1 00:00:08,132 --> 00:00:10,760 - Are you joking? - Oh, what the fuck? 2 00:00:12,136 --> 00:00:13,846 I thought we were supposed to be the cover. 3 00:00:13,846 --> 00:00:16,599 Halftime here as the boys in Forum Blue 4 00:00:16,599 --> 00:00:18,184 {\an8}close out their exhibition season, racking up 5 00:00:18,184 --> 00:00:20,603 {\an8}a 28-point lead against the newly minted champs. 6 00:00:20,603 --> 00:00:22,730 Now, don't buy stock just yet, though. 7 00:00:22,730 --> 00:00:24,440 That score can be deceiving. 8 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:27,401 These Celtics have yet to play a single member of their starting five... 9 00:00:27,401 --> 00:00:29,904 - Hey, Kareem. - What's that, Lon? 10 00:00:29,904 --> 00:00:31,530 -"Sports Illustrated"? - Yeah. 11 00:00:31,530 --> 00:00:33,491 - What the fuck is this, Lon? - I know, I know. 12 00:00:33,491 --> 00:00:35,659 How about that score, huh? 13 00:00:35,659 --> 00:00:37,453 These guys struggle with The System all through camp, 14 00:00:37,453 --> 00:00:38,996 but then you get it on the floor... 15 00:00:38,996 --> 00:00:40,122 It is a symphony. 16 00:00:40,122 --> 00:00:42,208 It's an exhibition against their bench. 17 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:44,043 Paul, we're running the guys ragged. 18 00:00:44,043 --> 00:00:45,044 Why not give our subs a look? 19 00:00:45,044 --> 00:00:47,880 We still need to decide who fills out that last roster spot. 20 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:49,965 We did that already. Mikey? 21 00:00:51,175 --> 00:00:52,968 Oh, no, you cutting Rambis? 22 00:00:52,968 --> 00:00:55,846 - Yeah, his numbers are subpar. - He's not a numbers guy. 23 00:00:55,846 --> 00:00:58,974 He's effort. That's the kind of shit that wins games. 24 00:00:59,850 --> 00:01:01,060 Ooh! Our issue! 25 00:01:02,394 --> 00:01:04,063 Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo! 26 00:01:04,063 --> 00:01:06,941 Oh, my. Would you look at that? 27 00:01:06,941 --> 00:01:09,735 "What are Norm Nixon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, 28 00:01:09,735 --> 00:01:12,863 "Jamaal Wilkes, and Magic Johnson doing in a classroom 29 00:01:12,863 --> 00:01:14,698 with Laker coach Paul Westhead?" 30 00:01:15,574 --> 00:01:16,909 Good fuckin' question. 31 00:01:17,493 --> 00:01:18,911 "Hitting the blackboards." 32 00:01:22,039 --> 00:01:24,583 - Do you get it? - Is that a joke? 33 00:01:24,583 --> 00:01:26,877 - You're kiddin' me. - Okay. 34 00:01:26,877 --> 00:01:30,005 - This is the dumbest shit I ever seen. - Teaching basketball? 35 00:01:30,005 --> 00:01:31,924 It bad enough he got us playing like robots, 36 00:01:31,924 --> 00:01:33,259 running in his damn spot. 37 00:01:33,259 --> 00:01:36,136 Hit your spot! That's not your spot! 38 00:01:36,136 --> 00:01:37,972 Where's your spot? Not there! 39 00:01:37,972 --> 00:01:40,307 I'll put a spot in that motherfucker eye he keep yelling at me. 40 00:01:40,307 --> 00:01:43,894 Hey, maybe put your picture on the floor, you'll remember where to go. 41 00:01:43,894 --> 00:01:46,021 But we can't go criticize this man right now. 42 00:01:46,021 --> 00:01:47,606 Say right here he a genius. 43 00:01:47,606 --> 00:01:49,525 He don't know shit about basketball. 44 00:01:49,525 --> 00:01:51,360 In his mind, this shit a science experiment. 45 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:52,611 Try telling that to Buss. 46 00:01:52,611 --> 00:01:54,321 He paying that man a million dollars. 47 00:01:54,321 --> 00:01:55,948 We can always send the Great White Hope in there 48 00:01:55,948 --> 00:01:57,950 to talk to him for us. Hey, Kupchak! 49 00:01:57,950 --> 00:01:59,201 Go do some of that cracker talk. 50 00:01:59,201 --> 00:02:02,121 If I'm the cracker, then you're the cheese. 51 00:02:02,121 --> 00:02:04,331 I don't know why I'm not in this picture. 52 00:02:04,331 --> 00:02:06,750 I've been white on this team longer than you, Mitch. 53 00:02:06,750 --> 00:02:07,918 Landsberger, sit your ass down. 54 00:02:08,961 --> 00:02:10,546 Here, gimme a look of that. 55 00:02:10,546 --> 00:02:11,714 Oh, fuck, Bill! You see this? 56 00:02:13,424 --> 00:02:15,301 Yeah. Publicity. 57 00:02:15,301 --> 00:02:18,846 Fuckin' telling the whole fuckin' world our captain's a fuckin' douchebag. 58 00:02:18,846 --> 00:02:21,265 - Jerry... - Oh, hey! There he is. 59 00:02:21,265 --> 00:02:23,225 - Mr. Matinee Idol. - How's it going, Jerry? 60 00:02:23,225 --> 00:02:24,727 How you doin'? Congratulations. 61 00:02:24,727 --> 00:02:26,812 Yeah, thank you. I thought your office was upstairs. 62 00:02:26,812 --> 00:02:29,356 Jerry, come on. Paul. We just... 63 00:02:29,356 --> 00:02:31,942 We just stopped by to pick up the final roster. 64 00:02:31,942 --> 00:02:34,612 - Mikey's got it all figured out. - Good! Who's gettin' the axe, huh? 65 00:02:34,612 --> 00:02:37,323 Probably that long-haired hippie motherfucker, Rambis. 66 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:39,742 We should've axed him the first fuckin' week. 67 00:02:39,742 --> 00:02:41,076 He's a good player. 68 00:02:41,076 --> 00:02:42,494 Can I see that for one second? 69 00:02:42,494 --> 00:02:44,413 Thank you. Excuse me, sorry. 70 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:49,043 There we go. 71 00:02:49,043 --> 00:02:50,920 Next champions. 72 00:02:52,338 --> 00:02:53,797 Well, we'll start engraving the trophies. 73 00:02:53,797 --> 00:02:55,215 - Sounds good, Bill. - Come on, Jerry. Come on. 74 00:02:55,215 --> 00:02:56,342 This is fuckin' first-rate. 75 00:02:56,342 --> 00:02:58,969 - Bye, Jerry. - Yeah, see you guys. 76 00:02:58,969 --> 00:03:00,763 Let me look at that. What'd he fuckin' write? 77 00:03:00,763 --> 00:03:02,431 What'd you change? 78 00:03:02,431 --> 00:03:05,184 - Fuckin' the motherfuckin' hippie?! - Jerry! Jerry! Jerry! 79 00:03:05,184 --> 00:03:07,561 - Come on! Get outta here. - This fuckin'-- 80 00:03:07,561 --> 00:03:09,396 God fuckin' damn it! 81 00:03:09,897 --> 00:03:12,441 Congratulations, Pat. Why don't you go tell him? 82 00:03:13,108 --> 00:03:15,361 Second half, let's go. System. 83 00:03:15,361 --> 00:03:16,695 That means you, Johnson. 84 00:03:18,113 --> 00:03:19,073 Did he just snap at me? 85 00:03:21,492 --> 00:03:23,410 Hey. Rambis. 86 00:03:26,246 --> 00:03:29,249 Congrats. You made the team. You're a Laker. 87 00:03:32,252 --> 00:03:33,712 Cool. Far out, man. 88 00:03:37,174 --> 00:03:38,550 Ooh! I've been lookin' for one of those. 89 00:03:38,550 --> 00:03:39,969 Let me see that, Kurt. 90 00:03:41,220 --> 00:03:44,139 Oh, damn. Red, you should've told your guy to smile! 91 00:03:44,139 --> 00:03:45,724 I don't pay my guys to smile. 92 00:03:45,724 --> 00:03:48,143 Unlike you and your fakakta lifetime contract. 93 00:03:51,647 --> 00:03:52,773 He runs the committee. 94 00:03:53,774 --> 00:03:55,359 Ah, don't worry. 95 00:03:55,359 --> 00:03:57,027 I can't approve it fast enough. 96 00:03:57,027 --> 00:03:59,822 Nothing makes me happier than watching you piss away your fortune. 97 00:03:59,822 --> 00:04:02,074 You know, you used to be ahead of the curve, Red, 98 00:04:02,074 --> 00:04:04,284 but now, you're about 10 steps behind. 99 00:04:04,284 --> 00:04:07,705 Listen, I'd explain business to you but halftime is almost over 100 00:04:07,705 --> 00:04:10,541 and you got enough to worry about with your team gettin' whooped! 101 00:04:10,541 --> 00:04:12,626 It's pre-season, Buss. Nobody gives a shit. 102 00:04:13,711 --> 00:04:15,045 No one but you and me! 103 00:04:15,838 --> 00:04:17,923 Wise ass. I'll see ya. 104 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,802 - Come on, fellas. - Don't be fuckin' dumb. 105 00:04:21,802 --> 00:04:24,179 - It's just a preseason game. - We're down by 28 points, Coach. 106 00:04:24,179 --> 00:04:25,889 Yeah, and we're not gonna come back. 107 00:04:25,889 --> 00:04:28,267 Fuck you gotta drag me out here to La La Land 108 00:04:28,267 --> 00:04:30,019 - if you're just gonna sit me? - Put him in. 109 00:04:30,019 --> 00:04:32,813 - I thought you said-- - Go knock their dicks in the dirt. 110 00:04:32,813 --> 00:04:34,857 - About goddamn time. - Relax yourself. 