Sam Cooper had rehearsed a thousand times in the back yard how he would win the big game with a three-point shot and be a hero. Still, he wondered what would happen in a real game. Sam’s friends all played on the basketball team at school. Sam was concerned about his best friend, Perry, for a couple of reasons, and he was going to do his best to help his friend. On the way home from a survival church camp weekend, the boys’ van is nearly involved in a fatal accident with an eighteen-wheeler on a rain slick road. The boys have to confront life and death for the first time in their lives. Later, while they practiced basketball at Sam’s house, Perry fell, resulting in a severe injury. Instantly his plans to use basketball as the ticket to his future were changed. Perry was the big man in the middle. Without him, the team had to change the way they played. Would they be able to win the championship? Would Chris take the final shot like he’d practiced his whole life? Did it go in…or didn’t it? The answer will surprise you.