Last Second

We were expecting company at seven, and I was straightening the house (we don’t want people talking dusty tabletops on New Year’s Eve, now do we?) But I stopped to watch the last twelve seconds of the Bulls’ game against the Pacers. DeMar DeRozan had the ball at the visitors’ end and casually proceeded up court. By the time he was ready to shoot (and shoot well beyond the key and off to the right), there was next to no time left on the clock. DeRozan barely got the ball out of his hands before the clock expired; there’d be no rebound on a missed shot. Either it went in for a game-winning three or the Bulls lose, 106-105. And that’s when I realized, sometimes, it’s better to be lucky and good then just good alone. Final score, Bulls 108 Pacers 106.