111 00:04:34,857 --> 00:04:37,609 - We're gonna have some fun. - Make up your fucking mind, Red. 112 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:41,530 Dyan! Heaven can wait, but I can't. 113 00:04:41,530 --> 00:04:43,073 You're lookin' great. 114 00:04:43,073 --> 00:04:44,908 Looking good, Lou! It's gonna rain? 115 00:04:45,826 --> 00:04:48,412 Guys, look at that. Fantastic, right? 116 00:04:48,412 --> 00:04:50,039 Jack! Nice to see ya. 117 00:04:50,039 --> 00:04:52,333 - Love the variety you got going on here. - Right? 118 00:04:52,333 --> 00:04:54,251 Exhibition game, but we got 'em on the run. I'll take it. 119 00:04:54,251 --> 00:04:56,045 A lotta angles, a lotta colors. 120 00:04:57,671 --> 00:04:59,089 - Gimme that. - The fuck? 121 00:05:02,259 --> 00:05:03,343 Count 'em. 122 00:05:08,932 --> 00:05:11,060 Okay, fellas. Who wants a scoop? 123 00:05:13,020 --> 00:05:14,480 How about this for a headline? 124 00:05:14,480 --> 00:05:17,733 "Magic Signs Lifetime Contract with the Lakers." 125 00:05:19,276 --> 00:05:20,194 What are the terms? 126 00:05:20,194 --> 00:05:21,820 - Lifetime? What does that mean? - How much? How long? 127 00:05:21,820 --> 00:05:23,822 25 million for 25 years. 128 00:05:27,493 --> 00:05:28,994 Dr. Buss! 129 00:05:28,994 --> 00:05:31,205 Any comment on Magic's new contract? 130 00:05:31,205 --> 00:05:33,540 I told you boys. Just an extension. 131 00:05:33,540 --> 00:05:37,044 But I hear 25 million for 25 years. 132 00:05:37,044 --> 00:05:39,171 Yeah? Where'd you hear that? 133 00:05:39,171 --> 00:05:42,257 Let's say a little leprechaun whispered it into my ear. 134 00:05:42,257 --> 00:05:45,886 - League source. - Yeah, well, no comment. 135 00:05:47,262 --> 00:05:48,305 - What's up, Doc! - Hey, kid! 136 00:05:48,305 --> 00:05:49,932 Think we can rap after the game? 137 00:05:49,932 --> 00:05:51,767 Oh, yeah, yeah. Sure thing. Sure thing. 138 00:05:51,767 --> 00:05:54,269 Oh, there's Jerry. You can ask him. Go ahead. 139 00:05:54,269 --> 00:05:55,604 I'll be in the box. I'll come find you. 140 00:05:55,604 --> 00:05:56,980 - Just be a minute. - Sure. 141 00:05:56,980 --> 00:05:57,856 - Yeah? Cool. - Absolutely. 142 00:06:02,986 --> 00:06:05,697 - You think he's really worth it, Dr. Buss? - Guys, guys, come on! 143 00:06:06,740 --> 00:06:08,158 Halftime's almost over. 144 00:06:11,245 --> 00:06:13,038 We can talk about it after the game! 145 00:06:13,038 --> 00:06:14,957 That makes you the highest-paid athlete in history! 146 00:06:16,458 --> 00:06:18,127 We gotta start the game again! Get outta here! 147 00:06:18,127 --> 00:06:20,295 We can talk about it after the game! After the game! 148 00:06:20,295 --> 00:06:21,672 After the game! 149 00:06:22,965 --> 00:06:24,466 After the game, baby! 150 00:06:35,936 --> 00:06:36,979 {\an8}There it is 151 00:06:39,523 --> 00:06:41,483 {\an8}Yeah, ah, uh 152 00:06:41,483 --> 00:06:42,359 {\an8}Yeah 153 00:06:42,776 --> 00:06:43,569 {\an8}Okay 154 00:06:44,570 --> 00:06:45,863 {\an8}Check it out 155 00:06:45,863 --> 00:06:47,948 {\an8}Death to the pigs is my basic statement 156 00:06:47,948 --> 00:06:50,409 {\an8}I spit street stories 'til I taste the pavement 157 00:06:50,409 --> 00:06:52,786 {\an8}Tryin' to stay out the pen where we face enslavement 158 00:06:52,786 --> 00:06:54,913 {\an8}Had a foolproof hustle 'til they traced the payments 159 00:06:54,913 --> 00:06:56,999 {\an8}I was grippin' my palm around some shitty rum 160 00:06:56,999 --> 00:06:59,418 {\an8}Tryin' to find psalm number 151 161 00:06:59,418 --> 00:07:01,587 {\an8}To forget what I'm owed, as I clutch the commode 162 00:07:01,587 --> 00:07:04,131 {\an8}I read "Put down the bottle and come get the gun" 163 00:07:04,131 --> 00:07:06,675 {\an8}Let's get off the chain like Kunta Kinte with a MAC-10 164 00:07:06,675 --> 00:07:08,635 {\an8}They want us gone like a dollar in a crack den 165 00:07:08,635 --> 00:07:11,013 {\an8}Steadily subtractin' seeds and stems 166 00:07:11,013 --> 00:07:12,598 {\an8}Mind cloudy through the wheeze and phlegm 167 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:14,892 {\an8}Numbin' my brain off of that and the Jesus hymns 168 00:07:14,892 --> 00:07:17,352 {\an8}If we waiting for the time to fight, these is thems 169 00:07:17,352 --> 00:07:19,354 {\an8}Tellin' us to relax while they ease it in 170 00:07:19,354 --> 00:07:20,564 {\an8}We gettin greased again 171 00:07:20,564 --> 00:07:21,648 {\an8}The truth I write is so cold 172 00:07:21,648 --> 00:07:23,150 {\an8}It'd freeze my pen 173 00:07:23,150 --> 00:07:24,735 {\an8}I'm Boots Riley it's a pleasure to meet you 174 00:07:24,735 --> 00:07:26,987 {\an8}Never let they punk ass ever defeat you 175 00:07:26,987 --> 00:07:29,239 {\an8}They got us on the corner wearin' pleather and see-thru 176 00:07:29,239 --> 00:07:31,533 {\an8}All y'all's gold mines, they wanna deplete you 177 00:07:31,533 --> 00:07:34,077 {\an8}I ain't just finna rap on the track, I finna clap on 'em back 178 00:07:34,077 --> 00:07:35,662 {\an8}And it's been stackin' to that 179 00:07:35,662 --> 00:07:38,123 {\an8}500 years before Iceberg ever leaned back in the 'lac 180 00:07:38,123 --> 00:07:40,000 {\an8}Before they told Rosa "Black in the back" 181 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,794 {\an8}Before the CIA told Ricky Ross to put crack in a sack 182 00:07:42,794 --> 00:07:44,546 {\an8}And Gil Scott traded rappin' for smack 183 00:07:44,546 --> 00:07:46,131 {\an8}This beat alone should get platinum plaques 184 00:07:46,131 --> 00:07:48,467 {\an8}I'd rather see a million of us ecstatic to scrap 185 00:07:48,467 --> 00:07:50,802 {\an8}'Cause if we bappin' 'em back we automatically stack 186 00:07:58,477 --> 00:08:01,021 Lansing hero Earvin "Magic" Johnson-- 187 00:08:01,021 --> 00:08:04,274 News broke of Magic Johnson's new epic deal-- 188 00:08:04,274 --> 00:08:06,610 Earvin Johnson Jr., the showstopper-- 189 00:08:06,944 --> 00:08:09,071 The highest-paid athlete in the world. 190 00:08:09,071 --> 00:08:10,864 How did his teammates take the news? 191 00:08:10,864 --> 00:08:13,700 The normally tight-lipped Kareem had this to say. 192 00:08:13,700 --> 00:08:15,744 A basketball team is like a family. 193 00:08:15,744 --> 00:08:18,538 You pick out any one member and say, "This is my favorite child," 194 00:08:18,538 --> 00:08:21,041 it's inevitable that others will begin to wonder 195 00:08:21,041 --> 00:08:22,918 whether or not they belong. 196 00:08:25,420 --> 00:08:27,172 The only other place 197 00:08:27,172 --> 00:08:29,383 I would consider playing is New York. 198 00:08:29,383 --> 00:08:30,884 I've always felt like the people there 199 00:08:30,884 --> 00:08:33,845 appreciate quality basketball, and I can provide that. 200 00:08:37,099 --> 00:08:38,016 Fuck 'em. 201 00:08:38,725 --> 00:08:40,143 They don't like it? 202 00:08:41,353 --> 00:08:42,521 Fuck 'em. 203 00:08:43,564 --> 00:08:45,357 Kareem should be happy! 204 00:08:45,357 --> 00:08:46,817 More money for Earvin means more for him! 205 00:08:46,817 --> 00:08:48,568 What if he tries to get it from another team? 206 00:08:48,568 --> 00:08:50,737 - He's not gonna do that. - He already fuckin' did! 207 00:08:50,737 --> 00:08:52,406 He ain't talkin' to the press, man! 208 00:08:52,406 --> 00:08:53,740 He's talkin' to the Knicks! 209 00:08:55,701 --> 00:08:57,327 Well, I'll talk to him first. 210 00:08:57,327 --> 00:08:58,662 When am I sitting down with him at Benihana? 211 00:08:58,662 --> 00:09:00,539 - He rescheduled. - Oh, fuck. 212 00:09:00,539 --> 00:09:02,499 Hey, he's a busy guy. I'll pin him down. 213 00:09:02,499 --> 00:09:03,959 - You ain't fuckin'-- - No! 214 00:09:05,127 --> 00:09:07,462 It has to be me. Okay? 215 00:09:09,006 --> 00:09:09,881 Who-- 216 00:09:09,881 --> 00:09:12,301 I'm his coach, 217 00:09:12,301 --> 00:09:14,594 so I will assure him 218 00:09:14,594 --> 00:09:17,139 that he's still the fulcrum of this team. 219 00:09:17,139 --> 00:09:19,725 - I'll handle that, Paul. - You can't. 220 00:09:19,725 --> 00:09:21,143 You just told him the opposite. 221 00:09:21,727 --> 00:09:23,812 You just told him 222 00:09:23,812 --> 00:09:25,814 and every other player on my team 223 00:09:25,814 --> 00:09:27,983 that Magic is more important. 