'Basketball: A Love Story' is a series of 62 interconnected short stories that creates a vibrant mosaic of the game, featuring 165 exclusive interviews. The cast encompasses basketball's most prominent figures and explores the complex nature of love as it relates to the game.
1 season · 62 episodes
S1 E1Love of the Game
Sep 18, 201810 min
The best in the game share why they love basketball, and speak about the players they grew up emulating, late nights practicing in the driveway, and how basketball provided a refuge from the realities of life.
S1 E2The Teachers
Sep 18, 20186 min
A tribute to the role coaches have played in not just the game, but the lives of their players. Coaches speak candidly about how to motivate, teach and get the best from their players.
S1 E3The Choke
Sep 18, 201810 min
The 1997 incident where Latrell Sprewell choked his coach, PJ Carlesimo, sparks the conversation about the relationship between player and coach.
S1 E4Origins
Sep 18, 201811 min
The beginnings of basketball are traced from James Naismith to the expansion of the game across the country - leading to the development of college leagues.
S1 E5Scandal
Sep 18, 201816 min
The story of a point shaving scandal in the college ranks that almost derailed the sport in the 1950s, as well as a profile of two of the first superstars of the sport: George Mikan and Bob Cousy.
S1 E6Signature Moves: The Feel
Sep 18, 201811 min
The Art of the Game and how some of the greatest mastered their "Signature Moves", featuring Chris Paul, Wes Unseld, Diana Taurasi, Allen Iverson and Earl Monroe.
