WEBVTT 00:00:09.597 --> 00:00:12.434 - How's she doin'? - Are you kiddin'? 00:00:12.517 --> 00:00:14.477 She's about to get felt up by a guy half her age. 00:00:14.561 --> 00:00:15.812 She's thrilled. 00:00:18.857 --> 00:00:21.025 What? What's wrong with you? 00:00:21.109 --> 00:00:23.278 I just told him the good news. 00:00:23.361 --> 00:00:26.281 First-round playoff tickets went on sale. Sold out in a day. 00:00:26.364 --> 00:00:28.491 That's a half a million dollars. 00:00:28.575 --> 00:00:31.870 - That's great. - If we were playing in the first round. 00:00:31.953 --> 00:00:34.330 Seattle lost. We clinched a bye. 00:00:34.456 --> 00:00:36.207 That's two fewer home games. 00:00:36.291 --> 00:00:38.543 And that's a half a million dollars in refunds. 00:00:38.626 --> 00:00:41.004 Plus what we would have made in concessions. 00:00:41.087 --> 00:00:44.632 - So we lose money by winning. - Welcome to the NBA. 00:00:44.716 --> 00:00:46.718 Is there any chance we're still gonna break even? 00:00:46.801 --> 00:00:48.470 If we make the finals 00:00:48.553 --> 00:00:50.930 with an extended series, we'll get close. 00:00:51.014 --> 00:00:52.599 Anything less than that... 00:00:52.682 --> 00:00:55.018 She'll be working for the Great Western Bank. 00:00:55.101 --> 00:00:57.020 Meanwhile, I know it's lousy timing, 00:00:57.103 --> 00:00:58.980 but I need some more help. 00:00:59.063 --> 00:01:01.274 - Marketing, PR, another full-time hire. 00:01:01.357 --> 00:01:02.484 - Yeah, sure. 00:01:02.567 --> 00:01:04.110 Sure. Why not two, huh? 00:01:04.194 --> 00:01:05.862 It's just a little bit more money that 00:01:05.945 --> 00:01:07.489 we don't got in the first place. 00:01:07.572 --> 00:01:09.574 - Huh? Go crazy. - I'm thinking Jeanie. 00:01:11.367 --> 00:01:14.120 - Who? 00:01:14.204 --> 00:01:16.998 - I'ma get that. You two, uh, têt-à-têt. 00:01:19.792 --> 00:01:21.753 You mean my Jeanie? 00:01:21.836 --> 00:01:24.380 - I know she's got lots going on. - She's taking care of my mother. 00:01:24.506 --> 00:01:26.799 Right. Which is a top priority, of course. 00:01:26.883 --> 00:01:29.010 Claire, it's the only priority. 00:01:29.093 --> 00:01:31.054 Look, if she's spreading herself too thin at the office, 00:01:31.137 --> 00:01:33.014 - she doesn't have to go there. - It's the opposite. 00:01:33.097 --> 00:01:34.891 She's invaluable. 00:01:34.974 --> 00:01:36.643 Even with everything going on. 00:01:36.726 --> 00:01:38.603 I don't know how she does it, to be honest. 00:01:38.686 --> 00:01:41.147 But this thing that we've built? It's her as much as anybody. 00:01:41.231 --> 00:01:43.775 Probably more. And she has... 00:01:43.858 --> 00:01:47.070 - earned this opportunity. - Don't mind me. I'm just... 00:01:48.571 --> 00:01:50.615 - Sneaking up on me? - No, sir. 00:01:52.992 --> 00:01:54.953 I'm glad she's been useful, 00:01:55.036 --> 00:01:57.580 but we need her here, so get somebody else. 00:01:57.664 --> 00:02:00.250 - Ay, marone. *. Jerry? 00:02:00.333 --> 00:02:02.335 What, Francis? More good news? 00:02:02.418 --> 00:02:03.670 McKinney. 00:02:05.088 --> 00:02:06.631 What happened with the test? 00:02:06.714 --> 00:02:08.675 The doctor didn't clear him to coach? 00:02:08.758 --> 00:02:10.301 Worse. He did. 00:02:10.385 --> 00:02:12.720 And now Jack's saying he's ready to come back 00:02:12.804 --> 00:02:15.765 and coach the playoffs, so long as you dump Westhead. 00:03:52.987 --> 00:03:54.238 We've got McKinney's players 00:03:54.322 --> 00:03:55.364 running McKinney's strategy 00:03:55.448 --> 00:03:56.783 in McKinney's style. 00:03:56.866 --> 00:03:58.409 All it's missing is McKinney. 00:03:58.493 --> 00:03:59.952 A few weeks ago, 00:04:00.036 --> 00:04:01.537 Jack McKinney didn't have a skull. 00:04:01.662 --> 00:04:03.289 Jerry, I wouldn't trust him to park my car. 00:04:06.209 --> 00:04:09.003 Stick with the horse what brung you. That's Westhead. 00:04:09.086 --> 00:04:11.798 - McKinney. He's the brains behind it all. - Brains mean shit 00:04:11.881 --> 00:04:13.508 if he just spilled the best part on the pavement. 00:04:13.591 --> 00:04:15.760 He's never even coached a playoff game. 00:04:15.843 --> 00:04:17.428 We don't even know if Jack can process solid food. 00:04:17.512 --> 00:04:19.764 We know that Paul's still eating Gerber's. 00:04:19.847 --> 00:04:22.934 Westhead. McKinney. Westhead. McKinney. Westhead. McKinney... 00:04:23.017 --> 00:04:25.853 Alright already. He's heard enough. Dr. Buss? 00:04:26.854 --> 00:04:27.939 What do you think? 00:04:32.026 --> 00:04:33.694 Playoffs are starting in a week. 00:04:40.910 --> 00:04:42.453 Who's it gonna be? 00:04:46.832 --> 00:04:48.334 I think we ought to sleep on it. 00:04:48.417 --> 00:04:50.211 No! N-no! No, 00:04:50.294 --> 00:04:53.089 you do not *' dump that turd on my *' doorstep. 00:04:53.172 --> 00:04:55.508 I'm not asking you to come back, Jerry. 00:04:55.591 --> 00:04:58.261 - I'm just asking for your opinion, mano a mano. - Oh, yeah, right. 00:04:58.344 --> 00:05:00.179 And then what, huh? 00:05:00.263 --> 00:05:02.390 It's on *' me. It's on my *' conscience 00:05:02.473 --> 00:05:04.100 when whomever I choose 00:05:04.183 --> 00:05:06.352 craps the *' bed. I know. * that! 00:05:06.435 --> 00:05:08.354 * that and * you! 00:05:08.437 --> 00:05:11.107 - Jerry, look at me... - No, I'm not-- *, no. 00:05:11.190 --> 00:05:12.608 Look at me. 00:05:17.113 --> 00:05:19.532 I'm gonna tell you something I don't tell many people. 00:05:21.826 --> 00:05:24.245 I am in over my head. 00:05:25.830 --> 00:05:28.124 I bought this thing, and I own this thing, 00:05:28.207 --> 00:05:31.294 and I love this thing. But you are this thing. 00:05:32.545 --> 00:05:34.630 So, you... 00:05:34.755 --> 00:05:37.008 You want-- You wanna know what I would do? 00:05:41.304 --> 00:05:42.763 * no. Beg somebody else. 00:05:42.847 --> 00:05:44.890 Believe me, I've asked everybody. 00:05:44.974 --> 00:05:46.434 Hell, I'm about to call a damn priest. 00:05:46.517 --> 00:05:47.685 No! Don't *'-- don't do that. 00:05:47.810 --> 00:05:49.312 No, *' chances are 00:05:49.395 --> 00:05:50.271 he's rooting for the *' Celtics. 00:05:50.354 --> 00:05:51.397 So help me out here. 00:05:51.480 --> 00:05:53.983 Westhead or McKinney? 00:05:54.066 --> 00:05:55.693 No one has to know it came from you. 00:05:57.361 --> 00:05:59.363 I just can't * this up. 00:06:04.452 --> 00:06:05.828 Let me sleep on it. 00:06:19.967 --> 00:06:21.969 Shit... 00:06:25.431 --> 00:06:27.600 Nice playoff suit, 00:06:27.683 --> 00:06:30.144 but I think, ha, they wear this one 00:06:30.227 --> 00:06:33.022 - with pants in Italy. - Yeah, I just hope I get to wear the *' thing. 