Team USA countered with the Green Monster jump shot, a Barthelette specialty. It's a table length jump shot over an 8 inch high wall dubbed the "Green Monster" and into a baseball glove sitting on a mini couch at the end of the table. The cue ball has to stay in the glove for the shot to be successful. Barthelette nailed it on his first attempt. Nikolaidis came up for Europe's attempt and was unable to replicate it, letting the USA pull even.

Continuing with the jump shot theme, Lee brought up this shot, trying to jump the cue ball over a book and into an object ball, causing the object ball to jump over a second book and in to the corner pocket. She was unable to make the shot on either of her attempts. Laurance came up to attempt the challenge for Europe, making the shot and giving Europe the lead.

Barthelette decided to move forward with this shot. Initially, he would hit the first object ball up in to the tube, and as it came back down and rolled on the table, he would hit the cue ball into it a second time and combo the ball hanging in the corner pocket. He was unfortunate to miss and, on the second attempt, sportingly called a foul on himself as the object ball did not completely disappear in the tube. For Europe, Nikolaidis was able to capitalize on the opportunity making the shot on his second attempt.

Instead, Lee came back with this version of "The Hand Is Quicker Than The Eye" shot, seen in the movie "The Hustler". Shooting through the cue ball, causing it to deflect off the first object ball, she followed through to hit the second object ball with her cue, sending it down table to split the standard carom-combination out from under a handkerchief and into the corner pockets. She made the shot easily, pulling a point back for the USA, but Laurance was equal to the task and restored the lead back to two.

Trying to get back into the match, Lee used this tricky stroke shot. The cue ball and object ball are frozen and lined up toward the short rail on the other side, while the blocking object ball prevents a direct throw into the corner pocket. Instead, stroking with a bit of follow, the cue ball can double kiss the object ball and cut it into the corner pocket. Lee was successful in getting a point for the USA, but Nikolaidis saw that Europe would not be outdone and restored the three point lead.

With time running out, Barthelette chose this difficult jump shot involving two cue balls and a stacking ball. Two balls were stacked in the corner pocket and the two cue balls were lined up all the way across the table. He hit one cue ball into the other sending it towards the stack, but before it got there, he jumped the original cue ball over the second one to pocket the bottom ball first clearing the way for the second cue ball to pocket the ball that was on top of the stack. Taking his time to measure the line and quickly moving from a standard stroke to a jump stroke, Barthelette made the shot look easy. Laurance was not as fortunate, however, letting the USA close within two again.

Now needing to score a point just to stay alive, Lee went with this close range jump shot, similar to my Chain Reaction Jump shot. The cue ball was one chalk width from the blocking object ball. In addition, there was a trademark black widow spider on top of the blocking ball. Clearing that, the cue ball started a chain reaction to pocket the last ball in the corner pocket. Lee was able to make it, giving the USA it's last gasp of hope. Nikolaidis came up for Europe to put the match away and easily hit it as well for the victory and point to carry over in to the finals.