They are best friends and stars of their basketball team. They are inseparable, watching each other's back, both off and on the basketball court. Rui is white and short. He has a sister named Sara who Marc likes. Marcus is black and tall and lives with his aunt. Both of them are seniors at North Quincy High School and play for the basketball team. Both Eddie and Marc have college dreams but is all thrown down the drain by on incident. They put their college scholarships at risk by staging a series of stickups to afford trendy new basketball kicks, school trips and things they want. Another problem is they also can't afford to pay for their basketball fees. .
Marc and Rui rob people to get money and used Rui's father's gun. One day it goes terribly wrong because the gun accidentally goes off shots a man by mistake. After they shot the guy they ren in separate ways like someone was following them. You could hear the sound of sirens everywhere. The blood was all over Rui but he didn't recognize it from the fear. Marc grabbed his shoulder and that's when he saw the blood on his coat. Every time they closed their eyes that night, they saw the man's face. This changes their whole life, their friendship and their destiny.
Hanlon was the head basketball coach. Casey got scholarships for lot of kids in the neighborhood. The next day it was the most important day for both friends. There were at least three college scouts there at this game trying to recruit Marc and Rui. At half-time NQHS were leading. Unfortunately, Marc wasn't there. A cheerleader told Rui that Marc was arrested. Rui thought he was going to pass out. Rui felt like he was going to pass out but his team still won. .
The man that they shot didn't die but unfortunately he recognized Marc but not Rui. Being a true friend he is, Marcus doesn't snitch out Eddie and takes the blame. Both Eddie and Marc had dreams of play basketball professionally but now they are unsure it will happen.