224 00:09:30,152 --> 00:09:32,070 I think you mean my team. 225 00:09:33,363 --> 00:09:34,740 Sure. 226 00:09:35,282 --> 00:09:37,034 But I'm the one who has to coach it, 227 00:09:37,034 --> 00:09:39,453 and that's been hard enough as it is. 228 00:09:40,078 --> 00:09:43,123 Look, gentlemen, none of us want a repeat of last year! 229 00:09:43,123 --> 00:09:45,626 Okay, Magic has been a 230 00:09:48,837 --> 00:09:51,757 struggle since the start of camp. 231 00:09:52,841 --> 00:09:54,843 Resisting his role in The System. 232 00:09:54,843 --> 00:09:56,219 At first, I thought, okay, 233 00:09:56,219 --> 00:09:58,513 this guy's not used to structured play. Now, I see. 234 00:09:59,056 --> 00:10:02,017 He thinks it's optional. And you know why? 235 00:10:02,017 --> 00:10:05,354 Because he has a direct line to the king. 236 00:10:07,522 --> 00:10:09,483 You know, Bill, Jerry, it's getting a little late. 237 00:10:09,483 --> 00:10:11,026 Why don't you hit the road? 238 00:10:11,026 --> 00:10:13,445 - Yeah, yeah, we should get outta here. - Yeah. Yeah, we're gonna... 239 00:10:13,445 --> 00:10:14,738 Get outta here. Good night, boss. 240 00:10:20,535 --> 00:10:22,329 You asked for Kupchak. 241 00:10:22,329 --> 00:10:24,039 I gave you Kupchak. 242 00:10:24,039 --> 00:10:25,540 {\an8}You asked for a million dollars. 243 00:10:25,540 --> 00:10:27,292 {\an8}I gave you that. 244 00:10:27,292 --> 00:10:29,795 {\an8}Paul, this is a speed bump. 245 00:10:30,670 --> 00:10:31,838 {\an8}Don't whine to me about it. 246 00:10:31,838 --> 00:10:33,548 Figure it out! 247 00:10:34,633 --> 00:10:36,551 What the fuck else do you need? 248 00:10:37,427 --> 00:10:39,388 Nothing. 249 00:10:39,388 --> 00:10:41,598 But I'd like to be able to handle my players 250 00:10:42,724 --> 00:10:44,601 without interference. 251 00:10:44,601 --> 00:10:46,603 So, if you can do that for me, 252 00:10:47,896 --> 00:10:50,732 I'll promise you that I'll bring you another trophy. 253 00:10:50,732 --> 00:10:53,985 Well, Paul, if you don't, I'm gonna look like a fucking idiot. 254 00:10:55,153 --> 00:10:57,531 {\an8}And you're gonna be looking for a new job. 255 00:11:04,079 --> 00:11:05,997 Sounds like we're in this together then, huh? 256 00:11:08,875 --> 00:11:10,627 No, Paul. I'm the king! 257 00:11:10,627 --> 00:11:12,546 We're not in it together! 258 00:11:18,718 --> 00:11:21,138 - Hey. - Hey. Are you okay? 259 00:11:25,058 --> 00:11:26,476 Yeah. 260 00:11:27,561 --> 00:11:29,479 It's just basketball. 261 00:11:31,064 --> 00:11:32,983 It is, you know? 262 00:11:34,568 --> 00:11:35,527 It's just ba-- 263 00:11:39,156 --> 00:11:41,658 Flatfoot Sam bought an automobile 264 00:11:41,658 --> 00:11:43,160 No money down, it was a real good deal 265 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:44,202 Oh, morning. 266 00:11:44,744 --> 00:11:47,914 He didn't wanna wait to ride around town... 267 00:11:47,914 --> 00:11:50,876 Oh, I took the last one. Do you wanna split it? 268 00:11:50,876 --> 00:11:53,336 You're always in a jam 269 00:11:55,255 --> 00:11:56,131 Flatfoot Sam... 270 00:11:56,131 --> 00:11:57,632 You want the whole thing? 271 00:11:58,383 --> 00:12:00,927 Oh, come on, Johnny! You have to talk to me eventually! 272 00:12:01,720 --> 00:12:03,221 Fuck. 273 00:12:03,221 --> 00:12:04,806 You know, an apology works wonders. 274 00:12:04,806 --> 00:12:06,183 Excuse me? 275 00:12:07,809 --> 00:12:10,228 - He's hurting. - What fucking business is it of yours? 276 00:12:10,228 --> 00:12:12,814 Ooh. Okay. I'm just trying to help. 277 00:12:12,814 --> 00:12:15,233 Yeah. Well, I don't need your help, okay? 278 00:12:15,233 --> 00:12:17,569 Well, your father does, and I do love him. 279 00:12:17,569 --> 00:12:20,530 - Okay, God. - We're not in competition. 280 00:12:20,530 --> 00:12:22,782 Oh, yeah. Okay. That's good to know. 281 00:12:22,782 --> 00:12:24,451 Thank you for that, Honey! 282 00:12:24,451 --> 00:12:26,786 You're always in a jam 283 00:12:27,579 --> 00:12:30,415 - It's just a contract. - Contract? 284 00:12:31,750 --> 00:12:33,126 Fuck you think, we stupid? 285 00:12:34,044 --> 00:12:35,962 You part owner of this damn team now. 286 00:12:35,962 --> 00:12:37,923 Ain't like that. 287 00:12:37,923 --> 00:12:39,549 He offered, I said yes. 288 00:12:39,549 --> 00:12:42,344 - Same as any of y'all would. - I know I would. 289 00:12:42,344 --> 00:12:44,262 Right on! 290 00:12:44,262 --> 00:12:46,473 Look, this could be a good thing. 291 00:12:46,473 --> 00:12:48,725 Speak for yourself, man. 292 00:12:50,268 --> 00:12:52,687 You got your money. Boy. 293 00:12:53,605 --> 00:12:56,066 Won't be happy till everything else go your way? 294 00:12:56,066 --> 00:12:59,194 - Go run, tell Daddy. - Man, fuck you. 295 00:12:59,194 --> 00:13:00,904 Ain't enough money in the contract for that, bruh. 296 00:13:00,904 --> 00:13:03,615 - Norm, just calm down, man. - Nigga, you calm up! 297 00:13:03,615 --> 00:13:06,284 Stop acting like a bitch! All you motherfuckers! 298 00:13:06,284 --> 00:13:08,328 What? We supposed to kiss his ass now 299 00:13:08,328 --> 00:13:09,788 just 'cause he struck gold? 300 00:13:10,539 --> 00:13:11,665 Fuck all that! 301 00:13:11,665 --> 00:13:14,334 Y'all put on y'all uniform the same way he do. 302 00:13:14,334 --> 00:13:16,086 Ain't saying no otherwise. 303 00:13:16,878 --> 00:13:18,296 No. 304 00:13:19,881 --> 00:13:22,384 You got the boss man saying it for you. 305 00:13:22,384 --> 00:13:24,719 I'm just doing business. Maybe you could learn something. 306 00:13:25,762 --> 00:13:27,305 I'ma talk to Coach. 307 00:13:28,473 --> 00:13:30,100 Straighten everything out. 308 00:13:31,560 --> 00:13:34,854 Straighten everything out. Oh. Y'all hear that? 309 00:13:34,854 --> 00:13:36,731 Big money talk to big money. 310 00:13:37,774 --> 00:13:39,276 Y'all just shut up. 311 00:13:39,276 --> 00:13:42,028 Let Richie Rich here take care of all our problems. 312 00:13:42,028 --> 00:13:43,405 Just mad it ain't you. 313 00:13:43,405 --> 00:13:45,407 Yeah, whatever, nigga. 314 00:13:47,242 --> 00:13:49,661 I'm telling y'all! This don't change nothin'! 315 00:13:52,038 --> 00:13:53,123 Gentlemen! 316 00:13:53,873 --> 00:13:55,792 Bring it in. Bring it in. Bring it in. 317 00:13:57,460 --> 00:13:59,921 Good. Gather round. 318 00:14:07,137 --> 00:14:09,264 As Viktor Frankl said, 319 00:14:09,264 --> 00:14:12,517 "What does not kill me makes me stronger." 320 00:14:14,352 --> 00:14:16,771 This is the start of a new season. 321 00:14:17,772 --> 00:14:21,359 And none of us wants it to end the way last one did. 322 00:14:21,359 --> 00:14:23,987 - Right? - No. No. Mm-mm. 323 00:14:23,987 --> 00:14:25,488 Okay, great. 324 00:14:26,323 --> 00:14:28,742 I wanna make something clear. I have been empowered. 325 00:14:30,368 --> 00:14:32,871 I have been empowered to coach this team. 326 00:14:34,539 --> 00:14:37,459 My way. And that means we run The System. 327 00:14:38,835 --> 00:14:42,255 Every play. Every game. No deviation. 328 00:14:42,255 --> 00:14:45,091 Anyone who has a problem with that is gonna find a home 329 00:14:45,091 --> 00:14:47,093 next to me on the bench. 330 00:14:49,054 --> 00:14:50,013 Anyone. 331 00:14:54,976 --> 00:14:57,479 Okay. Sound fun? 332 00:14:57,479 --> 00:14:59,522 Let's go out there and kick some ass, alright? 333 00:14:59,522 --> 00:15:01,816 - Let's go! - System on three. One, two, three. 334 00:15:01,816 --> 00:15:03,276 - System! Woo! - Good. 335 00:15:12,202 --> 00:15:13,536 Well, happy Halloween, folks. 336 00:15:13,536 --> 00:15:14,704 Welcome to a new season, 337 00:15:14,704 --> 00:15:16,456 and, hey, let's hope the Lakers have banished 338 00:15:16,456 --> 00:15:18,249 all the ghosts of last year. 339 00:15:18,249 --> 00:15:21,419 Your Los Angeles Lakers! 340 00:15:22,796 --> 00:15:24,589 - Nixon fighting to get open. - Ball! 341 00:15:24,589 --> 00:15:27,092 Magic taking his time at the top of the key, searching. 342 00:15:27,092 --> 00:15:29,219 Boy, the offense is slow tonight. 343 00:15:29,219 --> 00:15:31,054 {\an8}-Westhead urging. - Let's go! Earvin! 344 00:15:31,054 --> 00:15:33,973 Magic finally with a move to the basket, but he turns it over. 345 00:15:33,973 --> 00:15:37,102 Fast break the other way and Malone finishes it over Kareem. 346 00:15:37,102 --> 00:15:39,104 Time out! Time out. 347 00:15:42,273 --> 00:15:44,109 And so much for redemption, folks. 