After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he’s officially retired from ANY kind of sport! This is the fourth book to have Rowley as a minor character, (books being The Long Haul, The Getaway and The Deep End). Greg got frustrated so he decided to shoot it backwards which went in, and his teammates tried to replicate it. That's when Greg realized why Susan sent him to the other team and that's because he stunk, and she knew that he'll blow it for the other team.

She said that she was glad that it happened as it made her a better person which made Greg even more nervous. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Award winner for 'Favorite Book' and has been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People in the World. They eventually made a shot by luck when Darren passed the ball to Marcus who didn't catch it and it bounced onto Yusef's head and went in.

However, Ruby and Yusef took it literally and started beating up the Slacksville team (although the Woodley brothers started fighting against each other instead). Then they had switch to their left hand which caused Greg to laugh causing his number to be written down. Greg wonders how sports got started in the first place, and thinks sports is just a way to settle things without needing a war. Preet would hit some crazy shot and someone on the Funky Dunkers would score at the other end and that went on for a while. He is a six-time Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award winner for Favorite Book and has been named one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.

The game started up with Preet getting the tip-off but then the Men's League came back and started destroying them.

In the British version of the book, the American flags on pages 11 and 16 are replaced by British flags.

If they moved anywhere close to them, they would flop and act like they got injured, and that resulted in Greg's team having 15 personal fouls in the first quarter, even though they never even touched them. After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he's officially retired from ANY kind of sport!This book brings back some notable characters that haven't appeared in a while, like Ruby Bird and Edward Mealy, etc. He tried to teach them techniques to help them score, they started with five on three, but nobody could get the ball in, so it was now five on two then five on one, but they still weren't able to score so it was now five on zero. A week later, Susan invited Greg's team to their house and told everyone that she was gonna be their new coach and that they were gonna be in the Second Chance Tournament. Then Preet missed a three-pointer, and the ball came to Greg and all of Greg's former teammates were all over him.

He gets off the tram with book still opened, reading it whilst I’m guiding him crossing the road to make his way to school.A fter a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he's officially retired from ANY kind of sport! Susan explains that some food advertisements are misleading and says that people such as Chef Marinara is probably just an actor. However, when going there, Greg heard a cannon shoot which happens when a home team scores, Greg thought he was in actual danger.