1 00:00:07,465 --> 00:00:09,968 Kareem with 32 points. 2 00:00:10,051 --> 00:00:13,596 James Worthy with 20 points, a terrific game. 3 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,348 And Magic Johnson, 18. 4 00:00:15,432 --> 00:00:17,308 I think that the Lakers, 5 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:19,310 they've got a very, very fine basketball team. 6 00:00:19,394 --> 00:00:21,271 They've got a lot of answers that the Celtics 7 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:23,690 have never seen before and 8 00:00:23,773 --> 00:00:26,359 I think the Celtics have a lot of answers for them, too. 9 00:00:26,443 --> 00:00:28,153 The Los Angeles Lakers 10 00:00:28,236 --> 00:00:30,321 have won in Boston to take a one-to-nothing lead 11 00:00:30,405 --> 00:00:33,616 in the best of seven for the NBA World Championship. 12 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,577 -You bet your ass! -Get the fuck outta here, Buss! 13 00:00:35,660 --> 00:00:36,786 -Yeah! -Fuck you, Buss! 14 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:37,954 Get the fuck outta here! 15 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:41,041 -One down, three to go! -Fuck you! 16 00:00:43,126 --> 00:00:44,586 -Go fuck yourself! -Fuckin' Irish bitch! 17 00:00:47,422 --> 00:00:49,507 Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down? 18 00:00:51,134 --> 00:00:53,428 Go crazy 19 00:00:53,511 --> 00:00:55,472 You better fuckin' run! Go! 20 00:00:55,555 --> 00:00:58,391 God damn! These crackers done lost their motherfuckin' minds! 21 00:00:58,475 --> 00:01:01,061 If you don't like... 22 00:01:01,144 --> 00:01:03,313 Damn, this crowd's gonna kill us! 23 00:01:03,396 --> 00:01:04,688 Let's get the fuck out of here! 24 00:01:05,940 --> 00:01:07,609 We're soon gonna find out! 25 00:01:07,692 --> 00:01:09,194 -Someone hit me with a beer! -Straight to the bus! 26 00:01:09,277 --> 00:01:10,278 Down the hall. Keep movin', keep movin'! 27 00:01:10,362 --> 00:01:11,446 To the bus! 28 00:01:12,113 --> 00:01:13,114 Come on, Cap. 29 00:01:13,865 --> 00:01:14,866 Woo! 30 00:01:16,117 --> 00:01:18,119 They mad, y'all! 31 00:01:18,203 --> 00:01:22,082 Are we gonna let elevator bring us down? 32 00:01:22,164 --> 00:01:24,000 Oh no, let's go! Let's go crazy 33 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:25,543 There it is! There it is, come on, get up, get up! 34 00:01:25,627 --> 00:01:27,087 Let's get nuts 35 00:01:27,795 --> 00:01:29,673 Let's look for the purple banana 36 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:32,926 Until they put us in the truck, let's go! 37 00:01:37,389 --> 00:01:39,890 We got one, y'all! We got one! 38 00:01:39,973 --> 00:01:42,519 We got this year in the bag! Let's go! 39 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:45,563 Hey, we got this one in the bag! 40 00:01:45,646 --> 00:01:47,691 Let's go! Let's go! 41 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,030 Fuck, yeah! 42 00:01:54,823 --> 00:01:56,991 Don't go gettin' cocky now. 43 00:01:57,075 --> 00:01:58,660 Alright? We got three to go. 44 00:01:58,743 --> 00:02:00,870 We got one! 45 00:02:02,622 --> 00:02:04,374 You guys just came in here, 46 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:07,043 and you stole one on their floor. 47 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:08,627 That's right! 48 00:02:08,711 --> 00:02:10,964 But it ain't stealing when you take what's yours. 49 00:02:11,047 --> 00:02:12,757 That's right! 50 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:16,511 Now, they've won their rings. We've won ours. 51 00:02:17,637 --> 00:02:19,431 And none of it meant shit! 52 00:02:20,890 --> 00:02:22,142 Because it wasn't against them. 53 00:02:24,894 --> 00:02:26,396 We don't want another ring. 54 00:02:28,106 --> 00:02:30,483 -We want theirs. -Yeah! 55 00:02:30,567 --> 00:02:31,985 Okay, Coach! 56 00:02:32,067 --> 00:02:35,989 We want their fucking hearts. 57 00:02:36,072 --> 00:02:37,699 -Yeah! - Okay, Coach! 58 00:02:37,781 --> 00:02:41,536 You hear me? We want their fucking... 59 00:02:41,619 --> 00:02:42,829 hearts! 60 00:02:55,466 --> 00:02:56,926 Let's go crazy 61 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,303 They’re coming up front. 62 00:02:58,386 --> 00:02:59,429 Oh shit! 63 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:05,393 Get us the fuck outta here! 64 00:03:05,477 --> 00:03:08,980 Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down? 65 00:03:10,398 --> 00:03:11,941 Pills and thrills and daffodils 66 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:15,153 Hang tough, children 67 00:03:16,988 --> 00:03:18,448 He's coming 68 00:03:18,948 --> 00:03:20,367 He's coming 69 00:03:34,339 --> 00:03:35,340 There it is 70 00:03:38,009 --> 00:03:39,761 Yeah, ah, uh 71 00:03:39,844 --> 00:03:40,845 Yeah 72 00:03:40,929 --> 00:03:41,805 Okay 73 00:03:42,847 --> 00:03:44,140 Check it out 74 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:46,309 Death to the pigs is my basic statement 75 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:48,687 I spit street stories 'til I taste the pavement 76 00:03:48,770 --> 00:03:51,064 Tryin' to stay out the pen where we face enslavement 77 00:03:51,147 --> 00:03:53,191 Had a foolproof hustle 'til they traced the payments 78 00:03:53,274 --> 00:03:55,276 I was grippin' my palm around some shitty rum 79 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,696 Tryin' to find psalm number 151 80 00:03:57,779 --> 00:03:59,864 To forget what I'm owed, as I clutch the commode 81 00:03:59,948 --> 00:04:02,409 I read "Put down the bottle and come get the gun" 82 00:04:02,492 --> 00:04:04,828 Let's get off the chain like Kunta Kinte with a MAC-10 83 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:07,163 They want us gone like a dollar in a crack den 84 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:09,290 Steadily subtractin' seeds and stems 85 00:04:09,374 --> 00:04:10,875 Mind cloudy through the wheeze and phlegm 86 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:13,169 Numbin' my brain off of that and the Jesus hymns 87 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,630 If we waiting for the time to fight, these is thems 88 00:04:15,714 --> 00:04:17,632 Tellin' us to relax while they ease it in 89 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:18,841 We gettin greased again 90 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:19,926 The truth I write is so cold 91 00:04:20,010 --> 00:04:21,428 It'd freeze my pen 92 00:04:21,511 --> 00:04:23,013 I'm Boots Riley it's a pleasure to meet you 93 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:25,265 Never let they punk ass ever defeat you 94 00:04:25,348 --> 00:04:27,517 They got us on the corner wearin' pleather and see-thru 95 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,811 All y'all's gold mines, they wanna deplete you 96 00:04:29,894 --> 00:04:32,480 I ain't just finna rap on the track, I finna clap on 'em back 97 00:04:32,564 --> 00:04:34,024 And it's been stackin' to that 98 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:36,401 500 years before Iceberg ever leaned back in the 'lac 99 00:04:36,484 --> 00:04:38,278 Before they told Rosa "Black in the back" 100 00:04:38,361 --> 00:04:41,072 Before the CIA told Ricky Ross to put crack in a sack 101 00:04:41,156 --> 00:04:43,074 And Gil Scott traded rappin' for smack 102 00:04:43,158 --> 00:04:44,868 This beat alone should get platinum plaques 103 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:47,037 I'd rather see a million of us ecstatic to scrap 104 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,164 'Cause if we bappin' 'em back we automatically stacked 105 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:07,974 Come take my hand 106 00:05:08,767 --> 00:05:10,935 You should know me 107 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:15,982 I've always been in your mind 108 00:05:17,525 --> 00:05:19,903 You know I will be kind 109 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:23,865 I'll be guiding you 110 00:05:23,948 --> 00:05:25,200 Ooh... 111 00:05:25,784 --> 00:05:29,120 You have to believe we are magic 112 00:05:30,413 --> 00:05:32,582 Nothing can stand in our way-- 113 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:35,627 Ain't mine! Can't be! I was careful. 114 00:05:35,710 --> 00:05:37,295 Not careful enough. 115 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:38,880 I voiced your objection to the young woman. 116 00:05:38,963 --> 00:05:40,632 She's insisting you're the father. 117 00:05:42,258 --> 00:05:44,761 She's made it clear she plans to keep the child. 118 00:05:47,263 --> 00:05:49,182 In my professional opinion, 119 00:05:49,808 --> 00:05:52,977 we'd do better to arrange a settlement sooner than later. 120 00:05:56,731 --> 00:05:59,150 I can't be dealing with none of this right now. 121 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:03,363 Got camp. Season startin'. This is my time! 122 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:07,867 Son, this child is due to be born in the heart of the season. 123 00:06:07,951 --> 00:06:09,285 Right when our corporate friends 124 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:12,539 from 7 Up and Buick are looking to their pitch-man 125 00:06:12,622 --> 00:06:14,749 for all those wholesome Christmas ads. 126 00:06:14,833 --> 00:06:18,128 They can't know about none of this. Nobody can. 127 00:06:19,337 --> 00:06:21,297 My people back in Lansing-- 128 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:22,966 That's why we nip this in the bud. 129 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:25,885 We suspect Miss Mitchell will be needing financial assistance 130 00:06:25,969 --> 00:06:29,347 and we have that to offer in exchange for silence. 131 00:06:29,431 --> 00:06:31,057 So, she ain't gonna be saying it's mine? 132 00:06:31,141 --> 00:06:33,435 The deal would be conditional. 133 00:06:33,518 --> 00:06:35,395 No admission of involvement, 134 00:06:35,478 --> 00:06:36,980 the child will not carry the Johnson name, 135 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,232 and if she speaks of you in the public, 136 00:06:39,315 --> 00:06:40,817 we slap her with a lawsuit 137 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:42,402 that a single mother such as her can ill afford. 138 00:06:43,111 --> 00:06:44,320 For you... 139 00:06:46,448 --> 00:06:48,241 be like the child never existed. 140 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,202 Well, that's cold. 141 00:06:52,495 --> 00:06:54,831 You sayin' there ain't no other way? 142 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:56,707 Review the terms. 143 00:06:56,791 --> 00:06:59,044 We'll need your decision by the end of training camp. 144 00:07:03,631 --> 00:07:04,632 Son... 145 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:06,926 Our job is to protect you. 146 00:07:07,886 --> 00:07:09,429 And we gonna do that. 147 00:07:09,512 --> 00:07:11,723 We need you to focus on what you do best. 148 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:12,974 The game. 149 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:15,602 This is your moment. 150 00:07:15,685 --> 00:07:17,896 Yeah. Yeah, you right. 151 00:07:20,231 --> 00:07:21,358 You right. 152 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:22,942 Volare... 153 00:07:23,026 --> 00:07:26,446 In sports news, the NBA draft was held today in New York City 154 00:07:26,529 --> 00:07:30,283 with every owner of every franchise descending on Manhattan. 155 00:07:30,367 --> 00:07:33,411 And it was the Boston Celtics who were particularly active 156 00:07:33,495 --> 00:07:35,955 with a huge trade at the top of the draft. 157 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:37,999 What do you want, Jerry? 158 00:07:38,082 --> 00:07:40,627 We have a pick until the second round. 