To my basketball players, have you ever been in the ZONE?

SplinterMatic319 · Jan 21, 2008

I want honest replies here because even if you lied, your not gonna get better. Anyways Im talking bout that real ZONE and none of that lil%#$@ where you mighthave scored 4-5 baskets in a row.

Im a sophomore in HS now but back in 8th grade was the only one time I ever felt that real zone. It was the game before the championship in a tournament. Manwas I on fire. Im not the type to brag but my mid-range is viscious but somehow that night the green light was ON. Im not gonna go into detail of what I didbut all I can tell you was the coach on the other team was heated. I must have ended that game with 46 points as I recall. The feeling was unexplainable. Nomatter how many double teams I wasnt even thinking of that, all I saw was the rim. The rim really looked weird to me also. It felt like an ocean or a pool andI was manuevering the defenses like AI. I was controlling the ball like a yo-yo and it felt like the whole floor was bigger than it seemed. I just cant explainit but that feeling was just just.....idk. I wish I could get that feeling again.

darthska · Jan 21, 2008

Missed the first half of the Lakers game 'cause I didn't want to stop tonight.

We had an intramural game and I was 6-6 from 3, and I just can't stop playing when it's like that. You know?

So after intramurals, people ran pick-up, so I stayed. Our intramural game started at 9:30 and was over by 11, and they lock up the gym at like midnight.Through intramurals and pickup, I never missed a 3 tonight.

Now, two things: I'm nothing special, so nobody better respond talking about how I think I'm bad. It was freaking intramurals and pick-up; not the NBAFinals.

I know that. Dude asked a question, and I'm just contributing to thethread. I'm not saying I'm D-1 material (or even D-3

; I'm just saying... dude asked about being in the zone, and I definitely was tonight.

Second (and this is just one of those things that irks me), people always talk about stuff like this, being in the zone and what not, and I hear, "Man, itfelt so good. It's like... better than sex." No, man. No. Man. Noooooooo. Maaaaaaaan. If you are about to type some story about being in the zone andyou plan on saying something like 'It was better than sex', then all have to say is: you're doing it wrong.

Dang it, why the heck can't I ever post a freaking short answer?

harlemtothebronx · Jan 21, 2008

Originally Posted by 23ska909red02

Dang it, why the heck can't I ever post a freaking short answer?

ohyeah10 · Jan 21, 2008

not really but the other day i knocked out 5 threes in a pickup game. i was pullin up from everywhere and there was nothing they could do about it

lamarownsem · Jan 21, 2008

In a scrimmage before last season I was hitting from everywhere. I made six threes and one of them I pulled up from in the middle of the three-point line andhalf court like it was nothing. I ended up with 24 or 26.

dmbrhs · Jan 21, 2008

When I was nine, I scored 10 of my team's 12 points in a 12-10 win. That's the closest I can come to an in-game "in the zone" moment.

Outside a game, I was in a 3-point competition at age 13 at a basketball camp and we all had a minute to shoot threes. In the championship round, I hit 14,with a run of 12 in a row.

acidicality · Jan 21, 2008

in a real game, i scored 18 points once and i couldn't miss...but i have to admit the other team's defense was pretty lousy. i was getting everythinginside.

but in terms of streetball, i remember one time when i was like 13-14 and me and some homies balled it up against some other ppl our same age, i was knockingdown three after three like it was nothing. i probably hit at least 10 in a row...man back then i had swag.

shabooyah1124 · Jan 21, 2008

I remember a bball tourney my church entered and this one game I was just on a tear. I think by the games end I had like 25 points, sat the last 6 minutes ofthe game, and had 2 4-point plays.

grittyman20 · Jan 21, 2008

Ska =

(without the hot chick of course)

illmaticsoulchild · Jan 21, 2008

You have to hand it to Ska, he never fails to give the who, what, when, where, and why's of his posts. Even gave a preemptive strike in case someone wasgoing to call him out.

And to answer this thread, yes, and trust me, I've let people know about it. Word to Al Bundy's 4 touchdowns in 1 game.

mario23407 · Jan 21, 2008

I havent been in the zone in bball, but in soccer holy !%!$ ive hade coaches congratulate my coach and then they came straight to me they didnt even look at myteammates, in soccer damn it feels so good breaking players ankles. Theres no other feeling like dominating a game in soccer.

darthska · Jan 21, 2008

grittyman20:
Ska =

(without the hot chick of course)

Chea!

I need to amend even THAT, though... because there is something else that I think differs between me and Mehmet; I'm more clutch. We won by 4 tonight, andwhat put us up four was my sixth 3, that came with :07 left. And that's honestly and truly not uncommon; pretty much everyone on the team is comfortablewith setting up a final shot for me in the waning seconds of a close game. I don't think I've ever seen Mehmet get relied on or get his number calledto win a game. We're 7-0, and almost every game, I've hit at LEAST a couple 3s with under 2 minutes left (and no, it's not because I shootrelentlessly with under 2 minutes left; I'm talking about either 1-1, 1-2, or 2-2). I can hit some dang 3s, and I love it when the pressures on. Not sayingI'm better than Mehmet; just saying that 'clutch' really is a part of my game, so I don't know if the comparison works anymore, becauseI've never seen him like that. Maybe... John Paxson? Clutch role player? I don't know; Mehmet worked more for me because he's not exactly aphysical specimen. Enh...

