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Not knowing if she possessed the strength, we practiced shooting inside Nana's place.
She climbed out of her TV chair, steadied herself and heaved THE BALL through the air.
Almost breaking a ceiling tile, I stood surprised, she nodded and smiled.
Before she sat down and began another sleep, we went to a court with a low rim (7 feet).
After a breather at the playground gate, she surrendered her cane and wheezed her way to the paint.
Nana don't play ball no more, she passed away on June 15, 2003.
To make sure Nana would not take a spill, I stood behind and held her still. Tia stood by just in case, any rebounds went for Nana's face.
The first attempt nearly went in, the second, third and fourth barely got rim. By the eighth shot she was out of breath, but she stuck it out and banked the tenth.
To a lady standing nearby, Nana said, "it has been 50 years but I made it in just seven or eight tries."
During ice-cream at Fosters Freeze - in between licks, she shaved her attempts down to "five or six."
By the time we returned home that night - more people knew that she had
made a basket in "three or was it two?"
