1 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:07,465 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:07,465 --> 00:00:10,010 Brent Musburger (on radio): Kareem with 32 points. 3 00:00:10,051 --> 00:00:13,638 James Worthy with 20 points, a terrific game. 4 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,432 And Magic Johnson, 18. 5 00:00:15,473 --> 00:00:17,350 Announcer (on radio): I think that, uh, the, the Lakers, 6 00:00:17,392 --> 00:00:19,352 uh, they've got a very, very fine basketball team. 7 00:00:19,394 --> 00:00:21,312 They've got a lot of answers that the Celtics 8 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:23,773 have never seen before, and, uh, 9 00:00:23,815 --> 00:00:26,443 I think the Celtics have a lot of answers for them, too. 10 00:00:26,484 --> 00:00:28,194 -(final horn blows) -Musburger: The Los Angeles Lakers 11 00:00:28,236 --> 00:00:30,363 have won in Boston to take a one-to-nothing lead 12 00:00:30,405 --> 00:00:33,658 in the best of seven for the NBA World Championship. 13 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:35,660 -You bet your ass! -Fan: Get the fuck outta here, Buss! 14 00:00:35,660 --> 00:00:36,828 -Yeah! -Fuck you, Buss! 15 00:00:36,870 --> 00:00:37,996 Get the fuck outta here! 16 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:41,124 -One down, three to go! -Fan: Fuck you! 17 00:00:41,124 --> 00:00:43,126 ("Let's Go Crazy" by Prince & the Revolution playing) 18 00:00:43,168 --> 00:00:44,669 -Go fuck yourself! -Jerry Buss: Fuckin' Irish bitch! 19 00:00:44,669 --> 00:00:47,380 (crowd shouting) 20 00:00:47,422 --> 00:00:49,549 ♪ Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down? ♪ 21 00:00:49,591 --> 00:00:51,134 (shouting continues) 22 00:00:51,176 --> 00:00:53,511 ♪ Go crazy ♪ 23 00:00:53,511 --> 00:00:55,513 Fan: You better fuckin' run! Go! 24 00:00:55,555 --> 00:00:58,475 God damn! These crackers done lost their motherfuckin' minds! 25 00:00:58,516 --> 00:01:01,144 ♪ If you don't like... ♪ 26 00:01:01,186 --> 00:01:03,355 Michael Cooper: Damn, this crowd's gonna kill us! 27 00:01:03,396 --> 00:01:04,730 Earvin "Magic" Johnson: Let's get the fuck out of here! 28 00:01:04,772 --> 00:01:05,899 (laughter) 29 00:01:05,940 --> 00:01:07,692 Mitch Kupchak: We're soon gonna find out! 30 00:01:07,692 --> 00:01:09,235 -James Worthy: Someone hit me with a beer! -Straight to the bus! 31 00:01:09,277 --> 00:01:10,362 Down the hall. Keep movin', keep movin'! 32 00:01:10,362 --> 00:01:11,529 To the bus! 33 00:01:11,529 --> 00:01:13,198 Magic: Come on, Cap. 34 00:01:13,198 --> 00:01:14,532 Woo! 35 00:01:16,117 --> 00:01:18,119 They mad, y'all! (laughs) 36 00:01:19,287 --> 00:01:20,538 Woo! 37 00:01:20,580 --> 00:01:22,164 ♪ ...elevator bring us down ♪ 38 00:01:22,207 --> 00:01:24,042 ♪ Oh no, let's go! Let's go crazy ♪ 39 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:25,585 There it is! There it is, come on, get up, get up! 40 00:01:25,627 --> 00:01:27,087 ♪ Let's get nuts ♪ 41 00:01:27,795 --> 00:01:29,714 ♪ Let's look for the purple banana ♪ 42 00:01:29,756 --> 00:01:33,009 ♪ Until they put us in the truck, let's go! ♪ 43 00:01:33,051 --> 00:01:37,389 ♪ ♪ 44 00:01:37,389 --> 00:01:39,933 Magic: We got one, y'all! We got one! 45 00:01:39,973 --> 00:01:42,560 We got this year in the bag! Let's go! 46 00:01:42,602 --> 00:01:45,604 -(players cheering) -Hey, we got this one in the bag! 47 00:01:45,646 --> 00:01:47,732 Let's go! Let's go! 48 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:50,360 ♪ ♪ 49 00:01:50,402 --> 00:01:52,277 (song ends) 50 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,781 Pat Riley: Fuck, yeah! 51 00:01:54,823 --> 00:01:57,075 Don't go gettin' cocky now. 52 00:01:57,075 --> 00:01:58,702 Alright? We got three to go. 53 00:01:58,743 --> 00:02:00,912 Jamaal Wilkes: We got one! 54 00:02:02,622 --> 00:02:04,416 You guys just came in here, 55 00:02:04,457 --> 00:02:07,085 and you stole one on their floor. 56 00:02:07,127 --> 00:02:09,713 -Magic: That's right! -Pat: But it ain't stealing 57 00:02:09,753 --> 00:02:12,757 -when you take what's yours. -Players: That's right! 58 00:02:13,466 --> 00:02:16,511 Pat: Now, they've won their rings. We've won ours. 59 00:02:17,637 --> 00:02:19,431 And none of it meant shit! 60 00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:22,225 Because it wasn't against them. 61 00:02:22,267 --> 00:02:24,894 -(players murmuring) -Magic: Mm-hmm. 62 00:02:24,936 --> 00:02:26,438 We don't want another ring. 63 00:02:28,106 --> 00:02:30,567 -We want theirs. -Players: Yeah! 64 00:02:30,608 --> 00:02:32,067 Magic: Okay, Coach! 65 00:02:32,110 --> 00:02:36,072 We want their fucking hearts. 66 00:02:36,114 --> 00:02:37,781 -Players: Yeah! -Magic: Okay, Coach! 67 00:02:37,781 --> 00:02:38,658 You hear me? 68 00:02:38,700 --> 00:02:41,619 We want their fucking... 69 00:02:41,619 --> 00:02:42,912 hearts! 70 00:02:42,954 --> 00:02:45,623 (players cheering, yelling) 71 00:02:45,623 --> 00:02:48,835 -("Let's Go Crazy" resumes) -(crowd yelling) 72 00:02:48,877 --> 00:02:50,295 (clattering) 73 00:02:52,630 --> 00:02:54,632 (yelling continues) 74 00:02:55,466 --> 00:02:56,968 ♪ Let's go crazy ♪ 75 00:02:57,010 --> 00:02:58,345 They’re coming up front. 76 00:02:58,386 --> 00:02:59,471 -Oh shit! -(loud clattering) 77 00:03:01,348 --> 00:03:03,808 (muffled yelling, banging) 78 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:05,477 Get us the fuck outta here! 79 00:03:05,477 --> 00:03:09,022 ♪ Are we gonna let the elevator bring us down? ♪ 80 00:03:09,064 --> 00:03:10,357 (ding) 81 00:03:10,398 --> 00:03:11,983 ♪ Pills and thrills and daffodils ♪ 82 00:03:12,025 --> 00:03:13,485 (bus roaring) 83 00:03:13,526 --> 00:03:15,195 ♪ Hang tough, children ♪ 84 00:03:15,236 --> 00:03:16,988 ♪ ♪ 85 00:03:16,988 --> 00:03:18,490 ♪ He's coming ♪ 86 00:03:18,990 --> 00:03:20,450 ♪ He's coming ♪ 87 00:03:20,492 --> 00:03:21,993 (crowd shouting) 88 00:03:21,993 --> 00:03:25,997 (police siren wailing) 89 00:03:25,997 --> 00:03:29,000 ("My Favorite Mutiny" by The Coup playing) 90 00:03:29,042 --> 00:03:31,044 ♪ ♪ 91 00:03:34,339 --> 00:03:35,340 ♪ There it is ♪ 92 00:03:38,009 --> 00:03:39,844 ♪ Yeah, ah, uh ♪ 93 00:03:39,844 --> 00:03:40,679 ♪ Yeah ♪ 94 00:03:40,929 --> 00:03:41,763 ♪ Okay ♪ 95 00:03:42,847 --> 00:03:44,182 ♪ Check it out ♪ 96 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:46,351 ♪ Death to the pigs is my basic statement ♪ 97 00:03:46,393 --> 00:03:48,728 ♪ I spit street stories 'til I taste the pavement ♪ 98 00:03:48,770 --> 00:03:51,147 ♪Tryin' to stay out the pen where we face enslavement ♪ 99 00:03:51,189 --> 00:03:53,233 ♪ Had a foolproof hustle 'til they traced the payments ♪ 100 00:03:53,274 --> 00:03:55,360 ♪ I was grippin' my palm around some shitty rum ♪ 101 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,737 ♪ Tryin' to find psalm number 151 ♪ 102 00:03:57,779 --> 00:03:59,906 ♪ To forget what I'm owed, as I clutch the commode ♪ 103 00:03:59,948 --> 00:04:02,492 ♪ I read "Put down the bottle and come get the gun" ♪ 104 00:04:02,534 --> 00:04:04,869 ♪ Let's get off the chain like Kunta Kinte with a MAC-10 ♪ 105 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:07,205 ♪ They want us gone like a dollar in a crack den ♪ 106 00:04:07,247 --> 00:04:09,374 ♪ Steadily subtractin' seeds and stems ♪ 107 00:04:09,374 --> 00:04:10,917 ♪ Mind cloudy through the wheeze and phlegm ♪ 108 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:13,211 ♪ Numbin' my brain off of that and the Jesus hymns ♪ 109 00:04:13,253 --> 00:04:15,714 ♪ If we waiting for the time to fight, these is thems ♪ 110 00:04:15,714 --> 00:04:17,716 ♪ Tellin' us to relax while they ease it in ♪ 111 00:04:17,716 --> 00:04:18,882 ♪ We gettin greased again ♪ 112 00:04:18,925 --> 00:04:19,968 ♪ The truth I write is so cold ♪ 113 00:04:20,010 --> 00:04:21,511 ♪ It'd freeze my pen ♪ 114 00:04:21,553 --> 00:04:23,054 ♪ I'm Boots Riley it's a pleasure to meet you ♪ 115 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:25,348 ♪ Never let they punk ass ever defeat you ♪ 116 00:04:25,390 --> 00:04:27,559 ♪ They got us on the corner wearin' pleather and see-thru ♪ 117 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,853 ♪ All y'all's gold mines, they wanna deplete you ♪ 118 00:04:29,894 --> 00:04:32,564 ♪ I ain't just finna rap on the track, I finna clap on 'em back ♪ 119 00:04:32,564 --> 00:04:34,065 ♪ And it's been stackin' to that ♪ 120 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:36,443 ♪ 500 years before Iceberg ever leaned back in the 'lac ♪ 121 00:04:36,484 --> 00:04:38,361 ♪ Before they told Rosa "Black in the back" ♪ 122 00:04:38,403 --> 00:04:41,114 ♪ Before the CIA told Ricky Ross to put crack in a sack ♪ 123 00:04:41,156 --> 00:04:43,116 ♪ And Gil Scott traded rappin' for smack ♪ 124 00:04:43,158 --> 00:04:44,909 ♪ This beat alone should get platinum plaques ♪ 125 00:04:44,951 --> 00:04:47,078 ♪ I'd rather see a million of us ecstatic to scrap ♪ 126 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,247 ♪ 'Cause if we bappin' 'em back we automatically stacked ♪ 127 00:04:49,247 --> 00:04:51,750 ♪ vocalizing ♪ 128 00:04:56,296 --> 00:04:59,299 -(music stops abruptly) -(birds chirping) 129 00:05:00,425 --> 00:05:02,844 ("Magic" by Olivia Newton-John playing) 130 00:05:05,430 --> 00:05:08,767 ♪ Come take my hand ♪ 131 00:05:08,767 --> 00:05:10,935 ♪ You should know me ♪ 132 00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:15,982 ♪ I've always been in your mind ♪ 133 00:05:17,525 --> 00:05:19,944 ♪ You know I will be kind ♪ 134 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:23,948 ♪ I'll be guiding you ♪ 135 00:05:23,948 --> 00:05:25,241 Ooh... 136 00:05:25,784 --> 00:05:29,120 ♪ You have to believe we are magic ♪ 137 00:05:30,455 --> 00:05:32,624 ♪ Nothing can stand in our way-- ♪ 138 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:35,669 Ain't mine! Can't be! I was careful. 139 00:05:35,710 --> 00:05:37,337 Lisa Adams: Not careful enough. 140 00:05:37,379 --> 00:05:38,963 I voiced your objection to the young woman. 141 00:05:38,963 --> 00:05:40,632 She's insisting you're the father. 142 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:44,803 She's made it clear she plans to keep the child. 143 00:05:47,305 --> 00:05:49,224 In my professional opinion, 144 00:05:49,808 --> 00:05:52,977 we'd do better to arrange a settlement sooner than later. 145 00:05:56,731 --> 00:05:59,150 I can't be dealing with none of this right now. 146 00:06:00,026 --> 00:06:04,155 Got camp. Season startin'. This is my time! 147 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:06,783 Son, this child is due to be born 148 00:06:06,825 --> 00:06:07,951 in the heart of the season. 149 00:06:07,992 --> 00:06:09,327 Right when our corporate friends 150 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:12,622 from 7 Up and Buick are looking to their pitch-man 151 00:06:12,664 --> 00:06:14,833 for all those wholesome Christmas ads. 152 00:06:14,833 --> 00:06:18,169 They can't know about none of this. Nobody can. 153 00:06:19,337 --> 00:06:21,339 (sighs) My people back in Lansing-- 154 00:06:21,381 --> 00:06:23,008 That's why we nip this in the bud. 155 00:06:23,049 --> 00:06:25,969 We suspect Miss Mitchell will be needing financial assistance, 156 00:06:26,011 --> 00:06:29,389 and we have that to offer in exchange for silence. 157 00:06:29,431 --> 00:06:31,141 So, she ain't gonna be saying it's mine? 158 00:06:31,141 --> 00:06:33,518 The deal would be conditional. 159 00:06:33,518 --> 00:06:35,478 No admission of involvement, 160 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,022 the child will not carry the Johnson name, 161 00:06:37,063 --> 00:06:39,315 and if she speaks of you in the public, 162 00:06:39,357 --> 00:06:40,859 we slap her with a lawsuit 163 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:42,485 that a single mother such as her can ill afford. 164 00:06:42,527 --> 00:06:44,362 Dr. Thomas Day: For you... 165 00:06:46,448 --> 00:06:48,241 be like the child never existed. 166 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:51,202 Well, that's cold. 167 00:06:52,537 --> 00:06:54,873 Y-You sayin' there ain't no other way? 168 00:06:54,914 --> 00:06:56,750 Review the terms. 169 00:06:56,791 --> 00:06:59,044 We'll need your decision by the end of training camp. 170 00:07:03,631 --> 00:07:05,258 Son... 171 00:07:05,300 --> 00:07:06,926 Our job is to protect you. 172 00:07:07,886 --> 00:07:09,512 And we gonna do that. 173 00:07:09,554 --> 00:07:11,765 We need you to focus on what you do best. 174 00:07:11,806 --> 00:07:13,933 The game. 175 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:15,685 This is your moment. 176 00:07:15,727 --> 00:07:17,896 Yeah. Yeah, you right. 177 00:07:20,231 --> 00:07:21,399 You right. 178 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:23,026 ♪ Volare... ♪ 179 00:07:23,068 --> 00:07:24,736 Reporter (on radio): In sports news, the NBA draft 180 00:07:24,736 --> 00:07:26,529 was held today in New York City 181 00:07:26,571 --> 00:07:28,698 with every owner of every franchise 182 00:07:28,740 --> 00:07:30,367 descending on Manhattan. 183 00:07:30,408 --> 00:07:33,453 And it was the Boston Celtics who were particularly active 184 00:07:33,495 --> 00:07:35,955 with a huge trade at the top of the draft. 185 00:07:36,790 --> 00:07:38,082 What do you want, Jerry? 186 00:07:38,082 --> 00:07:40,710 We have a pick until the second round. 187 00:07:40,752 --> 00:07:42,295 Oh, fuck it. We're champs. Let's just stand pat, 188 00:07:42,337 --> 00:07:45,799 take the limo for another fuckin' spin, huh? 189 00:07:45,840 --> 00:07:47,634 Sorry we're late! We just came from a little sit-down 190 00:07:47,676 --> 00:07:49,928 with the cable television boys in Connecticut. 