record the commercial, so they had to be quick.
The gym part was simple, Jake just had to do some exercises that he normally did and the team would film him doing the exercises and the director would choose the best scenes later.
The most important scene was after Jake had started to sweat he would do it by taking a bottle of Gatorade and drinking, Jake did everything easily in 40 minutes and they were able to go to a court that was close to the gym to record the next scene.
In the court that was in an Arena, they would record for the two commercials, first Jake did some things that he did in his normal training and the film crew was filming everything that Jake did.
Jake recorded a drinking scene in a Gatorade bottle and one of the commercials had been recorded, after Jake changed his clothes to start recording the other commercial, Jake tried to hit the three-point shots for a few minutes.
Then another hired actor came on the court trying to defend against Jake by hindering him so that Jake wouldn't hit the three-point shots, and that was the scene, then Jake drank in a Gatorade grab, took a deep breath and continued training.
There was nothing for the director to send Jake to redo the scenes that were just him doing his training, the director just had to order the camera operators and lighting personnel and after more than an hour, the recording ended on the court.
After Jake went to an athletics track and started running, the camera operators had more difficulty making the recordings with Jake running around the track, after all the camera operators could not run along with Jake.
Just like in other shops Jake drank from the bottle of Gatorade and changed his clothes and started running again, this time he had to act to look like he was very tired even though he had only run a few kilometers.
To record this part of the commercial they had more difficulty because the camera operators and the film crew had to stop to rest and could not keep up with Jake's resistance.
Jake surprised everyone with his great resistance, even without any preparation Jake could run several kilometers without getting tired, after a few hours the film crew managed to finish recording the commercial.
They were lucky because if they took a few more hours it would start to get dark, Jake still talked to David about some things and then went to his house as he had already finished his work.
Jake was not tired even with all the things he did on the commercials recordings, he can still enjoy the rest of the day to rest, Jake was happy to record the commercials and even called Eva to tell her that soon she could see some of his commercials on television.
Eva was already used to watching Jake's commercials on television, but even so, she was happy to know that Jake had recorded more commercials and would record even more that month, Eva was proud to see Jake's commercials on television.
Eva still remembered the difficult times where she had to work much more than normal to earn just enough so that she and Jake could have a simple life, now she only worked because she liked her restaurant and all of that was thanks to what Jake did it.
Eva was also happy that Jake had found a girlfriend he loved and who was also very talented like him, even though she missed Jake who spent most of the year away from home, Eva knew that this happened in all families.
The next day came the Los Angeles Lakers team's next game, Jake went to the Great Western Forum and saw the Los Angeles Lakers crowd that had come to fill the arena again.
Many fans of the Los Angeles Lakers team had already bought the new shirt with the name of Jake and the number 7 that was his number this season, Jake was happy with the affection of the fans, his nickname was also shouted by the fans during the games.
After some time Jake went to the locker room and the players went to the court to start the game, the opponent in that game was the Golden State Warriors team, this was Jake's first NBA game playing against one of his former teammates on the Tar Heels team.
Playing on the Golden State Warriors team was former teammate Tar Heels and Jake's friend, Antawn Jamison was chosen by the Toronto Raptors team and was replaced by Vince Carter who had been chosen by the Golden State Warriors team.
Unfortunately Jake knew that Antawn was not having many opportunities to play this season, Antawn would still play in most games, but he would not play more than 24 minutes on average, Jake thought this was a mistake by the Golden State Warriors team.
Jake was well aware of Antawn's skills, how he could attack well and catch a lot of rebounds, the only defect Antawn was that he was not very good at defending, but the Golden State Warriors team lacked one of the best defenses and needed an attack much better if they wanted to win the games.
"Welcome to everyone who came to watch one more game this NBA season, today's game is between the Los Angeles Lakers team and the Golden State Warriors team."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team plays this game at home and they have the best attack this season and also the team has done an excellent season with 20 wins and only one defeat in 21 games."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team has all-star Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, both of whom have played very well this season and have been important to these Los Angeles Lakers victories.
"Rookie Jake Smith has been the main player on this team with an average of over 33 points and 11 assists per game, Jake is certainly the best rookie of this season and is one of the best players this season."
"The Golden State Warriors team has had an average season, they have 9 wins and 10 losses in 19 games this season, they have no player who is the highlight of that team this season."
"The current Golden State Warriors team can be happy if they make it into the playoffs this season."
The Los Angeles Lakers team would start the game with Jake Smith playing as PG, Kobe Bryant playing as SG, Rick Fox playing as SF, Robert Horry playing as PF, and Shaquille O'Neal playing as Center.
The Golden State Warriors team would start the game with Bimbo Coles playing as PG, John Starks playing as SG, Chris Mills playing as SF, Donyell Marshall playing as PF, and Erick Dampier playing as Center.
The game started and Shaquille O'Neal won the first ball possession for the Los Angeles Lakers, Shaq passed the ball to Jake who started to organize the attack, Jake advanced the ball and passed it to Kobe Bryant on the right.
Kobe received the ball and John Starks came in pressing on defense, Kobe held the ball and passed it to Rick Fox on the left, Rick received the ball and Chris Mills arrived to press in defense.
Rick tried to deceive Mills with a feint, but Mills was not deceived and continued to defend, so Rick decided to pass the ball to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and Bimbo Coles arrived to defend.
Jake tried a shot from outside and made 3 points for the Los Angeles Lakers team, in that game the players of the Los Angeles Lakers team were not very well, Kobe would still make a good game, but it was nowhere near the best he could do as in other games.
Rick also wouldn't be doing very well in that game, luckily the players of the Golden State Warriors team wouldn't play very well in that game either, so the Los Angeles Lakers team could still achieve victory without playing so well.
In another move, the Golden State Warriors team was on the attack, Coles advanced with the ball and passed to Mills on the right, Mills received the ball and Rick arrived pressing on defense, Mills held the ball a little and passed to Starks on the left.
Starks received the ball and Kobe came pressing on defense, Starks tried a feint and managed to trick Kobe and tried a mid-range shot to score 2 points for the Golden State Warriors team.
The Los Angeles Lakers team continued to push in defense and Jake was leading the attack for the Lakers team, so the first quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with a good lead on the scoreboard.
In the second quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers team continued to push in the attack and the Golden State Warriors team was trying to defend how the players managed, in the third quarter the Los Angeles Lakers team had an even greater advantage in points.
