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In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular, affluent Nathan basks in the hero-worship of the town, as the star of his high school team. And both boys are the son of former college ball player Dan Scott whose long ago choice to abandon Lucas and his mother Karen, will haunt him long into his life with wife Deb and their son Nathan.

He’s awkward, unlucky, and secretly in love with the school’s star—but fate (and the music club) might finally give him a chance.

My MVP Valentine is a 2002 Taiwanese drama based loosely on 2 Japanese manga series: Slam Dunk and MVP wa Yuzurenai!. Starring Chinese Taipei basketball star Johnny Yen, it enjoyed huge success throughout Greater China and Southeast Asia. As a result, it is noted for skyrocketing Angela Chang, Chen Chiao-En and 5566 to fame.

After getting ousted from his job in the NCAA for throwing a chair at a referee, a hothead men’s basketball coach Marvyn Korn must take a job at Westbrook School for Girls, a private all-girls high school, in an effort to redeem what's left of his career and reputation.

Hau is a hard-working fast food restaurant staff. Despite his hectic schedule, he plays basketball on a public basketball court early in the morning. He has not taken part in any matches ever since he was bullied back in high school. One day, a group of young men forcefully take over the public basketball court. Angered by their behaviour, Bo randomly picks Hau, Leung and Tak to form a team to play against the young men. At first, the group of strangers have absolutely no chemistry at all. However, with their unique styles and Bo’s coaching, they manage to defeat their opponents. While they get a sense of achievement on the basketball court, the trio each have their own problems and feel lost when they are off court. Basketball is their only way to escape reality.

Zuo Xiaochuan, a teenager in a northern town, loves basketball very much and enjoys rare physical conditions, but he is less skilled. His grandaunt Ma Tian accidentally notices his talent and suggests him to apply for Nanjing Yuanchuan Middle School as a student with sports talent to receive systematic trainings. But to his surprise, the school had no basketball team at all and all other players are amateur players. Yet, from having the first teammate Cai Zhen to playing the first game, Xiaochuan has overcome many obstacles and difficulties with his passion for basketball. He gets tougher and tougher in an environment full of “rules”. He infects everyone with his passion and eventually brings the team together.

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A basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.

This drama mini-series follows a group of friends from the South Sudanese community living in Sunshine, a suburb in the outskirts of Melbourne, Australia. The young men get entangled in a crime as they are hoping to make it as professional basketball players.

The White Shadow is an American drama television series that ran on the CBS network from November 27 1978, to March 16 1981.

Thorn, a college student, reconnects with former player Tupfah, developing feelings while encouraging him to return to basketball.

Su Nuan Xia made a promise to her dad to take the basketball team to victory. When she bumps into an ace player, she does everything she can to get him to join the team.

Akane Tachibana and Hitonari Hiiragi were rising stars of high school basketball and bitter rivals on the court. In the past, the only thing keeping each one from being the best was the other. But when Hiiragi is transferred to Kouzu High School, they find themselves as teammates. Will the two masters of the court reconcile their differences in time for the big game against Kokutai, or will Hiiragi switch teams to challenge his rival face to face?

Follows teenager Xu Xingze, a passionate basketball player who aspires to join the Basketball Team of the regions top school after seeing their Star Player win the Final Four Tournament. When his sister accidentally enrolls him into a lesser school with a similar name, its up to Xu and his ragtag group of new friends to prove their worth and their skill on the Court against some of the top High School players in the Region.

A quiet ex-gymnast and a playful basketball star fall into a slow-burning romance where every glance and touch speaks louder than words.

Zhang Jian Yi's dream was to become a professional basketball player. However, at age 11, he was diagnosed with genetic heart disease. This caused him to hide his passion for the sport until he one day joins the school's basketball team. Can Jian Yi stick to his dreams, break the limits and bravely pursue his basketball dream in the face of parental opposition, physical limitations, and his teammates' disdain?

Holly's Heroes is a children's drama series produced as a collaboration between the Nine Network in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. It was produced as a series of 26 episodes and first screened in 2005.

Barangay 143 follows the coming of age story of a young man in search of a father and how he finds an unlikely family in a team of misfits trying to bring glory to their hometown. It's a story about love and family set against the action-packed world of street basketball, where the stakes are always high and life is the biggest game you can win.

In the story, Kagami Taiga has just enrolled into Seirin High School when he meets Kuroko Tetsuya of the school's basketball team. Kuroko happens to be the shadowy sixth member of the legendary Generation of Miracles basketball team. Together, Kagami and Kuroko aim to take their team to the inter-high school championship - against Kuroko's former teammates.

The Hoop Life is a TV series depicting the lives of a team of basketball players in the fictional UBA, starring Rick Peters as Greg Marr, Mykelti Williamson as Marvin Buxton, and Cirroc Lofton as b-ball prodigy Curtis Thorpe. The series has run on both Showtime and Spike TV.