Definitely Ugly--But a Win

Matt and I are coaching the high school boys basketball team together. Last night was our first game, against our arch rivals, International Christian School of Budapest. It was a home game for us, so thankfully we didn't have to travel. This team is a very physical team, which makes for a rough game. The first five minutes looked great and we easily took a strong lead (they were playing man defense). Then they got smart, and switched to a 2-3 zone on us. For some reason our boys cannot break down a zone, therefore, we don't score. Obvisouly the other coach realizes this, and he sat in a zone the rest of the game. We'll just say we only scored 3 points in the entire third quarter, and in the beginning of the fourth quarter, one of our starters and few posts, fouled out. So the fourth quarter starts and we are down by 8, which isn't much, but keep in mind we are NOT scoring against the zone. We as coaches, finally get fed up with it, and make them full court, man-to-man press. They get a few steals, and we're now down to the last 2 minutes, and behind by 5 points. We tell the boys to just start taking outside shots even though we only have one decent outside shooter, because we had to start getting some kind of shot off. Then DK rips a 3, and we are down by two. Then one of our starters gets hurt and has to come off the court. With less than a minute left, we get the ball on offense and start moving it around, I keep thinking time has to be up, it has to be up, are we ever going to get a shot off?!? Then DK shoots another three.....and its good! We're up by one, with one second left! We obviously ended up winning, but we're still shocked that we did. Ready for the final score? A whopping 26-25. At least our defense was good! However, we definitely need to work on breaking down a zone! A win is a win, and we'll take it, no matter how ugly, especially against our rivals!