It's so terrible that I'm just getting this posted as our last two games have been ridiculously exciting. Game 4 of pool play was against China. Both teams were 2-1 at the start. We started out strong defensively, but struggled offensively...we couldn't get a shot to fall! I don't remember how far down we were at the half, but I remember that sometime in the third period we went down by 20. Many teams would have given up but we were able to battle back and in the last seconds of regulation play we tied it up to go into overtime. Never had I been a part of such a comeback...it was crazy!
We watched a new five minutes be put on the clock and and then it was back to the races. The team battled back and forth with China and finally went up by three to win...the final score was 68-65.
After a crazy game against China we met Canada in the Quarterfinals at 9:15pm. A full day of anticipation for a team we know all too well. We beat the Canadians at ParaPans in Mexico back in November by 30+, but we knew the Paralympic Games are always different...better games, better competitions, more on the line. This game proved to be such a game...we quickly went down by 11. I don't know why but we were off to a slow start again!! We pulled within 3 just before the half.
As expected the second half was a battle for the win, but we pulled ahead and won by 12 (67-55). It was the best team effort to date and I was more than pleased with the team's performance!
We see Australia tomorrow at 1pm/7am CDT...it's the Semi-final so wish us luck!!!
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