00:06:33.105 --> 00:06:34.732 You're going to wear it in the playoffs. 00:06:34.857 --> 00:06:36.859 As long as I'm not watching on TV. 00:06:41.489 --> 00:06:44.492 Jack's pushing hard. 00:06:44.575 --> 00:06:47.703 The doctors cleared him. Now, it's back in Buss' court. 00:06:47.828 --> 00:06:50.206 Then, Buss'll judge it fair and square. 00:06:50.289 --> 00:06:53.042 He likes Jack. He hired the guy. 00:06:53.125 --> 00:06:57.421 Yeah, but that was before you and Paul delivered 50 wins. 00:06:57.505 --> 00:07:01.842 What if this whole thing has just been a giant *' tease? 00:07:01.926 --> 00:07:04.595 Well then, at least you know that the suit fits. 00:07:04.678 --> 00:07:06.555 Worst comes to worst, 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:09.058 you can wear it next year in Cleveland or wherever. 00:07:10.601 --> 00:07:12.603 And I'll fly out once in a while 00:07:12.686 --> 00:07:14.772 and admire it without the pants on. 00:07:18.317 --> 00:07:20.027 What's our mantra? 00:07:21.654 --> 00:07:24.114 Function forward. Control what we can. 00:07:24.198 --> 00:07:27.034 Yes. 00:07:27.117 --> 00:07:30.955 Christ, Chris, if they * dump us after everything that we-- 00:07:31.038 --> 00:07:33.374 Then they deserve what they get! 00:07:36.919 --> 00:07:39.755 The last thing anyone should do right now 00:07:39.880 --> 00:07:41.882 is mess with chemistry. 00:08:03.779 --> 00:08:05.698 - Alright, guys. 00:08:05.781 --> 00:08:07.241 Let's get it on its feet. We got a week till playoffs. 00:08:07.324 --> 00:08:09.076 Come on. No lazing around. Let's go. 00:08:09.159 --> 00:08:11.245 Come on, Wood. Let's get some shots up. 00:08:14.707 --> 00:08:17.418 Wood? 00:08:17.543 --> 00:08:19.503 Alright, come on, man. I know you * with me. Come on. 00:08:21.297 --> 00:08:23.090 - Come here. - Wood. 00:08:25.426 --> 00:08:28.721 - Hey, Wood? Wood! Wood! 00:08:30.764 --> 00:08:32.683 The * y'all doing? Get the * off me. 00:08:32.766 --> 00:08:34.226 Your eyes was open like you was 00:08:34.310 --> 00:08:36.353 - a dead man or somethin'! - So? 00:08:36.437 --> 00:08:38.439 It's called meditating, *! 00:08:40.733 --> 00:08:42.651 Keep your eyes off me, *. 00:08:42.735 --> 00:08:44.862 Pretty angry for a guy who's meditating. 00:08:56.915 --> 00:08:58.167 *. 00:09:00.544 --> 00:09:02.046 *... 00:09:04.590 --> 00:09:05.966 Hey, Wood. 00:09:07.760 --> 00:09:09.053 What-- 00:09:09.136 --> 00:09:10.846 The * you looking at? 00:09:10.929 --> 00:09:13.098 Nothin', man. 00:09:13.182 --> 00:09:14.933 Are you looking for these? 00:09:15.017 --> 00:09:18.437 You were out there already, so I borrowed 'em. 00:09:18.562 --> 00:09:21.815 - You what? - It's just your tape and your cutters. 00:09:21.899 --> 00:09:23.067 - Took them out of your bag-- 00:09:23.150 --> 00:09:25.277 - * you borrowing my shit without asking my shit! 00:09:25.361 --> 00:09:28.072 - Jesus Christ! I'm sorry, man! - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 00:09:28.155 --> 00:09:29.990 - Relax, man! - Get the * off me, rook! 00:09:30.074 --> 00:09:31.825 You want some of this shit, too? 00:09:31.909 --> 00:09:33.577 Huh? 00:09:33.660 --> 00:09:35.287 - What you want?! Bring it! - *, relax! 00:09:48.509 --> 00:09:51.261 - Hold it! - No! You ain't see what happen, Cap! 00:09:51.345 --> 00:09:54.306 - This punk-* rootin' around in my shit! - Cheryl spoke to Iman. 00:09:58.352 --> 00:10:00.229 You lied to me. 00:10:00.312 --> 00:10:02.314 It's you. You're on that shit again! 00:10:03.732 --> 00:10:05.818 I * up, Cap. 00:10:05.901 --> 00:10:07.778 I did. A few times, I said it. I * up a few times-- 00:10:07.861 --> 00:10:09.488 I'm telling you, when the monkey on your back-- 00:10:09.613 --> 00:10:11.073 Stop! 00:10:13.492 --> 00:10:14.868 Do you want this, Spence? 00:10:15.744 --> 00:10:17.287 This! 00:10:17.371 --> 00:10:19.039 Because I do. 00:10:19.123 --> 00:10:21.542 More than anything in a long time. 00:10:21.667 --> 00:10:23.794 Maybe my whole career. 00:10:23.877 --> 00:10:26.755 I do. I swear to you, I do. 00:10:26.839 --> 00:10:29.174 I want the ring. I want to be able to give this to my baby girl. 00:10:29.258 --> 00:10:31.218 Then cut it out. 00:10:31.301 --> 00:10:33.470 Right now! 00:10:33.554 --> 00:10:36.098 - Cold turkey. - I can. I will. 00:10:36.974 --> 00:10:38.433 I got this. 00:10:42.145 --> 00:10:43.689 One shot. 00:10:50.779 --> 00:10:52.281 I ain't gonna let you down! 00:11:07.212 --> 00:11:09.715 Kareem in the post, shakes one, two defenders. 00:11:09.798 --> 00:11:11.717 And look at Spencer Haywood! Unbelievable. 00:11:11.800 --> 00:11:13.719 Look at him clear space for the big fella. 00:11:13.802 --> 00:11:15.387 Folks, I'll tell you, where would the Lakers be 00:11:15.470 --> 00:11:16.763 without the hustle and physicality 00:11:16.847 --> 00:11:18.849 of one Spencer Haywood? 00:11:18.932 --> 00:11:21.059 Nice little victory for you, too. 00:11:21.184 --> 00:11:24.187 - You see that? - Not bad at all. 00:11:24.271 --> 00:11:27.316 Listen, I know my mom must be putting you through the ringer, 00:11:27.399 --> 00:11:28.984 but it's not gonna be much longer. 00:11:29.067 --> 00:11:30.444 That new stuff we got her guzzling down? 00:11:30.527 --> 00:11:33.196 State-of-the-art. Did you know 00:11:33.280 --> 00:11:36.325 that not a single NASA astronaut 00:11:36.408 --> 00:11:38.577 has died of natural causes? 00:11:38.660 --> 00:11:40.871 - I did not. - That's a fact. 00:11:40.954 --> 00:11:42.456 What are you drinking? Chivas? 00:11:42.539 --> 00:11:45.751 - I-I saw her lab results. 00:11:45.834 --> 00:11:47.294 Oh. Okay. Well, 00:11:47.377 --> 00:11:49.212 gonna get right into it. 00:11:49.296 --> 00:11:51.298 What's the good news? How's it looking? 00:11:51.381 --> 00:11:53.216 It's worse. 00:11:54.718 --> 00:11:56.470 Well, she just started that new protocol. 00:11:56.553 --> 00:11:59.264 She's in the end game, Jerry. 00:11:59.348 --> 00:12:01.850 And all the signs are pointing in the same direction. 00:12:01.933 --> 00:12:03.810 Don't misinterpret. I'm not saying 00:12:03.894 --> 00:12:05.854 your experimental treatments are to blame. They're not. 00:12:05.937 --> 00:12:07.230 It's just... 00:12:07.314 --> 00:12:08.940 a case like hers, 00:12:09.024 --> 00:12:11.526 certain outcomes are... 00:12:13.820 --> 00:12:15.322 What? 00:12:15.405 --> 00:12:17.282 Inevitable. 