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I bet you, side by side, I can keep it up longer than you can.

Did I just hear that?

Mr. Granger here thinks he's casting really well.

You done?

Yeah, and so is my brake cable, chain guard, and these rims. Oh, come on,

change the subject, homie.

I got a dollar that says you suck.

You're on.

You've been dodging us, Ricardo.

I was just waiting till I had the money. No money, no more bets.

Leo ain't happy. Let me show you how unhappy.

You're going down, partner.

Dream on, buddy boy.

One hand.

This is 1PV7 responding.

This is 1PV6. I'll be chasing you guys down.

Roger, 1PV7.

Roger, 1PV6.

Sorry, guys. Bike went 10 -7.

That's got to be them.

Bye.

Bye.

Bye.

Don't try to talk it down Why everyone bags on

my town Don't stand at me It works for me

Take a look around Just another day

the day

Living day?

Yeah, well, after what happened, my father decided I'd be better off living

home. Minnesota doesn't sound so bad. Talk to me in the wintertime.

Or better yet, talk to my father's lawyer.

We did.

And he said that you'd do everything you can to help us know the guys that did

this to you. Sorry, not my problem anymore.

Oh, come on, Ricky. Don't you at least want a little payback?

All right.

But you didn't hear anything from me.

Absolutely. There's a guy.

The one who got me in.

His name's Danny Bowes, okay?

Hey.

Danny Bowes.

Just the little rodent we're looking for.

Hey, Kelly, I was just about to call you.

See that? We just saved you $35 ,000.

You gotta let me get one more bet down, Leo. I got a tip.

You're into me two grand already.

You've been dodging my friends. Now you want me to front you again?

What am I, the bank of stupidity? No, no.

When the tip hits, we're both covered. You're still walking around because

you've brought in some quality players.

But tomorrow, you bring me two grand.

Clear?

So, does this mean you're gonna cover me?

We're backed up three months on bike parts. We got rookies doing field

with duct tape. Is someone upset because I assigned Granger undercover and

didn't ask her about it first?

Well, now that we're on the subject.

There is no subject, Corey.

Russ is the right age, and he knows sports betting. If I had any doubts, you

would have heard about him. Yes, sir.

Anything you say, sir.

Corey, here's five grand for the case.

Give him a chance, will you?

Better to spend it on bike parts.

So this silver dollar is your, like, good luck charm?

It goes way beyond that, but I don't expect you to understand.

Try me.

This, this is magic.

My father gave this to me. He got it from his father, who got it from a

teller. Oh, come on, Russ.

Legend says that you can use this once in a lifetime to determine the outcome

one bet.

But you have to be absolutely sure it's the right time.

And you believe that? My grandfather used to decide if Nick the Greek was

holding a full boat or aces up in a no -limit game in Aruba.

He built his entire fortune off that one bet.

My dad blew his big shot at a bar in Reno, betting he could get a waitress to

fall for him.

And? Well, I'm here, aren't I?

Russ? Jamie?

It's Corey.

Got alert. Sergeant Straightjacket.

You guys need a maid.

What do you think?

Number one, you look way too comfortable.

Number two, I don't trust you on your own undercover, but I've been overruled.

Amen. You want to pray?

Pray I don't pull you the second you screw up.

You know, I'm not even going to let you ruin this for me.

I'm going undercover with five grand of somebody else's money to bet it however

I want? Wrong.

You flash the cash, you welch on a bad bet, and then you make them come after

you. Russ, you're on a very short leash here. And I bet you're just waiting to

yank it.

Okay, name the factors that determine ballistic trajectory.

Danny, I cannot think about this right now.

Daryl, you don't pass the science exam tomorrow, you don't play. Then a whole

university comes looking for me. I told you, I'm going to the NBA, not to NASA.

Okay, this is not a basketball.

This is a math at rest. Now, what is that?

Math in motion.

Good. Now, how do you get that math through that hoop 15, 20 times a game

most guys are lucky to even hit the backboard? You got to know, like, how

to throw it, how high to shoot it.

The book has words for that.

Thrust and elevation.

Ding, ding. Now you sort of have to roll it off your fingertips.

Spin.

Trajectory is determined by?

Mass, thrust, elevation, and spin.

He forgot about atmospheric resistance.

