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Deshawn: A Short Story

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As the dying seconds of the game are ticking the fans are anxious about the outcome of the game as their home town hero had the ball in his hand. Just like the fans the opponents were also scared all their hard work could be lost with this one shot. As the young man’s heart is racing he knew the spotlight would rest on him with 1 minute left. Within a madder of second’s fans, players and coaches had become silent as the final timeout was called. The only thing to be heard in the building was the sound of pen and players agreeing.

Deshawn’s heart was pounding as he knew that he hadn’t got a single shot to fall. As the game went on his shots wear bouncing off the rim, air balling or even being blocked. He couldn’t buy a shot. Deshawn was unable

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