00:12:17.366 --> 00:12:19.117 I know that can be hard to hear. 00:12:19.242 --> 00:12:21.286 I don't like saying it, but I have seen too many people 00:12:21.370 --> 00:12:24.122 waste too much precious time tilting at windmills. 00:12:24.247 --> 00:12:26.958 And when the curtain closes, all they're left with is regret. 00:12:28.835 --> 00:12:30.837 My advice, friend to friend, 00:12:32.339 --> 00:12:34.758 enjoy your mother while you have her. 00:12:34.841 --> 00:12:36.843 Say the things you wish you had. 00:12:38.178 --> 00:12:40.514 That is your * attitude? 00:12:40.597 --> 00:12:42.599 - Jerry-- - Don't you "Jerry" me. 00:12:43.725 --> 00:12:45.685 No, no, don't you "Jerry" me. 00:12:45.769 --> 00:12:47.270 It's Dr. Buss, 00:12:47.354 --> 00:12:48.688 as in the guy who just built 00:12:48.772 --> 00:12:51.066 your hospital a * wing! 00:12:51.149 --> 00:12:53.068 - For which the board is very grateful. - You guys are unbelievable. 00:12:53.151 --> 00:12:56.405 I let you in my club, you feel up my girls, 00:12:56.488 --> 00:12:58.532 and now, you're gonna hand me this plate of shit! 00:12:58.615 --> 00:13:00.283 - Look, I can't change the science, Dr. Buss. - Science? 00:13:00.367 --> 00:13:01.743 I am a * scientist. 00:13:01.827 --> 00:13:02.994 Roger Bannister. 00:13:03.078 --> 00:13:04.746 Now, there's a scientist! 00:13:04.830 --> 00:13:06.623 The Wright Brothers! Those are scientists! 00:13:06.706 --> 00:13:09.417 Not you, pal! You're Doctor * No! 00:13:09.501 --> 00:13:11.795 If it was up to you, planes wouldn't fly! 00:13:11.878 --> 00:13:13.588 They'd * crash and burn! 00:13:13.672 --> 00:13:15.715 And nobody'd be running a four-minute mile 00:13:15.799 --> 00:13:18.051 'cause you'd be telling them it's impossible! 00:13:18.135 --> 00:13:20.428 You're Dr. * No! 00:13:20.512 --> 00:13:22.681 And you're standing in a house that yes built! 00:13:22.764 --> 00:13:24.307 So, let me tell you something! 00:13:24.391 --> 00:13:26.768 - You can take that no-can-do... 00:13:26.852 --> 00:13:28.603 and get the * out! 00:13:34.526 --> 00:13:36.444 *. What the * are you lookin' at?! 00:13:39.531 --> 00:13:42.075 She's not here. I guess she's at class or something. 00:13:42.159 --> 00:13:44.911 Which you mean ain't there? Cookie ain't got no class today. 00:13:44.995 --> 00:13:47.038 Just tell her Rhonda lost the baby, 00:13:47.122 --> 00:13:49.082 and I got proof anyway it wasn't mine. 00:13:49.166 --> 00:13:51.042 I'll be sure to let her know you called. 00:13:52.752 --> 00:13:54.296 - You do that. 00:14:08.602 --> 00:14:10.979 It's always been you and me. 00:14:12.022 --> 00:14:13.356 Hasn't it? 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:15.567 Against all comers. 00:14:15.650 --> 00:14:17.319 Tuesday's the home opener. 00:14:17.402 --> 00:14:19.321 I'm gonna send Jeanie with the car. 00:14:19.404 --> 00:14:20.989 - I wouldn't miss it. 00:14:22.782 --> 00:14:24.618 - Love you, Ma. - Love you. 00:14:30.457 --> 00:14:32.584 Lame. Lame! Tell her! 00:14:32.667 --> 00:14:35.629 - What? - That she's being a * idiot. 00:14:35.712 --> 00:14:37.297 That's more something you would say, Linda. 00:14:37.380 --> 00:14:39.966 I'm being serious. This is your job 00:14:40.050 --> 00:14:42.636 and it's in the classifieds. 00:14:42.719 --> 00:14:45.263 I already told you, this isn't my job. 00:14:45.347 --> 00:14:47.307 - That's full-time. - So are you. 00:14:47.390 --> 00:14:49.809 Why? Just because you don't get paid for it? 00:14:49.893 --> 00:14:51.770 You need to talk to him. 00:14:51.853 --> 00:14:53.647 You need to tell him you deserve this, or you watch. 00:14:53.730 --> 00:14:55.315 We'll have 60 people lining up here Monday morning, 00:14:55.398 --> 00:14:57.150 waiting to take what should be yours, 00:14:57.233 --> 00:14:58.735 and every one of them dumber than Lon. 00:14:58.818 --> 00:15:00.153 It's not necessary to say things like that. 00:15:03.031 --> 00:15:04.658 No. He needs me at home. 00:15:05.659 --> 00:15:07.452 I'm helping Grandma. 00:15:07.535 --> 00:15:09.204 If he thought I should have taken the job, 00:15:09.287 --> 00:15:12.624 - he would have said so. - Bullshit. Tell her. 00:15:12.707 --> 00:15:14.918 It kind of is. 00:15:20.924 --> 00:15:22.592 Jean-bean! There you are! 00:15:22.676 --> 00:15:24.219 Come on. We're going on a mission. 00:15:24.302 --> 00:15:27.180 We're gonna kidnap Grandma. Let's go. 00:15:27.263 --> 00:15:28.765 - Come on! Let's go! Giddy-up! 00:15:28.848 --> 00:15:30.558 Right now! Grab your stuff. 00:15:32.602 --> 00:15:34.187 I'll be back. 00:15:34.270 --> 00:15:35.939 I just wanna see what it's about. 00:15:44.030 --> 00:15:46.616 This is insane. 00:15:46.699 --> 00:15:49.327 Oh, hogwash. This place is easier to break into 00:15:49.411 --> 00:15:50.870 than a French girl's panties. 00:15:50.954 --> 00:15:52.914 We used to come here every summer. 00:15:53.039 --> 00:15:54.833 - Practically own the place. 00:15:54.916 --> 00:15:57.752 Mary Pickford would hit the Riviera, and we'd pop in 00:15:57.836 --> 00:16:00.255 - for a picnic by the pool. - We're all going to end up in jail. 00:16:00.338 --> 00:16:01.881 Only if we let him do the picking. 00:16:01.965 --> 00:16:03.883 Come on, let an expert go to work. 00:16:03.967 --> 00:16:06.344 Goodness sakes, you've been rich too long. 00:16:06.428 --> 00:16:09.180 - You forgot how to be useful. - I learned how to pay for things. 00:16:09.264 --> 00:16:12.058 Well, once you blow your wad on basketball, what then? 00:16:12.142 --> 00:16:13.977 Get over here, missy. You need to learn this. 00:16:14.102 --> 00:16:15.770 Girl needs something to fall back on 00:16:15.854 --> 00:16:18.398 - when boys can't hold their own. 00:16:18.481 --> 00:16:21.151 Wow! 00:16:21.234 --> 00:16:23.278 - You still got it. - Home again, home again, 00:16:23.361 --> 00:16:25.822 - jiggety-jig. 00:16:25.905 --> 00:16:29.742 - I don't feel good about this. - Oh. Come on, baby. 00:16:32.370 --> 00:16:33.538 Hush up, hush up. 00:16:33.621 --> 00:16:35.331 He loved this pool so much 00:16:35.415 --> 00:16:37.417 that he would drop his drawers 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:40.545 before we even got the gate open! 00:16:40.628 --> 00:16:42.505 And then, he would take off 00:16:42.589 --> 00:16:44.340 across the lawn, 00:16:44.424 --> 00:16:46.342 trying to beat the Rottweilers who were chasing 00:16:46.426 --> 00:16:48.678 his little ding-a-ling the whole way, like a... 00:16:48.761 --> 00:16:51.306 - ...rabbit at the track! 