I called our final timeout and huddled our group of 8th and 9th graders together to give them one final push. I don't recall the exact words, but I remember telling them they should be so close they could tell me what their man's breath smelled like and/or what they ate last. We were down double digits in the final minute of the 1st round of the playoffs of a church basketball league. It was the type of league where every team makes the playoffs, which was necessary, since we