It was sophomore year in October, I was playing for my AAU basketball team The Mass Commanders, I had a couple friends on the team from my high school so, I really enjoyed being on this team.
The team we were playing against were very good, they had a shooter and a big man but our team matched up fairly well against them. It was a back and forth game, which was awesome to play in, at least for me because I like it when there's competition, that's when I play my best, I work harder and faster to keep up with my team and the opposing team. At halftime, my team was tired but ready to keep fighting and to play hard for the second half.
On my part, I was having a solid game, I finished with 12 points and a bunch of rebounds because I was the tallest on my team. I had spurts of not playing my best and my coach and dad on the sideline didn't hesitate to let me know. I knew I couldn't stop or quit at all throughout this game. I wanted to get to the next round of the tournament and to do that we needed to come away with the win. In basketball, every point matters. I wanted to save as many points from the other team as possible. It was the fourth quarter now and still both teams were almost even in points, no one really had the edge.
My teammate panicked and tried to throw the ball to me, but one of the kids on the other team who was my size or a little bigger stole the ball in the air and started to take off to their basket. He was my man so I felt it was my job to chase after him and stop him from scoring. I don't think I’ve ever ran harder or faster in a basketball game my whole life. I needed to stop him from scoring, so I put all my effort into this one play. I was trailing right behind him and I knew he was going to try to dunk because he dunked earlier in the game. I saw him take his two steps to the basket and jump and as he did, I did the same. I meet him at the rim of the basketball, and block the basketball out of his hands, it was a vicious block on my part. On our way down to the court from the air, three feet higher than the ground, we lock legs by accident and both tumble straight to the floor towards our bodies instead of landing on our feet. I put out my arm to break my fall, but I landed
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losing especially when we lose by a big margin. At least I tried my hardest and
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