Conflict: Russell has to go to basketball
tryouts even though he stinks at
basketball
Cause: The basketball couch thinks Russell will be
good at basketball because he is so tall so he makes
him tryout
Theme
Message: things work out better when
you get along with each other
How brought out in book: At first Owen does not like Russell being good at
the sam thing as him but when he accepts that Russell is just as good as
him the basketball team is better than ever!