Crossover (Noun) - A simple basketball move in which a player switches the ball from one hand to the other very quickly. “Deron Williams’s crossover is nice, but Allen Iverson’s crossover was so deadly, he could’ve set up his own podiatry practice” (Alexander 29). A crossover is a very simple move, but yet one of the most effective. It is important terminology to know because of how many times it is used in the story. The two brothers have great crossovers, and that is how they excel in basketball, and are able to be so good when they score on defenders. Without them using this move, I bet that they would not have even been able to win the championship. Dunker (Noun) - a shot in basketball where players rise above the rim, and slam the ball into the hoop with their hands. “I rise like a Learjet— seventh-graders aren’t supposed to dunk. But guess what? I snatched the ball out of the air and SLAM!” (Alexander 68). Josh Bell, who is the protagonist throughout the story, is known as a great dunker. This is a very special word because it is something that only Josh could do. Because of his height, Josh is able to dunk the basketball into the hoop unlike almost any other middle school basketball player. Flagrant foul (Noun) - a bad type of penalty in basketball, where a …show more content…
“I tell him that just because your teammate gets fouled on a lay-up doesn’t mean you shouldn’t ever drive the lane again” (Alexander 123-124). Josh Bell is a king of lay-ups because when he drives into the paint, he is able to shoot lay-ups over his defenders. The more lay-ups a team is able to get, the more likely they are to win the game. This is because lay-ups are usually quick shots that teams are able to get when they sprint up the court ahead of the other team's players. In the championship game, the Bell brothers played great defense which led to a lot of steals, and then