348 00:15:44,109 --> 00:15:47,362 A new year underway the same way last one ended 349 00:15:47,362 --> 00:15:49,030 with a loss to the Rockets. 350 00:16:05,088 --> 00:16:06,756 Alright, let's go, Norm, I'm open! 351 00:16:19,477 --> 00:16:20,729 - What was that? - Earvin! 352 00:16:29,446 --> 00:16:33,450 - It ain't right, Cook. - Have you just talked to him? 353 00:16:33,450 --> 00:16:35,952 - Man-to-man? - I tried! 354 00:16:35,952 --> 00:16:37,954 Told him we'd be best when we just goin'. 355 00:16:39,289 --> 00:16:42,500 Not thinkin' all the time, running no damn spots. 356 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:44,377 Okay, so what did he say to that? 357 00:16:44,377 --> 00:16:46,921 That's not your spot! Where's your spot? 358 00:16:47,547 --> 00:16:49,841 Not there! You're nowhere near your spot! 359 00:16:51,134 --> 00:16:53,928 But he ain't out there trying to make this dumb shit work. 360 00:16:53,928 --> 00:16:56,389 How I'm supposed to run the show when I gotta stop, 361 00:16:56,389 --> 00:16:59,476 find him, wait for him to throw some fingers in the air 362 00:16:59,476 --> 00:17:01,603 and then figure out what the hell them fingers mean? 363 00:17:01,603 --> 00:17:04,314 Ain't no choice but to dump to Kareem! 364 00:17:04,314 --> 00:17:06,441 Rest of us just watching him do his thing. 365 00:17:06,441 --> 00:17:09,611 - Which ain't your thing. - Hell, no! 366 00:17:10,653 --> 00:17:12,489 Ain't how I got here! 367 00:17:12,489 --> 00:17:14,282 I don't pull this team together, 368 00:17:14,282 --> 00:17:15,533 I'm gonna be outta here by next year. 369 00:17:16,993 --> 00:17:19,913 Heck, you might be off to New York City, huh? 370 00:17:22,123 --> 00:17:24,250 This franchise disrespected you. 371 00:17:24,250 --> 00:17:26,169 After all that you've given them. 372 00:17:26,169 --> 00:17:28,838 You'd be well within your rights to hold a grudge. 373 00:17:32,467 --> 00:17:34,677 They have me under contract for another year. 374 00:17:34,677 --> 00:17:35,804 Until it ends... 375 00:17:37,138 --> 00:17:38,640 I'll be a Laker. 376 00:17:44,854 --> 00:17:47,315 - Team, let's go! - Feed Kareem in the post. 377 00:17:57,867 --> 00:17:59,702 Ain't the Magic man. 378 00:17:59,702 --> 00:18:01,246 I feels the flow. 379 00:18:01,246 --> 00:18:04,249 Who be hot. Who need a shot. Where the mismatch. 380 00:18:04,249 --> 00:18:07,377 I feeds off my teammates and they feeds off of me! 381 00:18:07,377 --> 00:18:09,587 Okay, so what do they say? 382 00:18:10,171 --> 00:18:13,842 We scraping and scratching to make it deal to deal. 383 00:18:15,468 --> 00:18:17,929 And then you get something like this? 384 00:18:19,222 --> 00:18:21,140 I hate to say it, brother, but 385 00:18:22,767 --> 00:18:24,602 gonna rub some people the wrong way. 386 00:18:24,602 --> 00:18:26,437 Fuck them! Jealous-ass motherfuckers, 387 00:18:26,437 --> 00:18:28,982 just 'cause they ain't got the contract I do! 388 00:18:28,982 --> 00:18:31,025 Blame me for some shit they'd love to have. 389 00:18:31,025 --> 00:18:34,154 Wouldn't any one of 'em say no, Buss brought it to 'em. 390 00:18:34,154 --> 00:18:35,780 - Come on, Earvin! - Push up! Let's do it! 391 00:18:46,332 --> 00:18:48,167 Y'all just don't get it, man. 392 00:18:49,252 --> 00:18:51,170 We just don't get it? 393 00:18:52,297 --> 00:18:54,215 Then I guess you the only one that do. 394 00:18:58,553 --> 00:19:00,471 Just wanted a home, Cook. 395 00:19:01,306 --> 00:19:02,891 Now I'm stuck. 396 00:19:02,891 --> 00:19:04,976 - You could talk to Dr. Buss. - I do that, 397 00:19:04,976 --> 00:19:07,395 I'm boss man's boy, just how they say I is. 398 00:19:07,395 --> 00:19:08,396 Okay. 399 00:19:08,396 --> 00:19:10,732 You can't have the money, the power, and the love, Earvin. 400 00:19:17,780 --> 00:19:20,325 I'm supposed to be gettin' that love from you. 401 00:19:20,325 --> 00:19:22,535 Yeah, yeah, I know. 402 00:19:22,535 --> 00:19:25,413 Just figured I'd try and see where we was at. 403 00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:28,458 - How's our boy, Virginia? - Virgil! 404 00:19:29,584 --> 00:19:31,794 Another monster for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 405 00:19:31,794 --> 00:19:34,255 29 points, 13 boards for the big fella. 406 00:19:34,255 --> 00:19:35,715 But he's the only one. 407 00:19:35,715 --> 00:19:38,885 Magic Johnson still looking lost in Westhead's offense. 408 00:19:38,885 --> 00:19:41,471 Gone is the boyish enthusiasm of yesteryear, 409 00:19:41,471 --> 00:19:44,641 replaced by a petulant scowl as his Lakers fall, 410 00:19:44,641 --> 00:19:46,809 {\an8}and, boy, do they fall hard. 411 00:20:00,949 --> 00:20:03,868 - Good game, Cap. - That's not what the final score said. 412 00:20:04,535 --> 00:20:06,955 I'm tellin' you, this System shit ain't working. 413 00:20:08,665 --> 00:20:11,793 You out there killing yourself and we still losing by 26? 414 00:20:11,793 --> 00:20:13,544 It might help me if other people played their roles. 415 00:20:15,171 --> 00:20:16,631 You think I ain't trying? 416 00:20:17,340 --> 00:20:19,550 Out there running the same way, 417 00:20:19,550 --> 00:20:20,802 moving to the same spots. 418 00:20:21,719 --> 00:20:24,639 Ain't how we won the whole damn thing with McKinney, remember? 419 00:20:26,140 --> 00:20:27,850 Of course, I remember. 420 00:20:27,850 --> 00:20:29,477 And I also remember you telling me 421 00:20:29,477 --> 00:20:31,980 that this team could benefit if I just humbled myself. 422 00:20:33,606 --> 00:20:36,985 Yeah. Shrunk the ego a little bit. 423 00:20:36,985 --> 00:20:38,695 Perhaps it's time you took the same advice. 424 00:21:02,969 --> 00:21:04,887 I thought you quit. 425 00:21:05,972 --> 00:21:07,473 Wish I could. 426 00:21:08,433 --> 00:21:10,184 Okay. Would you take it easy? 427 00:21:10,184 --> 00:21:11,853 I'm gonna go talk to him, okay? 428 00:21:14,188 --> 00:21:15,440 'Cause that'll work wonders. 429 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:17,442 I'm sorry. What? 430 00:21:23,990 --> 00:21:25,199 Nothing. 431 00:21:27,994 --> 00:21:30,705 You don't talk, Paul. You belittle. 432 00:21:30,705 --> 00:21:32,040 Oh, my God. This again, Pat? 433 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:33,750 You see? You're doing it to me, right now. 434 00:21:33,750 --> 00:21:35,251 You're doing it. 435 00:21:38,629 --> 00:21:41,007 {\an8}Listen, man. We're at two and four. 436 00:21:41,007 --> 00:21:41,966 {\an8}It ain't gettin' better. 437 00:21:41,966 --> 00:21:43,342 {\an8}It's gettin' worse. 438 00:21:43,342 --> 00:21:44,886 {\an8}Alright, so you want a compromise from him? 439 00:21:44,886 --> 00:21:46,637 {\an8}How about you meet the guy halfway? 440 00:21:46,637 --> 00:21:48,806 {\an8}- Let him improvise a little. - No, goddammit, Pat. 441 00:21:48,806 --> 00:21:50,558 {\an8}- It's not The System. - Let him get a fucking rhythm. 442 00:21:50,558 --> 00:21:52,018 It's not The System. 443 00:21:52,977 --> 00:21:54,228 I understand that you don't get it 444 00:21:54,228 --> 00:21:57,065 but if you compromise any aspect of The System, 445 00:21:57,065 --> 00:21:58,775 then The System is compromised. 446 00:21:58,775 --> 00:22:00,651 It requires a total buy-in. 447 00:22:00,651 --> 00:22:02,570 That means you, too! 448 00:22:02,570 --> 00:22:05,573 Look, this ship only has one captain, and that's me! 449 00:22:06,991 --> 00:22:09,619 I understand, yes, Kareem is also called Captain, 450 00:22:09,619 --> 00:22:11,412 but that's a nickname. 451 00:22:11,412 --> 00:22:13,706 You understand what I'm trying to say? I'm the fucking boss. 452 00:22:13,706 --> 00:22:15,792 I am in charge, not Magic fucking Johnson-- 453 00:22:20,922 --> 00:22:22,381 Finish. 454 00:22:34,685 --> 00:22:36,604 Just let him stew. Okay? 455 00:22:44,028 --> 00:22:46,405 - Good job, Paul. - Shut up, Pat. 456 00:22:46,405 --> 00:22:48,407 Just for a fucking second. 457 00:22:49,450 --> 00:22:50,910 - Cooper! - Yeah. 458 00:22:50,910 --> 00:22:53,121 You're right there. Okay. 459 00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:56,207 Go tell Magic that if he's not on this bus in five minutes, 460 00:22:56,207 --> 00:22:58,918 - that he can catch a cab home. - Me? 461 00:22:58,918 --> 00:23:00,670 Yes, you! Unless you wanna catch one yourself. 