00:16:53.808 --> 00:16:55.685 You see that? One false move, 00:16:55.768 --> 00:16:58.146 and then you wouldn't be here! 00:16:58.229 --> 00:17:01.399 It was really scary. 00:17:01.482 --> 00:17:03.318 - Man, you two had a lot of fun. - Mm, yeah. 00:17:03.401 --> 00:17:05.862 Being poor is a blast until it's time to eat. 00:17:05.945 --> 00:17:07.947 Oh, we ate just fine. 00:17:08.031 --> 00:17:09.365 When he didn't tip the grift. 00:17:09.449 --> 00:17:12.327 He had this, this... 00:17:12.410 --> 00:17:14.495 uh, this left eyebrow of his 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:17.415 that just twitched like crazy whenever he was bluffing. 00:17:17.498 --> 00:17:19.667 He had no, no poker face whatsoever. 00:17:19.751 --> 00:17:21.169 You should know that. 00:17:21.252 --> 00:17:22.795 Giving away all my secrets. 00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:24.339 Well, I never played, so... 00:17:24.422 --> 00:17:26.716 What? 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:28.801 What kind of father are you? 00:17:28.885 --> 00:17:31.888 A good one that doesn't teach his children how to gamble! 00:17:31.971 --> 00:17:33.431 Wait, you have never taught her 00:17:33.514 --> 00:17:36.434 to play a single hand of cards? 00:17:36.517 --> 00:17:38.770 Only Monopoly. 00:17:38.853 --> 00:17:40.563 - You know what? You just didn't wanna lose your shirt. - Yeah. 00:17:41.314 --> 00:17:42.815 Buss women, 00:17:42.899 --> 00:17:45.318 we have cards in the blood. 00:17:45.401 --> 00:17:46.903 - I should point out 00:17:46.986 --> 00:17:48.863 that it was you that stopped playing with me. 00:17:48.947 --> 00:17:50.281 Breaks my heart to see you cry. 00:17:50.365 --> 00:17:52.367 - Right. 00:17:52.450 --> 00:17:55.954 Well, Dad, I mean, don't you have a deck with you? 00:17:56.037 --> 00:17:57.455 Huh? 00:17:57.538 --> 00:18:00.291 Alright, well... are you chicken? 00:18:00.375 --> 00:18:02.961 - Them's fighting words, kiddo! 00:18:03.044 --> 00:18:05.505 - I got 'em right here! Oh no, no, no. 00:18:05.588 --> 00:18:07.173 I love playing cards with people 00:18:07.256 --> 00:18:08.758 that don't know how to play. Trust me. 00:18:08.841 --> 00:18:10.677 No, I think you're afraid. 00:18:10.760 --> 00:18:12.345 - Come on, deal 'em out. - What do you want? 00:18:12.428 --> 00:18:15.473 - Play Texas Hold 'Em. - Okay, Texas Hold 'Em. You got it. 00:18:15.556 --> 00:18:17.600 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I want to cut those. 00:18:32.490 --> 00:18:34.075 He's proud of you. 00:18:37.328 --> 00:18:40.206 I know. 00:18:40.289 --> 00:18:41.708 No, you don't know 00:18:41.791 --> 00:18:44.252 because he's lousy at showing it. 00:18:44.335 --> 00:18:46.921 He learned that from his mother. 00:18:47.004 --> 00:18:48.548 But, he is. 00:18:53.136 --> 00:18:55.138 There's this job. 00:18:56.848 --> 00:18:58.891 And I know I can do it. 00:19:00.268 --> 00:19:02.645 I know I'd be great at it. 00:19:04.105 --> 00:19:05.940 I want it. 00:19:06.023 --> 00:19:09.026 What are you waiting for? 00:19:09.110 --> 00:19:12.071 Well, he just needs my help right now with, um... 00:19:13.823 --> 00:19:15.324 Me. 00:19:17.618 --> 00:19:20.079 Wow. 00:19:20.163 --> 00:19:22.665 I don't think you'll have to wait too long. 00:19:27.003 --> 00:19:29.630 Don't talk like that, okay? 00:19:29.714 --> 00:19:33.301 Don't let him make excuses. 00:19:36.095 --> 00:19:38.848 I have given my whole life to men. 00:19:39.891 --> 00:19:41.934 Fathers, husbands, sons. 00:19:44.520 --> 00:19:46.981 Has its upsides. 00:19:47.064 --> 00:19:49.442 It's hard to be out there all on your own. 00:19:50.860 --> 00:19:52.987 I fell on my * a few times. 00:19:53.696 --> 00:19:55.615 I gave up. 00:19:55.698 --> 00:19:58.659 But, you're better than me. 00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:03.581 You're a good girl, Jeanie. 00:20:05.583 --> 00:20:07.877 Don't be too good. 00:20:19.305 --> 00:20:22.600 Okay then. I just want to thank you for taking the time, Jack. 00:20:22.683 --> 00:20:25.353 All I have to give these days. 00:20:25.436 --> 00:20:27.647 Until you give my whistle back to me. 00:20:27.730 --> 00:20:29.732 It's not my call. 00:20:29.815 --> 00:20:32.318 - Just lending a hand. - But, uh... 00:20:34.487 --> 00:20:37.531 You, you will be having a word with Buss? 00:20:37.615 --> 00:20:39.659 I'm telling you I'm ready, Jerry. 00:20:39.742 --> 00:20:41.494 Ready for the playoffs. 00:20:41.577 --> 00:20:43.913 Oh, I'll be putting a four-letter one, or two. 00:20:43.996 --> 00:20:45.665 You can count on that shit. 00:20:45.748 --> 00:20:47.667 I know I'm supposed to be * retired, 00:20:47.750 --> 00:20:49.251 but he's got me out here untangling his * knots. 00:20:52.964 --> 00:20:54.715 You remember the way out, don't you? 00:20:58.010 --> 00:20:59.261 Oh, you bet. 00:21:00.846 --> 00:21:03.015 Uh, I didn't get hit on the head that hard. 00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:05.935 Thanks, Jerry, I'll see you soon. 00:21:23.869 --> 00:21:25.496 He'll be putting in a word. 00:21:26.706 --> 00:21:29.208 Goddamn it, Jack. You pushed. 00:21:29.291 --> 00:21:31.711 You pushed too hard. 00:21:43.681 --> 00:21:45.474 Uh, excuse me, sir? 00:22:24.430 --> 00:22:26.432 You alright there, Coach? 00:22:32.897 --> 00:22:35.274 Uh, where am I? Uh... 00:22:35.357 --> 00:22:38.027 I got turned around. I-- Uh, where's the exit? 00:22:38.944 --> 00:22:40.905 It's right there, man. 00:22:40.988 --> 00:22:43.532 R-right. 00:23:02.301 --> 00:23:03.928 Sure you don't want some hair of the dog? 00:23:04.011 --> 00:23:06.138 - That might go down well. 00:23:06.222 --> 00:23:08.390 Good morning. 00:23:08.516 --> 00:23:10.851 - Where's all my money at? 00:23:10.935 --> 00:23:13.062 Some night. 00:23:13.145 --> 00:23:15.856 Yeah, just like old times. 00:23:16.524 --> 00:23:18.234 Yep. 00:23:18.317 --> 00:23:19.985 You still... 00:23:20.069 --> 00:23:21.737 pass out first. 00:23:21.820 --> 00:23:23.364 Well, 00:23:23.489 --> 00:23:25.241 Mr. Seagram's had his way with me. 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:32.706 Oh. You two... 00:23:32.790 --> 00:23:34.375 go back without me. 00:23:35.334 --> 00:23:37.503 I'll just... die here 00:23:37.586 --> 00:23:41.173 - and haunt the place. 00:23:41.257 --> 00:23:45.302 How about you live here instead? 00:23:45.386 --> 00:23:48.055 You know, the offer stands. I can get this place on the cheap. 