Basketball: A Love Story

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Oscar and the West: Bittersweet Victories

Episode Synopsis

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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Oscar and the West: Bittersweet Victories

Episode Synopsis

Next Episodes

Love of the Game

The Teachers

The Choke

Origins

Scandal

Signature Moves: The Feel

The Spring of '57

Patriots to Protest

Signature Moves: The Touch

ABA: The Red, White, and Blue

The Dipper and the Winner

Signature Moves: Discipline

Mayhem in Munich

Brotherly Love

The Witch Hunt

Birth of the Bruins

Tomboys

Rupp's Reckoning

Renegades

The Eighth Wonder of the World

Title IX: Immaculata

Joy or Relief?

Oscar and the West: Bittersweet Victories

Self Expression

One and Done

David vs Goliath

General Knight

Deal of the Century

Wild Days: Upsets, Brawls, and No-Calls

Do or Die

Tailspin

Portland's One Year Dynasty

The First Lady

Don't Call Me Buckwheat

Genius Gene

Georgetown Culture: John Thompson's America

NBA: It's Fantastic

Contempt: LA vs. Boston

The First Lottery

Signature Moves: The Mind

Born to Coach

Glasnost: The Walls Come Down

Little Big Men

Air Jordan

Magic

College Coaches: The Changing of the Guard

Dream Team

The Coach and the Killer: Phil Jackson and MJ

Pat Versus Geno

The W

The Spurs Way

NCAA: Pay or Play?

Triangle: Kobe, Shaq, and Phil

Size Matters

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