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Denise finds herself overwhelmed by all that she must do before her little girl’s arrival. LiAngelo travels down to Florida to focus on the Pro Combine but reveals relationship issues with Izzy back home. In Los Angeles, Lonzo and Denise feel the love from their friends and family at their baby shower, making Denise more comfortable with the road ahead knowing they have such a good support system.

JBA players arrive at the Big Baller Estate to train for the season and to help prepare Gelo for the Pro Combine just two weeks away. Lavar guides the young men when pressure to perform overwhelms and teaches them perspective, patience and the right way to play the game. The JBA players then join the Ball family as they celebrate Mother’s Day with Tina, Maria and Denise.

With the team on yet another losing streak, Lavar has lost all confidence in the coach and sets his sights on a new plan. Back in the United States, Denise joins Lonzo in New Orleans on his road trip with the Lakers. As they anticipate the birth of their baby girl, a confident Zo is sure that he doesn’t need to take a ‘baby class’ causing his friends and Denise to step in and encourage him.

The Ball family travel to London for a pop-up shop and to explore the opportunity to play an exhibition game with a local team. While sight-seeing, Lavar and Tina reminisce over the days when they were a young couple and Lavar proposed to her in London. After heading back to LA, Lavar gets a surprise from Lonzo at his album release party.

In this episode of Ball In The Family, Lonzo and Denise happily reveal that she is five months pregnant and they are eager to make a formal announcement to the world. Lavar voices his concern thinking that the couple is too young to be parents while the rest of the family share their support and excitement over the new ‘Baby Baller’ on the way!

When Lavar is invited to the M.A.M.A. Awards as a presenter, Tina is a bit insecure about walking the red carpet because she hasn’t attended a public event since her stroke. However, Tina is determined to trudge forward and attend the ceremony with her family on this episode of Ball In The Family.

Despite a rocky start with the Lithuanian professional basketball team, Vytautas, Lavar commits his youngest son Melo to two years with the organization because the coach has assured Lavar he will prepare him for the NBA. The family cuts ties with ESPN reporter, Jeff Goodman, because they feel he falsely represented Lavar in an interview.

In NYC, Lavar says goodbye to his sons to return to Los Angeles on pressing BBB business while D-Mo takes Melo and Gelo to Cleveland to see Lonzo play against his childhood idol, LeBron James. Back in LA, Lavar makes an announcement that sends shockwaves through the sports world, the formation of the Junior Basketball League.

The Ball fam heads to NYC for their BBB pop-up shop, but it’s Tina who steals the show. Meanwhile, the boys make some big plans for Tina’s 50th birthday. Melo and Gelo give her the best present yet… her watching them sign pro-contracts with a team in Lithuania.

Gelo discovers that the ankle injury he sustained is season-ending and is concerned about his ability to recover quickly enough for the NBA Combine. Afraid of her impending birth, Denise and Zo attend a birthing class to educate themselves on the process. LaVar recounts the day of Tina’s stroke and expresses his unqualified belief in her full recovery to a reporter doing an article on Tina’s journey.

Tina and the whole Ball family invade Lithuania craving a taste of the life the boys and Lavar have been living the past four months. Melo, Gelo, and Zo undergo physical therapy to help their recovery from their respective injuries. The Balls attend one last Vytautas basketball game before bidding farewell to their Lithuanian friends and fans.

Lonzo leaves home and gets ready for his next chapter as a Laker. Denise has worries about how their relationship will fare with Lonzo on the road. And LaVar takes Tina’s physical therapy to the next level.

In the Season 3 premiere of Ball In The Family, Gelo and Izzy reunite as he deals with a tough performance in Lithuania and even tougher press. Melo has trouble on and off the court with his team but finds an opportunity to rise when they need him most. Meanwhile, Lavar announces the launch of the JBA tryouts.

Melo reveals that he wants to play for the JBA, however, LaVar is unsure it is the right path for him. Gelo & Izzy try to lift his spirits by taking him out, but the plan backfires and the brothers get into an argument. Meanwhile, LaVar feels fortunate that the JBA can provide talented kids a second chance after coming face to face with the stories of their hardships.

The family returns to the Ball Estate but it isn’t long before they're back to work. Lonzo Ball bulks up to last an entire season with the Lakers as LiAngelo Ball gets ready for the Combine and LaMelo Ball prepares to be the face of the JBA. Finally, the Balls holds a barbecue for extended family and friends to commemorate their return home.

As Lavar continues to go all in on the BBB Empire by investing in a warehouse space as company headquarters, he grows frustrated with his youngest son, Melo, who is uninterested in contributing to the design of his own ‘signature shoe’. Finally, Lavar publically reprimands Melo at a Ferrari dealership for misrepresenting the family brand. Lavar begins Tina’s rigorous physical therapy.

Lavar breaks the news to Melo that he has committed him to play in Lithuania for the next two seasons. Unhappy with the move, Melo cops a bit of an attitude. When Lavar finds out they will be drop a Division if the team does not win seven of the next twelve games he pledges to turn up the heat.

Lonzo takes a quick boys trip to Miami while the NBA is on break and expresses his excitement over being a father. Lavar imparts some fatherly advice on Lonzo and Denise on a trip back home with Tina. Back in Lithuania, with their parents in LA, Melo and Gelo get into some mischief while on break from Team Vytautas.

Lavar returns to Lithuania with a positive attitude and determination to turn the losing culture of the team into a winning one. Meanwhile, Lonzo and Denise reveal the name of their baby girl to Tina and the family during their first sonogram.