Summary

Abdurraqib returns to the 2016 NBA finals, when he drove back to Ohio from Connecticut to watch Game 5 with friends. He wanted to be in Ohio that weekend because there were protests happening over the murder of Henry Green by a police officer. Abdurraqib notes that despite the protests that followed Green’s death, more black men were killed by police in Columbus the following years including Julius Tate, Casey Goodson, and Andre Hill.

Abdurraqib writes about his love for the underdog and desire to see himself as an underdog, relating this to the unexpected victory of boxer Buster Douglas over Mike Tyson in 1990. He suggests that anyone who is a champion once is a champion forever.

Abdurraqib reflects on the 2014 killing of 12 year old Tamir Rice by police officers in Cleveland who killed him while he was playing with a toy gun in the...