"We didn't keep score (p. 230)." Rowdy and Junior were portrayed in a competitive attitude when they were playing against each other in basketball with their school teams. It didn't help that the two were not getting along well. Ever since Junior decided to go to Reardan, Rowdy and Junior lost their friendship. Junior wanted to go back to when they were still friends, and read comics together. He missed spending time with his best friend. There is still a competitive edge to their one-on-one game of basketball at the end of the book, but by stating 'we didn't keep score,' it suggests that their friendship is slowly being mended back together.
The way the book was wrapped up gives the idea that Junior's life is slowly sewing itself back together. He got over the main difficulty of his life, changing schools and guaranteeing a future for himself, and he got his best friend back. He has hope, and his friend supports him. If the two had played basketball against each other one-on-one earlier in the book, they would have kept count. Yet, they didn't this time. Just like they most likely hadn't when they were younger.
~Zetty
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