191 00:07:49,928 --> 00:07:51,805 It's a racket. What kind of morons 192 00:07:51,846 --> 00:07:53,223 wanna pay for television? 193 00:07:53,264 --> 00:07:55,433 Could be 10, 20 million eyeballs by the 1990s. 194 00:07:55,475 --> 00:07:58,311 We want those eyes on us, David. 195 00:07:58,353 --> 00:08:00,271 Basketball is the sport of the decade, 196 00:08:00,313 --> 00:08:03,942 but we're not makin' it by burying a game a week on CBS. 197 00:08:03,942 --> 00:08:05,777 Hey! There he is! 198 00:08:05,777 --> 00:08:08,488 The man who tied for second runner-up. 199 00:08:08,530 --> 00:08:10,448 How was your draft, Red? 200 00:08:10,448 --> 00:08:12,784 -Oh, what, you didn't hear? I made out like Dillinger. -Jerry Buss: No. 201 00:08:12,826 --> 00:08:16,287 Picked me up a sleeper out of the University of Minnesota. 202 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:17,956 Got Golden State to throw in a starting center 203 00:08:17,956 --> 00:08:19,332 as part of the trade, 204 00:08:19,374 --> 00:08:22,127 and now, I got the best front court in the whole league. 205 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:24,421 Good luck matching up with that. 206 00:08:24,462 --> 00:08:26,172 I'm happy for you, Red. You needed a break. 207 00:08:26,214 --> 00:08:28,299 And who knows? These moves work out, 208 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:31,011 -maybe we'll get a chance to beat you in the finals. -(Red laughs) 209 00:08:31,052 --> 00:08:33,638 They do dream big in California. 210 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,265 Yeah, but I still got the team that beat your ass. 211 00:08:36,307 --> 00:08:38,852 You got no idea what team you got. 212 00:08:38,893 --> 00:08:42,188 Ask West how it goes. After you finally get over that hump, 213 00:08:42,981 --> 00:08:44,691 what happens next? 214 00:08:45,900 --> 00:08:47,819 -You get a little distracted. -Oh. 215 00:08:47,861 --> 00:08:50,196 Because of the bright lights and the bullshit. 216 00:08:50,238 --> 00:08:53,450 Jealousy is very unbecoming, Arnold. 217 00:08:53,491 --> 00:08:55,827 Is this what happens when you lose? 218 00:08:55,869 --> 00:08:58,538 -'Cause I'm unfamiliar with the feeling. -(laughter) 219 00:08:58,580 --> 00:09:01,666 I'm just one and done! All I know is winning. 220 00:09:01,666 --> 00:09:03,251 (laughter) 221 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:06,463 -You know, my people got a word. -Yeah? 222 00:09:06,504 --> 00:09:09,132 Dayenu. Means... "It would be enough." 223 00:09:09,174 --> 00:09:13,053 If all God did was bless us with the Promised Land, dayenu. 224 00:09:13,094 --> 00:09:15,847 If he just sent the plagues against our enemies, dayenu. 225 00:09:15,847 --> 00:09:18,683 It goes on this way, but the point is sometimes we get lucky. 226 00:09:19,434 --> 00:09:20,435 And we get greedy. 227 00:09:21,728 --> 00:09:23,521 Some advice from an old Jew? 228 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:25,482 Let it be enough. 229 00:09:25,523 --> 00:09:27,525 'Cause if you come after it again, 230 00:09:29,402 --> 00:09:33,114 this wily Yid'll jam his Florsheim up your cowboy ass. 231 00:09:37,786 --> 00:09:40,080 Alright, then. (weak laugh, scoffs) 232 00:09:40,121 --> 00:09:42,374 Go sit on a fuckin' turnip. 233 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:44,542 (laughter) 234 00:09:44,584 --> 00:09:46,586 What is he talking about, by the way? 235 00:09:47,796 --> 00:09:48,838 The draft? 236 00:09:49,547 --> 00:09:51,508 Did he just eat our fucking lunch again? 237 00:09:51,549 --> 00:09:53,426 -No. No, we're fine. -It's all good. 238 00:09:53,468 --> 00:09:56,471 ("Girls on Film" by Duran Duran playing) 239 00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:01,226 (indistinct chatter) 240 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:04,562 ♪ ♪ 241 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,398 ♪ See them walking hand in hand ♪ 242 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:08,858 ♪ Across the bridge at midnight ♪ 243 00:10:08,900 --> 00:10:10,694 What a difference a year makes, huh? 244 00:10:10,735 --> 00:10:11,903 Nice hairdo. 245 00:10:11,945 --> 00:10:14,197 Oh yeah, thank you. Cassie got me this new stuff 246 00:10:14,239 --> 00:10:16,574 called, uh, mousse. You ought to try it. 247 00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:19,244 I mean, we're champs. Gotta look the part now, right? 248 00:10:19,244 --> 00:10:20,328 (Pat laughs weakly) 249 00:10:21,079 --> 00:10:22,747 I'm just hoping we get to keep it. 250 00:10:22,747 --> 00:10:25,959 Hm? You know why nobody repeats. 251 00:10:26,001 --> 00:10:29,087 -'Cause the guys that you beat along the way... -(drops lighter) 252 00:10:29,087 --> 00:10:30,588 ...they spent all that time at home, 253 00:10:30,588 --> 00:10:32,424 figuring out new ways to break you down. 254 00:10:33,758 --> 00:10:35,260 Therefore, you gotta innovate. 255 00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:36,761 I've been working on new rotations, schemes. 256 00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:40,098 -Paul Westhead: Pat, have you read "Othello"? -Uh... 257 00:10:40,140 --> 00:10:42,809 Greatest general in Venice. Maybe-- Maybe all of Europe. 258 00:10:42,851 --> 00:10:44,269 Did he have any tips on the low post trap? 259 00:10:44,310 --> 00:10:45,979 Even if he did, it wouldn't matter, 260 00:10:46,021 --> 00:10:48,481 because his downfall was not, uh, not battle plans. 261 00:10:50,817 --> 00:10:52,235 It was personalities. 262 00:10:52,652 --> 00:10:54,487 Magic: We the ones that made it happen. 263 00:10:54,529 --> 00:10:57,824 Not Coach, not Cap. We carried the load, 264 00:10:57,866 --> 00:10:59,743 brought home the gold. 265 00:10:59,784 --> 00:11:02,245 But, one ring ain't gonna keep us in that room. 266 00:11:02,287 --> 00:11:05,165 -Norm Nixon: Nigga, what are you talkin' about? -I'm talkin' about the-- 267 00:11:06,791 --> 00:11:08,626 I'm talkin' about that. 268 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:10,587 I'm talkin' about the future! 269 00:11:10,587 --> 00:11:13,423 That game six? We showed what we can do. 270 00:11:13,465 --> 00:11:15,592 Coop, flyin' the floor, slammin' it home. 271 00:11:15,633 --> 00:11:18,928 -Yes, sir! -Norm, poppin' it from mid-range. 272 00:11:18,970 --> 00:11:22,140 -Oh, percolatin' like a motherfucker! -Yeah. 273 00:11:22,140 --> 00:11:25,518 -With Chones cleaning up them boys. Mm. -You know how we do. 274 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:28,938 Kareem was our general. Carried us all year. 275 00:11:28,980 --> 00:11:31,358 Then, our Iago stole his glory. 276 00:11:31,399 --> 00:11:33,151 Now, you're dealing with the stuff of tragedy. 277 00:11:34,235 --> 00:11:36,821 Entitlement. Resentment. Hubris. 278 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:39,824 The key to everything is going to be us. 279 00:11:39,824 --> 00:11:42,160 We're not in the shadows any longer. 280 00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:44,829 We pushed those men, led them to victory. 281 00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:47,123 And we're still looked at as understudies. 282 00:11:47,165 --> 00:11:49,292 Paul, you can't let this crap get to you. 283 00:11:49,334 --> 00:11:50,669 No, no, that's, that's where you're wrong, Pat. 284 00:11:50,669 --> 00:11:52,128 We gotta bring it in. 285 00:11:53,171 --> 00:11:55,507 -We gotta feed on it. -Okay. 286 00:11:56,508 --> 00:11:58,176 It's you and me, Pat. 287 00:11:59,094 --> 00:12:02,555 I know Cap. He comin' back, but let's be real. 288 00:12:02,597 --> 00:12:04,849 He barely could keep up with us runnin' last year. 289 00:12:04,891 --> 00:12:06,851 That's how he got hurt in the first place. 290 00:12:06,851 --> 00:12:08,561 It's good for him, too! 291 00:12:08,603 --> 00:12:11,147 We get a lead, then throw him in there, 292 00:12:11,189 --> 00:12:14,150 let him do his thing. Right? 293 00:12:14,192 --> 00:12:15,360 I'm thinking we should talk to him together. 294 00:12:15,402 --> 00:12:16,653 -Oh, hell no. -Mm-mm 295 00:12:16,695 --> 00:12:17,904 Man, you the one the white people 296 00:12:17,946 --> 00:12:19,155 got on TV selling shit. 297 00:12:19,197 --> 00:12:20,865 So, go sell him on this. 298 00:12:20,865 --> 00:12:23,034 -Ain't nobody scared of Cap. -I am. 299 00:12:23,076 --> 00:12:25,370 I dress in the shower sometimes. 300 00:12:25,412 --> 00:12:27,372 -(laughter) -For real! 301 00:12:27,372 --> 00:12:29,708 -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Afternoon, gentlemen. -Oh. Mm-mm. I'm calling my mom. 302 00:12:29,708 --> 00:12:31,710 -See ya, Cap. -Uh, I'ma call her, too. 303 00:12:34,796 --> 00:12:37,382 -Kareem: Buck. -Sup, Cap? 304 00:12:37,382 --> 00:12:39,384 -Thank you, Lon. Appreciate that. -Lon Rosen: Yeah. 305 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:43,346 Hey, Cap, uh, can I talk to you for a second? 306 00:12:43,388 --> 00:12:47,350 So, me and the fellas, we was talking, and they had this idea, 307 00:12:47,392 --> 00:12:48,727 and I wasn't too sure about it at first, 308 00:12:48,768 --> 00:12:50,770 but I think I'm seein' what it could be. 309 00:12:52,897 --> 00:12:54,691 -Do tell. -So... 310 00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:56,359 -Cheryl Pistono: Kareem! -Well, the thing is-- 311 00:12:56,401 --> 00:12:58,528 I asked you to hurry up and give me the key! 312 00:12:58,570 --> 00:13:00,071 Please! I have to pee. 313 00:13:00,071 --> 00:13:02,574 Oh. Sorry, Earvin. Emergency. 314 00:13:02,615 --> 00:13:04,784 -So good to see you. -Magic: You, too. 315 00:13:04,826 --> 00:13:07,787 -Shit. I ain't know y'all was-- -Blessed. 316 00:13:07,829 --> 00:13:09,831 Yeah. Sho' is. 317 00:13:11,624 --> 00:13:14,252 (soft jazzy music playing) 318 00:13:14,294 --> 00:13:17,047 You wanna know how the great Red Auerbach 319 00:13:17,088 --> 00:13:18,923 built his dynasty? 320 00:13:18,965 --> 00:13:22,218 He was the first guy to field an all-Black team. 321 00:13:22,260 --> 00:13:23,762 In Boston. 322 00:13:23,762 --> 00:13:27,265 Ha, yeah. The old fart was a civil rights hero 323 00:13:27,265 --> 00:13:29,434 because he didn't give a good goddamn 324 00:13:29,434 --> 00:13:32,562 what anybody thought. He wanted to win. 325 00:13:32,604 --> 00:13:34,981 And, my friends, the future of sports 326 00:13:35,023 --> 00:13:37,484 is not an athletic contest. 327 00:13:37,525 --> 00:13:40,320 It's a business one. 328 00:13:40,362 --> 00:13:41,780 And that... 329 00:13:41,821 --> 00:13:44,657 is where I got the bastard beat. 330 00:13:44,699 --> 00:13:46,326 Alright! We all here? 331 00:13:46,368 --> 00:13:47,410 -Yes, sir. -Hey, Pop. 332 00:13:47,452 --> 00:13:48,787 Who's got the payroll numbers? 333 00:13:48,787 --> 00:13:51,164 -Oh, I do. -Jerry Buss: Okay, John. 334 00:13:52,457 --> 00:13:55,502 Tell the room what we pay... 335 00:13:55,543 --> 00:13:56,753 Cooper. 336 00:13:56,795 --> 00:13:58,963 -Cooper. Let's see... -Jimmy: I know that one. 337 00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:00,465 Yeah, we got him locked up cheap. 338 00:14:00,465 --> 00:14:01,633 35 grand a year. 339 00:14:01,633 --> 00:14:04,010 Alright, so add a zero to that number. 340 00:14:04,052 --> 00:14:06,471 -(chokes) -Uh, well, we don't have to do that 341 00:14:06,471 --> 00:14:08,306 'cause he's not up for renegotiation till next summer. 342 00:14:08,306 --> 00:14:10,350 When the new free agent rules kick in. 343 00:14:10,392 --> 00:14:12,769 The days of payin' chump change are over. 344 00:14:12,811 --> 00:14:14,979 We are getting out in front of this, alright? 345 00:14:15,021 --> 00:14:18,108 We are gonna sew up our starters, long-term. 346 00:14:18,149 --> 00:14:19,693 We're gonna pay them more 347 00:14:19,734 --> 00:14:21,528 than any of these other cheapskate owners. 348 00:14:21,569 --> 00:14:23,988 And that means our boys are gonna bleed for us. 349 00:14:23,988 --> 00:14:25,156 Can we afford that? 350 00:14:25,156 --> 00:14:26,157 -(sputters) No. -No. 351 00:14:26,157 --> 00:14:27,325 Well, that's the beauty of it. 352 00:14:27,367 --> 00:14:29,869 Ronald Reagan is about to be president. 353 00:14:29,911 --> 00:14:31,663 Big business in the White House. 354 00:14:31,663 --> 00:14:34,958 Debt is good. Credit is the new cash, 355 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:36,960 and growth will be the only way to stay alive. 356 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:40,213 You reinvented basketball as entertainment, 357 00:14:40,255 --> 00:14:41,673 but why stop there? 358 00:14:41,673 --> 00:14:43,842 Why not fill the Forum with new sports? 359 00:14:43,842 --> 00:14:47,512 Team tennis, indoor soccer, gymnastics. 360 00:14:47,554 --> 00:14:49,305 -It's all in the folder. -(taps folder) 361 00:14:49,723 --> 00:14:52,225 Alright, Claire! Take a look-see at this. 362 00:14:52,267 --> 00:14:54,978 Frank, I need you to find our money men. We need investors. 363 00:14:55,020 --> 00:14:56,229 (Frank sputters) 364 00:14:58,273 --> 00:15:00,316 (birds chirping) 365 00:15:00,734 --> 00:15:04,738 (quiet clock ticking) 366 00:15:05,530 --> 00:15:07,532 -(chandelier tinkling) -Jerry Buss: Jeanie. 367 00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:11,619 I am proud of you. 368 00:15:12,037 --> 00:15:15,290 Jimmy and Johnny do not have what you have. 369 00:15:16,041 --> 00:15:18,001 I know that. 370 00:15:18,043 --> 00:15:19,711 But I can't give up on 'em. 371 00:15:20,628 --> 00:15:22,630 -And I don't want you to either. -Jeanie Buss: Of course not. 372 00:15:24,716 --> 00:15:26,384 We're a family. 