[As I said before, some of your abilities are also affected by your overall stats and by your body, just as your height affects several of your abilities, so some of your abilities only rose in rank because your height increased.]
[Dunk was one of them, that means you need to train a lot and grow up too so that dunk becomes S rank too, so you can get to your next level.]
Since this did not just depend on him, Jake decided he would just rest to be well in the game the other day.
The next day Jake woke up early and went down to have breakfast, down Jake saw that Eve had woken up earlier and had already prepared all the food.
So Jake smiled and remembered that two years ago his mother really always cooked the breakfasts on game days.
"Hi Jake, you woke up early today, I thought you were going to rest some more before you go to the game."
"I think I was very excited, I still can not believe I'm finally going to be able to play again."
"Oh, you can believe, things always turn out well when you wait and try hard if you did not train those two years you could not play this year."
Jake thought his mother was right as always and ate his food quietly, then he got his purse with his things and went to the playground.
Jake looked at the stands and saw that Eric was there as he said he would be, but the audience for this game was very small, this was normal it was a game that everyone knew what the result would be.
Although last year they did not win, the Elite team is a team that reached the national championship for three consecutive years and won in two of them, Jake thought it was strange to be playing in a team that was a favorite to win, was the first time for him.
In the two years that he played in Middle School his team was one that no one expected to win, but now many expected good results from them, of course, Jake did not feel any pressure, he always played to win even before.
The opponents seemed discouraged because they expected them to lose the game when they learned they would play against the Elite team.
Coach Mike had already established all strategies and tactics for the games in training, so in the game who would command the team was Jake, but this was a game that no one expected it to be difficult.
After a while the game began, Mark won the first possession of the ball and passed to Jake, Jake with the ball possession began to organize the first attack for his team.
Arriving at the three-point line he passed the ball to Harrison who would play for the first time in two years like him, Harrison who despite not playing much improved with the training ran towards the inner area and did the layup to do the first 2 points for the Elite team.
The opposing team also managed to score 2 points and tie the game, Jake started another attack and this time did not pass to anyone and made the shot from outside to make 3 points.
The game continued like this, before the defense if they hit both teams hit their attacks until the pressure of the Elite team's defense increased and the opponent erred first, so the difference on the scoreboard only increased.
The elite team attacked efficiently and defended well, as the advantage in the abilities of the players of both teams was very great the result was expected, in the interval after the second period the Elite team won from 42 to 24.
Jake played those games with a different goal than just winning, he wanted to do a Triple Double in every game until he won the state championship, Jake was proud as well and wanted to show everyone that the national championship MVP was back in High School.
Making more than 10 points and 10 assists were easy, the hard the other, Jake decided to try to make 10 steals per game, at least Double Double was guaranteed for him.
After the game was over Jake was very happy, his teammates were already hoping for it and he thought it was normal, but for him, this was an important victory.
Jake returned home and as he always did he was anxious to tell his mother about the victory in his return game when he came home smiling Eva already knew that everything had gone well.
So that was the first step of a new beginning, it would be Jake's walk for the first national championship to be defeated at high school.
Jake wanted to at least win both he could still win to not feel bad for losing the first two, and he also thought it would be a good result to win two national championships in four years.
The most important number was something that Jake counted on, but he did not care much but could be important information in the future, it was more than 3 years since Jake did not lose a game.