462 00:23:00,670 --> 00:23:02,839 - Yes. You. - Goddammit... 463 00:23:02,839 --> 00:23:03,840 Really? 464 00:23:06,884 --> 00:23:10,638 Ooh, short and sweet 465 00:23:13,266 --> 00:23:17,562 No sense in dragging on past our needs 466 00:23:19,814 --> 00:23:23,317 Let's don't keep it hanging on 467 00:23:25,444 --> 00:23:26,696 {\an8}Earvin! 468 00:23:34,203 --> 00:23:35,788 We are two and fuckin' four! 469 00:23:35,788 --> 00:23:38,082 Come on, boss. I gotta spell this out for you? 470 00:23:38,082 --> 00:23:39,959 Westhead's lost control of the team. 471 00:23:39,959 --> 00:23:42,587 - The guys don't respect him. - It's been six games. 472 00:23:42,587 --> 00:23:45,047 That's five fuckin' more than I needed to see! 473 00:23:45,047 --> 00:23:46,132 Jerry. 474 00:23:46,132 --> 00:23:49,802 Well, I talked to him and he told me it's a numbers game! 475 00:23:49,802 --> 00:23:52,930 A proven fact, quicker offense means more makes. 476 00:23:52,930 --> 00:23:56,017 It's not fuckin' algebra, man. It's fuckin' ball! 477 00:23:56,017 --> 00:23:58,060 He's got Magic so mixed up, 478 00:23:58,060 --> 00:24:00,479 he wouldn't get on the goddamn bus in San Antonio! 479 00:24:05,067 --> 00:24:07,653 You gotta help us out here, Doc. 480 00:24:07,653 --> 00:24:09,739 Okay, now we built this fuckin' team to win. 481 00:24:09,739 --> 00:24:11,699 - Okay? - Alright, I'll talk to him again. 482 00:24:11,699 --> 00:24:13,618 - There's no talking to him. - No! 483 00:24:13,618 --> 00:24:16,245 Just let us shake the tree, see who falls out. 484 00:24:16,245 --> 00:24:19,248 Yeah. Just have a fuckin' little, little rustle around. 485 00:24:20,541 --> 00:24:23,502 Who the fuck is gonna fall out of a tree, Bill? A coach? 486 00:24:23,502 --> 00:24:28,466 No! No! We're not changing fucking coaches again mid-season! 487 00:24:28,466 --> 00:24:30,509 Absolutely not, Bill! 488 00:24:30,509 --> 00:24:32,470 Johnson's a fuckin' winner, okay? 489 00:24:32,470 --> 00:24:35,014 And hell, Westhead, even he got lucky. 490 00:24:35,014 --> 00:24:36,933 But things change! 491 00:24:36,933 --> 00:24:40,311 Don't make good decisions bad ones, because your pride got mixed up in it. 492 00:24:42,188 --> 00:24:43,147 My pride? 493 00:24:44,065 --> 00:24:47,985 My pride has got jack shit to do with that. 494 00:24:49,028 --> 00:24:52,865 I'm all in because that's what you do when you believe you have a winner! 495 00:24:52,865 --> 00:24:55,952 And that's what I've done with this team! I believe in it! 496 00:24:55,952 --> 00:24:59,080 Six games in, firing the coach is a bad idea, for the record. 497 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,414 Can you imagine if the press even-- 498 00:25:00,414 --> 00:25:03,000 The press even hears one fucking word about this, 499 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,168 and we're toast. 500 00:25:04,168 --> 00:25:05,461 Alright. They won't. 501 00:25:05,461 --> 00:25:06,921 Westhead has no answer. 502 00:25:06,921 --> 00:25:09,173 If I'm Buss, I'd pull the plug. 503 00:25:09,173 --> 00:25:11,050 All I know is they're not playing Laker basketball. 504 00:25:11,050 --> 00:25:12,927 Where's the razzle-dazzle? The pop? 505 00:25:14,095 --> 00:25:16,264 Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na 506 00:25:17,139 --> 00:25:19,183 Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na 507 00:25:19,183 --> 00:25:20,476 Ba-doo 508 00:25:20,476 --> 00:25:22,812 Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na... 509 00:25:22,812 --> 00:25:24,105 So then I said to him, 510 00:25:24,105 --> 00:25:26,816 "If it must be done, best it be done quickly." 511 00:25:26,816 --> 00:25:29,777 I swear to God, with a straight face, he says, 512 00:25:29,777 --> 00:25:31,028 "So throw it to Kareem?" 513 00:25:31,487 --> 00:25:34,282 Big fucker! Gonna throw it to Kareem! 514 00:25:37,493 --> 00:25:39,245 Shit. What happened? 515 00:25:39,245 --> 00:25:41,205 - Did you get in a car crash? - No. 516 00:25:41,205 --> 00:25:42,707 Ah, fuck! 517 00:25:42,707 --> 00:25:44,375 It's this fuckin' stress. 518 00:25:44,375 --> 00:25:47,086 He refuses to listen. He doesn't fucking listen to me. 519 00:25:47,086 --> 00:25:49,630 Won't change or do anything fucking different! 520 00:25:50,131 --> 00:25:51,382 It's nothing. 521 00:25:51,382 --> 00:25:55,511 You get a chance to look at those adjustments I suggested? 522 00:25:55,511 --> 00:25:57,805 Uh, no. I have not. 523 00:25:57,805 --> 00:26:00,808 Get a job, sha-na-na-na 524 00:26:00,808 --> 00:26:02,810 I think you're sitting on 'em. 525 00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:07,148 Okay. 526 00:26:07,898 --> 00:26:08,941 Mike? 527 00:26:09,859 --> 00:26:11,319 Sure thing, boss. 528 00:26:14,155 --> 00:26:16,532 - Mike. - Pat. 529 00:26:22,455 --> 00:26:24,874 - It's a tweak. - It's a retreat, Pat. 530 00:26:34,133 --> 00:26:35,426 You're gonna get us fired, Paul. 531 00:26:35,426 --> 00:26:37,511 - I have authority from Buss. - You have authority? 532 00:26:37,511 --> 00:26:40,056 Yeah, he gave Jack a four-year deal, pal. 533 00:26:40,056 --> 00:26:42,892 It's words. If we keep losing, we're kaput! 534 00:26:42,892 --> 00:26:44,393 I don't care! 535 00:26:45,644 --> 00:26:46,854 I don't care. 536 00:26:55,112 --> 00:26:57,281 Do you have any idea how many times I've been counted out? 537 00:26:57,281 --> 00:26:58,949 Huh? 538 00:26:58,949 --> 00:27:01,118 I sat the bench in college. 539 00:27:01,118 --> 00:27:04,121 Ramsey only kept me on the team 'cause he needed a towel boy. 540 00:27:05,956 --> 00:27:08,751 Jack only hired me here because he needed somebody pliable, 541 00:27:08,751 --> 00:27:09,877 "a dilettante." 542 00:27:09,877 --> 00:27:11,253 I know. I know. 543 00:27:12,171 --> 00:27:13,756 I lucked my way to where I'm at. 544 00:27:14,840 --> 00:27:16,258 'Cause West quit. 545 00:27:17,134 --> 00:27:19,303 'Cause Tark's friend got stuffed into a trunk. 546 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:23,599 'Cause Jack crashed a bicycle. 547 00:27:25,684 --> 00:27:27,228 'Cause I found you. 548 00:27:29,188 --> 00:27:30,606 And yet, somehow 549 00:27:33,192 --> 00:27:34,610 somehow 550 00:27:36,070 --> 00:27:37,988 I won a championship. 551 00:27:42,535 --> 00:27:44,203 So I will be goddamned 552 00:27:44,203 --> 00:27:47,581 if I'm gonna throw that away playing somebody else's game! 553 00:27:49,291 --> 00:27:53,003 If I am going to go down, I will go down my way! 554 00:28:07,518 --> 00:28:10,438 You're just not leaving us a way out, Paul. 555 00:28:10,438 --> 00:28:13,065 - If things keep going south-- - Do you know what Cortez did 556 00:28:13,065 --> 00:28:14,900 when he made landfall in the New World? 557 00:28:14,900 --> 00:28:16,318 You know what he did? 558 00:28:16,318 --> 00:28:18,529 He saw the Aztec empire ahead. 559 00:28:19,363 --> 00:28:22,741 All its riches, all its gold, and its army. 560 00:28:22,741 --> 00:28:25,244 A hundred times his own. You know what he did? 561 00:28:26,245 --> 00:28:28,622 - I know we speak English. - He burned the ships. 562 00:28:30,624 --> 00:28:33,002 All of them. His own. 563 00:28:33,002 --> 00:28:35,129 The entire fleet. Torched it. 564 00:28:35,129 --> 00:28:37,631 So that his men only had one option. 565 00:28:38,549 --> 00:28:41,260 To forge ahead and conquer. 566 00:28:44,889 --> 00:28:46,265 Laker fans love to see it. 567 00:28:46,265 --> 00:28:48,017 After a rocky start to the season, 568 00:28:48,017 --> 00:28:50,352 three quick wins for the purple and gold. 569 00:28:50,352 --> 00:28:53,564 Excuse me! Coach Westhead has arrived! 570 00:28:53,564 --> 00:28:55,691 Ho! Ho! Ho! 571 00:28:59,904 --> 00:29:02,656 We got a ways to go, but that's the good thing about The System. 572 00:29:02,656 --> 00:29:04,158 You can plug anybody in. 573 00:29:04,158 --> 00:29:05,784 He'll pick up on the nuances. 574 00:29:05,784 --> 00:29:08,078 Tonto, jump on it, jump on it, jump on it 575 00:29:13,375 --> 00:29:14,793 Kemosabe, jump on-- 576 00:29:18,214 --> 00:29:20,174 Earvin! There he is! 577 00:29:20,174 --> 00:29:22,259 - Dr. Buss. - I hope you brought your appetite. 