00:23:50.557 --> 00:23:53.978 You have a habit of following your heart. 00:23:56.063 --> 00:23:58.774 - And you hate that about me. 00:23:58.857 --> 00:24:01.402 Just jealous maybe. 00:24:07.241 --> 00:24:08.534 Come here. 00:24:17.751 --> 00:24:19.253 I remember... 00:24:21.255 --> 00:24:23.632 the smile... 00:24:23.716 --> 00:24:25.718 you had on your face... 00:24:27.136 --> 00:24:30.723 first time we broke into this place. 00:24:32.099 --> 00:24:34.226 And you laid back 00:24:34.309 --> 00:24:37.104 on the nice green grass... 00:24:38.856 --> 00:24:41.859 felt the California sun... 00:24:46.321 --> 00:24:49.408 I haven't seen that smile. 00:24:51.702 --> 00:24:54.204 Not for a very long time. 00:25:06.717 --> 00:25:08.427 Well, you stick around to see us win this thing, 00:25:08.510 --> 00:25:10.721 you can see it then. 00:25:13.599 --> 00:25:15.100 You promise? 00:25:33.952 --> 00:25:35.329 Jean-bean. 00:25:39.625 --> 00:25:41.627 - Good morning. - You ready? 00:25:42.753 --> 00:25:45.756 Because, you know, if my boss 00:25:45.839 --> 00:25:47.633 finds out that I was arrested, 00:25:47.716 --> 00:25:49.760 I think I might get fired. 00:25:49.843 --> 00:25:51.637 Alright. 00:25:53.013 --> 00:25:55.432 Come on, Mom. Let's go. 00:25:59.853 --> 00:26:02.397 Ma. Is she sleeping? 00:26:04.066 --> 00:26:05.776 Ma, we gotta go. 00:26:06.944 --> 00:26:08.237 Ma? 00:26:10.280 --> 00:26:11.532 Ma? 00:26:12.407 --> 00:26:14.993 Hey. Hey, Ma? 00:26:16.328 --> 00:26:18.747 Oh no. Shit. 00:26:18.830 --> 00:26:20.165 Sh-- Ma? 00:26:20.249 --> 00:26:22.417 - Dad? - Ma, can you hear me? 00:26:22.501 --> 00:26:25.754 - Get my-- Get the keys out of my jacket. Start the car! - Okay! 00:26:25.837 --> 00:26:27.047 Ma, can you hear me?! 00:26:28.131 --> 00:26:29.132 Ma? 00:26:29.216 --> 00:26:31.009 Oh *, come on! 00:26:34.179 --> 00:26:36.557 Got your * pros, got cons, * coaches. 00:26:36.682 --> 00:26:39.268 You get shit-store Shakespeare on the one hand, 00:26:39.351 --> 00:26:41.353 and a limping * Napoleon on the other. 00:26:42.729 --> 00:26:44.356 * am I supposed to do with that? 00:26:47.317 --> 00:26:49.361 He can't really be thinking about 00:26:49.444 --> 00:26:50.946 giving the team back to McKinney. * ridiculous. 00:26:51.029 --> 00:26:52.698 Maurice found him sitting on his * 00:26:52.781 --> 00:26:54.700 like some * kid who lost his mommy. 00:26:54.783 --> 00:26:56.451 Yeah. 00:26:56.535 --> 00:26:58.453 I noticed it with his memory back in Philly. 00:26:58.537 --> 00:27:00.956 I just figured he was better now. 00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:03.292 Well, he's not. Not by a long shot. 00:27:03.375 --> 00:27:05.127 And if we don't speak up, 00:27:05.210 --> 00:27:07.421 he'll be having a conniption in the finals. 00:27:07.504 --> 00:27:09.006 On the sidelines with our team. 00:27:09.089 --> 00:27:11.049 Well, I can't. 00:27:11.133 --> 00:27:12.592 Why not? 00:27:12.718 --> 00:27:14.386 Because my best friend in the world 00:27:14.469 --> 00:27:16.805 may never talk to me again. But at least... 00:27:16.888 --> 00:27:19.016 right now, I can still look into the mirror 00:27:19.099 --> 00:27:20.809 and know that all we ever did was do our job. 00:27:20.892 --> 00:27:22.602 That's what this is. 00:27:22.728 --> 00:27:24.980 Our job. This squad. 00:27:25.063 --> 00:27:26.773 The guys who work their hearts out. 00:27:26.857 --> 00:27:28.900 This is their life, too. 00:27:28.984 --> 00:27:31.320 I'll do it. 00:27:31.403 --> 00:27:33.989 I tell West what happened. What he does with it, 00:27:34.072 --> 00:27:35.324 that's up to him. 00:27:35.407 --> 00:27:37.409 Hands clean. Hm? 00:27:37.492 --> 00:27:39.411 - Pat... Pat. 00:27:52.966 --> 00:27:55.260 - Well, I can't. - Thank God. 00:27:55.343 --> 00:27:57.512 - We did everything right. That ought to be enough. - We did. 00:27:57.596 --> 00:27:58.430 - It should be. - I mean, if they're 00:28:04.186 --> 00:28:06.646 It's looking like a hemorrhagic stroke. 00:28:06.730 --> 00:28:08.690 We've got her on medication to slow the bleeding 00:28:08.774 --> 00:28:11.526 and to relieve pressure on her brain, but, 00:28:11.610 --> 00:28:14.071 right now, the machines are breathing for her. 00:28:15.280 --> 00:28:16.948 What can we do? 00:28:17.908 --> 00:28:19.451 Keep her comfortable. 00:28:20.535 --> 00:28:22.746 As long as you decide. 00:28:29.377 --> 00:28:30.378 I wouldn't miss-- 00:28:48.647 --> 00:28:50.398 Come on. Let's sit down. 00:28:59.699 --> 00:29:01.660 Last game of the regular season for these Lakers, 00:29:01.743 --> 00:29:03.495 and, right now, everything is gravy. 00:29:03.578 --> 00:29:05.580 A win tonight locks in the top seed in the West 00:29:05.664 --> 00:29:07.666 as they head into their playoff run. 00:29:09.668 --> 00:29:10.919 - Jerry. - Bill. 00:29:11.002 --> 00:29:13.922 You hear about the boss' mother? 00:29:14.005 --> 00:29:16.550 Some *' timing. 00:29:16.633 --> 00:29:19.052 Well, thanks for helping with the big decision. 00:29:19.135 --> 00:29:21.096 You look good in the front office. 00:29:21.179 --> 00:29:23.348 Might consider that. 00:29:23.431 --> 00:29:26.518 Feels more like I'm sitting in a hangman's chair. 00:29:26.601 --> 00:29:28.645 Winner gets a shot at the title. 00:29:28.728 --> 00:29:30.855 Loser gets the pain in the neck. 00:29:32.899 --> 00:29:35.068 What the * are we doing this for, Bill, really? 00:29:38.446 --> 00:29:41.866 You know, I graduated high school on a Monday, 00:29:41.950 --> 00:29:43.827 married my sweetheart on Tuesday, 00:29:43.910 --> 00:29:46.955 and I shipped out to the Navy on Wednesday night. 00:29:47.038 --> 00:29:50.959 Spent the next two years on a boat in the Pacific. 00:29:51.042 --> 00:29:53.378 And once a week, 00:29:53.461 --> 00:29:56.631 the Armed Forces Network would put a... a game on. 00:29:56.715 --> 00:29:59.217 One game. You know, baseball, basketball, jai alai. 00:29:59.301 --> 00:30:01.761 It didn't matter. We'd all crowd into the barracks. 00:30:03.763 --> 00:30:05.849 Just a bunch of kids, 00:30:05.932 --> 00:30:08.977 playing hide-and-seek with death. 00:30:09.060 --> 00:30:11.605 I used to wonder, you know, in the face of all that... 00:30:13.440 --> 00:30:16.901 how any of us can think about a * game. 00:30:18.903 --> 00:30:20.989 It's a good question. 00:30:22.324 --> 00:30:24.326 But then, it hit me. 00:30:28.163 --> 00:30:30.582 How can you not? 00:30:50.226 --> 00:30:51.811 - Yeah? 00:30:52.645 --> 00:30:53.897 How is she? 00:30:56.024 --> 00:30:57.609 Oh, I'm, I'm sorry, Jerry. 