Up 6-8 most of the first half, playing pretty bad basketball. I think I had about 8 points at halftime on drives but 0-3 from 3. All of a sudden they went on a late first half run and took a 6 point or so halftime lead. They had a guy that's usually decent get red hot from 3 all game. He had to have hit at least 6-8 on the night.
Anyway, second half is much of the same with us struggling to click, and dropping behind as much as 12. I was doing okay scoring, but not much else. Solid defense, a few rebounds in traffic. My basketball conditioning is terrible, and it showed without a sub. Our non basketball player G hustled his ass off and grabbed a few boards and wasn't a complete liability on defense. Offense was basically 2 on 4 though, me and new guy M, with D (guy from last years team) having a very off game. I pulled up a 3 right in my guys face to piss him off, then started going by him when he played up. With about 5 to go, we went on a nice run getting within a few points. We were down 2 when M got a good look down low that ended up hitting every part of the rim before bouncing out. Next trip down for opponent, they're trying to kill clock but D gets a good swipe on the ball to knock it off opposing players leg down on our side of the court.
I take a quick glance up at the clock, see 3.8 seconds, and run to half court only to see the entire defense back off onto their half of the court. Sweet. I turn around at half court, M over hands me an inbounds pass, I take 3 quick hard dribbles forward as 2 defenders charge me. I stop, pop from about NBA 3pt range maybe a foot or two further. Nothing but net. 42-41 win, 2-2 on the season.
I'm anxious to see what J can bring to the table next week. I should do much better knowing I have a sub on the bench if I need it. We need to play much much better as a team, have just 3 weeks to click before playoffs.