373 00:15:27,218 --> 00:15:29,471 Yeah. Well... 374 00:15:31,431 --> 00:15:33,558 Let's face it, we're not the family we could be. 375 00:15:36,061 --> 00:15:38,355 I did what I know, you know? 376 00:15:38,396 --> 00:15:40,774 My dad disappeared. (weak laugh) 377 00:15:40,815 --> 00:15:42,317 And Grandma... 378 00:15:43,068 --> 00:15:44,986 Well, God bless her. 379 00:15:45,987 --> 00:15:49,949 She was full of love, but she showed it in some strange ways. 380 00:15:53,078 --> 00:15:54,454 And, you know, 381 00:15:54,496 --> 00:15:57,499 she never made us a home... 382 00:15:59,250 --> 00:16:01,252 that we could settle down in. 383 00:16:02,754 --> 00:16:04,839 I wanted that my whole life. 384 00:16:05,757 --> 00:16:07,717 Anyway, I... 385 00:16:07,759 --> 00:16:11,763 I can't... make up for the past. 386 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:16,851 But this is somethin' new. 387 00:16:17,936 --> 00:16:20,480 Jeanie, I want you to live here with me. 388 00:16:21,523 --> 00:16:22,774 Really? 389 00:16:23,358 --> 00:16:24,401 (laughs) 390 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:27,445 And I mean you and your brothers both. 391 00:16:29,948 --> 00:16:32,826 Jeanie, we're building an empire. 392 00:16:32,867 --> 00:16:35,120 But it's not gonna mean a goddamn thing 393 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:37,038 if we don't have each other. 394 00:16:37,789 --> 00:16:39,290 All of us. 395 00:16:42,210 --> 00:16:44,295 (phone ringing) 396 00:16:47,841 --> 00:16:50,176 (phone ringing) 397 00:16:51,803 --> 00:16:54,806 -Think it's him again? -Can't say he gives up that easy. 398 00:16:54,848 --> 00:16:56,474 -(phone ringing) -Virgil: Huh. 399 00:16:56,474 --> 00:16:58,476 Does that mean you starting to give in? 400 00:16:59,310 --> 00:17:01,479 -(phone ringing) -Hell no. 401 00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:06,151 Magic: Come on, Cook. 402 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:09,487 -We both know you missin' me. -(funky music playing) 403 00:17:09,487 --> 00:17:11,740 -Don't flatter yourself. -Virgil: What's that? 404 00:17:12,323 --> 00:17:14,325 Nothing! Nothing, baby. Nothing. 405 00:17:14,701 --> 00:17:17,328 -Oh, "baby" now, huh? -(funky music resumes) 406 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:21,165 (whispers) Yeah. Better a nickname than going out and makin' one. 407 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:25,127 Oh... Cook, you know I ain't mean to do that. 408 00:17:25,170 --> 00:17:26,503 I just like pussy a little too much. 409 00:17:27,213 --> 00:17:30,675 Some folk get high. Some drunk. Me? 410 00:17:30,717 --> 00:17:32,635 I like to fuck. 411 00:17:32,677 --> 00:17:34,387 Well, good luck with that. 412 00:17:34,429 --> 00:17:36,014 Virgil: Good luck with what, honey. 413 00:17:36,056 --> 00:17:37,515 (nervous laugh) Mm-mm. 414 00:17:37,557 --> 00:17:40,685 Honey? (laughs) He sound like a bitch. 415 00:17:40,727 --> 00:17:43,146 Mr. Softee ain't comin' in between us. 416 00:17:43,188 --> 00:17:44,647 We got somethin' special. 417 00:17:44,689 --> 00:17:46,649 You think you can run around and do whatever you want, 418 00:17:46,691 --> 00:17:47,859 and I'll just come runnin' back? 419 00:17:48,777 --> 00:17:50,403 Well, from now on, 420 00:17:50,445 --> 00:17:52,530 I need somethin' I can count on. 421 00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:54,699 You can count on some boring-ass nights, 422 00:17:54,741 --> 00:17:56,826 and you know it. 423 00:17:56,868 --> 00:17:58,495 -(pop) -(funky music stops) 424 00:17:58,536 --> 00:18:01,414 -Virgil: Hey, babe. You ready for Bible study? -(sink running) 425 00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:04,000 Come on, come on, come on, come on! Look, this is easy! 426 00:18:04,042 --> 00:18:06,586 Let's go, Norman. This is his Make-A-Wish. 427 00:18:06,628 --> 00:18:08,546 This is his Make-A-Wish, Norman! 428 00:18:09,756 --> 00:18:11,383 Pat: Stay on him! 429 00:18:11,383 --> 00:18:14,219 Jim Chones: Ball, ball, ball! 430 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:15,553 -(panting) -Here we go! Alright, let's go! 431 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:16,554 Paul: Hold for Cap. 432 00:18:16,554 --> 00:18:18,223 Let's go! Let's go! Hustle! 433 00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:20,183 -Player: I got Magic! -Ball! Ball! 434 00:18:20,225 --> 00:18:21,643 Earvin, slow down! Wait for your captain. 435 00:18:22,394 --> 00:18:24,896 Jamaal: I'm here! EJ! EJ! Right here, I'm open. 436 00:18:24,938 --> 00:18:26,564 -Come on! -Slow down! 437 00:18:27,816 --> 00:18:29,401 -Got your back! -Magic: Come on! 438 00:18:29,401 --> 00:18:31,903 -Get the molasses out your ass, Cap! -Shut your ass up. 439 00:18:32,737 --> 00:18:34,197 -Pat: Take it easy, now. -Pass the ball, man! 440 00:18:34,239 --> 00:18:35,073 No picks. 441 00:18:35,448 --> 00:18:37,951 -(ball thuds) -I look like I was ready? 442 00:18:38,743 --> 00:18:40,745 Sorry, Cap. Just tryin' to find the right speed 443 00:18:40,745 --> 00:18:41,913 like Coach want. 444 00:18:41,913 --> 00:18:44,666 (panting) 445 00:18:46,251 --> 00:18:48,461 We'll get there! We'll get there. Give it time. 446 00:18:48,503 --> 00:18:50,880 Hey, look. Cap's wiped anyway. 447 00:18:50,922 --> 00:18:52,590 Why don't we just call it a day, alright? 448 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:54,968 -Paul: Good idea. Let him rest the ankle. -Pat: Yeah. 449 00:18:55,010 --> 00:18:56,720 -(blows whistle) -That's it, gentlemen! 450 00:18:56,761 --> 00:18:57,804 Wait a minute, Coach! 451 00:18:57,846 --> 00:18:59,556 We wanna climb that mountain top again, 452 00:18:59,597 --> 00:19:01,558 we gotta be in shape! I'm still feelin' fresh! 453 00:19:02,142 --> 00:19:03,977 -How about y'all, fellas? -I'm with you. 454 00:19:04,019 --> 00:19:05,645 -Tired as fuck. -Yeah, let's run it. 455 00:19:05,687 --> 00:19:08,732 Magic: Cap can lay down if he want. Bunny got him. 456 00:19:08,773 --> 00:19:11,985 -We can do a little game six. -You think this offense runs better without me? 457 00:19:13,486 --> 00:19:16,239 Nah! Just trying to protect the cargo. 458 00:19:16,281 --> 00:19:18,116 Hey, hey, hey. Practice is over. 459 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:19,826 It's over. 460 00:19:21,119 --> 00:19:22,328 (Magic scoffs) 461 00:19:23,204 --> 00:19:25,498 No, I agree with Buck. Let's run it back. 462 00:19:25,540 --> 00:19:26,958 Pat: Cap... 463 00:19:27,000 --> 00:19:29,085 You play game six. I'll run with B. 464 00:19:29,127 --> 00:19:30,879 Let's go, B team. Let's go. 465 00:19:32,464 --> 00:19:35,300 Norm: Mm... 466 00:19:35,342 --> 00:19:38,011 Yeah! Come on now, y'all! No laggin'! Let's go! 467 00:19:38,053 --> 00:19:39,637 -Why'd you have to talk shit? -You already know. 468 00:19:39,637 --> 00:19:40,680 Why you gotta talk shit? 469 00:19:40,722 --> 00:19:43,141 Let's go! Let's go, bunny. 470 00:19:43,975 --> 00:19:44,809 Alright, let's go! 471 00:19:45,310 --> 00:19:48,646 (players shouting indistinctly) 472 00:19:48,646 --> 00:19:50,023 Player: Ah! I got back. 473 00:19:50,065 --> 00:19:52,233 (players panting) 474 00:19:53,401 --> 00:19:55,028 -Get him, Cap! -(both grunting) 475 00:19:55,653 --> 00:19:57,822 (Magic grunts) 476 00:19:59,908 --> 00:20:02,911 (funky music playing) 477 00:20:04,829 --> 00:20:06,831 Let's go. Post, post, post! 478 00:20:06,873 --> 00:20:09,042 ♪ ♪ 479 00:20:12,003 --> 00:20:15,006 (players shouting indistinctly) 480 00:20:18,551 --> 00:20:20,345 (grunting) 481 00:20:20,345 --> 00:20:21,554 Jim: Finish that shit! 482 00:20:22,722 --> 00:20:24,849 Norm: Alright, come on! If you want it, go, go! Get it, get it, get it. 483 00:20:25,850 --> 00:20:27,018 (ball thuds) 484 00:20:27,018 --> 00:20:28,520 Woo! 485 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:30,355 Listen up. This is your captain speaking, motherfuckers. 486 00:20:30,397 --> 00:20:31,648 You want minutes? It's time to earn 'em. 487 00:20:31,690 --> 00:20:33,733 -Hell yeah! Hey! -(cheering) 488 00:20:33,775 --> 00:20:35,694 You wanna make another All-Star team? 489 00:20:35,694 --> 00:20:37,362 Scoring, that's how you do! 490 00:20:37,404 --> 00:20:39,489 Lock Buck's punk ass up, grind the rest of those fuckers down, 491 00:20:39,531 --> 00:20:40,865 and every time we go in the offensive end, 492 00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:42,200 -gimme the fucking ball. -Jim! 493 00:20:42,242 --> 00:20:43,910 Let's get your ass up off the pond! 494 00:20:43,952 --> 00:20:45,745 This here how we make it happen! Let's go. 495 00:20:45,787 --> 00:20:47,205 ♪ ♪ 496 00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:48,540 Let's go! 497 00:20:49,582 --> 00:20:51,376 Where you at, Cap? Where you at? 498 00:20:51,376 --> 00:20:53,253 -(grunting) -(sneakers squeaking) 499 00:20:53,294 --> 00:20:55,755 -Hey! I got it! I got it! I got it! -D up! D up! 500 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:58,174 (grunts) 501 00:20:58,216 --> 00:20:59,718 All day. You know you can't guard me. 502 00:21:01,052 --> 00:21:03,346 Norm: Hot dog! Come on! 503 00:21:03,388 --> 00:21:04,764 Magic: Yeah! 504 00:21:04,806 --> 00:21:05,724 That's too easy! 505 00:21:05,765 --> 00:21:06,766 Magic: Shoot it! 506 00:21:06,808 --> 00:21:07,892 -Norm: Whoo-hoo-hoo! -Yeah, Norm! 507 00:21:09,269 --> 00:21:10,937 (players shouting indistinctly) 508 00:21:13,648 --> 00:21:14,649 Magic: Yeah! 509 00:21:16,109 --> 00:21:18,528 -Paul. Paul... -It's not gonna get easier. 510 00:21:18,570 --> 00:21:20,905 Tryin' to earn these minutes, huh? Huh? 511 00:21:20,905 --> 00:21:22,157 (grunts) 512 00:21:23,742 --> 00:21:25,076 (elbow lands) 513 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:28,747 Ball! Ball! 514 00:21:28,747 --> 00:21:29,873 Hey, Bunny, I need you down-- 515 00:21:29,914 --> 00:21:31,416 Here! Here! 516 00:21:31,416 --> 00:21:33,084 -Fuck off me! -Lock him up! 517 00:21:33,084 --> 00:21:34,711 He can't handle the pressure! Let's go, B! 518 00:21:34,753 --> 00:21:37,297 ♪ ♪ 519 00:21:37,339 --> 00:21:38,631 (players yelling) 520 00:21:39,799 --> 00:21:42,385 (indistinct shouting) 521 00:21:42,427 --> 00:21:43,511 (bodies thud) 522 00:21:44,929 --> 00:21:46,431 Player: Come on, Cap! Get it, get it! 523 00:21:46,473 --> 00:21:48,767 Ah! Ah, fuck! 524 00:21:48,767 --> 00:21:51,478 -(whistle blows) -Paul: Hey! Move it out. Okay, alright. 525 00:21:51,519 --> 00:21:53,104 Let me see him. Get outta the way. 526 00:21:53,104 --> 00:21:54,606 -Clear out. Clear out. -Pat: How bad is it? How bad is it? 527 00:21:54,606 --> 00:21:56,107 Let me see it, Cap, let me see it. 528 00:21:56,149 --> 00:21:57,734 -Let me see how bad it is. -Kareem: Ah, fuck... 529 00:21:57,776 --> 00:21:59,235 -Paul: Fuck! -Pat: Shit. 530 00:21:59,277 --> 00:22:01,738 -Paul: Fuck me. -Get off me. Get the fuck off me. 531 00:22:01,780 --> 00:22:03,990 -(blows whistle) -We're done for the day. 532 00:22:04,032 --> 00:22:07,452 Cap, you good? Yo-- Oh, shit. Okay, okay. 533 00:22:07,452 --> 00:22:10,455 (indistinct murmuring) 534 00:22:18,046 --> 00:22:20,632 Jerry West: You're outta your fuckin' mind, dude. 535 00:22:20,674 --> 00:22:23,843 350,000 fuckin' dollars. Outta your fuckin' mind. 536 00:22:23,885 --> 00:22:26,429 -Jerry, hear him out! -Oh, that's right, Bill. 537 00:22:26,471 --> 00:22:27,931 I'm just gonna hold the camel's tail 538 00:22:27,972 --> 00:22:29,599 while you fuck it in the ass. I mean, 539 00:22:29,641 --> 00:22:31,768 that is the operating cost 540 00:22:31,810 --> 00:22:33,478 of half the fucking teams in this league, 541 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:35,438 and you are just giving it to Cooper! 542 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,982 -And Norm. -And whoever else we wanna keep. 543 00:22:37,982 --> 00:22:40,110 Jerry Buss: Jerry, Jerry. 544 00:22:40,151 --> 00:22:42,487 We're buying loyalty with this, alright? 545 00:22:42,487 --> 00:22:44,280 We're gettin' out ahead of the curve. 546 00:22:44,322 --> 00:22:47,325 And when this free agency shit kicks in next year, 547 00:22:47,325 --> 00:22:49,327 we're gonna look like geniuses, alright? 548 00:22:49,327 --> 00:22:52,163 You got any idea how much I earned playin' for this club? 549 00:22:52,205 --> 00:22:54,374 No? How about you? Kid? No? 550 00:22:55,417 --> 00:22:57,711 $800,000! 551 00:22:57,752 --> 00:22:59,004 And that's not just one year. 552 00:22:59,045 --> 00:23:01,214 That's my whole goddamn fuckin' career! 553 00:23:01,256 --> 00:23:03,216 Okay, look. 554 00:23:03,258 --> 00:23:05,510 Kareem and Magic, I get it. 555 00:23:05,510 --> 00:23:07,387 Pay 'em. They're stars. 556 00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:08,847 But you start throwing this money around 557 00:23:08,888 --> 00:23:10,056 willy-fucking-nilly like that, 558 00:23:10,098 --> 00:23:11,891 what does that mean when we really need it? 559 00:23:11,933 --> 00:23:14,060 -What are we gonna do then? -Then we're gonna spend more money. 560 00:23:14,936 --> 00:23:15,937 You're gonna-- 561 00:23:16,187 --> 00:23:18,815 Jerry, I appreciate your concern, alright? 562 00:23:18,857 --> 00:23:20,900 It's not your fucking problem. 563 00:23:20,942 --> 00:23:24,029 That is modern business. Welcome aboard. 564 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:26,865 Okay. Okay. Well then, shit. Fuck. 565 00:23:26,865 --> 00:23:29,367 Suit me the fuck up, huh? Huh? Come on! 566 00:23:29,409 --> 00:23:31,327 How about you, Bill? You gotta be good 567 00:23:31,369 --> 00:23:33,663 for a couple of points off the bench! Little rusty, but hey! 568 00:23:33,705 --> 00:23:35,081 How about that? What's that worth, Frank? 