1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:09,344 --> 00:00:10,984 - [indistinct banging] - [woman screaming] 2 00:00:13,181 --> 00:00:15,850 [man] Come here, bitch! Get back in here! 3 00:00:15,934 --> 00:00:17,435 [arguing continues] 4 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:19,812 [woman] He was my son too. 5 00:00:19,896 --> 00:00:22,357 [man] Bullshit! Your son is breathing! 6 00:00:22,440 --> 00:00:24,526 He's not rottin' in a box in the front room. 7 00:00:24,609 --> 00:00:27,529 Damn it, I wish them gooks had killed you both instead! 8 00:00:27,612 --> 00:00:29,132 [woman] Leave me alone and go to hell! 9 00:00:29,197 --> 00:00:31,366 [man] Your son is still alive out there, 10 00:00:31,449 --> 00:00:34,089 - just sniveling like some bleeding mutt! - [woman] Don't touch me! 11 00:00:34,118 --> 00:00:36,180 [man] He's going nowhere. He never will. He's a nobody. 12 00:00:36,204 --> 00:00:37,789 He's not my son. He's yours. 13 00:00:37,872 --> 00:00:39,499 - Bitch! Come here! - [glass shattering] 14 00:00:41,709 --> 00:00:44,629 [man] Come back here, you bitch! I'll get your ass! 15 00:00:45,213 --> 00:00:46,839 You're next! I said, come back here! 16 00:00:46,923 --> 00:00:48,925 [woman] Leave me alone, don't touch me! 17 00:00:49,050 --> 00:00:51,386 [shouting continues] 18 00:00:53,680 --> 00:00:55,473 [woman] Get away from me! 19 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:57,267 [shouting fades] 20 00:01:04,315 --> 00:01:07,360 [commentator] Lakers win! Lakers win! Lakers win! 21 00:01:07,443 --> 00:01:10,738 And Jerry West, long denied, is finally a champion. 22 00:01:10,822 --> 00:01:14,325 My goodness, after all those years and all those losses, 23 00:01:14,409 --> 00:01:16,452 here he is, in the Promised Land. 24 00:01:16,536 --> 00:01:19,872 And, Lakers fans, he must be on top of the world. 25 00:01:19,956 --> 00:01:23,209 [audience] Lakers! Lakers! Lakers... 26 00:01:35,388 --> 00:01:37,508 - [woman] I'll have another. - [bartender] Sure thing. 27 00:01:39,392 --> 00:01:40,685 [woman sighs] 28 00:01:45,273 --> 00:01:47,150 Still doesn't feel real, does it? 29 00:01:53,364 --> 00:01:54,532 I was just thinking that. 30 00:01:56,492 --> 00:01:58,036 I'm really going to miss him. 31 00:02:00,371 --> 00:02:01,581 Huh? 32 00:02:03,458 --> 00:02:04,459 Bob? 33 00:02:10,923 --> 00:02:12,175 Oh. 34 00:02:12,967 --> 00:02:16,429 [West] Fuck, Jerry. I'm sorry. I'm here alone. 35 00:02:17,472 --> 00:02:18,681 I didn't know him. 36 00:02:20,433 --> 00:02:21,976 Oh, I just... 37 00:02:24,145 --> 00:02:25,647 You looked like one of us. 38 00:02:31,402 --> 00:02:33,363 I'm sorry for your loss. 39 00:02:34,781 --> 00:02:36,032 [woman] I'm sorry for yours. 40 00:02:38,117 --> 00:02:39,369 Whatever it is. 41 00:02:41,579 --> 00:02:42,622 I actually... 42 00:02:43,414 --> 00:02:45,583 didn't lose, for once. I won. 43 00:02:47,752 --> 00:02:49,337 [woman] To happy endings then. 44 00:02:50,630 --> 00:02:51,964 Yeah, happy endings. 45 00:02:53,675 --> 00:02:54,759 [woman] So, what's next? 46 00:02:58,096 --> 00:02:59,555 [woman moaning] 47 00:03:08,856 --> 00:03:10,608 [both moaning] 48 00:03:14,237 --> 00:03:16,656 [pop song playing] 49 00:03:24,414 --> 00:03:25,498 [mumbles] 50 00:03:26,165 --> 00:03:29,794 - Sure you won't stick around? - I better get home. 51 00:03:31,796 --> 00:03:34,006 [chuckles] Were you at a party or something? 