We are the Champions

After having to change the date twice to fit my schedule (I have a little cuello since I work in the sports office), we finally played the finals for the Tactic basketball league this past Monday.

There were two men’s games and two women’s games scheduled for the evening, capped off by the women’s championship game in which my team, Tactic, played against the defending champions Rubel Chaim.

Going into the game, Rubel Chaim had never lost a championship game and had beaten my team twice in regular season play. We were the underdogs, but we ended up with the big victory.

It was a very tight game and going into the 4th quarter we were losing by five points. But we were able to rally and came out on top by a margin of four points.

I had taught my team the basics of a stall offensive, so when we pulled into the lead with under five minutes left to play, we implemented it. It worked marvelously. When the clock is ticking down, the women here are accustomed to running around like chickens with their heads cut off, regardless of whether their team is winning or losing. So when we slowed down the pace of the game and made safe perimeter passes, Rubel Chaim didn’t know how to react to it. They were frustrated which caused their defense to breakdown and allowed us, after running minutes off the clock, to get easy baskets in the paint.

It was a sweet victory, but we are not going to sit back and savor it for very long. We have practice this Saturday morning to get ready for the next league, which should be starting in about a month. We are looking for a repeat.