by Bill Russell on Sun Aug 24, 2003 2:32 pm
I have two plays that stick out of mind instantly when I start thinking about bball plays...
The two happened in the same game... and I dunno what makes me kinda "memorize" them very well... I really dunno, maybe it's that I played in a different place from which I used to play at the time...
They happened in 1996, I think... Nearly 7 years ago! lol
Well I was playin' a two-on-two games with a friend and two more guys I didn't know...
We were playin' the same, it was a really entertaining, good game, even some people were watching, and at some point came the 1st play... My partner-in-crime got the rebound, passed the ball to me and went to the post... One guy came to defend me, and I kinda played the tempo, slowin' the ball play... Then I saw my teammate standing right in front of me, but he was covered by the two guys of the other team... I just pushed the ball right in front of the two guys... Then I jumped, fake the shot, and passed the ball to my teammate, across the two guys' arms... They jumped along with me too, so by the time they were on the ground again, the ball was already on my teammate's hands and he was already doin' the lay-in... It just felt great, and it came out of nowhere...
The 2nd play... As the game went on, the score was 19-16 to them... I scored, and it was 19-18... The game ends with whoever scores 21 first... So, after I scored the bucket, I got the free throw... I shot it, missed, but the ball came directly back into my hands... I bounced it, jumped back to the 3 pt line without ever lookin' to nothin' but the net, and dropped the 3pt shot! NET! lol, it happened so quickly! I just felt very good after that moment...