52 00:03:36,259 --> 00:03:37,385 Hmm? 53 00:03:39,846 --> 00:03:41,514 I've been looking for this my whole life. 54 00:03:42,765 --> 00:03:43,766 [woman] Happy to help. 55 00:03:45,309 --> 00:03:46,519 See you around sometime. 56 00:03:47,729 --> 00:03:49,063 [door opens] 57 00:03:50,857 --> 00:03:55,153 [woman] I remember when I was a little girl, our house caught on fire. 58 00:03:56,154 --> 00:03:58,448 I'll never forget the look on my father's face 59 00:03:58,531 --> 00:04:00,825 as he gathered me up in his arms 60 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:03,661 and raced through the burning building onto the pavement. 61 00:04:05,204 --> 00:04:08,332 And I stood there shivering in my pajamas 62 00:04:08,416 --> 00:04:11,294 and watched the whole world go up in flames. 63 00:04:11,377 --> 00:04:14,630 And when it was all over, I said to myself, 64 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,342 "Is that all there is to a fire? 65 00:04:21,262 --> 00:04:24,348 Is that all there is?" 66 00:04:28,519 --> 00:04:31,355 ["My Favorite Mutiny" playing] 67 00:05:59,485 --> 00:06:01,237 [man] There you go again, Bill! 68 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,948 Pissing on a flat rock and telling me it's raining! 69 00:06:04,031 --> 00:06:05,467 [Sharman] I just drafted you two power forwards. 70 00:06:05,491 --> 00:06:07,410 I just coached those scrubs in summer league. 71 00:06:07,493 --> 00:06:09,245 Shit, fuck, I'd do better with 72 00:06:09,328 --> 00:06:11,048 two pin-dick toddlers from your summer camp. 73 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:12,874 - You know what I'd do. - Fuck off, Chick. 74 00:06:12,957 --> 00:06:15,501 - We're not trading Kareem! - [Buss] All right then! 75 00:06:16,127 --> 00:06:17,503 We're not trading the MVP! 76 00:06:17,587 --> 00:06:19,463 Sounds like smart basketball, Bill. 77 00:06:19,547 --> 00:06:21,883 This is Maria, by the way. Have a seat, honey. 78 00:06:23,092 --> 00:06:25,511 Chick, do you mind mixing me up a rum and Coke? 79 00:06:25,595 --> 00:06:27,847 - What are you having, hon? - Sex on the Beach? 80 00:06:27,930 --> 00:06:29,348 [man] That's what I like to hear. 81 00:06:29,432 --> 00:06:31,642 You know, we're, uh, really just getting started. 82 00:06:32,852 --> 00:06:34,687 Nothing too exciting yet. You know, 83 00:06:34,770 --> 00:06:37,815 might be best to let us hack the tall grass 84 00:06:37,899 --> 00:06:40,443 and come by and give you the big picture later. 85 00:06:41,861 --> 00:06:46,032 Yeah. Leave the gardening to us, Bill. That's what we used to do for Cooke. 86 00:06:46,490 --> 00:06:47,992 Right. Well... 87 00:06:50,161 --> 00:06:51,621 I like to be a little more hands-on. 88 00:06:52,038 --> 00:06:54,373 I've got the owners meeting coming up, 89 00:06:54,457 --> 00:06:56,167 so if you tell me what we're looking for, 90 00:06:56,250 --> 00:06:59,211 I can keep my ear to the ground, and see if I can help us out. 91 00:06:59,295 --> 00:07:01,130 No, no, no, no. You don't do that. 92 00:07:01,213 --> 00:07:03,133 [Sharman] No, what Jerry is trying to say is that 93 00:07:03,174 --> 00:07:06,052 these owner characters, they're just a little slippery. 94 00:07:06,886 --> 00:07:08,262 Come on, boys. 95 00:07:08,721 --> 00:07:11,015 I'm talking about a championship. A ring. 96 00:07:11,098 --> 00:07:14,101 The record books. That is what we're all doing here, right? 