Personal Narrative: The Day I Was A Ball Hog In Basketball

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I learned an important lesson the day I was a ball hog in basketball. I took a bad shot at the end and the other team came back and won in our first game of the playoffs. In basketball you have to have good I.Q and be smart with the ball to set up open teammates. Today, after that game I learned how to pass better and set screens.

It was the first day of the playoffs. All of the teams were crammed in the middle school. After the regular season we were a 4th seed facing a 5th seed. My team and I were confident we were going to win. It was tip off. The game begins and the coaches yelled plays. Our team leads 7 to 2 in the first half, each half is 10 minutes and there are only two halves. Right before the second half began the other team

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