WEBVTT 00:00:21.776 --> 00:00:22.986 Jack? 00:00:24.779 --> 00:00:28.533 Jack, you were supposed to meet me at the club for doubles. 00:00:28.616 --> 00:00:31.995 Those insurance fellas clobbered me. 00:00:32.078 --> 00:00:33.913 You know, one day off isn't gonna kill you. 00:00:36.082 --> 00:00:37.959 - Oh hey. - Hey. 00:00:38.042 --> 00:00:41.296 I was just borrowing Jack's Betamax. 00:00:41.379 --> 00:00:44.215 What happened? Jack stood you up? 00:00:44.340 --> 00:00:46.885 Yeah. Have you seen him? 00:00:46.968 --> 00:00:49.429 - Hm, no. - I called his house. 00:00:49.512 --> 00:00:52.891 I figured maybe inspiration struck and he came here. 00:00:52.974 --> 00:00:54.767 Man's not really one for a day off, you know? 00:00:54.851 --> 00:00:57.645 Hey, you're welcome to take a load off. 00:00:57.729 --> 00:00:59.439 You can listen to me get my 27 words in. 00:00:59.522 --> 00:01:01.357 - Twenty-seven, huh? - Mm-hmm. 00:01:01.441 --> 00:01:04.027 Chick choked on his vodka at commercial. 00:01:04.110 --> 00:01:06.696 - That sounds like a divine intervention. - Yeah, well. 00:01:06.779 --> 00:01:09.240 For a second there, I had a whole flash of panic. 00:01:09.365 --> 00:01:10.867 I was like... 00:01:10.950 --> 00:01:12.744 what happens if he drops dead? 00:01:12.827 --> 00:01:15.205 I mean, I'm gonna have to finish the whole game on my own. 00:01:15.330 --> 00:01:17.582 The apprentice's dilemma. 00:01:17.665 --> 00:01:20.001 - What's that? - It's a little... 00:01:20.084 --> 00:01:21.669 lecture I used to give. 00:01:21.753 --> 00:01:23.338 Well, I love a good lecture. 00:01:23.421 --> 00:01:24.839 You can I ask my wife. 00:01:24.923 --> 00:01:26.883 Let me get the tequila. You want some? 00:01:26.966 --> 00:01:28.051 - Yeah, alright. 00:01:28.134 --> 00:01:30.136 Tudor England. 00:01:30.220 --> 00:01:33.264 The entire economy split into two tiers. 00:01:33.389 --> 00:01:35.558 Apprentices and masters. 00:01:35.642 --> 00:01:38.186 The idea was that any apprentice worth his salt 00:01:38.269 --> 00:01:40.605 is climbing up that ladder, turns into a master 00:01:40.688 --> 00:01:42.482 when he comes of age. 00:01:42.565 --> 00:01:44.817 So, we're too old to share an office? 00:01:44.901 --> 00:01:46.778 Not if you ask Hamlet. See, 00:01:46.861 --> 00:01:48.571 you got the whole of Denmark telling this prince 00:01:48.655 --> 00:01:50.949 he's destined to be king. But, you know what? 00:01:51.032 --> 00:01:53.076 He didn't want it. 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.996 - He wasn't built for it. - Mm-hmm. 00:01:57.080 --> 00:02:00.083 I think that I spent, uh... 00:02:00.166 --> 00:02:03.920 a very long time feeling like a failure 00:02:04.003 --> 00:02:06.130 because the best thing that I know how to do 00:02:07.257 --> 00:02:10.718 is help another guy be great. 00:02:10.802 --> 00:02:12.679 But what I'm starting to realize 00:02:12.762 --> 00:02:16.224 is that maybe... 00:02:16.307 --> 00:02:20.478 'tis better be a noble prince than hapless king? 00:02:20.561 --> 00:02:21.813 Maybe I ought to read more Shakespeare. 00:02:21.896 --> 00:02:24.107 Always. 00:02:24.190 --> 00:02:26.818 But that was a Paul Westhead original. 00:02:28.528 --> 00:02:30.905 - Good one. 00:02:30.989 --> 00:02:33.116 Well, hello, Jack. 00:02:33.199 --> 00:02:34.826 - Cassie. ...he's in ICU. 00:02:34.909 --> 00:02:36.452 - Cassie, slow down. - It's Jack! 00:02:36.536 --> 00:02:37.578 Jack's in the emergency room. 00:02:37.662 --> 00:02:39.455 Okay, which hospital? 00:02:39.539 --> 00:02:40.957 Little Company of Mary. T-Torrance. 00:02:41.040 --> 00:02:42.166 Yeah. Okay, I'll be right there. 00:04:13.966 --> 00:04:15.760 Your name. 00:04:15.843 --> 00:04:18.221 Most precious thing you've got. 00:04:18.304 --> 00:04:20.932 That's why it's our job to protect it. 00:04:21.015 --> 00:04:23.351 Keep it synonymous with success, 00:04:23.434 --> 00:04:25.728 on the floor and off. 00:04:25.811 --> 00:04:28.314 And I can promise, when folks see you in our shoes, they'll say, 00:04:28.397 --> 00:04:31.275 "There goes a Converse All-Star." 00:04:31.359 --> 00:04:33.236 "Adidas, the shoe of champions." 00:04:33.319 --> 00:04:35.238 He's cool, he's fun, and... 00:04:35.321 --> 00:04:37.198 - A quality fit. That's Puma. - ...of course, he's rich. 00:04:37.281 --> 00:04:38.908 We need to think about your feet. 00:04:38.991 --> 00:04:40.243 You need to think about your pocketbook. 00:04:40.326 --> 00:04:41.744 - Your legacy. - Your feet. 00:04:41.827 --> 00:04:43.704 You wanna be as American as apple pie. 00:04:43.788 --> 00:04:45.122 That's the makings of a legend. 00:04:45.206 --> 00:04:46.791 ...and everyone will want a piece... 00:04:46.874 --> 00:04:49.168 - ...Magic, Mr. Magic. - The Magic Man! 00:04:49.252 --> 00:04:51.045 It's Earvin, actually. 00:04:51.128 --> 00:04:52.964 Not anymore! Earvin-- 00:04:53.047 --> 00:04:54.840 - Earvin will be gone someday. - Maybe he already is. 00:04:54.924 --> 00:04:56.384 Magic is immortal. 00:04:56.467 --> 00:04:58.052 If you choose wisely... 00:04:58.135 --> 00:04:59.804 - ...this could be... - If you choose us... 00:04:59.887 --> 00:05:01.681 Right on the soles of the next generation... 00:05:01.764 --> 00:05:03.849 - If you choose us... - This could be 00:05:03.933 --> 00:05:05.977 - the most important choice of your season. - ...of your entire life. 00:05:06.060 --> 00:05:07.979 Well, uh... yeah. 00:05:09.563 --> 00:05:12.066 Thanks. Got a lot to think on. 00:05:12.149 --> 00:05:14.485 - Take your time but, just so you know... - Sleep on it. 00:05:14.610 --> 00:05:17.196 - Just so you know, Converse already has... - ...a verbal commitment... 00:05:17.280 --> 00:05:18.823 - ...from your friend Larry Bird. - ...Larry Bird. 00:05:22.451 --> 00:05:23.244 That's Magic Johnson! 00:05:26.289 --> 00:05:28.291 Hope you had your fill of bullshit. 00:05:28.374 --> 00:05:30.001 Those guys keep on shoveling 00:05:30.084 --> 00:05:32.378 till you're just another stallion in the stable. 00:05:32.461 --> 00:05:34.672 Phil. Phil Knight. 00:05:34.755 --> 00:05:37.049 Hey, Phil. You... you on the schedule? 00:05:37.133 --> 00:05:38.801 Me? Heck no. 00:05:38.884 --> 00:05:41.429 Front Office seems to have you under lock and key. 00:05:41.512 --> 00:05:43.139 Big dogs only. 00:05:43.222 --> 00:05:45.641 Fact is, I-I'm sort of a rookie myself. 00:05:45.725 --> 00:05:47.351 Let me be straight as an arrow with you, Earvin. 00:05:47.435 --> 00:05:48.894 C-can I call you Earvin? 00:05:48.978 --> 00:05:50.730 I wish somebody would. 00:05:50.813 --> 00:05:52.773 Good 'cause I'm an athlete, too. Ran track at Oregon. 00:05:52.857 --> 00:05:56.110 Mediocre talent. Not like you. But, my coach and me, 00:05:56.193 --> 00:05:58.404 my partner now, we figured out a nifty trick. 