159 00:07:40,710 --> 00:07:42,253 Oh, fuck it. We're champs. Let's just stand pat, 160 00:07:42,337 --> 00:07:44,589 take the limo for another fuckin' spin, huh? 161 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,592 Sorry we're late! We just came from a little sit-down 162 00:07:47,676 --> 00:07:49,844 with the cable television boys in Connecticut. 163 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:53,139 It's a racket. What kind of morons wanna pay for television? 164 00:07:53,223 --> 00:07:55,392 Could be 10, 20 million eyeballs by the 1990s. 165 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:58,269 We want those eyes on us, David. 166 00:07:58,353 --> 00:08:00,230 Basketball is the sport of the decade, 167 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:03,858 but we're not makin' it by burying a game a week on CBS. 168 00:08:03,942 --> 00:08:05,694 Hey! There he is! 169 00:08:05,777 --> 00:08:07,904 The man who tied for second runner-up. 170 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:10,031 How was your draft, Red? 171 00:08:10,115 --> 00:08:11,491 -Oh, what, you didn't hear? -No. 172 00:08:11,574 --> 00:08:12,742 I made out like Dillinger. 173 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:16,246 Picked me up a sleeper out of the University of Minnesota. 174 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:17,872 Got Golden State to throw in a starting center 175 00:08:17,956 --> 00:08:19,290 as part of the trade, 176 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:22,085 and now, I got the best front court in the whole league. 177 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:24,337 Good luck matching up with that. 178 00:08:24,421 --> 00:08:26,131 I'm happy for you, Red. You needed a break. 179 00:08:26,214 --> 00:08:28,258 And who knows? These moves work out, 180 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:30,969 maybe we'll get a chance to beat you in the finals. 181 00:08:31,052 --> 00:08:33,596 They do dream big in California. 182 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,182 Yeah, but I still got the team that beat your ass. 183 00:08:36,265 --> 00:08:38,809 You got no idea what team you got. 184 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:40,437 Ask West how it goes. 185 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,188 After you finally get over that hump, 186 00:08:42,938 --> 00:08:44,691 what happens next? 187 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:47,777 -You get a little distracted. -Oh. 188 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:50,155 Because of the bright lights and the bullshit. 189 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:52,615 Jealousy is very unbecoming, Arnold. 190 00:08:53,450 --> 00:08:55,785 Is this what happens when you lose? 191 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:58,496 'Cause I'm unfamiliar with the feeling. 192 00:08:58,580 --> 00:09:01,583 I'm just one and done! All I know is winning. 193 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:06,379 -You know, my people got a word. -Yeah? 194 00:09:06,463 --> 00:09:09,090 Dayenu. Means, "It would be enough." 195 00:09:09,174 --> 00:09:13,011 If all God did was bless us with the Promised Land, dayenu. 196 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:15,764 If he just sent the plagues against our enemies, dayenu. 197 00:09:15,847 --> 00:09:18,641 It goes on this way, but the point is sometimes we get lucky. 198 00:09:19,434 --> 00:09:20,435 And we get greedy. 199 00:09:21,728 --> 00:09:23,521 Some advice from an old Jew? 200 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:25,440 Let it be enough. 201 00:09:25,523 --> 00:09:27,484 'Cause if you come after it again, 202 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:33,114 this wily Yid'll jam his Florsheim up your cowboy ass. 203 00:09:37,786 --> 00:09:40,038 Alright, then. 204 00:09:40,121 --> 00:09:42,332 Go sit on a fuckin' turnip. 205 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:46,586 What is he talking about, by the way? 206 00:09:47,796 --> 00:09:48,797 The draft? 207 00:09:49,506 --> 00:09:51,466 Did he just eat our fucking lunch again? 208 00:09:51,549 --> 00:09:53,385 -No. No, we're fine. -It's all good. 209 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,356 See them walking hand in hand 210 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:08,775 Across the bridge at midnight 211 00:10:08,858 --> 00:10:10,610 What a difference a year makes, huh? 212 00:10:10,694 --> 00:10:11,861 Nice hairdo. 213 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:14,114 Oh yeah, thank you. Cassie got me this new stuff 214 00:10:14,197 --> 00:10:15,323 called mousse. 215 00:10:15,407 --> 00:10:16,533 You ought to try it. 216 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:19,160 We're champs. Gotta look the part now, right? 217 00:10:21,037 --> 00:10:22,664 I'm just hoping we get to keep it. 218 00:10:24,290 --> 00:10:25,917 You know why nobody repeats. 219 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:29,004 'Cause the guys that you beat along the way, 220 00:10:29,087 --> 00:10:30,505 they spent all that time at home, 221 00:10:30,588 --> 00:10:32,424 figuring out new ways to break you down. 222 00:10:33,717 --> 00:10:35,176 Therefore, you gotta innovate. 223 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:36,720 I've been working on new rotations, schemes. 224 00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:40,056 Pat, have you read "Othello"? 225 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:42,767 Greatest general in Venice. Maybe all of Europe. 226 00:10:42,851 --> 00:10:44,227 Did he have any tips on the low post trap? 227 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,937 Even if he did, it wouldn't matter, 228 00:10:46,021 --> 00:10:48,481 because his downfall was not battle plans. 229 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:52,193 It was personalities. 230 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:54,446 We the ones that made it happen. 231 00:10:54,529 --> 00:10:56,322 Not Coach, not Cap. 232 00:10:56,406 --> 00:10:59,659 We carried the load, brought home the gold. 233 00:10:59,743 --> 00:11:02,203 But one ring ain't gonna keep us in that room. 234 00:11:02,287 --> 00:11:05,165 -Nigga, what are you talkin' about? -I'm talkin' about the-- 235 00:11:06,791 --> 00:11:08,585 I'm talkin' about that. 236 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:10,503 I'm talkin' about the future! 237 00:11:10,587 --> 00:11:13,340 That game six? We showed what we can do. 238 00:11:13,423 --> 00:11:15,550 Coop, flyin' the floor, slammin' it home. 239 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:18,845 -Yes, sir! -Norm, poppin' it from mid-range. 240 00:11:18,928 --> 00:11:22,057 -Percolatin' like a motherfucker! -Yeah. 241 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:25,477 -With Chones cleaning up them boys. -You know how we do. 242 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:28,855 Kareem was our general. Carried us all year. 243 00:11:28,938 --> 00:11:31,316 Then, our Iago stole his glory. 244 00:11:31,399 --> 00:11:33,610 Now, you're dealing with the stuff of tragedy. 245 00:11:34,235 --> 00:11:36,780 Entitlement. Resentment. Hubris. 246 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:39,741 The key to everything is going to be us. 247 00:11:39,824 --> 00:11:42,118 We're not in the shadows any longer. 248 00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:44,788 We pushed those men, led them to victory. 249 00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:47,040 And we're still looked at as understudies. 250 00:11:47,123 --> 00:11:49,209 Paul, you can't let this crap get to you. 251 00:11:49,292 --> 00:11:50,585 No, no, that's where you're wrong, Pat. 252 00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:52,087 We gotta bring it in. 253 00:11:53,129 --> 00:11:55,507 -We gotta feed on it. -Okay. 254 00:11:56,508 --> 00:11:58,134 It's you and me, Pat. 255 00:11:59,094 --> 00:12:02,514 I know Cap. He comin' back, but let's be real. 256 00:12:02,597 --> 00:12:04,808 He barely could keep up with us runnin' last year. 257 00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:06,768 That's how he got hurt in the first place. 258 00:12:06,851 --> 00:12:08,520 It's good for him, too! 259 00:12:08,603 --> 00:12:12,357 We get a lead, then throw him in there, let him do his thing. 260 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:14,067 Right? 261 00:12:14,150 --> 00:12:15,318 I'm thinking we should talk to him together. 262 00:12:15,402 --> 00:12:16,569 Oh, hell no. 263 00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:19,072 Man, you the one the white people got on TV selling shit. 264 00:12:19,155 --> 00:12:20,782 So, go sell him on this. 265 00:12:20,865 --> 00:12:22,992 -Ain't nobody scared of Cap. -I am. 266 00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:25,328 I dress in the shower sometimes. 267 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:27,288 For real! 268 00:12:27,372 --> 00:12:29,624 -Afternoon, gentlemen. -Oh. I'm calling my mom. 269 00:12:29,708 --> 00:12:31,710 -See ya, Cap. -I'ma call her, too. 270 00:12:34,796 --> 00:12:37,298 -Buck. -Sup, Cap? 271 00:12:37,382 --> 00:12:39,342 -Thank you, Lon. Appreciate that. -Yeah. 272 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:42,095 Hey, Cap, can I talk to you for a second? 273 00:12:43,346 --> 00:12:47,267 So, me and the fellas, we was talking, and they had this idea, 274 00:12:47,350 --> 00:12:48,685 and I wasn't too sure about it at first, 275 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,770 but I think I'm seein' what it could be. 276 00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:54,607 -Do tell. -So... 277 00:12:54,691 --> 00:12:56,276 -Kareem! -Well, the thing is-- 278 00:12:56,359 --> 00:12:58,445 I asked you to hurry up and give me the key! 279 00:12:58,528 --> 00:12:59,988 Please! I have to pee. 280 00:13:00,071 --> 00:13:02,532 Oh. Sorry, Earvin. Emergency. 281 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:04,743 -So good to see you. - You, too. 282 00:13:04,826 --> 00:13:07,746 -Shit. I ain't know y'all was-- -Blessed. 283 00:13:07,829 --> 00:13:09,831 Yeah. Sho' is. 284 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:18,882 You wanna know how the great Red Auerbach built his dynasty? 285 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:22,135 He was the first guy to field an all-Black team. 286 00:13:22,218 --> 00:13:23,678 In Boston. 287 00:13:23,762 --> 00:13:27,182 Ha, yeah. The old fart was a civil rights hero 288 00:13:27,265 --> 00:13:30,852 because he didn't give a good goddamn what anybody thought. 289 00:13:30,935 --> 00:13:32,479 He wanted to win. 290 00:13:32,562 --> 00:13:37,442 And, my friends, the future of sports is not an athletic contest. 291 00:13:37,525 --> 00:13:40,278 It's a business one. 292 00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:41,738 And that 293 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:44,616 is where I got the bastard beat. 294 00:13:44,699 --> 00:13:46,284 Alright! We all here? 295 00:13:46,368 --> 00:13:47,327 -Yes, sir. -Hey, Pop. 296 00:13:47,410 --> 00:13:48,703 Who's got the payroll numbers? 297 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:51,164 -Oh, I do. -Okay, John. 298 00:13:52,415 --> 00:13:55,460 Tell the room what we pay... 299 00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:56,711 Cooper. 300 00:13:56,795 --> 00:13:58,922 -Cooper. Let's see... -I know that one. 301 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:00,382 Yeah, we got him locked up cheap. 302 00:14:00,465 --> 00:14:01,549 35 grand a year. 303 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:03,968 Alright, so add a zero to that number. 304 00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:06,388 Well, we don't have to do that 305 00:14:06,471 --> 00:14:08,223 'cause he's not up for renegotiation till next summer. 306 00:14:08,306 --> 00:14:10,308 When the new free agent rules kick in. 307 00:14:10,392 --> 00:14:12,686 The days of payin' chump change are over. 308 00:14:12,769 --> 00:14:14,938 We are getting out in front of this, alright? 