Personal Narrative: The Big Game

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The Big Game It was 2 hours before the biggest basketball game of my life and I wasn’t ready. It all started about 2 days ago, in our playoff game. We were playing one of the best teams in the county and we were the underdogs. A whole lot of hype was generated off this game, because they were ranked 2nd and we were ranked 3rd. The last time we played them, it was at their home gym. They had the biggest crowd and it really intimidated our team and we lost by 6. This time we were taking a loss 2 times in a row. We started this game off very good. Our fans were there. It was our home court and everything was going good until the 3rd quarter. At that point, everything went downhill, and everything on offense and defensive stopped working against them. Everyone stopped …show more content…
I started to panic, we could not lose this game. It was the only game we had to win to go to the championship. Win or go home. As I jumped for the ball and came down, I stepped on someone’s foot and twisted my ankle! At that moment I felt no pain, it was probably adrenaline. I just kept on playing. Coach called a time out and told us to settle down. I wasn’t listening to a lot he was saying. I was too busy looking at the other team and seeing how we lost last time in this same situation. As we broke the huddle I turned around and was amazed. All I saw was the bleachers full of people, but I couldn’t hear a thing but my teammates. When I grabbed the ball from the referee and passed it in. I took one step and I froze. The most antagonizing pain shot through my ankle. I thought no one noticed; but my team did. They yelled to see if I was ok. I ignored them and played through it. It was the worst game of my life, but we won. After the game, the coaches were yelling at me because I wasn’t playing defense like I should have been. I couldn’t tell them I was hurt or they would have sat me out of the biggest game ever. So, I took the yelling and I went on with my night. When I got home, that’s