Almost had a stroke (OT game) last night!

[Mark Padgett]

Sixth grade girls rec. With 10 seconds to go in the game, it was tied. There was a timeout and I told my partner that if this game went into overtime, it was his fault. He said not to worry about it.

Team A inbounds and A1 hits a three and is fouled. Her foul shot hits the front of the rim, bounces right back to her, she hits a two and is fouled again. She makes the free throw. B1 goes to inbound with team A pressing and gets a five second count. Team A inbounds to A1 and she's fouled again. It's a one-and-one and she makes both. There's four seconds left on the clock and team A pulls back. Team B inbounds but can't get off a shot before the horn. Team A scores eight points in the final 10 seconds to win by that margin.

My partner comes over and says, "See, I told you not to worry". I told him I was really worried because I had Team A minus six with my bookie.

It was an incredibly weird last 10 seconds. BTW - this was our second 6th grade girls rec game of the night. The first one ended 24-6. Never worried a bit. They beat the spread.