This week on Ball In The Family, Denise helps launch Tina’s passion project, ‘Lady Baller Brand,’ while Tina and Melo plan a very special and very ‘sweet’ surprise for Lavar’s 50th birthday.

On this episode of Ball In The Family, Denise and D-Mo set out to throw Lonzo a huge birthday bash for his 20th birthday to get him out of his shell. Meanwhile, Melo enjoys the freedom of not being in school.

In the wake of Gelo’s arrest, Lavar and Tina are powerless to help their son facing imprisonment in Hangzhou, China on this week’s episode of Ball In The Family.

Gelo and the Ball family celebrate his birthday, but the event is bittersweet after they find out he’s been suspended. Fearing that this decision may affect Gelo’s chances at a pro-career, Lavar yanks Gelo from the program in search of other options.

With Gelo no longer in the Bruin basketball program, he moves out of his apartment at UCLA and back at home much to the delight of his mother, Tina. Meanwhile, Lavar has Gelo and Melo’s agent on the hunt for a pro-team overseas for both his boys to sign with. The family then takes a trip to the East Coast to show support for Lonzo as he wins a clutch game against the Philadelphia 76ers, inspiring Gelo towards greatness wherever he lands next which is revealed to be either Japan, Lithuania or Croatia.

The Ball fam heads to NYC for their BBB pop-up shop, but it’s Tina who steals the show. Meanwhile, the boys make some big plans for Tina’s 50th birthday. Melo and Gelo give her the best present yet… her watching them sign pro-contracts with a team in Lithuania.

In NYC, Lavar says goodbye to his sons to return to Los Angeles on pressing BBB business while D-Mo takes Melo and Gelo to Cleveland to see Lonzo play against his childhood idol, LeBron James. Back in LA, Lavar makes an announcement that sends shockwaves through the sports world, the formation of the Junior Basketball League.

Melo and Gelo prep for their upcoming trip to Lithuania and purchase some cold weather gear. Meanwhile, the Ball family gets to celebrate a very special Christmas together at the Ball Estate just before their big trip. Europe, here they come!

The Ball family arrives in Lithuania in true Big Baller fashion with a grand reception by the Lithuanian press and the executive staff from Team Vytautas. Between the five star hotel accommodations and red carpet treatment, the family is positive this will be a great opportunity for Gelo and Melo. Lavar strikes up a friendship with the coach while Gelo seamlessly integrates himself with his team and impresses the coaching staff with his style of play. Melo, however, struggles in practice and with meshing with his much older teammates, souring his feelings on being in Lithuania altogether. Finally, when the team loses its next game by almost sixty points, the family turns suspect towards their future with this team.

Despite a rocky start with the Lithuanian professional basketball team, Vytautas, Lavar commits his youngest son Melo to two years with the organization because the coach has assured Lavar he will prepare him for the NBA. The family cuts ties with ESPN reporter, Jeff Goodman, because they feel he falsely represented Lavar in an interview.

Lavar breaks the news to Melo that he has committed him to play in Lithuania for the next two seasons. Unhappy with the move, Melo cops a bit of an attitude. When Lavar finds out they will be drop a Division if the team does not win seven of the next twelve games he pledges to turn up the heat.

After witnessing another embarrassing loss, Lavar’s patience with the coach and his losing ways has come to an end. In the end, Lavar decides to coach the next BBB game himself putting the weight of the team’s future on his shoulders. The boys attend a cryotherapy session and Gelo exposes a secret he’s been hiding.

When Lavar is invited to the M.A.M.A. Awards as a presenter, Tina is a bit insecure about walking the red carpet because she hasn’t attended a public event since her stroke. However, Tina is determined to trudge forward and attend the ceremony with her family on this episode of Ball In The Family.

The Ball family travel to London for a pop-up shop and to explore the opportunity to play an exhibition game with a local team. While sight-seeing, Lavar and Tina reminisce over the days when they were a young couple and Lavar proposed to her in London. After heading back to LA, Lavar gets a surprise from Lonzo at his album release party.

Lonzo takes a quick boys trip to Miami while the NBA is on break and expresses his excitement over being a father. Lavar imparts some fatherly advice on Lonzo and Denise on a trip back home with Tina. Back in Lithuania, with their parents in LA, Melo and Gelo get into some mischief while on break from Team Vytautas.

Lavar returns to Lithuania with a positive attitude and determination to turn the losing culture of the team into a winning one. Meanwhile, Lonzo and Denise reveal the name of their baby girl to Tina and the family during their first sonogram.

Lavar decides to take his sons to Barcelona for a three day work intensive vacation to get their minds and bodies back on track. Meanwhile, Denise gets some quality time with Tina and Noni learning how to make organic baby food and discovering some fun facts about how the Ball brothers were raised.

With the team on yet another losing streak, Lavar has lost all confidence in the coach and sets his sights on a new plan. Back in the United States, Denise joins Lonzo in New Orleans on his road trip with the Lakers. As they anticipate the birth of their baby girl, a confident Zo is sure that he doesn’t need to take a ‘baby class’ causing his friends and Denise to step in and encourage him.

In the Season 3 premiere of Ball In The Family, Gelo and Izzy reunite as he deals with a tough performance in Lithuania and even tougher press. Melo has trouble on and off the court with his team but finds an opportunity to rise when they need him most. Meanwhile, Lavar announces the launch of the JBA tryouts.

Melo reveals that he wants to play for the JBA, however, LaVar is unsure it is the right path for him. Gelo & Izzy try to lift his spirits by taking him out, but the plan backfires and the brothers get into an argument. Meanwhile, LaVar feels fortunate that the JBA can provide talented kids a second chance after coming face to face with the stories of their hardships.

Lonzo spoils Denise with a surprise birthday weekend getaway in San Diego where she reveals her body insecurities. Meanwhile, Gelo and Izzy discuss their plans for the future at Izzy’s last dinner in Lithuania. Gelo then sustains an ankle injury during an LKL game, affecting his training for the NBA Draft.

Gelo discovers that the ankle injury he sustained is season-ending and is concerned about his ability to recover quickly enough for the NBA Combine. Afraid of her impending birth, Denise and Zo attend a birthing class to educate themselves on the process. LaVar recounts the day of Tina’s stroke and expresses his unqualified belief in her full recovery to a reporter doing an article on Tina’s journey.

Tina and the whole Ball family invade Lithuania craving a taste of the life the boys and Lavar have been living the past four months. Melo, Gelo, and Zo undergo physical therapy to help their recovery from their respective injuries. The Balls attend one last Vytautas basketball game before bidding farewell to their Lithuanian friends and fans.

The family returns to the Ball Estate but it isn’t long before they're back to work. Lonzo Ball bulks up to last an entire season with the Lakers as LiAngelo Ball gets ready for the Combine and LaMelo Ball prepares to be the face of the JBA. Finally, the Balls holds a barbecue for extended family and friends to commemorate their return home.

JBA players arrive at the Big Baller Estate to train for the season and to help prepare Gelo for the Pro Combine just two weeks away. Lavar guides the young men when pressure to perform overwhelms and teaches them perspective, patience and the right way to play the game. The JBA players then join the Ball family as they celebrate Mother’s Day with Tina, Maria and Denise.