In that game, coach Rambis decided that the opponent was not too difficult and replaced Shaquille O'Neal who played only 30 minutes, in this game Kobe was not replaced and still did not have a great performance.
Dennis Rodman played for a few minutes in that game because coach Rambis decided to let him rest for a longer time in that game, at the end of the game the Los Angeles Lakers team won the victory making 111 points against 74 points from the Golden State Warriors team.
In this game, Jake played for 48 minutes and had 43 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds, 8 steals, and 2 blocks, in this game Jake attacked more than in other games, but even if he defended well, the opposing team did not attack much and for this, he failed to make more than 8 steals.
Shaq had 20 points in that game and 17 rebounds playing very well even playing for fewer minutes, Kobe had 18 minutes and Rick had 14 points, the Los Angeles Lakers team managed another victory and that was what mattered most to the fans.
"The game with the Los Angeles Lakers team ends with another victory, with the weaker performance of the Lakers team attack Jake standing out with 43 points in that game and leading the team to victory."
"The Golden State Warriors team did not attack much and focused more on pressing in defense, it worked against some players like Kobe and Rick, but it was not able to stop Jake's attack."
"After this game, the Los Angeles Lakers team will have a difficult streak of 6 games as a visitor, if the Lakers team still continues with the winning streak then they will surely be the biggest favorites to win the NBA title."
With this victory more the players were more excited, but the sequence of games as a visitor was something that worried the players and the coach Rambis too, Jake was also concerned about this because he knew that the Los Angeles Lakers team would lose 3 games of those 6 games as a visitor.
The next day the players would have a day to rest, the team board decided it was best for the players to travel to Sacramento, California, which was where the Los Angeles Lakers team's next game would be.
Fortunately, this would be a short trip for the Los Angeles Lakers team which would make players less tired, when the players arrived in Sacramento they went to the hotel chosen by the team's board and the players were able to rest.
The next day the players could have the whole day to rest and coach Rambis would not give any training to the team, this was because the next games would be very tiring and the players had to rest as much as they could in order to play well in the games.
After resting well for a day, the day came for the next game for the Los Angeles Lakers team, for that game Coach Rambis had already warned that Dennis Rodman would not even be a substitute in the game and would not play.
Jake didn't know if he had any reason for this to happen or if it was just so that Dennis Rodman could rest, but he didn't talk to Dennis Rodman much in training and Dennis probably wouldn't talk about it if he had a problem.
After a few hours, the players went to the ARCO Arena to face the opponent in this game that was the Sacramento Kings team, the Sacramento Kings team had the second-best attack this season after the Los Angeles Lakers team.
But unlike the Los Angeles Lakers team, Sacramento Kings had the worst defense this season in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers team had a good defense and with the best attack, they achieved many victories.
In the Sacramento Kings team, there was also the rookie Jason Williams who was a great player, unfortunately, this season there was Jake who was a better PG than he and also Mike Bibby among the rookies, so Jason did not have the recognition he deserved.
"Welcome to everyone who came to watch a game this NBA season, in today's game the Los Angeles Lakers team faces the Sacramento Kings team, it is the confrontation of the two teams with the best attacks of this season."
"The Sacramento Kings team has been having a regular season with 9 wins and 12 losses in 21 games, this team has good players like Chris Webber, Vlade Divac, and rookie Jason Williams."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team has had an excellent season with 21 wins and just 1 loss this season, the Lakers team has all-stars Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant and rookie Jake Smith who has been the best player on that team."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team has been playing better this season, but this is a game in which we cannot know that they will win, especially since the Sacramento Kings team plays at home."
The Los Angeles Lakers team would start the game with Jake Smith playing as PG, Kobe Bryant playing as SG, Rick Fox playing as SF, Robert Horry playing as PF, and Shaquille O'Neal playing as Center.
The Sacramento Kings team would start the game with Jason Williams playing as PG, Tariq Abdul-Wahad playing as SG, Peja Stojaković playing as SF, Chris Webber playing as PF, and Vlade Divac playing as Center.
The game started with Shaquille O'Neal winning the first ball possession for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Shaq passed the ball to Jake who started organizing the attack, Jake advanced the ball and passed it to Kobe Bryant on the right.
Kobe received the ball and Tariq Abdul-Wahad came in to press the defense, Kobe held the ball and passed it to Robert Horry ahead, Robert received the ball and Chris Webber came in to press the defense.
Robert protected the ball and passed it to Rick Fox further on the left, Rick received the ball and Peja Stojaković arrived pressing in defense, so Rick passed to Kobe on the right, Kobe received the free ball on the right and Tariq was not close to him.
So Kobe tried a mid-range shot to score 2 points for the Los Angeles Lakers team, the Los Angeles Lakers team started pressing in the attack even though they were the visiting team, the players knew they were better in the attack and the Sacramento Kings team didn't have one good defense.
In another play the Sacramento Kings team was on the attack, Jason Williams advanced with the ball and passed to Tariq on the left, Tariq received the ball and Kobe came pressing on the defense.
Tariq held the ball and passed it to Peja on the right, Peja received the ball and Rick arrived pressing on defense, Peja tried a feint and managed to trick Rick and tried a mid-range shot to make 2 points for the Sacramento Kings team.
Just as everyone thought the two teams started the game by pressing forward, so in that game, the team where the players had a better performance would win, luckily for the Los Angeles Lakers team Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were playing well in that game.
But Rick Fox and the other players were not doing so well, Jake was playing very well too and would try to help the Los Angeles Lakers team achieve that victory that they did not achieve in Jake's past life.
In another move Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Rick on the left, Rick received the ball and Peja came pressing on the defense, Rick tried to trick Peja with a feint, but Peja was not fooled and Rick passed to Kobe on the right.
Kobe received the ball and Tariq came in pressing on defense, Kobe held the ball and passed it to Jake in the back, Jake received the ball and Jason arrived pressing in defense, Jake made a feint and stepped back and tried an outside shot to make 3 more points for the Los Angeles Lakers team.
Jake was paying a lot of attention on defense because Jason Williams was playing well in that game and Jake knew that Jason was a very skilled player, Jason also realized that Jake was pushing on defense and that made Jason tenser.
In another play the Sacramento Kings team was on the attack, Jason advanced with the ball and passed to Tariq on the left, Tariq received the ball and Kobe came pressing on the defense, Tariq tried to trick Kobe with a feint, but Kobe was not fooled.
So Tariq passed the ball to Jason further behind Jason received the ball and Jake arrived pressing on the defense, Jason held the ball and passed the ball to Chris Webber further on the left, Chris received the ball and Robert Horry arrived pressing on the defense.
