Dear Passion Episode 10

The second half started, we entered the court and took our positions. I was guarding Marcus, however, he was looking somewhere else. I snapped my finger and said, " Where are you looking? ", and he got back into the game. The game began and we were going to pressure Marcus for sure. He came down shooting at us at first, it was different to get to him later, our tactics worked. We pressured him to pass, the ball, at he was just making shots, now he was giving the ball to others, too. This allowed us to steal the ball from other players. Cole started shooting the ball, he was just knocking one shot after another jumper after jumper. We were getting back into the game as Marcus was passing the ball Cole got the steal, he was going to knock down another jumper, this alley-op to Austin, and Austin came up with an unbelievable layup, which motivated us even more.

However, we were also giving fouls and turnovers, the time was ticking was and it was the end of the third quarter. The scoreboard was 80-65 we were dead tired after this quarter. George and Stephen were to go. I was tired and couldn't get my breath. In the meantime, Coach Barton said, " Look at those 2 players, " I was covered in sweat and I saw 2 players and the coach continued, " They are as tired as you are ", I interrupted, " So? ",

Coach: You want to take shots and hit buckets? 

Team: Yeah! 

Coach: Then George you are going to go with the shorter one, Cole, son, you have to create separation while jumping. Use the guy with 13 on his back, he is 2nd tired one.

( Me to Myself- Man! I got to learn this )

Coach: Stephen, you time your jump, Austin, you are doing great, keep doing it!

The timeout finished, we were back into the game and the strategy worked. We were scoring most of our shots and layups we gave away a couple of free throws, yet, we were close to the score. Austin was going hard to the basket, Stephen would back him up. We were going good, Cole's jumper was improving with every shot. Marcus and passed the DayBallers were scoring too. Coach Barton signaled us to watch the time left and George and I came down with 4 straight 3 pointers, seeing Cole got heated, he took his jumper quicker, and it more on spot. However, Marcus had other plans, he understood our strategy. This time he didn't take the ball, instead, he made himself free to charge towards the hole. He scored 7 straight baskets. The scoreboard was 95-92 with Dayballers leading and they scored again. with a jumper and free throw and the score was now to 98-92. It was Dayballers possession, Marcus took his shot and it was blocked by Austin. The ball came to me half-court, George was wide open for a 3 pointer and he scored and it was 98-95. DayBallers passed the ball, Marcus was quick to knock a baseline jumper with 28 secs to play and the score was 100-95.

George Shooting

I was standing halfway past the midcourt, the ball came to me and I scored with a 3 pointer in under 3 seconds. Now the score was 100-98 and with 25 secs to play, the DayBallers came down charging with Marcus with 10 secs on the clock to play, Marcus jumps and it was stolen by Cole, I was already running, Cole passed the ball to me and with 3 secs remaining I pulled up the jumper and it hit the basket. It was coming out as the buzzer yanked, I said to myself, " Come on, go in! " and 2 bounces on the rim, and it went in.

The scoreboard equalized, we were going to overtime. I was jumping high in the air and the DayBallers couldn't believe what happened.

Life Lesson: Team Work, you cannot win a game all by yourself.

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