I wasn't getting to that.

Nice shot, my man.

Coming from Daryl Nesby?

If I die right now, my life is complete.

We're not done yet, Daryl.

I am. You're gonna have to do it without me.

Something I can do for you?

Yeah, I'm Russ. I'm a friend of Ricky Willis.

Doesn't mean much to me.

How about this?

You win, yours is big.

Skip the dance, okay?

We both know you got a handle on the action at school.

I gotta admit, though, you put up a pretty good face for a guy who stuck two

grand.

Ricky tell you that.

What if I can make it go away?

You got 30 seconds to tell me how.

Four grand.

Put the whole thing on Auburn to beat the spread tonight.

Use the winnings to pay off your marker.

Bring you the rest.

Auburn chokes you out four dimes. I'm still dead meat.

Not exactly, my friend. Just to show you there's still honor among degenerates.

I'll cover your butt anyway.

You're going to lay two to one over the spread and parachute me if we miss?

Must be something funny with the game.

Funny that you think I'd be screwing around with some college book?

Just want in.

What's up there, my man?

Hey, what's up, man?

Seems like you could use a new ride.

Uh, I could use a jump.

Why don't you let my OGs fix that for you, man? We gotta talk facts, figures,

and futures.

Big Don, you know we ain't got that much to talk about.

Aw, man, the hell you say.

That's plenty of green for the college, the coaches, the TV people.

Ain't none of them driving no damn 70 Plymouth Ragtops.

Come on, man. Pacific's on the grid for 22 regional and eight national TV games.

Now, your damn coach has his own cable TV show.

Home Shopping Network is selling your number jersey, D, for $59 .95.

$69 .95. You know how they able to do all that, son?

Three reasons.

Darryl Nesby, Darryl Nesby, Darryl Nesby.

Man, that's got to eat you up inside, D.

I'm happy playing for a great college team, getting an education.

Oh, man, save it for Brian Gumbel, man.

Come on, now, you get what you can when you can.

You get rich, D, everybody wins.

And you know I can show you how.

What's up, man? Danny Finn, you over here to dog me some more?

Nah, I just look like you need some help. Just remember what I said, D.

Can I get an autograph?

Sure, man.

Great. I'm one of your biggest fans, you know. I know you're going to have a

huge career as long as you don't get hurt or listen to the wrong people.

All right, baby. Catch you later.

Thanks.

Nice ride.

Put him up there. Auburn by two.

You need to win by five. One here and one from the field.

Not going to have time. Not going to have time.

Not going to make it.

Come on, baby.

Come on, baby. Fishback shoots.

It bounces off, but it's rebounded by Auburn. Now he passes out to the Indian

fishback. It's a three -pointer.

It's good.

Auburn wins by six.

That means you're in, right?

Not only am I in, I am up to grand.

God,

too bad you have to give it all back, though.

Yeah, right.

Is that about the stupidest thing you've ever heard?

Soon fades the spell.

Soon comes the night, say will it not be then the same.

Whether we played the black or the white, whether we lost.

Or won the game.

Six grand, my new friend, your original four, plus the two you won.

And used the other two to cover your losses, right?

It's like you fell from the sky, dude.

Got any more picks?

Strictly a one -night stand.

Our deal was that I bail your butt out of a sling, you set me up with your

Now I did my part.

Saying I didn't do mine?

Check it out.

So what about those pics?

Michigan, yeah. Dayton, yeah, maybe.

Mmm. I like this deal already.

Yeah. It's good for me, too.

That guy's English.

Hey, baby, you make house calls?

Baby, if I made a house call, you'd never forget it.

When the action gets too heavy, I gotta lay bets up on other books.

It cost me more, so it cost you more. Las Vegas is only 300 miles. I got

leaving every hour.

Some people have no appreciation for the cost of doing business.

Gotta protect your percentages.

And I do.

Vigorously. With the help of my friends here.

So if you're a degenerate or a deadbeat, a campus cop, real cop, whatever, we're

gonna come after you.

And we're gonna come after Danny. I told you he was solid, okay?

Look, I don't make trouble. I make bets.

As long as we understand each other.

Here's the phone number.

My name's Leo Nines.

Great, Leo.

I got seven pigs.

Brand each.

Man, ain't you just picture perfect?