309 00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:18,024 We are gonna sew up our starters, long-term. 310 00:14:18,108 --> 00:14:21,486 We're gonna pay them more than any of these other cheapskate owners. 311 00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:23,905 And that means our boys are gonna bleed for us. 312 00:14:23,988 --> 00:14:25,073 Can we afford that? 313 00:14:25,156 --> 00:14:26,074 - No. -No. 314 00:14:26,157 --> 00:14:27,283 Well, that's the beauty of it. 315 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:29,828 Ronald Reagan is about to be president. 316 00:14:29,911 --> 00:14:31,579 Big business in the White House. 317 00:14:31,663 --> 00:14:32,872 Debt is good. 318 00:14:32,956 --> 00:14:34,874 Credit is the new cash, 319 00:14:34,958 --> 00:14:36,918 and growth will be the only way to stay alive. 320 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:40,171 You reinvented basketball as entertainment, 321 00:14:40,255 --> 00:14:41,589 but why stop there? 322 00:14:41,673 --> 00:14:43,758 Why not fill the Forum with new sports? 323 00:14:43,842 --> 00:14:47,470 Team tennis, indoor soccer, gymnastics. 324 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:49,264 It's all in the folder. 325 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:52,183 Alright, Claire! Take a look-see at this. 326 00:14:52,267 --> 00:14:54,894 Frank, I need you to find our money men. We need investors. 327 00:15:06,573 --> 00:15:07,490 Jeanie. 328 00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:11,578 I am proud of you. 329 00:15:12,037 --> 00:15:15,290 Jimmy and Johnny do not have what you have. 330 00:15:16,041 --> 00:15:17,917 I know that. 331 00:15:18,001 --> 00:15:19,711 But I can't give up on 'em. 332 00:15:20,628 --> 00:15:22,630 -And I don't want you to either. -Of course not. 333 00:15:24,674 --> 00:15:26,384 We're a family. 334 00:15:27,218 --> 00:15:29,471 Yeah. Well... 335 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,558 Let's face it, we're not the family we could be. 336 00:15:36,061 --> 00:15:38,271 I did what I know, you know? 337 00:15:38,355 --> 00:15:40,732 My dad disappeared. 338 00:15:40,815 --> 00:15:42,317 And Grandma... 339 00:15:43,026 --> 00:15:44,986 Well, God bless her. 340 00:15:45,987 --> 00:15:49,949 She was full of love, but she showed it in some strange ways. 341 00:15:53,036 --> 00:15:57,499 And, you know, she never made us a home 342 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:01,252 that we could settle down in. 343 00:16:02,754 --> 00:16:04,839 I wanted that my whole life. 344 00:16:05,715 --> 00:16:07,676 Anyway 345 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:11,721 I can't make up for the past. 346 00:16:15,058 --> 00:16:16,851 But this is somethin' new. 347 00:16:17,936 --> 00:16:20,480 Jeanie, I want you to live here with me. 348 00:16:21,523 --> 00:16:22,774 Really? 349 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:27,445 And I mean you and your brothers both. 350 00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:32,784 Jeanie, we're building an empire. 351 00:16:32,867 --> 00:16:35,036 But it's not gonna mean a goddamn thing 352 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,038 if we don't have each other. 353 00:16:37,747 --> 00:16:39,249 All of us. 354 00:16:51,803 --> 00:16:54,764 -Think it's him again? -Can't say he gives up that easy. 355 00:16:56,474 --> 00:16:58,476 Does that mean you starting to give in? 356 00:17:00,311 --> 00:17:01,438 Hell no. 357 00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:06,108 Come on, Cook. 358 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:09,404 We both know you missin' me. 359 00:17:09,487 --> 00:17:11,698 -Don't flatter yourself. -What's that? 360 00:17:12,281 --> 00:17:14,284 Nothing! Nothing, baby. Nothing. 361 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:17,287 Oh, "baby" now, huh? 362 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:21,124 Yeah. Better a nickname than going out and makin' one. 363 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:25,045 Oh, Cook, you know I ain't mean to do that. 364 00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:26,463 I just like pussy a little too much. 365 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:30,633 Some folk get high. Some drunk. Me? 366 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:32,552 I like to fuck. 367 00:17:32,635 --> 00:17:34,346 Well, good luck with that. 368 00:17:34,429 --> 00:17:35,972 Good luck with what, honey? 369 00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:40,643 Honey? He sound like a bitch. 370 00:17:40,727 --> 00:17:43,063 Mr. Softee ain't comin' in between us. 371 00:17:43,146 --> 00:17:44,564 We got somethin' special. 372 00:17:44,647 --> 00:17:46,566 You think you can run around and do whatever you want, 373 00:17:46,649 --> 00:17:47,859 and I'll just come runnin' back? 374 00:17:48,777 --> 00:17:52,489 Well, from now on, I need somethin' I can count on. 375 00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:56,743 You can count on some boring-ass nights, and you know it. 376 00:17:58,536 --> 00:18:01,414 Hey, babe. You ready for Bible study? 377 00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:03,917 Come on, come on, come on, come on! Look, this is easy! 378 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,544 Let's go, Norman. This is his Make-A-Wish. 379 00:18:06,628 --> 00:18:08,546 This is his Make-A-Wish, Norman! 380 00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:11,299 Stay on him! 381 00:18:11,383 --> 00:18:13,176 Ball, ball, ball! 382 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:15,512 Here we go! Alright, let's go! 383 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:16,471 Hold for Cap. 384 00:18:16,554 --> 00:18:18,181 Let's go! Let's go! Hustle! 385 00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:20,100 -I got Magic! -Ball! Ball! 386 00:18:20,183 --> 00:18:21,601 Earvin, slow down! Wait for your captain. 387 00:18:22,352 --> 00:18:24,854 I'm here! EJ! EJ! Right here, I'm open. 388 00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:26,564 -Come on! -Slow down! 389 00:18:27,816 --> 00:18:29,317 -Got your back! - Come on! 390 00:18:29,401 --> 00:18:31,861 -Get the molasses out your ass, Cap! -Shut your ass up. 391 00:18:32,696 --> 00:18:34,114 -Take it easy, now. -Pass the ball, man! 392 00:18:34,197 --> 00:18:35,073 No picks. 393 00:18:36,658 --> 00:18:37,909 I look like I was ready? 394 00:18:38,702 --> 00:18:40,662 Sorry, Cap. Just tryin' to find the right speed 395 00:18:40,745 --> 00:18:41,830 like Coach want. 396 00:18:46,209 --> 00:18:48,420 We'll get there! We'll get there. Give it time. 397 00:18:48,503 --> 00:18:50,797 Hey, look. Cap's wiped anyway. 398 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:52,507 Why don't we just call it a day, alright? 399 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:54,926 -Good idea. Let him rest the ankle. -Yeah. 400 00:18:55,010 --> 00:18:56,636 That's it, gentlemen! 401 00:18:56,720 --> 00:18:57,762 Wait a minute, Coach! 402 00:18:57,846 --> 00:19:00,140 We wanna climb that mountain top again, we gotta be in shape! 403 00:19:00,223 --> 00:19:01,516 I'm still feelin' fresh! 404 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:03,935 -How about y'all, fellas? -I'm with you. 405 00:19:04,019 --> 00:19:05,603 -Tired as fuck. -Yeah, let's run it. 406 00:19:05,687 --> 00:19:08,648 Cap can lay down if he want. Bunny got him. 407 00:19:08,732 --> 00:19:10,066 We can do a little game six. 408 00:19:10,191 --> 00:19:11,985 You think this offense runs better without me? 409 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:16,156 Nah! Just trying to protect the cargo. 410 00:19:16,239 --> 00:19:18,116 Hey, hey, hey. Practice is over. 411 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:19,826 It's over. 412 00:19:23,204 --> 00:19:25,457 No, I agree with Buck. Let's run it back. 413 00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:26,916 Cap... 414 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,002 You play game six. I'll run with B. 415 00:19:29,085 --> 00:19:30,879 Let's go, B team. Let's go. 416 00:19:35,342 --> 00:19:37,969 Yeah! Come on now, y'all! No laggin'! Let's go! 417 00:19:38,053 --> 00:19:39,554 -Why'd you have to talk shit? -You already know. 418 00:19:39,637 --> 00:19:40,638 Why you gotta talk shit? 419 00:19:40,722 --> 00:19:43,141 Let's go! Let's go, bunny. 420 00:19:43,933 --> 00:19:44,809 Alright, let's go! 421 00:19:48,646 --> 00:19:49,981 Ah! I got back. 422 00:19:53,401 --> 00:19:55,028 Get him, Cap! 423 00:20:04,788 --> 00:20:06,790 Let's go. Post, post, post! 424 00:20:20,345 --> 00:20:21,554 Finish that shit! 425 00:20:22,138 --> 00:20:23,223 Alright, come on! 426 00:20:23,306 --> 00:20:24,808 If you want it, go, go! Get it, get it, get it. 427 00:20:27,018 --> 00:20:28,478 Woo! 428 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:30,313 Listen up. This is your captain speaking, motherfuckers. 429 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:31,564 You want minutes? It's time to earn 'em. 430 00:20:31,648 --> 00:20:33,692 Hell yeah! Hey! 431 00:20:33,775 --> 00:20:35,610 You wanna make another All-Star team? 432 00:20:35,694 --> 00:20:37,320 Scoring, that's how you do! 433 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:39,406 Lock Buck's punk ass up, grind the rest of those fuckers down, 434 00:20:39,489 --> 00:20:40,824 and every time we go in the offensive end, 435 00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:42,158 -gimme the fucking ball. -Jim! 436 00:20:42,242 --> 00:20:43,868 Let's get your ass up off the pond! 437 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:45,704 This here how we make it happen! Let's go. 438 00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:48,498 Let's go! 439 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:51,292 Where you at, Cap? Where you at? 440 00:20:53,294 --> 00:20:55,755 -Hey! I got it! I got it! I got it! -D up! D up! 441 00:20:58,174 --> 00:20:59,718 All day. You know you can't guard me. 442 00:21:01,052 --> 00:21:03,263 Hot dog! Come on! 443 00:21:03,346 --> 00:21:04,723 Yeah! 444 00:21:04,806 --> 00:21:05,682 That's too easy! 445 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:06,725 Shoot it! 446 00:21:06,808 --> 00:21:07,892 Yeah, Norm! 447 00:21:13,648 --> 00:21:14,649 Yeah! 448 00:21:16,109 --> 00:21:18,445 -Paul. Paul... -It's not gonna get easier. 449 00:21:18,528 --> 00:21:20,822 Tryin' to earn these minutes, huh? 450 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:28,663 Ball! Ball! 451 00:21:28,747 --> 00:21:29,789 Hey, Bunny, I need you down-- 452 00:21:29,873 --> 00:21:31,332 Here! Here! 453 00:21:31,416 --> 00:21:33,001 -Fuck off me! -Lock him up! 454 00:21:33,084 --> 00:21:34,627 He can't handle the pressure! Let's go, B! 455 00:21:44,888 --> 00:21:46,389 Come on, Cap! Get it, get it! 456 00:21:46,473 --> 00:21:48,683 Ah! Ah, fuck! 457 00:21:48,767 --> 00:21:51,436 Hey! Move it out. Okay, alright. 458 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:53,021 Let me see him. Get outta the way. 459 00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:54,522 -Clear out. Clear out. -How bad is it? How bad is it? 460 00:21:54,606 --> 00:21:56,066 Let me see it, Cap, let me see it. 461 00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:57,650 -Let me see how bad it is. -Ah, fuck... 462 00:21:57,734 --> 00:21:59,152 -Fuck! -Shit. 463 00:21:59,235 --> 00:22:01,654 -Fuck me. -Get off me. Get the fuck off me. 464 00:22:02,906 --> 00:22:03,948 We're done for the day. 465 00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:07,369 Cap, you good? Oh, shit. Okay, okay. 466 00:22:18,046 --> 00:22:20,590 You're outta your fuckin' mind, dude. 467 00:22:20,674 --> 00:22:23,802 350,000 fuckin' dollars. Outta your fuckin' mind. 468 00:22:23,885 --> 00:22:26,346 -Jerry, hear him out! -Oh, that's right, Bill. 469 00:22:26,429 --> 00:22:29,516 I'm just gonna hold the camel's tail while you fuck it in the ass. 470 00:22:29,599 --> 00:22:33,436 That is the operating cost of half the fucking teams in this league 471 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,355 and you are just giving it to Cooper! 