Contents

Title Page

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Dedication

Fifth Grade!

Mr. Acevedo

Rip and Red

Slammed!

Ready to Ball

Huh?

Handshake

Coach Acevedo

Hoops Madness

A Free-Throw-Shooting Machine!

Lesley Irving

Community Circle

Teacher’s Theater Time

Up

The T-Word

H-O-R-S-E

Clifton United

Teammates!

That’s Nasty!

Slammed Again

Avery

All Ball

Soup’s On

Happy Reading Day!

Crashing the Boards

Fix-It Friday

Full-Court Press

Flat Tires

Tomorrow

Passing and Picking

24 and 32

The Games Begin

Bulldozed and Blitzed

Nasty Notecards

Back-to-School Night

Singled Out

In the Amp

Double-Teamed

Shaking Things Up

I Survived

The H-Word

Massacre at Millwood

Meltdown

Coach Crazier

Fallout

A Must-Win

Happy Writing Day!

Unique

A Very Good Man

Speedy and Ri-Dic-U-Lous

Testing the Limits

The Nasty Nine

Rematch

The Benchmark

Guaranteed

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by Phil Bildner

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