2 nights

2 nights of basketball in a row...2 good nights...
last night was my weekly pickup gym rental night of 2 hours of ball...pretty good night too. i hit a giant 10 foot skyhook that really didn't have much business going in but it felt good coming off my fingertips so i kinda knew... even better was the finger roll...first i ever tried but it was just perfect...i catch the ball out on the arc, fake left and drive hard and fast right, leaving two defenders behind right there and taking it hard and fast to the hole...as i go up mark comes over the top for the swat but i pull it back down and stretch out and under the block to flip up the finger roll which barely even touches twine cuz it drops perfectly, straight through the net...i do all this at full speed...and paul makes the highlight reel.

tonight i got to play an extra league game...it was deadly...total nailbiter...we were up by 4 at the half, but they scrapped back and it was tied in the last minute...unfortunately we missed our last shot with 15 seconds left, and they made their last shot with 5 seconds left...sigh...it was an awesome game though...i'll exaggerrate and say that i was the anchor on our defense, calling out assignments when we got caught in transition...shutting down my man and helping and boxing out and taking the toughest matchups...i missed my only 2 shots...made some good passes...no turnovers... it was just a great game...last year we would've lost this game by 8 or more...this year it was a one point game that could've pretty easily been a victory for us...last year after the game they'd shake our hands but since they expected to win it wasn't like we made them respect us...tonight they had to...and after the game they did...good night...time for a manhattan

ps. an announcement - i'll be off camping from friday until at least tuesday night so i won't be responding to any emails. don't take it personally.