472 00:22:35,438 --> 00:22:37,899 -And Norm. -And whoever else we wanna keep. 473 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:40,026 Jerry, Jerry. 474 00:22:40,110 --> 00:22:42,404 We're buying loyalty with this, alright? 475 00:22:42,487 --> 00:22:44,197 We're gettin' out ahead of the curve. 476 00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:47,242 And when this free agency shit kicks in next year, 477 00:22:47,325 --> 00:22:49,244 we're gonna look like geniuses, alright? 478 00:22:49,327 --> 00:22:52,122 You got any idea how much I earned playin' for this club? 479 00:22:52,205 --> 00:22:54,374 No? How about you? Kid? No? 480 00:22:55,417 --> 00:22:57,669 $800,000! 481 00:22:57,752 --> 00:22:58,962 And that's not just one year. 482 00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:01,172 That's my whole goddamn fuckin' career! 483 00:23:01,256 --> 00:23:03,174 Okay, look. 484 00:23:03,258 --> 00:23:05,427 Kareem and Magic, I get it. 485 00:23:05,510 --> 00:23:07,345 Pay 'em. They're stars. 486 00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:10,015 But you start throwing this money around willy-fucking-nilly like that, 487 00:23:10,098 --> 00:23:11,850 what does that mean when we really need it? 488 00:23:11,933 --> 00:23:14,060 -What are we gonna do then? -Then we're gonna spend more money. 489 00:23:14,936 --> 00:23:16,062 You're gonna-- 490 00:23:16,146 --> 00:23:18,732 Jerry, I appreciate your concern, alright? 491 00:23:18,815 --> 00:23:20,859 It's not your fucking problem. 492 00:23:20,942 --> 00:23:23,987 That is modern business. Welcome aboard. 493 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:26,781 Okay. Okay. Well then, shit. Fuck. 494 00:23:26,865 --> 00:23:29,325 Suit me the fuck up, huh? Come on! 495 00:23:29,409 --> 00:23:30,493 How about you, Bill? 496 00:23:30,577 --> 00:23:32,662 You gotta be good for a couple of points off the bench! 497 00:23:32,746 --> 00:23:35,040 Little rusty, but hey! How about that? What's that worth, Frank? 498 00:23:35,123 --> 00:23:37,375 That's gotta be worth, what? Two? Three? 499 00:23:37,459 --> 00:23:39,336 -400? 500,000? -A million! 500 00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:41,046 Oh, a fuckin' million, huh? 501 00:23:41,129 --> 00:23:43,340 Hell, let's just fuckin' wipe our asses 502 00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:45,133 with all this fuckin' money we got, huh? 503 00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:47,385 -Don't worry. We'll get it done. -Calm him down. 504 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:50,263 Jerry! Jerry, calm the fuck down! 505 00:23:50,347 --> 00:23:52,349 Jesus Christ! 506 00:23:52,724 --> 00:23:54,142 Scary. 507 00:23:54,225 --> 00:23:55,560 Wow. 508 00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:12,077 So you got them working for you. 509 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,746 Now, you want them living in your mausoleum? 510 00:24:14,829 --> 00:24:17,082 It's their home. They're thrilled. 511 00:24:17,165 --> 00:24:18,500 That's the problem. 512 00:24:18,583 --> 00:24:19,751 They believe you. 513 00:24:19,834 --> 00:24:22,629 Just like they did every Christmas, every birthday, 514 00:24:22,712 --> 00:24:25,423 when the boxes would show up, but not the guy who sent them. 515 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:28,218 They still think the man who left our home to learn 516 00:24:28,301 --> 00:24:31,346 the fox trot and chase tail 517 00:24:31,429 --> 00:24:32,764 won't let them down. 518 00:24:32,847 --> 00:24:36,101 Hey. I love those kids. 519 00:24:38,937 --> 00:24:42,357 -Do you know Johnny's a musician? -Of course, I do! 520 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,234 He's got the rock-and-roll band. 521 00:24:44,317 --> 00:24:46,569 He's a singer in a country band 522 00:24:47,237 --> 00:24:49,948 which he quit to come here and live with you. 523 00:24:50,031 --> 00:24:51,616 Jimmy was in jockey school. 524 00:24:51,700 --> 00:24:54,285 Think he wants that any other reason than his daddy likes the ponies? 525 00:24:54,369 --> 00:24:56,246 That's his dream. It's not mine. 526 00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:59,791 And Jeanie. You know what her favorite sport is? 527 00:24:59,874 --> 00:25:01,835 -Tennis. -Tennis. 528 00:25:01,918 --> 00:25:04,921 Now she's popping Rolaids like a middle-aged accountant 529 00:25:05,588 --> 00:25:07,173 losing sleep for you. 530 00:25:07,257 --> 00:25:09,259 She's got ambition. 531 00:25:10,135 --> 00:25:11,845 Alright? And that's a fucking virtue. 532 00:25:11,928 --> 00:25:14,848 I'm not signing off on any new investors. 533 00:25:19,602 --> 00:25:22,731 Set them free. 534 00:25:24,816 --> 00:25:26,443 Folks, welcome to a new season. 535 00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:29,446 And these Lakers are hot outta the gates. 536 00:25:30,947 --> 00:25:32,532 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the big man, 537 00:25:32,615 --> 00:25:35,035 the captain, rehabbing from a scratched cornea. 538 00:25:35,118 --> 00:25:37,245 And in his absence, these Lakers are playing 539 00:25:37,328 --> 00:25:38,204 faster than ever. 540 00:25:38,288 --> 00:25:39,205 Watch out, NBA. 541 00:25:39,289 --> 00:25:40,498 When this team gets going, 542 00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:42,292 they are a blur. 543 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:44,878 Ah, ah, oh, oh, oh 544 00:25:45,295 --> 00:25:48,089 You've got the best of my love 545 00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:52,802 Just wish everything was as easy as ball. 546 00:25:53,636 --> 00:25:56,014 Feel like the only place I can get away from it all 547 00:25:56,097 --> 00:25:58,224 is out there on the floor. 548 00:25:58,308 --> 00:26:01,019 Is that the only place? 'Cause... 549 00:26:01,102 --> 00:26:03,313 I could take that as an insult. 550 00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,648 Nah. This good. 551 00:26:06,775 --> 00:26:08,401 It's real good. 552 00:26:08,485 --> 00:26:09,778 Appreciate you coming through. 553 00:26:10,362 --> 00:26:13,990 Hope it clears your mind because we need an answer. 554 00:26:15,992 --> 00:26:18,203 You don't understand. 555 00:26:19,954 --> 00:26:23,166 If she sign them papers, that ain't gonna make everything alright. 556 00:26:23,958 --> 00:26:27,212 I'm still gonna have a kid out there with my blood runnin' through it, 557 00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:28,713 that I ain't taking care of. 558 00:26:28,797 --> 00:26:30,465 And I ain't protectin'. 559 00:26:30,548 --> 00:26:32,342 I ain't actin' like no father. 560 00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:33,927 Are you ready to be one? 561 00:26:35,136 --> 00:26:36,638 Just know-- 562 00:26:36,721 --> 00:26:39,432 Just know turning my back ain't right. 563 00:26:39,516 --> 00:26:41,059 Right is relative. 564 00:26:41,142 --> 00:26:42,936 First thing they teach you in the law. 565 00:26:43,019 --> 00:26:44,396 But I didn't need school to teach me that. 566 00:26:44,479 --> 00:26:45,855 I've been learning that my whole life. 567 00:26:48,024 --> 00:26:50,068 Competing in a world of white men, 568 00:26:50,151 --> 00:26:52,696 right and wrong is a matter of opinion: 569 00:26:53,363 --> 00:26:54,489 theirs. 570 00:26:54,572 --> 00:26:57,242 And if you wanna play their game, you learn to live with that. 571 00:26:58,076 --> 00:27:00,286 So I gotta do bad for it to be good. 572 00:27:00,370 --> 00:27:02,080 Unless you wanna be a choir boy, 573 00:27:02,163 --> 00:27:04,749 which, from what I experienced, would be a loss. 574 00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:09,754 If Miss Mitchell signs the papers, that child will live well. 575 00:27:10,422 --> 00:27:13,425 The same life it would've been afforded under your own roof. 576 00:27:18,763 --> 00:27:21,599 The guilt gets easier to live with. 577 00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:23,101 Take my word on that. 578 00:27:24,394 --> 00:27:26,396 Next time, let's do this at my office. 579 00:27:27,272 --> 00:27:28,940 Save me time on the commute. 580 00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:31,026 That could be fun. 581 00:27:40,785 --> 00:27:43,371 Well, you know he's a hard man to get a hold of 582 00:27:43,455 --> 00:27:45,040 but I'll tell him you called. 583 00:27:45,123 --> 00:27:46,750 Thanks. Yeah. Okay. 584 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:48,335 Bye-bye. 585 00:27:49,169 --> 00:27:51,755 So Earvin just called again. And next time, 586 00:27:51,838 --> 00:27:54,382 you really need to be the one to answer because I'm just-- 587 00:27:54,466 --> 00:27:57,677 I'm not getting up again. No. Not until the baby comes. 588 00:27:57,761 --> 00:27:59,554 There's nothin' to say. 589 00:27:59,637 --> 00:28:01,222 Well, what if he's calling to apologize? 590 00:28:01,306 --> 00:28:04,934 He ain't got it in him. And he's a hustler. 591 00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:07,520 And what he wants is the spotlight to himself. 592 00:28:08,146 --> 00:28:10,940 -You never liked the spotlight anyway. -I earned it. 593 00:28:11,024 --> 00:28:13,318 I actually earned the respect and I paid for it with my body. 594 00:28:14,069 --> 00:28:15,403 So why not share the burden? 595 00:28:15,487 --> 00:28:18,823 He doesn't get to just traipse in, play one charmed game 596 00:28:18,907 --> 00:28:21,159 and act like that entitles him to take this team. 597 00:28:21,242 --> 00:28:23,912 I'm coming back tonight, and I'm going to dominate 598 00:28:23,995 --> 00:28:27,457 the way I have since long before he held a basketball. 599 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,542 Because I'm dealing with an overgrown child. 600 00:28:29,626 --> 00:28:31,795 I get it, baby. You're not the only one. 601 00:28:32,962 --> 00:28:33,922 We need to go to the hospital. 602 00:28:34,005 --> 00:28:35,715 -Oh, baby, baby. -Now! 603 00:28:36,299 --> 00:28:39,302 $300,000 that we ain't got. 604 00:28:41,930 --> 00:28:42,806 Look. 605 00:28:43,848 --> 00:28:45,892 I know you got your heart set on those 606 00:28:46,976 --> 00:28:48,520 contract extensions. 607 00:28:48,603 --> 00:28:51,773 You sure that JoAnn's not worth another go? 608 00:28:51,856 --> 00:28:53,358 Fuck JoAnn! 609 00:28:58,279 --> 00:29:00,281 She's not stopping me. Fuck her. 610 00:29:01,866 --> 00:29:03,201 Come on, Frank. 611 00:29:03,284 --> 00:29:05,078 Claire! 612 00:29:06,162 --> 00:29:09,666 Come on! Kids! Conference room, pronto. 613 00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:11,668 Come on, Jean-Bean. 614 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,922 You guys are gonna like this one! 615 00:29:17,215 --> 00:29:19,217 Alright. 616 00:29:20,051 --> 00:29:21,344 Jeanie. 617 00:29:22,262 --> 00:29:24,597 -You love tennis, don't you? -Yeah. 618 00:29:25,140 --> 00:29:27,225 Well, you know this tennis league you got in here? 619 00:29:27,767 --> 00:29:29,519 We're buying you a franchise. 620 00:29:29,602 --> 00:29:31,855 -We are? -Yes, we are. 621 00:29:31,938 --> 00:29:34,983 Jim, we're gettin' into the pony business with you. 622 00:29:35,066 --> 00:29:36,609 You've spent half your time at the track anyway, 623 00:29:36,693 --> 00:29:38,319 we might as well make some money doing it. 624 00:29:38,403 --> 00:29:40,613 So, pick your thoroughbreds, 625 00:29:40,697 --> 00:29:41,948 -find your jockeys. -Alright. 626 00:29:42,032 --> 00:29:45,577 John, you are the new owner-manager of our indoor soccer team. 627 00:29:45,660 --> 00:29:46,828 You can have that country band 628 00:29:46,911 --> 00:29:48,621 -of yours play at halftime. -Are you for real? 629 00:29:48,705 --> 00:29:50,290 Wait, you know about the Johnny Hatton band? 630 00:29:50,874 --> 00:29:51,875 I love 'em! 631 00:29:51,958 --> 00:29:53,418 We were just gonna do a reunion at the Palomino. 