For the better part of nearly 3 months, I've been playing in three basketball leagues. I play in leagues on Monday, Thursday and Sunday. The Sunday league didn't go that well as my team went winless in seven games. The Thursday league hasn't been much better as my team currently has one win in seven games with two left to go.
The saving grace has been my Monday night team. We finished the regular season with a 5-3 record and the #2 seed in the playoffs. We squared off in the first round of the league playoffs tonight and rallied to win 75-64. The win advances us to the league championship next Monday.
I've played tons of league basketball games (some 300+) in the past 18 years. I've been in every type of game imaginable. I've played exciting close games that my team has won. I've also played some bad games where my team has been blown out.
Tonight's game rates as one of more satisfying wins I've ever been part of. My team played ok in the first half but stumbled badly to start the second half. We went from being down 4 points to down 10 very early in the second half. We managed to cut the lead to 6 points with our bench. The starters came back in and just torched the nets. The other team was stunned and could not respond as we pulled away for the victory.
The reason that game was satisfying was that we did it as a team. Our team has one guy who might be considered a star. The rest of our guys just average players. In addition, out of the roster of 9 guys, only two guys (27, 23) are under 30 with FOUR guys over 40 (42, 41, 46, 52).
I've learned that chemistry can't be understated which was greatly shown by the San Francisco Giants. We all get along and pull for each other greatly and that has contributed to our team's success. We have one more hill to climb next week in the championship game. I'm confident that our team will continue to play together and give it our best shot next week. Perhaps some of the San Francisco Giants magic will rub off on my team!
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