<h4>Chapter 508 Change in Los Angeles Lakers Team 6</h4>


    "The Los Angeles Lakers team also yed an excellent game, all the yers performed well, but unlike the Seattle SuperSonics team, the focus on the attack was Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Rick Fox, and Jake Smith."


    "Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant yed an excellent game, Rick Fox has also been surprising and making more than 14 points in thest games, and Jake Smith was once again the highlight of the game."


    "Jake Smith yed very well in that game and managed to score 35 points and 9 assists even with Gary Payton defending against him, Jake Smith showed all his skill in that game and also defended well against Gary Payton and made him miss many attacks."


    "Yes, Jake Smith yed that game really well, even though it looks like he got fewer steals and rebounds than in other games, that’s normal thinking that Gary Payton was defending against him."


    "Jake Smith had the advantage in that game because of his three-point shots that helped the Los Angeles Lakers team to win and also y better than Gary Payton, but that is also his credit for training for so long to get that average hits on three-point shots."


    The game ended with the Los Angeles Lakers team winning once again, Jake was happy because he knew that in the past the Los Angeles Lakers team had lost that game, now he wanted to win as many games as he could this season.


    Jake thought that when he entered the NBA he was very good at defense after training for several years in his imagination training and ying at university, but in that game, he realized again that he was still far from being a great yer in defense.


    Jake had already realized this when he yed against Kobe Bryant, even though he could defend well and prevent the opponent from making some points, he couldn’t really prevent the opponent from making points in mid-range shots.


    Of course, Jake knew it must be natural, after all, Kobe Bryant and Gary Payton were two of the best yers in NBA history and Jake was just a rookie in the NBA, but what made Jake think so was his system and physical statistics that it was what helped him most to get the steals in the games.


    But this game was important for Jake to realize that he still had a lot of things that he needed to improve in order to be a great yer, Jake still had to improve his skills and statistics and also y better when he got more experience.


    After all Jake knew that even when he had all the skills in the SS rank he would just be on a par with the best NBA yers, so he still needed to improve a lot to be able to beat them.


    After that victory, the Los Angeles Lakers team had a lot of time to rest because they would have to travel to Denver, Colorado where they would have to y the next game.


    It would be the second game of the Los Angeles Lakers team in Denver, Colorado to y against the Denver Nuggets team the second game as a visitor, the first game was very difficult for the Los Angeles Lakers team to win and Jake was the main responsible for the good advantage on the scoreboard at the end of the game.


    But in that game Jake did not know if things would be like this again, the rumors of the possible dismissal of Coach Del Harris just increased and so Coach Harris did not seem to be very happy with this situation.


    The yers made the trip on the team ne during the night and when they arrived in Denver they immediately went to the hotel to rest for the game the next day, the yers were not so tired because they were able to rest a few minutes in thest games with the substitutions of Harris coach.


    So the next day Jake woke uppletely rested and ready for the next game, that day the yers heard two rumors that could be good things, but one of that news could be bad for the team.


    One news that was certainly good was that Robert Horry was recovering well and maybe in 3 more days he could y again, the Los Angeles Lakers team was missing Horry in the team’s defense and also in the attack.


    The other news was that maybe the Los Angeles Lakers team could sign 5-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman in the next few days, Jake knew it could happen, so he naturally also knew what could happen in the future.


    Jake naturally respected Dennis Rodman, who was an important yer in the 5 NBA titles he won, but his personal behavior was something Jake did not agree with and even found it difficult to understand.


    Jake yed professional basketball and still ran marathons because he loved doing it and didn’t mind trying harder to do it, but Dennis Rodman, who also said he loved basketball even with his talent, still did a lot of things wrong.


    Jake thought that Dennis Rodman could actually be an important yer for the Los Angeles Lakers team to win the NBA title this season if he yed seriously and worked hard in every game to win he could help a lot.


    Dennis Rodman was a type of yer who got a lot of rebounds and defended well and didn’t score many points in games, but with Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, Rick Fox, and Jake Smith on the team they didn’t need anyone else who could score.


