<h4>Chapter 515 A Different Team 3</h4>


    "From what I saw in that game, the Los Angeles Lakers team has an even stronger team with the return of Robert Horry and the entrance of Dennis Rodman, with the team even stronger the chance of this team winning the NBA title as well and bigger."


    "It’s true, we will continue to follow the Lakers team this season and see if they can win the NBA title again after so many years."


    After the game the reporters asked again to interview some yers, they went this time to interview Kobe Bryant and Jake, Kobe didn’t give interviews at all games, but it was Dennis Rodman’s debut so he knew what the questions would be.


    "Hi Kobe, you performed poorly in thest game against the Los Angeles Clippers team, but in that game, your performance was much better, why do you think it happened?"


    "In the previous game I had less time ying, it happens in some games of a yer to perform poorly, so in this game, I focused more and managed to make a better game."


    "What did you think of signing Dennis Rodman on the Los Angeles Lakers team this season?"


    "I think he can help the team a lot this season, we need a yer to help more in defense and rebounds, and Dennis is an excellent yer and has won some NBA titles and he can certainly help us."


    After the interview with Kobe, the reporters tried an interview with Jake who was also a difficult yer to interview, Jake also knew he had to speak to the reporters at Dennis’s debut.


    "Jake, what did you think of signing Dennis Rodman on the Los Angeles Lakers team and what did you think of his debut in that game?"


    "I am a big fan of Dennis, I think he is an excellent yer who proved this by winning 5 NBA titles, he is also a great defensive yer and the rebounds he picks up can help our team win more games this season. "


    "With Robert’s recovery and Dennis joining the team, we have a stronger team now that can handle this difficult game sequence."


    "In this game, Dennis showed that he can help the team a lot by catching the rebounds, with him on the team, I and the other yers will have more confidence to make mid-range shots and shots from outside."


    Jake said what he thought about Dennis, he didn’t talk about his concerns, but that was something he just needed to worry about if it really happened, Jake thought that with the Los Angeles Lakers team beating Dennis he could stay on the team in the yoffs and help team trying to win an NBA title.


    The fans of the Los Angeles Lakers team were very happy with the team after this great sequence of victories at the beginning of the season, the yers were also happy with that and the hope of winning the NBA title at the end of the season only increased.


    After that game the yers returned home to rest, the next day the Lakers team would have no game and the yers would just have to do a light training and that would give the yers more rest.


    The coach Kurt Rambis was concerned with this sequence of games without rest for the yers, the medical team was also concerned with injuries of the yers, after all any simple injury that would take the yer for 1 week would leave him out for 4 games.


    So coach Rambis had to rece yers in most games, so coach Rambis was even more satisfied with Jake who could y the full 48 minutes in every game.


    Of course, the Los Angeles Lakers medical team was running tests on Jake to make sure he could handle this long streak of games by ying 48 minutes in every game, but the doctors said Jake had almost no muscle tension.


    It was very good for Jake that he could use his training for the marathons as an excuse to say why he had so much resistance, after all the real reason was the system that left his body improved because of the statistics.


    The next day the yers had time to rest before the next game and their training was light, the biggest concern of the medical team was still Robert who had just returned from an injury.


    The yers rested that day and soon the day of the next game came, the next game would be against the Houston Rockets team again, in the first game Jake of this season between these teams Jake was ying as SF.


    So this game would be different for Jake too, the Houston Rockets team was one of the favorite teams this season, the biggest problem was the advanced age of the main yers, but these yers were more skilled than most NBA yers as well.


    Jake did not expect this to be a very difficult game, but he would have to try his best to help the Lakers team win another victory, Jake went to the Great Western Forum and saw that the crowd was excited about the game.


    "Wee everyone to another game this season in the NBA, in this game we have two teams that are performing well this season, the Los Angeles Lakers team that won 13 games in 14 games this season."


    "Against the Houston Rockets team that had 8 wins in 13 games this season, the Los Angeles Lakers team is doing better, but it has changed coaches twice and coach Kurt Rambis ys his second game as head coach of the Lakers team."


    "It’s true, what makes the Los Angeles Lakers team win all these games is the great performance of rookie Jake Smith, Shaquille O’Neal, and Kobe Bryant, these three yers have been performing well since the beginning of the season and so the Los Angeles Lakers team has the best attack today."


    "On the Houston Rockets side, Scottie Pippen has been the highlight of the team with good performances in all games, he helps the team both in attack and defense, Hakeem juwon is also another highlight in this team, even though in some games he did not perform well, he is one of the most important yers."


    "Charles Barkley had an injury this season and will return to y in that game, maybe his absence could be the reason for these losses at the beginning of the season, now let’s see if the Houston Rockets team starts to win more games."


    Just asmentators said the two teams had problems earlier in the season, in Jake’s past life the two teams had a simr start to the season, so Jake was the one who helped the Lakers team win more games they would have lost.


    Coach Rambis did not intend to let any main yer rest for a long time, but he would still have to rece the yers for at least 12 minutes in the game so that they would not get too tired.


    The Los Angeles Lakers team would start the game with Jake Smith ying as PG, Kobe Bryant ying as SG, Rick Fox ying as SF, Dennis Rodman ying as PF, and Shaquille O’Neal ying as Center.


    The Houston Rockets team would start the game with Brent Price ying as PG, Michael Dickerson ying as SG, Scottie Pippen ying as SF, Othe Harrington ying as PF, and Hakeem juwon ying as Center.


    The Los Angeles Lakers team would start with Dennis ying because coach Rambis still worried about Robert ying for a long time after returning from injury, Othe Harrington would start ying for the same reason, but Charles Barkley would still y in that game as a substitute.


    The game started with Hakeem juwon won the first possession for the Houston Rockets team, Brent Price received the ball and advanced into the attack until he passed the ball to Scottie Pippen on the right.


    In the first game between these two teams, Jake was ying as SF and managed to defend well against Scottie Pippen and still scored a lot, in that game Rick Fox would suffer to defend against Pippen and still attack.


    But Jake knew it wouldn’t be like that, what would happen was that Scottie Pippen would defend against Kobe Bryant who was one of the best yers in the Los Angeles Lakers team in the attack, Rick would still defend against Pippen and thus Pippen would have more opportunities to make the points.


    Pippen received the ball and Rick came in to press on defense, Pippen held the ball and moved away from Rick to try a mid-range shot to make the first 2 points for the Houston Rockets team.


    The advantage that the Houston Rockets team had was that more experienced yers like Pippen knew how to make the right moves to score points, so the Houston Rockets team’s attacks were often quick and the opponent didn’t have time to defend.


    Jake received the ball and went on the attack to start another y, Jake advanced with the ball and passed to Kobe Bryant on the right, Kobe received the ball and Scottie Pippen arrived to press on defense just as Jake thought.


    Rick was ying very well this season, but surely the Houston Rockets coach would send the best yer to defend against Kobe who was one of the best yers in the Lakers’ attack.


    Kobe held the ball and did not attempt an individual move and passed the ball to Rick from the left, Rick received the ball and Michael Dickerson came to press on defense, Rick made a feint and tricked Dickerson and got space to try the mid-range shot for make 2 points for the Los Angeles Lakers team.


    Both teams had a strong attack and started pressing on the attack, the coaches would not try to take away the main yers for a long time in this game in which victory was important for both teams.


    In another move the Houston Rockets team went on the attack, Jake advanced the ball to organize the attack and passed it to Rick on the left, Rick received the ball and tried another individual move, but this time Dickerson was not fooled and Rick had to pass the ball to Kobe from the right.