97 00:07:14,185 --> 00:07:15,353 Since when? 98 00:07:16,979 --> 00:07:18,981 Since God invented basketball. 99 00:07:19,065 --> 00:07:20,483 Since God invented basketball. 100 00:07:21,025 --> 00:07:23,027 - Jerry, Jerry... Stop. - No, Bill, no. 101 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:25,571 Bill, he wants to pretend we're playing basketball. 102 00:07:27,448 --> 00:07:31,452 Why don't you ask him why this is the third year straight 103 00:07:31,535 --> 00:07:34,872 I've been begging for a solid four, but he won't buy me Spencer Haywood. 104 00:07:34,956 --> 00:07:36,040 He's too expensive. 105 00:07:36,123 --> 00:07:38,292 Not to mention he attracts a certain element, 106 00:07:38,376 --> 00:07:40,711 you know, that whole "back to Africa" malarkey. 107 00:07:40,795 --> 00:07:42,463 [West] That sound like basketball to you? 108 00:07:42,546 --> 00:07:45,007 - [Sharman] It's business, Jerry. - Bingo. Ding-ding. 109 00:07:45,716 --> 00:07:47,802 That's what you won't read in your sports pages. 110 00:07:47,885 --> 00:07:50,513 Every year, I tell these jokers what I need to win it all. 111 00:07:50,596 --> 00:07:53,391 We game it out, we get all fired up and hard. 112 00:07:53,474 --> 00:07:55,142 Then the man in your shoes walks in... 113 00:07:56,227 --> 00:07:57,770 and we're right back where we started. 114 00:07:58,562 --> 00:08:01,023 Sellin' popcorn, sitting on our fuckin' thumbs. 115 00:08:01,565 --> 00:08:04,443 And Jerry West is out there with the same three stars, 116 00:08:04,527 --> 00:08:07,697 nine scrubs, trying to squeeze a diamond out of fuckin' pig shit. 117 00:08:07,780 --> 00:08:10,074 You know what, fellas? Fucking do myself a favor... 118 00:08:10,157 --> 00:08:11,450 and fucking spare myself 119 00:08:11,534 --> 00:08:13,345 - the emotional... - Indulge me, Jerry. Indulge me. 120 00:08:13,369 --> 00:08:16,038 - Jerry, tell me what you need. - Jesus Christ. 121 00:08:18,374 --> 00:08:19,750 More than you're willing to spend. 122 00:08:24,964 --> 00:08:26,465 And you know that how? 123 00:08:26,549 --> 00:08:28,718 - Oh, shit. - You're a businessman. 124 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:32,513 Y'all want pee from a tree, but when you see the price, 125 00:08:32,596 --> 00:08:34,181 your sphincter puckers. 126 00:08:35,224 --> 00:08:37,101 [Buss chuckling] 127 00:08:40,062 --> 00:08:41,062 All right. 128 00:08:42,356 --> 00:08:44,025 Bill, is this last year's budget? 129 00:08:44,108 --> 00:08:46,027 Yeah, we're still working on the new one. 130 00:08:46,110 --> 00:08:47,319 All right, well, don't bother. 131 00:08:48,112 --> 00:08:51,907 Jerry, I told you when we drafted Johnson, 132 00:08:51,991 --> 00:08:53,743 all the other basketball was up to you, 133 00:08:53,826 --> 00:08:56,787 and I will give you whatever you need. 134 00:08:59,081 --> 00:09:01,834 Now, take the week and come back to me about what that is. 135 00:09:02,710 --> 00:09:04,336 In the meantime, Maria... 136 00:09:05,546 --> 00:09:07,423 you leave the price tag, 137 00:09:07,506 --> 00:09:10,426 and my beautiful sphincter up to me. 138 00:09:12,386 --> 00:09:13,429 Come on, Frank! 139 00:09:14,013 --> 00:09:15,056 [Sharman] Shit, Jerry, 140 00:09:15,598 --> 00:09:18,059 I think you just got everything you always wanted. 141 00:09:23,481 --> 00:09:25,417 [Buss] Now we can do as much as we want with a stadium. 