So concluding the Friday team match story ...

Usually in an 8 board team match when your two worst boards are win 10 (the 'first board' hand I should have made 4 Hearts) and lose 2 (the Diamond slam we missed) you're in pretty good shape.

Unfortunately, while our teammates had covered our bad results, we didn't cover theirs (they went down in 4 Hearts, which is only makeable double dummy instead of playing 3NT which is cold and they went down 400 in a red 3N when our opponents subsided in 1 Spade) and with one board to play we were down 12.

I prayed for a board with swing potential and got my wish (though it didn't look like much at first.)

I picked up white in third:

42 / A973 / JT / JT543

Pard (a decent BBO player who I'm a little familiar with, but not really) opened 1 Club, so I bid a Heart, he bid a Spade, and I bid 2 Clubs, now he jumped to 3 Hearts.

It sounded to me like he was likely 4-3-1-5 with invitational values.  I considered passing, since we might already be too high, but surely clubs will play at least one trick better than hearts and I retreated to 4 Clubs.

Now pard bid 4 Hearts and Righty smashed it.

What now?

I shipped it back without even thinking.  Down 12, either you're making this or you're losing for sure.  Without the double, you were losing even if your teammates went +50 (+420 and +50 is only 10 IMPs.)  Even with the double, you were looking at a tie (+590 and +50 (or even +150) is only 12 IMPs.)  But once you drop the automatic state-of-the-match blue card on the table, you're back in the game (and have a chance to tie if the opponents stopped in a partscore (+880 and -170 is 12 IMPs too.)

Everyone passed, Lefty led the King of Diamonds and dummy is about as good as you have any right to expect:

Dummy: AQ83 / KQ85 / A / 9762

Declarer: 42 / A973 / JT / JT543

Unfortunately, you still need a minor miracle.  Surely the Spade hook is off, unless Righty doubled just for kicks.  So you need 2-2 Clubs AND Hearts to behave (I was sure they were 4-1 or perhaps even 5-0 or double was nuts.)

So, long story short, the Spade hook was off, Clubs were 2-2, and Hearts ... behaved! +880

Unfortunately, our teammates had a result I hadn't envisaged.  They played in their ten-card Diamond fit, and went down 2 doubled (normally a decent result against a cold game, but nothing to write home about.)  Win 11.  Lose the match by 1.  That lose 2 on the 6 Diamonds we missed is looking awfully ugly right now.  Sigh.