I tell you, D, your mother, she's so very proud.

And that woman be everywhere, man, volunteering for the church, working

the shelter.

Still manage to make all your home games, too, huh? She is some kind of

Don't be flying no circles around my mom.

I seen you grow up, Daryl. Yeah, that was a long time ago.

No. It's all still right here, man, right now.

You, me, the boys, D, looking out for what's right.

Like making sure your mama got a ride to church.

She takes the bus.

Nah. See, not a Pacific Beast Gonzaga by less than 10 points tomorrow.

See, then your mama be driving a nice new ride, D. I'm talking laid package

deal. For the church, of course. Get the hell away from me.

Don't be showing me no disrespect, Holmes.

Unless you or your mama want to make it to the game tomorrow.

I'm sorry, man. No disrespect.

We won't speak of this again, D.

But if it just happened that you don't beat the spread against Gonzaga, your

mama gonna be driving in a nice new ride, man, all because of her son, Dale

Nesby. You sleep on that.

Hey, you know that stuff?

You know, uh, degenerate, deadbeat cop.

You know those things, don't you?

I don't know, Danny.

I'm all three.

and LB with the ball.

Seconds left. They're just running out the clock.

Outside to Monroe with a free pointer. It's up. It's good. It's over.

Seven picks.

Seven wins. You are freaking magic, dude.

It's not me, man. It is the coin. The coin is magic.

No, you didn't. You didn't use it. You didn't blow the big one.

I told you it only works once.

Not seven for seven.

Cash delivery.

Money, money, money, money.

Oh, I'm excited.

Are you excited?

Baby, he's for the moment.

Leo, that's no way to treat a winner.

That was a nice move.

The big winner.

Explain to me how a guy goes seven for seven on his first seven pick.

Well, they were my first seven pick. They were with me, so it gets me

Maybe you're using me to lay off. Maybe you're fronting for some really smart

guys. Excuse me a second.

Come on, come on. Bring it, bring it.

Dragon style.

Wouldn't be trying to stick it to me, would you?

Because if I thought that... What?

You're going to come after me?

Ooh, take this.

Scary. Easy, bro. You're going to draw a crowd. No, no, no, no, no, no. You guys

are supposed to come after me if I welch, not if I win.

Don't take that crop. Cut him off. He is one thick puppet.

Sooner or later, the thick ones always lose the big.

Then I pick them clean.

A hunch?

Overachievers, underachievers, injuries, intangibles. This is a science, Danny,

not a hunch.

You have to have the brains of a math teacher and the guts of a smokejumper.

This kid is lost without me.

What color uniforms does UCLA wear?

Blue and gold.

Give me 50 on the Bruins of Arizona State.

What, are you out of your mind?

I have to team some suspension.

I don't care. I like blue and gold.

Hey, if you really believe in all that science crap, how come you hang on to

that silver dollar like it's the holy grail of good luck?

You think this coin is BS?

Well, let's make a bet then, Bobby. Come on.

Anything. One year's pay, five years' pay, just on one flip of my

silver dollar.

Because I will win, and you will lose.

We're getting complaints from the neighbors.

Bobby, Jamie, out.

I got people who put you screaming drunk outside a bar yesterday afternoon.

I was dealing with a situation.

Yeah, well, so am I. Like the fact that you got thrown out of college for

running a sports book and you didn't tell us?

There was a bunch of kids in a dorm. There was no charges filed.

How did you know about that?

Get real, rookie. You ever hear of internal affairs?

What the hell are you doing with my I .A. files?

You trying to find new ways to screw me up? No, same old ways.

Oh, I get it. You're pulling me out.

No, I'm not.

Because despite everything, you're making progress.

But you have to close it out fast.

Close it out? I am seven for seven.

You have any idea what that means?

Yes, it means you've disregarded the order to lose and make them come after

But we can do so much more by winning.

By playing out this streak.

I can take these guys for 50, 100 grand.

We can put this department on $4 ,000 Trek bikes.

Oh, please, don't even go there. Do you know what some defense attorney would do

with that?

Forget it, Rush. You have to stop it now.

So I'm supposed to go out of my way to make a stupid bet.

Now you're getting it.

You are doing what?

I'm betting it all the Pacific doesn't beat the spread against Gonzaga.

