| Director | Daniel Mann |
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The film chronicles Twyman's and Stokes's relationship from Stokes's rookie year in the NBA up until his death. Stokes and Twyman are teammates on the Rochester Royals during the 1950s (during which time the team relocates to Cincinnati). Stokes falls ill three days after the last game of the 1957–58 NBA season, in Minneapolis. In that final game, Stokes had driven to the basket, drew contact and fell to the floor, hit his head, and was knocked unconscious. He was revived with smelling salts, and he returned to the game.
Three days later, after an opening-round playoff game against the Detroit Pistons, Stokes becomes ill during the team's flight back to Cincinnati, suffers a seizure and falls into a coma. He awakens in a Cincinnati hospital three weeks later. Stokes never fully recovers from the brain injury, and is left permanently paralyzed. He is confined to bed or a wheelchair as an almost completely paralyzed quadraplegic, and needs constant nursing care.
Twyman offers his friendship and continuous moral support and financial aid to Stokes and his family (even legally adopting him). Stokes dies from a heart attack in 1970.