Silly basketball mistake When I was quite young, I did something silly one day. I was playing a basketball match in the school's arena. The arena was crowded because after our match there was the final game of the elder school team and people came to the sports center one hour before the beginning of that match. Well, I was on the bench waiting for my chance to play. Suddenly, the coach called me and gave me lots of instructions. I joined in the court when the other team was shooting from the free throw line, so I went to the paint and prepared for the rebound. I saw the crowded arena and I thought that I was very nervous. Everybody was yelling. The shotter failed the first throw. The second shot also was bad and I had the oportunity to catch a big rebound. Then, I jumped again and I made a great lay. The problem was that I scored in my own basket. When I realised that I made a big mistake, I got into tears and I came back to the bench.