Chapter 147 The National High School Champions.h.i.+p 4
After this move James became concerned about Jake again, in fact, they knew little about Jake who had not played for two years without playing champions.h.i.+ps, but this year Jake looked like a great PG who played for the team and always got a Triple Double in the games.
But no one had any reports from Jake after making a big individual game where he made more than 40 points, because the last game like that was in Middle School, and high school did not care about that.
So the coach said that if they knocked out Jake"s teammates he would not play so well, but in that game, James"s instincts said that Jake was more dangerous when he was cornered like in that game.
James started another attack for his team, this time he pa.s.sed the ball to Liam after reaching the line of three points, Liam received the pa.s.s and again easily turned on Carter and made the hook to make 2 more points for his team.
In fact, it was not that Carter was badly defensive in this game but rather that he could not play well against Liam who was taller, Jake received the ball and quickly advanced to the three-point line.
He made a fake and pa.s.sed by James, then Jake continued advancing to the inner area and went to do the layup, Liam who saw this tried the block, but Jake realized that Liam is close and kept the ball longer in the hands during the layup and managed to do the layup.
Liam was upset that he could not get another block, but Jake changed the direction of the ball at the right time and if he forces it, Liam already had 3 blocks in that game and wanted more in the game, he wanted to make his first Triple Double in top of the Elite team that had Jake.
James started another attack and pa.s.sed the ball to his team"s SF, Harrison was up and SF pa.s.sed the ball to Liam, Liam ended up in a double game with Carter and Mike and pa.s.sed the ball to Center who was free, Center tried to do the dunk for shows that should not be underestimated.
But Jake, who guessed what the opponent would do, returned to the defense and made the block on top of the opposing center, Center who wanted to make the Dunk and was rejected ended up getting unbalanced and falling to the ground.
The players of the Cats team complained about a foul, but the referee saw that Jake"s block was cleared and sent the game to follow, the crowd started to cheer again and Jake pa.s.sed the ball to David who was running alone on the attack.
Even though he was a little bad in the game David did not lose that chance and made the 2 points with the layup, James was also impressed by this move of Jake, but calmed down and began to organize another attack for his team.
He pa.s.sed the ball to Fred who pa.s.sed by David and tried the shot from outside, Jake appeared suddenly again and made another block in Fred"s attack, Jake even took the ball and ran to the attack to make the dunk and 2 more points to your team.
With these three plays of Jake the Elite team managed to tie the game again, James who was twice defenseless because Jake went elsewhere combined a move with his team"s SF.
James pa.s.sed the ball to the SF who managed to pa.s.s by Harrison and ran into the inside area, Jake left James alone and went behind the SF as well as had agreed the SF pa.s.sed to James who without defense made the mid-range shot to do plus 2 points for the Cats team.
Jake knew this could have happened, but he could not let his team stand behind the board doing nothing, so Jake started another attack, he advanced to the three-point line and pa.s.sed the ball to Harrison.
Harrison who was well in that game pa.s.s by the SF opponent easily and ran to do the layup, Liam who was accompanying the move also rose and managed to make the block in this move, the Cats Center took the ball and pa.s.sed to James to start the attack.
James, who was happy not to allow the Elite team to draw again, stepped up to the three-point line, he saw that Jake was a bit away probably thinking about defending against another person and so James tried to shoot him out.
Even though Jake was a little away from James he paid attention to it as soon as James tried the shot from outside Jake advanced quickly and jumped to make the block in that move as well, so Jake took the ball and ran to the attacking block and made the dunk to tie the game.
Jake realized that James was agitated for being ignored and was already thinking about making this block since the last move, after all, Jake had the physical statistics very high and the rank of his ability block was S, besides being almost 10 centimeters higher than the opponent can make the block easier.
Even though Jake found it normal James was very impressed that it was he who suffered the block, even if it was possible Jake was away from him before he even hopped Liam would not get the block in this situation, this means that Jake was more skillful than Liam in defense.
The game continued like this and the second period ended with the Cats team being 2 points ahead, even if Jake was doing very well in defense Liam is doing well, Jake had 18 points and 8 a.s.sists, and now he had 5 blocks in the game.
Liam had 14 points and 6 blocks in this game, so it was a good players" match, but Jake was a PG and Liam was a PF, so Jake"s box score was different.
In the interval after the second period, Jake and coach Mike tried to talk to David and Carter, David was just a little nervous and in bad shape in that game, and Carter was going badly just in the attack, in defense he was normal, but it was that Liam was playing very well.
At that time Jake and Coach Mike felt the lack of a sixth man in the team if they had a good reserve the team could maintain a good game in those situations, but the team subst.i.tutes were now much weaker than David and Carter.
And if they were taken away from a major game could affect their performance in the next games if the team won, the third period still had a good performance of Jake and Liam on both sides, so the third period ended with the Elite team 2 points in the front thanks to a basket out of Jake at the end of the third period.
Jake now had 30 points and 11 a.s.sists plus 8 blocks, he was close to a triple-double different from the other games, but thanks to James"s care, Jake only managed 3 steals throughout the game.
On the Liam Cats side, he had 26 points and 11 blocks in that game, so he had a Double-Double, but he still had 6 rebounds and was behind the triple, but Mark was also well in the game and had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Fred was also doing well with 20 points and Harrison had 12 points, this was more a three-on-three game than a game between teams, in the last period Liam was a bit more tired with this intense game.
Jake was still full of energy and this could make the difference in the final result of such a difficult game, James received the ball and started another attack and pa.s.sed the ball to Liam, Carter who continued to struggle in the defense managed to disrupt the mid shot range of Liam.
Harrison picked up the ball and pa.s.sed it to Jake, Jake advanced to the three-point line and took a set shot away from the three-point line to make another 3 points for the Elite team, James did not even have time to defend before the ball.
After James from a few plays was starting to get anxious, the Elite team was ahead with 5 points and Liam was now tired, so he pa.s.sed the ball to the SF team"s Cats, Harrison even tired continued form in the defense, so the SF pa.s.sed the ball to Liam who was the star of the team.
With Carter firmly in defense too, Liam did not want to risk it and pa.s.sed the ball to Fred, Fred took David out of the play and prepared for the shot from outside when he saw Jake arriving, so Fred pa.s.sed to James, but they were very close so Jake was still next.
But as the time of the possession of the ball was ending and James thought that Jake was tired also he tried the shot of outside, Jake approached quickly and managed to make another block, was the block number 10 of him in the game.
Jake got the ball and ran for the attack and only stopped after the dunk and 2 more points for the Elite team, missing minutes to end the game and the Elite team had a good lead, but James still did not give up.
Arriving at the three-point line he pa.s.sed the ball to Liam who got the energy to pa.s.s by Carter and dunk to keep the Cats team firm in the game, Jake got the ball and advanced to the three-point line, getting there he saw that all the players in the Cats team were defending well.
So Jake thought about making another individual play to make the points in that play, but so he remembered a move that trained a lot with Mark in the weeks before the game.
So Jake made a sign with his hands that he had not done for a long time, his teammates did not know what that signal was, but Mark knew that Jake made an Alley-oop and Mark took the ball in the air and made a dunk.