Wednesday, May 23, 2007

The shots mean much more than a basketball game

At almost 1.5m outside of the 3pt line, he asked me, "do you think I can make this?"
dtz, "cmi. my hand's in your face and i'm gonna draw the skyline soon."
he, "if i make this. you go after her ok?"
dtz, "go make it and I will!"

he jumped up, straightened his arm, flipped his wrist and pulled the trigger... silence... our eyes followed the ball as it sailed through the nightsky, drawing a perfect parabola... for a moment we thought it had disappeared into the galaxy... then it reappeared above the rim...

"chop"

it was clean and clear-cut..

astonished, both of us. was it plainly a fluke? was it really his skill? or was it fate dropping me a hint?

he, "so, this is it huh? dtz and her. the girl from singapore."
dtz, "I guess so."

the court blacked out.

It was 2200, 23rd May 2007

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