I Cant Miss !!!

Everybody else thought that it would not go in since I shot it from so far, but An knew it would go in the minute nobody blocked the shot. It hit off the front of the rim, causing it to bounce up.

Floating into the air as it hit the top of the front rim once again, bouncing off. The suspense was killing everybody as they watched in horror. The ball bounced off the back of the board before it slowly made its way around the rim, and then entered the basket.

The place was silent; not even the crickets were chirping. As soon as a pin dropped, the whole place erupted in cheers. My entire team ran up to me as they happily cheered and came and hugged me tightly.

Everybody could not believe I made that shot. An was just shaking his head while the rest of his teammates were on their knees, crying at the mistake that they had made by leaving me wide open.

Blackpool and the others lifted me in the air as they started carrying me around like a village chief who had just been anointed.

The first time in a long time, Ground Force had finally won a Championship cup, the whole bank, the whole shebang, and everybody there was crying even Coach Andre was on his knees crying tears of joy. The media was all over trying to get interviews of the winners and even the losers.

An had a camera shoved in his face with questions about how he failed to win this year compared to the previous years. This was challenging for him but An composed himself as he took a deep breath and started answering their questions. 

"This year has been on and off due to this darkhorse called Eazy, we weren't able to stop him as he's a force to reckon with, but we should be right on track to win the cup once again next year since Eazy will be out of the military league and heading over to the NBA. The guy is unique and will make it big, and I can't wait to see what he does in the NBA. But as for this one, he deserves it. He and his team worked hard and battled through all the most formidable opponents in this league to make it this far, so if anybody deserves the cup, they do. They had a perfect record and came up on top. We could have won it, but due to bad strategy, we messed up at the last second." 

Tears could be seen coming down An's eyes, but he quickly wiped it away as he turned around and thanked everybody, and walked away from the reporters but before he could leave, I promptly called out to him as I went and shook his hand and thanked him for the great game he displayed.

Something seemed to click in An's mind, but he quickly shook his head as he said:" that would be a big maybe, but you never know what the future holds. If I ever get tired of this league, perhaps I will join the NBA for at least one season before retiring".

He hugged me, and we separated as I went to celebrate some more with my teammates. They were also getting interviewed by several media, even ESPN was there, which surprised everybody as they started trying to get interviews everywhere they could.

Blackpool was nervous in front of the camera as they bombard him with questions. They asked him if he would be going to the NBA. Blackpool shook his head and said, "this is my place. I will serve my country and go out and live everyday life, so I don't plan to join the NBA. It isn't within my goals" he said quickly turned around and left due to being camera shy. 

Khalid, on the other hand, said," if an NBA team wants me, I'll join of course only if I get to be in the same team as Eazy hehehe." 

I laughed when I heard this but had already had multiple mics in my face. Coach Andre quickly stopped them as he said," we will hold a press conference for any questions but for now, let us enjoy this time as he pulled me away to grab some pictures.

They presented this big Championship cup to us and some military-like championship rings, which surprised me. I had no clue that they gave rings over here too and thought the military must have a lot of money if they're able to form out these expensive-looking rings for a sport that wasn't famous around the world.

The ring was engrossed with gold, silver, and a few gems. It looked quite expensive, and I liked the touch of the guns on the side grossed in green, giving it a military kind of feel. I slipped it on my ring finger as it fit perfectly as if they knew we would win this and had already gotten our sizes right.

I slowly stroked it and couldn't wait to get the NBA ones. Paige came up to me and hugged me. She had tears of happiness in her eyes, saying, "we finally did it. We finally won the whole thing, and it's all thanks to you". 

I shook my head and said,"  you guys worked hard too, so I got to give you guys credit, we all pulled through together. There's no I in team, so if it wasn't for you guys, I wouldn't have come this far and was able to win this whole thing with an excellent team and great teammates. The staff and everybody else that helped out". 

Everybody around me got excited as they all came and hugged me once again, after a while we finally broke up, and my family came down to congratulate me.

Rasta looked at me with a smiling face as he said, "I won big this time." I shook my head and said,"  did you bet on me? Again?" He laughed and said," every time, I know we lost one once, but this time I made a killing even though it's foreign money, it's still money."

I laughed and shook my head as I thought this guy would never change his gambling habits, and I hope that doesn't affect him in the future. If I ever feel like losing a game, I have to let him know before he goes and squanders his whole life on one game, not that I'll ever throw the game because well, I hate losing.