The police station set seen in this story was the same one used in the series Hill Street Blues.
Rutherford dunks in the game against the PAL Cougars. He is the only other Carver player to dunk in a game besides Coolidge and Franklin.
One of the "extra" players hits a jump shot before the halftime buzzer in the game Carver plays the PAL Cougars. This is the only other instance besides Jeff Simpson scoring in Season 2's "A Silent Cheer" in which a player outside of the main cast is seen scoring a basket in a game in the series.