What an exciting game against Hunter last Thursday night (16 December 2004).
We were down by 20 (or was it 22?) points at our ebb, but slowly fought back to a see-saw in the fourth quarter. Almost gave up hope when the Pirates got a foul call and free throw to place them four ahead with 13 seconds left but the Kings don't seem to want to give up.
Hunter was already celebrating with a timeout while Goorj stratigised the next 5 or 6 plays for the remaining seconds. Somehow we made up two points got possession as the time ran out...
Jason Smith came through with the goods once again...this time after the buzzer so that the actual clock time was 0.0. He was fouled while shooting a three-pointer and the buzzer sounded (just after the whistle) so he went to the line with a bit of prayer under unbelievable pressure and hit all three free throws to win the game by one point.
A very young fan came up to him after the game and told him he was praying hard while Jason was shooting, to which he replied..."Thanks for joining me...I was praying too!" (As was the chaplain...and (I suspect) even a few "unbelievers"!)
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