569 00:23:35,123 --> 00:23:37,417 That's gotta be worth, what? Uh, two? Three? 570 00:23:37,459 --> 00:23:39,377 -400? 500,000? -A million! 571 00:23:39,419 --> 00:23:41,087 Oh, a fuckin' million, huh? 572 00:23:41,129 --> 00:23:43,381 Hell, let's just fuckin' wipe our asses 573 00:23:43,423 --> 00:23:45,216 with all this fuckin' money we got, huh!? 574 00:23:45,216 --> 00:23:47,427 -Don't worry. We'll get it done. -Jerry Buss: Calm him down. 575 00:23:47,469 --> 00:23:50,347 Bill Sharman: Jerry! Jerry, calm the fuck down! 576 00:23:50,388 --> 00:23:52,390 -(Jerry Buss laughs) -Jesus Christ! 577 00:23:52,724 --> 00:23:54,225 -Jimmy: Scary. -(laughs, snort) 578 00:23:54,225 --> 00:23:55,602 Wow. 579 00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:58,271 (jukebox clicking) 580 00:23:58,313 --> 00:23:59,898 (vinyl hissing) 581 00:23:59,898 --> 00:24:02,901 ("Dear Mr. Fantasy" by Traffic playing) 582 00:24:03,943 --> 00:24:04,944 (billiard balls clacking) 583 00:24:10,450 --> 00:24:12,118 JoAnn Mueller: So you got them working for you. 584 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,788 Now, you want them living in your mausoleum? 585 00:24:14,829 --> 00:24:17,123 It's their home. They're thrilled. 586 00:24:17,165 --> 00:24:18,583 JoAnn: That's the problem. 587 00:24:18,583 --> 00:24:21,211 They believe you. Just like they did every Christmas, 588 00:24:21,252 --> 00:24:22,712 every birthday, 589 00:24:22,754 --> 00:24:25,465 when the boxes would show up, but not the guy who sent them. 590 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:28,259 They still think the man who left our home to learn 591 00:24:28,301 --> 00:24:31,429 the fox trot and chase tail 592 00:24:31,429 --> 00:24:32,806 won't let them down. 593 00:24:32,847 --> 00:24:36,142 Hey. I love those kids. 594 00:24:36,184 --> 00:24:38,895 ♪ You are the one who can... ♪ 595 00:24:38,937 --> 00:24:42,440 -Do you know Johnny's a musician? -Of course, I do! 596 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,275 He's got the rock-and-roll band. 597 00:24:44,317 --> 00:24:46,611 He's a singer in a country band 598 00:24:47,278 --> 00:24:49,989 which he quit to come here and live with you. 599 00:24:50,031 --> 00:24:51,991 Jimmy was in jockey school. Think he wants that 600 00:24:52,033 --> 00:24:54,327 any other reason than his daddy likes the ponies? 601 00:24:54,369 --> 00:24:56,287 That's his dream. It's not mine. 602 00:24:56,329 --> 00:24:59,833 And Jeanie... (sighs) You know what her favorite sport is? 603 00:24:59,874 --> 00:25:01,918 -Tennis. -Tennis. (exhales) 604 00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,588 Now she's popping Rolaids like a middle-aged accountant 605 00:25:05,630 --> 00:25:07,257 losing sleep for you. 606 00:25:07,298 --> 00:25:10,135 She's got ambition. 607 00:25:10,135 --> 00:25:11,928 Alright? And that's a fucking virtue. 608 00:25:11,970 --> 00:25:14,931 I'm not signing off on any new investors. 609 00:25:14,931 --> 00:25:17,976 (song fades out) 610 00:25:19,644 --> 00:25:22,772 Set them free. 611 00:25:23,314 --> 00:25:24,816 ("Best of My Love" by The Emotions playing) 612 00:25:24,816 --> 00:25:26,484 Chick Hearn: Folks, welcome to a new season. 613 00:25:26,526 --> 00:25:29,487 And these Lakers are hot outta the gates. 614 00:25:30,989 --> 00:25:32,615 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the big man, 615 00:25:32,657 --> 00:25:35,118 the captain, rehabbing from a scratched cornea. 616 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:35,994 And in his absence, 617 00:25:35,994 --> 00:25:37,328 these Lakers are playing 618 00:25:37,328 --> 00:25:38,288 faster than ever. 619 00:25:38,329 --> 00:25:39,289 Watch out, NBA. 620 00:25:39,330 --> 00:25:40,540 When this team gets going, 621 00:25:40,582 --> 00:25:42,334 they are a blur. 622 00:25:42,375 --> 00:25:44,919 ♪ Ah, ah, oh, oh, oh ♪ 623 00:25:45,337 --> 00:25:48,173 ♪ You've got the best of my love ♪ 624 00:25:48,173 --> 00:25:50,300 (song, cheering fades) 625 00:25:50,342 --> 00:25:52,802 Just wish everything was as easy as ball. 626 00:25:53,636 --> 00:25:56,056 Feel like the only place I can get away from it all 627 00:25:56,097 --> 00:25:58,308 is out there on the floor. 628 00:25:58,350 --> 00:26:01,061 Lisa: Is that the only place? 'Cause... 629 00:26:01,102 --> 00:26:03,355 I could take that as an insult. 630 00:26:03,396 --> 00:26:05,690 Nah. This good. 631 00:26:06,775 --> 00:26:08,485 It's real good. 632 00:26:08,526 --> 00:26:09,861 Appreciate you coming through. 633 00:26:09,861 --> 00:26:12,864 Mm. Hope it clears your mind 634 00:26:12,864 --> 00:26:14,032 because we need an answer. 635 00:26:16,034 --> 00:26:18,203 You don't understand. (sighs) 636 00:26:19,954 --> 00:26:21,206 If she sign them papers, 637 00:26:21,206 --> 00:26:23,208 that ain't gonna make everything alright. 638 00:26:23,958 --> 00:26:25,502 I'm still gonna have a kid out there 639 00:26:25,543 --> 00:26:27,253 with my blood runnin' through it, 640 00:26:27,295 --> 00:26:30,548 that I ain't taking care of. And I ain't protectin'. 641 00:26:30,548 --> 00:26:32,384 I ain't actin' like no father. 642 00:26:32,425 --> 00:26:33,927 Are you ready to be one? 643 00:26:35,136 --> 00:26:36,721 Just know-- 644 00:26:36,721 --> 00:26:39,516 Just know turning my back ain't right. 645 00:26:39,557 --> 00:26:41,101 Right is relative. 646 00:26:41,142 --> 00:26:43,019 First thing they teach you in the law. 647 00:26:43,061 --> 00:26:44,437 But I didn't need school to teach me that. 648 00:26:44,479 --> 00:26:45,897 I've been learning that my whole life. 649 00:26:48,066 --> 00:26:50,110 Competing in a world of white men, 650 00:26:50,151 --> 00:26:52,737 right and wrong is a matter of opinion: 651 00:26:53,405 --> 00:26:54,572 theirs. 652 00:26:54,572 --> 00:26:55,740 And if you wanna play their game, 653 00:26:55,740 --> 00:26:58,076 you learn to live with that. 654 00:26:58,076 --> 00:27:00,370 So I gotta do bad for it to be good. 655 00:27:00,412 --> 00:27:02,122 Unless you wanna be a choir boy, 656 00:27:02,163 --> 00:27:04,749 which, from what I experienced, would be a loss. 657 00:27:06,584 --> 00:27:07,919 If Miss Mitchell signs the papers, 658 00:27:07,961 --> 00:27:09,754 that child will live well. 659 00:27:10,422 --> 00:27:13,425 The same life it would've been afforded under your own roof. 660 00:27:14,759 --> 00:27:16,761 (dog barking) 661 00:27:18,763 --> 00:27:21,641 The guilt gets easier to live with. 662 00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:23,101 Take my word on that. 663 00:27:24,436 --> 00:27:26,438 Next time, let's do this at my office. 664 00:27:27,272 --> 00:27:28,982 Save me time on the commute. 665 00:27:29,024 --> 00:27:31,026 -That could be fun. -(Lisa giggles) 666 00:27:34,487 --> 00:27:37,032 (door opens, shuts) 667 00:27:37,073 --> 00:27:39,576 ♪ ♪ 668 00:27:39,617 --> 00:27:42,120 Cheryl: (laughs) It's-- well, you know he's a hard man 669 00:27:42,162 --> 00:27:43,413 to get a hold of, 670 00:27:43,455 --> 00:27:45,123 but I-I'll tell him you called. 671 00:27:45,123 --> 00:27:46,791 Thanks. Yeah. Okay. 672 00:27:46,833 --> 00:27:48,335 Bye-bye. 673 00:27:49,169 --> 00:27:51,796 So Earvin just called again. And next time, 674 00:27:51,838 --> 00:27:54,466 you really need to be the one to answer because I'm just-- 675 00:27:54,466 --> 00:27:57,761 I'm not getting up again. No. Not until the baby comes. 676 00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:59,637 -(sighs) -Kareem: There's nothin' to say. 677 00:27:59,637 --> 00:28:01,306 Well, what if he's calling to apologize? 678 00:28:01,306 --> 00:28:04,976 He ain't got it in him. (scoffs) And he's a hustler. 679 00:28:05,018 --> 00:28:07,562 And what he wants is the spotlight to himself. 680 00:28:08,146 --> 00:28:10,982 -Well, you never liked the spotlight anyway. -I earned it. 681 00:28:11,024 --> 00:28:14,027 I actually earned the respect, and I paid for it with my body. 682 00:28:14,069 --> 00:28:15,487 So why not share the burden? 683 00:28:15,487 --> 00:28:17,155 He doesn't get to just traipse in, 684 00:28:17,197 --> 00:28:18,865 play one charmed game, 685 00:28:18,907 --> 00:28:21,201 and act like that entitles him to take this team. 686 00:28:21,242 --> 00:28:23,995 I'm coming back tonight, and I'm going to dominate 687 00:28:23,995 --> 00:28:27,499 the way I have since long before he held a basketball. 688 00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,626 Because I'm dealing with an overgrown child. 689 00:28:29,668 --> 00:28:31,836 I get it, baby. You're not the only one. 690 00:28:31,878 --> 00:28:32,962 -(groans) -(water dripping) 691 00:28:33,004 --> 00:28:34,005 We need to go to the hospital. 692 00:28:34,005 --> 00:28:35,757 -Oh, baby, baby. -Now! 693 00:28:36,341 --> 00:28:39,344 Frank Mariani: $300,000 that we ain't got. 694 00:28:41,930 --> 00:28:42,847 Look... 695 00:28:43,390 --> 00:28:45,892 I know you got your heart set on those... 696 00:28:47,018 --> 00:28:48,561 (gulps) contract extensions. 697 00:28:48,603 --> 00:28:51,856 You sure that JoAnn's not worth another go? Let us-- 698 00:28:51,856 --> 00:28:53,358 Fuck JoAnn! 699 00:28:58,279 --> 00:29:00,281 She's not stopping me. Fuck her. 700 00:29:01,866 --> 00:29:03,243 Come on, Frank. 701 00:29:03,284 --> 00:29:05,078 -Jerry Buss: Claire! -(door opens) 702 00:29:06,204 --> 00:29:09,708 Come on! Kids! Conference room, pronto. 703 00:29:10,709 --> 00:29:11,710 Come on, Jean-Bean. 704 00:29:11,751 --> 00:29:13,878 ♪ ♪ 705 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,922 You guys are gonna like this one! 706 00:29:17,215 --> 00:29:19,217 -Alright. -(shuts door) 707 00:29:20,051 --> 00:29:21,386 Jeanie. 708 00:29:22,262 --> 00:29:24,597 -You love tennis, don't you? -Jeanie: Yeah. 709 00:29:25,140 --> 00:29:27,225 Jerry Buss: Well, you know this tennis league you got in here? 710 00:29:27,767 --> 00:29:29,561 We're buying you a franchise. 711 00:29:29,602 --> 00:29:31,896 -We are? -Yes, we are. 712 00:29:31,938 --> 00:29:35,066 Jim, we're gettin' into the pony business with you. 713 00:29:35,066 --> 00:29:36,693 You've spent half your time at the track anyway, 714 00:29:36,735 --> 00:29:38,403 we might as well make some money doing it. 715 00:29:38,403 --> 00:29:40,697 So, pick your thoroughbreds, 716 00:29:40,739 --> 00:29:42,032 -find your jockeys. -Alright. 717 00:29:42,073 --> 00:29:45,035 John, you are the new owner-manager 718 00:29:45,076 --> 00:29:46,870 of our indoor soccer team. You can have that country band 719 00:29:46,911 --> 00:29:48,705 -of yours play at halftime. -Jimmy: Are you for real? 720 00:29:48,705 --> 00:29:50,331 Wait, you know about the Johnny Hatton band? 721 00:29:51,082 --> 00:29:53,460 -I love 'em! -Johnny: We were just gonna do a reunion at the Palomino. 722 00:29:53,501 --> 00:29:56,629 -Jerry Buss: Save it for the Forum! -We should discuss this. 723 00:29:56,671 --> 00:29:59,090 $300,000. That's the buy-in for both leagues, 724 00:29:59,090 --> 00:30:00,925 and the seed money for the racing team. 725 00:30:00,925 --> 00:30:03,553 All you need is a little imagination. 726 00:30:03,595 --> 00:30:05,472 So I take out a second mortgage on the mansion. 727 00:30:05,513 --> 00:30:06,931 That's a million in cash. 728 00:30:06,931 --> 00:30:08,725 I spend most of it buying the teams, 729 00:30:08,767 --> 00:30:10,727 but with new teams come new lines of credit. 730 00:30:10,769 --> 00:30:13,563 That makes that million three million, 731 00:30:13,605 --> 00:30:15,440 which covers the Lakers contracts, 732 00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:16,983 buys us a little wiggle room to boot. 733 00:30:17,025 --> 00:30:19,235 If we swim, then the business has some pocket cash, 734 00:30:19,277 --> 00:30:21,738 and if we sink, then it's a healthy write-off. 735 00:30:21,780 --> 00:30:23,823 Father of the fuckin' year. 736 00:30:23,865 --> 00:30:25,658 -Everybody happy? -Jeanie: Yeah. 737 00:30:25,700 --> 00:30:27,911 -Jerry Buss: I'm seeing three big smiles! I like that! -(laughter) 738 00:30:27,952 --> 00:30:29,788 Frank's not happy, but he'll get used to it. 739 00:30:29,829 --> 00:30:31,831 -Johnny: Thanks, Dad. -Jerry Buss: We'll talk about this soon. 740 00:30:31,873 --> 00:30:33,792 Johnny: Is this for real? 741 00:30:33,792 --> 00:30:35,418 -(excited chatter) -Claire Rothman: Dr. Buss. 742 00:30:35,460 --> 00:30:37,796 The ship has left the port, Claire. If you don't like it, 743 00:30:37,837 --> 00:30:39,881 -I don't wanna hear it. No offense. -I'm all for it. 744 00:30:41,966 --> 00:30:44,511 You made me Vice President of California Sports. 745 00:30:44,552 --> 00:30:47,472 -Jerry Buss: Yes, I did. -Yes. And so, for once in my life, 746 00:30:47,514 --> 00:30:49,349 I've got skin in the game, too. 747 00:30:50,475 --> 00:30:51,851 So... 748 00:30:51,893 --> 00:30:53,978 don't make me regret it. 749 00:30:54,020 --> 00:30:55,939 Yeah, but what about that... 750 00:30:55,980 --> 00:30:58,358 Jewish thing Red was talking about? 751 00:30:58,400 --> 00:30:59,859 -Claire: Ah, dayenu. -Yeah. 752 00:30:59,901 --> 00:31:01,695 Being satisfied with what you got. 753 00:31:01,736 --> 00:31:04,698 Yeah, fuck dayenu. I want more. 754 00:31:04,739 --> 00:31:06,658 (laughs) 755 00:31:06,658 --> 00:31:08,660 That is what I'm talking about! 756 00:31:09,494 --> 00:31:10,704 Mm! 757 00:31:10,745 --> 00:31:13,581 -(cars honking) -(indistinct crowd chatter) 758 00:31:14,916 --> 00:31:17,335 (laughter, locker room chatter) 759 00:31:17,335 --> 00:31:19,129 Hey, has anybody hear from Cap? 760 00:31:19,170 --> 00:31:21,464 Maybe we got one more night to do this on our own. 761 00:31:21,506 --> 00:31:23,717 Hell nah! This train ain't stoppin'. 