00:05:58.487 --> 00:06:00.322 If we could shave just one ounce 00:06:00.406 --> 00:06:02.450 off of our shoes, it made us 55 pounds lighter every mile. 00:06:02.533 --> 00:06:04.452 You run an average of three miles a game. 00:06:04.535 --> 00:06:07.204 Think how much faster you would be without any extra weight. 00:06:07.288 --> 00:06:08.831 What, you tellin' me to play barefoot? 00:06:08.914 --> 00:06:11.792 I'm telling you to play... in these. 00:06:29.560 --> 00:06:32.521 - Y'all making me a special pair? - Every pair. 00:06:32.646 --> 00:06:35.900 The Nike Magic. 00:06:35.983 --> 00:06:38.986 A new label for a whole new line. 00:06:41.238 --> 00:06:44.992 - Y'all talking to Larry Bird, too? - I'm talking to you. 00:06:45.076 --> 00:06:47.495 We need more than just a smile on a poster. 00:06:47.578 --> 00:06:49.580 We need a partner. 00:06:51.499 --> 00:06:53.292 - How much we talking? - You mean 00:06:53.375 --> 00:06:55.127 can I give you what those other guys are offering. 00:06:55.211 --> 00:06:57.797 Where's that sitting right now? Sixty, 70 grand a year? 00:06:57.880 --> 00:06:59.048 Eighty. 00:07:00.257 --> 00:07:03.594 Wow. I'm offering a dollar. 00:07:03.719 --> 00:07:05.095 One for every pair we ship, 00:07:05.179 --> 00:07:07.014 plus 100,000 in stock options. 00:07:07.097 --> 00:07:09.225 Right now, that's 18 cents a share. 00:07:09.308 --> 00:07:11.435 But the sky's the limit, Earvin. 00:07:12.186 --> 00:07:13.521 Bet on us, 00:07:13.604 --> 00:07:17.107 you're betting on yourself. 00:07:17.191 --> 00:07:18.692 Proposal's in the shoe. Look it over, 00:07:18.776 --> 00:07:19.944 I'll be in town all week. 00:07:21.612 --> 00:07:23.823 Ah! Sign with us, you get the right one, too! 00:07:39.129 --> 00:07:41.006 Oh, good lord. 00:07:44.093 --> 00:07:45.970 Is he... 00:07:47.763 --> 00:07:49.890 Oh, no! I mean, he... 00:07:49.974 --> 00:07:52.309 Wow, he looks really good. 00:07:52.393 --> 00:07:55.271 - Actually... - Okay, let's go. Let's go get some air. 00:07:55.354 --> 00:07:57.856 - Paul's here now. - I'm here. I'm sorry. 00:07:57.940 --> 00:08:00.109 Hey, Cran, it's gonna be okay. 00:08:00.192 --> 00:08:02.570 - Come on, Cran. Let's get some air. - I'm here. 00:08:02.653 --> 00:08:05.155 Hey, I got this. We're going to be fine. 00:08:19.086 --> 00:08:21.922 Goddammit, Jack. 00:08:22.006 --> 00:08:24.008 You were supposed to meet me for tennis, man. 00:08:26.885 --> 00:08:28.554 - Okay. - Good afternoon. 00:08:28.637 --> 00:08:30.180 Hi. Hey. 00:08:30.264 --> 00:08:32.016 - Are you family? - Um, if you could... 00:08:32.099 --> 00:08:34.018 just give me the information, please. 00:08:34.101 --> 00:08:36.312 Well, we were able to dress his wounds, 00:08:36.395 --> 00:08:38.230 but the inflammation in his brain is worrisome. Are... 00:08:39.648 --> 00:08:41.734 Are you authorized to make decisions? 00:08:41.817 --> 00:08:43.610 - We may need to discuss goals of care. - Okay. 00:08:43.694 --> 00:08:45.362 My goal is to get him up and walking out of here 00:08:45.446 --> 00:08:47.197 - as good as new, right? - Of course. 00:08:47.281 --> 00:08:49.491 That's our north star, 00:08:49.575 --> 00:08:51.452 but an injury severe as this, 00:08:51.535 --> 00:08:54.163 sometimes, the discussion moves to quality of life. 00:08:55.831 --> 00:08:59.209 Quality of life? He's head coach of the Lakers. 00:08:59.293 --> 00:09:01.337 He's living his dr-- All he did was take a tumble 00:09:01.420 --> 00:09:03.881 - off of a goddamn bike! - The trauma he's endured-- 00:09:03.964 --> 00:09:05.466 It's not gonna happen! If that's your attitude, 00:09:05.549 --> 00:09:07.468 we're going to need another doctor. Just... 00:09:11.430 --> 00:09:14.391 That's Jack McKinney. He's my best friend. So, 00:09:14.475 --> 00:09:16.518 what I need to hear from you 00:09:16.602 --> 00:09:18.896 is what you're gonna do to fix him up 00:09:18.979 --> 00:09:20.939 because we have a * game tomorrow! 00:09:40.751 --> 00:09:42.544 Well, well, well. 00:09:42.628 --> 00:09:46.298 - What do we have here? - It's from the signore. 00:09:46.381 --> 00:09:48.133 It's on me, pal. 00:09:50.094 --> 00:09:52.221 Jack. You shouldn't have! 00:09:52.304 --> 00:09:54.473 I had to comp his season tickets to get him to do that. 00:09:54.556 --> 00:09:56.600 He's our biggest fan. It's crazy. 00:09:56.683 --> 00:09:58.811 We got two seats right next to him. 00:09:58.894 --> 00:10:00.604 Reserved for Great Western Bank. 00:10:00.687 --> 00:10:04.149 Hot damn! The wife is gonna plotz. 00:10:04.233 --> 00:10:06.944 You know, Dr. Buss put chairs right on the floor 00:10:07.027 --> 00:10:09.279 - because it's great for television. 00:10:09.363 --> 00:10:11.240 Yeah. We don't pick that up in Sacramento. 00:10:11.323 --> 00:10:13.408 All they pick up in Sacramento is the clap, 00:10:13.492 --> 00:10:15.828 which, incidentally, is exactly how this is spreading. 00:10:15.911 --> 00:10:17.579 We're 13 games in. 00:10:17.663 --> 00:10:19.373 We got lightning in a bottle. 00:10:19.456 --> 00:10:21.375 We got a genius coach, young phenom, 00:10:21.458 --> 00:10:23.961 coupled with the greatest player in the league, 00:10:24.044 --> 00:10:25.712 right here, smack dab in the heart 00:10:25.838 --> 00:10:27.464 of the entertainment capital of the world. 00:10:27.548 --> 00:10:29.007 Mr. Buss, 00:10:29.091 --> 00:10:30.968 we are a banking institution, 00:10:31.051 --> 00:10:32.886 and your loan matures tomorrow. 00:10:32.970 --> 00:10:35.180 Though I presume from your request to meet that we're here 00:10:35.264 --> 00:10:36.974 to talk about a payment plan. 00:10:37.057 --> 00:10:40.018 You're darn tootin'. Frank, tell him our plan. 00:10:41.353 --> 00:10:43.021 We don't plan to pay. 00:10:46.650 --> 00:10:48.902 We're giving you an opportunity. 00:10:50.445 --> 00:10:52.906 The Lakers are the team of the 1980s, 00:10:52.990 --> 00:10:55.617 and the Great Western Bank can be the official banking partner 00:10:55.701 --> 00:10:57.744 of the Los Angeles Lakers. 00:10:57.870 --> 00:10:59.872 But we're gonna need a continuation 00:10:59.955 --> 00:11:02.583 of the current loan through June to the end of the season, 00:11:02.666 --> 00:11:04.209 plus a fresh line of credit, 00:11:04.293 --> 00:11:05.586 so we can keep investing in the business. 00:11:05.669 --> 00:11:07.880 Together. 00:11:07.963 --> 00:11:11.258 And if we demand our money now? 00:11:11.341 --> 00:11:13.927 Well then, Mariani, Buss, and Associates 00:11:14.011 --> 00:11:16.138 is going to file for bankruptcy. 