Basketball Narrative
I have always wanted to play in the NBA. One day, I was playing in a basketball game at the Grand Ledge Gym. I shot a 3-pointer and made it! A few seconds later, the gym got quiet and all the people froze and then cheered loudly! A couple years later, I am lucky enough to be playing in an NBA stadium.
The gym was silent. Then, Dr. Naismith walked into the stadium. I said,
“How did you get here?”
“An NBA game just ended, how did you get here”, he said. .
“I think by playing basketball”, I replied. Mr. Naismith had glasses and was an older man, he had an odd haircut and a mustache.
“How did you ever come up with the idea of basketball?”, I asked.
“I had fourteen days to create an indoor sport, I called it basketball using the clever method of combining the word “basket” with the word “ball”. Then he invited me to play for the Boston Celtics in an NBA game at …show more content…
Chuck Connors was right, the Falcons looked very good and Chuck had given me a starting position in the game. At first, the game was tied, then we came up by 9 points at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter it was tied again at 53-53. I had 10 of those points at half -time. I was exhausted and sat the bench for the rest of the game. We lost 103-99.
A week later, it was out last game of the playoffs, the series was tied. We each had won 3 games. In the final game, I didn't start. In the first quarter, we were up by eleven after the first quarter. In the second quarter I played my best and we were still down by 8 points ,40-48. I had 10 of those points at halftime. In the third quarter, when I came in, we were up by 2 points. I had 15 of those points! In the final quarter, with 10 seconds left, we were down by 2, I brought the ball up and with 3 seconds left, I shot a three-pointer and made it! That was the end of the game, we won!
It was the end of the series we won the payoffs. I said to myself,” how am I going to get home? Dr. Naismith
The gym was silent. Then, Dr. Naismith walked into the stadium. I said,
“How did you get here?”
“An NBA game just ended, how did you get here”, he said. .
“I think by playing basketball”, I replied. Mr. Naismith had glasses and was an older man, he had an odd haircut and a mustache.
“How did you ever come up with the idea of basketball?”, I asked.
“I had fourteen days to create an indoor sport, I called it basketball using the clever method of combining the word “basket” with the word “ball”. Then he invited me to play for the Boston Celtics in an NBA game at …show more content…
Chuck Connors was right, the Falcons looked very good and Chuck had given me a starting position in the game. At first, the game was tied, then we came up by 9 points at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter it was tied again at 53-53. I had 10 of those points at half -time. I was exhausted and sat the bench for the rest of the game. We lost 103-99.
A week later, it was out last game of the playoffs, the series was tied. We each had won 3 games. In the final game, I didn't start. In the first quarter, we were up by eleven after the first quarter. In the second quarter I played my best and we were still down by 8 points ,40-48. I had 10 of those points at halftime. In the third quarter, when I came in, we were up by 2 points. I had 15 of those points! In the final quarter, with 10 seconds left, we were down by 2, I brought the ball up and with 3 seconds left, I shot a three-pointer and made it! That was the end of the game, we won!
It was the end of the series we won the payoffs. I said to myself,” how am I going to get home? Dr. Naismith