578 00:29:22,259 --> 00:29:23,886 We ordered in. Come on. 579 00:29:23,886 --> 00:29:25,888 - I want you to meet Honey. - Yeah. 580 00:29:26,889 --> 00:29:28,390 - Can we talk for a minute? - Yeah. 581 00:29:28,390 --> 00:29:30,351 Been sittin' on this thing for a while now. 582 00:29:30,351 --> 00:29:32,228 Oh, is this about the contract details getting out? 583 00:29:32,228 --> 00:29:34,647 That wasn't me. And there's gonna be hell to pay, 584 00:29:34,647 --> 00:29:36,190 so don't sweat it, though. Don't sweat it. 585 00:29:36,190 --> 00:29:38,025 Nah, nah, nah. Ain't that. 586 00:29:38,025 --> 00:29:40,319 It's the way we been playing. 587 00:29:40,319 --> 00:29:41,946 Ah. 588 00:29:41,946 --> 00:29:45,115 Well, that's not really my bailiwick, you know? 589 00:29:45,115 --> 00:29:47,243 But you got eyes. 590 00:29:47,243 --> 00:29:49,078 You can see that it ain't been goin' right, right? 591 00:29:49,078 --> 00:29:50,538 Well, yeah, tough start. 592 00:29:50,538 --> 00:29:53,165 But, you know, these things take time, so. 593 00:29:53,165 --> 00:29:55,417 Coach telling us exactly where to go like we don't know. 594 00:29:55,417 --> 00:29:56,627 He the one don't know! 595 00:29:56,627 --> 00:29:58,921 He ain't never played the game. 596 00:29:58,921 --> 00:30:00,839 That's why we dropping games that we should be winning, 597 00:30:00,839 --> 00:30:03,551 squeaking by teams that we should be blowing out! 598 00:30:03,551 --> 00:30:05,511 It ain't showtime no more. 599 00:30:05,511 --> 00:30:07,346 So have you talked to Coach about this? 600 00:30:07,346 --> 00:30:09,348 - I tried! - And? 601 00:30:10,224 --> 00:30:12,142 He wanna do it his way. 602 00:30:14,144 --> 00:30:16,397 I see. Well... 603 00:30:17,481 --> 00:30:18,482 Look, Dr. Buss, 604 00:30:18,482 --> 00:30:20,067 I ain't trying to tell nobody how to do their job 605 00:30:20,067 --> 00:30:21,777 but you paying me a lot of money, 606 00:30:21,777 --> 00:30:24,196 and we been trying to make this thing like-- 607 00:30:24,196 --> 00:30:25,781 Earvin. Earvin. 608 00:30:25,781 --> 00:30:28,325 You know I want you to be happy, right? 609 00:30:28,325 --> 00:30:30,369 Do you trust me? 610 00:30:30,369 --> 00:30:32,329 Of course. That's why I'm here. 611 00:30:32,329 --> 00:30:34,331 Because, you know, we partners. 612 00:30:34,331 --> 00:30:37,209 Yeah. That's exactly what we are. 613 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,129 In the grand scheme of things. 614 00:30:40,129 --> 00:30:42,631 But, Earvin, Paul's a partner, too. 615 00:30:44,258 --> 00:30:46,427 Look, I pay you a lot of money to play. 616 00:30:46,427 --> 00:30:48,178 I pay him a lot to coach, 617 00:30:48,178 --> 00:30:50,139 and I don't tell either one of you how to do what you do. 618 00:30:51,098 --> 00:30:53,475 Well, Dr. Buss, I ain't trying to tell you what to do, 619 00:30:53,475 --> 00:30:55,269 or him what to do. I ain't trying to be a coach. 620 00:30:55,269 --> 00:30:56,520 I just wanna play-- 621 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,063 I think the smart thing to do right now, 622 00:30:58,063 --> 00:30:59,481 is just let this ride out a little bit. 623 00:31:00,107 --> 00:31:02,651 And let's just ride this thing out for a second, alright? 624 00:31:02,651 --> 00:31:04,445 We'll reevaluate in a couple months. 625 00:31:04,445 --> 00:31:06,405 But you and I'll keep talking. 626 00:31:06,405 --> 00:31:08,782 We'll keep comparing notes. 627 00:31:08,782 --> 00:31:11,201 I wanna hear what you have to say about it at all times. 628 00:31:11,827 --> 00:31:13,704 - Setsuo! - Your guests are here. 629 00:31:13,704 --> 00:31:15,706 Grab 'em some champagne, will you? 630 00:31:15,706 --> 00:31:17,958 And in the meantime, I told you we ordered in. 631 00:31:17,958 --> 00:31:19,835 Some of Honey's friends are in town 632 00:31:19,835 --> 00:31:22,421 and they happen to be Raiderettes. 633 00:31:24,256 --> 00:31:25,674 - Ladies! - Hey. 634 00:31:25,674 --> 00:31:26,967 Welcome to Pickfair! 635 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:40,689 Jean-bean? 636 00:31:41,357 --> 00:31:43,108 I got big news, kiddo. 637 00:31:44,860 --> 00:31:47,446 - Oh, yeah? - Me and Honey are gonna tie the knot 638 00:31:47,446 --> 00:31:51,075 and I need you to help me pick out the most beautiful ring. 639 00:31:52,201 --> 00:31:55,120 So, sweetie, let's go shopping. 640 00:31:56,955 --> 00:31:58,374 Wait. 641 00:31:59,375 --> 00:32:01,794 I'm sorry. So you're really gonna... 642 00:32:03,003 --> 00:32:04,922 You're really gonna do it? 643 00:32:05,964 --> 00:32:08,592 Huh? Yeah, of course. 644 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:11,178 Fuck, Dad. 645 00:32:12,262 --> 00:32:15,182 Jeanie, you know I'm doing this for the family, too. 646 00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:18,102 Making it real. We're growing. 647 00:32:18,102 --> 00:32:19,520 You know, it's another one in the nest. 648 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:21,021 Hey. What... 649 00:32:21,021 --> 00:32:23,023 What's going on with you? 650 00:32:23,023 --> 00:32:25,984 - I just want you to be happy. - Okay. 651 00:32:25,984 --> 00:32:27,611 So I come down to give my little girl a kiss 652 00:32:27,611 --> 00:32:29,488 - and this is how you're gonna be. - What? What? 653 00:32:29,488 --> 00:32:31,407 Alright. Forget it. 654 00:32:31,407 --> 00:32:33,117 Forget it. 655 00:32:33,117 --> 00:32:36,036 Listen, the next time, why don't you hold up a sign 656 00:32:36,036 --> 00:32:37,746 so I know you woke up on the wrong side of the bed 657 00:32:37,746 --> 00:32:39,748 'cause I don't need this crap, Jeanie. 658 00:32:49,508 --> 00:32:51,093 - Hey, Coach. - Good to see ya. 659 00:32:51,093 --> 00:32:52,094 Hey! 660 00:32:53,470 --> 00:32:54,555 Come see us at The Forum! 661 00:32:57,433 --> 00:32:58,892 Jack! 662 00:32:58,892 --> 00:33:00,644 Coach. 663 00:33:01,353 --> 00:33:03,230 - Good to see you. - You, too. 664 00:33:03,230 --> 00:33:04,898 You look great. Really. 665 00:33:04,898 --> 00:33:07,860 Oh, no. You found my fancy mug shot. 666 00:33:09,236 --> 00:33:11,947 Hey, could somebody bring me a pen so I can sign this for Jack's kids? 667 00:33:12,489 --> 00:33:13,449 Just joking. 668 00:33:15,451 --> 00:33:17,870 - Some place, though, huh? - I see why you like it. 669 00:33:19,663 --> 00:33:22,708 So, what's good here? Onion strings? 670 00:33:22,708 --> 00:33:25,544 Burgers, ribs. Everything is fantastic. 671 00:33:25,544 --> 00:33:27,629 Well, you're buying. 672 00:33:27,629 --> 00:33:29,882 Million Dollar Man. 673 00:33:29,882 --> 00:33:32,342 Hey. I learned from the best. 674 00:33:32,342 --> 00:33:34,595 You didn't learn that song and dance from me. 675 00:33:34,595 --> 00:33:36,305 The System's just doing what it's meant to. 676 00:33:36,305 --> 00:33:38,307 Not that crap. 677 00:33:39,224 --> 00:33:41,685 You. I'm proud of you. 678 00:33:41,685 --> 00:33:42,978 You're doing what I never could. 679 00:33:43,687 --> 00:33:45,939 The Hollywood thing? You fit right in. 680 00:33:45,939 --> 00:33:47,858 All I ever thought about was basketball. 681 00:33:47,858 --> 00:33:49,026 Look where that got me. 682 00:33:49,526 --> 00:33:52,321 - Coach of the Year, right? - Miss Congeniality. 683 00:33:52,321 --> 00:33:54,448 But, hey, this cockamamie scheme of yours. 684 00:33:54,448 --> 00:33:57,326 A few more articles like this, it could be you. 685 00:33:58,660 --> 00:34:00,871 Except you got me on your schedule. 686 00:34:02,039 --> 00:34:04,374 It's the matchup I've had circled, Jack. 687 00:34:04,374 --> 00:34:06,919 You and me both. Let me tell you what I'm gonna do. 688 00:34:06,919 --> 00:34:09,671 You got a flair for the dramatic, so I think you'll appreciate this. 689 00:34:11,340 --> 00:34:13,217 I'm gonna expose you. 690 00:34:14,802 --> 00:34:15,803 Not all at once. 691 00:34:15,803 --> 00:34:18,055 Halfway tonight, and the rest 692 00:34:18,055 --> 00:34:20,808 the second time I see you back in Indiana. 693 00:34:28,482 --> 00:34:30,943 Well, I think I'm gonna get the shoestring potatoes 694 00:34:30,943 --> 00:34:31,985 and the chicken wings. 695 00:34:34,321 --> 00:34:37,199 Hot wings we call roosters. You want some chicken wings? 696 00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:39,076 Wanna split some chicken wings with me? 697 00:34:49,628 --> 00:34:52,005 Hang back with me. Hang back with me a second. 