00:11:16.221 --> 00:11:19.474 And you can take the two of us for everything we got. 00:11:19.558 --> 00:11:21.602 Which, right now, is... 00:11:21.685 --> 00:11:23.186 I don't know, Frank, what do we got? 00:11:28.567 --> 00:11:30.402 - $72. - Oh, 00:11:30.485 --> 00:11:32.321 and this fine bottle of bubbly. Don't forget that. 00:11:32.404 --> 00:11:35.574 And, of course, the team. The team is worth plenty. 00:11:35.657 --> 00:11:37.618 N...ope! 00:11:37.701 --> 00:11:39.870 My mother is a genius, by the way. 00:11:39.953 --> 00:11:42.247 My ex-wife wanted something gold, 00:11:42.331 --> 00:11:44.291 so I gave her the team. 00:11:44.374 --> 00:11:46.543 All that's in her name now. 00:11:46.627 --> 00:11:50.172 So, you can shake us down and come up with pocket lint, 00:11:50.255 --> 00:11:52.758 or you can dig down deep 00:11:52.883 --> 00:11:54.801 into those fancy suits you got, 00:11:54.926 --> 00:11:57.137 try to find the * 00:11:57.220 --> 00:11:59.264 to stay in business with the Lakers. 00:11:59.348 --> 00:12:00.807 And then, my friends, 00:12:00.932 --> 00:12:04.144 that bank is gonna raise a statue of you two 00:12:04.227 --> 00:12:06.521 right there in downtown Sacramento someday. Trust me. 00:12:06.605 --> 00:12:08.231 Listen, I'd love to stay and chitchat, 00:12:08.315 --> 00:12:10.734 but I have a very * 22-year-old upstairs 00:12:10.817 --> 00:12:12.402 just waiting for me. So, 00:12:12.486 --> 00:12:14.654 take our projections, spend the day with them, 00:12:14.738 --> 00:12:17.240 and then come to the club tonight and tell us we got a deal. 00:12:17.324 --> 00:12:18.992 The Jacksons are gonna pack that place. 00:12:19.076 --> 00:12:20.911 But don't worry. We got your comp tickets. 00:12:20.994 --> 00:12:22.454 Listen, 00:12:22.537 --> 00:12:24.790 it's clear skies from here on out. 00:12:24.915 --> 00:12:27.292 Pleasure doing business with you. Frank. 00:12:31.797 --> 00:12:33.382 Oh, boy, oh boy, oh boy. 00:12:33.465 --> 00:12:34.925 You think they're gonna go for it? 00:12:35.008 --> 00:12:37.219 Of course, they're gonna go for it. 00:12:37.302 --> 00:12:38.678 They'd be fools not to. We got 'em by the short and curlies. 00:12:38.762 --> 00:12:40.514 - Hello, gentlemen. - Claire? 00:12:40.597 --> 00:12:42.140 - What are you doing here? - I'm waiting for you. 00:12:42.224 --> 00:12:44.017 On my day off. 00:12:44.101 --> 00:12:46.019 Was supposed to be at the zoo with my grandson, 00:12:46.103 --> 00:12:47.979 - but there's a problem with food and beverage. - What's that? 00:12:49.189 --> 00:12:51.066 He hears me on the phone. Kid's like a parrot. 00:12:51.149 --> 00:12:52.609 The deliveries were never made because your bookkeeper 00:12:52.692 --> 00:12:55.404 sent bad checks to all my vendors. 00:12:55.487 --> 00:12:56.863 None of the vendors have been paid? 00:12:56.947 --> 00:12:57.739 No. 00:12:59.157 --> 00:13:01.409 Th-th-- This is an old account. 00:13:02.828 --> 00:13:04.371 She's an old bookkeeper. 00:13:08.291 --> 00:13:10.585 I was telling Earvin that it is some luck 00:13:10.669 --> 00:13:13.130 that you're in town. You know, your head for business. 00:13:13.213 --> 00:13:15.090 These shoe companies are comin' at him 00:13:15.173 --> 00:13:18.218 pretty hard for an endorsement deal. 00:13:18.343 --> 00:13:20.512 I can imagine. Promise you the world. 00:13:20.595 --> 00:13:22.514 The question is, will they deliver? 00:13:22.597 --> 00:13:24.391 Yeah. 00:13:24.474 --> 00:13:26.643 Whole lot of numbers, but... 00:13:26.726 --> 00:13:30.105 Have you been talking to anybody else about this? A professional? 00:13:30.188 --> 00:13:33.650 Um, Pops got Mr. Bowman outta D-Town. 00:13:33.733 --> 00:13:36.319 He's a fine attorney for a Michigan attorney. 00:13:37.696 --> 00:13:39.072 And for this? 00:13:39.156 --> 00:13:41.408 Don't know his * from a doorknob. 00:13:43.451 --> 00:13:45.829 Guess you could say the same thing about me, too. 00:13:46.955 --> 00:13:48.206 I wouldn't. 00:13:49.040 --> 00:13:50.625 Look ... 00:13:50.709 --> 00:13:52.460 Let me pose a question 00:13:52.544 --> 00:13:54.880 that I pose to all my clients, okay? 00:13:54.963 --> 00:13:58.216 Five years, 10 years, 50. 00:13:58.341 --> 00:14:01.428 What do you want out of your future? 00:14:04.222 --> 00:14:06.516 everything. 00:14:06.600 --> 00:14:08.727 Okay. That's big business. 00:14:08.810 --> 00:14:10.437 Something for everybody. 00:14:10.520 --> 00:14:11.646 Kinda like Coca-Cola. 00:14:11.730 --> 00:14:13.315 That's right! Yeah! Just-- 00:14:13.398 --> 00:14:15.191 That's exactly what I'm talking about! 00:14:15.275 --> 00:14:16.610 Good, so now we know what we building here, right? 00:14:16.693 --> 00:14:18.653 - Our promised land. - Right. 00:14:18.737 --> 00:14:20.363 We need our 10 Commandments. 00:14:20.447 --> 00:14:22.407 Pitfalls to avoid. 00:14:22.490 --> 00:14:24.701 Choices that Earvin might make 00:14:24.784 --> 00:14:27.287 that would be bad for Magic Johnson. 00:14:31.416 --> 00:14:33.752 You ain't gotta worry about that with me. 00:14:33.835 --> 00:14:35.462 I don't drink none, 00:14:35.545 --> 00:14:37.714 and I don't touch that narcotic either. 00:14:41.134 --> 00:14:43.678 You gotta be smarter. 00:14:44.721 --> 00:14:46.139 Quieter. 00:14:46.222 --> 00:14:48.767 Keep everybody happy. 00:15:05.492 --> 00:15:07.160 - Ma! 00:15:07.243 --> 00:15:09.496 No, no, no! Don't close that! 00:15:09.579 --> 00:15:11.581 - Ma! 00:15:11.706 --> 00:15:13.958 - Oh my god, my god... - How bad is it? 00:15:14.042 --> 00:15:16.252 - Move this. We need to get... 00:15:16.336 --> 00:15:18.630 - Dad! Sorry! I couldn't hear you! - The hell is going on? 00:15:18.755 --> 00:15:21.257 - If that's Gerald, tell him to get in here! - I can't smell it. 00:15:21.341 --> 00:15:24.135 - Smell what!? - She doesn't know the smell of death. 00:15:24.219 --> 00:15:26.721 - I do. Don't close that door! 00:15:26.805 --> 00:15:29.474 There's something rotting in the walls! 00:15:29.557 --> 00:15:31.309 You put me in here with vermin! 00:15:31.393 --> 00:15:33.144 - No! Leave that open! - Ma. What are you doing? 00:15:33.228 --> 00:15:34.729 - We need the air! - There's no smell! 00:15:34.813 --> 00:15:36.856 Nonsense! Gerald, get all this down! 00:15:36.940 --> 00:15:38.858 - It's up here! I know it! - Will you forget about that shit 00:15:38.942 --> 00:15:40.026 and look at these? 00:15:40.110 --> 00:15:41.361 You paid all the vendors 00:15:41.444 --> 00:15:43.822 with checks from Crocker! 00:15:43.905 --> 00:15:47.200 Ma, we left Crocker five years ago! 00:15:47.283 --> 00:15:49.035 You're the one who closed the account! 00:15:51.079 --> 00:15:55.375 Oh, well, there we have it. Blame it on me. That's rich. 00:15:55.458 --> 00:15:58.586 We'll just write new checks. We'll sort all of this out. 00:16:06.928 --> 00:16:09.097 - What is this? - What? 