The Basketball Diaries and Semi-Pro are currently locked at 50–50
Heroin drama, ABA farce, split vote.
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The Verdict David vs Goliath
This matchup has 14 votes. The picture may shift as more people weigh in.
This may be the strangest pairing basketball has to offer: a devastating drama about addiction against a broad comedy about a last-place ABA team. A tie is almost funny in itself, because the two films don't share a single ambition beyond a bouncing ball. The Basketball Diaries wants to disturb you and does; Semi-Pro wants to make you laugh and does. Voters divide not on quality but on appetite — whether they came to be moved or amused — and it leaves a wake and a party sharing one room.
The Numbers
| The Basketball Diaries | Semi-Pro | |
|---|---|---|
| Head-to-Head | 50% | 50% |
| Overall Win Rate | 57% | 52% |
| Championships | 12 | 7 |
| Budget | $2M | $55M |
| Box Office | $2M | $34M |
Where This Matchup Sits
For genre context, The Basketball Diaries is in the top quarter of Drama on BingeBracket.
When facing other films, both run into the same wall: Air Bud beats them both on BingeBracket, regardless of how they perform against each other.
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