"In a school where academic reigns supreme and sports are relegated to a dusty corner of the campus, Li Ying vows to revive the basketball team by volunteering to be the head coach. Her first member is Yuan Da Ying, a country boy who is passionate for basketball but has no skill. Their recruitment goes into high gear when Dong Fang Xiang, a legendary basketball player, transfers to their school.
Around the same time, Yuan Da Ying falls for Zhan Jie Er, a scholarship student who reminds him of his childhood friend GuGu Chicken. Things are complicated by the fact her family works for Dong Fang Xiang, who she also grew up with. Their encounter may just rewrite the school's basketball history."
Main Casts:
Jerry Yan as Dong Fang Xiang
Show Luo as Yuan Da Ying
Wu Chun as Wu Ji Zun
Zhou Cai Shi as Zhan Jie Er
Coco Jiangas Li Ying
Zyre Reyes as Dong Ah Bu
Zhang Yan MingDu Fei
Supporting Casts:
George Hu as Wu Ji Wei
Gu Bao Ming as Li Zi Ping
Michael Zhang as Can/Ah Fu
Lin Bo Yan as Qi Xiao Yun
Lin Qi Tai as Qi Xiao Yu
Extended Casts:
Zhao Shu Hai as Dong Fang Xu
Yun Zhong Yue as Lao Lu
Wang Xia as Dong Fang Shou
Ma Zhi Qin as Tie Lan
Wang Wei Ting as Lin Zi Xuan
Wang Jian Min as Ji Wang
Jiang Wei Wen as George
Xie Kun Da as Wang Jing
Han Run Zhong as Li Ke
Cai Ming Xun as Wen Huai Wen
Xu Jun Hao as Wang Gui
Gong Ji An as Sun Hao
Lan Jun Tian as Jian Deng
Bu Xue Liang as Tang Long
Guo Yan Jun as Ru Zhu
Li Jia Hua as Ge Li Ya
Na Wei Xun as Wang Ye
credits: Wikipedia
Author's POV: I love this show mainly for the fact that it made me think of what would happen next.
The whole ending, it seemed to me, was taken from "Bushido" or the way of the warrior which is the code of honor of the samurai of feudal Japan and consists of loyalty, frugality, mastery of martial arts and "honor unto death".
Loyalty would be represented with the story between Yuan Da Ying(YDY) and Dong Fang Xiang(DFX), frugality would be represented with YDY on how he was able to cope up with the pressure of the last competition using his own talent. Mastery of Martial arts, I'm guessing, would be each team's ability to defend themselves or others from physical threat (we've seen these throughout the series, and not just in basketball court) and "honor until death" would be represented by Wu Ji Zun(WJZ).
In a battle, a samurai would call out his family name, rank and accomplishment then seek out an opponent with similar rank and do battle (as what WJZ has done that's why he was adamant in helping DFX. If you remember the part when someone wants to kidnap DFX and WJZ helped them and he said something like DFX is the best rival in basketball court or something like that, I'm not really sure). The only way out for a defeated samurai was death or ritual suicide (I'm guessing would be WJZ's purpose at the end of the series and the reason why someone must die at the end of the show). Samurai consider killing themselves an act of honor than bringing shame and disgrace to his family name.
DFX and Zhan Jie Er(ZJE)'s story seems like just an add on to put some love story into the series.
But then again, that's just how I understand the story. And that's all just my guess.
