Personal Narrative: Playing Against The Golden State Warriors

“Come on guys,” I yelled. I heard the screech of the referee’s whistle. Rushing to the bench, I heard the referee call out “Timeout, Heat.” Everything was on the line and our team’s championship hopes, being foremost on our team’s minds, was all coach could scream about. “I’m not going to tell you how to play basketball,” he yelled out. “That’s your job. I’m just going to say that right now, to us, this is a championship game. If we win this, we move on to the championship. If not, at least let us fall valiantly.” That got the whole team riled up as we rushed back onto the court. The crowd, encouraging as always, yelled out their approval on the fact that we were giving it our all. With just sixteen seconds left in the game and our team down by four, something special had to happen or we were done for the season.

Today is the first football game in my high school career. I am beyond excited so the school day goes by very fast. I then go into the locker room where I meet many of my teammates who are very excited. They all are saying, “ What day is it?! Gameday!” Today we play the De La Salle Spartans who are a respected program in the football community. It is now time for warm ups and me being the punter of my team I go out early for warm ups. I then warm up my leg and after I do that, the team comes out and I join them for warm ups. Finally, it is game time, the moment I have been waiting for all summer. Our team wins the toss so as the starting tight end for my team I go out with the offense for our first drive. We end up going three and out so I have to

2016 was the year that the craziest free agency signing happened in NBA history. Kevin Durant decided to join the Golden State Warriors. This is the team that had just broke the record for most wins in a season and after that season they add the second-best player in the NBA. His decision to sign with them put a huge target on his back, because a lot of NBA fans including myself considered the move weak. Some fans even said that it was the same thing LeBron did in 2010; leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to sign with the Miami Heat. There are a few things that are similar between the two, but I completely disagree with the people who think that it’s the same. Kevin Durant signing with the Warriors is worse than LeBron signing with the Heat.

I was glued at the tv, watching game seven of the NBA finals. The Cleveland Cavaliers and the Golden State Warriors were tied at 89 with 1:05 left on the clock. The Cavaliers had the ball after a clutch block by Lebron James. Kyrie Irving was dribbling the ball down the court to the three point. Everyone knew that this possession would make or break these two teams while series and season.

There was roll call of the starting positions, however I knew I’d be second seed. The game began and so did my constant fidgeting on the bench. I gripped my fingers beneath the wood until my knuckles were bleached white. I picked at the maroon paint that lined my seat to bring my mind somewhere else. The numerous digits sprinted past me leaving me with a gust of air. I was surrounded by the constant cheering of fans from all around.

Behind me, I can hear the coach yelling that’s a foul, and the cheerleaders in the far distance screaming their cheer. I struggle to rise, but I do. I glance at the scoreboard, and remind myself that we can do this as a team, in that we cannot lose, and no matter how good this other team is we still can finish strong

Our coach is giving us a pep talk and goes through the lineup, while I go through mine. Soccer is my life strategy.

Stephen Curry, point guard for the Golden State Warriors, said about basketball, “What I tell people is to be the best version of yourself in anything that you do. You don’t need to live someone else’s story. It doesn’t matter where you come from – what you have, or don’t have, what you lack, what you have too much of – but all you need to have is faith in God, an undying passion for what you do, or what you choose to do in this life, and a relentless drive and the will to do whatever it takes to be successful in whatever you put your mind to.” Growing up I have always played basketball. It is like a haven for me considering whatever I am feeling, whether it is angry, somber, excited, etc. I can always play and depend on basketball. It makes me feel exceptional.

By then my coach had ordered everyone for some space and he knelt down and said, “Whats wrong”.

I see myself in the NBA or the NFL, making enough money to have a house and food for my family. I will be visiting my family on my off days and helping them with what they need, and making sure I take care of myself, and keeping myself in shape. I’m going to be in the NBA, hopefully on the Chicago Bulls; my favorite team in the NBA because it's my home state. My favorite player Derrick Rose is on their and that team is a good team. My school has a basketball team I got people in my school that can help me with my goals. In five years I see myself you're in a basketball or a football team, having good grades and keeping my healthy. I'm going to be the oldest child in my house I'm I have to watch out for them especially my little brother Daniel.

Well I wake and I know we have a game. I wake up and eat a decent breakfast you don't want to eat to much so your stomach does not hurt when you start running. But the game is at 1:50 and i have a lot of time to get ready. Me and my dad go to the gym before games so I can warm up. But when we get back home it's about time to get ready for the game. After I get ready we got to the game and we are normally pretty early so i have time to warm up there to. But normally I am a starter so i'm on the court for jump ball. In the first quarter we went up by two but i did not play so well. After a couple minutes went through I told coach to take me out i was not playing good. Well know we are in the second quarter and I did not play this quarter now

That quarter I scored 10 points 2 rebounds and had 4 assists 2 steals and one block the score was 19 to 33 are coach Bennett told us to keep playing hard and keep doing what we are doing. I was guarding the 6,2 guy when he got the ball he did some move that was so fast I didn’t know what happened so I jump up to see if I can block it and when I came down the whistle goes and I got a foul that was my 3rd one in a row so my Dad sent Brody in for me and told me that I need to Guard my man and apparently I didn’t do

The mixture of dread and excitement come as I walk onto the court. It’s eight in the morning and as I look around, everyone has a tired look on their face. The parents all have coffee and look half asleep. On the other hand, the coach is pumped up. I slip my shoes on not really noticing what I’m doing. Our first game on a new team. We are expecting a team we have played team before but when they walk in, we get a real shock.

Our first stop was a city that did not have very many local attractions that we were interested in seeing. It is home to the Oakland Raiders and Golden State Warriors. Too bad we did not stop by these two stadiums to see what they looked like in-person. I was able to take a picture of one side of the downtown areas that we visited. I am glad that it was not congested during the time that we explored the area. All of the buildings appeared from the outside to be run down and unattractive which really disappointed me. They were also created using light colors and stacked very close together. For my first time visiting the area, it did not seem at all as it appears to look like on television. I guess that is why it is important to not

It is a cold night in February, tonight is our first practice of the season. We are all sitting in the bleachers eagerly waiting for practice to start. Coach Dirkx walks over to us, a hush falls over us. He starts talking,