762 00:31:23,758 --> 00:31:25,552 We been seein' what it should be. 763 00:31:25,593 --> 00:31:28,096 Cap just gonna have to get his mind right. (scoffs) 764 00:31:30,181 --> 00:31:33,852 -Fellas, we had a boy. -(all cheering) 765 00:31:33,852 --> 00:31:35,478 Norm: Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. 766 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,313 Let me see, let me see. Look at him. 767 00:31:37,355 --> 00:31:39,524 Ooh, he's scowling already. 768 00:31:39,524 --> 00:31:42,360 -(laughs) Congrats, man. -Kareem: His name is Amir. 769 00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,363 It means "someone with the right to rule." 770 00:31:46,740 --> 00:31:48,074 Aw. Nice. 771 00:31:48,116 --> 00:31:49,868 Magic: Of course, it do! 772 00:31:49,909 --> 00:31:52,037 Your son gonna do great things. 773 00:31:52,037 --> 00:31:54,164 You being the big chief and all. 774 00:31:54,205 --> 00:31:55,457 That so? 775 00:31:56,249 --> 00:31:58,877 -Cooper: Mm-mm... -Mark Landsberger: Ah. Okay. 776 00:32:02,422 --> 00:32:04,758 I gathered you see yourself in that position. 777 00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:06,426 Or have I misunderstood? 778 00:32:07,594 --> 00:32:09,054 Nah... 779 00:32:09,054 --> 00:32:10,305 Nah. 780 00:32:14,225 --> 00:32:15,894 (players murmuring) 781 00:32:18,646 --> 00:32:21,900 We think the offense oughta stay the way it is. 782 00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:24,569 -Me and the fellas... -I'm just gonna go over here. 783 00:32:24,611 --> 00:32:26,571 (indistinct quiet chatter) 784 00:32:26,571 --> 00:32:28,114 ...been winning. 785 00:32:29,324 --> 00:32:31,117 Don't see no need to change. 786 00:32:31,159 --> 00:32:33,244 Ah-- N-No disrespect, 787 00:32:33,286 --> 00:32:35,288 -but, like-- -I agree. 788 00:32:36,664 --> 00:32:38,917 (players chattering) 789 00:32:48,259 --> 00:32:51,012 Kareem: Have you ever seen a child come into the world? 790 00:32:56,142 --> 00:32:58,395 None of the things that I've mastered in my life 791 00:32:58,436 --> 00:33:00,772 could help in any way. 792 00:33:00,814 --> 00:33:03,608 All of it was worthless in that moment 793 00:33:03,608 --> 00:33:07,445 because that moment didn't require a great man to step in. 794 00:33:07,445 --> 00:33:10,448 It required me to be a partner. 795 00:33:11,991 --> 00:33:13,952 R-Right on, Cap. That's-- Hey. 796 00:33:13,993 --> 00:33:15,620 That's all I'm tryin' to be is a partner. 797 00:33:16,371 --> 00:33:17,455 I doubt that. 798 00:33:19,708 --> 00:33:21,960 I'm not gonna sit up here and lie that I regret 799 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,963 all that I've accomplished. But, my older kids? 800 00:33:26,673 --> 00:33:30,176 They know number 33 much better than they know their father. 801 00:33:35,473 --> 00:33:38,476 (locker room chatter continues) 802 00:33:41,813 --> 00:33:42,856 (sighs) 803 00:33:43,815 --> 00:33:47,777 Last year, we contended with some of the worst luck 804 00:33:47,819 --> 00:33:51,156 -this league has ever seen. -(players murmur) 805 00:33:51,197 --> 00:33:54,826 Out of that crucible was forged this gold. 806 00:33:54,826 --> 00:33:57,162 (players exclaiming) 807 00:33:57,996 --> 00:33:59,581 -You know it. -Pat? 808 00:34:00,832 --> 00:34:02,042 Yeah? 809 00:34:02,083 --> 00:34:04,127 Do you have a poem for us? 810 00:34:04,169 --> 00:34:06,504 -(laughter) -Fuck off. (laughs) 811 00:34:07,672 --> 00:34:09,966 That's okay. Good thing I have one handy. 812 00:34:10,007 --> 00:34:12,177 -(players groan, laugh) -Player: Prepared. 813 00:34:13,178 --> 00:34:15,096 -(Paul clears throat) -Pat: Alright. 814 00:34:16,889 --> 00:34:18,850 "Out of the night that covers me. 815 00:34:18,891 --> 00:34:21,268 "Black as the pit from pole to pole. 816 00:34:22,228 --> 00:34:24,147 "I thank whatever gods may be 817 00:34:24,188 --> 00:34:27,567 "for my unconquerable soul. 818 00:34:27,609 --> 00:34:30,527 "Matters not how strait the gate. 819 00:34:30,570 --> 00:34:33,031 "How charged with punishments the scroll. 820 00:34:34,783 --> 00:34:37,034 -"I am the master of my fate. -(Paul mouthing along) 821 00:34:37,034 --> 00:34:40,038 I am the captain of my soul." 822 00:34:42,415 --> 00:34:44,000 We have our captain back. 823 00:34:44,042 --> 00:34:47,170 (scattered cheers, applause) 824 00:34:47,212 --> 00:34:49,714 Paul: We are the masters of our fate. 825 00:34:52,050 --> 00:34:55,594 -This is our year! On three. -(cheers) 826 00:34:55,637 --> 00:34:57,597 (clapping) 827 00:34:57,639 --> 00:34:59,057 Norm: Count us down, Cap. 828 00:35:00,225 --> 00:35:02,727 Our year on three. One, two, three. 829 00:35:02,769 --> 00:35:05,271 Players: Our year! (cheering) 830 00:35:05,313 --> 00:35:08,066 -Norm: Let's go, let's go, let's go! -Come on, come on, come on! 831 00:35:08,066 --> 00:35:10,402 (cheering continues) 832 00:35:10,443 --> 00:35:13,071 (clapping) 833 00:35:13,071 --> 00:35:16,074 ("I Feel Love" by Donna Summer playing) 834 00:35:20,745 --> 00:35:22,747 (muffled crowd cheering) 835 00:35:32,841 --> 00:35:34,843 It's my fuckin' time. 836 00:35:35,593 --> 00:35:38,179 (crowd cheering) 837 00:35:41,349 --> 00:35:43,643 Crowd (chanting): Magic! Magic! Magic! 838 00:35:45,020 --> 00:35:46,938 Announcer (on PA): Ladies and gentlemen, 839 00:35:46,938 --> 00:35:50,233 your 1980 NBA World Champions. 840 00:35:50,275 --> 00:35:52,902 Your Los Angeles Lakers! 841 00:35:52,944 --> 00:35:55,947 (crowd cheering) 842 00:35:55,947 --> 00:35:58,700 (cheering fades) 843 00:36:01,119 --> 00:36:04,205 ♪ Ooh... ♪ 844 00:36:04,247 --> 00:36:06,750 ♪ I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love ♪ 845 00:36:06,791 --> 00:36:10,712 ♪ I'm in love, I'm in love ♪ 846 00:36:14,466 --> 00:36:15,633 (Magic exhales) 847 00:36:16,634 --> 00:36:18,303 ♪ Ooh... ♪ 848 00:36:19,346 --> 00:36:22,265 ♪ I feel love, I feel love, I feel love ♪ 849 00:36:22,307 --> 00:36:25,685 ♪ I feel love, I feel love ♪ 850 00:36:25,727 --> 00:36:26,978 -(exhales) -(birds chirping) 851 00:36:28,563 --> 00:36:30,774 (muffled crowd cheering) 852 00:36:30,815 --> 00:36:34,736 ♪ I feel love ♪ 853 00:36:37,364 --> 00:36:39,324 (swishing) 854 00:36:39,324 --> 00:36:41,159 ♪ I feel love ♪ 855 00:36:42,869 --> 00:36:44,204 -(crunching pop) -(screams) 856 00:36:44,245 --> 00:36:46,623 -(crowd gasps) -Chick: Hold on now, Keith. 857 00:36:46,664 --> 00:36:48,500 -Well, Magic stepped a little bit funny now and-- -Paul: Time out! 858 00:36:48,500 --> 00:36:51,044 -(whistle blows) -Chick: Oh my. 859 00:36:51,086 --> 00:36:54,172 Pat: Look out, look out. Hey, you good? 860 00:36:54,172 --> 00:36:55,965 -Fuck. Hey. -Paul: Earvin? 861 00:36:56,007 --> 00:36:58,677 -(Magic groaning) -Let's get some ice, guys. 862 00:36:59,594 --> 00:37:03,348 -Magic: Ah, Riles, it hurts. -B-Back up. Keep-- Back up a little bit. 863 00:37:03,348 --> 00:37:06,017 -(Magic groaning) -Pat: Hey. You alright? 864 00:37:06,893 --> 00:37:09,187 Magic: Nah! Don't-- No, no, no! 865 00:37:09,187 --> 00:37:11,481 Fan: Come on, Magic! 866 00:37:11,523 --> 00:37:13,400 (indistinct chatter) 867 00:37:16,027 --> 00:37:18,405 Unfortunately, the arthroscope revealed 868 00:37:18,446 --> 00:37:20,365 more damage than we hoped. 869 00:37:20,407 --> 00:37:24,202 Um, we have to open the knee up 870 00:37:24,244 --> 00:37:25,829 with an incision about six, seven inches 871 00:37:25,870 --> 00:37:28,581 and remove the cartilage and the scar tissue. 872 00:37:28,623 --> 00:37:31,710 -And then, I'ma be alright? -Then, time will tell. 873 00:37:31,710 --> 00:37:33,378 H-How much, uh, how much time? 874 00:37:33,378 --> 00:37:34,754 Young man in good shape, athlete like him, 875 00:37:34,796 --> 00:37:36,715 he should be up and walking in about 12 weeks. 876 00:37:36,756 --> 00:37:38,675 -Twelve weeks? -Ready for light exercise. 877 00:37:38,717 --> 00:37:40,719 -Light fuckin' exercise?! -Bill: Twelve weeks puts us 878 00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:42,887 a month out from the playoffs. Can he get back in shape? 879 00:37:42,929 --> 00:37:44,556 -Fuck shape, Bill! We need him in a groove! -Jerry! 880 00:37:44,597 --> 00:37:48,059 -I heard the pop from the 12th row. -Hey, all y'all just calm down! 881 00:37:48,059 --> 00:37:49,227 Y'all just hold down the fort, 882 00:37:49,227 --> 00:37:51,896 and your boy be back before you know it. 883 00:37:51,896 --> 00:37:53,606 Trust me. 884 00:37:55,734 --> 00:37:57,444 -Yeah? -You're goddamn right! 885 00:37:57,485 --> 00:37:59,070 -(Magic chuckles) -Doc, lemme buy you a drink. 886 00:38:00,488 --> 00:38:02,449 Yeah. We aight. 887 00:38:02,490 --> 00:38:04,159 Jerry Buss: (clears throat) So... 888 00:38:05,326 --> 00:38:08,371 ♪ ♪ 889 00:38:08,413 --> 00:38:11,416 (clock ticking) 890 00:38:12,625 --> 00:38:15,420 (indistinct whispering) 891 00:38:22,135 --> 00:38:24,137 ♪ ♪ 892 00:38:36,191 --> 00:38:37,192 (exhales) 893 00:38:38,026 --> 00:38:39,736 So, we lose a couple months, 894 00:38:39,778 --> 00:38:41,780 but he's a world-class athlete, 895 00:38:41,780 --> 00:38:43,490 and he'll be back in shape for the playoffs. 896 00:38:43,531 --> 00:38:45,075 If we get into the playoffs. 897 00:38:45,116 --> 00:38:46,868 I don't wanna fucking hear that, Bill. 898 00:38:48,995 --> 00:38:50,663 We are defending a title, 899 00:38:50,705 --> 00:38:53,958 so you two figure it out! 900 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,671 And tell me what I have to do to plug the fucking dam, 901 00:38:57,712 --> 00:39:00,090 so we're ready when he comes home again 902 00:39:00,131 --> 00:39:03,009 this year! In time to win! 903 00:39:03,051 --> 00:39:05,970 -Un-fuckin' believable! -Jerry West: Well... 904 00:39:07,222 --> 00:39:09,349 Okay. (sighs) 905 00:39:09,391 --> 00:39:11,810 Shit. So, 906 00:39:11,810 --> 00:39:13,687 uh, Norm's point. 907 00:39:13,728 --> 00:39:15,772 We need a backup. 908 00:39:15,814 --> 00:39:18,108 -Who you willing to trade? -Nobody. 909 00:39:18,149 --> 00:39:20,026 -Chones? -Can't give up any assets until we know 910 00:39:20,068 --> 00:39:22,529 what's going on with the kid. And if everything goes sour, 911 00:39:22,570 --> 00:39:24,322 we're gonna need everything we have, 912 00:39:24,322 --> 00:39:26,658 including the kid, to make a bigger move. 913 00:39:26,700 --> 00:39:29,828 Bill, anybody worth his salt is already on a roster. 914 00:39:29,828 --> 00:39:31,496 Tryin' to find somebody decent to replace him 915 00:39:31,538 --> 00:39:34,165 without movin' anybody on is fuckin' impossible. 916 00:39:34,207 --> 00:39:36,751 -I mean, it's a wild fuckin' goose chase, Bill. -Bill: Yep. 917 00:39:39,170 --> 00:39:40,338 Welcome to management. 918 00:39:43,925 --> 00:39:45,343 Chick (on TV): Hello again, everyone. 919 00:39:45,343 --> 00:39:46,803 Well, if you like sloppy play, 920 00:39:46,845 --> 00:39:49,014 then the first half of basketball was for you. 921 00:39:49,014 --> 00:39:52,308 Westhead, frustrated by the stagnant offense and lackluster play. 922 00:39:52,350 --> 00:39:53,893 Welcome back from the half. 923 00:39:53,935 --> 00:39:56,187 And if you're just tuning in, the Lakers are a man down, 924 00:39:56,229 --> 00:39:58,064 and I'll tell you what. They're looking like it, Keith. 925 00:39:58,106 --> 00:40:01,151 Struggling to stay afloat with Magic Johnson on the mend, 926 00:40:01,192 --> 00:40:03,862 -and, uh, well, wherever he is, we hope he's resting up... -(moaning) 927 00:40:03,903 --> 00:40:05,488 ...and working on his rehabilitation. 928 00:40:05,530 --> 00:40:07,866 Magic: Right there, that's good. Yeah! 929 00:40:07,907 --> 00:40:10,201 -(moaning continues) -Keep goin'. 930 00:40:10,243 --> 00:40:12,495 Yeah. That's good. 931 00:40:12,537 --> 00:40:15,665 We got it. Just keep goin'. Oh, God. 932 00:40:15,707 --> 00:40:18,376 -(moaning) -Keep goin'. Yeah, that's good. 933 00:40:18,376 --> 00:40:21,338 -(both moaning) -Magic: Oh, fuck! 934 00:40:21,379 --> 00:40:24,549 -Abby: Ah! Fuck! Fuck! -Oh. Hey. Why you stop? 935 00:40:24,549 --> 00:40:27,218 -Why you stop? -This thing is cutting me. 936 00:40:27,218 --> 00:40:28,803 Well, just scoot around it! 937 00:40:29,429 --> 00:40:31,514 Maybe it's not a good night. (sighs) 938 00:40:31,556 --> 00:40:33,933 I said I'd meet the girls at Osko's after the game. 939 00:40:33,975 --> 00:40:37,520 Wait. Uh... Wha-- You just-- 940 00:40:37,562 --> 00:40:38,855 You just gonna leave me like this? 941 00:40:38,897 --> 00:40:40,440 You know, you ain't gonna, like... 942 00:40:41,274 --> 00:40:43,401 finish the job? 943 00:40:43,443 --> 00:40:45,195 (scoffs) 944 00:40:45,236 --> 00:40:47,781 ♪ Make him feel good ♪ 945 00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:51,242 ♪ Feel good ♪ 946 00:40:52,660 --> 00:40:53,787 ♪ Feel good ♪ 947 00:40:54,579 --> 00:40:56,539 (kiss smack) 948 00:40:56,581 --> 00:40:58,917 Rain check. Call me when you're out of jail. 949 00:40:59,918 --> 00:41:00,919 What, that's it? 950 00:41:02,671 --> 00:41:04,255 You should clean up in here. 951 00:41:04,297 --> 00:41:05,548 It's a pigsty. 952 00:41:05,590 --> 00:41:08,468 -(game chatter on TV) -(door opens, shuts) 953 00:41:10,345 --> 00:41:12,555 Deep Voice: She's the least of your problems. 954 00:41:12,597 --> 00:41:14,057 Mm, mm, mmm. 955 00:41:14,099 --> 00:41:17,394 Funny how shit change on a dime, huh? 956 00:41:17,435 --> 00:41:19,771 -Get the fuck off me. -The fuck? 957 00:41:19,771 --> 00:41:22,023 Yeah, it's me. Your ripped-up knee. 958 00:41:22,607 --> 00:41:25,902 -I ain't try and get hurt. That shit just happened. -Knee: Whatever. 