I'm good...at NERF basketball!

I’m down big in a game of NERF basketball to my best friend, Adam, so I decide to do what I saw Jim Valvano’s NC State Wolfpack do that spring on its way to the national title, I foul him and send him to the free throw line. Just like it did for Derek Whittenburg, Lorenzo Charles & Co., it works for me too. Adam missed a lot of front-end chances and I make him pay and I make shots. I take the lead and when he tries the same tactic it backfires. I make my free throws and win the game. It’s great validation for me – I recount the game for our friends at the lunch table the following week – because Adam is one of the team’s best players while I am a little-used reserve.