Twenty of New York City's best streetballers convened at Gersh Park in Brooklyn to compete for 10 spots on the Team Nike squad that will represent New York in Nike's upcoming Tournament of Champions. The major event will take place in Brooklyn August 14th–18th and will feature teams from Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington D.C., and, of course, the mecca of basketball, New York.
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Team Nike Tryouts End on Game-Winning Buzzer Beater
Team Nike's Tryout game was held at the world famous West 4th Street courts in lower Manhattan and featured 24 of the top streetball players in New York City. The game itself delivered on what you might expect from this elite group: A competitive game throughout that went right down to the final ticks of the clock.
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Harlem 4 Life and the Body Snatchers were in the middle of a fast-paced game where Rich "The Clumsy Janitor" Ross was going for 50 before the rain cut the game short and forced Dyckman to pack it up for the evening.
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The Sean Bell All-Stars are in the midst of an incredible run on the streetball scene, plausibly a historic dynasty in the making. They faced off with a talented and equally undefeated opponent in Skull Gang at Hoops in the Sun for an intense game that went down to the wire.
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Find out what I'm looking forward to most in summer 2013 in New York City.
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