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.723 This. 00:16:14.352 --> 00:16:17.897 Mom, this is the transfer of ownership paperwork. 00:16:19.941 --> 00:16:21.943 They were supposed to be filed with the state a month ago, Ma. 00:16:22.026 --> 00:16:24.070 I know that. 00:16:24.154 --> 00:16:25.947 Then what is it doing in my * hand? 00:16:28.908 --> 00:16:31.953 The loan is due tomorrow! 00:16:32.036 --> 00:16:34.539 And now, these * bankers have me over a barrel, 00:16:34.622 --> 00:16:36.416 and they're gonna take it all! 00:16:36.499 --> 00:16:39.169 No, I don't understand! I don't understand. 00:16:39.252 --> 00:16:41.963 - I don't understand what he's saying! 00:16:42.046 --> 00:16:43.590 - You're okay. 00:16:43.673 --> 00:16:45.633 - Hello? 00:16:45.717 --> 00:16:47.218 Hey, Bill. 00:16:47.343 --> 00:16:49.262 - I know. 00:16:49.387 --> 00:16:50.555 What? 00:16:50.638 --> 00:16:52.473 Bill, what hospital are you at? 00:16:52.557 --> 00:16:54.767 I'm coming. I'm coming. Okay. Clean this place up 00:16:54.851 --> 00:16:57.020 and take care of her. I have somewhere to be. 00:16:59.814 --> 00:17:01.107 - It's gonna be okay. 00:17:04.277 --> 00:17:07.113 - Dr. Buss. - Hey, Bill. There you are. 00:17:09.866 --> 00:17:11.784 - So? - He's still under the knife. 00:17:11.868 --> 00:17:13.828 Shit. 00:17:13.912 --> 00:17:15.914 - How long has he been in there? - I don't know. 00:17:15.997 --> 00:17:18.291 He came in as a John Doe. Cranny found him here. 00:17:18.416 --> 00:17:20.919 The * was he doing on a bike, Bill? 00:17:21.002 --> 00:17:22.587 It clears his head. It clears-- 00:17:22.670 --> 00:17:24.422 Gentlemen. 00:17:24.505 --> 00:17:26.299 Jack is just out of surgery. 00:17:26.424 --> 00:17:28.426 - Bob Kerlan, team physician. - Hey, Bob. 00:17:28.509 --> 00:17:30.303 Sorry to meet under these circumstances. 00:17:30.428 --> 00:17:32.764 He's out of surgery? Sorry. He's, uh, he's awake? 00:17:32.847 --> 00:17:34.307 Oh, I certainly hope not. 00:17:34.432 --> 00:17:36.225 The top of his skull is sitting in a freezer. 00:17:36.309 --> 00:17:38.311 Jesus * Christ. 00:17:38.436 --> 00:17:40.229 - *. - Well, just temporarily. 00:17:40.313 --> 00:17:42.231 They'll pop it back on once the swelling 00:17:42.315 --> 00:17:44.150 in his brain goes down. 00:17:44.233 --> 00:17:46.569 - Is he gonna make it? - You said it was temporary. 00:17:46.653 --> 00:17:49.989 Well, everything is, but the next few hours will be crucial. 00:17:50.073 --> 00:17:52.533 I'll be on call. Bill. 00:17:52.617 --> 00:17:53.743 Bob. 00:17:55.620 --> 00:17:57.664 - I should call them the league, talk about postponing-- 00:17:57.747 --> 00:17:58.539 - No! 00:17:58.790 --> 00:18:00.917 Do not call anybody. 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:03.044 - What do we tell the press? - Nothing. 00:18:03.127 --> 00:18:05.171 - We don't need anybody panicking. - But what happens 00:18:05.254 --> 00:18:07.799 - when Jack's not in the locker room tomorrow? - Bill... 00:18:07.882 --> 00:18:11.010 you tell them he fell off his * bike. 00:18:11.094 --> 00:18:12.929 'Cause that's the truth, isn't it? 00:18:13.012 --> 00:18:15.473 - Yeah. - Alright. So, listen to me. 00:18:15.556 --> 00:18:17.558 This is the exact words you're gonna use. 00:18:17.642 --> 00:18:20.269 "We are erring on the side of caution." 00:18:20.353 --> 00:18:21.938 You tell the same thing to the players. 00:18:22.021 --> 00:18:24.691 Pete, you're coaching the game tomorrow. 00:18:24.774 --> 00:18:26.526 - Paul. - Huh? 00:18:26.609 --> 00:18:28.528 Um, wrong apostle. Um, you said Pete, my name-- 00:18:28.611 --> 00:18:31.280 Hey, hey. Get your head outta your *. 00:18:31.364 --> 00:18:33.491 Can you coach the goddamn game or not? 00:18:33.574 --> 00:18:34.325 No. 00:18:34.450 --> 00:18:36.452 Yes. Sure. 00:18:36.536 --> 00:18:38.371 Look, I do the scouting, I do the prep work anyway, 00:18:38.496 --> 00:18:40.707 so I can probably coach one game. 00:18:40.790 --> 00:18:43.334 Dr. Buss, we should discuss this. 00:18:43.459 --> 00:18:45.169 Don't lose. 00:18:51.843 --> 00:18:53.177 Just take it easy. 00:18:53.261 --> 00:18:54.721 Easy? 00:18:55.638 --> 00:18:57.306 I'm * cursed. 00:18:57.390 --> 00:18:58.641 Yeah, but nobody knows. 00:18:58.725 --> 00:19:00.768 - Not yet! - Right! 00:19:00.852 --> 00:19:02.854 So, by the time the suits from the bank find out about this, 00:19:02.937 --> 00:19:04.772 we're gonna have it signed, sealed, delivered, right? 00:19:04.856 --> 00:19:06.899 Unless they walk in here now 00:19:06.983 --> 00:19:09.485 - and see you l-like this. - Got a bad feeling, Frank. 00:19:09.569 --> 00:19:11.237 Come on. Look at me. 00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:13.281 Look at me. 00:19:13.364 --> 00:19:14.615 You're Gene Kelly. 00:19:14.699 --> 00:19:17.034 Y-you're Fred Astaire, man. 00:19:17.118 --> 00:19:18.953 You're Ginger Rogers. 00:19:19.036 --> 00:19:20.371 So, tonight, 00:19:20.496 --> 00:19:22.915 tonight, you gotta do what? 00:19:27.378 --> 00:19:29.213 Okay. 00:19:29.297 --> 00:19:31.340 I'm gonna put on my taps and I'm gonna dance. 00:19:31.424 --> 00:19:34.469 That's right, baby. Dance your heart out. 00:19:34.552 --> 00:19:36.637 Hey now! You didn't say this was a fruit bar. 00:19:38.139 --> 00:19:39.724 A fruit bar! 00:19:39.849 --> 00:19:41.309 How about that Michael? He can sure boogie, huh? 00:19:41.392 --> 00:19:43.186 He's just the appetizer, boys. 00:19:43.269 --> 00:19:45.271 You're about to have the main course. 00:19:45.354 --> 00:19:48.149 What the * is this clown doing? 00:19:48.232 --> 00:19:50.276 Oh, you got to be-- Come on, you got me! 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:52.320 The buzzards catch you out here with that sad sack look 00:19:52.403 --> 00:19:54.405 on your *' face, you'll be in tomorrow's paper. 00:19:54.488 --> 00:19:56.407 - It was kind of a tough night. - Yeah, well, 00:19:56.490 --> 00:19:58.868 I hate to break it to you, but there's a shit storm blowing in. 00:19:58.951 --> 00:20:00.661 Bill's asked me to walk you through it. 00:20:00.745 --> 00:20:02.705 *' hurry up! You're not a duck! Come on. 00:20:02.788 --> 00:20:04.749 - Put this on. That's Missoni. - Alright. 00:20:04.832 --> 00:20:07.376 *, don't stretch it. It's cashmere. Come on-- 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:10.129 Whoa, whoa, whoa. Jerry, the hounds are waiting. 00:20:10.213 --> 00:20:12.381 It's a stakeout. 00:20:12.465 --> 00:20:15.092 You always meet the buzzards on your own terms. 00:20:15.176 --> 00:20:18.596 Here we go. The important thing is to project a sense of calm. 00:20:18.679 --> 00:20:20.473 You're not just talking to the media. 00:20:20.556 --> 00:20:22.141 You're talking to the team, plus every other * 00:20:22.225 --> 00:20:23.726 up-and-comer in the league. 