High schooler Sakuragi Hanamichi was refused by girls about 100 times during his junior high years. Then at the beginning of high school, Sakuragi met Haruko. Head over heals in love with her, when she asked him, "Do you like basketball?" Hanamichi immediately replied, "Yes, I love it."
Of course, he didn''t have a clue what basketball was, but in order to gain her love, Hanamichi takes up the sport to impress her. Thus begins the legend...