Basketball players on the court, businessmen in their spare time and carriers of the spirit of freedom in Lithuania - that's the Zalgiris Kaunas team of 1979-1989. Historic battles against the Red Army, which cannot be forgotten by those who watched them and which the new generation of basketball fans must learn about. Sabonis, Kurtinaitis, Chomičius, Krapikas, Jovaiša, Garastas and other legendary basketball faces recall the tough training sessions, the support of their compatriots and the not always legal adventures behind the Iron Wall.
This is a documentary thriller about resistance to the totalitarian system on the basketball court. It is a sports documentary based on the history of Zalgiris Kaunas basketball team's struggles in the 1980s: the golden age when the team managed to defeat the unbeatable CSKA Moscow team several times in a row to become champions of the Soviet Union. A ticket to a Zalgiris game became a kind of currency and a factor that fostered the nation's spirit of resistance, and later opened up the possibility to start making the history of independent Lithuania.