00:31:00.362 --> 00:31:03.656 Yeah. It's alright. Come on in. 00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:05.367 Appreciate you coming by. 00:31:06.868 --> 00:31:08.328 I brought you these. 00:31:09.829 --> 00:31:11.748 - You know, it's... 00:31:11.831 --> 00:31:14.334 It's not a good time, I can always come back and... 00:31:14.459 --> 00:31:16.503 Well, that depends. 00:31:19.089 --> 00:31:21.466 Are they gonna postpone the playoffs? 00:31:24.052 --> 00:31:25.637 Probably not, no. 00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:27.013 So, there's no time like the present. 00:31:27.097 --> 00:31:29.516 Who is my coach, Jerry? 00:31:31.226 --> 00:31:32.352 Well, I thought about it. 00:31:35.146 --> 00:31:36.981 I did. I spoke to everyone involved, 00:31:37.065 --> 00:31:39.192 and I feel strongly that... 00:31:44.948 --> 00:31:46.783 I'm damn lucky I'm not you. 00:31:46.866 --> 00:31:49.786 - No. There is no right answer here. 00:31:49.869 --> 00:31:52.288 There's no wrong one either, and you could be a hero or heel. 00:31:52.372 --> 00:31:55.959 I'll be * damned if I or anyone else can fault you on that. 00:31:56.042 --> 00:31:57.585 Whichever way you go. 00:31:58.795 --> 00:32:00.630 And you can quote me on that. 00:32:02.006 --> 00:32:04.384 When did I become the executioner? 00:32:04.509 --> 00:32:06.886 Don't I have employees for that? 00:32:06.970 --> 00:32:09.430 Well, if it's any consolation, you'll, uh, 00:32:09.556 --> 00:32:11.808 you'll be giving one of these two the gift of life. 00:32:11.891 --> 00:32:13.351 Unless, of course, they crap out and lose it 00:32:13.434 --> 00:32:15.019 to the * Celtics, in which case, 00:32:15.103 --> 00:32:17.397 - I'll kill him myself. - Come on, Jerry. 00:32:17.522 --> 00:32:20.441 - You're not even gonna give me a hint? - Oh... 00:32:20.567 --> 00:32:22.569 I know you're thinking something! 00:32:22.652 --> 00:32:25.280 What got you this far? 00:32:25.363 --> 00:32:27.407 Yeah, you're richer than I am. 00:32:28.366 --> 00:32:30.326 You must have a gut. 00:32:30.410 --> 00:32:32.829 An instinct. Huh? 00:32:38.418 --> 00:32:42.422 - I followed my heart. - There you go. 00:32:42.547 --> 00:32:45.174 Which way is it beating this time? 00:33:10.491 --> 00:33:11.868 - Jack? - What? 00:33:11.951 --> 00:33:13.494 - Where do we live? - Huh? 00:33:13.620 --> 00:33:16.331 I said, where do we live? Our address. 00:33:16.414 --> 00:33:18.333 Or do you forget? 00:33:18.416 --> 00:33:20.918 We lived here about half a year. You need a hint? 00:33:22.337 --> 00:33:23.588 I found this in your pocket. 00:33:23.671 --> 00:33:25.632 It's a phone book page. 00:33:25.715 --> 00:33:28.176 - * phone book page. - I-I went for a jog-- 00:33:28.259 --> 00:33:31.012 - Because you can't remember where we live. - I got turned around 00:33:31.095 --> 00:33:33.389 - because this goddamn town doesn't make any sense. - You can't remember... 00:33:33.473 --> 00:33:35.516 Are you really going through my goddamn pockets, now, Cranny? 00:33:35.642 --> 00:33:37.810 You're not even gonna tell me. You're pushing it too hard! 00:33:37.894 --> 00:33:40.605 - I'm not stepping back, Cranny. Not now. - Jack... 00:33:40.688 --> 00:33:42.815 I'm too young to spend the rest of my life 00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:44.275 wiping dribble off your chin! 00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:47.278 I think you like me being sick. 00:33:47.362 --> 00:33:49.906 - I think you liked me needing you for once, 00:33:49.989 --> 00:33:51.115 an invalid. - For once? 00:33:51.199 --> 00:33:52.617 Let me do my work! 00:33:52.700 --> 00:33:54.077 Get out, just let me do my-- 00:33:57.497 --> 00:33:59.749 Who packed the boxes? 00:33:59.832 --> 00:34:03.086 Every time you get a job, who has to tell the boys 00:34:03.169 --> 00:34:04.712 and break their hearts 00:34:04.796 --> 00:34:06.422 while Daddy gets to stay the hero? Huh? 00:34:06.506 --> 00:34:08.174 - Cranny... - I sat up 00:34:08.257 --> 00:34:10.218 every night in that hospital, 00:34:10.301 --> 00:34:12.470 so I could pound your chest 00:34:12.553 --> 00:34:15.723 every time your heart stopped beating. I did that. 00:34:15.807 --> 00:34:17.475 Yeah, I did that! 00:34:17.558 --> 00:34:21.104 And I didn't do it for the * LA Lakers! 00:34:21.187 --> 00:34:24.774 For once! * idiot. 00:34:24.857 --> 00:34:27.193 - Cranny... 00:34:30.530 --> 00:34:32.490 Can I help you? 00:34:34.784 --> 00:34:37.328 Special delivery for Jack McKinney. 00:34:40.289 --> 00:34:42.250 Cranny! 00:34:42.333 --> 00:34:44.335 Can you come sign for this, please? 00:34:46.462 --> 00:34:48.714 - Sorry. Hang on just a sec. 00:34:48.798 --> 00:34:51.300 - Jack... - She'll be right here. 00:34:51.384 --> 00:34:53.094 Cranny! 00:34:53.177 --> 00:34:55.763 Can you sign for this guy? 00:34:55.847 --> 00:34:57.431 Dr. Buss. 00:34:58.850 --> 00:35:00.476 This guy, 00:35:00.560 --> 00:35:02.895 acting like he don't recognize me. 00:35:02.979 --> 00:35:05.857 Always messing around. What a kidder. 00:35:05.940 --> 00:35:08.484 - Here, I'll get us some gl*es. 00:35:08.568 --> 00:35:10.194 Oh no, no. That's for you two. 00:35:10.278 --> 00:35:12.071 You drink in good health. I got to run. 00:35:12.155 --> 00:35:14.490 I just came by to drop that off. But, give my girl a call, 00:35:14.574 --> 00:35:18.536 come by in the morning, and we'll sit down, we'll... 00:35:18.661 --> 00:35:21.247 work out this whole thing. You know? 00:35:21.330 --> 00:35:23.332 You're looking good, Jack! Good to see you. 00:35:32.592 --> 00:35:34.051 No bike ridin'! 00:36:42.953 --> 00:36:44.955 It's the right call. 00:36:46.957 --> 00:36:49.085 Shut the blinds in there. 00:36:52.922 --> 00:36:55.383 *. Bill's in there. 00:36:55.466 --> 00:36:59.011 They're going with McKinney. I * knew it. 00:36:59.095 --> 00:37:00.638 - Okay. - *. 00:37:00.763 --> 00:37:02.932 - What? What? What? 00:37:05.184 --> 00:37:07.019 - Hey. - Man... 00:37:34.922 --> 00:37:37.049 Can you get us to the Promised Land? 00:37:39.718 --> 00:37:41.512 Of course, yeah. 00:37:41.595 --> 00:37:43.806 If there's no, uh, bad blood with Jack, 00:37:43.889 --> 00:37:46.642 - we can stay on and help him out. - No. 00:37:46.725 --> 00:37:48.310 Not with Jack. 00:37:52.148 --> 00:37:53.566 We got it. 00:37:53.649 --> 00:37:55.234 - We got it. 00:37:57.611 --> 00:37:59.155 Yes. 00:37:59.905 --> 00:38:01.282 Absolutely. 