Aside from their love of basketball, Lucas and Nathan Scott have very little in common, but their shared father will forever connect their lives in ways they could never imagine. Their father, Dan Scott, abandoned Lucas and chose to raise Nathan in his image a life of luxury and basketball that molded him into the star of the Tree Hill Ravens basketball team that he has become. Lucas was raised by his single mother, Karen Roe, with help from his uncle, Keith Scott. He kept his distance from Nathan, but his love of basketball led their worlds to collide when the Ravens' coach, Whitey Durham, put Lucas on the team. As the brothers take the court, side-by-side, Lucas and Nathan struggle to come to terms with the past that has haunted both boys their entire life. However, though basketball, and the slow road to discovering themselves, Lucas and Nathan soon find that they have more in common than they could have ever imagined.