Chris used his strength to move closer to the painted area, Robert could not defend well against Chris, so Chris moved forward and moved away to try a hook shot and make 2 more points for the Sacramento Kings team.
The first quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with a small points advantage, in that first quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and had 8 points, 2 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals.
"The first quarter ends, the Los Angeles Lakers team is winning the game with a small advantage on the scoreboard, as it was expected the two teams are having a balanced game with the two teams very strong in attack."
"The Sacramento Kings team players seem to be doing better and all the players are helping in the attack and also trying to defend."
"On the Los Angeles team Lakers Shaq and Kobe are playing very well, Jake is also playing very well, and the three are putting a lot of pressure on the attack, Rick is not playing very well in this game and Robert is trying to help more in defense."
"Yes, the two teams are very balanced, so players like Jake, Shaq, and Kobe can make a difference and bring victory if they put more pressure on the defense, Coach Rambis looks like he won't replace Shaq and Kobe and so the Los Angeles team Lakers have the advantage in that game."
In the second quarter, the two teams continued to press on the attack, the Sacramento Kings team players were more excited about the chance to win seeing that they were performing well.
Even so Jake, Shaq, and Kobe were playing very well in the attack even though the Sacramento Kings team tried to put more pressure on the three of them, in another move the Los Angeles Lakers team was on the attack.
Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Kobe on the right, Kobe received the ball and Tariq arrived pressing on defense, Kobe tried to trick Tariq with a feint, but Tariq was not deceived, so Kobe passed the ball to Rick on the left.
Rick received the ball and Peja arrived pressing in the defense, Rick held the ball and passed it to Jake in the back, Jake received the ball and passed to Shaq in the front, Shaq received the ball and Vlade Divac arrived pressing in the defense.
Shaq made a forceful move to advance to the painted area, Shaq made a quick feint made a forward spin to make 2 more points with a dunk for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Shaq was really skilled in the painted area and Vlade was unable to defend.
In another play the Sacramento Kings team was on the attack, Jason advanced with the ball and passed to Peja on the right, Peja received the ball and Rick arrived pressing on defense, Peja held the ball and passed to Tariq on the left.
Tariq received the ball and Kobe came pressing on defense, Tariq tried to trick Kobe with a feint, but Kobe was not deceived, so Tariq passed the ball to Jason further back, Jason received the ball with little time in possession.
Jake was pushing in defense and he also knew that the possession time was running out, Jason tried to trick Jake with a feint, but Jake was not fooled, Jason tried to use speed to advance to the inside area.
But Jake kept up with him and continued to press on defense, Peja got rid of Rick's defense and gave Jason the opportunity to pass, so Jason tried to pass the ball to Peja before the time was up.
But Jake was watching the move and he anticipated to intercept the ball and make the steal, Jake made the steal and ran with all his agility for the attack, Jason realized that Jake made the steal and tried to come back to defend.
Jake was very fast and Jason was unable to return to defense and Jake advanced to the painted area and tried the dunk to make 2 more points for the Los Angeles Lakers team, the Los Angeles Lakers team was very well in attack and Jake was able to defend well a few times in the game.
The second quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with a good point advantage, in that second quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and had 10 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 3 steals.
"The second quarter ends and the Los Angeles Lakers team continues to win with an even greater advantage in points, the Los Angeles Lakers team's attack is very strong in that game and Jake was helping a lot in defense."
"It's true, the Sacramento Kings team is playing very well and is pushing forward, so we still had a well-balanced game in the first half of that game, but their defense is failing to stop the Los Angeles Lakers' attack."
"Jason Williams is playing very well in this game and with Jake defending well against him he helps the Los Angeles Lakers team to further increase their points advantage."
In the third quarter, the Sacramento Kings team kept trying to attack to get the win, Tariq Abdul-Wahad, Peja Stojaković, and Chris Webber is playing very well too and the Los Angeles Lakers' defense cannot stop them in the attack.
Peja Stojaković was managing to hit a few shots from three points and Rick was unable to defend very well, but with Jake pressing on defense and not letting Jason play so well it left the Los Angeles Lakers team with an even greater advantage.
Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Kobe on the right, Kobe received the ball and Tariq arrived pressing on defense, Kobe held the ball and passed to Rick on the left, Rick received the ball and Peja arrived pressing on defense.
Rick tried to trick Peja with a feint, but Peja was not fooled, Rick was not playing well in that game and Peja was playing very well in attack and defense, Rick passed the ball to Jake further back.
Jake received the ball and Jason came pressing on the defense, Jake held the ball a little and passed it to Kobe from the right again, Kobe received the ball and tricked Tariq with a feint and advanced into the area using his speed.
Kobe advanced and Tariq was unable to accompany him in defense, so Kobe drives to the basket and made 2 more points with a layup for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Kobe was playing very well in this game and that gave Jake and Shaq more opportunities to attack as well.
In another move the Sacramento Kings team was on the attack, Jason advanced with the ball and passed to Tariq on the left, Jason managed to play more calmly after he learned to attack avoiding Jake.
Jason had still made several points with mid-range shots when he had the freedom to try, Tariq received the ball and held it for a while and passed it to Peja on the right, Peja received the ball and Rick arrived pressing on the defense.
Peja managed to trick Rick with a feint and did a step back and tried the shot from outside to make 3 more points for the Sacramento Kings team, Peja was playing really well in that game and Jake wondered if it would not have been better if he defended against Peja in this game.
The third quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team maintaining the points advantage, in the last quarter the game remained balanced and the Los Angeles Lakers team began to put more pressure on the defense.
So the game ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning the game with 114 points against 98 points for the Sacramento Kings team, Jake was happy that the Lakers team won this game that they had lost in his past life, which meant he was important for the Lakers team to win.
In that game Jake played for 48 minutes and made 35 points, 12 assists, 9 rebounds, and 9 steals, Jake got a double-double in that game and almost got the quadruple-double that would be his first in the NBA.
"The game is over, the Los Angeles Lakers team won another game this season, this was a balanced game in which the two teams have a strong attack, all the players on the Sacramento Kings team were playing very well in that game."
"In the Los Angeles Lakers team, Shaquille O'Neal had an excellent game with 33 points and 11 rebounds, Kobe Bryant was also playing very well and had 29 points and 10 rebounds, and Jake Smith who was the highlight of that game had 35 points and 12 assists."
