Summary Of The Night I m Sitting - 1473 Words

I shouldn’t have even been in. Any good coach knows to pull out the star in a blowout. I’m not sure what coach was thinking at the time... but nevermind. That’s the past, and I can’t reverse it. Still, I can’t help going back and thinking about that fateful day. Today at lunch I’m sitting in Mr. Anderson’s empty classroom studying. A month ago, I would be sitting in the middle of the lunchroom with Derek, Mike, Rakim, and the rest of the team. A month ago, I would still be the king of this school. Exactly 32 days ago, my team, the South Heights Cardinals were in Parkside to play the lowly Parkside Panthers. They were in last place in the conference with only one win, and we were undefeated at the top of the standings. Everybody knew†¦show more content†¦I took the court for the beginning of the game. I looked around the court and saw what a mismatch it was. We had more talent than them at every single position. Maybe this was the game that I could get the conference scoring record I had been chasing. Derek, at 6’10†, a good 5 inches taller than the Panthers center, won the opening tip off and tapped it back to Mike. I recognized that there was nobody near the basket, so I sprinted down the court. Mike tossed it up to me and I threw down a thunderous dunk. The game continued in the direction of a rout and midway through the fourth quarter we lead 71-42. This was the time coach would normally pull out all of the starters and put in all the backups and third stringers. However, I was ten points away from breaking the career conference scoring record. Coach knew that I could definitely break the record, so he left me in. I made a few more baskets and was only a couple points away from the record. Parkside had put in their backups, so I knew I could blow by the guy guarding me. I took one dribble to my left and did a lightning quick crossover to my right, dusting the Panthers point guard. The Parkside team was very frustrated that we were humiliating them, so I guess they wanted to take it out on me. The burly Panthers center hit me hard as I went up for the layup, definitely a technical foul. I went flying and smashed my head on the floor. I hit my head directly on the