P.S. Don't kid yourself; Mrs. Ska is definitely a looker.

And no,she doesn't read NT (there's another preemptive strike for you, illmatic

)

P.P.S. No freaking pics. Not ever.

She's a 5'8", toned,127 lb. blonde that will never, EVER grace NikeTalk's pages. Ever.

P.P.S.S. Good grief, again with the freaking short-essay responses. This mess is annoying,man.

armanzaballa · Jan 21, 2008

Last year (freshman year of high school) I was starting PG on the JV team and I was always "in the zone" against our rival team. I never really putup HUGE numbers like the OP. However, we played our rival team in the championship game and they ran "Box and 1" against me. I still played well thatgame and we ended up winning. Everytime we played that team I just felt like nothing could stop me.

Hopefully one day I could put up 40+ points.

drunken cow · Jan 21, 2008

I made couple open layups. That made my day.

clutchshooter · Jan 21, 2008

32 points, 6 ast. Including game winner. 2nd half.

33 and 7 in total.

.

First half could be mentioned in the 'Have you ever not been able to hit a swimming pool with a tennis ball' thread.

darthska · Jan 21, 2008

^

Hey, it ain't how you start; it's how you finish.

I'd rather have a 5 pt/1 assist first half followed by a 32/6 second half than the other way around.

nycknicks105 · Jan 21, 2008

a few times

grittyman20 · Jan 21, 2008

I don't think I've ever seen Mehmet get relied on or get his number called to win a game

He does it on offense

He does it on defense

Memo>Colston
?

ballinboykz · Jan 21, 2008

Yeah, Ive had that feeling, but only in scrimmages, not games that actually matter. But still, the feeling is good... havent had it in a while, but ive gotthis new theory now, that im going to try and play with a chip on my shoulder for the next few weeks... maybe that will work

darthska · Jan 21, 2008

Alright, that sealed the deal; we're sticking with Mehmet

grittyman20 · Jan 21, 2008

@ Ska....

But back to the topic at hand....

I've had many games where I've been in the zone.

My most memorable one came in a rec league game a few years back, I don't remember how many points I had exactly.

What I do remember is probably everyone on the team from the pg to the center, to the bench player taking a turn trying to guard me.

It got to the point where when someone else stepped up I just hit them with the

and if it was a little dude they got posted up...bigs just got blown by,they sagged I hit the J

[MJ] you're at my mercy of what I want to do with the basketball [MJ]

jason23richardson · Jan 21, 2008

I've been to the ESPN Zone...

clutchshooter · Jan 22, 2008

^ ive been to the discovery zone.

also auto zone.

and i frequent the no parking zone.

frontrunner4life · Jan 22, 2008

back when i was a youngn in HS i went something like 24-24 including 5-5 from 3 and 7-7 at the line.
went for 60 and we barely won the game

bonafide hustla · Jan 22, 2008

not to really downplay nobody's historic performances or anything, but yall need to make sure we're talking about an actual zone here. like I playedball for mad long and have put up good performances, but a zone...ive only been thru that like 2 times ever and I was usually the best player on my teamputting up numbers through little league and all that.

when u in a zone. its almost like you aint even controlling what you do. i remember bein in a zone and it felt like I was hooping in the matrix. likeeverything got super slow. i didnt even hear anything else people were telling me. i mean i ran plays and stuff, but like I couldnt even control the shots Iwas taking. i kno this sound lame and all but i remember reading some book in middle school where this dude was a HS player and he got in a zone andeverything the book was describing I was feeling

i wont mention the zone i was in playin streetball cuz that dont count but I remember when I was in little league I went into a zone. i played PG and i was anattack the basket type of dude. i was in a zone launching shots from everywhere (and nobody in lil league had the J to do that off the dribble and all that). i was driving at will. splitting through defenders. i really felt like i was playing solo. ishh felt so wierd. even my "jacks" were falling. everything to the rack was and 1. pretty sure I scored like 30 of my teams 38 or something, and we could only play 2 quarters in the YMCA in which I wouldusually play either 1st and 4th or 3rd and 4th depending on the team. and the clocks was at like prob 6-8 min quarters. but im a ref now and ill randomly seeone of these lil tykes go off for some rediculous points.

but whenever i think about that it makes me wonder how silly a feeling it is when dudes like MJ, bron or kobe get in a zone and completely take over games. icant even begin to imagine

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To my basketball players, have you ever been in the ZONE?

SplinterMatic319

darthska

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ohyeah10

lamarownsem

dmbrhs

acidicality

shabooyah1124

grittyman20

illmaticsoulchild

mario23407

darthska

armanzaballa

drunken cow

clutchshooter

darthska

nycknicks105

grittyman20

ballinboykz

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grittyman20

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clutchshooter

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