Shooting Guard: A Short Story

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“It's half time against Bowling Green High School and we are already down 34-15, they maybe the best in the state but not better than we will ever be!” Coach says in a motivated manner. The team goes back onto the court and feel pumped for the second half, Pinckney wins the tip off and score 3 points off the bat. Not until the 4th quarter the score again and end up losing the game 62-31, emotions are high and everyone is getting into each other’s faces. Tyreke the starting point guard starts bickering at Evan the starting Shooting Guard, “man if I set you a pick you got to drive the paint and score the hoop, instead you just stand there like dumbo and lose us the d*** game” Tyreke yells. “Well maybe if you called the plays coach actually wanted

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