Are you nuts? Our girls' team could beat the spread against Gonzaga.

So don't bet it. The spread is 10 points, for God's sake.

Darryl passed his midterms. He's got no pressure on him. He's going to score 40

points. So I'm telling you, don't bet it.

You know something.

You got a lock on the game?

No, man, you got it wrong.

It's either that or you're suicidal.

Don't rule that out.

It's a coin, isn't it? You're going to use the coin.

You think I'd blow that on 14 grand?

20 when I put in. I gotta make a phone call.

Danny, don't do it.

Great.

Darryl has been blind to the hoop.

Draws a foul. Heads the line now for two meaningless free throws with only two

seconds left in the club.

Okay, it's perfect by nine.

Darryl hits one of these. We push, he hits, and both were screwed.

It really wasn't close, as the score indicates.

Who misses that one?

No.

Nobody got to Darryl. No one.

Oh, that's it. This one's in the books. I can't believe it. We owe him $20 ,000.

Ross, man, you gotta tell me. You did use the coin.

I didn't need to.

I just can't lose.

Good game last night, man.

Looked like you was a little bit off, though. Give me some, bro. What happened

was a mistake.

And a very profitable one for me.

It's only right that I return the favor.

Then take the van back and stay away from my family. But we're going to have

problem, me and you.

Hey, man.

I'm not a problem that you want to have, son.

I'll take that chance.

Hey, what's up, Dan?

Oh, sure.

Nah, you can't miss.

You got a bad sense of humor, bro.

That game was over.

Those two points didn't matter.

Except maybe to me, Danny, and who else?

No one that I can think of.

How about the guys that gave your mother a van this minute?

Hey, guys, I got some change in my pocket. Why don't you run and get us a

Gatorades?

Yo, man, who the hell are you?

A cop?

NCAA? Just a guy who makes a lot of money watching guys like Big Dog Mawala.

He's like the Warren Buffett of West Side Gambling. He don't go heavy unless

knows something.

There's nothing to know about that game, my man. So why'd he give your mother

the van? Why don't you ask me why I gave it back?

Why did you? Just gotta make you nuts to see your mom walking to church while

these dopers are driving 50 grand with the Lincoln off your jump shot?

Yeah, I gotta admit, it does make a man stay up at night.

But not enough for me to take anything from Big Dog.

Told you nobody got to him.

Yeah, maybe he just got nervous.

But if you ask me, it's about right to be turned.

It does beg a question, doesn't it?

If you knew you had a chance to score big, if you had a dead bold lock on a

game, would you go for it?

Would you?

Holy cannoli. How much is that?

It's, uh, 28 ,000.

You should be sneaking up on people.

Look, I'm not the one who's sneaking around. You are.

And I know why.

I am on the hot streak of my life. I mean, I'm winning when I'm trying to

Meantime, Cory stopped by here twice today.

So? So, that's twice I've had to cover your butt.

You know something's up, Russ. Look, if I let this get away, I will regret it

forever.

I have to plan this out.

Listen to you. You're tweaking.

You're getting really weird behind this stuff.

Oh, it's cool.

Look,

I'm going to make the collars. I got almost the whole thing wired.

I just need you to give me just a little more time.

Like I can stop Corey from pulling the plug.

I just can't look her in the face and tell her that I'm up $28 ,000.

Oh, is that how much it takes for you to sell out? I would have thought it was a

lot higher than that.

Oh, it is?

It's a lot, lot higher.

And for the first time in my life, I think I might get there. I swear.

Just when I think I've seen you at your lowest, you go and reveal a whole new

level of sickness.

Thank you.

Tell me something, Granger. Has anyone ever suggested that you have a gambling

problem?

My whole life, they've been telling me I got a problem with one thing or

another. Sex, booze, motorcycles.

Gambling?

I don't remember if that was ever on the list.

Well, it should be.

Maybe.

Would it kill you guys to call first?

Kill is not a word you want to be singing around us, Danny.

Danny!

Say hello to Sam.

Hello, Sam.

Sam dropped a lot of money, then threatened to call the cops.

Made me nervous.

Just like you're starting to make me nervous.

What are you talking about, Leo? I thought it was important for you to see

get therapy.

For my nerves.

This

is

Danny.

Talk to me.

