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Love and Basketball
The first kiss shared by the basketball-playing neighbors at the center of this 2000 movie is nothing to write home about: they're eleven and Quincy (Omar Epps) breaks up with Monica (Sanaa Lathan) seconds later. But that's only the beginning of a tempestuous relationship that spans a decade and a half as both pursue professional athletic careers. "Of all these girls," Quincy tells Monica in the scene above, "you're the only one that's for real."
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