142 00:09:25,441 --> 00:09:27,401 [man] Well, that's a good point, Dr. Buss. 143 00:09:27,485 --> 00:09:30,321 To my mind, the NBA should be competing with the top-tier leagues. 144 00:09:30,404 --> 00:09:34,200 I mean, we have the most exciting sport on the planet, the best athletes. 145 00:09:34,283 --> 00:09:36,869 There's no reason we can't be just as popular as golf or tennis. 146 00:09:37,411 --> 00:09:39,531 [man] Hey, who knows? Maybe we'll catch up to bowling. 147 00:09:39,580 --> 00:09:41,874 You're joking, but they're killing us in the Nielsens. 148 00:09:41,957 --> 00:09:43,501 We're on thin ice with CBS, 149 00:09:43,584 --> 00:09:45,062 and no one else is beating down the door. 150 00:09:45,086 --> 00:09:47,004 If we're going to survive, we need big thinkers. 151 00:09:47,088 --> 00:09:48,297 Well, Dave, here we are. 152 00:09:49,507 --> 00:09:50,966 - Let's go say hi. - After you. 153 00:09:51,050 --> 00:09:52,093 Fred! 154 00:09:52,176 --> 00:09:53,969 Dr. Jerry Buss, pleasure to finally meet you. 155 00:09:54,053 --> 00:09:56,180 - How's the old lady? Good. Vince! - Great. 156 00:09:56,263 --> 00:09:58,557 How do you do? Dr. Jerry Buss. Coming out with us tonight? 157 00:09:58,641 --> 00:10:00,351 I don't know. I'll have to see, Jerry. 158 00:10:00,434 --> 00:10:02,478 You ever had a blow job with champagne in her mouth? 159 00:10:02,561 --> 00:10:04,230 You're going to love it. Mr. McComb! 160 00:10:04,313 --> 00:10:05,898 Welcome to Los Angeles, partner. 161 00:10:05,981 --> 00:10:07,375 Texas is bigger, but we're more fun. 162 00:10:07,399 --> 00:10:09,568 - Welcome to the club. - Thank you. It's a great honor. 163 00:10:09,652 --> 00:10:11,213 Hey, I want you to know I voted for you. 164 00:10:11,237 --> 00:10:12,839 Thank you, Bill. I appreciate that. I really do. 165 00:10:12,863 --> 00:10:14,615 - He didn't. - He didn't vote for me? 166 00:10:14,698 --> 00:10:15,783 He didn't vote for you. 167 00:10:16,283 --> 00:10:18,202 A lot of people were against you buying in. 168 00:10:18,327 --> 00:10:19,327 Mmm-hmm. 169 00:10:19,370 --> 00:10:20,931 See, we've seen some real estate types before 170 00:10:20,955 --> 00:10:22,581 that buy low, sell high. 171 00:10:22,665 --> 00:10:25,126 No long-term investment in the future of the league. 172 00:10:25,668 --> 00:10:27,878 Well, the Lakers are your future, Dave. 173 00:10:27,962 --> 00:10:28,920 Oh? 174 00:10:28,921 --> 00:10:30,315 But I'd still like to meet the past. 175 00:10:30,339 --> 00:10:32,800 - Where's this Auerbach? - You mean the Pope? 176 00:10:33,467 --> 00:10:35,136 Follow the white smoke. 177 00:10:38,973 --> 00:10:40,349 [Buss] Red Auerbach. 178 00:10:40,432 --> 00:10:44,436 Winner of 13 rings, 7 of them against our club. No losses. 179 00:10:45,396 --> 00:10:47,565 If you're a Laker, he's the devil incarnate. 180 00:10:47,648 --> 00:10:49,584 If you're from Boston, chances are you're Catholic, 181 00:10:49,608 --> 00:10:51,152 but you'd sell your soul for him. 182 00:10:51,235 --> 00:10:54,864 The networks are turned off by all this street ball. 183 00:10:54,947 --> 00:10:56,574 The thugs, the fighting. 184 00:10:57,032 --> 00:10:58,325 It scares away decent families. 185 00:10:59,451 --> 00:11:00,451 Don't you worry. 186 00:11:00,494 --> 00:11:03,164 Decent families have creamed their shorts for Larry Bird. 187 00:11:03,247 --> 00:11:04,527 The hick with the funny haircut? 