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The Best Episodes of Basketball: A Love Story Season 1

Every episode of Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Basketball: A Love Story Season 1!

'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

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    Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 1 - Love of the Game
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    S1:E1

    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.

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  2. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 2 - The Teachers
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    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.

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  3. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 3 - The Choke
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    The 1997 incident where Latrell Sprewell choked his coach, PJ Carlesimo, sparks the conversation about the relationship between player and coach.

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  4. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 4 - Origins
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    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.

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  5. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 5 - Scandal
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    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.

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  6. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 6 - Signature Moves: The Feel
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    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.

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  7. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 7 - The Spring of '57
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    The NBA's first dynasty, the Boston Celtics, powered by Red Auerbach and Bill Russell. And an introduction to Wilt Chamberlain, a giant even in a sport of big men, during his time at University of Kansas.

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  8. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 8 - Patriots to Protest
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    Oscar Robertson and Jerry West lead the U.S. Olympic team in a symbolic win against the USSR during the Cold War in 1960. In 1968, players face a difficult choice to play or not to play when a boycott by prominent Black athletes is implemented.

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  9. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 9 - Signature Moves: The Touch
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    How some of the greatest in the game mastered their "Signature Moves", this time featuring Steph Curry, Bernard King and Hakeem Olajuwon.

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  10. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 10 - ABA: The Red, White, and Blue
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    S1:E10

    The American Basketball Association became one of the first upstart leagues to challenge the dominance of the NBA. A hilarious and nostalgic look at some of the tactics used by early executives and players to gain attention.

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  11. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 11 - The Dipper and the Winner
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    One of the greatest rivalries in basketball - Wilt Chamberlain versus Bill Russell. Russell and his Celtics continue to get the best of Chamberlain's teams, including in the iconic 1965 Eastern Conference Finals.

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  12. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 12 - Signature Moves: Discipline
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    S1:E12

    How some of the greatest in the game mastered their "Signature Moves", featuring Lebron James, Walt Frazier and Dirk Nowitzki.

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  13. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 13 - Mayhem in Munich
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    The 1972 Olympics will forever be remembered for the tragedy that took the lives of 11 Israeli athletes. That year, the US again faced off with the USSR, in one of the most controversial finishes in Olympic history.

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  14. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 14 - Brotherly Love
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    The tragic story of Maurice Stokes, a former all-star who was injured during a game and debilitated for the rest of his life. But from tragedy grew a bond between he and teammate Jack Twyman.

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  15. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 15 - The Witch Hunt
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    S1:E15

    A look at gambling in the early days of the sport, and Hall of Famer Connie Hawkins who was wrongly accused of being involved in a point shaving scandal during his freshman year at University of Iowa.

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  16. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 16 - Birth of the Bruins
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    S1:E16

    An introduction to the UCLA Bruins, arguably the greatest dynasty in the history of men's college basketball, and their coach John Wooden.

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  17. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 17 - Tomboys
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    S1:E17

    Some of the game's greatest female players, including Cheryl Miller, Ann Myers, Nancy Lieberman, and Carol Blazejowski discuss their love of the game and challenges they faced as pioneers of the women's game.

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  18. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 18 - Rupp's Reckoning
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    S1:E18

    There are endless stories of racism, but also humanity, in the early days of college basketball, including the era of Adolph Rupp at Kentucky, the integration of the college game at Texas Western, and the strength of Charlie Scott.

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  19. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 19 - Renegades
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    S1:E19

    Explore the tumultuous years of the ABA, where the league did everything it could to compete with the NBA, with differing levels of success.

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  20. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 20 - The Eighth Wonder of the World
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    Lew Alcindor, one of the greatest players of all-time, led UCLA in the "Game of the Century" against Elvin Hayes and the University of Houston. The Houston upset is seen as paving the way for college basketball to be widely televised.

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  21. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 21 - Title IX: Immaculata
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    S1:E21

    Title IX gave rise to the women's game at the college level, and the first great team emerged from Immaculata University. Immaculata won 3 consecutive NCAA Titles from 1972-1974 and played in the first ever televised NCAA Women's CBB.

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  22. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 22 - Joy or Relief?
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    Al McGuire won an NCAA title with Marquette in the last game he ever coached. The game's top coaches debate whether finally winning brings joy, or relief?

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  23. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 23 - Oscar and the West: Bittersweet Victories
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    Oscar Robertson joins forces with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the Milwaukee Bucks, and Jerry West teams up with Wilt Chamberlain on the Los Angeles Lakers. Two of the greatest pairs ever to play together, but even with each victory, their past will haunt them.

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  24. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 24 - Self Expression
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    S1:E24

    Walt "Clyde" Frazier was one of the first to become a cultural icon off the court. Players like Pete Maravich and Calvin Murphy continued that trend, but their popularity stemmed from their play on the court.

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  25. Basketball: A Love Story Season 1 Episode 25 - One and Done
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    S1:E25

    The debate over eligibility and "one and done" started well before John Calipari and the University of Kentucky - Spencer Haywood was one of the first to challenge the rules.

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Love of the Game" is the best rated episode of "Basketball: A Love Story" season 1. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/18/2018. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Teachers".