CHAPTER 13 — "Welcome to the Sniper Zone"
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Opening panel: Wide aerial shot of Inwood City. Sleek skyline. Neon billboards glowing with silhouettes of players shooting deep threes.
NARRATION:
In Inwood, the game don't start in the paint.
It starts thirty feet out.
This is the Sniper Zone.
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Rockaway team arrives at Fenway Coliseum—Inwood's sleek, high-tech home court.
Digital stat screens light up with player shooting percentages.
TEDDY (wide-eyed):
"They track everything here…"
TABAR (focused):
"Then let's give them something to track."
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Starting lineups announced.
Inwood starters stretch deep beyond the arc—effortless range.
Their PG drains three straight warmup shots from logo distance.
COMMENTATOR:
"They shoot like layups. And if you're slow on the closeout…
Game over."
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Tip-off. Inwood opens with a barrage:
PG hits a pull-up 3 in Soulo's face.
SG uses a double screen to drill a corner triple.
SF pump-fakes Leo, steps back from 28 feet—money.
SCORE: Inwood 18 – Rockaway 9
COACH (timeout):
"Respect their range. But don't chase ghosts—stay disciplined."
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Adjustments:
Soulo shades off-ball screens early.
Mitch and Magic start switching quicker on pick plays.
Tabar begins calling out rotations before they happen.
TABAR (pointing):
"Sticks—top left! Now!"
Sticks closes out and forces a rare miss.
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Bench steps in:
Sticks hits two back-to-back threes off curls.
Eli gambles a steal and fast breaks into a tough and-1 lay.
Teddy stretches the D with a smooth top-of-the-key jumper.
COMMENTATOR:
"Rockaway's bench is bending the zone… and breaking it."
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Momentum shift:
Leo posterizes a late-rotating sniper on a fastbreak.
Quan dominates the boards, firing outlet passes to Tabar.
Picaso gets hot—hits three triples in a 2-minute span.
PICASO (grinning):
"Y'all ain't the only ones with range."
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Final minutes:
Tied at 68–68.
Inwood starts running staggered off-ball sets to free their shooters.
Soulo and Leo switch and communicate on every screen.
Mitch grabs a key offensive board, kicks it to Sticks…
STICKS (pull-up three):
"Catch ya from downtown."
Splash.
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Inwood tries a last-second play from the logo.
Their star PG shoots from 35 feet—
—BLOCKED by Eli, who leapt from nowhere.
BUZZER.
ROCKAWAY WINS: 71–68
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Locker room.
Everyone's gassed.
COACH (nodding):
"They hit threes.
You hit back.
This team? Built for every kind of war."
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Tease Panel.
Next Game: 5 Towns City.
Where style is survival.
And flash is law.
NARRATION:
You saw bruises.
You saw bullets.
Now it's time for buckets.
NEXT: "THE HIGHLIGHT REELS"