188 00:11:04,957 --> 00:11:07,793 That hick is gonna win me ten more rings. 189 00:11:07,877 --> 00:11:09,957 - Yeah. He got a brother? - Hell, I'll take a sister. 190 00:11:10,754 --> 00:11:12,354 [Buss] I'll take the guy who'll beat him. 191 00:11:14,175 --> 00:11:16,427 - Dr. Buss. - Commissioner. Red. 192 00:11:16,802 --> 00:11:19,972 - Jerry Buss, big fan. - That won't last long. 193 00:11:20,055 --> 00:11:22,349 Well, I doubt that. I love a winner. 194 00:11:22,975 --> 00:11:26,353 Well, then you bought the wrong team. No one loses quite like the Lakers. 195 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:27,897 [men laughing] 196 00:11:28,022 --> 00:11:29,022 [Buss] Well, 197 00:11:29,899 --> 00:11:31,609 I'm fixing to change that actually. 198 00:11:31,692 --> 00:11:33,545 Was hoping to pick your brain a little bit about it. 199 00:11:33,569 --> 00:11:35,714 You know, me and the boys are gonna go out on the town tonight. 200 00:11:35,738 --> 00:11:38,157 I got the keys to Hefner's place, if you wanna come along. 201 00:11:40,284 --> 00:11:41,452 I bet you do. 202 00:11:43,871 --> 00:11:45,372 You fellas go get your kicks. 203 00:11:46,540 --> 00:11:48,000 I got a basketball team to run. 204 00:11:49,460 --> 00:11:50,461 Commissioner. 205 00:11:52,213 --> 00:11:53,214 Sure thing. 206 00:11:57,343 --> 00:12:00,638 A'ight, y'all. Take care of me now. No scratching up my mama's walls. 207 00:12:00,721 --> 00:12:03,057 - Don't worry, man, we got you. - A'ight. 208 00:12:03,140 --> 00:12:05,768 Yo, what I heard true? They give you 500,000? 209 00:12:06,435 --> 00:12:08,312 - Fuck's wrong with you? - What? 210 00:12:08,395 --> 00:12:10,773 Just wanna know what it feels like. All that money. 211 00:12:11,315 --> 00:12:12,900 It feels good, man. 212 00:12:12,983 --> 00:12:15,027 Feel real good. 213 00:12:15,152 --> 00:12:16,528 [laughs] 214 00:12:16,612 --> 00:12:18,822 For me, though, it ain't about the money. 215 00:12:18,906 --> 00:12:20,824 It's about the love. What's up, Mikey? 216 00:12:20,908 --> 00:12:23,202 Tell your brother I owe him that rematch too. 217 00:12:23,827 --> 00:12:25,955 Big bro. What's up, baby? 218 00:12:28,165 --> 00:12:29,458 When you going to training camp? 219 00:12:29,541 --> 00:12:30,810 - [Earvin] Hey, Junior. - What's up, Pop? 220 00:12:30,834 --> 00:12:33,087 - Settle something for your old man. - Yes, sir. 221 00:12:33,170 --> 00:12:35,130 What's the most points you scored in high school? 222 00:12:35,214 --> 00:12:36,507 - Forty-eight. - See? 223 00:12:36,590 --> 00:12:39,343 See what? I got 12 in a quarter. 224 00:12:39,426 --> 00:12:41,011 You was king of the air ball! 225 00:12:41,095 --> 00:12:44,181 I used to dunk on him so much, his head used to smell like my nuts. 226 00:12:44,265 --> 00:12:45,641 That's why he lost all that hair. 227 00:12:45,766 --> 00:12:48,060 [men laughing] 228 00:12:48,143 --> 00:12:50,604 - Folks in Lansing love their boy. - Hey, EJ. 229 00:12:51,480 --> 00:12:52,481 Cindy. 230 00:12:54,775 --> 00:12:57,569 What I tell you? They all just rootin' me on. 231 00:12:57,945 --> 00:12:59,280 All one big, happy... 232 00:13:04,034 --> 00:13:05,035 family. 233 00:13:05,869 --> 00:13:07,871 We right here. Look. 234 00:13:07,955 --> 00:13:10,374 Hold on, hold on, hold on. Don't look actually. 235 00:13:10,457 --> 00:13:11,792 All right, one more step. 236 00:13:12,543 --> 00:13:15,546 Okay. Turn a little bit. All right. 