Basketball

Luke, I am not going to talk about the UT-Memphis game in the post. I am going to be talking about a game that I played. However, I am not doing this because I think it is all about me. I am doing it in consideration of others (well I guess mainly one other).

This past weekend I was invited by Román (the guy I run with) to play basketball. He and some friends play on Monday and Wednesday nights from about 9 til 11. I joined them last night. If you have ever played basketball with me or watched me play, then you know that I am not particularly good. But I can run around a lot. Unfortunately, last night we only played 3 on 3 half court. With half court any advantage I gain from running around is nuetralized a lot. Oh well.

We shot for teams, and I was the second person to score (which I guess says something about the shooting talent of the people I was with). My team ended up being Román, a guy named Oscar, and me. Román and I are pretty good at running around and Román could also drive and shoot layups. Oscar had a pretty good shot. There were nine people, so the winner stayed. Somehow, and I am not sure how, but for about two hours and I am not sure how many games, my team never lost. It was a lot of fun and definately a good workout.

One of my favorite parts was when I had to dive out of bounds to save the ball one time, and when I did, everyone said "oh wow, that's amazing!" except in Spanish. (then I froze for a second with a 3-fingered wave. Just kidding.) I don't remember if we scored after that or not, but scoring is secondary in my opinion to excellent dives. I did score some, however. Maybe even once a game at least, but I doubt it.

So my team never lost, but in the last game (all games were to eleven by ones) we were down 3-6. That was when the lights were shut off. I was tired, sweaty, and blistered. But it was a lot of fun. Afterwards, we were talking, and one guy said (in Spanish), "What!? You're from America? I thought you were Mexican!" That was cool. And probably the first time that has happened.

I am not sure what will happen on Wednesday. Probably I won't win every game. In fact I would be shocked if I did. But I hope it will again be fun.