632 00:29:53,501 --> 00:29:56,588 -Save it for the Forum! -We should discuss this. 633 00:29:56,671 --> 00:29:59,007 $300,000. That's the buy-in for both leagues, 634 00:29:59,090 --> 00:30:00,842 and the seed money for the racing team. 635 00:30:01,468 --> 00:30:03,470 All you need is a little imagination. 636 00:30:03,553 --> 00:30:05,430 So I take out a second mortgage on the mansion. 637 00:30:05,513 --> 00:30:06,848 That's a million in cash. 638 00:30:06,931 --> 00:30:08,683 I spend most of it buying the teams, 639 00:30:08,767 --> 00:30:10,643 but with new teams come new lines of credit. 640 00:30:10,727 --> 00:30:13,480 That makes that million three million, 641 00:30:13,563 --> 00:30:15,398 which covers the Lakers contracts, 642 00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:16,941 buys us a little wiggle room to boot. 643 00:30:17,025 --> 00:30:19,152 If we swim, then the business has some pocket cash 644 00:30:19,235 --> 00:30:21,654 and if we sink, then it's a healthy write-off. 645 00:30:21,738 --> 00:30:23,782 Father of the fuckin' year. 646 00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:25,617 -Everybody happy? -Yeah. 647 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,827 I'm seeing three big smiles! I like that! 648 00:30:27,911 --> 00:30:29,746 Frank's not happy, but he'll get used to it. 649 00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:31,790 -Thanks, Dad. -We'll talk about this soon. 650 00:30:31,873 --> 00:30:33,708 Is this for real? 651 00:30:34,334 --> 00:30:35,335 Dr. Buss. 652 00:30:35,418 --> 00:30:36,878 The ship has left the port, Claire. 653 00:30:36,961 --> 00:30:38,463 If you don't like it, I don't wanna hear it. 654 00:30:38,546 --> 00:30:39,881 -No offense. -I'm all for it. 655 00:30:41,925 --> 00:30:44,469 You made me Vice President of California Sports. 656 00:30:44,552 --> 00:30:47,430 -Yes, I did. -Yes. And so, for once in my life, 657 00:30:47,514 --> 00:30:49,349 I've got skin in the game, too. 658 00:30:50,433 --> 00:30:51,810 So 659 00:30:51,893 --> 00:30:53,937 don't make me regret it. 660 00:30:54,020 --> 00:30:55,855 Yeah, but what about that 661 00:30:55,939 --> 00:30:58,316 Jewish thing Red was talking about? 662 00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,818 -Ah, dayenu. -Yeah. 663 00:30:59,901 --> 00:31:01,653 Being satisfied with what you got. 664 00:31:01,736 --> 00:31:04,656 Yeah, fuck dayenu. I want more. 665 00:31:06,658 --> 00:31:08,660 That is what I'm talking about! 666 00:31:17,335 --> 00:31:19,045 Hey, has anybody hear from Cap? 667 00:31:19,129 --> 00:31:21,381 Maybe we got one more night to do this on our own. 668 00:31:21,464 --> 00:31:23,675 Hell nah! This train ain't stoppin'. 669 00:31:23,758 --> 00:31:25,510 We been seein' what it should be. 670 00:31:25,593 --> 00:31:28,096 Cap just gonna have to get his mind right. 671 00:31:30,181 --> 00:31:31,266 Fellas, we had a boy. 672 00:31:33,852 --> 00:31:35,395 Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. 673 00:31:35,478 --> 00:31:37,230 Let me see, let me see. Look at him. 674 00:31:37,313 --> 00:31:39,441 Ooh, he's scowling already. 675 00:31:39,524 --> 00:31:42,277 - Congrats, man. -His name is Amir. 676 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,363 It means "someone with the right to rule." 677 00:31:46,740 --> 00:31:48,033 Aw. Nice. 678 00:31:48,116 --> 00:31:49,826 Of course, it do! 679 00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:51,953 Your son gonna do great things. 680 00:31:52,037 --> 00:31:54,080 You being the big chief and all. 681 00:31:54,164 --> 00:31:55,415 That so? 682 00:31:56,875 --> 00:31:58,877 Ah. Okay. 683 00:32:02,422 --> 00:32:04,716 I gathered you see yourself in that position. 684 00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:06,426 Or have I misunderstood? 685 00:32:07,594 --> 00:32:08,970 Nah. 686 00:32:09,054 --> 00:32:10,305 Nah. 687 00:32:18,646 --> 00:32:21,816 We think the offense oughta stay the way it is. 688 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:24,527 -Me and the fellas... -I'm just gonna go over here. 689 00:32:26,571 --> 00:32:28,114 been winning. 690 00:32:29,324 --> 00:32:31,076 Don't see no need to change. 691 00:32:31,159 --> 00:32:33,203 No disrespect, 692 00:32:33,286 --> 00:32:35,288 -but, like-- -I agree. 693 00:32:48,218 --> 00:32:51,012 Have you ever seen a child come into the world? 694 00:32:56,142 --> 00:32:58,311 None of the things that I've mastered in my life 695 00:32:58,395 --> 00:32:59,896 could help in any way. 696 00:33:00,814 --> 00:33:03,525 All of it was worthless in that moment 697 00:33:03,608 --> 00:33:07,362 because that moment didn't require a great man to step in. 698 00:33:07,445 --> 00:33:10,448 It required me to be a partner. 699 00:33:11,991 --> 00:33:13,910 Right on, Cap. Hey. 700 00:33:13,993 --> 00:33:15,578 That's all I'm tryin' to be is a partner. 701 00:33:16,371 --> 00:33:17,414 I doubt that. 702 00:33:19,708 --> 00:33:21,876 I'm not gonna sit up here and lie that I regret 703 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,628 all that I've accomplished. 704 00:33:23,712 --> 00:33:24,963 But my older kids? 705 00:33:26,673 --> 00:33:30,176 They know number 33 much better than they know their father. 706 00:33:43,773 --> 00:33:47,694 Last year, we contended with some of the worst luck 707 00:33:47,777 --> 00:33:51,114 this league has ever seen. 708 00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:54,743 Out of that crucible was forged this gold. 709 00:33:57,996 --> 00:33:59,581 -You know it. -Pat? 710 00:34:00,832 --> 00:34:02,000 Yeah? 711 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:04,044 Do you have a poem for us? 712 00:34:04,961 --> 00:34:06,463 Fuck off. 713 00:34:07,672 --> 00:34:09,882 That's okay. Good thing I have one handy. 714 00:34:09,966 --> 00:34:12,135 Prepared. 715 00:34:13,178 --> 00:34:15,096 Alright. 716 00:34:16,889 --> 00:34:18,808 "Out of the night that covers me. 717 00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:21,268 "Black as the pit from pole to pole. 718 00:34:22,228 --> 00:34:24,063 "I thank whatever gods may be 719 00:34:24,147 --> 00:34:26,775 "for my unconquerable soul. 720 00:34:27,609 --> 00:34:30,487 "Matters not how strait the gate. 721 00:34:30,570 --> 00:34:32,989 "How charged with punishments the scroll. 722 00:34:34,783 --> 00:34:36,951 "I am the master of my fate. 723 00:34:37,034 --> 00:34:40,038 I am the captain of my soul." 724 00:34:42,415 --> 00:34:43,917 We have our captain back. 725 00:34:47,170 --> 00:34:49,672 We are the masters of our fate. 726 00:34:52,050 --> 00:34:55,553 This is our year! On three. 727 00:34:57,639 --> 00:34:59,057 Count us down, Cap. 728 00:35:00,183 --> 00:35:02,686 Our year on three. One, two, three. 729 00:35:02,769 --> 00:35:03,812 Our year! 730 00:35:05,313 --> 00:35:07,982 -Let's go, let's go, let's go! -Come on, come on, come on! 731 00:35:32,841 --> 00:35:34,843 It's my fuckin' time. 732 00:35:41,349 --> 00:35:43,643 Magic! Magic! Magic! 733 00:35:45,020 --> 00:35:46,855 Ladies and gentlemen, 734 00:35:46,938 --> 00:35:50,150 your 1980 NBA World Champions. 735 00:35:50,233 --> 00:35:52,819 Your Los Angeles Lakers! 736 00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:04,122 Ooh... 737 00:36:04,205 --> 00:36:06,666 I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love 738 00:36:06,750 --> 00:36:10,712 I'm in love, I'm in love 739 00:36:16,634 --> 00:36:18,303 Ooh... 740 00:36:19,346 --> 00:36:22,182 I feel love, I feel love, I feel love 741 00:36:22,265 --> 00:36:25,643 I feel love, I feel love 742 00:36:30,774 --> 00:36:34,736 I feel love 743 00:36:39,324 --> 00:36:41,117 I feel love 744 00:36:44,245 --> 00:36:46,539 Hold on now, Keith. 745 00:36:46,623 --> 00:36:48,416 -Magic stepped a little bit funny now... -Time out! 746 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:50,418 and... Oh my. 747 00:36:51,086 --> 00:36:53,380 Look out, look out. Hey, you good? 748 00:36:54,172 --> 00:36:55,882 -Fuck. Hey. -Earvin? 749 00:36:57,092 --> 00:36:58,677 Let's get some ice, guys. 750 00:36:59,594 --> 00:37:03,264 - Riles, it hurts. -Back up. Back up a little bit. 751 00:37:03,348 --> 00:37:06,017 Hey. You alright? 752 00:37:06,893 --> 00:37:09,104 Nah! Don't-- No, no, no! 753 00:37:09,187 --> 00:37:11,398 Come on, Magic! 754 00:37:16,027 --> 00:37:19,698 Unfortunately, the arthroscope revealed more damage than we hoped. 755 00:37:21,783 --> 00:37:24,160 We have to open the knee up 756 00:37:24,244 --> 00:37:25,745 with an incision about six, seven inches 757 00:37:25,829 --> 00:37:28,540 and remove the cartilage and the scar tissue. 758 00:37:28,623 --> 00:37:31,626 -And then, I'ma be alright? -Then, time will tell. 759 00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:33,294 How much time? 760 00:37:33,378 --> 00:37:34,713 Young man in good shape, athlete like him, 761 00:37:34,796 --> 00:37:36,673 he should be up and walking in about 12 weeks. 762 00:37:36,756 --> 00:37:38,591 -Twelve weeks? -Ready for light exercise. 763 00:37:38,675 --> 00:37:40,635 -Light fuckin' exercise? -Twelve weeks puts us 764 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:42,846 a month out from the playoffs. Can he get back in shape? 765 00:37:42,929 --> 00:37:44,514 Fuck shape, Bill! We need him in a groove! 766 00:37:44,597 --> 00:37:47,976 -I heard the pop from the 12th row. -Hey, all y'all just calm down! 767 00:37:48,059 --> 00:37:51,438 Y'all just hold down the fort and your boy be back before you know it. 768 00:37:51,896 --> 00:37:53,606 Trust me. 769 00:37:55,734 --> 00:37:57,360 -Yeah? -You're goddamn right! 770 00:37:57,444 --> 00:37:59,029 Doc, lemme buy you a drink. 771 00:38:00,488 --> 00:38:02,407 Yeah. We aight. 772 00:38:02,490 --> 00:38:03,575 So... 773 00:38:38,026 --> 00:38:41,696 So we lose a couple months, but he's a world-class athlete, 774 00:38:41,780 --> 00:38:43,448 and he'll be back in shape for the playoffs. 775 00:38:43,531 --> 00:38:44,991 If we get into the playoffs. 776 00:38:45,075 --> 00:38:46,868 I don't wanna fucking hear that, Bill. 777 00:38:48,995 --> 00:38:50,622 We are defending a title, 778 00:38:50,705 --> 00:38:53,500 so you two figure it out! 779 00:38:54,459 --> 00:38:57,629 And tell me what I have to do to plug the fucking dam 780 00:38:57,712 --> 00:39:00,715 so we're ready when he comes home again this year. 781 00:39:01,257 --> 00:39:02,509 In time to win! 782 00:39:03,051 --> 00:39:05,929 -Un-fuckin' believable! -Well... 783 00:39:07,097 --> 00:39:08,098 Okay. 784 00:39:09,391 --> 00:39:10,975 Shit. 785 00:39:11,059 --> 00:39:13,645 So, Norm's point. 786 00:39:13,728 --> 00:39:15,689 We need a backup. 787 00:39:15,772 --> 00:39:18,024 -Who you willing to trade? -Nobody. 788 00:39:18,108 --> 00:39:19,984 -Chones? -Can't give up any assets until we know 789 00:39:20,068 --> 00:39:21,277 what's going on with the kid. 790 00:39:21,403 --> 00:39:24,239 And if everything goes sour, we're gonna need everything we have, 791 00:39:24,322 --> 00:39:26,616 including the kid, to make a bigger move. 792 00:39:26,700 --> 00:39:28,827 Bill, anybody worth his salt is already on a roster. 793 00:39:29,828 --> 00:39:31,454 Tryin' to find somebody decent to replace him 794 00:39:31,538 --> 00:39:34,124 without movin' anybody on is fuckin' impossible. 795 00:39:34,207 --> 00:39:36,751 -It's a wild fuckin' goose chase, Bill. -Yep. 796 00:39:39,129 --> 00:39:40,296 Welcome to management. 797 00:39:43,925 --> 00:39:45,260 Hello again, everyone. 798 00:39:45,343 --> 00:39:46,720 Well, if you like sloppy play, 799 00:39:46,803 --> 00:39:48,930 then the first half of basketball was for you. 800 00:39:49,014 --> 00:39:52,225 Westhead, frustrated by the stagnant offense and lackluster play. 801 00:39:52,308 --> 00:39:53,852 Welcome back from the half. 802 00:39:53,935 --> 00:39:56,146 And if you're just tuning in, the Lakers are a man down, 803 00:39:56,229 --> 00:39:58,023 and I'll tell you what. They're looking like it, Keith. 