237 00:13:16,588 --> 00:13:17,673 Open your eyes. 238 00:13:19,174 --> 00:13:20,175 What you think? 239 00:13:24,221 --> 00:13:25,973 I think I know how my wall got scuffed. 240 00:13:26,056 --> 00:13:27,766 Don't worry about none of that, Ma. 241 00:13:27,850 --> 00:13:30,352 Them construction cats, they gonna put it in real nice, 242 00:13:30,436 --> 00:13:31,854 and they gonna clean up your walls. 243 00:13:31,937 --> 00:13:35,065 And trample all my floors and tear my bathroom to pieces. No. 244 00:13:35,733 --> 00:13:38,277 - Where'd you get this thing from? - I bought it. 245 00:13:38,360 --> 00:13:40,946 Look, Ma, it got these fancy jets and everything, 246 00:13:41,030 --> 00:13:43,741 just like the one in that commercial that you was always liking. 247 00:13:43,824 --> 00:13:46,285 Camay leaves me looking clean and creamy. 248 00:13:46,368 --> 00:13:47,368 Everywhere. 249 00:13:47,369 --> 00:13:49,831 You bought this house too with that Laker money, 250 00:13:49,913 --> 00:13:51,415 or is this still mine to see to? 251 00:13:51,498 --> 00:13:52,708 'Course it is, Ma. 252 00:13:55,127 --> 00:13:56,503 You should have consulted me. 253 00:13:57,588 --> 00:14:00,507 Ma, how am I supposed to surprise you when I go sayin' what I'm gonna do 254 00:14:00,591 --> 00:14:02,760 - before I do it? - I see. So this is for me then? 255 00:14:02,843 --> 00:14:05,679 So I can forget about you skipping school this summer. 256 00:14:05,763 --> 00:14:09,391 Ma, it ain't got nothin' to do with my diploma. For real! 257 00:14:09,475 --> 00:14:10,809 Right hand to God. Soon as... 258 00:14:10,893 --> 00:14:12,573 As soon as the season over, I'm back at it. 259 00:14:12,603 --> 00:14:14,563 Well, that sounds good. 260 00:14:15,022 --> 00:14:18,650 So, I can just take your word for it and soak my cares away? 261 00:14:20,819 --> 00:14:22,237 You're supposed to be happy. 262 00:14:23,655 --> 00:14:27,451 You know what? You were baptized in a tub just this size. 263 00:14:28,494 --> 00:14:29,745 And the water hit, 264 00:14:30,496 --> 00:14:33,415 and you didn't cry. You didn't make a sound. 265 00:14:34,792 --> 00:14:39,046 And I thought to myself, "Well, this kid is in lockstep with the Lord." 266 00:14:39,129 --> 00:14:41,340 All I got to do is raise him right. 267 00:14:44,468 --> 00:14:46,178 And Lord knows I tried. 268 00:14:48,097 --> 00:14:50,137 Just 'cause I ain't takin' no geography this summer? 269 00:14:50,682 --> 00:14:53,852 Because you think you can buy me with a bathtub and a smile. 270 00:14:54,395 --> 00:14:55,979 It ain't that, Ma. 271 00:14:56,063 --> 00:14:58,065 I want you to stand on your feet. 272 00:14:58,732 --> 00:15:01,151 I want you to have something to fall back on. 273 00:15:01,819 --> 00:15:02,861 And your soul. 274 00:15:03,654 --> 00:15:05,548 Because when these fans are gone and, believe me, 275 00:15:05,572 --> 00:15:07,972 - they will, mark my words... - Ma, they ain't going nowhere! 276 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,828 Whole city full of love! Why that ain't enough for you? 277 00:15:12,329 --> 00:15:14,164 I was tryin' to make you happy. 278 00:15:17,626 --> 00:15:19,586 I was happy with my old tub. 279 00:15:29,847 --> 00:15:32,724 [woman] Good luck. He's been in there since yesterday. 280 00:15:32,808 --> 00:15:35,060 Hasn't said a word, just locked the door. 281 00:15:35,644 --> 00:15:37,479 He gets like this before the season. 