All my adult life I've felt that life here on Earth is really just a movie. That fiction is pretty much unnecessary for all the crazy, insane crap that goes down. And that also includes so-called "coincidences" and "deja vus," which I believe are only metaphors for the Universal law that cycles repeat themselves. Fewer places is that more apparent than in basketball.
Yesterday I visited Washington Prep High School to talk with the women's basketball coach and check out what they're up to, for a story I'm writing. While Coach Ricky Blackmon and I were talking, the infamous semi-final game of Feb. 23, 2007 against Dorsey came up. Dig this: Blackmon used to play for Dorsey High School. When he was a junior (like Mykiea) in 1993, Dorsey beat Washington in the semi-final for the city championship by three points, due to a last-second shot.
Too freaky for words. But there are other instances like that.
On April 6, 2008, Tennessee and LSU were battling in the NCAA semi-finals, with the winner to go to the championship. Alexis Hornbuckle made an incredible put-back shot at the buzzer for the one-point win.
Fast forward to Sept. 27, 2008 and the LA Sparks and the San Antonio Silver Stars are battling in the semi-finals of the Western Conference championships. The Sparks, which include two Tennessee players who played in the LSU semis last year, lose because of a crazy last-second shot at the buzzer. I'm sure most basketball fans can think of a similar "deja vu" or two.
A wise woman told me once, "remember, we're all just down here wearing a clown suit."
Indeed.
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