"But what made the difference in this game was that the Los Angeles Lakers team's defense was better, Jake defended very well against Jason Williams, Shaq and Kobe also played well in defense in that game."
"Even though the attack by the two teams was very strong, the defense of the Los Angeles Lakers team was better, the winning streak of the Los Angeles Lakers continues and they already have a streak of 18 victories."
The Los Angeles Lakers team got another victory and so coach Kurt Rambis and the players were very happy with this victory, they knew that this difficult game was only the first in the sequence of games that they would have as visitors.
Jake was still concerned because he didn't know if the Los Angeles Lakers team would lose any of the next games, in his past life the Los Angeles Lakers team lost 3 games in that sequence of 6 games playing as a visitor.
The first defeat did not happen because Jake helped the Los Angeles Lakers team to win, but if Kobe or Shaq did not perform well in any game he did not know if he could still help the Lakers team to win.
After that game, the Los Angeles Lakers team traveled to Minneapolis, Minnesota which was where the next game would be, luckily the next day the Lakers team would have no games and the players could rest.
The players arrived in Minneapolis and went to the hotel that the Lakers team board had booked, Jake was in his hotel room thinking a little about what had happened in the last few years.
Many things he had dreamed of in his past life had happened, he became an NBA basketball player and was playing on the Los Angeles Lakers team which was always the team he was rooting for.
Jake also managed to do something that not even he dreamed it was to start running marathons, he always loved running, but it was just a hobby for him, and in this second chance of him Jake had even managed to win an Olympic gold medal.
Jake had also managed to get his mother out of that difficult life by having to work exhaustively to support him, now Eva worked in her restaurant with Anna because she loved to do that and that made many people happy.
Jake was happy to have gotten a girlfriend he loved who was Kate, even though he couldn't spend much time with her, just talking to her sometimes made Jake very happy, Jake was also happy to see Kate succeed with her career.
Jake also managed to become an actor that was something he dreamed of, but he never really thought it possible for him to achieve that dream, just because he participated in the movie The Matrix, which was one of his favorite films, already made Jake very happy.
In addition to all this, Jake also managed to get very rich using the knowledge he had of the future, he had millions of dollars guaranteed every year, next year he would sell his shares and keep more than 7 billion dollars.
With the shares he owned of Amazon and Google Jake, his future was guaranteed with more than $ 100 billion to make, so money was something Jake would never have to worry about in the future.
Jake just kept investing to make more money because he intended to make a lot of donations in the future, he wanted to help a lot of people since he had this second chance, and for that, the money would never be enough.
Jake was thinking about how he traveled a lot with the Lakers team and yet he didn't have the time or the desire to visit cities, Jake made trips to various countries in his past life to visit just because he decided to learn several languages.
So Jake needed to create a reason to feel like traveling to other countries, he had fun talking to people from other countries in different languages, but Jake just really had fun visiting the same countries with his mother.
With that Jake learned that the trips were only fun if done with someone he liked, a lot of the fun in the trips was seeing Eva happy, so in the future, Jake wanted to make the trips with Eva and Kate only, he didn't want to be alone anymore travel.
While thinking about these things Jake decided to speak to the system again who was the one who had helped him achieve all these things, Jake often talked to the system, after all, every day he did his imagination training.
But the interesting thing was that Jake didn't have so many subjects to talk to the system, after all, everything he did in his life was also seen by the system, so he didn't talk about the things he saw daily.
"Fate, I wanted to thank you again for everything you did for me, this second chance, everything I ever wanted has happened, in fact sometimes I wonder if all this is just a dream if in that car accident I maybe I was in a coma and just dreaming about it."
[This is not a dream, I assure you that this is reality, going back in time may seem like a fantasy to you, but to me that I am the destiny of the world, I can do this and more.]
[You sure are having an easier time getting things done with my help, but you tried really hard to get everything you have, if you didn't train almost every day for the past 9 years you wouldn't be such a basketball player good, even with my help.]
[You got your wealth because you know the future, anyone who went back in the past could get it, but you just know all the things about the current stock market because you studied a lot in your past life.]
[In addition, you were able to help save Matthew's company and get the sponsorships that gave you the money to invest in the shares, even if other people could go back to the past, other people might not have got the money they needed to invest.]
Jake knew that the system was right, of course, that even if he had achieved everything he has to strive for if it were not for the system he would not have this second chance to strive to achieve what he has.
"Fate, I haven't seen my job statistics for a while, show me the statistics window for my first job."
[Here it is.]
[Name: Jake Smith]
[Age: 20 years]
[Job: Basketball Player]
[Title: NBA Pro Player]
[Position: PG, SG]
[Height: 2.01 m]
[Weight: 103 Kg]
[Force 43]
[Agility 42]
[Resistance 45]
[Intelligence 63]
[Luck 99]
Skills Basketball
[Ball Handling A]
[Body Control A]
[Man to Man B]
[Dribble S]
[Layup S]
[Set Shot SS]
[Block A]
[Pass S]
[Rebound S]
[2 Points SS]
[3 Points SS]
[Free Throw SS]
[Steal SS]
[Dunk S]
Jake saw his statistics and already expected that his physical statistics would not increase in a few months, the system had already said that he needed more than 1 year of training to have any natural increase in his physical statistics.
But his Skills improved after playing 23 games in the NBA, his Dribble increased from A to S after facing several players who were good at defending like Scottie Pippen, his Body Control also improved from B to A after playing with so many opponents using force.
Skill Block also improved from B to A, that was important for Jake, Skill Rebound also improved from A to S, these improvements in his skills made Jake very happy and showed that he was really improving.
Of course, Jake also remembered that his skills in the SS rank had also improved, but since they were at the top rank he couldn't see through the system, Jake still had a lot to improve to be an even better player in defense.
"Fate, show me my statistics window for my second job."
[Here it is.]
Statistics Jake
[Name: Jake Smith]
[Age: 20 years]
[Job: Businessman]
[Intelligence 63]
[Luck 99]
[Charm 48]
[Leadership 41]
[Policy 34]
[Eloquence 47]
Active Techniques
[Business Administration]
[See Through]
[Business Vision]
Jake was even more surprised to see his statistics window on his second job, Jake had seen it a few times when he started investing that statistics window, the statistics that gave this job increased much more than the statistics on his first job.
And Jake hadn't won those statistics as he did in his first job winning the marathons, those statistics from his first job naturally increased without him even realizing it.
