Photos: Former Indiana Pacers player Scot Pollard in new ESPN documentary 'Heart of Pearl'
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Scot Pollard is shown talking to doctors at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as he awaits a heart transplant in the new ESPN film "Heart of Pearl."
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A 16-year-old Scot Pollard is show at his father, Pearl's, funeral in the new ESPN film "Heart of Pearl."
With his dad gone, Scot Pollard stands with his mother and sister at his high school basketball team's parent appreciation night in the new ESPN film "Heart of Pearl."
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Scot Pollard is shown cutting down a piece of the net during his time as a basketball player at Kansas in the new ESPN film "Heart of Pearl."
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Scot Pollard's wife, Dawn, shaves his head at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as he awaits a heart transplant in the new ESPN film "Heart of Pearl."
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Scot Pollard (right) is shown with his son, Ozzy, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as he awaits a heart transplant in the new ESPN film "Heart of Pearl."
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Scot Pollard walks the halls of Vanderbilt University Medical Center after a heart transplant in the new ESPN film "Heart of Pearl."
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Scot Pollard rings the bell at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as he leaves the hospital after receiving a heart transplant in the new ESPN film "Heart of Pearl."
Scot Pollard is shown with his wife, Dawn, at Vanderbilt University Medical Center as he awaits a heart transplant in the new ESPN film "Heart of Pearl."
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Scot Pollard lost his dad, Pearl, to heart issues when he was a high school basketball player.
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