Take the Court with "Night Hoops" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Steve Clay

Steve Clay is the man that Trent's mother is seeing at the time. Trent has never played ball for a school team, only on street courts. Since Nick's father invested in having a ball court put in the backyard for practice, Steve takes the opportunity to ask if Trent could use it at night.

Answer: Gary Payton

Gary is a little guy, but a great player. Mr. Abbott has Nick study Gary Payton at the scrimmage. But Payton doesn't get much play time, for the coaches are letting the scrubs have a chance to shine and possibly snag a spot on the starting team. The scrubs are the ones that end up playing their hearts out, hustling after loose balls and spilling themselves out all over the court.

The "big players" disappointingly take it easy and treat the scrimmage like playground time.

Answer: pointguard

"'Point guard? So you want to run the whole show.'
'No. I'm mean yes, no...'"

Abbott is placed in the position of the leader. Always having to know who's on a hot streak, who's cold, when to pass or make a shot. It's a position that requires ceaseless concentration and a positive attitude.

Answer: Gary Payton model

"I was eying the Gary Payton model, but I knew they were too expensive."-Nick
"We'll take those in a size 11, medium width. If you're gonna play like a star, you gotta dress the part." -Mr. Abbott

Once Nick starts really shining on the court, his father begins treating him like a son. It is a sad trade, but one that is a reality for Nick.

Answer: Michael Ushakov

The blood clot occurs in Michael's leg after he was shot in the chest, the bullet missing his heart by three inches. The clot is successfully removed, and Michael survives.

Answer: Garfield High School

Garfield High School is the team that almost beat Nick's school, but with a stroke of luck, Nick's school team won. Nick, Trent, and the guys never imagined that they could beat Garfield twice, but it happened in the championship game victory against Garfield.

Answer: Trent

This is the scene when Nick is pleading with Trent not to go after Zack. Nick knows Trent will be throwing away his life and future, but Trent stands up for his big brother.
Trent explains his first memory to Nick. Trent was only five or so, and he went into his mother's room on a Saturday morning because he wanted breakfast. He found his mother passed smooth out from alcohol intake. Zack, being nine years old took Trent by the hand, got Trent a bag of pretzels and turned on a cartoon while he took care of his mom.
Now that Zack is in trouble, Trent feels the duty to be there for him in return.

Answer: Matt Markey

"In your face!" Matt screams after sinking a shot.
Trent is dealing with a lot of family issues, and tries to keep his composure throughout practice, but Markey being a jerk finally pushes him over the edge. Trent wails on him a good while before finally being pulled off of Markey.

Answer: His dad swinging him in the park

This is gathered after Trent asks Nick "What's your earliest memory, as far back as you can go?"
"My dad swinging me in the park I guess..."
Trent mocks this and goes on to share his earliest memory, which we read in a previous question.

Answer: bullets

"I could hear him breathing, long deep breaths of relief, the gray-white vapor showing against the darkness of the night. One deep breath and then another.
'Trent,' I said, 'what happened?'
Another pause, and then his voice: 'It's crazy. We've had the gun for years, hidden away in a closet. We always talked about going down to the trail some night and shooting into the water, or at a tree or something, but we never had any bullets...'" That night, Zack shows up with bullets, and that leads to Michael almost dying alone after being shot in cold-blooded revenge.