In the second half of the first half, the boys discuss whether or not they'll be able to hold onto their lead. Cal is disappointed that they didn't score, but he's still confident that they can hold onto it. He's also confident that he'll play the rest of the game. The boys agree that they've come a long way since the beginning of the season, when they talked about "stealing" and "running" and so on. They've finally gotten there, they say, and they're excited to see the return of the "genius dribbler" . Cal says that he was too afraid to play in middle school, and that's why he ended up becoming a team manager. He says that even after he quit the team, the "demon of drib bling" would come to visit him.