Tech (Anthony Mackie) works in the mall, studies for his G.E.D., hustles money at the basketball court, and plays "street basketball" under the direction of Vaughn (Wayne Brady). The losing team gets $1000 each, the winners get $2000, the high-rollers get to place bets and see some X-treme b-ball, with every basket a dunk and only "flagrant fouls" prohibited. Tech's best friend is Noah Cruise (Wesley Jonathan, "Sweetness" in Roll Bounce), planning to go to college on a basketball scholarship, and then to med school. He will lose his eligibilty for the scholarship if he plays for money. But Tech, remininding Cruise that "you owe me," persuades him to join the team, Enemy of the State" for one game. They lose to the champions, led by the arrogant Jewelz (Philip Champion). Tech and Cruise meet two girls, Eboni and Vanessa and quickly become involved. They bring the girls with them to LA for Cruise's college orientation and Tech's chance to shoot hoops in a television commercial. But things begin to go badly, and by the time one final streetball game against Jewelz' team a great deal is depending on the final score. There are a couple of good ideas here. An early shot shows girls seated at computer terminals managing the betting line in an understated parallel to the many similar set-ups in movies about drug dealers. It's nice to see the portrayal of a character whose highest aspiration is not an NBA contract. And the cast does its best with what it has, especially Jonathan and Lil JJ as Tech's young friend Up.