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Love & Basketball

2000 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7.3/10

Rating

125 min

Runtime

2000

Release Year

Gina Prince-Bythewood

Director

Cast

Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Chris Warren, Kyla Pratt, Alfre Woodard

Quick Synopsis

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

Full Plot Summary of Love & Basketball

Monica Wright and Quincy McCall grew up in the same neighborhood and have known each other since childhood. As they grow into adulthood, they fall in love, but they also share another all-consuming passion: basketball. As Quincy and Monica struggle to make their relationship work, they follow separate career paths though high school and college basketball and, they hope, into stardom in big-league professional ball.

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