00:20:23.809 --> 00:20:25.311 They're smelling blood, and we're the meat. 00:20:25.394 --> 00:20:27.313 Well, they don't know Jack McKinney. 00:20:27.396 --> 00:20:29.398 He's gonna be up and yelling at that radio by halftime. 00:20:29.482 --> 00:20:31.484 You got your * degree from where, Doc? 00:20:31.567 --> 00:20:33.444 - Huh? Oh, hang on. - Huh? 00:20:33.527 --> 00:20:35.238 "Assistant coach promises quick return." 00:20:35.321 --> 00:20:37.156 Boom! There's your headline! 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:38.282 And then tomorrow, when he's not there, what then? 00:20:38.366 --> 00:20:40.284 Boom! Panic! Chaos! 00:20:40.368 --> 00:20:42.036 Then buzzards are * you in your fat little *! 00:20:42.161 --> 00:20:44.330 - I don't wanna be buzzard-*. - No! 00:20:44.413 --> 00:20:46.207 Don't oversell. 00:20:46.290 --> 00:20:47.959 - But what am I supposed to say? - As little as possible. 00:20:48.042 --> 00:20:49.585 Jack is in the best of hands, okay? 00:20:49.669 --> 00:20:51.504 Jack is on the mend, and in the meantime, 00:20:51.587 --> 00:20:53.214 I'm holding down the fort, 00:20:53.297 --> 00:20:55.341 confident that the team is behind the both of us, 00:20:55.424 --> 00:20:58.386 110%. Yeah, just like that. 00:20:58.469 --> 00:21:00.137 - Okay. - You want to do it? 00:21:00.221 --> 00:21:02.640 * no! You out of your *... 00:21:02.723 --> 00:21:04.892 No, just look, you know... 00:21:04.976 --> 00:21:06.602 Take it easy, okay? 00:21:06.686 --> 00:21:09.647 Alright? You're a natural. 00:21:09.730 --> 00:21:12.191 And if the press happen to hang you up on anything, just, well, 00:21:12.274 --> 00:21:14.318 go to your comfort zone. 00:21:14.402 --> 00:21:15.945 What's that? 00:21:21.867 --> 00:21:23.327 Jack McKinney is on the mend. 00:21:25.454 --> 00:21:27.039 I'm holding down the fort, 00:21:27.164 --> 00:21:29.583 and I know that the franchise is behind us all. 00:21:29.667 --> 00:21:31.794 - Both of us... 00:21:31.877 --> 00:21:33.963 Franchise is behind us both 100%. 00:21:34.046 --> 00:21:36.382 So, there's nothing to the reports that he's in a coma? 00:21:36.465 --> 00:21:38.300 - How about these rumors that Jack's fighting for his life? - Rumors? 00:21:38.384 --> 00:21:39.885 You know what? I'm not gonna get caught up in rumors. 00:21:39.969 --> 00:21:42.763 We're going to focus on the task ahead. 00:21:42.847 --> 00:21:45.516 And for me right now, the task ahead 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:46.851 well, it's Denver. 00:21:46.934 --> 00:21:49.562 And, uh, Skywalker Thompson. 00:21:49.645 --> 00:21:52.273 - He went on a tear last night in Utah. 00:21:52.356 --> 00:21:53.733 Yeah, he sure did. 00:21:53.816 --> 00:21:55.860 I think that's probably why, uh, 00:21:55.943 --> 00:21:58.821 that's probably why Jack McKinney is playing hooky 00:21:58.904 --> 00:22:00.948 because, uh, he wants to avoid a repeat. 00:22:01.031 --> 00:22:02.867 So, you and Jack talked about the Utah game? 00:22:02.950 --> 00:22:05.035 - Does that mean he's conscious? - That's after the accident? 00:22:07.621 --> 00:22:08.831 - What are you not telling us? - I'm not saying-- 00:22:08.914 --> 00:22:10.875 Jack McKinney is on the mend. 00:22:10.958 --> 00:22:13.419 - What'd you tell him to say? - I didn't tell him to say shit. 00:22:13.502 --> 00:22:15.629 - Is he in critical condition? - Paul, you gotta give us something. 00:22:15.713 --> 00:22:17.757 Is he in a vegetable state or what? 00:22:17.840 --> 00:22:19.550 I... 00:22:19.633 --> 00:22:22.386 - What do we tell the fans? - Just tell them... 00:22:28.017 --> 00:22:30.603 "If it be now, 00:22:30.686 --> 00:22:32.438 "'tis not to come. 00:22:34.356 --> 00:22:36.609 "If it be not to come 00:22:36.692 --> 00:22:38.068 "it will be now. 00:22:40.154 --> 00:22:42.656 "If it not be now, 00:22:42.740 --> 00:22:45.451 yet it will come." 00:22:46.452 --> 00:22:48.746 - Come on, Paul. 00:22:48.829 --> 00:22:50.915 "The readiness... 00:22:51.540 --> 00:22:53.834 is all." 00:22:53.918 --> 00:22:55.544 - Get up there. Get him off the stage now. - Thank you. 00:22:55.628 --> 00:22:57.296 Okay! Okay! 00:22:57.379 --> 00:22:59.507 We'll see you all at the game tonight, huh? 00:22:59.590 --> 00:23:01.592 What the * was that? 00:23:01.675 --> 00:23:04.136 - My comfort zone. - Will he be able to coach again? 00:23:04.261 --> 00:23:06.805 - That's it, folks, thank you. - Wow... 00:23:06.889 --> 00:23:08.766 Wise words from Jack McKinney's substitute. 00:23:08.849 --> 00:23:11.393 This time last year, he was teaching Shakespeare. 00:23:11.477 --> 00:23:14.939 - Tonight, he steps in as-- - Oh, that oughta keep 'em chasing their tails. 00:23:15.022 --> 00:23:16.607 Yeah, well, I wish they were the only ones. 00:23:16.690 --> 00:23:18.484 I spent all night 00:23:18.567 --> 00:23:20.528 trying to decipher 00:23:20.611 --> 00:23:23.072 what the hunting pattern of the Bengal tiger 00:23:23.155 --> 00:23:27.409 has to do with keeping Thompson out of the lane. 00:23:27.493 --> 00:23:30.120 - Well, you stick one there, he'll probably avoid it. 00:23:30.204 --> 00:23:31.914 Thanks. 00:23:31.997 --> 00:23:33.415 This is Jack shit. Alright? It's not for you. 00:23:33.499 --> 00:23:34.792 - Come on! Goddammit. - Let it go. 00:23:34.875 --> 00:23:37.127 Let it go. What would you do? 00:23:38.545 --> 00:23:40.297 - What I would do... - Your show. 00:23:43.425 --> 00:23:46.136 If it was me, I would-- I would do something off the wall. 00:23:46.220 --> 00:23:49.515 - I would-- I would start Cooper. - Great. 00:23:49.598 --> 00:23:50.891 No, you know what? I would play it safe, 00:23:50.975 --> 00:23:52.601 and I would stick with Haywood. 00:23:54.436 --> 00:23:56.021 Alright. 00:23:57.773 --> 00:23:59.441 No, Cooper. 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:01.860 Or Haywood? 00:24:02.987 --> 00:24:04.822 That's a good idea. 00:24:07.324 --> 00:24:09.618 *! 00:24:09.702 --> 00:24:10.995 You want the job? 00:24:18.335 --> 00:24:20.421 You know what you could do with Thompson? 00:24:20.504 --> 00:24:23.340 Drive him baseline to his weak hand for the trap. 00:24:23.424 --> 00:24:25.384 Haywood and Cooper double-team. 00:24:25.467 --> 00:24:27.136 He's weaker when he moves to the left, 00:24:27.219 --> 00:24:28.679 so you force him that way. 00:24:28.762 --> 00:24:30.597 Overplay the passing lanes. 00:24:32.725 --> 00:24:35.769 You know what... You know what you could do with Thompson? 00:24:40.733 --> 00:24:42.151 The team is here. 00:24:42.234 --> 00:24:43.402 Okay. 00:24:45.070 --> 00:24:46.905 - I'm going to take Cran home. - Yeah. 00:24:46.989 --> 00:24:49.199 Yeah, she-- She definitely needs a break. 