A collaboration with Peabody-Award winning director Dan Klores (Crazy Love, Black Magic, Winning Time) and Chris Isenberg (Dock Ellis & the LSD No-No) as part of Dan Klores’ Basketball: A Love Story, a 20-hour documentary series on ESPN.

'Do or Die' film tells the story of the greatest shootout in NBA history…but where the players were not on the same court. Interviews with Gervin, Thompson and others are combined with a distinctive watercolour driven animation to recreate action from two legendary games which left no surviving footage.

The 1977-78 NBA scoring title came down to the final day of the season. Heading into their last games, San Antonio's silky-smooth forward George Gervin was averaging 26.8 points per game. High-flying Denver showman David Thompson was at 26.6. Thompson had the greatest game of his career, shattering Wilt Chamberlain's record for most points in a quarter. When Gervin took the court later in the day, he knew that he had to respond with a masterpiece of his own – or else risk losing the crown.