698 00:34:56,009 --> 00:34:57,219 What's up, Riles? 699 00:34:59,096 --> 00:35:00,055 You tell me. 700 00:35:03,308 --> 00:35:05,978 Hm? What's it gonna take? 701 00:35:05,978 --> 00:35:07,980 To get you to buy in. 702 00:35:09,439 --> 00:35:11,608 Man, I'm bringin' it every night. 703 00:35:11,608 --> 00:35:12,901 That's bullshit. 704 00:35:13,777 --> 00:35:16,154 I see everybody else bringing it. 705 00:35:16,154 --> 00:35:18,615 I see you out there, just going through the motions. 706 00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:20,742 Got your lip poked out 707 00:35:20,742 --> 00:35:23,537 like some kid picked last on the playground. 708 00:35:25,497 --> 00:35:26,874 Running to my spot. 709 00:35:26,874 --> 00:35:27,875 Yeah. 710 00:35:27,875 --> 00:35:29,334 What else you want? 711 00:35:30,002 --> 00:35:32,754 What do I want? I want you to be the star that they're paying you to be. 712 00:35:33,422 --> 00:35:35,549 - A star? - Uh-huh. 713 00:35:35,549 --> 00:35:37,342 How I'm supposed to be a star 714 00:35:37,342 --> 00:35:40,345 when you won't let me do what made me a star? 715 00:35:41,763 --> 00:35:45,267 Larry Bird a star. Iceman a Star. 716 00:35:45,267 --> 00:35:47,853 - Mm-hmm. - Dr. J! 717 00:35:47,853 --> 00:35:50,856 Ain't nobody telling them to run to no fucking spots! 718 00:35:52,024 --> 00:35:53,817 - They lettin' them be them! - Yeah, it's frustrating. 719 00:35:53,817 --> 00:35:55,819 - Yeah! - For all of us! 720 00:35:56,695 --> 00:35:59,156 You don't think they got their shit to deal with? 721 00:35:59,740 --> 00:36:01,241 Huh, big man? 722 00:36:01,241 --> 00:36:03,452 You think you're the only one? 723 00:36:04,036 --> 00:36:05,621 Hey, it can't be your way or the highway. 724 00:36:05,621 --> 00:36:07,289 Just leave me the fuck alone. 725 00:36:07,289 --> 00:36:08,457 Listen to me. 726 00:36:08,457 --> 00:36:09,875 I'm trying to get through to you, man! 727 00:36:11,168 --> 00:36:13,921 You're a basketball savant, 728 00:36:13,921 --> 00:36:16,548 but until you put your fuckin' heart into this thing, 729 00:36:16,548 --> 00:36:19,551 you have no idea if this is gonna work. 730 00:36:35,651 --> 00:36:37,069 Paul? 731 00:36:37,861 --> 00:36:39,279 Paul? 732 00:36:40,030 --> 00:36:42,491 Paul. We all set with... 733 00:36:42,491 --> 00:36:44,493 - Yeah. That looks great. Thanks, Mike. - Alright. 734 00:36:45,243 --> 00:36:46,286 Good to see you. 735 00:36:46,286 --> 00:36:47,788 You guys are playing some good ball. 736 00:36:47,788 --> 00:36:49,081 Thank you. Thank you. 737 00:36:49,081 --> 00:36:51,583 - Somehow. Hey! How are you? - Coach. Hey! 738 00:36:51,583 --> 00:36:52,584 Coach? 739 00:36:52,584 --> 00:36:53,835 Am I getting minutes tonight? 740 00:36:53,835 --> 00:36:55,420 - What? - I haven't touched the court. 741 00:36:55,420 --> 00:36:58,090 - I know, Kurt. We'll see. - Am I gonna play this season? 742 00:36:58,090 --> 00:36:59,800 Go get a rebound, please. 743 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,426 How's the wife? 744 00:37:07,265 --> 00:37:10,143 - Good to see you. Alright, Cap. - See ya, Coach. 745 00:37:12,521 --> 00:37:15,023 I am, are you? 746 00:37:15,023 --> 00:37:16,066 Yep. 747 00:37:20,237 --> 00:37:22,114 The birds and the bees, man! 748 00:37:39,131 --> 00:37:41,925 {\an8}And here we go. Second overtime, four seconds to go, 749 00:37:41,925 --> 00:37:43,593 {\an8}and this one has been tooth and nail, Keith. 750 00:37:43,593 --> 00:37:46,179 His underdogs refusing to die as Coach McKinney 751 00:37:46,179 --> 00:37:48,807 uses his old protege's quick-shot system against him, 752 00:37:48,807 --> 00:37:52,019 putting up the Pacers' best offensive night of the season. 753 00:37:52,019 --> 00:37:54,021 And now, he has the ball and a chance to win. 754 00:37:54,021 --> 00:37:56,189 - Westhead is out of timeouts. - And here we go. 755 00:37:56,189 --> 00:37:57,649 Alright. Davis to inbound. 756 00:37:58,317 --> 00:38:00,068 Searching. Where's it gonna go? 757 00:38:00,068 --> 00:38:02,195 Magic, double team! He's going to Herb! 758 00:38:02,195 --> 00:38:03,780 - Stay on him. - I'm open! I'm open! 759 00:38:03,780 --> 00:38:06,116 Davis with the fake, and Magic fights. 760 00:38:06,116 --> 00:38:07,868 Owens left wide open on the way. 761 00:38:07,868 --> 00:38:09,369 Oh, shit! 762 00:38:09,369 --> 00:38:10,704 Lakers scrambling. 763 00:38:10,704 --> 00:38:12,247 - Go down! Stay down! - Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. 764 00:38:12,247 --> 00:38:15,083 Owens with the lob for the win. 765 00:38:15,083 --> 00:38:17,169 No good! Off Williams' fingertips 766 00:38:17,169 --> 00:38:20,005 and these Lakers just barely manage to survive this one. 767 00:38:20,005 --> 00:38:22,841 And I'll tell you, Paul Westhead is gonna need the jaws of life 768 00:38:22,841 --> 00:38:24,468 to unclench himself tonight, 769 00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:27,596 but, well, a win's a win, folks, and that is four in a row. 770 00:38:35,479 --> 00:38:37,272 Good instinct. Fuck 'em. 771 00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:54,414 Alright, guys. Good game. 772 00:39:00,504 --> 00:39:01,421 Yes! 773 00:39:08,512 --> 00:39:10,430 McKinney's still the reigning coach of the year 774 00:39:10,430 --> 00:39:13,016 but the way you guys been grooving, you think this next one could be you? 775 00:39:13,016 --> 00:39:14,142 Magic! Nice win. 776 00:39:14,142 --> 00:39:15,393 I guess you're finally getting the hang 777 00:39:15,393 --> 00:39:17,187 - of the new offense, huh? - Yeah, I guess so. 778 00:39:22,484 --> 00:39:24,319 Love sensation 779 00:39:24,319 --> 00:39:26,530 Oh 780 00:39:26,530 --> 00:39:28,281 Love sensation 781 00:39:28,281 --> 00:39:29,866 Oh, sensation 782 00:39:29,866 --> 00:39:32,244 Love sensation 783 00:39:32,244 --> 00:39:35,330 You got me burnin' up with your love sensation 784 00:39:36,206 --> 00:39:37,124 Hi! 785 00:39:37,874 --> 00:39:39,376 Now, we're talking! 786 00:39:39,376 --> 00:39:42,129 - What did I tell you? - Oh, yeah, yeah. You told me. 787 00:39:42,129 --> 00:39:44,464 - You sure did. - You heard it here first! 788 00:39:44,464 --> 00:39:47,884 - Never fold a winner! - Yeah. I'm glad we held off. 789 00:39:47,884 --> 00:39:49,761 Yeah, well, patience is a virtue, huh? 790 00:39:50,512 --> 00:39:52,472 Go on and get yourself a drink on me. 791 00:39:52,472 --> 00:39:54,933 I wanna see you cut the rug! I wanna see that victory dance! 792 00:39:54,933 --> 00:39:58,436 - Alright, boss. - Smile, Bill! We won! 793 00:39:59,062 --> 00:40:02,190 Huh? Oh, don't fuckin' tell me he thought that was a win. 794 00:40:02,190 --> 00:40:04,151 It was. Can't argue with the scoreboard. 795 00:40:04,151 --> 00:40:07,070 Sure we fuckin' can, Bill! That's what we fuckin' do! 796 00:40:07,070 --> 00:40:09,197 Yeah, well, knock yourself out. I need a drink. 797 00:40:09,197 --> 00:40:11,449 Love sensation 798 00:40:11,449 --> 00:40:13,952 I prefer it when the emperor has no clothes. 799 00:40:15,620 --> 00:40:17,622 Well, that can be arranged. 800 00:40:17,622 --> 00:40:19,666 Love sensation 801 00:40:19,666 --> 00:40:21,585 - Proud of you. - What do you wanna do? 802 00:40:21,585 --> 00:40:23,545 Wanna blow this joint and get naked? 803 00:40:25,630 --> 00:40:27,799 Sweet sensation 804 00:40:29,467 --> 00:40:32,387 I can't find the words to explain 805 00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,349 You're such a hot temptation 806 00:40:37,350 --> 00:40:41,104 You just walk right in and take me away 807 00:40:44,065 --> 00:40:46,109 And all I wanna say is 808 00:40:46,109 --> 00:40:49,446 - Don't leave me hanging, Buss. - Let's see what you got. 809 00:40:50,697 --> 00:40:54,576 Can't you see that I love nobody else? 810 00:40:56,161 --> 00:40:58,455 I love nobody else 811 00:40:58,455 --> 00:41:02,459 Can't you see that I love nobody else? 812 00:41:02,459 --> 00:41:04,502 I love nobody 813 00:41:04,502 --> 00:41:08,506 And time won't take my... 814 00:41:08,506 --> 00:41:12,511 Love... 815 00:41:12,511 --> 00:41:16,473 Away... 816 00:41:19,517 --> 00:41:22,145 Oh ho! Time won't 817 00:41:22,145 --> 00:41:24,481 Alright, so help me pick out a good one. 818 00:41:24,481 --> 00:41:26,483 Make your father an honest man. 819 00:41:28,485 --> 00:41:29,569 What do you think? 