Coach said if we managed to get 60% of the rebounds today, we would win the match.
Today was the start of our the second round, and it was evident that we were much less prepared compared to Jurong, which was obvious from the start.
The start of the match was terrible. We let in many many points, most of them fast break lay ups, or uncontested shots which kept flowing. After letting in many shots, we changed from 1-1-3 to a 3-2, which we managed to fight back a little, but still unable to get back our momentum, and we ended 10-22.
We started off the second quarter much better than the first, and we went to a full court trap, forcing many turnovers and performing well. However, we were still unable to catch up, and we were letting in too many shots that should be contested, including two three pointers. However, we still outscored them 17-14. The third quarter, we repeated what we've done in the second quarter, and we outscored them 11-8.
The last quarter, however, we seemed to have lost heart, not trapping on the full court trap, not even bothering to contest their shots. We missed easy lay ups and underbaskets even against guys who had 4 fouls. Because of that, we were down from 6 to down by 14, and the game ended 47-61. Probably the two good things that came out of this was that we got at least 55% of the rebounds, and that we got them into foul trouble since the first quarter. However, we lacked that 5% to make it a win, and once again, too many turnovers.
This is our first loss ever in a season, and hopefully our LAST lost this season. Tomorrow we will be playing against Presbyterian High, where it's a break or make match. If you have a winner's mentality, think about what mistakes you made and how NOT TO REPEAT THEM. Take it easy, breathe in and stop thinking about today's game, think of how much better you'll perform tomorrow and how you'll make up for your lack of effort in tomorrow's game.
It ain't over till the fat lady sings
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