Our team walked in a
noisy
rowdy
crowded gym.
People
Cheering, let's go team!!!
Shouting, easy win!!!
Bringing energy for the other team, we want buckets!!!
There was no one supporting us
no one
absolutely no one…
Nervousness
stress
pressure
JUMPING out of my heart.
My heart is beating hard, my hair is full of sweat already, I have no idea what to do!
We started to warm up but
the pressure,
the worryness,
the anxiety
made us too scared to do anything.
We are missing
layups
jumpers
even free throws!!!
Beeeeep
Whistles the ref
Our nightmare has begun
My mind is
empty
Vacant
meaningless
We have never defeated this team before, are we really gonna play against them?
Cried my friend
Tuck in your jersey!
But to me the words felt like a mosquito that is trying to bite me
Angngnggnngngngggg
TUCK IN YOUR JERSEY!!!!!
Ahh! Oh, my bad
Jump ball
This shouldn't be so hard to win, we got Alex
Few seconds later
Nevermind
The center on the other team is as tall as The Eiffel Tower
Nope, not a chance
More sweat appearing on my head
like heavy rain dribbling down my face
The kid with crazy hair
got the ball
dribbled through half court
ran right past me
And juked my teammates
for an eeeeeeeeeeeezy layup
Dang, this kid’s good, almost felt like an asteroid about to hit the earth
Ball’s in my hand now
And it’s gone to the crazy hair kid
Dang, it’s him again
This time I’m more cautious
Forget it
Dang, he is one real good player
Time out!
Shouted our coach as loudly as the engine of a jet
Noise started to EVANEScE
Everyone stood there
Looking towards him
We are better than this
He said, with his voice as soft as a three year old kid
Focus, do what we usually do, we got this!
After 20 minutes of struggling, we finally caught up a few points
Hnnha hnnha
Sweat dropping on the court
Down by five
Tick tick tick
ticking inside our heads
Swoosh!
They scored again
Yaaaaaa!!
Shouted the opponents
Numb
Have we given up?
Come on, Jesse! Wake up!
Tick tick tick
It’s warning us again
I dribble through half court
Crossover, stepback, woooosh
Buckets!! My coach yelled
Motivation… Encouragements
More people started to support us
Teammate with the steal
Layups, threes, more points!!
Ball’s in our hand again
Screen, cut, out to the three point line
I took it
It was so slow like I was walking in space
Swoooooshhhhhh
Game winning shot
The court was on fire
Beeeeeep
As the timer goes off
Victory