804 00:39:58,106 --> 00:40:01,067 Struggling to stay afloat with Magic Johnson on the mend, 805 00:40:01,151 --> 00:40:03,820 and, well, wherever he is, we hope he's resting up 806 00:40:03,903 --> 00:40:05,405 and working on his rehabilitation. 807 00:40:05,488 --> 00:40:07,824 Right there, that's good. Yeah! 808 00:40:08,908 --> 00:40:10,160 Keep goin'. 809 00:40:10,243 --> 00:40:12,412 Yeah. That's good. 810 00:40:12,495 --> 00:40:15,582 We got it. Just keep goin'. Oh, God. 811 00:40:15,665 --> 00:40:18,293 Keep goin'. Yeah, that's good. 812 00:40:19,836 --> 00:40:21,254 Oh, fuck! 813 00:40:21,338 --> 00:40:24,466 -Ah! Fuck! Fuck! -Oh. Hey. Why you stop? 814 00:40:24,549 --> 00:40:27,135 -Why you stop? -This thing is cutting me. 815 00:40:27,218 --> 00:40:28,762 Well, just scoot around it! 816 00:40:29,429 --> 00:40:31,431 Maybe it's not a good night. 817 00:40:31,514 --> 00:40:33,892 I said I'd meet the girls at Osko's after the game. 818 00:40:33,975 --> 00:40:34,976 Wait. 819 00:40:36,269 --> 00:40:37,437 You just-- 820 00:40:37,520 --> 00:40:38,772 You just gonna leave me like this? 821 00:40:38,855 --> 00:40:40,440 You ain't gonna, like 822 00:40:41,274 --> 00:40:43,360 finish the job? 823 00:40:45,195 --> 00:40:47,781 Make him feel good 824 00:40:49,199 --> 00:40:51,201 Feel good 825 00:40:52,660 --> 00:40:53,787 Feel good 826 00:40:56,539 --> 00:40:58,917 Rain check. Call me when you're out of jail. 827 00:40:59,876 --> 00:41:00,919 What, that's it? 828 00:41:02,671 --> 00:41:04,214 You should clean up in here. 829 00:41:04,297 --> 00:41:05,465 It's a pigsty. 830 00:41:10,345 --> 00:41:12,472 She's the least of your problems. 831 00:41:12,555 --> 00:41:13,973 Mm, mm, mmm. 832 00:41:14,057 --> 00:41:16,476 Funny how shit change on a dime, huh? 833 00:41:17,394 --> 00:41:19,688 -Get the fuck off me. -The fuck? 834 00:41:19,771 --> 00:41:21,981 Yeah, it's me. Your ripped-up knee. 835 00:41:22,565 --> 00:41:24,567 I ain't try and get hurt. That shit just happened. 836 00:41:24,651 --> 00:41:25,819 Whatever. 837 00:41:25,902 --> 00:41:28,697 -Brace yourself for some more bad news. - What you talking about? 838 00:41:28,780 --> 00:41:30,740 Our future. We is fucked up. 839 00:41:30,824 --> 00:41:32,867 -Like, for real. -Shut the fuck up, man. 840 00:41:32,951 --> 00:41:35,453 So that's how you playing it? You remember Toby Knight? 841 00:41:36,371 --> 00:41:38,998 Exactly. Knicks took him second overall 842 00:41:39,082 --> 00:41:41,126 in the '77 NBA draft. 843 00:41:41,209 --> 00:41:44,087 Eleven minutes into his first preseason game, 844 00:41:44,170 --> 00:41:47,048 his knee twisted every which way but loose. 845 00:41:47,132 --> 00:41:49,968 Now, he's bouncing around the league like a bad check. 846 00:41:50,051 --> 00:41:52,303 Then, there's Bob Lanier, 847 00:41:52,387 --> 00:41:55,890 Dave DeBusschere. Doug Collins, Bob Pettit, 848 00:41:55,974 --> 00:41:57,308 and a whole lot more. 849 00:41:57,392 --> 00:42:00,061 Once their knees went, they were never the same. 850 00:42:00,145 --> 00:42:02,355 Face it, bro. You might not be either. 851 00:42:02,439 --> 00:42:03,940 What I'm supposed to do now? 852 00:42:04,566 --> 00:42:07,027 Well, from the look of this apartment, 853 00:42:07,110 --> 00:42:09,154 hop our Black ass back to Lansing. 854 00:42:09,237 --> 00:42:10,905 You gonna end up there anyway. 855 00:42:10,989 --> 00:42:13,658 -Ain't nobody ending up back in Lansing. -Fuck your pride. 856 00:42:13,742 --> 00:42:16,411 Right now, I need some tender loving care. 857 00:42:16,494 --> 00:42:18,038 Maybe on the way, you can stop by unemployment. 858 00:42:18,121 --> 00:42:20,290 -Shut the fuck up. -Get a job application. 859 00:42:20,373 --> 00:42:21,541 Nigga, you ain't funny. 860 00:42:22,834 --> 00:42:25,545 Hey! That's what I get for telling it like it is? 861 00:42:25,628 --> 00:42:28,006 That's why your crippled ass can't walk. 862 00:42:28,089 --> 00:42:29,632 ...in an enormous hole. 863 00:42:29,716 --> 00:42:32,052 Their spirits are down, I do not like their body language, 864 00:42:32,135 --> 00:42:35,138 and I'll tell you, you can't sulk when things don't go your way. 865 00:42:35,221 --> 00:42:36,556 We won a championship 866 00:42:37,432 --> 00:42:39,976 using a system built on improvisation. 867 00:42:40,060 --> 00:42:42,520 -That is Magic's strength, not Norm's. -Say what? 868 00:42:42,604 --> 00:42:44,981 That's not a criticism. Just a fact. 869 00:42:46,608 --> 00:42:49,861 Another fact is that Kareem is struggling offensively. 870 00:42:49,944 --> 00:42:51,946 That ankle is still on the mend. 871 00:42:52,030 --> 00:42:54,616 We cannot lean on him to carry us. 872 00:42:54,699 --> 00:42:57,660 My system is our answer. 873 00:42:58,870 --> 00:43:00,372 I call it... 874 00:43:01,081 --> 00:43:02,540 The System. 875 00:43:04,292 --> 00:43:05,627 That's it? 876 00:43:05,710 --> 00:43:08,463 Your system called The System? That ain't sexy. 877 00:43:08,546 --> 00:43:10,131 Thank you, Jim. 878 00:43:11,216 --> 00:43:14,010 But it's a simple name for simple basketball. 879 00:43:14,094 --> 00:43:17,097 The System is not looking for the best shot. 880 00:43:17,972 --> 00:43:19,891 The System is looking for... 881 00:43:19,974 --> 00:43:23,061 as many shots as possible! 882 00:43:23,144 --> 00:43:26,898 We shoot as quickly as we can, before the defense can set 883 00:43:26,981 --> 00:43:29,818 because what The System is after is quantity! 884 00:43:29,901 --> 00:43:32,696 Hold up. So you're sayin' I just get the ball and chuck it up, 885 00:43:32,779 --> 00:43:34,531 and if I air it, I ain't gettin' benched. 886 00:43:34,614 --> 00:43:36,866 I'm saying if you don't do that, you're getting benched. 887 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:38,785 Pat. Now... 888 00:43:38,868 --> 00:43:40,870 Pat and I have studied all of your film. 889 00:43:40,954 --> 00:43:42,872 These are the spots from which our starting five 890 00:43:42,956 --> 00:43:45,458 were most affected, regardless of the defense, 891 00:43:45,542 --> 00:43:47,752 so these are the spots you're gonna run to! 892 00:43:47,836 --> 00:43:51,256 Norm. Jamaal. Mike. Jim. Kareem. 893 00:43:51,339 --> 00:43:53,466 -So we running spots again? -Same spots every time? 894 00:43:53,550 --> 00:43:55,468 All the time. As fast as you can. 895 00:43:55,552 --> 00:43:57,220 Whoever catches the ball, you shoot! 896 00:43:57,303 --> 00:43:59,889 You don't dribble. You don't pass. You shoot. 897 00:43:59,973 --> 00:44:01,766 The ball never touches the floor, okay? 898 00:44:02,517 --> 00:44:05,270 Hey, no offense, but this sounds like the stupidest shit ever. 899 00:44:05,353 --> 00:44:07,439 We keep doing the same thing, they gonna figure that shit out. 900 00:44:07,522 --> 00:44:08,565 Won't matter, Norm. 901 00:44:09,274 --> 00:44:12,235 With The System, we shoot faster, and we shoot more. 902 00:44:13,111 --> 00:44:14,946 And more shots at a lower percentage 903 00:44:15,030 --> 00:44:18,366 will beat fewer at a higher one every single game! 904 00:44:18,450 --> 00:44:20,285 For you, maybe. I start bricking, 905 00:44:20,368 --> 00:44:22,620 -Sharman gonna ship my ass up outta here. -Damn right. 906 00:44:22,704 --> 00:44:24,956 Ain't nobody paying nobody to be missing shots. 907 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:27,834 We the motherfuckers with our damn stat lines in the toilet. 908 00:44:27,917 --> 00:44:28,918 And what about you? Yo ass set. 909 00:44:29,002 --> 00:44:30,628 Got millions of dollars in the bank. 910 00:44:30,712 --> 00:44:32,130 Meanwhile, we doing all the work! 911 00:44:32,213 --> 00:44:33,673 And we the ones on the auction block, right? 912 00:44:33,757 --> 00:44:36,885 I promise, The System benefits everybody. Trust me. 913 00:44:36,968 --> 00:44:40,013 -Motherfucker, please. -Hey, look, Jim, give Coach a shot here. 914 00:44:40,096 --> 00:44:42,098 -He's got a vision for this-- -Hey, Cap! Cap! Cap! 915 00:44:43,141 --> 00:44:44,934 How you feel about this shit? 916 00:44:51,524 --> 00:44:54,986 I think you've devised a system to paper over the reality. 917 00:44:55,070 --> 00:44:56,905 In Earvin's absence, I've failed to pull my weight, 918 00:44:56,988 --> 00:44:58,656 and you no longer think I'm capable. 919 00:44:58,740 --> 00:45:01,493 No, no, no. No, Cap! That's not it. That's not it, Cap. 920 00:45:01,576 --> 00:45:03,370 -That's not what he's saying. -That's not it at all! 921 00:45:03,453 --> 00:45:04,996 The dumbest name I ever heard in my life. 922 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,582 "The System." Oh, my God, such a great name! 923 00:45:10,627 --> 00:45:13,630 Mrs. Adams has worked out the terms for your review. 924 00:45:14,381 --> 00:45:16,883 You'll see that the finances are quite generous. 925 00:45:17,926 --> 00:45:20,929 My son will not run from his responsibilities. 926 00:45:21,805 --> 00:45:23,973 We did raise him better. 927 00:45:24,057 --> 00:45:25,809 That so? 928 00:45:25,892 --> 00:45:28,186 Then why are these lawyers here doin' all the damn talking? 929 00:45:29,813 --> 00:45:31,314 If you're finished, Mr. Mitchell-- 930 00:45:31,398 --> 00:45:33,233 I'm here for family, damn it. 931 00:45:34,234 --> 00:45:36,111 Now, game recognize game and you runnin' a game, Day. 932 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:39,322 Tryin' to buy us off on Laker money. 933 00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:42,742 When chances are, that lake done dried up. 934 00:45:43,827 --> 00:45:47,330 Y'all dragged his crippled ass in here like he was King Tut! 935 00:45:48,164 --> 00:45:50,166 Bum leg, broken as his word. 936 00:45:52,085 --> 00:45:54,087 Look at him. Look at him. 937 00:45:55,296 --> 00:45:57,507 Just another deadbeat nigga in his mama's basement. 938 00:45:57,590 --> 00:46:00,135 -Baby. Baby, now, now. -Calm yourself, brother. 939 00:46:00,218 --> 00:46:03,430 -Baby, baby, baby, now, now, now. -Calm yourself, brother. 940 00:46:04,556 --> 00:46:05,682 Mr. Mitchell. 941 00:46:07,308 --> 00:46:08,810 Mr. Mitchell! 942 00:46:19,821 --> 00:46:21,823 You have our proposal. 943 00:46:21,906 --> 00:46:24,409 Your grandchild will lack for nothing. 944 00:46:25,577 --> 00:46:28,079 What more exactly do you want? 945 00:46:28,997 --> 00:46:30,790 I'll tell you what I want. 946 00:46:30,874 --> 00:46:34,377 I want your client to step up and be a father. 947 00:46:35,503 --> 00:46:37,005 And not a coward! 948 00:46:42,677 --> 00:46:45,263 Hey, so y'all gonna let him talk to me like that? 949 00:46:45,347 --> 00:46:48,350 You lucky we didn't let him club you like a baby seal! 950 00:46:49,642 --> 00:46:51,770 Everybody in there cleaning up your dirt 951 00:46:51,853 --> 00:46:53,730 while you sitting in the corner quiet as a church mouse! 952 00:46:53,813 --> 00:46:54,939 So you on they side, huh? 953 00:46:55,023 --> 00:46:57,025 I'm on the side of right! 954 00:46:57,817 --> 00:46:59,319 Your blood 955 00:47:00,195 --> 00:47:02,197 is gonna be walkin' these streets. 956 00:47:03,073 --> 00:47:04,574 Same streets as us! 957 00:47:05,450 --> 00:47:07,452 While you off living your life. 958 00:47:07,994 --> 00:47:09,996 So I guess we supposed to be quiet, too? 959 00:47:11,164 --> 00:47:14,793 -Huh? - Look, I didn't mean to do this! Damn! 960 00:47:14,876 --> 00:47:16,878 Can't y'all see I'm messed up right now? 961 00:47:19,714 --> 00:47:21,216 Pop, I got hurt. 962 00:47:22,634 --> 00:47:24,344 Now, it ain't the same! What... 963 00:47:26,054 --> 00:47:28,973 Till this is all worked out, I gotta be thinkin' about me. 964 00:47:29,057 --> 00:47:31,142 -My future. -Oh, me, me! 965 00:47:31,226 --> 00:47:32,852 I gotta be thinkin' about me! 966 00:47:32,936 --> 00:47:34,646 So Mr. Mitchell wasn't wrong then, was he? 967 00:47:34,729 --> 00:47:36,022 You see, I was! 968 00:47:36,106 --> 00:47:37,816 I sent you out in the world, all worried about you. 969 00:47:37,899 --> 00:47:39,442 Turns out, you're the problem! 970 00:47:41,319 --> 00:47:42,320 Move. 971 00:47:55,709 --> 00:47:58,503 It'll be alright. I got good news anyway. 