basketball

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basketball

Fabulous forwards

1992
Discusses the role of the forward in professional basketball and describes some of the game's best, including Larry Bird, Julius Erving, and Karl Malone.

NBA champions

1992
Traces the history of professional basketball's championship playoffs since the NBA's first season in 1949-50.

Seattle Supersonics

1993
Highlights the players, coaches, playing strategies, and memorable games in the history of the Seattle Supersonics basketball team.

Chicago Bulls

1993
A history of the professional basketball team that brought Chicago its first NBA championship in 1991.

Playoff pressure

1992
Examines significant moments in championship basketball playoffs of the past and discusses the psychological stresses they involved.

Hoops

2006
Describes the basics of basketball, the stars of men and women's basketball, and game day rituals players have created for themselves.

Toby Wheeler

eighth-grade benchwarmer
2007
When Toby finally decides to join the middle school basketball team, he does not anticipate the changes that will occur in his relationship with his best friend JJ, who is the team's star player, as well as in other areas of his life.

Technical foul

2004
Jared, a high-scoring member of the Hudson City Middle School basketball team, gets angry when the point guard accuses him of being responsible for their string of losses, but finally realizes they can win only if he becomes a team player.

Gus and Grandpa at basketball

2001
Gus enjoys basketball practice, but the noise and pace of real games bother him, until his grandpa gives him some good advice.

Strong to the hoop

1999
Ten-year-old James tries to hold his own and prove himself on the basketball court when the older boys finally ask him to join them in a game.

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