Dave Kusiak for WJOB at the Hammond Civic Center
Kusiak, JED and Jordan Beasley
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JED and Kirk "the Minnow" Smith at the Civic Center
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8:11am on the Sunday morning after "The Shot" by Damien Jefferson.
It's actually a bit of a misnomer to call what happened last night at the Civic Center "the shot." In one of the most highly-anticipated regular season games in some time around here, the New Mexico-bound senior hit "the shot" from somewhere between the rings - closer to mid-court than the free throw line. The ball hit the back of the rim and shot straight through the hoop and a thousand or so East Chicago Central fans rushed the court, hugging each other and jumping up and down.
I got a pretty good view of it from media row 10 rows behind the scorers table. Jefferson stole a pass intended for Griffith's All-Everything Tremell Murphy, took a couple dribbles across the timeline, and shoveled the ball towards the basket. That's what it should rightly be called - "The shovel," not "The shot." But no one outside the three or four of you would know what the hell I was talking about if I showed up Monday morning to talk about "The Shovel" on the show.
"Shot or Shovel" on the show? Your call. Either way I'm still buzzing the next morning as if I played in the game myself....
It's actually a bit of a misnomer to call what happened last night at the Civic Center "the shot." In one of the most highly-anticipated regular season games in some time around here, the New Mexico-bound senior hit "the shot" from somewhere between the rings - closer to mid-court than the free throw line. The ball hit the back of the rim and shot straight through the hoop and a thousand or so East Chicago Central fans rushed the court, hugging each other and jumping up and down.
I got a pretty good view of it from media row 10 rows behind the scorers table. Jefferson stole a pass intended for Griffith's All-Everything Tremell Murphy, took a couple dribbles across the timeline, and shoveled the ball towards the basket. That's what it should rightly be called - "The shovel," not "The shot." But no one outside the three or four of you would know what the hell I was talking about if I showed up Monday morning to talk about "The Shovel" on the show.
"Shot or Shovel" on the show? Your call. Either way I'm still buzzing the next morning as if I played in the game myself....
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