Love Of Basketball Summary

82-81 fourth quarter 2.2 seconds on the clock this is where it begins, two people, one story. It begins with two boys. One Josh Rominger the other Spencer Wilson. Spencer and Josh both grew up sharing the same love of basketball. Not knowing it yet but they're lives would end up intertwining.

They grew up only forty minutes away from each other. Both of the boys played for organized team and both lead them in scoring. One day while Spencer was shooting baskets, his parents noticed a lump in his thigh. They took him to the doctor and found out that spencer had been diagnosed with cancer. This started a long trial of chemotherapy . While only forty minutes away josh was continued playing basketball getting stronger and healthier.

Later that year a miracle happened and spencer was cancer free. He went back to playing basketball all day and all night. But just when they thought things were only getting better they got worse. Around christmas time spencer entered remission and was told he only had a 4% chance of living and his chemo and intensive radiation treatment began. Then josh's parents began to notice something wrong which started with a lot of coughing. Later they found out that josh had cancer.

One day josh and spencer had found each other in the hospital and both watched
He went on to writing to josh's parents saying “we were asked to dedicate this game to someone and my choice was obvious, i want to dedicate this game to josh.” So now we're back it's 81-82 and theres 2.2 seconds left on the clock. Spencer goes and asks his coach “ what do you want me to do?” And his answer was clear. “Take your best shot.” 2.2 seconds on the clock. Spencer gets the ball, running down the court jumps from half and the ball glides through the air right into the basket and they win 84-82. Spencer knew that now the shot counts for something… It counts for