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BASKETBALL IS MORE THAN A GAME HERE. IT’S THE SOUL OF THE CITY.
THE STREETLIGHTS have already been turned on, but it doesn’t matter. Classic Jay-Z songs blare from a cheap speaker and a group of old heads sit on a bench, angrily debating something about hoops. A few 5-year-olds run around behind them, dribbling with mini basketballs, while another pickup game keeps rolling along. From eastern Queens to the top of the Bronx, this is how it goes every day—New York City basketball never stops.
It starts early,
