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Personal Narrative: The Game Of Basketball

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Have you ever taken part in a game of basketball? I certainly have and I will give you a sneak peek of what it's like to be a basketball player and participate in a game of basketball. It was a frigid winter Saturday afternoon. We were half way through our third and final game of the day in the Aplington-Parkersburg tournament. A member from the Aplington-Parkersburg team had just tossed the ball into the hoop it then fell through the net landing on the floor. Kayley Wibholm (my Lynx teammate) picked up the ball taking it to the out of bounds line to throw it into me. Kayley came to the edge of the line and turned around making a bounce pass toward me. Soon after I caught the ball and dribbled to the half court line. I arrived at the line

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