You've never been more than a cheeseball player. Now you bring in this

mysterious rust, and suddenly you're beating my brains?

Just a little lucky streak, man.

Don't talk to me about luck.

The two of you make the bonehead play of the decade, and suddenly your buddy

Daryl Nesby tosses up two bricks, and I get stuck.

It just happened, Leo.

Rust is on a streak. I'm just fine with that.

And what I want to know, and what you're going to tell me, is...

Who the hell is that?

I don't know, man.

You don't know?

You brought him in, and you don't know?

What the heck is going on here?

This is 1 -PB -6. Unknown suspects in flight. Boardwalk and reef.

Stand by.

Let him go.

You're my subject under surveillance? Just hold on a second.

What's the deal, Sergeant?

Huh? You don't trust me to manage my own people?

Do you understand that I'm trying to set something up here? You could have blown

my cover. Hey, we didn't follow anybody.

Oh, and you just happened to be responding to a disturbance. That's what

You're paranoid, and you're out of line. If you're so on top of things, how come

your subjects are out there tearing at the boardwalk? Because that's what they

do.

And you're done.

That's it. I want that report on my desk tomorrow morning.

You have been looking to hang me since day one.

Back off, Russ.

I have set up witnesses.

I have recorded transactions.

I even made a link to one of the most powerful gangs on the west side, and you

want to throw it all away because I'm winning?

That is not only stupid.

That is stupid.

Who are you calling stupid?

What? Come on, punk.

You know what you want, isn't it, tough guy? Come on. Come on, lay on.

It's a little training exercise I sort of glossed over at the academy.

It's called respect.

Guys, don't.

Let him go.

I missed the party?

No, excuse me, I'm sorry. I was just... Did you see that, Lieutenant?

That was awesome. Great move, Corey. Thanks.

Sarge was just giving me a little training exercise, you know.

Do something about your face.

Training exercises.

Is that how you saw it, Strickland?

Yes, sir. That's what I saw.

Then do I need to stress the importance of restricting these little training

exercises?

To an approved training facility?

No, no, T .C., I apologize.

For what?

Guy comes to me like that, I'm doing the same damn thing.

Well, I'm glad to see you guys are getting along, but for the record, I

blame her if she did kick the hell out of you. I'm not sure I would either.

more to the point, Granger, there's a perception that your investigation's

out of control.

Well, I was just telling Sergeant... That everything is just about ready to

bring things to a close.

If you don't mind, I'm going to split before I blow my cover. Yeah, yeah, go

Thanks.

You sure about this, Corey?

It's your call.

The one thing I am sure about is we don't support each other.

We got nothing.

Must have pulled through.

You'll see.

I wasn't talking about Rob.

Zero holding up. You gonna do it?

Yeah, I think his conscience is clear.

I had to convince him that I was gonna get hurt if he didn't help me out.

I'm very noble of him.

He took the ten grand?

Said he might as well, since the points are getting the shave anyway.

Big Dog couldn't wait to get his money down.

Hundred thousand dollars.

He goes anywhere with this kind of bet.

Red flags go up everywhere.

So he gives it to you, you lay it off on Leo Nines.

It's perfect.

You done the math here?

Eh, not real good with numbers.

We're entitled to 20 % of Big Dog's take for the fix.

We add it to our 40 grand, we bet it all. That's 120 when we win. We give 10

Daryl, we give 10 to Leo for spreading out the bets.

We walk out with $100 ,000.

Of which 58 .9 % is mine and 41 .1 % is yours.

I thought you weren't good with numbers.

But I am good with money and you came in and this deal stuck for two grand.

How do you think I forget?

We could go on buried in student loans. I'm about to get my legs broken.

I don't have a rich daddy to pay my bills.

Save my butt, man.

All right, then here's our play.

First, very important, you pay off those loans.

Then we take 10 grand of Big Dog's money up front, not 20 later.

That way Leo Nines doesn't get a dime of our cash.

Then what do we do with it?

Have I let you down yet?

You have a lock on Daryl Nesby.

You were right, Leo.

I scoped you out.

Not for smarter guys, for us.

Because I knew we were making this play all along.

A lock on Daryl Nesby.

Pacific does not cover the spread against Loyola this afternoon,

I need somebody to spread the action for me without attracting a lot of

attention.

