My Team-Personal Narrative

Stadium packed game, filled with energy, all coming down to the final seconds. All we worked for was to live for this. Jogging back down to the other end of the court I remember seeing all the fans in bright red erupt out of their seats as my team scored the ball to put us up by one point. All I could hear was a loud ringing noise and I knew it was because of the moment and how big it was for us, I couldn't take it all in at once. I turn around to see the opposing team heading down the court, so I told myself, “ Calm down, this is what we want.” As he came down the court he signaled for an isolation against me. I focused in to the point where I could only see him in my vision and only hear the ball bouncing against the floor along with the time beeping down. …show more content…
This was the big moment and he took a big opportunity with it, he came down and made a move that shifted me to the left as he went in the opposite direction, I knew the only way to get back was to have a great mistake response and to play with all my strength. All odds were against us, it seemed that he had a wide open lane, so I ran as fast as ever, like a cheetah and as soon as he released the ball, I jumped and it seemed like I was towering over him and I knocked the ball off it's course! The ball hit the backboard and bounced to the top of the key as the time went down and the buzzer went off. It was over we were the champs of the Orlando tournament. We all piled on top of each other in joy because we also knew we had one more day to spend and we could spend it as champions. This whole situation made me feel special and like I belonged here, it's something I won't ever