00:24:49.283 --> 00:24:51.035 - You do, too. - Yeah. 00:24:56.165 --> 00:24:57.750 Nothing good can come from sitting here, 00:24:57.833 --> 00:25:00.544 watching him like this. 00:25:00.627 --> 00:25:04.173 "I make as much use of it as many a man doth... 00:25:05.132 --> 00:25:06.967 a memento mori." 00:25:08.051 --> 00:25:09.636 It's a Death's Head. 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:12.181 Elizabethans used to put it everywhere 00:25:12.264 --> 00:25:15.934 with that inscription. Memento mori. "Remember... 00:25:17.060 --> 00:25:19.521 you will die." 00:25:19.605 --> 00:25:21.231 Shakespeare sealed the words in wax 00:25:21.315 --> 00:25:23.901 on everything he wrote after his son died. 00:25:23.984 --> 00:25:26.737 No, there's something beautiful in that. 00:25:26.820 --> 00:25:29.323 Life is fleeting, so make every moment count. 00:25:30.449 --> 00:25:32.659 It meant the opposite. 00:25:32.743 --> 00:25:35.120 Life is meaningless. 00:25:35.204 --> 00:25:37.414 All earthly things are vanity. 00:25:37.498 --> 00:25:39.416 Well, that's less cheerful. 00:25:40.834 --> 00:25:42.294 I, uh... 00:25:46.006 --> 00:25:48.091 I can't believe I have to coach this game. 00:25:54.348 --> 00:25:56.141 You shakin' like a flea-bit dog. 00:25:56.225 --> 00:25:57.976 It's all over. 00:25:58.060 --> 00:26:00.354 Man, you don't know that. Coach could pull through. 00:26:00.437 --> 00:26:02.523 No, not-not Coach. 00:26:02.606 --> 00:26:04.024 It's just... 00:26:04.107 --> 00:26:06.944 Me, man. Westhead ain't no fan. 00:26:07.027 --> 00:26:08.820 What makes you say that? 00:26:08.904 --> 00:26:11.198 I seen it in camp. The way he was looking at me, 00:26:11.323 --> 00:26:12.991 like I was a loose thread on a sweater. 00:26:13.075 --> 00:26:15.452 I bet you he can't wait to cut me off. 00:26:15.536 --> 00:26:16.745 Is that right? 00:26:17.496 --> 00:26:19.373 Hm. Brother, 00:26:19.456 --> 00:26:22.251 I ain't known you but a minute, but what I can say 00:26:22.376 --> 00:26:23.835 is you are the nervousest cat 00:26:23.919 --> 00:26:26.463 in a building full of people dying. 00:26:26.547 --> 00:26:29.716 Didn't nobody end up in the NBA by accident. 00:26:29.800 --> 00:26:31.927 I don't know, Spence. Maybe I'm the first. 00:26:32.010 --> 00:26:36.098 No, you're not. You supposed to be here. You understand? 00:26:36.181 --> 00:26:38.016 McKinney or no McKinney. 00:26:38.100 --> 00:26:39.851 Coach is just a coach. 00:26:39.935 --> 00:26:41.979 All the damn talent you got? 00:26:42.062 --> 00:26:44.606 Any fool could see it! Even Westhead! 00:26:52.864 --> 00:26:55.617 Hey. Uh... 00:26:55.701 --> 00:26:58.829 Wanna thank you all for coming. Um... 00:26:58.912 --> 00:27:00.747 I know that it's going to mean a lot to Jack. 00:27:01.832 --> 00:27:03.208 How is he? 00:27:04.793 --> 00:27:06.586 He's better. He's better. Thank you. 00:27:06.670 --> 00:27:09.881 Um, he's probably not well enough for visitors 00:27:09.965 --> 00:27:12.175 just yet. So, let's keep him in our thoughts 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:14.303 and, uh, I'll see you at the game. 00:27:18.724 --> 00:27:22.561 I-I'm sorry. I hope I'm not, uh, interrupting. 00:27:22.644 --> 00:27:24.396 These are from Magic. 00:27:24.479 --> 00:27:26.982 He is so sorry that he couldn't be here, 00:27:27.065 --> 00:27:28.692 but he just wanted to make sure 00:27:28.775 --> 00:27:30.944 that Coach McKinney knows 00:27:31.028 --> 00:27:33.322 how much he means to us. 00:27:33.405 --> 00:27:36.450 So, you know, there's some eucalyptus in there, so... 00:27:36.533 --> 00:27:38.577 that's good for his breathing. 00:27:50.464 --> 00:27:53.592 I think you're making a wise choice. 00:27:53.675 --> 00:27:56.845 So what I'm supposed to say to the ones I ain't going with? 00:27:56.970 --> 00:27:58.472 Nothing. 00:27:58.555 --> 00:28:00.557 You can't muddy up that million-dollar smile 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:02.642 - delivering bad news. - Alright. 00:28:02.726 --> 00:28:05.353 - Right on! - That can be my job. 00:28:12.152 --> 00:28:14.279 Gentlemen! Welcome. 00:28:14.362 --> 00:28:16.782 Come on in! Son, 00:28:16.865 --> 00:28:18.742 on behalf of Converse, 00:28:18.825 --> 00:28:21.119 we are just thrilled to welcome you into our stable. 00:28:23.080 --> 00:28:24.915 I think we are gonna make a lot of hay. 00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:26.750 Before we put pen to paper, 00:28:26.833 --> 00:28:28.877 I took the liberty of making some adjustments. 00:28:29.002 --> 00:28:32.089 For starters, we've learned that Larry Bird has agreed 00:28:32.172 --> 00:28:34.508 to $90,000, and we believe 00:28:34.591 --> 00:28:36.134 we should command 100. 00:28:39.054 --> 00:28:41.556 - Well, that's quite an ask. - Well... 00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:43.892 my man is quite an athlete. 00:28:44.017 --> 00:28:45.727 Well, you drive a hard bargain, 00:28:45.811 --> 00:28:47.479 but you got yourself a deal. 00:28:50.190 --> 00:28:51.525 That's what I'm talkin' about! 00:28:51.608 --> 00:28:53.735 - Yeah. - Some notes. 00:28:53.819 --> 00:28:57.072 So, I was thinking... 00:28:57.155 --> 00:28:59.658 We put my name right there on the shoe. 00:28:59.741 --> 00:29:00.909 I'm thinking... 00:29:02.077 --> 00:29:03.578 "The Magic." 00:29:06.248 --> 00:29:09.292 I see it. Look, "The Magic." 00:29:09.376 --> 00:29:11.545 Ain't no one else done that! 00:29:11.628 --> 00:29:13.338 Well, that's an idea! 00:29:13.421 --> 00:29:15.423 We'll run it up the flagpole back at corporate. 00:29:15.507 --> 00:29:19.052 But first, let's get you on the dotted line. 00:29:19.135 --> 00:29:20.554 To Magic. 00:29:20.637 --> 00:29:21.805 You won't regret it. 00:29:32.232 --> 00:29:33.358 He regrets it. 00:29:43.660 --> 00:29:45.996 My father Lydus was a genius. 00:29:47.831 --> 00:29:50.750 He had a head for numbers. 00:29:50.834 --> 00:29:52.460 I think he liked numbers more than he liked people, 00:29:52.544 --> 00:29:54.254 far as I can tell. 00:29:54.337 --> 00:29:56.715 Definitely liked numbers more than he liked me. 00:29:59.509 --> 00:30:01.678 Left us high and dry when I was born. 00:30:02.929 --> 00:30:05.390 Mom was 19. 00:30:05.473 --> 00:30:08.268 No high school education. 00:30:08.351 --> 00:30:10.353 Now, she's got this kid to raise. 00:30:12.147 --> 00:30:14.274 Middle of the * Dust Bowl. 00:30:18.236 --> 00:30:19.779 But, she got us here. 00:30:21.614 --> 00:30:23.408 She got us here. 00:30:23.491 --> 00:30:26.619 - That's one tough broad. - Dr. Buss? 00:30:27.329 --> 00:30:28.371 Hey. 00:30:29.956 --> 00:30:31.249 How's she doin'? 00:30:31.333 --> 00:30:33.460 Exhausted, but coherent. 