972 00:47:58,586 --> 00:48:00,964 Datsun dealership right here in downtown Lansing 973 00:48:01,047 --> 00:48:02,632 -is lookin' for a famous face. - Datsun? 974 00:48:05,969 --> 00:48:07,595 Investors are already linin' up. 975 00:48:08,221 --> 00:48:09,222 Wait. 976 00:48:10,140 --> 00:48:11,891 What's Buick gonna say about all them big commercials 977 00:48:11,975 --> 00:48:14,144 -I'll be doing? -Well, that's an issue. 978 00:48:14,227 --> 00:48:15,937 Your national contract is yet to be renewed 979 00:48:16,021 --> 00:48:17,897 and my instincts tell me 980 00:48:17,981 --> 00:48:19,524 that they're in the mode of wait-and-see. 981 00:48:19,607 --> 00:48:21,067 About the knee. 982 00:48:21,151 --> 00:48:22,777 So we line up some local deals. 983 00:48:22,861 --> 00:48:25,030 At least you'll have a stream of revenue 984 00:48:25,113 --> 00:48:27,615 should rainy days remain. 985 00:48:41,588 --> 00:48:43,631 Well, there's still time on the clock, Keith, 986 00:48:43,715 --> 00:48:45,258 but, well, you wouldn't know it from being here. 987 00:48:45,342 --> 00:48:46,885 Lakers about to drop their third straight at home 988 00:48:46,968 --> 00:48:48,553 for the first time in five years. 989 00:48:48,636 --> 00:48:50,972 With an offense as fickle as their fleeing fans. 990 00:48:51,681 --> 00:48:53,224 My notes say this is a sellout, Chick. 991 00:48:53,308 --> 00:48:56,436 Yeah, and I'm looking at 8,000 people dressed as seats. 992 00:49:08,573 --> 00:49:09,616 Snake eyes. 993 00:49:09,699 --> 00:49:13,286 Fuck. Baltic sucks. 994 00:49:13,370 --> 00:49:16,247 Yeah, I have to. I'll take it. 995 00:49:16,331 --> 00:49:19,209 You can come visit me on Park Place if you want. 996 00:49:19,292 --> 00:49:21,378 You know what? Actually, I'll take Baltic. 997 00:49:21,461 --> 00:49:24,881 You can have Marvin Gardens. 998 00:49:24,964 --> 00:49:26,466 -Oh. Yeah, cool. -Thank you. 999 00:49:26,549 --> 00:49:29,219 -What are you doing? -I'm making a trade. 1000 00:49:29,302 --> 00:49:32,180 -You're giving him a monopoly. -Yeah, I know, but I get one, too. 1001 00:49:34,474 --> 00:49:36,184 "I get one, too." 1002 00:49:36,267 --> 00:49:39,479 John, you get the cheapest shit lot on the board. 1003 00:49:39,562 --> 00:49:42,774 He gets prime real estate right when you're about to knock him out. 1004 00:49:42,857 --> 00:49:44,109 Where's this killer instinct? 1005 00:49:44,192 --> 00:49:45,944 John, where's your killer instinct? 1006 00:49:46,027 --> 00:49:47,028 Well, we just started playing. 1007 00:49:47,112 --> 00:49:48,655 I don't wanna get him out already. 1008 00:49:48,738 --> 00:49:50,448 What the hell does that even mean? 1009 00:49:53,410 --> 00:49:56,538 It's family night. We're just supposed to play together. 1010 00:49:56,621 --> 00:49:58,623 It's Monopoly. 1011 00:50:00,208 --> 00:50:02,002 It's not how you play in Monopoly. 1012 00:50:02,085 --> 00:50:04,337 It's business! You gotta be cutthroat! 1013 00:50:04,421 --> 00:50:06,131 You gotta go for the jugular when you see it. 1014 00:50:06,214 --> 00:50:07,632 Take no prisoners! 1015 00:50:07,716 --> 00:50:10,218 I don't care if it's your brother or anybody else. 1016 00:50:14,097 --> 00:50:16,182 Why don't we break out the Baskin-Robbins? 1017 00:50:16,266 --> 00:50:17,684 No. They need to hear this. 1018 00:50:18,601 --> 00:50:22,105 Business is survival of the fittest. 1019 00:50:22,188 --> 00:50:24,899 -So, get that in your heads. -Dad, it's just a game. 1020 00:50:24,983 --> 00:50:27,527 That's the business we're in, Jim! Games! 1021 00:50:27,610 --> 00:50:29,320 Jesus Christ. 1022 00:50:29,404 --> 00:50:32,407 This is why you've never beat me, by the way! 1023 00:50:34,784 --> 00:50:37,162 Yeah. 'Cause this stupid game is all you ever do. 1024 00:50:37,245 --> 00:50:38,246 You know what? 1025 00:50:38,329 --> 00:50:41,332 How about we just play the game, okay? It's your roll, Dad. 1026 00:50:41,416 --> 00:50:43,376 No. I'm not done. 1027 00:50:45,587 --> 00:50:48,548 If you two ever wanna make anything of your lives, 1028 00:50:48,631 --> 00:50:50,884 you have to stand up and be fucking men. 1029 00:50:50,967 --> 00:50:53,219 -You know what, Dad? I am a man! -Oh, yeah? 1030 00:50:53,303 --> 00:50:56,139 25 years old? Living under my roof? 1031 00:50:56,222 --> 00:50:57,807 Working for my company? 1032 00:50:57,891 --> 00:50:59,726 I shovel the food in on one end. 1033 00:50:59,809 --> 00:51:02,479 -You want me to wipe it off on the other? -I didn't ask to come here! 1034 00:51:02,562 --> 00:51:04,814 Yeah, but you asked me for every other goddamn thing, 1035 00:51:04,898 --> 00:51:07,734 and I've given it to you like a sucker 'cause I felt bad! 1036 00:51:07,817 --> 00:51:09,986 -Just be cool. -I'll be however the fuck I want! 1037 00:51:10,070 --> 00:51:13,531 -I think he's doing his best. -Yeah? Well, his best sucks. 1038 00:51:14,157 --> 00:51:16,868 There. And so does yours. It sucks! 1039 00:51:16,951 --> 00:51:19,537 It's shitty! It's lazy! Alright? 1040 00:51:19,621 --> 00:51:22,707 I wanted it to be easier for you than it was for me. 1041 00:51:22,791 --> 00:51:26,294 How? By ditching us for pussy and fun? 1042 00:51:28,129 --> 00:51:30,632 -What did you say? -Will you two, please, just stop! 1043 00:51:31,633 --> 00:51:33,385 You think you can judge me? 1044 00:51:35,970 --> 00:51:37,972 Yeah? Yeah, Jim? 1045 00:51:39,891 --> 00:51:41,309 You don't know shit. 1046 00:51:43,353 --> 00:51:44,771 Jesus Christ. 1047 00:51:45,522 --> 00:51:46,564 Alright, Jim. 1048 00:51:47,399 --> 00:51:49,484 Maybe you're right! Maybe I'm not such a great man 1049 00:51:49,567 --> 00:51:52,862 because look what I brought into the fuckin' world! 1050 00:51:52,946 --> 00:51:55,824 Congratulations, boys! I lose! 1051 00:51:55,907 --> 00:51:57,742 There! I gave you that, too! 1052 00:52:02,747 --> 00:52:03,957 Fuck this. 1053 00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:05,417 No, don't go. 1054 00:52:05,500 --> 00:52:07,002 Come on, Dad! Come back! 1055 00:52:46,791 --> 00:52:48,001 I remember that one. 1056 00:52:48,084 --> 00:52:49,711 Her? You remember her? 1057 00:52:49,794 --> 00:52:51,379 Yeah, she was nice. 1058 00:52:52,297 --> 00:52:54,257 Which one was that? 1059 00:52:54,341 --> 00:52:56,301 -Puppy? -Honey. 1060 00:52:56,384 --> 00:52:57,677 Honey Kaplan. 1061 00:52:57,761 --> 00:53:00,180 -Right. -You know, 1062 00:53:00,263 --> 00:53:03,058 I used to use a line back then with all the girls. 1063 00:53:03,141 --> 00:53:04,809 I used to say, 1064 00:53:04,893 --> 00:53:07,604 "You know, one day, I'm gonna own a team." 1065 00:53:07,687 --> 00:53:10,565 And they all laughed. You know, they all thought I was jokin', 1066 00:53:10,648 --> 00:53:12,317 but not Honey Kaplan. 1067 00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:14,402 She believed me. 1068 00:53:14,486 --> 00:53:16,279 Who wouldn't? 1069 00:53:16,363 --> 00:53:17,697 Who wouldn't? Look at me. 1070 00:53:17,781 --> 00:53:19,908 Would you believe this guy? 1071 00:53:20,492 --> 00:53:23,119 I was stuck in a rut, Jean-Bean. 1072 00:53:23,203 --> 00:53:26,623 But this girl. This girl, she knew. 1073 00:53:26,706 --> 00:53:30,418 She could see that I was better than what I was. 1074 00:53:30,502 --> 00:53:32,796 Well, I believed you. 1075 00:53:36,424 --> 00:53:37,926 Jeanie, I fucked up. 1076 00:53:41,221 --> 00:53:44,599 I don't know what's wrong with me. I got a temper. 1077 00:53:44,683 --> 00:53:46,976 You know, I should not have said those things to your brothers. 1078 00:53:47,060 --> 00:53:49,562 What kind of dad does that? 1079 00:53:51,606 --> 00:53:53,566 Well 1080 00:53:53,650 --> 00:53:55,694 maybe they need a 1081 00:53:55,777 --> 00:53:57,487 strong kick in the tush. 1082 00:53:58,321 --> 00:54:01,116 Yeah, but you don't need that, do you? 1083 00:54:02,158 --> 00:54:04,160 I mean, you're made of different stuff. 1084 00:54:05,453 --> 00:54:06,913 Yeah, I'm made of you. 1085 00:54:16,923 --> 00:54:18,216 -Mrs. Johnson? -Mm-hmm? 1086 00:54:18,299 --> 00:54:19,718 What is this all about? 1087 00:54:20,635 --> 00:54:21,970 Because if Earvin sent you here, I'm sorry-- 1088 00:54:22,053 --> 00:54:23,221 No, he didn't. 1089 00:54:23,930 --> 00:54:25,598 He knows me better than that. 1090 00:54:25,682 --> 00:54:27,267 You should, too. 1091 00:54:27,767 --> 00:54:30,770 But I'm sure he wishes he was here himself. 1092 00:54:35,358 --> 00:54:37,360 Mrs. Johnson, your husband loves you. 1093 00:54:38,695 --> 00:54:39,696 Honors you. 1094 00:54:40,655 --> 00:54:42,949 I shouldn't want a man to do the same? 1095 00:54:43,033 --> 00:54:44,034 You should. 1096 00:54:45,285 --> 00:54:47,287 So what am I supposed to do? 1097 00:54:48,538 --> 00:54:51,666 He wants me right now. Give it a week. 1098 00:54:52,500 --> 00:54:54,210 Hell, give it a month. 1099 00:54:54,753 --> 00:54:56,880 That knee heals up, he'll be right back out there, 1100 00:54:56,963 --> 00:54:58,465 on the prowl. 1101 00:55:01,092 --> 00:55:02,510 I'm not sure you're aware 1102 00:55:02,594 --> 00:55:05,055 Earvin's father had another family. 1103 00:55:06,306 --> 00:55:08,975 I wasn't the first mother to his children. 1104 00:55:11,227 --> 00:55:14,481 Now, I am not excusing my son's behavior. 1105 00:55:14,564 --> 00:55:16,691 Not one bit. 1106 00:55:18,401 --> 00:55:21,488 He's acted like a child and there's no justifying what he's done. 1107 00:55:24,491 --> 00:55:25,992 All I'll say... 1108 00:55:26,618 --> 00:55:30,580 with the help of the Lord and a good woman, 1109 00:55:32,082 --> 00:55:35,585 a man can find his way where he belongs. 1110 00:55:37,671 --> 00:55:40,423 Sam, he was looking down the side to get it to Black 1111 00:55:40,507 --> 00:55:42,467 but he thought that Perkins has such a lead. 1112 00:55:42,550 --> 00:55:45,428 At the line is Sam Perkins, the sensational freshman 1113 00:55:45,512 --> 00:55:47,764 from Latham, New York, near Albany. 1114 00:55:47,847 --> 00:55:50,684 They've already got a player of the year candidate in James Worthy, 1115 00:55:50,767 --> 00:55:53,103 he's averaging 15 points a game and 8 rebounds. 1116 00:55:58,441 --> 00:56:01,027 Double pump by Al Wood, Isaiah Thomas, a great leaper, 1117 00:56:01,111 --> 00:56:03,154 and there was a double pump. 1118 00:56:03,238 --> 00:56:06,324 Wood doesn't miss many of those, and he certainly didn't the other day. 1119 00:56:06,408 --> 00:56:08,368 And there is, of course, the rebound foul. 1120 00:56:08,451 --> 00:56:09,911 Great hustle back down court... 1121 00:56:11,830 --> 00:56:14,916 A crowd of 18,000-plus at the Spectrum. 1122 00:56:18,086 --> 00:56:20,463 Isaiah Thomas is posted and Jimmy Black up. 1123 00:56:20,547 --> 00:56:24,009 Let's see if he stays out there at point guard now. 1124 00:56:24,092 --> 00:56:24,968 Man-to-man. 1125 00:56:25,051 --> 00:56:27,679 Isaiah Thomas with the ball. 1126 00:56:27,762 --> 00:56:31,599 It's a great honor to be an all-American and a consensus choice as a sophomore. 1127 00:56:31,683 --> 00:56:34,936 Was a member of the US Olympic team, as was Al Wood. 1128 00:56:35,020 --> 00:56:37,355 Here's Thomas! It's in! 1129 00:56:39,315 --> 00:56:40,734 What a play-- 1130 00:56:53,580 --> 00:56:54,831 Fuck! 1131 00:57:35,372 --> 00:57:36,581 Cook? 1132 00:57:39,209 --> 00:57:40,960 I've been missing you. 1133 00:57:41,044 --> 00:57:43,922 And I know I fucked up. 1134 00:57:44,005 --> 00:57:47,967 And whatever it is that I gotta do, 1135 00:57:48,927 --> 00:57:51,513 I'll do it. You just say the word. Just say the word-- 1136 00:57:51,596 --> 00:57:54,099 You got another girl pregnant, Earvin. 1137 00:58:00,605 --> 00:58:03,566 -I know. -How many times am I supposed to hear, 1138 00:58:03,650 --> 00:58:05,568 "I'm sorry, I'll never do it again," 1139 00:58:05,652 --> 00:58:07,570 and believe it? 1140 00:58:07,654 --> 00:58:10,824 I know. It's fucked up. 1141 00:58:10,907 --> 00:58:12,826 I mean, you're having a child. 1142 00:58:12,909 --> 00:58:14,911 Cook, I'm sorry. It ain't on purpose. 1143 00:58:17,497 --> 00:58:19,624 I did what I did, 1144 00:58:19,708 --> 00:58:21,918 and it's wrong. And it was stupid. 1145 00:58:23,044 --> 00:58:25,547 You know, I always wonder... 