820 00:41:33,031 --> 00:41:35,825 Well, I don't wanna say. You say. 821 00:41:35,825 --> 00:41:38,828 Anything jumping out at you? Oh, yeah. That one. 822 00:41:39,913 --> 00:41:43,333 Oh, yeah. I like the gold. It's like Lakers gold on there. 823 00:41:45,001 --> 00:41:46,044 How many carats is that? 824 00:41:50,006 --> 00:41:52,092 Third win in a row for the streaking Lakers. 825 00:41:52,092 --> 00:41:54,094 Quick shots, effective rebounding, 826 00:41:54,094 --> 00:41:56,304 and a notch in the win column. 827 00:41:57,305 --> 00:42:00,267 And they're still paying Magic all them millions 828 00:42:00,267 --> 00:42:01,643 but they shouldn't be. 829 00:42:01,643 --> 00:42:04,020 No sign of any fancy passing. 830 00:42:04,020 --> 00:42:05,272 No more show. 831 00:42:05,272 --> 00:42:08,608 Might as well be any other bitch-ass point guard in the league. 832 00:42:19,661 --> 00:42:20,620 Watch the pick! 833 00:42:32,716 --> 00:42:34,843 Damn it! Time out! Time out! 834 00:42:37,387 --> 00:42:39,055 - Hey. You alright? You alright? - I'm good. 835 00:42:39,055 --> 00:42:40,098 Shit! 836 00:42:42,517 --> 00:42:45,228 Earvin! Earvin! What the hell is that? 837 00:42:45,228 --> 00:42:47,564 It's the same goddamn play he beat you on last season. 838 00:42:47,564 --> 00:42:49,649 - That's his man! - Do not blame him! 839 00:42:49,649 --> 00:42:51,151 - You stick with your own man! - Tell him that! 840 00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:53,987 Do not blame him! Stick with your own man! 841 00:42:54,821 --> 00:42:56,614 Mitch! Good job. Fine work out there. 842 00:42:56,614 --> 00:42:59,117 - He's doing a great job. - Great job, Mitch? 843 00:42:59,117 --> 00:43:00,910 Where are you going? 844 00:43:00,910 --> 00:43:02,996 - Where the hell do you think you're-- - Draw up the play, Paul. 845 00:43:02,996 --> 00:43:03,955 - Come on. - Okay. 846 00:43:06,082 --> 00:43:08,752 {\an8}Time out to discuss the miscommunication on defense 847 00:43:08,752 --> 00:43:10,795 {\an8}between Magic and Kupchak. Lakers lead-- 848 00:43:14,883 --> 00:43:16,968 Huddle up! Huddle up. 849 00:43:16,968 --> 00:43:19,429 - Earvin, would you get in here? - Man, I am here! 850 00:43:21,056 --> 00:43:23,683 {\an8}Back from break at the Salt Palace and things have escalated. 851 00:43:23,683 --> 00:43:25,977 {\an8}Magic Johnson refusing to join his team. 852 00:43:25,977 --> 00:43:27,854 Get your ass into this huddle. 853 00:43:27,854 --> 00:43:29,647 I am here! 854 00:43:29,647 --> 00:43:31,983 Magic! Nice disappearing act! 855 00:43:32,734 --> 00:43:34,778 - Disappear this! - You're a bum! 856 00:43:34,778 --> 00:43:37,113 - And you live in Utah! - Paul, come on. 857 00:43:37,113 --> 00:43:40,241 Earvin! Would you leave those people alone and get your ass over here? 858 00:43:40,241 --> 00:43:41,951 Man, I said I'm listening. 859 00:43:41,951 --> 00:43:43,328 To hell you are. 860 00:43:43,328 --> 00:43:45,705 Earvin, get your ass into my huddle, 861 00:43:45,705 --> 00:43:47,665 or take your ass back to the locker room. 862 00:43:50,377 --> 00:43:52,128 - Paul, come on. - Can you not touch me, please? 863 00:43:52,128 --> 00:43:53,171 Come on, Buck. 864 00:43:55,173 --> 00:43:57,175 {\an8}We can't repeat what we just heard courtside, 865 00:43:57,175 --> 00:43:58,760 {\an8}just say the fans aren't giving-- 866 00:43:58,760 --> 00:44:01,346 You're gonna walk away when your team needs you? 867 00:44:01,346 --> 00:44:04,015 Get back here now! 868 00:44:04,015 --> 00:44:05,850 Earvin, get back here! 869 00:44:05,850 --> 00:44:07,102 Lansing hero-- 870 00:44:07,102 --> 00:44:08,603 Get back here! 871 00:44:11,648 --> 00:44:12,690 Okay. 872 00:44:12,690 --> 00:44:13,775 A basketball team is like a family. 873 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,199 - Oh, my, folks, the most... - ...little bitch... 874 00:44:27,372 --> 00:44:29,624 25 million for 25-- 875 00:44:33,336 --> 00:44:35,380 And the Lakers dodge another bullet, Keith, 876 00:44:35,380 --> 00:44:38,383 pulling out a road win by a paltry single possession. 877 00:44:38,383 --> 00:44:41,219 {\an8}And I'll tell you, my friend, this one was not pretty. 878 00:44:41,219 --> 00:44:42,554 The System's unstoppable. 879 00:44:42,554 --> 00:44:43,847 Come on. Look at us. 880 00:44:43,847 --> 00:44:46,558 - I have to go take care of this right now. - Paul. 881 00:44:49,144 --> 00:44:51,271 - Paul! - What, Pat? 882 00:44:56,651 --> 00:44:57,819 Nothing. 883 00:44:59,279 --> 00:45:00,738 Nothing. 884 00:45:01,322 --> 00:45:02,741 Good. 885 00:45:14,586 --> 00:45:15,879 Earvin! 886 00:45:16,921 --> 00:45:17,881 Earvin! 887 00:45:19,591 --> 00:45:21,551 Earvin! Earvin, I'd like to talk-- 888 00:45:21,551 --> 00:45:23,303 - Get the fuck off me! Fuck off! - In here, please. 889 00:45:23,303 --> 00:45:25,513 Coach, are you losing control of the team? 890 00:45:27,182 --> 00:45:28,558 I'm sorry, I can't-- 891 00:45:33,605 --> 00:45:34,981 Do not ever do that to me again. 892 00:45:36,399 --> 00:45:38,443 You humiliated yourself out there. 893 00:45:38,443 --> 00:45:40,403 You disrespected me. 894 00:45:40,403 --> 00:45:42,614 You disrespected your teammates. I will not have it. 895 00:45:44,991 --> 00:45:46,451 That's it? 896 00:45:48,244 --> 00:45:50,288 I'm tired of your crap. 897 00:45:50,288 --> 00:45:52,957 I am sick and tired of your horseshit attitude. 898 00:45:52,957 --> 00:45:55,835 And if it happens again, you will be sitting on the fucking bench! 899 00:45:55,835 --> 00:45:57,337 Next to me! 900 00:45:58,129 --> 00:45:59,923 Might as well. 901 00:45:59,923 --> 00:46:01,382 Excuse me? 902 00:46:01,382 --> 00:46:04,385 You ain't using me right no how. Might as well sit me down. 903 00:46:11,267 --> 00:46:14,562 If you sit, it will be my choice. 904 00:46:16,439 --> 00:46:19,651 If you play, it will be my choice. 905 00:46:20,902 --> 00:46:22,320 Not yours. 906 00:46:23,780 --> 00:46:24,781 Do you understand? 907 00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:30,828 You done? 908 00:46:34,374 --> 00:46:35,792 Sure. 909 00:47:01,568 --> 00:47:03,278 Paul, what happened with Magic? 910 00:47:03,278 --> 00:47:06,364 We had a productive conversation. 911 00:47:06,364 --> 00:47:08,157 - What about? - That's not... 912 00:47:09,576 --> 00:47:11,619 It's not for public consumption. 913 00:47:11,619 --> 00:47:13,871 You two seemed very steamed out there. Is everything okay? 914 00:47:19,794 --> 00:47:23,047 The almond tree bears its fruit in silence. 915 00:47:23,047 --> 00:47:25,258 - What did he say? - Don't know. 916 00:47:25,758 --> 00:47:27,343 Who are you quoting? 917 00:47:29,596 --> 00:47:32,599 Me. That's a Paul Westhead original. 918 00:47:38,354 --> 00:47:39,939 I feel like we're going around in circles here, gentlemen, 919 00:47:39,939 --> 00:47:41,941 so that's my time. 920 00:47:41,941 --> 00:47:44,736 We're going around in circles here, gentlemen! 921 00:48:30,323 --> 00:48:33,493 Hey, guys, we got, like, one or two press incoming. 922 00:48:33,493 --> 00:48:36,245 It wasn't pretty, but was another notch in the win column. 923 00:48:36,245 --> 00:48:39,332 - Can you tell us what happened? - How'd it go with Westhead? 924 00:48:39,332 --> 00:48:41,167 Are you and Coach finally seeing eye-to-eye? 925 00:48:41,167 --> 00:48:43,503 Do you have a comment, Magic? 926 00:48:43,503 --> 00:48:45,421 Something? 927 00:48:46,297 --> 00:48:47,715 Something the matter? 928 00:48:48,341 --> 00:48:49,717 Any comment? 929 00:48:59,686 --> 00:49:02,105 Ain't nothing towards the fellas. 930 00:49:03,564 --> 00:49:05,525 I love my teammates. 931 00:49:06,317 --> 00:49:08,569 I love everybody, but I ain't happy. 932 00:49:09,612 --> 00:49:11,197 I... 933 00:49:15,159 --> 00:49:16,953 I'm showing up, 934 00:49:16,953 --> 00:49:18,955 playing hard as I can. 935 00:49:21,833 --> 00:49:24,377 But I ain't having no fun. 936 00:49:28,881 --> 00:49:30,216 I gotta go. 937 00:49:31,426 --> 00:49:32,844 Gonna go in the morning, 938 00:49:32,844 --> 00:49:35,638 talk to the man, the Buss, see what he can do. 939 00:49:35,638 --> 00:49:37,849 - What's that mean, Magic? - About what? 940 00:49:37,849 --> 00:49:39,225 Yeah, what would you say to him? 941 00:49:45,732 --> 00:49:46,899 I wanna be traded.