April 2009
2 posts
Championship!!!
Game #4 vs. Tromso, started as if we didnt realize it was win or go home. It took us one half to finally wake up and realize it. Our defense kept us in the game and at the end the offense was right on time to force a final game 5 back in Tromso.
Game #5 and the final game for the championship is one game that will always play out in my mind. The last time I was in a position to win a real championship and Im not talking about the Hoop or New Covenant leagues either lol. Was back in '99 when I played in high school for Beechcroft and we lost in double ot to go to the championship game. My thoughts before the Tromso game was only on giving everything I had to win.
The first three quarters were close just like every game had been so far in the finals. But the start of the fourth quarter we saw ourselves down by 8 points. In the first 3 minutes of the quarter we went on a 9-0 run to go up by one. The next 6 minutes went back and fourth until Big shot Dav made a Robert Horry like jump shot with 10 seconds to go putting us up by one point. But this game had to be decided in ot, because like all season the refs made a bad call and they tied up the game to force ot.
In ot, is where all the practice and hard work to come together as a team really showed. As we pulled out a 82-79 win on Tromso home court that they hadnt lost on until the finals. To me game #5 was the best one we played all season as a team!
This season for me, was something that i had been waiting on since 2005 when I dislocated my hip weeks before my first game in Norway. To comeback this season and win it all is just a tribute to how good God really is! I want to thank all my teammates for sticking with me and making me better on and off the court. Thru all the bs and clowning this season we still found a way to make it happen. If there is a next time, we all can stand up when the question is asked who has BLNO Championship...
