basketball

In order for Scratch to move in on the basketball tournament, Nate must beat the entire group of rivals in a bizarre cage match.

Simple text and photographs describe the rules and skills of basketball.

Simple text and illustrations profile 14 NBA players.

Wracked with discipline and family problems, Tokyo's Johnan High School basketball team faces the big game against Nango Daitsukuba High in the national championships--the team that knocked them out of the tournament in the first round last year.

With time running out in the big tournament game, Johnan finds themselves in trouble until Umakure steps up and shows why he is captain of the team.

Kuwata, Kobayashi, Nate, Amami, and Yuza all work on their strategies to take down Johnan and when the big tournament day arrives, everyone has one goal in mind--winning.

During some much needed time off, the Johnan basketball team gets into a bit more trouble than they bargained for after agreeing to a scrimmage with a gang of street thugs.

Johnan is ready to take on the same team that knocked them out of the finals last year, until some of their teammates face injuries, personal struggles, and school problems.

Johnan's basketball team must find a way to work together in order to defeat their archrivals and win the basketball tournament.

The Johnan High School basketball team makes it to the nationals, but soon learn that in order to beat the pros from Japan, they must work as a team.