Foul Trouble Summary

As I finished reading the book Foul Trouble by John Feinstein, I thought that this was one of my favorite basketball books that I have read. This book was a fictional book about these two friends named Danny and Terrell who loved to play basketball. In the middle of the book, the team starts to find difficulty winning games, as the team start to make poor decisions. Terrell starts it by partying with people that are trying to recruit him, and he eventually get injured during the parties, forcing him to miss some of the games for the team. As a result, the team starts losing a few more games and the team is concerned if they can make the state tournament now. In this journal I will be questioning if the team would have made it to the state

One reason they will not make it without Terrell is because he was the primary scorer for the team and he was the guy that would hit clutch free throws at the end of games. According to the book, “Terrell averaged 28.9 points per game while shooting 47% along with a 92% free throw percentage” (Feinstein 306). Terrell was the only reason that the team could score as much as they could and he was clearly the superstar of the team. Aside from that, Terrell is also one of the best high school basketball players throughout the nation. In the book, it says, “His stats are the best out of the country and he is carrying the team to a great record with highlight plays” (Feinstein 294). Clearly, Terrell energizes the team to get better and he is leading by example so that others on the team can play like him. A final reason that they would not have won is because Terrell motivates other players to shoot more and he gives other players better shots off double teams. When Terrell was double teamed, he would “always find the open guy and hit them right on stride for the easy layup (Feinstein 332). Even though Terrell was not the best passer on the team, he was still able to rack up assists because he would find the open guy