00:38:02.533 --> 00:38:04.076 Don't * it up. 00:38:36.984 --> 00:38:38.569 Nixon blazing down the court 00:38:38.652 --> 00:38:40.487 looking for an open man, and there it is, 00:38:40.571 --> 00:38:41.655 the lob to Cooper. Shazam! 00:38:41.739 --> 00:38:43.574 Just beautiful. 00:38:43.657 --> 00:38:45.534 Lakers besting the Suns in this best of seven 00:38:45.618 --> 00:38:47.703 Remarkable p*ing by the Lakers. 00:38:47.703 --> 00:38:50.331 And the Lakers ran away with this conference semi, 00:38:50.414 --> 00:38:52.082 a rematch with Seattle 00:38:52.208 --> 00:38:53.375 the only thing standing in their way 00:38:53.459 --> 00:38:55.294 for a trip to the NBA finals. 00:39:10.935 --> 00:39:12.811 Love you. 00:39:12.895 --> 00:39:14.730 Bye-bye. Love you! 00:39:21.695 --> 00:39:23.656 God, she is pretty. 00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:27.201 ... Spencer. 00:39:27.284 --> 00:39:28.869 Magic p*es to Kareem. 00:39:28.953 --> 00:39:30.704 He's pivoting, looking for an opening. 00:39:30.788 --> 00:39:32.414 Gets some help from Haywood with a pick. 00:39:32.498 --> 00:39:34.583 And he lays it in. Snug as a bug in a rug. 00:39:49.682 --> 00:39:51.558 And the Los Angeles Lakers now moments away 00:39:51.642 --> 00:39:53.310 from avenging their playoff loss last year 00:39:53.394 --> 00:39:55.062 against the SuperSonics. 00:39:55.145 --> 00:39:56.814 Boy, the fans here can taste victory, 00:39:56.897 --> 00:39:58.273 and it sure tastes sweet. 00:39:58.357 --> 00:39:59.733 Seven! Six! 00:39:59.817 --> 00:40:01.652 Five! Four! 00:40:01.735 --> 00:40:04.697 Three! Two! One! 00:40:04.780 --> 00:40:07.282 - And it's all over, folks! 00:40:07.366 --> 00:40:09.993 Your Los Angeles Lakers are the new Western Conference Champs, 00:40:10.077 --> 00:40:11.995 behind 38 points by the captain, Kareem. 00:41:05.632 --> 00:41:07.384 Now, all they have to do is sit back 00:41:07.468 --> 00:41:09.261 and wait for a date with the doctor. 00:41:09.344 --> 00:41:10.929 All we care about is that the boys in Forum Blue 00:41:11.054 --> 00:41:12.347 will be there, and look at 'em celebrating. 00:41:12.431 --> 00:41:14.183 Boy, they sure have earned it. 00:41:14.266 --> 00:41:16.435 You made me believe, baby. You made me believe. 00:41:16.518 --> 00:41:18.770 And look at Magic out there, smile shining 00:41:18.854 --> 00:41:20.647 like the North Star, and Dr. Buss, our other rookie, 00:41:20.731 --> 00:41:23.484 must be somewhere beaming just as bright. 00:41:46.548 --> 00:41:49.635 There it is. Philly puts this one over the top. 00:41:49.718 --> 00:41:52.387 And folks dreaming of a Boston-LA finals 00:41:52.471 --> 00:41:54.765 will have to wait another year. 00:41:54.848 --> 00:41:56.808 - The 76ers have... Here we go, fellas. 00:41:56.892 --> 00:41:58.644 Philly it is. 00:41:58.727 --> 00:42:00.187 Man, I wanted Boston. 00:42:00.270 --> 00:42:01.772 Then you a dumb*. 00:42:01.855 --> 00:42:03.440 ...right here on CBS. 00:42:06.902 --> 00:42:08.403 The Celtics have the best record 00:42:08.487 --> 00:42:09.821 of any team in the league... 00:42:09.905 --> 00:42:11.949 Same time next year, *. 00:42:13.367 --> 00:42:14.993 You know it. 00:42:15.118 --> 00:42:16.328 And young Larry Bird may be 00:42:16.411 --> 00:42:18.413 disappointed by the outcome, 00:42:18.497 --> 00:42:21.250 but after watching his performance in this series, 00:42:21.333 --> 00:42:24.461 he gets my vote for Rookie of the Year. 00:42:24.544 --> 00:42:26.505 Bird led scoring through the playoffs... 00:42:26.588 --> 00:42:29.258 We win it all, you'll get your due. 00:42:29.341 --> 00:42:31.259 ...far beyond his age. 00:42:32.928 --> 00:42:34.513 Hey, Cap? 00:42:35.597 --> 00:42:37.766 We got a situation. 00:42:43.939 --> 00:42:46.024 Spence? 00:42:46.149 --> 00:42:48.527 - What happened to you? What's the matter? 00:42:50.779 --> 00:42:53.365 I * up... 00:42:53.448 --> 00:42:56.576 Just... I * up, Cap... 00:42:58.870 --> 00:43:00.789 I'm sorry... 00:43:02.082 --> 00:43:03.583 I * up... 00:43:05.293 --> 00:43:08.463 Okay. It's okay... 00:43:08.547 --> 00:43:11.717 I * up... 00:43:11.800 --> 00:43:14.386 I'm sorry... - Aw, *. 00:43:14.469 --> 00:43:16.763 Goddammit, man. 00:43:16.847 --> 00:43:18.640 Man, I can't watch this shit. 00:43:18.724 --> 00:43:20.726 There's an institute in Arizona. 00:43:20.809 --> 00:43:24.479 They specialize in something called aversion therapy. 00:43:24.563 --> 00:43:28.233 Spencer would admit himself after the season. 00:43:28.316 --> 00:43:31.445 He's promised me he'll keep clean through the finals. 00:43:34.573 --> 00:43:36.491 If you let him stay. 00:43:41.413 --> 00:43:44.750 Look, he's our one true four. 00:43:44.833 --> 00:43:46.376 Alright, if we lose him, 00:43:46.460 --> 00:43:48.253 that's gonna put a whole lot on Cap down low. 00:43:48.336 --> 00:43:49.963 We gonna need him in the paint. 00:43:50.046 --> 00:43:52.340 Them Twin Towers they got, Dawkins, Jones. 00:43:52.424 --> 00:43:54.217 - Leave them to Chones. The brother has a problem. 00:43:54.301 --> 00:43:56.219 Can't just throw him to the wolves. 00:43:56.303 --> 00:43:57.971 Maybe somebody can just keep an eye on him. 00:43:58.054 --> 00:44:00.807 This is the pros, not daycare. 00:44:00.891 --> 00:44:02.976 Look, Wood's only problem 00:44:03.059 --> 00:44:04.895 is that he's a selfish *. 00:44:04.978 --> 00:44:09.107 All that African brother Hotep bullshit? 00:44:09.232 --> 00:44:12.486 Look, bottom line, dude's not strong. He's weak. 00:44:12.569 --> 00:44:14.321 And if we let this * stay on the team, 00:44:14.404 --> 00:44:16.406 then the rest of us is weak, too. 00:44:22.537 --> 00:44:23.997 And you, Buck? 00:44:28.793 --> 00:44:30.337 I wanna win a ring. 00:44:31.630 --> 00:44:33.590 That's what matters to me. 00:44:33.673 --> 00:44:36.176 And I feel bad for dude 00:44:36.301 --> 00:44:39.888 if he ain't ready for what's coming. 00:44:39.971 --> 00:44:43.350 But, great man told me winning in this league takes being hard. 00:44:49.064 --> 00:44:50.273 Listen. 00:44:50.357 --> 00:44:51.983 He's your teammate. 00:44:52.984 --> 00:44:54.444 So, this is a team call. 00:44:54.528 --> 00:44:56.655 Let's put it to a vote. 00:45:04.538 --> 00:45:06.164 All for cutting Spencer. 00:45:23.598 --> 00:45:24.891 All opposed. 00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:44.869 White folk still white folking? 00:45:47.163 --> 00:45:49.416 I just left. 00:46:09.936 --> 00:46:11.604 You ever been to Mississippi? 