1146 00:58:26,548 --> 00:58:29,509 do you even consider that 1147 00:58:29,592 --> 00:58:31,720 before you stick your dick in somebody? 1148 00:58:33,096 --> 00:58:35,098 What the outcome could be? 1149 00:58:38,226 --> 00:58:39,728 For real... 1150 00:58:42,731 --> 00:58:44,232 I don't. 1151 00:58:47,068 --> 00:58:50,196 Well, at least you're telling the truth about that. 1152 00:58:53,658 --> 00:58:56,244 Whatever it is that I gotta do to make this right, 1153 00:58:56,327 --> 00:58:57,579 I promise, I'll do it. 1154 00:58:59,247 --> 00:59:02,709 What's it gonna take, please? 1155 00:59:02,792 --> 00:59:04,794 I don't know, Earvin. 1156 00:59:06,421 --> 00:59:07,422 Figure it out. 1157 00:59:12,927 --> 00:59:15,138 Okay, goodnight, Earvin. 1158 00:59:27,275 --> 00:59:29,527 Time for livin' 1159 00:59:30,153 --> 00:59:32,405 Time for givin' 1160 00:59:32,489 --> 00:59:34,574 No time for makin' up 1161 00:59:34,657 --> 00:59:36,868 A monster to share 1162 00:59:36,951 --> 00:59:39,120 Oh, this is 1163 00:59:39,204 --> 00:59:40,955 Time for livin' 1164 00:59:41,039 --> 00:59:43,333 Time for givin' 1165 00:59:43,416 --> 00:59:45,377 No time for breakin' 1166 00:59:45,460 --> 00:59:47,504 Our own fairytale 1167 00:59:47,587 --> 00:59:49,172 Yeah 1168 00:59:49,255 --> 00:59:51,508 Ain't nobody 1169 00:59:51,591 --> 00:59:53,426 Got to spell it for me 1170 00:59:54,678 --> 00:59:57,180 Ain't nobody 1171 00:59:57,263 --> 00:59:59,641 Got it yet I can see 1172 00:59:59,724 --> 01:00:01,559 Oh, ain't nobody 1173 01:00:02,268 --> 01:00:04,938 Baby, got the thing I can hear 1174 01:00:05,689 --> 01:00:07,691 But if I have to 1175 01:00:07,774 --> 01:00:10,151 I will yell in your ear 1176 01:00:10,235 --> 01:00:13,113 Go on, son. They don't break too easy. 1177 01:00:13,822 --> 01:00:16,157 Time for givin' 1178 01:00:16,241 --> 01:00:19,911 No time for runnin' over anyone 1179 01:00:21,955 --> 01:00:23,707 Time for livin' 1180 01:00:25,583 --> 01:00:27,252 Time for givin' 1181 01:00:27,335 --> 01:00:29,546 Ain't no time, oh! 1182 01:00:30,547 --> 01:00:31,423 Oh 1183 01:00:31,756 --> 01:00:33,717 What's his name? 1184 01:00:35,927 --> 01:00:37,303 Andre. 1185 01:00:40,140 --> 01:00:41,891 Andre... 1186 01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:50,025 Where you come from, 1187 01:00:51,067 --> 01:00:54,612 each of you was head and shoulders better than the next best guy. 1188 01:00:55,739 --> 01:00:57,449 Not me. 1189 01:00:57,532 --> 01:00:59,325 I didn't make my high school squad. 1190 01:01:00,410 --> 01:01:02,537 I had my brother hang me from a doorjamb all summer. 1191 01:01:02,620 --> 01:01:04,372 -Grew 12 inches. - Maybe that'll work for you. 1192 01:01:04,456 --> 01:01:05,832 Suck a dick, buddy. 1193 01:01:06,332 --> 01:01:07,792 Still got cut. 1194 01:01:08,710 --> 01:01:11,671 What I did, I became the towel boy. 1195 01:01:14,174 --> 01:01:16,301 That's how much I love this game. 1196 01:01:19,054 --> 01:01:21,556 Because I knew then what I know now. 1197 01:01:23,391 --> 01:01:25,685 Basketball is more than stars. 1198 01:01:27,479 --> 01:01:29,481 Right now, there's people out there snipin', 1199 01:01:30,482 --> 01:01:32,067 talkin' about our record, 1200 01:01:32,150 --> 01:01:34,361 sayin' we come down to two men. 1201 01:01:34,444 --> 01:01:35,779 One who's not with us 1202 01:01:38,031 --> 01:01:40,033 and one who cannot do it by himself. 1203 01:01:42,077 --> 01:01:44,704 Team beats stars! 1204 01:01:45,580 --> 01:01:47,082 Every time! 1205 01:01:50,126 --> 01:01:53,588 The System, if we play it with consistency, 1206 01:01:56,675 --> 01:01:59,386 will make this team the star. 1207 01:02:02,806 --> 01:02:04,808 People think you can't do this without Magic. 1208 01:02:07,185 --> 01:02:09,187 They think I can't do it without Jack. 1209 01:02:12,565 --> 01:02:14,067 So, what are we gonna do? 1210 01:02:26,037 --> 01:02:29,040 -Prove these motherfuckers wrong. -Hell, yeah. 1211 01:02:34,879 --> 01:02:36,589 -Whose year is it? -Our year! 1212 01:02:36,673 --> 01:02:38,299 -Whose year is it? -Our year! 1213 01:02:38,383 --> 01:02:40,510 -Whose year is it? -Our year! 1214 01:02:54,149 --> 01:02:56,151 God save The System. 1215 01:02:57,152 --> 01:02:58,653 You really think it'll work? 1216 01:03:01,031 --> 01:03:02,741 I think it's gonna need a better name. 1217 01:03:07,579 --> 01:03:09,539 Introducing 1218 01:03:09,622 --> 01:03:12,459 your Los Angeles Lakers! 1219 01:03:17,213 --> 01:03:20,592 And the Lakers head out tonight to face the Seattle Supersonics, 1220 01:03:20,675 --> 01:03:23,428 hoping this may be their chance to finally achieve liftoff. 1221 01:03:24,721 --> 01:03:27,057 Lakers dominate with their first commanding win in weeks 1222 01:03:27,140 --> 01:03:29,059 and their magician may not be here 1223 01:03:29,142 --> 01:03:32,187 but the remaining Lakers found some tricks of their own. 1224 01:03:32,270 --> 01:03:35,231 This offense has them lookin' like a brand-new team. 1225 01:03:37,609 --> 01:03:39,903 And I'll tell you, Paul Westhead must be feelin' 1226 01:03:39,986 --> 01:03:43,114 like the million bucks he's gettin' paid right now. 1227 01:03:43,198 --> 01:03:45,533 These Lakers rattling off a streak for the ages. 1228 01:03:45,617 --> 01:03:48,620 And Jerry Buss, well, he's lookin' like a charmed man. 1229 01:03:48,703 --> 01:03:51,122 The question now is just how Magic Johnson 1230 01:03:51,206 --> 01:03:53,249 will fit into the scheme of things upon his return. 1231 01:03:53,333 --> 01:03:55,043 Think I just saw Kareem smile. 1232 01:03:57,545 --> 01:04:00,548 Good news from Kerlan! Scanned the knee. 1233 01:04:00,632 --> 01:04:03,051 Still sore, but the muscle's healing! 1234 01:04:03,134 --> 01:04:05,970 We should get Magic back before the playoffs! 1235 01:04:06,054 --> 01:04:08,014 Son of a bitch! We're back in business, ladies! 1236 01:04:34,708 --> 01:04:38,253 Ah, Mr. Johnson. I wasn't aware it was a garbage holiday. 1237 01:04:39,295 --> 01:04:41,006 Funny you say that. 1238 01:04:41,089 --> 01:04:43,883 We got some garbage needs disposing of right here at home. 1239 01:04:43,967 --> 01:04:45,719 Well, I see... 1240 01:04:45,802 --> 01:04:47,804 I have some business to discuss with Earvin Junior. 1241 01:04:47,887 --> 01:04:51,683 Not no more. We settled things with the Mitchells like family. 1242 01:04:51,766 --> 01:04:54,269 So your services will no longer be required. 1243 01:04:55,478 --> 01:04:57,939 Well, shouldn't I hear that from my client? 1244 01:04:58,023 --> 01:04:59,399 If you just let me have a word-- 1245 01:04:59,482 --> 01:05:02,610 Ah. A wise man once taught my son 1246 01:05:02,694 --> 01:05:05,113 to never be delivering bad news. 1247 01:05:05,739 --> 01:05:07,365 Makes it my job. 1248 01:05:09,784 --> 01:05:11,786 Nigga, get the fuck off my porch. 1249 01:05:16,166 --> 01:05:17,500 Motherfucker. 1250 01:05:18,543 --> 01:05:21,546 This once, I'ma let that go. 1251 01:05:27,260 --> 01:05:29,471 -He was a motherfucker, though, right? -Ooh! 1252 01:05:30,513 --> 01:05:31,639 Mom! 1253 01:05:46,571 --> 01:05:48,365 The atom. 1254 01:05:48,448 --> 01:05:51,451 It's the smallest thing in nature that can stand alone. 1255 01:05:54,788 --> 01:05:57,415 The word in Greek is "atomos." 1256 01:05:57,499 --> 01:05:59,376 "Unbreakable." 1257 01:06:00,669 --> 01:06:04,005 Because a single lonely atom is all but indestructible. 1258 01:06:10,428 --> 01:06:12,889 It's also useless by itself. 1259 01:06:12,972 --> 01:06:14,974 See, an atom is just a building block. 1260 01:06:15,058 --> 01:06:16,559 He don't want to let you go. 1261 01:06:16,643 --> 01:06:17,644 He don't want me to leave. 1262 01:06:17,727 --> 01:06:19,729 Until it forges bonds 1263 01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:24,567 and that turns solitary atoms into more than the sum of their parts. 1264 01:06:27,404 --> 01:06:29,823 That's what we call chemistry. 1265 01:06:29,906 --> 01:06:31,491 Stop it! I got it. 1266 01:06:31,574 --> 01:06:35,161 And there's a reason it's the science at the heart of life. 1267 01:06:35,245 --> 01:06:37,455 Because it's where the action is. 1268 01:06:37,539 --> 01:06:39,874 Chones inbounds to Cooper. Touch pass to Nixon. 1269 01:06:39,958 --> 01:06:42,085 Lakers quickly passing up the Celtics' defense. 1270 01:06:42,168 --> 01:06:43,712 Silk with the three, no good. 1271 01:06:43,795 --> 01:06:47,507 Kareem with the rebound and two more as Boston falls further behind the Lakers. 1272 01:06:47,590 --> 01:06:49,634 You look great! When The System looks good, 1273 01:06:49,718 --> 01:06:51,678 -we all look good, right? -Yeah! 1274 01:06:51,761 --> 01:06:53,972 Excellent! Take some breaths. Take some breaths. 1275 01:06:54,055 --> 01:06:56,182 We're gonna kick these motherfuckers' asses. 1276 01:06:56,266 --> 01:06:57,225 Let's go. System on three. 1277 01:06:57,308 --> 01:06:58,393 One, two, three! 1278 01:06:58,476 --> 01:06:59,686 But there's also a reason 1279 01:06:59,769 --> 01:07:01,521 it ain't easy getting your PhD in this stuff. 1280 01:07:02,939 --> 01:07:04,441 It's a delicate thing. 1281 01:07:05,567 --> 01:07:07,986 Because just when things seem stable, 1282 01:07:08,069 --> 01:07:10,613 you drop in one new element? 1283 01:07:11,740 --> 01:07:13,408 You can spark a chain reaction. 1284 01:07:14,617 --> 01:07:17,746 Magic! Magic! Magic! 1285 01:07:20,832 --> 01:07:22,334 And kaboom. 1286 01:07:24,044 --> 01:07:25,503 You blow it all apart. 1287 01:07:30,467 --> 01:07:31,343 Sit down there and relax. 1288 01:07:34,637 --> 01:07:36,389 Put on a show just for you. 1289 01:07:37,724 --> 01:07:39,392 I really don't like that motherfucker. 1290 01:07:39,476 --> 01:07:40,727 It's the joint! 1291 01:07:42,437 --> 01:07:44,522 We gonna prove to the world that we're for real 1292 01:07:44,606 --> 01:07:46,816 We gonna prove to everybody we know the real deal 1293 01:07:46,900 --> 01:07:49,027 We got golden voices and hearts of steel 1294 01:07:49,110 --> 01:07:51,237 Because we're five emcees, we got to be real 1295 01:07:51,321 --> 01:07:53,740 We're here for the party people on Sugar Hill 1296 01:07:53,823 --> 01:07:56,076 So, what's the deal? Sugar Hill 1297 01:07:56,159 --> 01:07:57,577 So, what's the deal? 1298 01:07:57,660 --> 01:07:58,620 Sugar Hill 1299 01:07:58,703 --> 01:08:00,622 Ooh, that's the joint 1300 01:08:00,705 --> 01:08:02,791 These words we said, we want y'all to hear 1301 01:08:02,874 --> 01:08:05,085 We gonna make a lot of sense, we gonna make it clear 1302 01:08:05,168 --> 01:08:07,253 We gonna rock this place, we gonna use some class 1303 01:08:07,337 --> 01:08:09,673 We gonna do our best, we gonna make it last 1304 01:08:09,756 --> 01:08:11,966 We got rhymes on our minds, we got rocking in our hearts 1305 01:08:12,050 --> 01:08:14,260 A lot of things we do, you can call it art 1306 01:08:14,344 --> 01:08:16,470 We're bad, we're slick, we're doing it hip 1307 01:08:16,554 --> 01:08:19,057 We gonna rock this record, and don't you forget 1308 01:08:19,140 --> 01:08:21,393 Ah, that's the joint 1309 01:08:22,310 --> 01:08:23,520 Uh, uh! 1310 01:08:23,603 --> 01:08:25,729 Because Li'l Rodney C is the melody 1311 01:08:25,814 --> 01:08:27,857 Keith, help me rock, we're singing harmony 1312 01:08:27,941 --> 01:08:30,276 Because Jeff is the rhythm, and K is the bass 1313 01:08:30,359 --> 01:08:32,444 Sha-Rock, rock, shocking the whole darn place 1314 01:08:32,529 --> 01:08:34,823 Now, here's a little story you gotta be told 1315 01:08:34,906 --> 01:08:36,950 The party people in the place got a whole lot of soul 1316 01:08:37,033 --> 01:08:39,243 So, when we're on the mic, y'all shocking the house 1317 01:08:39,327 --> 01:08:41,412 And we all get together, we can turn it out 1318 01:08:41,496 --> 01:08:43,872 Now, we're in the house, as you can plainly see 1319 01:08:43,957 --> 01:08:45,875 Everybody's safe, get funky 1320 01:08:45,959 --> 01:08:47,877 Get funky and make money 1321 01:08:47,961 --> 01:08:49,962 And make money, and you don't stop... 1322 01:08:52,465 --> 01:08:53,841 Give it to us now 1323 01:08:56,511 --> 01:08:57,970 Funk it up, funk it up 1324 01:08:58,721 --> 01:09:00,473 Whoo! Gettin' funky 1325 01:09:00,557 --> 01:09:01,558 Uh, uh!