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Basketball / Re: 2018-2019 NCAA Season
« on: April 08, 2019, 11:36:30 pm »
back and forth. big shots.
73-72. TTU
73-72. TTU
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i can't watch the game over here but even just watching the score progress is tense. it's 66-65 TT with 0:35 to go. i'm missing a classic, damn it!
OVERTIME! someone on UVA hit a huge three. fuck this is an excruciating way to follow a basketball game.
lord have mercy.

i actually started to get a bad headache until i got fluids in me. then it lessened.. but was still there. then i got an oreo blizzard from DQ and it disappeared.

Met up with the new mid week ball team yesterday. Have never met these guys before so was a little hesitant. Not going to be a great team but we'll be pretty good. All similar age to me (few years younger) and all with decent skills. We will also be playing a lower grade so these games will be a good opportunity to practice stuff to use with my Sunday team which is more competitive. Threw down a few dunks yesterday as well. They were surprisingly impressed with my baby dunks haha. One of the guys snuck a video and posted it to his IG story. I still look so slow driving but that's good feedback. I did one dunk though without palming the ball which was cool and that's my new focus to get that down pat so I don't have to worry about it mid game if I get on a fast break. It's the number one thing that has stopped me from dunking in games in the past.
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i got my first proper in game dunk in a half court set off a post up against 2 defenders. OMG!!!!!
quick background, we played 1.5hrs full court scrimmage, 5v5. That was shithouse. Then after that i got pulled into a 4v4 half court game. Big guy playing man defense on me, i asked him his height and weight (a bit premediatory? lol) and he said 6'4", he didnt get to reply the weight but he must be 100kg, solid build. I post him up and he moves me out of the key with ease. Like c'mon, im a 170kg squatter and this guy is just brushing me aside like yesterdays news. It kinda kills my buzz cause i was thinking i wanna get a dunk.
So anyway about 30 mins in and ive got a few blocks on him, i feel he's softened up. i get a postup on the right block. I give him a left shoulder fake, he bites! i spin, power dribble and go up. He's recovered and trying to block me and meanwhile a smaller defender has come into the middle and put his hand up, but im already commited to the dunk. Bang. i come down, everyone is like wtf! i dunked on two guys off a post up.
I wish i had it on video. im just the kind of nerd who would tape a fucking pickup game on the off chance i get a dunk. but nah, im not even that lame. doesnt matter, i still know it was legit. Now im regretting it, would be cool to get my first proper postup dunk on video. Ah well.
oh and i had a fast break dunk on the full court scrimmage but i rimmed it out. i didnt grip the ball. it was old and no grip but still i should aleast try. hit the rim so hard ive got a purple bruise on my figer. go figure. if i ever go for a fast break dunk again im gonna make sure ive got it palmed otherwise it's going to be a miss.

