My name is Trey. When I look at my most valuable trophy, I always remember the great memories. The basketball team was awesome! We were ballers, and I will tell you about our team and how we dominated in the tournament.
I was twelve years old, and I lived in Detroit, Michigan. I went to Davidson Elementary and Middle School. I met all the basketball players there. Davon was a point guard. I was a shooting guard. Kevin was a small forward. Nate was a power forward. The last player was the center and his name was Dick. Together we made the Dream Team. Our team name was the Detroit Elites. It was a travel team and the tournament just started! It was a short tournament. There were four skilled teams in the tournament. The first game started at three- thirty in the afternoon. We were going to play the Jefferson Wildcats.They have a skilled point guard named Tyrone. Davon should be able to stop him from making good plays. The game was going to start soon at Davidson so we headed toward the court.
When we arrived at our home court we had five minutes to warm up. We did the three man weave and sprints.I looked over at the other side of the court and saw the Jefferson Wildcats. They looked pretty good, but I knew we could beat them.
''We're going to crush them.'' Davin said.
''Is that tyrone?'' Dick asked.
''Yep, and we should be able to shut him down!'' Kevin answered.
We finished warming up, and the game was going to start. The referee went to the center of the court. Dick and a center from Jefferson went to do the opening tip-off. The referee threw the ball up and Dick won the tip. Davon grabbed the ball and set up a play. Several picks were made and Davon made a jump shot. Tyrone brought the ball up the floor and passed it out to number twenty- four. He took the jump shot and missed. Minutes passed and we were in the lead by four. Davon passed it inside to Dick. Dick passed it out to me, and I passed it to Kevin. Kevin shot a three pointer and hit the buzzer beater! It was now halftime and the score was thirty to thirty four. I was happy with my team, and I knew we could win the game.
The second half started and the wildcats had possession of the ball since we won the tip. Several plays passed and the score was tied. We had possession and Davon brought the ball up the floor. He passed it to me and I passed it back to him. Davon was wide open from down town, so he took the shot. The ball released his hand and then........Swish! We were now up by three points and Tyrone dribbled up the floor.He didn't pass at all. He threw up a fade away shot and the ball rolled around the rim. It finally went in the net. I was ready to shoot the lights out like Larry Bird. Davon passed the ball to me. There were three seconds left on the game clock. Three...two...one...The basketball came out of my hands from the three point line. The ball was perfectly placed in the net and we were winning by three going into the fourth quarter.
The fourth quarter started and I hit four more threes later. Kevin had many and ones. Dick had many lay-ups and jump shots. Nate hit two threes. Davon had many assists and three pointers. I was proud of my team and we were winning by twenty points. Tyrone threw up a half court shot and missed, but he had twenty four points! He had a great game, but it was enough to win the game. The final score was fifty eight to seventy eight! We were ready for the next game, the championship.
The championship game was thirty minutes after our first game. The team we were going to face in the championship was the Golden Meerkats. They had three amazing starters, but we were all talented. The game was starting and Dick won the tip. We hit many threes, but we didn't have many points in the paint. I felt sorry for Dick. We had to score in the paint some way. We were losing by two points after the first half. During halftime I came up with a plan. To score in the paint we needed to have some back door cuts. Dick could pass it to either side behind him and we could have wide open lay-ups. I wanted Dick to score a lot, so I told him to break the center's ankles. After he broke his ankles he could drive to the basket and get some points. Dick was ready in the second half, and he was like a point guard! He was doing crossovers, and he was breaking the center's ankles. He scored many many lay-ups and jump shots. The back door cuts worked too. With more points in the paint we could easily win the game. We were down by one point in the fourth quarter . There were ten seconds left on the game clock, and I had the ball. I did a lot of moves and I broke somebody's ankles. There were three seconds left, so I took the shot. I was in the free throw line area, and the ball released my hands.the ball spanned and sank into the net. We had won the game! Everyone on my team was going nuts! We had done it! We had won the championship! Each player received a gold trophy, and we were very happy. We were ready to win another tournament soon.
In conclusion, we were different from other teams in many ways. Our uniforms were green and yellow. We all wore green and yellow KD sevens. We all weren't very tall. We also had different plays to use. We were all fantastic at the game of basketball. We were all ready to win some more trophies too. I loved the team, and I can't wait to win another tournament!
