[Camron Rust]

Playoff game, winner goes to the final 8. It was a smaller gym and it was packed as full as they could get it. They had to turn people away. Had a fantastic partner who delivered a stellar performance. It was close all the way to the end with teams swapping leads throughout and tied at 56 going into the 4th quarter.

The home team was down 3 with under 10 seconds to go. I was Trail, table-side. A player forced a long 3 while well defended. I had a perfect view between the defender and the shooter....the defender missed everything, it was a clean release. The shot falls short of the rim. The other team catches the ball and is fouled right away (partner's call)...going to the other end for 1+1. The player that missed the shot runs up to me, gets in my face, and angrily screams "call the foul". I call the obvious T....not a word from the coach.

Ironically, the other team missed the front-end of the 1+1 but made one of the FTs for the T. If not for the T, the home team may have had another shot to tie the game but that 1 made FT from the T and the possession that came with it put it out of reach.

Our locker room was in a coaches office on the way to the home team's locker area. After the game, while in the locker room, we heard a loud racket outside the office door. Someone was slamming stuff around and yelling and cussing for several minutes. My partner saw who it was through a window in the office. It was the same kid that got the T. It got quiet for a little while as he left the area. About 5-10 minutes later, it started up again for another few minutes.


3 or 4 more games to go before the season ends.....it has been a very fun year!