[Written for Seattle Post-Intelligencer in 2000]
Monica (Sanaa Lathan) is a fierce, hot-tempered competitor whose tomboy years of playground ball with the boys have given her a more aggressive game than women’s basketball refs like to see. Cocky nextdoor neighbor Quincy (Omar Epps) is the son of an NBA player with pro dreams who becomes a high school and college star athlete, playing just as rough a game to the cheers of fans. We know they’re destined for one-on-one from their first meeting as grade school kids in a driveway game of pick-up. Monica so outplays the flabbergasted Quincy that he shoves her off the court, giving her a combination battle scar and love memento she wears with pride.
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