So it was normal for Jake to become one of the crowd's favorite players, the people who criticized the Los Angeles Lakers team for swapping Eddie Jones, Elden Campbell and Derek Harper had disappeared and everyone praised Jerry West for yet another good choice for the Lakers team.
Soon Jake and the players of the Los Angeles Lakers team went to the court for the game to start, the opponent in that game was the New York Knicks team, this was the first game of the Los Angeles Lakers team facing the New York Knicks team this season.
The New York Knicks team got off to a good start this season with 16 wins and 13 losses in 29 games, even if they didn't win many games Jake was very careful with the New York Knicks team that would surprise in this year's playoffs reaching the final.