aaron hertzog's Articles

1 total in September 2008
  • Postgame Interview

    Win in the end. I'm gonna win in the end!
    Reporter: I'm here with Howard Lewis, who just made the game-winning shot as time expired...


    Howard:
    It feels awesome! I can't believe it! Um, the play was meant for Mark, as you saw he took the last shot, but he missed it and luckily I was just in the right place at the right time to get the rebound and put it back in.

    Reporter: Ok...

    Howard: ...Um, yeah, so it feels great. I mean, that's what I came here to do, you know. Prove to everybody that I have what it takes.

    Reporter: And you picked Low-Competition Intramural Basketball as your proving ground?

    Howard: Well, don't let the name fool you, the competition is pretty fierce. You are allowed two High-Comp players per Low-Comp team, and the two that we went up against tonight actually had walk on try-outs for the Varsity team. I hear they would have made it but the coach only kept bla...they got cut last minute.

    Reporter: Do you play High-Comp?

    Howard: No...I mean not this semester...I probably will next year. I didn't because I wanted to make sure I could handle it...I mean with my class schedule and stuff, I knew I could handle the competition.

    Reporter: Oh yeah?

    Howard: Yeah, I did play in high school. Well, I played up until halfway through my senior year, then I quit because I wasn't getting the playing time everybody knew I deserved. The coach was just playing favorites, and I was sick of everybody telling me how much I was getting screwed.

    Reporter: So things are going better now?

    Howard: Oh yeah. I don't know if you knew this, but I'm averaging about 10, no 10.5 points per game. Plus, we only play ten minute halves. And I really only play about four minutes per half to give the other guys a chance, and so I can catch a blow. That just means a break, haha, athlete talk.

    Reporter: Yeah, I know.

    Howard: I just didn't want you to think when I said "catch a blow" that I meant something else. No, but when I'm on the court I like to give it my all, so after about four, four and a half, sometimes like two minutes, of pushing it to the max I need to get my air.

    Reporter: Of course.

    Howard: Yeah, and 10 points per game doesn't really sound like a lot, but again, that's only in 8 minutes, so if you take that and adjust it to like, a 48 minute NBA game, that means I'm scoring 60 points per game.

    Reporter: Wow.

    Howard: And that's only an average. So that means some games I score more than that. Take that Kobe...Hey I just noticed that you're not writing any of this down, are you recording?

    Reporter: Recording for what?

    Howard: The interview.

    Reporter: What interview?

    Howard: The one we're doing now.

    Reporter: Howie, it's me Dave...Mark's roommate. He's on your team. I just came to hang out and watch the game. We're going to the bar after.

    Howard: Well what was all that "I'm here with Howard Lewis"crap?

    Reporter: I was on the phone. I was letting the guys know you were here and we had to get rid of you before we went out.




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