959 00:41:25,902 --> 00:41:28,780 -Brace yourself for some more bad news. -Magic: What you talking about? 960 00:41:28,780 --> 00:41:30,782 Our future. We is fucked up. 961 00:41:30,824 --> 00:41:32,951 -Like, for real. -Shut the fuck up, man. 962 00:41:32,951 --> 00:41:35,453 Oh, so that's how you playing it? You remember Toby Knight? 963 00:41:36,371 --> 00:41:39,082 Exactly. Knicks took him second overall 964 00:41:39,082 --> 00:41:41,167 in the '77 NBA draft. 965 00:41:41,209 --> 00:41:44,129 Eleven minutes into his first preseason game, 966 00:41:44,170 --> 00:41:47,132 his knee twisted every which way but loose. 967 00:41:47,132 --> 00:41:50,010 Now, he's bouncing around the league like a bad check. 968 00:41:50,051 --> 00:41:52,345 Then, there's Bob Lanier, 969 00:41:52,387 --> 00:41:55,974 Dave DeBusschere. Doug Collins, Bob Pettit, 970 00:41:55,974 --> 00:41:58,852 and a whole lot more. Once their knees went, 971 00:41:58,893 --> 00:42:00,145 they were never the same. 972 00:42:00,145 --> 00:42:02,439 Face it, bro. You might not be either. 973 00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:03,982 Magic: What I'm supposed to do now? 974 00:42:04,566 --> 00:42:07,110 Well, from the look of this apartment, 975 00:42:07,152 --> 00:42:09,195 hop our Black ass back to Lansing. 976 00:42:09,237 --> 00:42:10,989 You gonna end up there anyway. 977 00:42:10,989 --> 00:42:13,700 -Ain't nobody ending up back in Lansing. -Knee: Fuck your pride. 978 00:42:13,742 --> 00:42:16,494 Right now, I need some tender loving care. 979 00:42:16,494 --> 00:42:18,788 -Maybe on the way, you can stop by unemployment. -Shut the fuck up. 980 00:42:18,830 --> 00:42:20,331 Get a job application. 981 00:42:20,373 --> 00:42:21,583 Nigga, you ain't funny. 982 00:42:22,834 --> 00:42:25,628 Knee (muffled): Hey! That's what I get for telling it like it is? 983 00:42:25,670 --> 00:42:27,339 -That's why your crippled ass can't walk. -(clicking) 984 00:42:27,380 --> 00:42:29,674 Chick (on TV): ...in an enormous hole. 985 00:42:29,716 --> 00:42:32,135 Their spirits are down, I do not like their body language, 986 00:42:32,177 --> 00:42:35,180 and I'll tell you, you can't sulk when things don't go your way. 987 00:42:35,221 --> 00:42:37,390 Paul: We won a championship 988 00:42:37,432 --> 00:42:40,018 using a system built on improvisation. 989 00:42:40,060 --> 00:42:42,562 -That is Magic's strength, not Norm's. -Say what? 990 00:42:42,604 --> 00:42:45,023 That's not-- That's not a criticism. Just a fact. 991 00:42:45,065 --> 00:42:46,566 Player: Uh-huh! (laughs) 992 00:42:46,608 --> 00:42:49,903 Another fact is that Kareem is struggling offensively. 993 00:42:49,944 --> 00:42:52,030 That ankle is still on the mend. 994 00:42:52,030 --> 00:42:54,699 We cannot lean on him to carry us. 995 00:42:54,699 --> 00:42:57,702 My system is our answer. 996 00:42:58,870 --> 00:43:00,372 I call it... 997 00:43:01,081 --> 00:43:02,582 The System. 998 00:43:02,624 --> 00:43:04,250 (confused murmuring) 999 00:43:04,292 --> 00:43:05,710 Jim: That's it? 1000 00:43:05,710 --> 00:43:08,505 Your system called The System? That ain't sexy. 1001 00:43:08,546 --> 00:43:10,131 -(laughter) -Thank you, Jim. 1002 00:43:11,216 --> 00:43:14,052 But it's a simple name for simple basketball. 1003 00:43:14,094 --> 00:43:17,097 The System is not looking for the best shot. 1004 00:43:17,972 --> 00:43:19,933 The System is looking for... 1005 00:43:19,974 --> 00:43:23,103 as many shots as possible! 1006 00:43:23,144 --> 00:43:25,105 We shoot as quickly as we can, 1007 00:43:25,146 --> 00:43:26,940 before the defense can set 1008 00:43:26,981 --> 00:43:29,901 because what The System is after is quantity! 1009 00:43:29,901 --> 00:43:32,737 Hold up. So you're sayin' I just get the ball and chuck it up, 1010 00:43:32,779 --> 00:43:34,572 and if I air it, I ain't gettin' benched. 1011 00:43:34,614 --> 00:43:36,908 I'm saying if you don't do that, you're getting benched. 1012 00:43:36,950 --> 00:43:38,868 -Pat. Now... -(snaps fingers) 1013 00:43:38,910 --> 00:43:40,912 Pat and I have studied all of your film. 1014 00:43:40,954 --> 00:43:42,914 These are the spots from which our starting five 1015 00:43:42,956 --> 00:43:45,542 were most affected, regardless of the defense, 1016 00:43:45,583 --> 00:43:47,794 so these are the spots you're gonna run to! 1017 00:43:47,836 --> 00:43:51,297 Norm. Jamaal. Mike. Jim. Kareem. 1018 00:43:51,339 --> 00:43:53,550 -So, we running spots again? -Same spots every time? 1019 00:43:53,591 --> 00:43:55,552 All the time. As fast as you can. 1020 00:43:55,593 --> 00:43:57,262 Whoever catches the ball, you shoot! 1021 00:43:57,303 --> 00:43:59,556 -You don't dribble. You don't pass. You shoot. -Wow... 1022 00:43:59,597 --> 00:44:01,766 -The ball never touches the floor, okay? -(snaps fingers) 1023 00:44:02,517 --> 00:44:04,269 Hey, no offense, but this sounds like 1024 00:44:04,310 --> 00:44:06,646 the stupidest shit ever. We keep doing the same thing, 1025 00:44:06,688 --> 00:44:08,606 -they gonna figure that shit out. -Won't matter, Norm. 1026 00:44:09,274 --> 00:44:13,111 With The System, we shoot faster, and we shoot more. 1027 00:44:13,111 --> 00:44:14,988 And more shots at a lower percentage 1028 00:44:15,030 --> 00:44:18,450 will beat fewer at a higher one every single game! 1029 00:44:18,450 --> 00:44:20,326 For you, maybe. I start bricking, 1030 00:44:20,368 --> 00:44:22,662 -Sharman gonna ship my ass up outta here. -Jim: Damn right. 1031 00:44:22,704 --> 00:44:24,998 Ain't nobody paying nobody to be missing shots. 1032 00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:27,917 We the motherfuckers with our damn stat lines in the toilet. 1033 00:44:27,959 --> 00:44:28,960 And what about you? Yo ass set. 1034 00:44:29,002 --> 00:44:30,670 Got millions of dollars in the bank. 1035 00:44:30,712 --> 00:44:32,172 Meanwhile, we doing all the work! 1036 00:44:32,213 --> 00:44:33,757 And we the ones on the auction block, right? 1037 00:44:33,798 --> 00:44:36,968 I promise, The System benefits everybody. Trust me. 1038 00:44:36,968 --> 00:44:40,096 -Motherfucker, please. -Pat: Hey, look, Jim, give Coach a shot here. 1039 00:44:40,138 --> 00:44:42,140 -He's got a vision for this-- -Hey, Cap! Cap! Cap! 1040 00:44:43,141 --> 00:44:44,976 How you feel about this shit? 1041 00:44:51,524 --> 00:44:55,028 I think you've devised a system to paper over the reality. 1042 00:44:55,070 --> 00:44:56,988 In Earvin's absence, I've failed to pull my weight, 1043 00:44:56,988 --> 00:44:58,698 and you no longer think I'm capable. 1044 00:44:58,740 --> 00:45:01,534 No, no, no. No, Cap! Th-That's not it. That's not it, Cap. 1045 00:45:01,576 --> 00:45:03,453 -Pat: That's not what he's saying. -That's not it at all! 1046 00:45:03,495 --> 00:45:05,038 Player: The dumbest name I ever heard in my life. 1047 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:07,582 "The System." Oh, my God, such a great name! 1048 00:45:10,669 --> 00:45:13,672 Dr. Day: Mrs. Adams has worked out the terms for your review. 1049 00:45:14,381 --> 00:45:17,884 You'll see that the finances are quite generous. 1050 00:45:17,926 --> 00:45:20,929 My son will not run from his responsibilities. 1051 00:45:21,846 --> 00:45:24,015 We did raise him better. 1052 00:45:24,057 --> 00:45:25,850 Mr. Mitchell: That so? 1053 00:45:25,892 --> 00:45:28,186 Then, why are these lawyers here doin' all the damn talking? 1054 00:45:29,854 --> 00:45:31,356 Dr. Day: If you're finished, Mr. Mitchell-- 1055 00:45:31,398 --> 00:45:33,233 Mr. Mitchell: I'm here for family, damn it. 1056 00:45:34,234 --> 00:45:36,111 Now, game recognize game, and you runnin' a game, Day. 1057 00:45:37,362 --> 00:45:40,198 Tryin' to buy us off on Laker money. 1058 00:45:40,240 --> 00:45:42,784 When chances are, that lake done dried up. 1059 00:45:43,868 --> 00:45:47,372 Y'all dragged his crippled ass in here like he was King Tut! 1060 00:45:48,206 --> 00:45:50,208 Bum leg, broken as his word. 1061 00:45:52,085 --> 00:45:55,255 Look at him. Look at him. 1062 00:45:55,296 --> 00:45:57,549 Just another deadbeat nigga in his mama's basement. 1063 00:45:57,590 --> 00:46:00,218 -Baby. Baby, now, now. -Calm yourself, brother. 1064 00:46:00,218 --> 00:46:03,430 -Mrs. Mitchell: Baby, baby, baby, now, now, now. -Calm yourself, brother. 1065 00:46:04,556 --> 00:46:05,724 Dr. Day: Mr. Mitchell. 1066 00:46:07,308 --> 00:46:08,810 Mr. Mitchell! 1067 00:46:14,566 --> 00:46:15,567 (sighs) 1068 00:46:19,821 --> 00:46:21,906 You have our proposal. 1069 00:46:21,906 --> 00:46:24,409 Your grandchild will lack for nothing. 1070 00:46:25,577 --> 00:46:28,955 What more exactly do you want? 1071 00:46:28,997 --> 00:46:30,874 Mr. Mitchell: I'll tell you what I want. 1072 00:46:30,915 --> 00:46:34,419 I want your client to step up and be a father. 1073 00:46:35,503 --> 00:46:37,005 And not a coward! 1074 00:46:39,799 --> 00:46:42,635 (ambient street noise) 1075 00:46:42,677 --> 00:46:45,305 Hey, so y'all gonna let him talk to me like that? 1076 00:46:45,347 --> 00:46:48,350 You lucky we didn't let him club you like a baby seal! 1077 00:46:49,642 --> 00:46:51,811 Everybody in there cleaning up your dirt, 1078 00:46:51,853 --> 00:46:53,772 while you sitting in the corner quiet as a church mouse! 1079 00:46:53,813 --> 00:46:54,981 Oh, so you on they side, huh? 1080 00:46:55,023 --> 00:46:57,025 I'm on the side of right! 1081 00:46:57,817 --> 00:47:00,153 Your blood... 1082 00:47:00,195 --> 00:47:02,197 is gonna be walkin' these streets. 1083 00:47:03,114 --> 00:47:04,616 Same streets as us! 1084 00:47:05,450 --> 00:47:07,452 While you off living your life. 1085 00:47:07,994 --> 00:47:11,122 So, I guess we supposed to be quiet, too? 1086 00:47:11,164 --> 00:47:14,834 -Huh? -Magic: Look, I didn't mean to do this! Damn! 1087 00:47:14,876 --> 00:47:16,878 Can't y'all see I'm messed up right now? 1088 00:47:19,714 --> 00:47:21,966 Pop, I got hurt. 1089 00:47:22,634 --> 00:47:24,344 Now, it ain't the same! What... 1090 00:47:26,054 --> 00:47:29,015 Till this is all worked out, I gotta be thinkin' about me. 1091 00:47:29,057 --> 00:47:31,184 -My future. -Christine Johnson: Oh, me, me! 1092 00:47:31,226 --> 00:47:32,936 I gotta be thinkin' about me! 1093 00:47:32,977 --> 00:47:34,688 So, Mr. Mitchell wasn't wrong then, was he? 1094 00:47:34,729 --> 00:47:36,106 You see, I was! 1095 00:47:36,147 --> 00:47:37,857 I sent you out in the world, all worried about you. 1096 00:47:37,899 --> 00:47:39,484 Turns out, you're the problem! 1097 00:47:41,319 --> 00:47:42,320 Move. 1098 00:47:46,825 --> 00:47:49,828 (solemn music playing) 1099 00:47:53,832 --> 00:47:55,667 (sighs) 1100 00:47:55,709 --> 00:47:58,545 It'll be alright. I got good news anyway. 1101 00:47:58,586 --> 00:48:01,006 Datsun dealership right here in downtown Lansing 1102 00:48:01,047 --> 00:48:02,674 -is lookin' for a famous face. -Magic: Datsun? 1103 00:48:06,011 --> 00:48:07,595 Investors are already linin' up. 1104 00:48:08,221 --> 00:48:09,264 Wait. 1105 00:48:10,181 --> 00:48:11,975 What's Buick gonna say about all them big commercials 1106 00:48:12,017 --> 00:48:14,185 -I'll be doing? -Well, that's an issue. 1107 00:48:14,227 --> 00:48:16,021 Your national contract is yet to be renewed, 1108 00:48:16,021 --> 00:48:17,981 and my instincts tell me 1109 00:48:18,023 --> 00:48:19,566 that they're in the mode of wait-and-see. 1110 00:48:19,607 --> 00:48:21,151 About the knee. 1111 00:48:21,192 --> 00:48:22,861 So, we line up some local deals. 1112 00:48:22,861 --> 00:48:25,071 At least you'll have a stream of revenue 1113 00:48:25,113 --> 00:48:27,615 should rainy days remain. 1114 00:48:33,329 --> 00:48:34,330 (sighs) 1115 00:48:36,041 --> 00:48:37,000 (door shuts) 1116 00:48:41,588 --> 00:48:43,715 Chick: Well, there's still time on the clock, Keith, 1117 00:48:43,715 --> 00:48:45,342 but, uh, well, you wouldn't know it from being here. 1118 00:48:45,383 --> 00:48:46,926 Lakers about to drop their third straight at home 1119 00:48:46,968 --> 00:48:48,595 -for the first time in five years. -(crowd booing) 1120 00:48:48,636 --> 00:48:51,014 With an offense as fickle as their fleeing fans. 1121 00:48:51,723 --> 00:48:53,266 Keith Erickson: My notes say this is a sellout, Chick. 1122 00:48:53,308 --> 00:48:56,519 Yeah, and I'm looking at 8,000 people dressed as seats. 1123 00:48:56,561 --> 00:48:58,229 -(crowd shouting) -(whistle blows) 1124 00:48:58,271 --> 00:49:01,274 (upbeat music playing) 1125 00:49:05,403 --> 00:49:06,905 (inaudible dialogue) 1126 00:49:06,946 --> 00:49:07,906 ♪ ♪ 1127 00:49:07,906 --> 00:49:09,699 -(Jeanie laughs) -Snake eyes. 1128 00:49:09,741 --> 00:49:13,370 Fuck. Baltic sucks. (laughs) 1129 00:49:13,411 --> 00:49:16,289 Yeah, I have to. I'll take it. 1130 00:49:16,331 --> 00:49:19,250 You can come visit me on Park Place if you want. 1131 00:49:19,292 --> 00:49:21,419 -(Jimmy mumbles mockingly) -You know what? Actually, I'll take Baltic. 1132 00:49:21,461 --> 00:49:24,923 You can have, uh, Marvin Gardens. 1133 00:49:24,964 --> 00:49:26,549 -Jimmy: Oh. Yeah, cool. -Johnny: Thank you. 1134 00:49:26,591 --> 00:49:29,260 -What are you doing? -I'm making a trade. 1135 00:49:29,302 --> 00:49:32,263 -You're giving him a monopoly. -Yeah, I know, but I get one, too. 1136 00:49:32,263 --> 00:49:34,432 ♪ ♪ 1137 00:49:34,474 --> 00:49:37,060 "I get one, too." (scoffs) John, 1138 00:49:37,102 --> 00:49:39,562 you get the cheapest shit lot on the board. 1139 00:49:39,604 --> 00:49:41,272 He gets prime real estate 1140 00:49:41,314 --> 00:49:42,816 right when you're about to knock him out. 1141 00:49:42,857 --> 00:49:44,150 Where's this killer instinct? 1142 00:49:44,192 --> 00:49:45,985 John, where's your killer instinct? 