Tonight we lost a very close game to the Los Angeles Clippers. We were down by one point with 4.3 seconds left and we needed one basket to win the game. During our timeout, Coach Casey drew up a play that got KG open for a pass with time expiring. From my angle, Kevin's shot looked like it was going in. I thought I was seeing the Philadelphia game all over again with Kevin nailing the last second shot and our team running off the court victorious. Well, Kev's jumper barely missed and we lost the game. Such is life in the NBA. Kevin wants the ball in those situations. He knows he's either going to be the hero or the goat and he's got the courage and the skill for those moments.
I had to ride the bike for 15 minutes in the training room after the game because I need to stay in shape. Kevin and Trenton Hassell were in there too and we kind of talked about what happened throughout the game. Kevin was in his normal spot--on the first training table cooling down and unwinding after the game. Trenton always comes in the training room to change clothes too and to have some privacy from the media. A few minutes later our old buddy Sam Cassell came down to talk. It's always great to see Sam. He told us about the refs called a foul on him while he was guarding Randy Foye. He said something like this:
"Randy Foye is athletic! Randy Foye jumped over me and almost dunked it! Then the ref called a foul on me! I said, 'How can it be a foul on me, when he jumped over me!"
Allright well, it's 1am and I am tired. I can't think about the game anymore so I'm going to call it a night!
