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