Arrogant and assured, Nathan is the star of the high school basketball team and hails from a wealthy family. Quiet and driven, Lucas is the only child of a single working mom. He is also a legendary playground basketball player. After growing up on opposite sides of the tracks in the same North Carolina town of Tree Hill, the half-brothers suddenly find their lives colliding when a twist of fate puts Lucas on Nathan's high school basketball team, and the two boys compete--not only for control of the court, but also for the heart of Nathan's beautiful girlfriend, Peyton.

CHAD MICHAEL MURRAY (Lucas Scott)
JAMES LAFFERTY (Nathan Scott)
HILARIE BURTON (Peyton Sawyer)
PAUL JOHANSSON (Dan Scott)
BARRY CORBIN (Whitey Durham)
BETHANY JOY LENZ (Haley Reed)
with CRAIG SHEFFER (Keith Scott)
and MOIRA KELLY as Karen