    What the Los Angeles Lakers team needed was a good defensive yer, and Dennis Rodman was the type of yer the Los Angeles Lakers team needed, in addition to Jake, other yers were also concerned about having Dennis Rodman on the team.


    But in the afternoon, the Los Angeles Lakers team went to the game to try another victory, arriving at the McNichols Sports Arena Jake can see the Denver Nuggets team crowd filling the Arena.


    Jake and the yers put on their uniforms in the locker rooms and went to the court to get ready for the start of the game, the Denver Nuggets team needed this victory and they were determined to achieve that victory.


    "Wee to everyone who came to watch another game of the NBA this season, the second game this season between the Los Angeles Lakers team and the Denver Nuggets team, in the first game the Los Angeles Lakers team won."


    "And the Los Angeles Lakers team is a favorite to win this game too, the Denver Nuggets team that ys at home today had just 1 win this season and they have already had 8 losses, this is certainly irritating their fans."


    "The Los Angeles Lakers team already has 9 wins in 10 games and they want to get another victory in that game, if Jake Smith and the other yers were ying well it wouldn’t be difficult for the Los Angeles Lakers team to win again."


    "Yes, Jake Smith has been ying very well in thest few games, but Shaquille O’Neal has managed to make almost 1 double-double in every game and Kobe Bryant has also been helping to lead the team to victory."


    Everyone in the sports media and fans also hoped that the Los Angeles Lakers team could achieve an easy victory in that game, which is why the Denver Nuggets team achieving victory was difficult for everyone to understand.


    The Los Angeles Lakers team came with the starting yers Jake Smith ying as PG, Kobe Bryant ying as SG, Rick Fox ying as SF, Travis Knight ying as PF, and Shaquille O’Neal ying as Center.


    The Denver Nuggets team came with the starting yers Nick Van Exel ying as PG, Chauncey Billups ying as SG, Eric Washington also ying as SG and helping to defend against SF, Antonio McDyess ying as PF, Raef LaFrentz ying as Center.


    The game started with the Los Angeles Lakers team in the attack, Shaquille O’Neal won the first ball possession for the Los Angeles Lakers team and passed to Jake, Jake advanced to the attack at a slower pace.


    Jake passed the ball to Kobe Bryant from the right, Bryant received the ball and Chauncey Billups came in pressing on the defense, so Bryant held the ball just before passing it to Rick Fox on the left, Fox received the ball and Eric Washington came pressing on the defense.


    Fox tried to make an individual move, but Washington would not let Fox move forward, so Fox passed the ball to Jake further back, Jake received the ball and Nick Van Exel arrived pressing on defense, Van Exel was upset with the Los Angeles Lakers team after leaving.


    Nick Van Exel yed well in his time on the Los Angeles Lakers team and did not understand why he left the team in an exchange with two yers who were not as good as he was, especially in a time when the Los Angeles Lakers team did not have good PG on the team.


    So Nick Van Exel was even more upset with Jake who joined the Los Angeles Lakers team ying as PG and was now one of the best yers in the NBA, so in that game, Van Exel wanted to show all his skill and help the Denver Nuggets team win the game.


    Jake held the ball a little and passed it to Bryant on the right, Bryant received the ball and made a feint that tricked the opponent and Bryant tried the mid-range shot and made the first 2 points for the Los Angeles Lakers team.


    Soon the Denver Nuggets team went on the attack and Van Exel advanced the ball, Van Exel passed the ball to Billups on the left and Kobe Bryant was on the defense, Billups tried to make a feint, but Bryant was not fooled, so Billups decided to pass the ball to Washington from the right.


    Washington received the ball and Fox came to press on defense, Washington managed to trick Fox with a feint and attempted a mid-range shot to score 2 points for the Denver Nuggets team and tie the game.


    The Denver Nuggets team wanted to win this game and pushed in attack and defense from the beginning of the game, Jake was controlling the pace of the game and trying to help the defense so that the Los Angeles Lakers team could gain the advantage in points in the first quarter.