His Charm statistic was high the last time he saw it and it was 42 and now it was 48, the Leadership statistic has also increased a lot before he had 33 Leadership and now he had 41.
His Policy statistic was 24 and has now reached 34, his Eloquence statistic was 40 and now it has increased to 47, as these were not physical abilities he had not noticed the increase in those statistics in recent years.
In addition, Jake realized that he had one more active skill that he didn't have before, it was the Business Administration skill, the other skills were very useful for most entrepreneurs, but for Jake, these skills were useful only a few times.
"Fate, why did my stats increase so much in this job and what new skill is that?"
[You think these statistics have improved very quickly, but in fact, it has normally increased over time, after all, you are always using statistics from your second job while you are investing in the Cisco company.]
[You have achieved many things in the last few years, you became a partner of Amazon and a partner of Google, which are two of the companies that will be the largest companies in the world in technology, you helped Matthew's company to have a high valuation and also started to develop patents for revolutionary new products in the future.]
[With you doing all of these things your stats would naturally improve quickly, plus some of your statistics for your second job have also improved with your fourth job.]
[You managed to act in a big movie that is likely to have a large audience and it was also a success in your past life, that naturally increased your Charm and Eloquence statistics a lot.]
[This new Skill Business Administration is an active Skill that makes sure you have accurate reports whenever you want about any business that you have an investment in.]
[This can be a very useful skill for you who have investments in several companies, if any partner of yours or employee of the companies you invest in changes any report or steals money from the company, you can know the difference using this skill.]
Jake did not expect that the Skill he had received would be so useful, it was a skill that many entrepreneurs would do anything to have, after all with this skill Jake could know if he was cheated and also save time that he would need to use to see the reports.
With the system explaining Jake was able to understand why his statistics improved so much, he had certainly done many things that no entrepreneur would be able to do and guaranteed a billion-dollar gain even if he started from scratch.
Besides, Jake hadn't thought that making a big movie like The Matrix could improve some of his stats so much, that was an unexpected gain and naturally made Jake happier.
"Fate, show me my statistics window for my fourth job."
[Here it is.]
[Name: Jake Smith]
[Age: 20 years]
[Job: Actor]
[Intelligence 63]
[Luck 99]
[Charm 48]
[Eloquence 47]
Active Techniques
[Emotion Control B]
[Communication Skills A]
[Photographic Memory A]
[Positioning A]
Jake saw his statistics window and remembered that his job had no different statistics than other jobs, but his skills were different, Emotion Control was a skill that was in rank D and was now in rank B.
Jake knew that this was one of the most important skills for an actor to have, after all, he needed to show the emotions that the characters he was playing were feeling even if it wasn't his emotions.
Jake imagined that when he had this skill in the SS rank he could cry when he wanted to and no one could tell if he was faking or feeling real emotion, it was a skill that any actor would want to have.
Jake's Communication Skills skill was previously in rank B and now they were in rank A, this was a fundamental skill for the actors to have, he had to pass confidence and emotions in his voice and speak in a way that anyone could understand.
This was an important skill for an actor and very important for anyone, with good Communication Skills a person would never have a hard time saying what he wanted to say in a way that everyone understood.
The Photographic Memory skill also improved from rank B to rank A, this ability was already great for Jake in rank B, he did not forget the scripts he read and Jake also forgot a few things.
With this ability in rank A, he would practically forget nothing, this ability was even more important to Jake because with this ability Jake was also able to remember several things he had seen in his past life.
This was very important in business and basketball as well, Jake currently remembers all the games he saw only some news in his past life, so he would know when his teammates would be playing badly or when his team could lose.
The Positioning skill was also in the B ranking and was in the A rank now, this ability improved a lot after the movie in which Jake had to make special moves to do the fight scenes that were choreographed.
This skill could also help Jake in basketball to get more rebounds and make better plays, Jake was very happy with all of his skills that have improved a lot in recent years.
Jake also asked to see his statistics window for his third job, but the system said these skills had not changed since the last time Jake saw him, after all, Jake was already one of the best runners in the world winning almost all the marathons he participated and his main skills were in Rank S.
Jake improved his skills in basketball because he was not the best NBA player, there were many players who were much better than him in defense and other things, so Jake was still improving his skills.
Of course, Jake would still improve his skills in his third job when he started running the 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters and even short-distance athletics, but that would still take years to happen.
After talking to the system and seeing his skills improve, Jake was more excited to continue working on the next NBA games and the other things he did.
Jake managed to sleep well after being happy to see his stats and think about the past, that other day the Los Angeles Lakers team had no game and the players had only light training to do on the court and in the gym.
With the players having a day to rest between games, the medical team and coach Rambis were no longer so concerned, so in these important games coach, Rambis could let the main players play longer.
The next day came the next game for the Los Angeles Lakers team, the players went to the Target Center to prepare for the game, the opponent in that game is the Minnesota Timberwolves team.
This was the Los Angeles Lakers' second game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, in the first game the Los Angeles Lakers won and they were expected to win again.
Jake was still focused on that game because the opposing team had Kevin Garnett, Dennis Rodman would not play that game again and Robert Horry would not play either, so the pressure on defense was Travis Knight.
"Welcome to everyone who came to watch another game this NBA season, in the game today we have the Los Angeles Lakers team facing the Minnesota Timberwolves."
"The Minnesota Timberwolves team has been performing well this season with 13 wins and 9 losses in 22 games, the star of this team is Kevin Garnett who has been playing very well this season."
"In this Minnesota Timberwolves team, Joe Smith has also been doing a season, if the Minnesota Timberwolves team continues to win they may make it to the playoffs and even compete in the NBA title."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team has been having one of the best starts of the season in the history of this team, so far there are 22 wins and only 1 loss in 23 games, this team has had three coaches this season and some problems with player injuries."
"Stars Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were very important for the Los Angeles Lakers team to have a great start to the season, but it was the entrance of rookie star Jake Smith that the Los Angeles Lakers team got the best attack of this season and a good defense."
The Los Angeles Lakers team would start that game with Jake Smith playing as PG, Kobe Bryant playing as SG, Rick Fox playing as SF, Travis Knight playing as PF, and Shaquille O'Neal playing as Center.
The Minnesota Timberwolves team would start this game with Terrell Brandon playing as PG, Sam Mitchell playing as SG in that game, Kevin Garnett playing as SF in that game, Joe Smith playing as PF, and Dean Garrett playing as Center.
The game started and Shaquille O'Neal won the first ball possession for the Los Angeles Lakers, Shaq passed the ball to Jake who started to organize the attack, Jake advanced the ball and passed it to Kobe Bryant on the right.
