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Best Basketball Movie: Murray Bracket Second Round

Blazer’s Edge is filling the bracket void with a competition featuring 16 basketball-themed feature films.

“Semi-Pro” Toronto Premiere - Arrivals

The NBA’s hiatus has forced several die-hard hoops fans to turn to alternative mediums to get their basketball fix. One potential avenue is feature films. The basketball genre is loaded with gems and duds, which is why we are putting our readers to the test with a bracket challenge in an effort to find the best hoops-themed movie.

This post is the second round of the Murray Bracket. The winners of today’s matchups will join Hoosiers and White Men Can’t Jump in the final four later this week.

Space Jam (1) vs Semi-Pro (4)

Space Jam | Release: 1996 | Previous Opponent: Air Bud

Semi-Pro | Release: 2008 | Previous Opponent: Love & Basketball

Poll

Space Jam (1) vs Semi-Pro (4)

This poll is closed

  • 52%
    Space Jam
    (179 votes)
  • 47%
    Semi-Pro
    (164 votes)
343 votes total Vote Now

He Got Game (2) vs Blue Chips (3)

He Got Game | Release: 1998 | Previous Opponent: The Air Up There

Blue Chips | Release: 1994 | Previous Opponent: Finding Forrester

Poll

He Got Game (2) vs Blue Chips (3)

This poll is closed

  • 55%
    He Got Game
    (172 votes)
  • 44%
    Blue Chips
    (139 votes)
311 votes total Vote Now

Voting closes Thursday afternoon.