Love and Basketball opening scene analysis

At the beginning of this movie Monica(Kyla Pratt)and her family moves to a neighborhood in LA in the year of 1981 and just so happen move next door to a boy named Quincy. They are both 11 years old at the time and they both want to play for the NBA. Monica ends up playing basketball at the basketball court with Quincy and some of his friends and they tell her she cant play cause she's a girl. During the game Quincy gets mad because a girl beat him so he pushes her to the ground and makes her scar her face. The next day Quincy's mom comes over to give Monica's mom a "welcome to the neighborhood" cake. Monica and Quincy end up going to the kitchen and they start talking about basketball.The day after that he comes to pick her up for school on his bike. When Quincy tells her to get on the bike she says she dsont have to so they end up fighting.