Commission's 5%. $140 ,000 is a lot of cash to lay off in a couple hours.

10%. 14 grand for keeping the books.

Then jump on a plane, walk into a half a dozen casinos, drop 140K. On a college

game, nobody gives a damn about about an hour before tip -off.

Kick back and feel the feds crawl up your butt.

7%. Deal.

I'm tempted to take this and just pay somebody to pop Daryl Nesby, but I guess

it's more fun to watch him do it himself.

Didn't I tell you I always win?

You haven't won yet, Leo.

Sure I have.

Look at this.

I'm even going to let my percentage ride.

I know my friend Danny would never let me lose.

All set up to make a killing.

A hundred grand.

And all I gotta do is bet to fix him, and during this, we throw away his life.

He wouldn't be in a position if you hadn't put him there, Russ.

That's a downside, huh?

Kidding.

So I badge him, he goes out, beats the spread, and I lose everything.

Except your dignity, pride, and self -worth.

Yeah, but those things are all for sale. We're just working out the price.

What do I do?

you do whatever it is you can live with for the rest of your life i guess this

is the right time are you sure

Never would have figured that.

Give me your hand.

Hey, thanks.

No problem.

I was passing by.

Just wondering if you're as easy to lock as Danny says you are.

You better stop, my friend. Ten grand is what I hear.

Plus, you're going to think you're doing Danny a favor.

Stay away from me.

Danny, set me up.

No, you set yourself up when you took the 10 Gs. But if it's any comfort to

you just thought he was selling you out for money. You didn't know I was a cop.

Yeah, but I know who you are.

Which means that's the end of my career.

Nope.

You did something you never would have done if I didn't set you up.

That's called entrapment, which means you're in the clear.

But there is one thing you've got to do for me.

Closing seconds at Pacific Pavilion.

Pacific's leading Loyola by nine, 83 -74.

Taylor to Walters to Darryl Nesby from the corner. It's good fun.

85 -74. Darryl, what are you doing?

Pacific leading by 11. We're dead. Dead!

Relax. He's just putting on a good show.

Walters with a steal to Darryl Nesby. Ten seconds left. Looks like Nesby's

running down the clock.

Eight seconds. He's going to run out the clock.

Oh, my God. We're going to win. We're going to win. We're going to win. This

game will push Pacific's record to 12 -2, and they remain undefeated in their

conference. Wait. He's taking a shot. It's in the air. It's a three -pointer.

Nesby with a game -ending three -pointer. Pacific brings it home, 88

What am I doing there?

Cancels to the left of me, focus to the right.

Here I am.

How could this have happened?

How could Daryl have done this to me?

I told him to.

But we will protect you if you cooperate.

I win.

Come on.

Paramedic? Still on her way.

He's on his way.

I got full of surprises, man.

It's part of my charm.

We had a hell of a run, didn't we?

It was once in a lifetime.

We could have been fantastic.

I taught you that.

You ain't gonna let me forget this, are you?

No, I'm not, Ricky.

These new bikes are the kind, man.

Yeah. Had to pull it off, Corey.

Actually, they came from an anonymous donor.

Who really knows bikes, eh? See?

You do good things long enough, somebody's bound to notice.

Come on, let's check them out.

Hey, uh, say there, Slick.

You didn't happen to have anything to do with this now, did you? On a cop's

salary? Come on. I know you've been winning all that money and all, so...

me a break, Cruz.

You know how to bet the fix to set up the bus?

As soon as I badged Daryl, that money was lost.

That was the play all along.

Dumb play, Granger. How do you mean? If you're such a hot shot gambler, why

didn't you badge Daryl, then bet Pacific to beat the spread?

Gee, I never even thought of that.

Maybe you're not as smart as you think.

Of course, uh... If I was really smart, I'd have funneled the money to a friend

in Nevada, had him spread the bets on Pacific, then...

transferred the winnings to an offshore account, except enough for an anonymous

donor to outfit us with these hot new bikes, but I'm not that smart.

By the way, I got something for you.

Don't worry about it.

I won't be needing it anymore.

Talk it down.

Why everyone back on my town.

The fantasy,

it works for me.

Take a look around.

Just another day in LA.

Because I need anybody to see it free

someday.

What is it now?

It's just another day.