Title: Basketball Fire
English Title: Hot Shot
Director: Lin Helong
Episodes: 18 episodes
Main Cast:
- Yan Chengxu as Dongfang Xiang
- Luo Zhixiang as Yuan Dahai
- Wu Zun as Wuji Zun
- Zhou Caishi as Zhan Jie'er
- Hu Yuwei as Wuji Wei
- Jiang Yi as Li Ying
- Gu Baoming as Li Zeping
- Zhang Xunjie as Can
- Zhao Shuhai as Dongfang's father
- Chen Bozheng as Zhan's father
- Bu Xueliang as Tang Long
Pili University is a prestigious institution renowned nationwide for its excellent academic research, with strict and conservative school atmosphere. Under the educational philosophy of President Li Zeping that "emphasizes academics over athletics", various proactive sports activities are almost non-existent. Even the annual C.U.B.A. national college league, which ignites the passion of young people across the country, and the competition among the five major basketball schools - Xuanwu, Canglong, Baihu, Zhuque, and Chenglin for the championship trophy, draws no attention from this campus. On the eve of the end of summer vacation, an unexpected disturbance occurred in this quiet campus... Li Ying, who once served as the chief advisor in the NBA coaching staff and has the ability to see through players' basketball potential and level at a glance, returned to the country this time and applied for the position of coach of Pili University's basketball team to her father Li Zeping. She has dreams and enthusiasm for basketball, but her father Li Zeping responded coldly, even worrying that the terrible reputation of Pili team would ruin the reputation his daughter accumulated in the NBA. To prove her ability to her father, she resolutely decided to become the head coach of Pili basketball team. At the same time, in pursuit of her basketball dream, Yuan Dahai inherited a golden-thread basketball (the only relic of his deceased grandmother Tielan) according to his grandmother's will and came to rely on Li Zeping, the principal of Pili University. Based on his father's last words, Li Zeping took in Yuan Dahai, who thus became the first member of Li Ying's team. Dongfang Xiang, the genius star player who won the MVP of the national college league, surprisingly transferred from the undefeated basketball school Xuanwu College of Technology to Pili University! The appearance of Dongfang Xiang caused a stir in Pili University. In addition to his brilliant basketball career, his outstanding appearance and extraordinary family background (the only son of the president of Dongfang Group), as well as his excellent performance in winning the national subject competition during high school, brought about a whirlwind with his arrival! After entering Pili, Dahai also met Zhan Jie'er, an excellent student admitted by recommendation. Because Jie'er's appearance reminded Dahai of his childhood playmate - Gugu Chicken, Dahai developed an inexplicable liking for Jie'er due to transference. However, Jie'er is also the daughter of the driver of Dongfang Xiang's family, and there is a vague affection between them since childhood. The fateful meeting of the three in Pili is destined to rewrite the history of Pili basketball team...