The other night my basketball team was down by six points with a little under a minute to play in a rivalry game with a team that we had beaten by two points earlier in the season. After a furious rally, we actually trailed by two points with about 14 seconds to play. We rebounded our opponents missed free throw and took off in our traditional fast break with my teams’ leading scorer handling the ball in the center of the court. He hit one of his teammates streaking to the basket on the left side of the court who ended up getting fouled in the act of shooting. So there we were, down two and at the free throw line shooting two in order to tie the game.
Late Game Free Throw Shooting
The Effects of a Lack of Playground Basketball
When I was in college and in high school I spent a significant amount of time playing pick-up basketball at different parks or gyms in my area. I could not get enough basketball in and if the games at one park were no longer any good or if people just stopped playing there, I would find a new park or gym to play at. It was like a religion where guys would come to the parks in droves to play each and every day and sometimes the wait would be about five games deep (anywhere between 30 and 40 players).
