Love & Basketball Page #3

Synopsis: In 1981 in L.A., Monica moves in next door to Quincy. They're 11, and both want to play in the NBA, just like Quincy's dad. Their love-hate relationship lasts into high school, with Monica's edge and Quincy's top-dog attitude separating them, except when Quincy's parents argue and he climbs through Monica's window to sleep on the floor. As high school ends, they come together as a couple, but within a year, with both of them playing ball at USC, Quincy's relationship with his father takes an ugly turn, and it leads to a break up with Monica. Some years later, their pro careers at a crossroads, they meet again. It's time for a final game of one-on-one with high stakes.
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Production: New Line Cinema
  12 wins & 15 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
70
Rotten Tomatoes:
82%
PG-13
Year:
2000
124 min
Website
307 Views


I love you, bro.

- I love you, too.

- Be cool.

Hey, what's up, man?

Thank you.

Hey, Mr. M.

Hey, Miss Baller.

Excuse me, ladies.

- Way to hoop.

- I know this.

- What you want?

- A ride home.

Your legs don't look broke.

Look, big head,

I'll be at your car.

I guess "Please"

would be a stretch?

Please.

Don't touch the radio,

all right?

Just appreciate

the ride home.

Have a little respect

for a man's car.

Put something on.

No, I like going home

in silence after the game.

Thinking about how good

I look shootin' that three.

Don't flatter yourself.

What's that?

Some note Shawnee Easton

told me to give you.

Shawnee Easton.

With the bigass titties?

Hey, give it here!

Give it here!

"Q, you are so fine.

"I've been wanting

to get with you.

"Let me take you

to the spring dance...

and I promise

I'll leave you satisfied."

What a ho.

Why she gotta be a ho

'cause she wanna get with me?

She's a ho because she's sends

her coochie through the mail.

And?

She's not saying,

"I think you're a nice guy...

and I want to get

to know you better."

She's saying, "I wanna bone."

She's honest.

An honest, tramp-ass ho.

But then I guess you'll stick

your thing in anything.

My thing?

I didn't know you cared so much.

I don't.

So, who you going

to the dance with, anyway?

Spalding?

Who's Spalding?

- See?

- Stupid!

That's why you ain't

getting recruited.

Who said I'm not

getting recruited?

Your hot-ass temper,

that's who.

I'm not the one

who put this scar here...

when we were 11-years-old

'cause he was about to lose.

You know what?

Give me your best shot.

Give me your best shot.

I'm sick of...

Would you watch the damn road?

I am. I'm sick of you

hanging this over my head.

Give me your best shot.

Don't tempt me.

I'm warning you.

I'm warning you.

You don't store that attitude,

no one will recruit you.

Please.

You jump in some guy's face,

you talk smack...

and you get a pat on your ass.

But because I'm a female...

I get told to calm down

and act like a lady.

I'm a ballplayer.

With a jacked-up attitude.

Didn't know you cared so much.

I really don't.

Good.

I'm home! What's up, Mom?

What is this?

That's your earring.

I look like

some hoochie to you?

I found it on your bed.

What you doing in my room?

I have told you about

these fast-ass girls.

We were just studying.

Boy, I'm not playing with you.

These girls are looking

to get you caught.

They see you,

and they see dollar signs.

I know.

Are you hearing me?

I'm hearing you.

No. Are you hearing me?

I've been hearing you, Mom.

How was your game?

27 points, 11 assists,

still undefeated.

Still the man.

You know that.

Where's your dad?

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Gina Prince-Bythewood

Gina Prince-Bythewood is an American film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing and producing the films Disappearing Acts and Love & Basketball, The Secret Life of Bees, and Beyond the Lights. more…

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