Kobe received the ball and Sam Mitchell came in pressing on defense, Kobe held the ball and passed it to Rick Fox on the left, Rick received the ball and Kevin Garnett arrived pressing in defense.
Rick tried a feint and was unable to deceive Garnett, so Rick passed the ball to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and Terrell Brandon came pressing on the defense, Jake saw Shaq's good movement inside and passed the ball to him.
Shaq received the ball and Dean Garrett did not follow Shaq's movement and was far away, so Shaq took the ball and scored 2 points with the dunk for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Shaq made a good move and Jake passed the ball just in time.
In another move, the Minnesota Timberwolves team was on the attack, Brandon advanced with the ball and passed it to Garnett on the right, Garnett received the ball and Rick came pressing on the defense.
Garnett held the ball and passed it to Sam on the left, Sam received the ball and Kobe arrived pressing on the defense, Sam held the ball for a while and passed it to Joe Smith later on.
Smith received the ball and Travis Knight came in to press the defense, Smith made the spin and tried the hook shot to make 2 points for the Minnesota Timberwolves team, the two teams were balanced at the beginning of the game.
The Minnesota Timberwolves team had a regular attack and defense this season, in the first games of this season they started by winning several games, but Jake knew they would start losing several games by the end of the season.
Jake advanced to the attack and passed the ball to Rick from the left, Rick was not playing very well in these last games, he had some tough opponents like in this game that Kevin Garnett was defending against him.
Rick received the ball and Garnett came pressing on the defense, Rick held the ball a little and passed to Kobe on the right, Kobe received the ball and Sam came pressing on the defense, Kobe managed to deceive Sam with a feint and advanced to the inside area.
Some opposing players tried to defend against Kobe, but Kobe kept going and tried a layup to make 2 more points for the Los Angeles Lakers team, in that game Kobe and Shaq were well on the attack which made it easier for the Los Angeles Lakers team to win.
In another move the Minnesota Timberwolves team was on the attack, Brandon advanced with the ball and passed it to Sam on the left, Sam received the ball and Kobe arrived pressing on defense, Sam held the ball a little and passed it to Garnett on the right.
Garnett received the ball and Rick came in to press the defense, Garnett tricked Rick with a feint and advanced into the area, Garnett advanced and tried a mid-range shot to make 2 more points for the Minnesota Timberwolves team.
The first quarter ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning and getting a small point advantage, in that first quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and made 8 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds, and 2 steals.
"The first quarter of this game ends with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning with a small points advantage, we had a balanced game so far between these two teams that had a good start to the season."
"The Minnesota Timberwolves team is playing well this season with Kevin Garnett, Joe Smith, and other players performing well, and the Minnesota Timberwolves team has achieved 13 wins this season."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team has the best attack this season and lost just 1 game this season, with Jake Smith joining the team and with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal playing very well, they are one of the strongest teams this season."
"We will continue to monitor whether this game will remain balanced and whether the Los Angeles Lakers team will be able to continue with the incredible sequence of victories."
In the second quarter the Minnesota Timberwolves team started to press more in attack and defense, they were the team that was playing at home and did not want to lose another game playing in the Target Center.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Minnesota Timberwolves team was on the attack, Brandon advanced with the ball and passed it to Garnett on the right, Garnett received the ball and Rick arrived pressing on defense.
Garnett held the ball for a while and passed it to Sam on the left, Sam got the ball and Kobe got on the defense, Sam didn't try the move and passed it to Brandon further on, Brandon received the ball and Jake was on the defense.
Brandon had the ball and tried a mid-range shot and scored 2 more points for the Minnesota Timberwolves team, Jake still tried to hinder Brandon in that play and he couldn't, Brandon was playing well in that game and Jake knew he had to press more on defense.
Jake had managed to make a steal in the first quarter by taking Brandon's ball and so Brandon was only trying mid-range shots, but now Jake realized that maybe he would have to press even harder on defense.
In this balanced game, coach Rambis decided not to replace the main players, the players were not so tired because they were having 1 day of rest between games, in addition, coach Rambis knew that the opponent players were also tired.
It was easier for Jake to organize the moves when Shaq and Kobe had been playing for more than 37 minutes and were playing well in the games, Rick was not playing very well in the last games, but it helped to prevent the opponents from making double-team defense against Shaq and Kobe.
In another move, the Los Angeles Lakers team was on the attack, Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Kobe on the right, Kobe received the ball and Sam came pressing on defense, Kobe tried to trick Sam with a feint, but Sam was not fooled.
So Kobe passed the ball to Rick from the left, Rick received the ball and Garnett came pressing on the defense, Rick held the ball a little and passed it to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and tried an outside shot to make 3 more points for the Los Angeles Lakers team.
Jake tried a shot from outside the three-point line, so Brandon didn't have time to react and so Jake scored 3 more points, in that second quarter the game was still balanced, but the Los Angeles Lakers team was managing to increase the advantage in points.
So the Los Angeles Lakers team ended up winning the second quarter, in the third quarter the Minnesota Timberwolves team tried to press further in attack and defense, but with Jake, Shaq and Kobe playing the Los Angeles Lakers team very strong.
At the end of the game, the Los Angeles Lakers won with 119 points against 97 points for the Minnesota Timberwolves, in that game Jake played for 48 minutes and had 32 points, 11 assists, 11 rebounds, and 8 steals.
Jake managed to make another triple-double in that game and with Shaq he was not well to catch rebounds and Dennis Rodman was not playing, Jake decided to try harder to catch defensive rebounds to help the team and not give more attacks to the opponent.
"The game is over and the Los Angeles Lakers team has achieved another victory this season, with almost half of the games of this season already played, the Los Angeles Lakers team continues with just 1 loss."
"This game was balanced like some games by the Los Angeles Lakers team this season, the Minnesota Timberwolves team played very well and the players performed well, but the Los Angeles Lakers team still won that game."
"Shaquille O'Neal did not play as well as in the last games and scored 24 points, Kobe Bryant played very well and scored 21 points, and Jake was again the highlight of the Los Angeles Lakers team."
"Jake managed to make another triple-double this season, this was his ninth triple-double this season, Jake had 32 points, 11 assists, and 11 rebounds and played again every 48 minutes."
"It's true, I think Jake can really win the MVP award this season, after all, he has been the best player this season, the Los Angeles Lakers team is almost guaranteed in the playoffs and if the Lakers team advance further in the playoffs Jake can really be chosen as an MVP."
