How To Write A Narrative Essay About My First Basketball Game

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It’s the fourth quarter of the conference finals the score is 46 to 46 I'm dribbling down the court as fast as I can as the time winds down . At 2.5 seconds I shoot from way downtown for the three pointer to win the game splash goes the net and it’s all over we won the conference finals against The Woodchucks the final score was 49 to 46. And now we're going to the championship in for the first time in nearly 2 years. Now we have to train really hard to win the championship.
“The team we’ll be going against is the Power to play ” says the coach. This is a very bad a bad thing the head point guard on their team is my arch rival for breaking my arm last season. After he was done talking we all got our stuff together and left the locker room. Me, Mom, Dylan and Dad head back to the car and get our stuff loaded in the back. Dad tells us to put our seat belt on, He puts the key in the ignition and as soon as he starts to lift off and fly back to the house.
I guess some people on a hover board were riding down the street and got hit by a car because there were ambulances like two or three of them were the people were hurt. Doesn't surprise me there are a lot of people getting hurt down in this part of Denver these days. But back before this futuristic stuff was
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But the quarter was over it felt like the game has just started, but it was the end of the first quarter. Now this is the end of the third quarter why is time going by so fast. The game felt like it only took 5 minutes but who cares we won.The final score is 26 to 13. “WE WON WE WON” We all shout with our water splashing

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