Basketball ... wasn't that team sports?

My son plays basketball. This weekend, they lost the game. The guest team was simply too strong, well maybe that's too much honor for the "team". There were two players in the team, talented and strong, who scored all - but 4 - points, the rest of the team was "tolerated".
In our team, we do have a star player who put 1/3rd of the points on his account, but almost all other team members scored as well. My son is not that star player, but he's doing well and made a number of nice points. I'm glad he's in our team and not in the winning camp. What happens when one or both those top scoring players get injured, sick or simply move on ... game over.