1143 00:49:46,027 --> 00:49:47,112 Well, we just started playing. 1144 00:49:47,112 --> 00:49:48,738 I don't wanna get him out already. 1145 00:49:48,780 --> 00:49:50,448 -What the hell does that even mean? -(music ends abruptly) 1146 00:49:53,451 --> 00:49:56,621 It's family night. W-We're just supposed to play together. 1147 00:49:56,621 --> 00:49:58,623 It's Monopoly. 1148 00:50:00,208 --> 00:50:02,085 It's not how you play in Monopoly. 1149 00:50:02,127 --> 00:50:04,421 It's business! You gotta be cutthroat! 1150 00:50:04,462 --> 00:50:06,172 You gotta go for the jugular when you see it. 1151 00:50:06,214 --> 00:50:07,674 Take no prisoners! 1152 00:50:07,716 --> 00:50:10,218 I don't care if it's your brother or anybody else. 1153 00:50:14,139 --> 00:50:18,601 -Uh, why don't we break out the Baskin-Robbins? -No. They need to hear this. 1154 00:50:18,643 --> 00:50:22,147 Business is survival of the fittest. 1155 00:50:22,188 --> 00:50:24,941 -So, get that in your heads. -Dad, it's just a game. 1156 00:50:24,983 --> 00:50:27,610 That's the business we're in, Jim! Games! 1157 00:50:27,652 --> 00:50:29,362 Jesus Christ. 1158 00:50:29,404 --> 00:50:32,407 This is why you've never beat me, by the way! 1159 00:50:33,825 --> 00:50:35,618 -(clears throat) -Yeah. 1160 00:50:35,660 --> 00:50:38,329 -'Cause this stupid game is all you ever do. -Jeanie: You know what? 1161 00:50:38,329 --> 00:50:41,374 How about we just play the game, okay? It's your roll, Dad. 1162 00:50:41,416 --> 00:50:43,376 No. I'm not done. 1163 00:50:45,587 --> 00:50:48,631 If you two ever wanna make anything of your lives, 1164 00:50:48,673 --> 00:50:50,967 you have to stand up and be fucking men. 1165 00:50:51,009 --> 00:50:53,303 -You know what, Dad? I am a man! -Jerry Buss: Oh, yeah? 1166 00:50:53,345 --> 00:50:56,181 25 years old? Living under my roof? 1167 00:50:56,222 --> 00:50:57,849 Working for my company? 1168 00:50:57,891 --> 00:50:59,809 I shovel the food in on one end. 1169 00:50:59,851 --> 00:51:02,520 -You want me to wipe it off on the other? -I didn't ask to come here! 1170 00:51:02,562 --> 00:51:04,856 Yeah, but you asked me for every other goddamn thing, 1171 00:51:04,898 --> 00:51:07,817 and I've given it to you like a sucker 'cause I felt bad! 1172 00:51:07,859 --> 00:51:10,028 -Just be cool. -I'll be however the fuck I want! 1173 00:51:10,070 --> 00:51:13,573 -I think he's doing his best. -Yeah? Well, his best sucks. 1174 00:51:14,199 --> 00:51:16,910 There. And so does yours. It sucks! 1175 00:51:16,951 --> 00:51:19,579 It's shitty! It's lazy! Alright? 1176 00:51:19,621 --> 00:51:22,749 I wanted it to be easier for you than it was for me. 1177 00:51:22,791 --> 00:51:26,294 Jimmy (scoffs): How? B-By ditching us for pussy and fun? 1178 00:51:28,129 --> 00:51:30,632 -What did you say? -Johnny: Will you two, please, just stop! 1179 00:51:31,633 --> 00:51:33,385 You think you can judge me? 1180 00:51:35,970 --> 00:51:37,972 Yeah? Yeah, Jim? 1181 00:51:39,891 --> 00:51:41,309 You don't know shit. 1182 00:51:42,268 --> 00:51:43,353 (weak laugh) 1183 00:51:43,395 --> 00:51:44,771 (softly) Jesus Christ. 1184 00:51:45,522 --> 00:51:46,564 Alright, Jim. 1185 00:51:47,399 --> 00:51:49,567 Maybe you're right! Maybe I'm not such a great man 1186 00:51:49,567 --> 00:51:52,904 because look what I brought into the fuckin' world! 1187 00:51:52,946 --> 00:51:55,907 Congratulations, boys! I lose! 1188 00:51:55,907 --> 00:51:57,742 There! I gave you that, too! 1189 00:51:58,576 --> 00:51:59,577 (sighs) 1190 00:52:00,245 --> 00:52:01,246 (sighs) 1191 00:52:02,747 --> 00:52:04,040 Fuck this. 1192 00:52:04,082 --> 00:52:05,458 No, don't go. 1193 00:52:05,500 --> 00:52:07,002 Come on, Dad! Come back! 1194 00:52:08,837 --> 00:52:10,755 (insects chirping) 1195 00:52:10,755 --> 00:52:12,507 (ice clinking) 1196 00:52:17,929 --> 00:52:19,347 (exhales) 1197 00:52:21,766 --> 00:52:22,976 (album crinkling) 1198 00:52:24,436 --> 00:52:27,439 (light jazz music playing) 1199 00:52:30,442 --> 00:52:33,945 ♪ ♪ 1200 00:52:37,323 --> 00:52:39,826 (inaudible dialogue) 1201 00:52:46,791 --> 00:52:48,084 I remember that one. 1202 00:52:48,126 --> 00:52:49,794 Her? You remember her? 1203 00:52:49,794 --> 00:52:51,379 Yeah, she was nice. 1204 00:52:52,297 --> 00:52:54,299 Which one was that? 1205 00:52:54,341 --> 00:52:56,343 -Puppy? -Hon-- Honey. 1206 00:52:56,384 --> 00:52:57,761 Honey Kaplan. 1207 00:52:57,802 --> 00:53:00,263 -Right. -You know, (laughs) 1208 00:53:00,263 --> 00:53:03,141 I used to use a line back then with all the girls. 1209 00:53:03,141 --> 00:53:04,851 I used to say, 1210 00:53:04,893 --> 00:53:07,645 "You know, one day, I'm gonna own a team." (laughs) 1211 00:53:07,687 --> 00:53:10,648 And they all laughed. You know, they all thought I was jokin', 1212 00:53:10,648 --> 00:53:12,359 but not Honey Kaplan. 1213 00:53:12,400 --> 00:53:14,486 She believed me. 1214 00:53:14,486 --> 00:53:16,321 Who wouldn't? 1215 00:53:16,363 --> 00:53:17,781 Who wouldn't? Look at me. (laughs) 1216 00:53:17,822 --> 00:53:19,991 Would you believe this guy? 1217 00:53:19,991 --> 00:53:23,161 -(Jeanie laughs) -You know, I was stuck in a rut, Jean-Bean. 1218 00:53:23,203 --> 00:53:26,664 But, this girl. This girl, she knew. 1219 00:53:26,706 --> 00:53:30,502 She could see that I was better than what I was. 1220 00:53:30,502 --> 00:53:33,171 Well, I believed you. 1221 00:53:33,213 --> 00:53:34,506 (sighs) 1222 00:53:36,424 --> 00:53:37,926 Jeanie, I fucked up. 1223 00:53:39,094 --> 00:53:40,345 I-- 1224 00:53:41,221 --> 00:53:44,641 I don't know what's wrong with me. I-I got a temper. 1225 00:53:44,683 --> 00:53:47,018 You know, I should not have said those things to your brothers. 1226 00:53:47,060 --> 00:53:49,562 What-- What kind of dad does that? 1227 00:53:51,606 --> 00:53:53,650 -(sighs) -Well, 1228 00:53:53,692 --> 00:53:55,735 maybe they need a... 1229 00:53:55,777 --> 00:53:57,529 strong kick in the tush. 1230 00:53:58,363 --> 00:54:02,158 -Yeah, but you don't need that, do you? -(Jeanie sighs) 1231 00:54:02,158 --> 00:54:04,202 I mean, you're made of different stuff. 1232 00:54:05,453 --> 00:54:06,996 Yeah, I'm made of you. 1233 00:54:07,038 --> 00:54:10,041 ♪ ♪ 1234 00:54:16,923 --> 00:54:18,258 -Mrs. Johnson? -Christine: Mm-hmm? 1235 00:54:18,299 --> 00:54:19,718 What is this all about? 1236 00:54:20,635 --> 00:54:23,888 -Because if Earvin sent you here, I'm sorry-- -No, he didn't. 1237 00:54:23,930 --> 00:54:25,682 He knows me better than that. 1238 00:54:25,682 --> 00:54:27,267 You should, too. 1239 00:54:27,767 --> 00:54:30,770 But I'm sure he wishes he was here himself. 1240 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,402 Mrs. Johnson, your husband loves you. 1241 00:54:38,737 --> 00:54:40,613 Honors you. 1242 00:54:40,655 --> 00:54:43,033 I shouldn't want a man to do the same? 1243 00:54:43,074 --> 00:54:44,075 You should. 1244 00:54:45,285 --> 00:54:47,287 So, what am I supposed to do? 1245 00:54:48,580 --> 00:54:51,666 He wants me right now. Give it a week. 1246 00:54:52,500 --> 00:54:54,252 Hell, give it a month. 1247 00:54:54,753 --> 00:54:56,921 That knee heals up, he'll be right back out there, 1248 00:54:56,963 --> 00:54:58,465 on the prowl. 1249 00:55:01,092 --> 00:55:02,594 I'm not sure you're aware 1250 00:55:02,594 --> 00:55:05,096 Earvin's father had another family. 1251 00:55:06,306 --> 00:55:09,059 I wasn't the first mother to his children. 1252 00:55:09,100 --> 00:55:10,101 (soft laugh) 1253 00:55:11,269 --> 00:55:14,564 Now, I am not excusing my son's behavior. 1254 00:55:14,606 --> 00:55:16,691 Not one bit. 1255 00:55:18,443 --> 00:55:19,611 He's acted like a child, 1256 00:55:19,652 --> 00:55:21,488 and there's no justifying what he's done. 1257 00:55:24,491 --> 00:55:26,034 All I'll say... 1258 00:55:26,618 --> 00:55:30,622 with the help of the Lord and a good woman, 1259 00:55:32,123 --> 00:55:35,627 a man can find his way where he belongs. 1260 00:55:37,671 --> 00:55:40,465 Announcer 1 (on TV): Sam, he was looking down the side to get it to Black 1261 00:55:40,507 --> 00:55:42,509 but he thought that Perkins has such a lead. 1262 00:55:42,550 --> 00:55:45,470 Announcer 2 (on TV): At the line is Sam Perkins, the sensational freshman 1263 00:55:45,512 --> 00:55:47,806 from Latham, New York, near Albany. 1264 00:55:47,847 --> 00:55:50,767 They've already got a player of the year candidate in James Worthy, 1265 00:55:50,809 --> 00:55:53,144 he's averaging 15 points a game and 8 rebounds. 1266 00:55:56,189 --> 00:55:58,441 (crutches clacking) 1267 00:55:58,483 --> 00:56:01,111 Announcer 2: Double pump by Al Wood, Isaiah Thomas, a great leaper, 1268 00:56:01,152 --> 00:56:03,196 -and there was a double pump. -(Magic exhales sharply) 1269 00:56:03,238 --> 00:56:04,948 Announcer 2: Wood doesn't miss many of those, 1270 00:56:04,989 --> 00:56:06,366 and he certainly didn't the other day. 1271 00:56:06,408 --> 00:56:08,451 And there is, of course, the rebound foul. 1272 00:56:08,493 --> 00:56:09,994 Great hustle back down court... 1273 00:56:09,994 --> 00:56:11,830 (yelps, gasps) 1274 00:56:11,830 --> 00:56:15,000 Announcer 1: A crowd of 18,000-plus at the Spectrum. 1275 00:56:15,000 --> 00:56:18,044 (grunting) 1276 00:56:18,086 --> 00:56:20,505 Announcer 1: Isaiah Thomas is posted and Jimmy Black up. 1277 00:56:20,547 --> 00:56:24,050 Let's see if he stays out there at point guard now. 1278 00:56:24,092 --> 00:56:24,968 Man-to-man. 1279 00:56:25,010 --> 00:56:27,721 Isaiah Thomas with the ball. 1280 00:56:27,762 --> 00:56:29,848 It's a great honor to be an all-American 1281 00:56:29,889 --> 00:56:31,683 and a consensus choice as a sophomore. 1282 00:56:31,683 --> 00:56:33,560 Was a member of the US Olympic team, 1283 00:56:33,601 --> 00:56:35,020 -as was Al Wood. -(crowd cheering) 1284 00:56:35,020 --> 00:56:37,397 Announcer 1: Here's Thomas! It's in! 1285 00:56:37,439 --> 00:56:39,315 -(grunting) -(crowd cheering) 1286 00:56:39,357 --> 00:56:40,734 -Announcer 1: What a play-- -(turns off TV) 1287 00:56:44,404 --> 00:56:45,363 (groans) 1288 00:56:47,073 --> 00:56:50,035 (panting) 1289 00:56:52,037 --> 00:56:53,538 (panting continues) 1290 00:56:53,580 --> 00:56:54,873 Fuck! 1291 00:56:56,541 --> 00:56:59,544 (deep breathing) 1292 00:57:01,546 --> 00:57:04,549 (dial tone) 1293 00:57:06,843 --> 00:57:08,053 (phone ringing) 1294 00:57:11,848 --> 00:57:14,059 (phone ringing) 1295 00:57:15,518 --> 00:57:16,353 (Cookie sighs) 1296 00:57:17,812 --> 00:57:19,272 (phone ringing) 1297 00:57:19,314 --> 00:57:20,231 (line ringing) 1298 00:57:23,985 --> 00:57:25,236 (drops phone) 1299 00:57:26,905 --> 00:57:27,906 (Magic sighs) 1300 00:57:29,949 --> 00:57:31,701 (line picks up) 1301 00:57:31,743 --> 00:57:32,952 (Cookie sighs) 1302 00:57:32,994 --> 00:57:35,205 ♪ ♪ 1303 00:57:35,246 --> 00:57:36,623 Magic (on phone): Cook? 1304 00:57:36,664 --> 00:57:39,209 ♪ ♪ 1305 00:57:39,250 --> 00:57:41,044 I've been missing you. 1306 00:57:41,044 --> 00:57:43,963 And I know I fucked up. 1307 00:57:44,005 --> 00:57:48,009 And whatever it is that I gotta do, 1308 00:57:48,927 --> 00:57:51,596 I'll do it. You just say the word. Just say the word-- 1309 00:57:51,596 --> 00:57:54,099 You got another girl pregnant, Earvin. 1310 00:57:56,017 --> 00:57:59,020 ♪ ♪ 1311 00:58:00,605 --> 00:58:03,608 -I know. -How many times am I supposed to hear, 1312 00:58:03,650 --> 00:58:05,610 "I'm sorry, I'll never do it again," 1313 00:58:05,652 --> 00:58:07,612 a-a-and believe it? 1314 00:58:07,654 --> 00:58:10,907 Magic: I know. It's fucked up. 1315 00:58:10,949 --> 00:58:12,909 I mean, y-you're having a child. 1316 00:58:12,951 --> 00:58:13,910 Magic: Cook, I'm sorry. 1317 00:58:13,952 --> 00:58:14,953 It ain't on purpose. 1318 00:58:14,994 --> 00:58:16,287 I... (stammers) 1319 00:58:17,497 --> 00:58:19,666 I did what I did, 1320 00:58:19,708 --> 00:58:21,960 and it's wrong. And it was stupid. 1321 00:58:23,044 --> 00:58:25,547 Cookie: You know, I always wonder... 1322 00:58:26,548 --> 00:58:29,592 do you even consider that 1323 00:58:29,634 --> 00:58:31,720 before you stick your dick in somebody? 1324 00:58:33,138 --> 00:58:35,140 What the outcome could be? 1325 00:58:38,226 --> 00:58:39,728 For real... 1326 00:58:40,478 --> 00:58:42,689 ♪ ♪ 1327 00:58:42,731 --> 00:58:44,232 I don't. 1328 00:58:45,233 --> 00:58:47,027 (Cookie sighs) 1329 00:58:47,068 --> 00:58:50,655 Cookie: Well, at least you're telling the truth about that. 1330 00:58:50,697 --> 00:58:53,616 ♪ ♪ 1331 00:58:53,658 --> 00:58:56,327 Wh-Whatever it is that I gotta do to make this right, 1332 00:58:56,327 --> 00:58:57,579 I promise, I'll do it. 1333 00:58:59,247 --> 00:59:02,792 What... What's it gonna take, please? 1334 00:59:02,834 --> 00:59:04,836 I-I don't know, Earvin. 1335 00:59:06,421 --> 00:59:07,422 Figure it out. 1336 00:59:12,927 --> 00:59:15,180 -Okay, goodnight, Earvin. -(hangs up) 1337 00:59:18,683 --> 00:59:19,684 (hangs up) 1338 00:59:25,023 --> 00:59:27,233 ("Time For Livin'" by Sly & The Family Stone playing) 1339 00:59:27,275 --> 00:59:29,569 ♪ Time for livin' ♪ 1340 00:59:30,195 --> 00:59:32,489 ♪ Time for givin' ♪ 1341 00:59:32,530 --> 00:59:34,657 ♪ No time for makin' up ♪ 1342 00:59:34,699 --> 00:59:36,910 ♪ A monster to share ♪ 1343 00:59:36,951 --> 00:59:39,204 ♪ Oh, this is ♪ 1344 00:59:39,204 --> 00:59:41,039 ♪ Time for livin' ♪ 1345 00:59:41,039 --> 00:59:43,375 ♪ Time for givin' ♪ 1346 00:59:43,416 --> 00:59:45,418 ♪ No time for breakin' ♪ 1347 00:59:45,460 --> 00:59:47,545 ♪ Our own fairytale ♪ 1348 00:59:47,587 --> 00:59:49,214 ♪ Yeah ♪ 1349 00:59:49,255 --> 00:59:51,549 ♪ Ain't nobody ♪ 1350 00:59:51,591 --> 00:59:53,426 ♪ Got to spell it for me ♪ 1351 00:59:54,719 --> 00:59:57,222 ♪ Ain't nobody ♪ 1352 00:59:57,263 --> 00:59:59,724 ♪ Got it yet I can see ♪ 1353 00:59:59,724 --> 01:00:01,559 ♪ Oh, ain't nobody ♪ 1354 01:00:02,268 --> 01:00:05,689 ♪ Baby, got the thing I can hear ♪ 1355 01:00:05,730 --> 01:00:07,732 ♪ But if I have to ♪ 1356 01:00:07,774 --> 01:00:10,235 ♪ I will yell in your ear ♪ 1357 01:00:10,235 --> 01:00:13,780 Go on, son. They don't break too easy. 1358 01:00:13,822 --> 01:00:16,241 ♪ Time for givin' ♪ 1359 01:00:16,241 --> 01:00:19,911 ♪ No time for runnin' over anyone ♪ 1360 01:00:21,955 --> 01:00:23,748 ♪ Time for livin' ♪ 1361 01:00:23,790 --> 01:00:25,583 (baby cooing) 1362 01:00:25,583 --> 01:00:27,293 ♪ Time for givin' ♪ 1363 01:00:27,335 --> 01:00:29,587 ♪ Ain't no time, oh! ♪ 1364 01:00:30,588 --> 01:00:31,423 ♪ Oh ♪ 1365 01:00:31,756 --> 01:00:33,758 What's his name? 1366 01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:35,093 (baby cooing) 1367 01:00:35,927 --> 01:00:37,303 Andre. 