The Big Game

The Big Game
A couple years ago I had to play in one of the biggest basketball games have ever played in. I was scared at first because there were so many people there. You could hear the people from the locker room making loud noises ready for the game to begin. After everybody on the team got loose, the coach told everybody what to do, and who was going to be starting the game. He told me that I would be starting this game, so I had to get ready. Then everybody got ready to go out and they started introducing the team. Then the coach told the starting five to come over, and he started yelling in our face, telling us that "we are going to win this game! Just play hard!". While he was yelling, we were looking at each other because of the smell of his breath. When we all came out on the floor we all started laughing at the smell of his breath. It smelled like something died in inside his mouth.

When we walked on the floor to get ready for the game, we started looking around and saying that there were so many people there. Everybody got serious because this was big a game for us in the first place, and we could already taste the win. Then as the game tipped off, the crowd got louder. When the first quarter was over, we were up by five points. We didn’t know that the team was going to be that hard to play. Everybody on the team was tired and they had a taste for something to drink. Then the coach told the water boy to bring us Gatorade. The team was so happy that the coach had Gatorade this game and you could already taste the Gatorade. I was so tired that I was the first one to go to the water boy and get some Gatorade. When I started to drink the Gatorade, it tasted so good. Then the coach told me to stop drinking so much before I cramp up.

In the fourth quarter the game got physical because both of the teams wanted to win. We started to foul each other hard, and the refs started to call technical fouls on both of the teams. As I was going up for a lay up someone from the other team fouled me hard and hit me in my mouth. It started bleeding, so the coach called a timeout. I could taste the blood in my mouth and it wasn’t a good taste or good feeling. The coach asked me was I going to be able to go back in the game. I told him yes, I would be able to go back in. My coach knew that I wanted to go back in because this was a big game and I wanted to play in it. As I walked on the floor to shoot the free throws. The boy from the other team started talking to me saying that we are going to lose even if he have to foul me every time. I didn’t say anything back because I knew that they would give me a technical if I said anything to him.

With about five seconds left in the game they scored and tied the game up. My coach called a timeout after they scored the shot. The coach told the team to come huddle up and told us what play we were going to do. After he told us what play we were doing, he told me that the ball was coming to me so be ready to shoot it. As we walked back on the floor the people started cheering for us. Then I just stoped and looked around at all the people in the crowd. All the people had on blue, the same color as our team jersey. They blew the whistle, said ball in, and then my teammate went and got the ball and threw it to me in the corner. As soon as I got the ball, I shot the ball and I made it. I was so happy that I made the shot that I ran up the court yelling and jumping and then my teammates started jumping on me saying we won the game. That was close, and a good feeling to win a game like that I couldn’t believe that I had made the shot. I will always remember that game because it was the biggest game I had ever played.