endings and beginnings

It was game day and We had to get a win in order to get into the playoffs. We were excited and nervous. The horn rang. We got onto the court warmed up. The tip off and we won the tip. The butterflies flew away and we were ready and focused. First half was really ugly for us. We were getting beat up going to the last water down 10. But we wanted that playoff spot so we still had some fire left in us. We came out of the gate strong cutting the lead to four. But they wouldn't go away either. Lead went back to 8 and time was running out. But no one gave up. Still fighting brought it down to 6. I hit a three to cut it down to 3. They were cold and the panic hit them for blowing a lead. They were not in their heads and did not get the focus back. We ended up winning the game and getting the playoff spot.