1368 01:00:40,140 --> 01:00:41,933 (softly) Andre... 1369 01:00:41,975 --> 01:00:44,269 (Earvin Sr. laughs) 1370 01:00:44,310 --> 01:00:46,104 -(cars honking) -(indistinct chatter) 1371 01:00:48,440 --> 01:00:50,108 Paul: Where you come from, 1372 01:00:50,108 --> 01:00:53,111 each of you was head and shoulders better 1373 01:00:53,111 --> 01:00:54,612 than the next best guy. 1374 01:00:55,780 --> 01:00:57,490 Not me. 1375 01:00:57,532 --> 01:00:59,367 I didn't make my high school squad. 1376 01:01:00,452 --> 01:01:02,579 I had my brother hang me from a doorjamb all summer. 1377 01:01:02,620 --> 01:01:04,456 -Grew 12 inches. -(whispers) Maybe that'll work for you. 1378 01:01:04,456 --> 01:01:05,915 (whispers) Suck a dick, buddy. 1379 01:01:05,957 --> 01:01:08,668 Still got cut. 1380 01:01:08,710 --> 01:01:11,755 What I did, I became the towel boy. 1381 01:01:11,796 --> 01:01:14,132 ♪ ♪ 1382 01:01:14,174 --> 01:01:16,343 That's how much I love this game. 1383 01:01:16,384 --> 01:01:19,012 ♪ ♪ 1384 01:01:19,054 --> 01:01:21,556 Because I knew then what I know now. 1385 01:01:23,391 --> 01:01:25,685 Basketball is more than stars. 1386 01:01:27,479 --> 01:01:29,481 Right now, there's people out there snipin', 1387 01:01:30,482 --> 01:01:32,150 talkin' about our record, 1388 01:01:32,150 --> 01:01:34,444 sayin' we come down to two men. 1389 01:01:34,486 --> 01:01:35,820 One who's not with us, 1390 01:01:38,031 --> 01:01:40,033 and one who cannot do it by himself. 1391 01:01:42,077 --> 01:01:44,704 Team beats stars! 1392 01:01:45,580 --> 01:01:47,082 Every time! 1393 01:01:50,168 --> 01:01:53,588 The System, if we play it with consistency, 1394 01:01:56,675 --> 01:01:59,386 will make this team the star. 1395 01:02:02,847 --> 01:02:04,849 People think you can't do this without Magic. 1396 01:02:07,185 --> 01:02:09,187 They think I can't do it without Jack. 1397 01:02:12,565 --> 01:02:14,067 So, what are we gonna do? 1398 01:02:17,862 --> 01:02:19,864 ♪ ♪ 1399 01:02:26,037 --> 01:02:29,082 -Prove these motherfuckers wrong. -Players: Hell, yeah. 1400 01:02:29,124 --> 01:02:31,209 (players cheering) 1401 01:02:31,209 --> 01:02:33,545 ♪ ♪ 1402 01:02:34,879 --> 01:02:36,673 -Jim: Whose year is it? -Players: Our year! 1403 01:02:36,673 --> 01:02:38,383 -Whose year is it?! -Players: Our year! 1404 01:02:38,383 --> 01:02:40,552 -Jim: Whose year is it? -Players: Our year! 1405 01:02:40,593 --> 01:02:44,097 (cheering, applause) 1406 01:02:45,598 --> 01:02:48,601 (excited chatter) 1407 01:02:54,149 --> 01:02:56,151 -God save The System. -(weak laugh) 1408 01:02:57,152 --> 01:02:58,653 You really think it'll work? 1409 01:03:01,072 --> 01:03:02,741 I think it's gonna need a better name. 1410 01:03:04,576 --> 01:03:07,579 (muffled crowd cheering) 1411 01:03:07,579 --> 01:03:09,581 Announcer (on PA): Introducing... 1412 01:03:09,622 --> 01:03:12,459 your Los Angeles Lakers! 1413 01:03:13,585 --> 01:03:14,544 (saw motor whirring) 1414 01:03:14,961 --> 01:03:17,213 (upbeat music playing) 1415 01:03:17,255 --> 01:03:18,548 Chick (on TV): And the Lakers head out tonight 1416 01:03:18,590 --> 01:03:20,633 to face the Seattle Supersonics, 1417 01:03:20,675 --> 01:03:24,721 hoping this may be their chance to finally achieve liftoff. 1418 01:03:24,763 --> 01:03:27,098 Lakers dominate with their first commanding win in weeks, 1419 01:03:27,140 --> 01:03:29,100 and their magician may not be here, 1420 01:03:29,142 --> 01:03:32,270 but the remaining Lakers found some tricks of their own. 1421 01:03:32,270 --> 01:03:35,273 This offense has them lookin' like a brand-new team. 1422 01:03:35,315 --> 01:03:37,609 ♪ ♪ 1423 01:03:37,609 --> 01:03:39,944 And I'll tell you, Paul Westhead must be feelin' 1424 01:03:39,986 --> 01:03:43,156 like the million bucks he's gettin' paid right now. 1425 01:03:43,198 --> 01:03:45,617 These Lakers rattling off a streak for the ages. 1426 01:03:45,617 --> 01:03:48,661 And Jerry Buss, well, he's lookin' like a charmed man. 1427 01:03:48,703 --> 01:03:51,164 The question now is just how Magic Johnson 1428 01:03:51,206 --> 01:03:53,291 will fit into the scheme of things upon his return. 1429 01:03:53,333 --> 01:03:56,002 -Think I just saw Kareem smile. -(Jeanie laughs) 1430 01:03:56,044 --> 01:03:57,504 (crowd cheering) 1431 01:03:57,545 --> 01:04:01,132 Good news from Kerlan! Scanned the knee. Still sore, 1432 01:04:01,132 --> 01:04:03,134 but the muscle's healing! 1433 01:04:03,134 --> 01:04:05,178 We should get Magic back 1434 01:04:05,220 --> 01:04:08,098 -before the playoffs! -Son of a bitch! We're back in business, ladies! 1435 01:04:08,139 --> 01:04:11,142 -(record stops, funky music starts) -(cheering) 1436 01:04:11,184 --> 01:04:12,143 Ah! 1437 01:04:13,019 --> 01:04:16,648 (all cheering) 1438 01:04:16,648 --> 01:04:19,651 (indistinct party chatter) 1439 01:04:19,693 --> 01:04:22,779 -(dog barking) -(music fades out) 1440 01:04:22,821 --> 01:04:24,030 (knocking) 1441 01:04:28,159 --> 01:04:29,369 (knocking) 1442 01:04:32,497 --> 01:04:33,623 (sighs) 1443 01:04:34,708 --> 01:04:38,336 Ah, Mr. Johnson. I wasn't aware it was a garbage holiday. 1444 01:04:38,336 --> 01:04:41,047 Hm. Funny you say that. 1445 01:04:41,089 --> 01:04:43,967 We got some garbage needs disposing of right here at home. 1446 01:04:44,009 --> 01:04:45,802 Well, I see... 1447 01:04:45,844 --> 01:04:47,846 I have some business to discuss with Earvin Junior. 1448 01:04:47,887 --> 01:04:51,725 Not no more. We settled things with the Mitchells like family. 1449 01:04:51,766 --> 01:04:54,269 So, your services will no longer be required. 1450 01:04:55,520 --> 01:04:58,023 Well, shouldn't I hear that from my client? 1451 01:04:58,023 --> 01:04:59,482 If you just let me have a word-- 1452 01:04:59,524 --> 01:05:02,694 Ah. A wise man once taught my son 1453 01:05:02,694 --> 01:05:05,113 to never be delivering bad news. 1454 01:05:05,739 --> 01:05:07,365 Makes it my job. 1455 01:05:07,949 --> 01:05:09,743 (dog barking) 1456 01:05:09,784 --> 01:05:11,786 Nigga, get the fuck off my porch. 1457 01:05:14,622 --> 01:05:17,500 -(slams door) -Motherfucker. 1458 01:05:18,543 --> 01:05:21,546 This once, I'ma let that go. 1459 01:05:22,797 --> 01:05:25,800 (Magic and Christine laugh) 1460 01:05:27,260 --> 01:05:29,554 -He was a motherfucker, though, right? -Ooh! 1461 01:05:29,554 --> 01:05:32,390 -Mom! -(Christine laughs) 1462 01:05:35,435 --> 01:05:36,978 -(dog barking) -(traffic noise) 1463 01:05:44,152 --> 01:05:46,571 (dribbling) 1464 01:05:46,571 --> 01:05:48,406 Jerry Buss: The atom. 1465 01:05:48,448 --> 01:05:50,200 It's the smallest thing in nature 1466 01:05:50,241 --> 01:05:51,534 that can stand alone. 1467 01:05:51,576 --> 01:05:52,577 (Magic groans) 1468 01:05:54,788 --> 01:05:57,457 Jerry Buss: The word in Greek is "atomos." 1469 01:05:57,499 --> 01:05:59,417 "Unbreakable." 1470 01:06:00,669 --> 01:06:02,128 Because a single lonely atom 1471 01:06:02,170 --> 01:06:04,005 is all but indestructible. 1472 01:06:06,091 --> 01:06:06,925 (Magic yelps) 1473 01:06:07,592 --> 01:06:09,427 -(gate rattling) -(basketball bouncing) 1474 01:06:09,469 --> 01:06:12,931 Jerry Buss: It's also useless by itself. 1475 01:06:12,972 --> 01:06:15,058 See, an atom is just a building block. 1476 01:06:15,100 --> 01:06:16,601 Earvin Johnson Sr.: He don't want to let you go. 1477 01:06:16,643 --> 01:06:17,727 Magic: He don't want me to leave. 1478 01:06:17,769 --> 01:06:19,771 Jerry Buss: Until it forges bonds, 1479 01:06:20,480 --> 01:06:22,774 and that turns solitary atoms 1480 01:06:22,774 --> 01:06:24,609 into more than the sum of their parts. 1481 01:06:24,651 --> 01:06:27,404 ♪ ♪ 1482 01:06:27,445 --> 01:06:29,906 That's what we call chemistry. 1483 01:06:29,948 --> 01:06:31,574 Stop it! I got it. 1484 01:06:31,616 --> 01:06:33,243 Jerry Buss: And there's a reason 1485 01:06:33,284 --> 01:06:35,245 it's the science at the heart of life. 1486 01:06:35,286 --> 01:06:37,497 Because it's where the action is. 1487 01:06:37,539 --> 01:06:39,958 Chick: Chones inbounds to Cooper. Touch pass to Nixon. 1488 01:06:39,958 --> 01:06:42,127 Lakers quickly passing up the Celtics' defense. 1489 01:06:42,168 --> 01:06:43,795 Silk with the three, no good. 1490 01:06:43,795 --> 01:06:45,422 Kareem with the rebound, and two more 1491 01:06:45,463 --> 01:06:47,590 as Boston falls further behind the Lakers. 1492 01:06:47,632 --> 01:06:49,718 You look great! When The System looks good, 1493 01:06:49,759 --> 01:06:51,761 -we all look good, right? -Players: Yeah! 1494 01:06:51,803 --> 01:06:54,014 Paul: Excellent! Take some breaths. Take some breaths. 1495 01:06:54,055 --> 01:06:56,266 -We're gonna kick these motherfuckers' asses. -Norm: Woo! 1496 01:06:56,307 --> 01:06:57,308 Paul: Let's go. System on three. 1497 01:06:57,308 --> 01:06:58,476 One, two, three! 1498 01:06:58,476 --> 01:06:59,769 Jerry Buss: But there's also a reason 1499 01:06:59,811 --> 01:07:01,521 it ain't easy getting your PhD in this stuff. 1500 01:07:02,981 --> 01:07:04,482 It's a delicate thing. 1501 01:07:05,567 --> 01:07:08,028 Because just when things seem stable, 1502 01:07:08,069 --> 01:07:10,655 you drop in one new element? 1503 01:07:11,740 --> 01:07:13,491 You can spark a chain reaction. 1504 01:07:13,491 --> 01:07:14,409 (crowd cheering) 1505 01:07:14,659 --> 01:07:17,829 Crowd (chanting): Magic! Magic! Magic! 1506 01:07:17,829 --> 01:07:19,956 -(chanting continues) -Norm: Whoa! Whoa! 1507 01:07:19,998 --> 01:07:20,832 (chanting continues) 1508 01:07:20,832 --> 01:07:22,375 Jerry Buss: And kaboom. 1509 01:07:22,417 --> 01:07:23,335 -(player grunts) -(ball thuds) 1510 01:07:24,044 --> 01:07:25,545 Jerry Buss: You blow it all apart. 1511 01:07:25,587 --> 01:07:27,422 (crowd shouting indistinctly) 1512 01:07:30,508 --> 01:07:31,343 Sit down there and relax. 1513 01:07:32,177 --> 01:07:34,637 (crowd jeering) 1514 01:07:34,679 --> 01:07:36,389 Put on a show just for you. 1515 01:07:37,724 --> 01:07:39,476 I really don't like that motherfucker. 1516 01:07:39,517 --> 01:07:40,810 ♪ It's the joint! ♪ 1517 01:07:40,852 --> 01:07:42,395 ("That’s the Joint" by Funky 4 + 1 playing) 1518 01:07:42,437 --> 01:07:44,564 ♪ We gonna prove to the world that we're for real ♪ 1519 01:07:44,606 --> 01:07:46,858 ♪ We gonna prove to everybody we know the real deal ♪ 1520 01:07:46,900 --> 01:07:49,069 ♪ We got golden voices and hearts of steel ♪ 1521 01:07:49,110 --> 01:07:51,321 ♪ Because we're five emcees, we got to be real ♪ 1522 01:07:51,321 --> 01:07:53,823 ♪ We're here for the party people on Sugar Hill ♪ 1523 01:07:53,865 --> 01:07:56,159 ♪ So, what's the deal? Sugar Hill ♪ 1524 01:07:56,201 --> 01:07:57,660 ♪ So, what's the deal? ♪ 1525 01:07:57,702 --> 01:07:58,703 ♪ Sugar Hill ♪ 1526 01:07:58,703 --> 01:08:00,705 ♪ Ooh, that's the joint ♪ 1527 01:08:00,705 --> 01:08:02,874 ♪ These words we said, we want y'all to hear ♪ 1528 01:08:02,874 --> 01:08:05,168 ♪ We gonna make a lot of sense, we gonna make it clear ♪ 1529 01:08:05,210 --> 01:08:07,337 ♪ We gonna rock this place, we gonna use some class ♪ 1530 01:08:07,379 --> 01:08:09,714 ♪ We gonna do our best, we gonna make it last ♪ 1531 01:08:09,756 --> 01:08:12,050 ♪ We got rhymes on our minds, we got rocking in our hearts ♪ 1532 01:08:12,050 --> 01:08:14,344 ♪ A lot of things we do, you can call it art ♪ 1533 01:08:14,386 --> 01:08:16,554 ♪ We're bad, we're slick, we're doing it hip ♪ 1534 01:08:16,554 --> 01:08:19,099 ♪ We gonna rock this record, and don't you forget ♪ 1535 01:08:19,140 --> 01:08:21,393 ♪ Ah, that's the joint ♪ 1536 01:08:22,310 --> 01:08:23,560 ♪ Uh, uh! ♪ 1537 01:08:23,603 --> 01:08:25,772 ♪ Because Li'l Rodney C is the melody ♪ 1538 01:08:25,814 --> 01:08:27,899 ♪ Keith, help me rock, we're singing harmony ♪ 1539 01:08:27,941 --> 01:08:30,359 ♪ Because Jeff is the rhythm, and K is the bass ♪ 1540 01:08:30,402 --> 01:08:32,529 ♪ Sha-Rock, rock, shocking the whole darn place ♪ 1541 01:08:32,569 --> 01:08:34,906 ♪ Now, here's a little story you gotta be told ♪ 1542 01:08:34,906 --> 01:08:37,033 ♪ The party people in the place got a whole lot of soul ♪ 1543 01:08:37,075 --> 01:08:39,285 ♪ So, when we're on the mic, y'all shocking the house ♪ 1544 01:08:39,327 --> 01:08:41,453 ♪ And we all get together, we can turn it out ♪ 1545 01:08:41,496 --> 01:08:43,915 ♪ Now, we're in the house, as you can plainly see ♪ 1546 01:08:43,957 --> 01:08:45,917 ♪ Everybody's safe, get funky ♪ 1547 01:08:45,959 --> 01:08:47,919 ♪ Get funky and make money ♪ 1548 01:08:47,961 --> 01:08:49,962 ♪ And make money, and you don't stop... ♪ 1549 01:08:52,465 --> 01:08:53,925 ♪ Give it to us now ♪ 1550 01:08:53,925 --> 01:08:55,969 ♪ ♪ 1551 01:08:56,553 --> 01:08:58,721 ♪ Funk it up, funk it up ♪ 1552 01:08:58,763 --> 01:09:00,557 ♪ Whoo! Gettin' funky ♪ 1553 01:09:00,598 --> 01:09:01,599 ♪ Uh, uh! ♪