00:30:33.543 --> 00:30:35.670 There's no outward sign of trauma. 00:30:35.754 --> 00:30:38.590 Oh, good. Good. Yeah. Right? 00:30:38.673 --> 00:30:40.550 Yeah... 00:30:40.633 --> 00:30:43.595 I figured she just forgot to eat. 00:30:43.678 --> 00:30:46.556 - Could be. 00:30:46.639 --> 00:30:49.017 Why don't you bring her by for a full workup? 00:30:49.142 --> 00:30:51.269 In the meantime, 00:30:51.353 --> 00:30:53.438 take care of yourself, too. 00:30:53.521 --> 00:30:55.065 You look tired. 00:30:55.190 --> 00:30:56.900 See if you can keep it to a pack a day. 00:30:58.360 --> 00:30:59.778 Sure thing, Doc. 00:31:02.906 --> 00:31:04.616 See? 00:31:04.699 --> 00:31:06.743 She's gonna be fine. 00:31:06.826 --> 00:31:08.536 I always wanted to go out with a bang. 00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:13.374 Instead, I seem to be rotting. 00:31:13.458 --> 00:31:16.086 No. Bullshit. 00:31:16.211 --> 00:31:18.213 Alcohol is a preservative. 00:31:21.174 --> 00:31:24.094 Well, at least I taught you to laugh. 00:31:24.219 --> 00:31:26.429 I know I * up everything else. 00:31:26.513 --> 00:31:27.972 Come on. 00:31:29.891 --> 00:31:31.518 Don't talk like that. 00:31:33.228 --> 00:31:35.230 You got me where I am today. 00:31:45.698 --> 00:31:47.325 Sorry, I'll wait outside. 00:32:03.341 --> 00:32:04.843 It's my fault. 00:32:09.347 --> 00:32:10.849 Just a spell. 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:14.811 No, it wasn't the first time. 00:32:16.521 --> 00:32:18.606 Opening night, she didn't know what day it was. 00:32:20.358 --> 00:32:21.985 She was out of it. 00:32:24.863 --> 00:32:28.032 I should've told you, but I didn't want to ruin your big day. 00:32:32.412 --> 00:32:33.913 Jeanie. 00:32:35.456 --> 00:32:37.041 Get it together. 00:32:37.125 --> 00:32:38.668 - She's gonna be okay. 00:33:33.181 --> 00:33:34.599 What's goin' on, Coach? 00:33:36.184 --> 00:33:37.769 Game day. Hey. 00:33:37.852 --> 00:33:39.395 Okay. 00:33:40.396 --> 00:33:41.856 Gentlemen... 00:33:46.736 --> 00:33:50.114 I know that it's hard right now. 00:33:50.198 --> 00:33:52.200 I know that our hearts are heavy. 00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:57.205 But, we got a job to do. 00:33:57.288 --> 00:33:59.582 And there is nothing-- There is nothing! 00:33:59.665 --> 00:34:03.336 That Jack McKinney would want more than a win. 00:34:03.419 --> 00:34:05.088 - That's right. - Yep! 00:34:06.506 --> 00:34:08.758 So, let's take a minute. Let's take a minute. 00:34:11.260 --> 00:34:13.679 "Give sorrow words. 00:34:13.763 --> 00:34:15.640 "The grief that does not speak, 00:34:15.723 --> 00:34:18.935 whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break." 00:34:20.853 --> 00:34:22.271 Hm? 00:34:23.272 --> 00:34:25.108 So, Coach dead? 00:34:25.191 --> 00:34:26.776 No. No, no, no. 00:34:26.859 --> 00:34:29.654 - No. No, no. Not at all. 00:34:29.737 --> 00:34:32.281 Yeah. Who's guarding Thompson? 00:34:32.365 --> 00:34:34.867 - I got him, Coach. - Hell no. You the slowest in conditioning. 00:34:34.951 --> 00:34:36.744 - Who you talking about? - Bunny is your man. 00:34:36.828 --> 00:34:37.870 - You crazy. - Cooper. 00:34:39.664 --> 00:34:41.749 You're starting at four. 00:34:41.833 --> 00:34:45.002 - Jim, you're next in the rotation. - What? 00:34:45.086 --> 00:34:47.630 Where that put me, Coach? 00:34:47.713 --> 00:34:49.215 It puts you on the bench. 00:34:49.298 --> 00:34:50.925 - Whoa. - Brutal. 00:34:51.008 --> 00:34:52.176 Everybody else, 00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:54.387 same as usual. Okay? 00:34:54.470 --> 00:34:56.681 - Alright, come on, bring it in. Bring it in! 00:34:56.764 --> 00:34:58.975 Jack on three! One, two, three. 00:34:59.058 --> 00:35:00.685 Jack! 00:35:00.768 --> 00:35:02.562 - Hey. Hey, Paul? 00:35:02.687 --> 00:35:04.355 I can take Thompson. Whoo! 00:35:04.438 --> 00:35:06.399 Is there a problem? 00:35:06.482 --> 00:35:08.693 Well, I'm not sure if you heard what I said back at the hospital 00:35:08.776 --> 00:35:10.319 between me and the young blood, 00:35:10.403 --> 00:35:12.822 but if it's putting us off on the wrong foot... 00:35:14.991 --> 00:35:17.410 No, no. This is a-- This is a basketball decision. 00:35:18.369 --> 00:35:19.579 It's nothing personal. 00:35:21.581 --> 00:35:22.957 Okay? 00:35:25.251 --> 00:35:27.545 Hey, uh, Young Buck? 00:35:27.670 --> 00:35:29.922 You gonna play this one, or you gonna let your girl do it for you? 00:35:31.465 --> 00:35:33.676 Girl? 00:35:33.759 --> 00:35:35.052 You gonna send your squeeze to the hospital 00:35:35.136 --> 00:35:36.512 and think we ain't gonna say? 00:35:36.596 --> 00:35:37.763 Fine ol' redbone, too. 00:35:37.847 --> 00:35:39.932 You lucky I ain't holler at her. 00:35:40.016 --> 00:35:42.560 - Well, she sat next to me, so... - Cindy? 00:35:42.685 --> 00:35:44.103 I ain't even know she went to the hospital. 00:35:44.186 --> 00:35:46.606 With 10 funerals of flowers. 00:35:46.731 --> 00:35:48.399 Rip Van Winkle ever wake up, 00:35:48.482 --> 00:35:50.109 - he gonna think he in a garden. 00:35:50.192 --> 00:35:51.819 Nice touch, Young Blood. 00:35:51.903 --> 00:35:54.113 Not as nice as showing up yourself though. 00:35:54.196 --> 00:35:55.948 Say it again, Cap. 00:36:02.330 --> 00:36:04.540 I'd like to be friends with her! 00:36:04.624 --> 00:36:06.000 Hey, babe. 00:36:07.585 --> 00:36:09.337 What's... What's wrong? 00:36:09.420 --> 00:36:11.339 Y'all brought too many flowers. 00:36:11.422 --> 00:36:13.049 - I ain't asked you to do that. - Well, I was-- 00:36:13.174 --> 00:36:15.009 You got me up in there looking crazy 00:36:15.134 --> 00:36:16.594 in front of all my teammates. 00:36:16.677 --> 00:36:18.429 I was just trying to be gracious. 00:36:18.512 --> 00:36:20.389 - I was representing you-- - There he is! 00:36:20.473 --> 00:36:22.391 The Converse Man. 00:36:22.475 --> 00:36:24.393 The lovely young Miss Buss has been giving me the tour. 00:36:25.561 --> 00:36:27.563 Nice shoes. Congratulations. 00:36:27.647 --> 00:36:30.024 Thanks. I got some good advice. 00:36:30.149 --> 00:36:31.859 Nonsense. He's a natural. Between the three of you, 00:36:31.942 --> 00:36:34.028 our future is in good hands. 00:36:36.822 --> 00:36:38.908 Why don't I, uh, show you to your seats? 00:36:38.991 --> 00:36:39.992 Thank you. 00:36:41.494 --> 00:36:42.953 Hey, Doc. You got a minute? 00:36:43.037 --> 00:36:44.580 Something the matter, son? 00:36:45.414 --> 00:36:46.666 Nah... 00:36:46.749 --> 00:36:49.669 Look... Yeah. 00:36:50.419 --> 00:36:51.921 Look, 00:36:52.004 --> 00:36:54.090 I appreciate you, 00:36:54.215 --> 00:36:56.092 and everything you done did for me. 00:36:56.217 --> 00:36:58.969 And Cindy is a great girl, 00:36:59.053 --> 00:37:00.680 really, really sweet. 