Because the essays appear together after being written separately, some cameo themes and people inevitably repeat.

[Beller] evokes the hold basketball has on roundball obsessives with the kind of affection, enthusiasm, and inside knowledge that gym rats of all ages should find impossible to resist.

NBA fanatics, along with casual fans, will find much to learn and appreciate about hoops in Thomas Beller’s Lost in the Game.

Beller demonstrates in clear, effective prose that basketball is just as capable of inspiring great writing as golf and baseball.

Heartfelt ode to [basketball].