00:46:12.605 --> 00:46:14.399 - Never. - No? 00:46:14.482 --> 00:46:15.859 I came up there. 00:46:15.942 --> 00:46:17.986 Family of field hands. 00:46:18.069 --> 00:46:19.904 They call it sharecropping, 00:46:19.988 --> 00:46:21.239 but if there's a difference between it and slavery, 00:46:21.364 --> 00:46:22.407 I ain't see it. 00:46:22.490 --> 00:46:24.617 I was born in a barn, 00:46:24.701 --> 00:46:26.411 on the same dirt... 00:46:27.537 --> 00:46:30.582 as the pigs and chickens. 00:46:30.665 --> 00:46:33.668 The only thing that separated us from them was... 00:46:35.879 --> 00:46:38.131 these right here. 00:46:39.382 --> 00:46:41.551 Extra bone in each finger. 00:46:41.634 --> 00:46:43.636 My Auntie Harriet 00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:45.764 seen 'em and went, "Wow." Touching them, said, uh, 00:46:45.847 --> 00:46:49.059 "That boy is blessed. That boy gonna do some... 00:46:49.142 --> 00:46:51.603 That boy gonna do some great things." 00:46:53.146 --> 00:46:55.231 But, along come... 00:46:55.315 --> 00:46:58.777 old man Quinn. Field boss. 00:46:58.860 --> 00:47:02.030 High yellow nigga. 00:47:02.113 --> 00:47:03.782 Quick sight, you'd think he a-a cracker. 00:47:03.865 --> 00:47:06.409 But, he worse than one of 'em. 00:47:06.493 --> 00:47:09.621 Used to whistle with his pinkies in his mouth. 00:47:11.414 --> 00:47:14.167 And just like that, our backs was bent. 00:47:14.250 --> 00:47:16.586 Shit, I think the first real sound 00:47:16.669 --> 00:47:18.671 I ever heard was a whistle. 00:47:21.090 --> 00:47:22.926 So, he seen my mama and my auntie 00:47:23.009 --> 00:47:25.011 fussing over this little newborn child 00:47:25.094 --> 00:47:28.515 with these fancy little hands, and took to him. 00:47:29.974 --> 00:47:31.518 He knew better. 00:47:34.479 --> 00:47:37.649 "Hoo, that boy got some long fingers! 00:47:40.610 --> 00:47:43.655 "He gonna make a special... 00:47:44.572 --> 00:47:46.199 cotton picker." 00:47:50.828 --> 00:47:53.081 My mama used to tell us that story. 00:47:53.164 --> 00:47:56.793 Without-- Without skipping a breath, say, 00:47:56.876 --> 00:47:58.795 "God love us." 00:48:02.507 --> 00:48:04.842 Now, it took me... 00:48:04.926 --> 00:48:07.095 some years 00:48:07.178 --> 00:48:09.472 to muster up the gumption to ask... 00:48:11.558 --> 00:48:13.851 "Why... 00:48:13.935 --> 00:48:17.021 "are we on the bottom then? 00:48:17.105 --> 00:48:20.817 "Everywhere you see a brown face, 00:48:20.900 --> 00:48:22.902 "you see tears on it. 00:48:24.612 --> 00:48:28.283 If He love us so damn much, then why?" 00:48:32.161 --> 00:48:34.205 And you know what she said? 00:48:36.499 --> 00:48:39.210 "God loves them more." 00:48:45.967 --> 00:48:48.761 Yeah, I don't know if it's-- if there's a God, 00:48:48.845 --> 00:48:53.224 I don't know. But I do know there's a them. 00:48:53.308 --> 00:48:57.312 Same ones in that room right now, deciding my fate! 00:49:03.318 --> 00:49:05.611 So, I guess I'll just wait for the whistle. 00:49:18.750 --> 00:49:20.835 This time, they left it up to us. 00:49:26.007 --> 00:49:28.217 The team already voted on it. 00:49:33.556 --> 00:49:35.058 Damn! 00:49:36.893 --> 00:49:39.896 Damn! Damn it. Damn! 00:49:50.156 --> 00:49:51.741 You did your best. 00:49:53.868 --> 00:49:55.870 I appreciate it, Cap. 00:50:03.753 --> 00:50:05.755 I was the deciding vote. 00:50:51.509 --> 00:50:52.510 There we go. 00:51:02.520 --> 00:51:03.980 - There we go. 00:51:07.149 --> 00:51:08.192 There we go. 00:51:12.113 --> 00:51:14.991 - Is that what I think it is? 00:51:15.074 --> 00:51:18.452 Oh hey, Cap. Been practicing your skyhook. 00:51:18.536 --> 00:51:20.997 Way I figure, be seeing more time in the post 00:51:21.080 --> 00:51:23.874 against Philly, so better have a go-to. 00:51:28.546 --> 00:51:32.174 That is not a skyhook. - Ain't that bad. 00:51:33.759 --> 00:51:36.554 Well, why ain't you show me then? 00:51:36.679 --> 00:51:39.599 - Skyhook isn't just any other shot. 00:51:40.808 --> 00:51:42.143 To master it, 00:51:42.226 --> 00:51:43.978 a player needs to comprehend 00:51:44.061 --> 00:51:45.354 a very important principle. 00:51:45.438 --> 00:51:47.315 And what principle is that? 00:51:47.398 --> 00:51:50.067 Isolation. Come over here and play a little defense. 00:51:50.151 --> 00:51:52.612 See, when you're the big man, 00:51:52.737 --> 00:51:55.364 everybody wants a piece of you. 00:51:55.448 --> 00:51:58.075 The skyhook shuts them out. 00:51:58.159 --> 00:52:00.036 It turns your body into a wall, 00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:02.705 beyond which they can't reach or even see your face, 00:52:02.788 --> 00:52:06.500 which means they can't predict you. 00:52:06.584 --> 00:52:09.795 So, on your own time, when you're good and ready, 00:52:09.879 --> 00:52:11.881 you can leave their world behind. 00:52:13.549 --> 00:52:15.718 You leave the world? 00:52:15.801 --> 00:52:17.303 You elevate above it. 00:52:20.014 --> 00:52:22.433 Until you're completely and totally... 00:52:25.019 --> 00:52:27.438 - ...alone. 00:52:27.521 --> 00:52:30.566 And all they get to do is watch. 00:52:30.649 --> 00:52:32.735 Damn, Cap. 00:52:32.818 --> 00:52:35.363 You some kind of poet or somethin'. 00:52:35.446 --> 00:52:36.906 That shit deep. 00:52:36.989 --> 00:52:38.949 Alright, let's work on it. 00:52:39.033 --> 00:52:40.451 I can't have you * up my shot on the world stage. 00:52:40.534 --> 00:52:42.995 Come on, get that arm up straight, 00:52:43.079 --> 00:52:44.288 like the Statue of Liberty. 00:52:44.372 --> 00:52:45.831 It's the most elegant finish 00:52:45.915 --> 00:52:48.584 in all of sports. 00:52:48.667 --> 00:52:50.628 Right on. 00:52:53.089 --> 00:52:54.924 - Hey! Sprinkles! 00:52:55.966 --> 00:52:57.468 Hey! 00:52:57.551 --> 00:52:59.095 - Yeah, that's right. 00:53:00.179 --> 00:53:01.931 Wood, Wood, Wood. 00:53:02.014 --> 00:53:03.891 What the *, brother? 00:53:03.974 --> 00:53:06.602 Congrats on the Finals, man. Time to get that shiny ring, eh? 00:53:06.685 --> 00:53:09.146 You still got that magnum? 00:53:09.230 --> 00:53:10.981 Oh, man, I got... 00:53:11.065 --> 00:53:13.317 I got lots of guns. I got a bazooka. 00:53:13.400 --> 00:53:15.402 I don't care what you use, 00:53:15.486 --> 00:53:18.531 as long as it works. 00:53:18.614 --> 00:53:21.867 Sure, man. Yeah, right on. Love to do that for a friend. 00:53:21.951 --> 00:53:23.702 You just say the word. 00:53:23.828 --> 00:53:25.496 Who do you want me to kill? 00:53:27.581 --> 00:53:29.125 The Lakers.