Narrative Essay On Basketball Game

“TIMEOUT!” It all came down to this. The seniors had been honored, tears were shed, and the fans were ecstatic! Our district rival, St. John of Plaquemine had the ball with just over two seconds on the clock. Our small forward, Dustin Blanchard, who also happened to be one of the two seniors honored that night, just drained what everyone had thought to be the game-winning lay-up. The noise was deafening as St. John’s Hayden Heminway stood to throw in what had to be a full court pass, a prayer to win the game. The referee blew his whistle and began to count to five. Hayden cocked back and heaved the ball three quarters of the court! We had set up in the perfect defense, and were in position to intercept the ball. Time began to slow as the ball skimmed my teammates fingers, and landed perfectly in Tyler St. Germain’s--whom we mockingly referred to as “Goggles”--hand. Time was ticking, and he shot the ball towards the goal. Time slowed down as the ball hit the hoop, and teetered on the back of the rim for what seemed like a lifetime. The ball fell through the net. Game over. St. John defeated Ascension Christian on their senior night, with a buzzer beating lay-up. The
Our defense was impenetrable, and our offense was on fire. We were getting lay-up after lay-up, and they could barely bring the ball up the court. Their offense went cold, missing everything they shot towards the basket, and it seemed as if we could not have missed if we tried. Midway through the fourth, the game was tied! The crowd and our team was electric, but we could not celebrate yet. St. John was not going down easy. The game was back and forth yet again, but only one team could prevail, and both sides were too drained for overtime. With fifteen seconds left, we were up by one, and St. John had the ball. They brought the ball up the court and immediately found, who else, but Goggles in the corner for a long two, and he nailed