The Los Angeles Lakers team managed another victory and Jake remembered that the Minnesota Timberwolves team had qualified for the playoffs with 25 wins, so with two more victories the Los Angeles Lakers team would be guaranteed in the playoffs.
Getting to the playoffs was Jake's first goal in his debut season, then he wanted to try to win the NBA title, if the Los Angeles Lakers team won the NBA title Jake would really feel that he had changed the future of the Los Angeles Lakers team for the better.
The players were excited about this victory and coach Rambis was also happy, the players were performing well in most games and when one player played poorly the team still had Jake who played well in all games this season.
After 24 games Coach Rambis has already started to see Jake as the most important player for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Shaquille O'Neal was certainly a player who had to be in every game and the team could even win without Jake on the team.
But that was because Shaq didn't have a good substitute and Derek Fisher could play well as PG even if he wasn't as good as Jake, so the team depended more on Shaq, but Coach Rambis thought Jake was the most important.
Jake was the leading player in various game statistics on the Los Angeles Lakers team and just because he was able to play 48 minutes in every game already showed the importance he had for the Lakers team.
After the end of the game the Los Angeles Lakers team traveled to downtown Cleveland, Ohio which was where the next game would be, the players arrived at the hotel and could rest well because the Lakers team would not have a game the next day.
The beginning of this month of March was being very good for the teams that sometimes had 1 day for the players to rest between games, the teams still had a difficult and tiring sequence with many games, but it was better than in the month of February.
The other day the players just did a short training and so they would be more rested for the next game, then the day of the next game came that would be against the Cleveland Cavaliers team.
The Cleveland Cavaliers team was having a regular season with 10 wins and 10 losses in 20 games, even though the Cleveland Cavaliers team was playing at home, everyone thought the Los Angeles Lakers team would win that game.
Jake remembered that in this game the Los Angeles Lakers team lost in his past life, so he would not underestimate the opponent, but Jake thought that if he played well the Los Angeles Lakers team would still win.
The game started with the Cleveland Cavaliers team pressing in the attack and showing that they wanted to win, the Los Angeles Lakers team also pressing in defense as they did in every game and the game was even.
At the end of the first quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers team was winning a small 2 point lead, in the second quarter Jake started trying more attacking moves and more steals too and he was helping in defense.
So in the second quarter, the Los Angeles Lakers team ended up winning, and in the third quarter too, at the end of the game, the Los Angeles Lakers team won the game with 108 points against 96 points of the Cleveland Cavaliers team.
This game was more difficult because only Shaquille O'Neal and Jake were playing well in that game, Shaq had 37 points and 19 rebounds and 5 blocks and had one of his best this season, Jake double-double with 32 points and 10 assists.
Dennis Rodman did not play again in that game and Coach Rambis seemed uncomfortable with it, Jake had a different contract that allowed him to miss some training and even lose some games and even then Jake did not use this benefit and asked Coach Rambis when he needed to miss training.
Kobe Bryant was not playing very well in that game and had 14 points and Rick Fox was also not playing very well and had 12 points, even so, the Los Angeles Lakers team managed another victory and that made the players happier.
After that game, the team traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where they would play the next game, this time the players would not have 1 day off because the next game would be the next day.
The other day the Los Angeles Lakers team went to the First Union Center to face the Philadelphia 76ers, the other players and even coach Rambis were not concerned with that game because the Los Angeles Lakers team had lost just one game that season.
But Jake knew that the Philadelphia 76ers team was probably the toughest opponent that the Los Angeles Lakers team this season, the Lakers team would have lost 8 games this season if Jake had not been on the team.
So even though they now had 24 wins and only 1 loss it was because Jake had joined the Los Angeles Lakers team, only Jake knew the real difficulty of the games and that game would be very difficult.
The Philadelphia 76ers team had 13 wins and 9 losses this season which was already very good, and they had 3 games less than the Los Angeles Lakers team, in Jake's past life these two teams had similar results in the season.
The Philadelphia 76ers team still had Allen Iverson who was a great Jake idol in the NBA, Allen Iverson is one of the best players in NBA history, this February Allen Iverson would be the player of the month if Jake was not chosen.
Allen Iverson would also be the player with the most points per game this season, Jake would probably be the player with the most points this season, so Jake was looking forward to this game and knew that all players would have to play very well for the team to win.
Jake even talked to Kobe before the game to ask Kobe to let him defend against Allen Iverson in that game, Jake knew that Allen Iverson would score a lot in that game and only he could help in the defense to prevent Allen Iverson from scoring so many points.
Ideally, Jake would suggest this to Coach Rambis, but Jake had a good friendship with Kobe and didn't want to do that without talking to him before, unfortunately Kobe was very confident that he could defend well against Allen Iverson and did not accept Jake's suggestion.
If this dispute between Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant was in a few years in the future Jake would want to watch, after all, in the future, Kobe would be an excellent defensive player and would also attack even better, but in this game, Jake preferred to defend against Allen Iverson.
"Welcome to everyone who came to watch this game this NBA season, in this game the Philadelphia 76ers team that is playing at home faces the Los Angeles Lakers team."
"The Philadelphia 76ers team is having a good season with 13 wins and 9 losses, with Allen Iverson as the big star of this team they have been achieving good victories and can reach the playoffs this season."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team is playing the fourth game as a visiting visitor, yet they haven't lost any of the last 3 games, they have a great start to the season with 24 wins and just 1 loss in 25 games."
"So half of this season is over and the Los Angeles Lakers team has just 1 loss, with Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Jake Smith the Los Angeles Lakers team has the best attack that has worked very well this season."
"The Philadelphia 76ers team has one of the best saves this season and with Allen Iverson, they can beat this Los Angeles Lakers team."
The Los Angeles Lakers team would start that game with Jake Smith playing as PG, Kobe Bryant playing as SG, Rick Fox playing as SF, Robert Horry playing as PF, and Shaquille O'Neal playing as Center.
The Philadelphia 76ers team would start this game with Eric Snow playing as PG, Allen Iverson playing as SG, George Lynch playing as SF, Tyrone Hill playing as PF, and Matt Geiger playing as Center.
The game started with Shaquille O'Neal winning the first ball possession for the Los Angeles Lakers, Shaq passed the ball to Jake who started organizing the attack, Jake moved forward and passed the ball to Rick Fox on the left.
