After Goran had sunk the three-pointer, a harvard-bound kid whose name is Clayton Clamp, got very ticked off at Goran's cheap shots so he decided to kick the back of Goran's heal really hard. As Goran fell to the floor, he landed on his legand knee, causing the bone to be out of his skin. The rest of the Tuckahoe Trojans got very angry at Clayton so they piled and pummeled on the kid. Goran, though, was in excruciating pain. For reasons that Thom Creed does not understand, Thom kneels beside Goran and starts moving his hands up and down Goran's hurt leg. Thom's hands feels an extreme hot and he starts to become dizzy. The referee's whistle bring Thom back to his senses. As the people drove Goran away in an ambulance, the nurses could not find the wound. Thom returned to the game. During the game, a "punk-ass Gary Coleman look-alike" decided to clip Thom as he headed for the basket. This action did not concern Thom, but the words after greatly affected him. After the ball went through the hoop, he said the word, "Faggot." This word caused Thom to want to win more than ever before.
This short part of the book is the start of so many things. For example, the healing-of-Goran's-leg episode is just a mystery of Thom's superhero side. I wonder what other superpowers he has and how his superhero side will develop because of what happened to his father. Also, the Gary-Coleman-look-alike episode gave a sign of Thom's homosexuality. Because his father is very anti-gay, I wonder how his father would react to this. I am at a point in the book where it is just starting to develop a plot. I cant wait to see what will happen next.