Chapter 371 Business and Basketball 5
The restaurant was a huge success since opening and never had any problems, Eva didn"t need any money knowing that Jake was a millionaire and only worked at the restaurant because he liked it, so he decided to close for Christmas and let the employees rest with their family.
So Anna could also spend Christmas with them as a family, Jake was very happy when she heard that his mother did it and thought it was very good for the other employees too, as she can do it in advance customers already knew the restaurant would be closed a few days earlier.
Even so, when Jake came home on the 21st Eve still had to stay at the restaurant for the next 2 days, so Jake could also continue training on those days to get even better this rest week.
Jake didn"t want to bother Matthew and Oliver that they should be busy with the business of the company that had to close the balance sheet by the end of the year, this time Jake didn"t need money like last year and didn"t want to bother Matthew before he had the company"s official earnings report.
He also knew that Tiffany and Clara were very busy with their business this holiday season, in fact, they were busy with their business all year long, having lost several years without being able to invest and just keep selling well because of Jake"s popularity, this year was much busier for them.
The truth was that even Clara often thought that the company would eventually be sold to the compet.i.tor because of her incompetence and Tiffany who always supported Clara felt bad about it too.
Jake knew this and so decided to help themselves out having to lose a lot of money for it, but after that Jake felt that Tiffany and Clara were no longer as close to him as they were before, maybe they saw him as a business partner and not as just a friend as it was before.
Jake had heard that actually Tiffany and Clara didn"t really like having male friends and even with Matthew and Oliver they had only professional contacts and not as friends, so now that Jake grew up and was no longer a child, like before they no longer had one. quiet relations.h.i.+p with him.
Of course, this was just a theory Jake thought after hearing a lot of things and seeing that it seemed like they were ignoring him last year, it could also be that they were so busy after he recorded the commercials that they didn"t have time to talk to him.
Jake hoped his theories were wrong, or else he would lose two of the best friends he ever had, by the middle of next year the sponsors.h.i.+p deal would end if Jake joined the NBA and after that Jake would see if they were still friends as before.
For the next few days Jake spent a few quiet days just doing his training in the morning, on Christmas Day Anna came with some people from the restaurant, Matthew, Oliver, and Joseph also just came to enjoy Christmas.
It seemed that Joseph was much calmer this time and understood that he had done wrong on his last vacation, and he himself talked with Jake for a while about what had happened at his university.
Joseph was doing very well in cla.s.s even though he didn"t get as good grades as when Jake helped him with his studies, it seemed like he was really fine with Liza and even they studying at different universities made them less in love.
It seemed that Oliver had spoken to Liza honestly about the idea of her doing therapy and surprisingly Liza agreed with Oliver that she needed it and started therapy to become a better person to be with Joseph.
This was an idea that had been suggested by Jake a few years ago because he really thought it would be the best, and it seemed that he was right because Oliver said Liza was really improving her personality and even encouraging Joseph to improve as a person.
So everyone made money on it and so Matthew and Oliver now started to like Liza very much and approved her to stay with Joseph because with her he was really getting better, so the two also thanked Jake who came up with the idea.
Joseph told Jake that he was also able to make some friends at the university and was spending his time there, Jake was very happy to know that Joseph was doing so well at the university and that they were still friends after that.
Jake was very happy to spend Christmas and these days at home with family and also his friends, he was sad because Tiffany and Clara did not accept the invitation to appear at this party because they were busy with work, but it was still a great day to him.
After that Jake spent another day at home and went back to college again and had a little party with his friends after Christmas, even though Jake had offered to buy their plane tickets to visit their family for Christmas no one accepted and they spent Christmas at Zack"s house.
Because everyone studied away from home, Zack"s family who had great people became their family, Jake always went home on holidays, but sometimes he would go to Zack"s family home on weekends.
Zack"s family was very fond of Jake because everyone realized that Zack was happier and healthier after he started running with Jake, as Jake still helped Zack study he was the perfect friend that anyone"s family liked.
After a week of Christmas and rest for all the players the next day they were ready for the next game, this was a game that Jake remembered would be tricky for the Tar Heels team to win.
Jake didn"t know if the team was more relaxed after a week of rest and Christmas, but the Tar Heels team would win this game only in extra time, so he didn"t underestimate his opponent and was prepared for a tough game.
Jake spoke with the team the day before the game and with Coach Guthridge also for them to expect a tough game and prepare to do their best in the next game, Coach Guthridge and the players knew that Jake wasn"t someone who exaggerated and by they worried about the next game.
After a few hours, both teams were ready for the game to begin, the opponent for this game was Georgia Bulldogs, this team had a great last season and did not do so well at the end of the season.
This season they would not play so well this season despite having a good result at the end, everyone expected the Tar Heels team to win this game easily, especially after the last game with a good performance by Jake, Jamison, and Carter.
"Welcome everyone, let"s follow another game this season, it"s the game between the Tar Heels team and the Georgia Bulldogs team."
"It is expected that in this game the Tar Heels team will achieve an easy win and further increase this 12-win streak, but only after the game can we know if this will happen."
"What do you think about this game?"
"I think the Tar Heels team have the advantage, the team has been doing well since the last season they won the NCAA t.i.tle, this season the team has been playing as well or even better than last season."
"In the last game the offensive team Tar Heels trio had another good game with Carter playing well again, but the Georgia Bulldogs team also has a good team and has a lot of ability to surprise in that game and beat the Tar Heels team."
The game started in a few minutes of play everyone would realize that the game would not be as easy as everyone expected before, the Tar Heels team attack was fine with Jamison, Carter, and Jake playing well.
The problem was that the defense of team Tar Heels was a little weaker in today"s game, and the Georgia Bulldogs players were playing very well in attack and also in defense.
Even if they didn"t stop the Tar Heels team from scoring points like other teams with better defenses, they could still hinder Tar Heels"s attacks, so much was also merited by Georgia Bulldogs.
In this game Jake could not relax and had to work harder in defense and also make the three-point shots when he had the opportunity, if he could Jake did not want to take this game over time and if he could it was better to win the game normally.
To do that Jake had to do more than he normally did in defense and continue to perform well in attack, seeing Jake"s effort the other players of the team Tar Heels also began to work harder to press defense and prevent the attacks of the team Georgia Bulldogs.
Jamison and Carter were also good at offense and along with Williams and Okulaja gave Jake more play options and made it difficult for Georgia Bulldogs to defend, it could be said that even though the team was poor defending, it was still recovering from the attack.
At the end of the first quarter, Tar Heels ended up winning the game with a slight lead on the scoreboard, which made the Georgia Bulldogs players more excited for the second quarter having the opportunity to win the game.
In that first quarter, Jake played for 20 minutes and scored 16 points, 4 a.s.sists, 5 rebounds, 6 steals, and 2 blocks, with a more defense-focused first quarter Jake managed to prevent Georgia Bulldogs from making some plays that could end in points.
Even though Jake still performed well on attack relying more on the three-point play as in recent games, Jake had a not very high average of 10 shots of three points per game but hit more than 70 percent of off shots in all games.