Rick was not playing very well in those last games, he knew that coach Rambis just did not replace him because he had no other good players in the SF position to play as his replacement and because Rick was scoring more than 10 points in most games.
Rick received the ball and George Lynch arrived pressing on defense, Rick held the ball a little and passed it to Kobe Bryant on the right, Kobe received the ball and Allen Iverson arrived pressing on defense.
Kobe tried a feint to try to deceive the opponent and made a crossover to try to advance to the internal area, Iverson was not deceived and managed to continue well in the defense, Kobe made another feint and managed to advance for the left quickly.
Kobe drive to the basket and tried the layup to make 2 points for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Kobe didn't play well in the last game and wanted to have a good performance in that game, especially because he wanted to show Jake that he was able to defend and attack.
Of course, Jake knew better than Kobe how skillful he was and how he would be even better in the future, but Jake knew that although Kobe is currently a player who helps in defense he did not play as well against very skilled opponents in the attack.
Soon the Philadelphia 76ers team went on the attack to try to tie the game, Erick Snow advanced with the ball and passed to Allen Iverson on the left, Iverson received the ball and Kobe came pressing on the defense.
Iverson did not expect this intensity in defense since the beginning of the game, Iverson held the ball and passed it to Lynch on the right, Lynch received the ball and Rick arrived at the defense, Lynch made a feint and managed to trick Rick, so Lynch tried a mid-shot range to score 2 points for the Philadelphia 76ers.
The two teams were pressing in the attack and the Philadelphia 76ers team were better in defense, Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Kobe on the right, Kobe received the ball and Iverson arrived pressing in defense.
Kobe held the ball a little and passed the ball to Rick from the left, Rick tried to make a feint to deceive the opponent, but Lynch was not deceived, so Rick passed the ball to Jake further back.
Jake received the ball and Snow arrived pressing in defense, Jake advanced with the ball and made a feint to deceive the opponent, Jake deceived Snow and advanced using his speed for the attack.
Snow still tried to keep up with the defense, but Jake was faster and advanced with the ball, Jake advanced to the inside area and Matt Geiger tried to defend against him, Jake saw Geiger coming to defend and passed the ball to Shaq later on.
Shaq received the ball without anyone defending against him, so Shaq advanced and scored 2 more points with a dunk for the Los Angeles Lakers, Shaq praised Jake for the good move and they went back to the defense.
Even though Jake was the highlight of the team today and scored more points than all his teammates, Jake was highly respected by his teammates and no one was jealous of him.
This was because Jake was not a player who didn't know how to play as a team and just wanted to score and didn't bother to pass the ball, Jake was the player with the most assists in the NBA today and it showed how he passed the ball in most plays.
Everyone knew that Jake was the player who scored the most because he was the player who made the least mistakes in attacks and also played 48 minutes in every game while his teammates couldn't stand to do that.
For the other players on the Los Angeles Lakers team, it was normal for Jake to be the best player on the team because he was an excellent player who worked harder than the other players in training him.
In another play, the Philadelphia 76ers team was on the attack, Snow advanced with the ball and passed it to Lynch on the right, Lynch received the ball and Rick arrived pressing on defense, Lynch held the ball a little and passed it to Iverson on the left.
Iverson received the ball and Kobe came pressing on defense, Iverson tried to trick Kobe with a feint, but Kobe was attentive on defense and was not deceived, Iverson did not understand why Kobe was defending so intensely since the beginning of the game.
Iverson tried another feint and made a quick crossover and advanced from the left, Kobe was unable to follow in defense, but soon he recovered and returned to defend against Iverson, Iverson made a feint and tried a fadeaway shot to make 2 more points for the team Philadelphia 76ers.
The fadeaway shot was a move that Kobe made many times in games and it was difficult for him to see Iverson making that move against him, this was not the first move that Iverson made the points and Kobe began to realize that maybe he was not able to currently defend well playing against Iverson.
The two teams were very balanced in the game, even so, the defense of the Philadelphia 76ers team was better and Allen Iverson was playing very well in that game, so the Philadelphia 76ers team finished the first quarter by winning with the points advantage.
In that first quarter Jake played for 12 minutes and made 8 points, 3 assists, 2 rebounds, and 2 steals, Jake played well in that first quarter, but even he was having trouble attacking and assisting.
"The first quarter ends and the Philadelphia 76ers team is winning with a small advantage in points, few times this season the Los Angeles Lakers team ended the first-quarter loss."
"The players of the Los Angeles Lakers team are not playing very well, but that was not much different than in the last games, Jake Smith and Kobe Bryant are playing well in that game and Shaquille O'Neal is also playing well despite having played for fewer minutes."
"Rick Fox and Robert Horry are not playing very well in the attack, but they help the defense and help in the attack as well as in the last games, even so, the Philadelphia 76ers still have the advantage in the game."
"In the attack by the Philadelphia 76ers team, only Allen Iverson is having an excellent performance and scored 11 points in that first quarter, in defense the Philadelphia 76ers team is playing much better and all the players are helping in the defense."
"We will continue to follow this game to see if the Los Angeles Lakers team will have their second loss of the season in that game or if they can recover and get another victory."
Just as commentators said the Los Angeles Lakers team was playing normally as it did in the last few games and it was the Philadelphia 76ers team that was playing better in defense and Allen Iverson who was playing really well.
Coach Kurt Rambis had to replace Shaq in that game for a few minutes because the medical team had said that Shaq's fatigue was too great and he could be injured if he played normally.
Even though players had a day to rest between games, this Los Angeles Lakers team streak as a visitor was tiring the players with travel.
The second quarter started with the Philadelphia 76ers team pressing in the attack, the Philadelphia 76ers team wanted this home win against the strong Los Angeles Lakers team to have more courage to continue winning the games.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Philadelphia 76ers team was on the attack, Snow advanced with the ball and passed it to Lynch on the right, Lynch received the ball and Rick arrived pressing on defense.
Lynch tried to trick Rick with a feint, but Rick was not fooled and remained strong in defense, so Lynch decided to pass the ball to Snow further back, Snow received the ball and Jake arrived at the defense.
Snow held the ball for a bit and passed the ball to Iverson on the left, Iverson received the ball and Kobe came up to press on defense, Kobe was still trying to defend better in this game and wanted to help the team win this game.
Iverson tried to deceive Kobe with a feint, but Kobe was not deceived and continued to press in defense, Iverson tried another feint and pretended he was going to advance to the inside area and stepped back and tried an outside shot to make 3 more points for the Philadelphia 76ers team.