Chapter 517 A Different Team 5
Chapter 517 A Different Team 5
The players of the Los Angeles Lakers team went to the locker room and after some time they went to the court to prepare for the start of the game, the players of the Phoenix Suns team already looked at Jake in a different way after he was chosen as player of the month.
"Welcome everyone who came to watch one more game this NBA season, today's game is between the Phoenix Suns team that plays at home and the Los Angeles Lakers team."
"The Phoenix Suns team had a bad start to the season winning 7 games and losing 6 games, in most games the players of the Phoenix Suns played well, what it seems is that the Phoenix Suns team needs some great players to have a team winner."
"The highlight of the Phoenix Suns team is Jason Kidd who is one of the best PG in the NBA today, Jason Kidd has been playing good games with a lot of assists at the beginning of the season, Tom Gugliotta is also another good player on this team."
"The Los Angeles Lakers team is a favorite to win this game with a season with 14 wins and only 1 loss in 15 games, the Los Angeles Lakers team has a team with excellent players and has a chance of winning the NBA title this season."
"There's all-star Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman who joined the team recently and Jake Smith who was chosen as the player of the month and rookie of the month."
"Certainly, the Los Angeles Lakers team is the favorite to win this game, and Jake being chosen as the player of the month was well deserved and a correct decision for the great performance he had at the beginning of the season."
"We will see in this game two great PG playing in different teams, Jason Kidd who is one of the best PG in the NBA and has the experience, and Jake Smith who is a rookie who has made one of the best seasons starts in NBA history."
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 Phoenix Suns team would start this game with Jason Kidd playing as PG, Rex Chapman playing as SG, George McCloud playing as SF, Tom Gugliotta playing as PF, and Luc Longley playing as Center.
As commentators said, the Los Angeles Lakers team was a favorite to win that game, but that could change because coach Kurt Rambis intended to replace the top players for a long time so they could rest.
The game started and Shaquille O'Neal won the first ball for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Jake received the ball and went on the attack, Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Rick Fox on the left.
Rick received the ball and George McCloud arrived to press on defense, Rick held the ball for a while and passed it to Kobe Bryant on the right, Kobe received the ball and Rex Chapman arrived pressing on defense.
Kobe tried to make a feint, but Chapman was not fooled, so Kobe passed the ball to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and Jason Kidd came in to press on the defense, Jake made a feint and step back and tried an outside shot to make 3 points for the Los Angeles Lakers team.
Kidd did not expect Jake to attempt a three-point shot early in the game and was not prepared to defend, Kidd received the ball and began to organize the attack for the Phoenix Suns team, Kidd advanced with the ball and passed to Chapman through the left.