Characters
Lisa works at this kind of store
Hardware store
The state the book takes place in
Indiana
Jimmy Carter defeated incumbent Gerald Ford in an election for this government position
President of the US
This basketball league has stars like Caitlin Clark and A'ja Wilson
WNBA
The author of Hoops
Matt Tavares
Judi's cheerleader friend
Stacy
This is how many games the team loses all season
Zero
This fruity tech giant was founded in April 1, 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne
Apple
Either of the two NBA legends who teamed up with the Looney Tunes to win high stakes basketball games
Michael Jordan or LeBron James
This is the primary color of the school's sports teams
Red
Judi's jersey number
13
The name of the town/school the character's go to
Wilkins, Indiana/Wilkins High School
This Deadpool and Detective Pikachu actor was born October 23, 1976
Ryan Reynolds
This is how many players are in the game for each team at any time
Five
A book that's based on real events but is a made up story is called this
This is the boy's basketball coach/athletic director's name
Coach Kingman
The name of the girl's backetball team
The Lady Bears
The United States Bicentennial celebrations on July 4, 1976 were in honor of this
Founding of the USA
This is the law that made the school have to create a girl's basketball team
This art teacher is the coach of the team
Coach Montez
This is the final score of the championship game
53-52
The top song of 1976 was Silly Love Songs by Wings, who was fronted by Paul McCartney, formally of this famous 1960s band
The Beatles
The sport of basketball was invented in 1891 by gym teacher James Naismith in this Massachusetts city
Springfield
This high flying and soaring Celtics legend wore #33 and would have been playing college basketball at nearby Indiana State University during the events of the book
Larry Bird