The guy whose nose I broke--he has been getting chippy recently.
Last week, as I was guarding him, he took a little Karl Malone swing with his elbow, sort of as a warning and then said if I had my head down, I was getting an elbow. I said bring it on. (I already mentioned this I think, but background is necessary).
So this week, he is driving to the basket and totally throws himself at me getting an elbow in. I was playing straight up D. He did a similar thing last week as well. So I got a little hot and told him "I see how it is." He was now entering cheap shot territory by purposefully trying to get in shots. Whereas, for example, when I broke his nose, it was on a loose ball, ball going out of bounds, full-speed, and he was behind me out of sight. So I'm getting a little hot. After a couple of possessions he tells me "I was wrong." And then after the games were done, apologized to me saying "I have been playing scared, and I was wrong."
I love competition.
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