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Nnemkadi Chinwe Victoria " Nneka " Ogwumike // ⓘ ( / ˈnɛkəoʊˈɡwuːmɪkeɪ /; born July 2, 1990) is an American professional basketball player for the Seattle Storm of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), after being drafted No. 1 overall in the 2012 WNBA draft.
This is a list of films about basketball, featuring notable films where basketball plays a central role in the development of the plot.
The power forward ( PF ), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game. Traditionally, power forwards have played a role similar to centers and are typically the second tallest player on the court.
- The Redeem Team (2022) Heading into the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the US Men’s Basketball Team had a huge chip on its shoulder. Just four years earlier, at the 2004 Summer Games, the traditionally dominant squad of NBA all-stars was forced to settle for a bronze medal.
- 38 At The Garden (2022) Seemingly overnight, in early 2012, a relatively unknown Taiwanese-American point guard named Jeremy Lin, who went undrafted just two years earlier, became an international sensation following a magical night when he led the New York Knicks to a resounding victory with 38 points at the most famous arena in the world: Madison Square Garden.
- The Way Back (2020) Director Gavin O’Connor has gone on the record saying The Way Back isn’t really a sports movie, and instead more of a character study, but the emotionally-raw 2020 drama starring Ben Affleck as a basketball coach struggling with addiction and his past mistakes, is too good not to mention.
- Untold: Malice At The Palace (2021) There were few bigger sports scandals in the early 2000s than the notorious “Malice at the Palace,” the November 2004 brawl between Indianapolis Pacers players, and players and fans of the Detroit Pistons.
Power forward is a position in basketball. Power forwards play a role similar to that of a center in what is called the "post" or "low blocks". They usually play offensively with their backs towards the basket and position themselves defensively under the basket in a zone defense or against the power forward from the other team in a man-to-man ...
This category is for basketball players who are most known for playing the power forward position. Note that a player's nationality does not affect the role of the position, since basketball positions are played the same way across the globe.
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The power forward position entails a variety of responsibilities, including rebounding, screen setting, rim protecting, and scoring. The power forward (PF), also known as the four, is one of the five traditional positions in a regulation basketball game.
