As Jack walked into his apartment on the 137 floor, he looked out his window. He saw a world greatly controlled by technology and computers. the whole city was controlled by computers and every small job was taken over by robots. Jack didn't really like this because as a kid, his dad lost his job to a robot. Jacks dad was a sales man but it wasn't very important anymore. if people wanted something they would just buy it off the internet or a robot would give all the information about a product. Jack then looked at the giant clock that floated over the city. It was a digital clock that read "May 7, 2163. 8:04 PM, New York City, New York". Jack was very sore after his day of work. He was lucky though because his job was playing basketball in the NBA. Jack really focused on basketball because sports was one of the only things that wasn't really affected by technology or more importantly robots.
Jack was a tall guy at 6' 2". he is very muscular, quick and athletic. he was a point guard and a very good one at that. He had the leadership skills and the basketball skills to make sure his team would win. Jack played for the New York Galaxy. the names of the NBA teams were changed to fit with the more technological society. The next morning, Jack went to practice. He came into the locker room to get ready.
"Hey Jack", said Mike, the teams best shooting guard.
"Hey Mike, are you ready for practice today?" Jack asked.
"Of coarse. I'm about to break Darren's ankles again!" , Mike said laughing and starring at Darren. Darren was the team's best defender so he took this personally.
"Shut up Mike! That only happened once and the floor was slippery" Darren explained.
"Ya sure it was, whatever you say" laughed Ben. Ben was the team's post and the team's tallest person at seven feet tall.
"You cant even talk Ben," Jordan said, "I swatted you so bad yesterday the ball went out of the gym!" Everyone laughed except for ben who was a little embarrassed but he still chuckled under his breath.
"Alright guys thats enough" Jack said, "Its time to go practice hard."
The team had a great practice. every practice was great it seemed like. it showed on game days because their record was 46-5. their only losses were to their rivals the miami Robots. the Robots' team captain was Chet Douglas. Jack didnt like a single ting about him. Chet was cocky and mean, but that wasnt the main reason why Jack didn't like him. Chet didnt seem normal. he wasn't weird but he didnt seem human in ways. he seemed to perfect.
the season continued and the galaxy kept on winning. they went to the play offs and won the first series. they kept on winning and finally arrived to the championship game and of coarse it was against the Miami Robots. except the team had a lot of their players injured in the last game. almost all of the starting five were hurt except for Chet Douglas. the league thought it wouldn't be a very good game if most of the team was hurt so they made a decision. they decided to replace all the players with actual robots. this made Jack mad. he already didnt like them to start with and now they were going to come into one of the only things not affected by them. they fames started and it was weird playing against a thing not a person. they were didnt get tired but they did have some kinks in them. Jack took advantage of this. he could tell that they would get confused and he would find an opening to get an open shot or make a steal. Jack felt like there was similarities between the robots and Chet. after the first half the score was 57-49 the robots with the lead. at the start of the second half Chet went up for a lay up. Jack was getting frustrated so he took this moment to give off some steam. he hit Chet hard and Chet went sliding into the floor. his face had skid on the floor but when he got up the skin on it was coming off. it seemed like a mask and Jack realized Chet was a robot. no wonder he had hated him form the beginning. the robots didnt have any change in play, they all played at the same pace all the time. they never got angry or had a burst of energy. by the end of the third quarter, the score was 82-81 with the Robots up by one. the fourth quarter was close but it came down to the last 30 seconds. the Galaxy was only down by one. Jack pasted the ball to Mike. Mike crossed one of the robots and drove into the paint. he dished it out to Darren at the three point line. he made a quick pass to jack who shot with one second left. he sprayed Chet and won the game. after the game in Jack was approached by a reporter.
"Jack, how do you feel the game went and what do you think about the robots playing basketball?" the reporter asked.
"the game went great but i dont think the robots belong in this sport. they dont have the heart to play the game that any person can put into this sport." Jack said.
Jack walked away to go celebrate his win with his team.
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