“Blank blank blank”
That's what was going through my mind after a long week of youth camp. I had not slept much the past 5 days, and I just came from a 3 hour car ride. I couldn't get my mind to focus on the game. My legs were dead, but I was trying to play through it. It didn't work. Benched! I was awful, and so was most of my team. We needed to win this game which is why Sam and I came back a day early from camp. However, nothing was going right.
After the first quarter we were down by 9. Turnovers and not boxing out is killing us. At half we were down by 13. Surprisingly, with our lack of energy and sloppy play we brought the lead down to 7. I still wasn't in the game because I was sucking. “Crap” mid way through the 3rd quarter right when we were putting a game a together, Sam Larsen fell on his ankle. He is out. He had to go to the hospital.
Last week Jiaan and now Sam. Two of our best and tallest players are out for most of the season. I felt bad for Sam. He is one of my best friends, and he is on my AAU team. Seeing him leave early for the hospital was hard. The game went on. Unfortunately for us nothing went right again. In the 4th quarter they took over, we lost by over 20. We're gonna have to learn how to play as a team, and get rebounds without our two tallest players. I think we have the talent but we have to use it effectively in order to succeed as a team. Watch out Frederick were coming for you next week.
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