00:37:00.763 --> 00:37:02.264 But, 00:37:02.348 --> 00:37:04.433 if you think we be more than what we be... 00:37:04.517 --> 00:37:06.852 And what would that be? 00:37:06.936 --> 00:37:08.771 You helping me with business and all. 00:37:08.854 --> 00:37:11.357 That make you an agent? 00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:13.067 I prefer to be a friend. 00:37:13.192 --> 00:37:15.695 How much cut a friend get? 00:37:15.778 --> 00:37:18.697 The only thing I want that you can give me is your trust. 00:37:18.781 --> 00:37:21.575 We can let the money come in time, 00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:23.577 once you've made plenty more. 00:37:26.747 --> 00:37:28.249 And Cindy? 00:37:30.292 --> 00:37:32.086 I ain't ready to settle down yet. 00:37:35.673 --> 00:37:38.426 Son, I love my daughter more than anyone. 00:37:38.509 --> 00:37:41.387 I want her to be happy. But, me and you? 00:37:41.470 --> 00:37:43.764 Well, that's another thing now, isn't it? 00:37:44.890 --> 00:37:46.976 - Business. - That it is. 00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:48.853 And I don't see why the end of one relationship 00:37:48.936 --> 00:37:50.688 should sacrifice the other. 00:37:53.315 --> 00:37:54.650 Right on. 00:37:55.818 --> 00:37:57.445 Think you could tell her for me? 00:37:58.612 --> 00:38:01.115 Hey, like you said. 00:38:01.240 --> 00:38:04.577 Magic ain't supposed to be the one to give 'em bad news. 00:38:11.333 --> 00:38:13.169 I'll let her down light. 00:38:18.757 --> 00:38:21.343 Yeah, those is the Lakers, not the Fakers. 00:38:21.427 --> 00:38:23.053 Hey, Black man, Black man, 00:38:23.137 --> 00:38:25.431 - Black man. - Spencer, my main man. 00:38:25.514 --> 00:38:27.725 - Oh man. - I know you've been living like a saint these days, 00:38:27.808 --> 00:38:29.894 but if you wanna celebrate after the game, 00:38:29.977 --> 00:38:31.645 party's at my place in the hills. 00:38:31.729 --> 00:38:33.439 Come on up, man. We got it all. 00:38:33.522 --> 00:38:35.983 Man, we got white *es, 7-Up, and cocaine. 00:38:39.361 --> 00:38:41.572 - Know what I mean? Know what I mean, Jack? - Maybe so. 00:38:41.655 --> 00:38:47.286 Introducing your Los Angeles Lakers! 00:39:06.305 --> 00:39:07.473 - Hey, Bill. - Jerry. 00:39:11.810 --> 00:39:13.938 Some *' day, huh? 00:39:15.397 --> 00:39:17.441 Yes, sir. 00:39:17.524 --> 00:39:19.360 Chick Hearn along with Pat Riley 00:39:19.443 --> 00:39:21.987 here for another game of Lakers basketball. 00:39:22.071 --> 00:39:25.240 Tonight, the team will not be joined by head coach Jack McKinney. 00:39:25.366 --> 00:39:27.368 Our prayers are with him. But, let's hope the Lakers 00:39:27.451 --> 00:39:29.203 won't be needing any of their own. 00:39:29.328 --> 00:39:30.996 The man filling in for him on the sidelines 00:39:31.080 --> 00:39:33.082 will be his assistant. First name Paul, 00:39:33.165 --> 00:39:35.167 last name Westhead. 00:39:35.250 --> 00:39:37.586 A few months ago, this guy was teaching Shakespeare 00:39:37.670 --> 00:39:39.755 at La Salle College in Philadelphia. 00:39:39.838 --> 00:39:43.217 Now here he is, coaching one of the NBA's marquee teams 00:39:43.342 --> 00:39:46.470 and trying to hold down the fort for his friend and mentor, 00:39:46.553 --> 00:39:48.764 who, we are told, is on the mend. 00:39:48.847 --> 00:39:50.891 - Well, this one's for you, Jack. 00:39:50.975 --> 00:39:53.602 Okay, now both teams in the center circle. 00:39:53.686 --> 00:39:57.147 Here's the tip controlled by Kareem and this contest is underway. 00:39:57.231 --> 00:39:59.358 Magic brings the ball down the floor. 00:40:15.457 --> 00:40:16.709 Jack? 00:40:19.086 --> 00:40:21.588 Hey. Jack? 00:40:27.803 --> 00:40:29.638 No, Jack. 00:40:29.722 --> 00:40:31.223 Help! Jack! 00:40:33.100 --> 00:40:34.685 Wake up. 00:40:34.768 --> 00:40:36.311 Jack! 00:40:36.437 --> 00:40:38.689 Somebody come help us! Please! Nurse! 00:40:38.772 --> 00:40:41.567 Jack! Help us! Jack! 00:40:41.650 --> 00:40:44.445 You know what you could do with Thompson? 00:40:44.528 --> 00:40:47.239 Drive him baseline to his weak hand for the trap. 00:40:47.322 --> 00:40:49.533 Haywood and Cooper double-team. 00:40:49.616 --> 00:40:51.201 He's weaker when he goes to the left, 00:40:51.285 --> 00:40:52.744 so you force him that way. 00:40:52.828 --> 00:40:54.788 You overplay the passing lanes, 00:40:54.872 --> 00:40:56.457 beat 'em on the turnovers. 00:40:56.540 --> 00:40:59.209 Of course, he won't pass if Issel's camped out 00:40:59.293 --> 00:41:02.129 under the bucket for the put-back, so you go big! 00:41:02.212 --> 00:41:03.714 You put a big man on his *! 00:41:03.797 --> 00:41:05.340 That's why we got Haywood! 00:41:05.466 --> 00:41:07.509 So... box out Issel. 00:41:09.261 --> 00:41:11.847 Thompson can't beat us himself. 00:41:11.930 --> 00:41:14.057 - Like that, see? - What difference would that make? 00:41:14.141 --> 00:41:15.684 You see? 00:41:19.271 --> 00:41:21.273 I'd rather talk about Denver. 00:41:42.461 --> 00:41:45.756 - Paul, Paul! He's asking for you. - Okay, okay, okay! 00:41:45.839 --> 00:41:46.840 Jack! 00:41:46.924 --> 00:41:48.967 Hey. Hi. 00:41:49.051 --> 00:41:51.178 Go big... 00:41:51.261 --> 00:41:52.846 Sorry, what, Jack? 00:41:52.930 --> 00:41:54.765 Go big... 00:41:54.848 --> 00:41:57.601 Go big against... 00:41:58.644 --> 00:42:01.688 against Thompson. 00:42:01.772 --> 00:42:03.398 Denver, go big. 00:42:08.195 --> 00:42:10.197 We, we already played them, Jack. 00:42:12.491 --> 00:42:14.493 Denver was two weeks ago. 00:42:17.788 --> 00:42:19.748 *... I came back. 00:42:19.831 --> 00:42:21.625 - I know, I know... - I came back. 00:42:21.708 --> 00:42:23.752 I know... I know... 00:42:26.546 --> 00:42:28.465 Do you guys wanna sign up? 00:42:28.548 --> 00:42:30.384 I think so, when they migrated to Detroit. 00:42:30.467 --> 00:42:32.469 - Ms. Kelly! 00:42:34.179 --> 00:42:35.263 Dr. Day? 00:42:45.732 --> 00:42:47.401 - What's this? - Tickets. 00:42:47.484 --> 00:42:48.944 The Lakers are coming to Detroit, 00:42:49.027 --> 00:42:51.279 and Earvin would love to have you. 00:42:52.990 --> 00:42:54.491 He would, would he? 00:42:56.743 --> 00:42:58.704 Thought he would be having your daughter. 00:43:01.289 --> 00:43:04.376 All I can say, young man has the world at his feet. 00:43:04.459 --> 00:43:07.462 He asked me to come here and give those to you. 00:43:07.546 --> 00:43:09.047 You make of that what you will. 00:43:14.761 --> 00:43:16.096 Girl, 00:43:16.179 --> 00:43:18.181 if you don't say yes, I will. 00:43:23.562 --> 00:43:27.315 - Tell Earvin I'll think about it! - Mm-hmm. 00:43:27.399 --> 00:43:29.568 You have a good day now.