Redemption
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Last night we rematched the team that blew us out in City League basketball. The game went back and forth the whole night. They went up 10-0 in the first 5 minutes. We called a timeout and started to gain momentum. At halftime we were up 24-22!
By the middle of the second half, we’d extended our lead to 46-37. At that point we promptly did our best to lose the game. I made several bonehead plays - fouled a guy shooting a three, took an ill-advised shot against a double team, and picked up my fourth foul. We only had five guys playing since our big man went down with a bad ankle - so getting into foul trouble with almost 10 minutes to play was a bad move.
The score tightened up to 48-47 us, with about 16 seconds remaining. Our point got fouled and missed the front end of a 1 and 1. Our opponents called timeout and drew up a play. With 15.5 seconds left they inbounded the ball to their big man. We were in a 2-3 zone with me at the left forward spot. I saw their best player trying to spot up in the corner so I slid out to cover him.
As their big man drove to the top of the key, my man started to cut to the basket behind my back. I saw the big man out of the corner of my eye and was able to tip his pass away just as my man would have had an open look at the basket. My man chased the ball down to the oppposit corner, but I stayed with him. He had to put up an off-balance, leaning 3-pointer with me and a teammate in his face. The ball bounced off the rim as the buzzer sounded - a narrow victory for us - but redemption nonetheless.