282 00:15:37,563 --> 00:15:40,363 [woman] And after the season, and during the season and All-Star break, 283 00:15:40,399 --> 00:15:42,151 and sometimes just 'cause it's Tuesday. 284 00:15:42,234 --> 00:15:44,820 He lives and breathes basketball. That's why we love him. 285 00:15:44,903 --> 00:15:45,904 Fuck off, Bill. 286 00:15:46,738 --> 00:15:47,865 [West] Fuck off, Bill. 287 00:15:48,824 --> 00:15:50,492 The love in this house. 288 00:15:50,576 --> 00:15:51,785 I'm leaving lunch! 289 00:15:52,744 --> 00:15:53,745 You're welcome. 290 00:15:59,251 --> 00:16:02,296 Oh, shit. Are you kidding me? Jesus fuckin' Christ. 291 00:16:02,588 --> 00:16:03,797 [Sharman grunting] 292 00:16:04,965 --> 00:16:06,175 Fuck! Shit! 293 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,183 Leave me alone. I'm working. 294 00:16:14,266 --> 00:16:15,309 I see that. 295 00:16:20,022 --> 00:16:23,442 This place reeks like a gym sock farted. 296 00:16:25,986 --> 00:16:26,987 Get out then. 297 00:16:27,654 --> 00:16:29,198 Have you thought about showering? 298 00:16:29,865 --> 00:16:32,159 Good thoughts come in when you're showering. 299 00:16:32,242 --> 00:16:33,243 What's the point? 300 00:16:33,744 --> 00:16:35,746 Who wins, who plays, who loses. 301 00:16:36,830 --> 00:16:38,832 We all end up the same anyway. 302 00:16:39,500 --> 00:16:41,710 Fuckin' worm food. Dead. 303 00:16:41,793 --> 00:16:43,754 Well, that's one perspective. 304 00:16:44,338 --> 00:16:46,882 - The only one. - Jerry... 305 00:16:47,883 --> 00:16:49,885 I've listened to you bitch for ten years 306 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,223 about wanting the right ingredients, 307 00:16:54,306 --> 00:16:57,226 and this guy is giving you carte blanche for the perfect meal. 308 00:16:57,309 --> 00:16:59,853 I will give you whatever you need. 309 00:16:59,937 --> 00:17:02,940 Fuck. As long as there's a fuckin' onion in it. 310 00:17:03,023 --> 00:17:04,525 What, are you still on about Johnson? 311 00:17:06,610 --> 00:17:08,612 You know what I think? It ain't Johnson. It's you. 312 00:17:09,530 --> 00:17:11,341 You're afraid if you get everything you ask for, 313 00:17:11,365 --> 00:17:12,741 you won't have an excuse. 314 00:17:12,824 --> 00:17:15,577 Fuck you, Bill! Fuck you! I don't need no excuse! 315 00:17:15,661 --> 00:17:19,665 And I fuckin' sure as shit don't need no fuckin' 6'9" forward 316 00:17:19,748 --> 00:17:22,125 playing dress-up as a fuckin' point guard! 317 00:17:22,209 --> 00:17:25,295 No, if it was up to me, I'd take the ball out of his hands 318 00:17:25,379 --> 00:17:27,506 and stick him in the fuckin' post where he belongs. 319 00:17:28,257 --> 00:17:29,258 Then do it. 320 00:17:32,594 --> 00:17:34,263 - Buss' never gonna... - He said 321 00:17:34,346 --> 00:17:36,390 you had to play the kid, not how. 322 00:17:36,473 --> 00:17:38,159 What are you afraid of? He's gonna fire you? 323 00:17:38,183 --> 00:17:40,227 I mean, this job makes you fuckin' miserable. 324 00:17:40,310 --> 00:17:41,645 It's a win-win situation! 325 00:17:42,854 --> 00:17:44,648 - Fuck you, I love my job. - Then do it. 326 00:17:47,401 --> 00:17:48,402 Could work. 327 00:17:49,361 --> 00:17:51,238 It could be fucking... It could be good. 328 00:17:53,115 --> 00:17:54,533 I'll have to talk to Kareem first. 329 00:17:54,616 --> 00:17:56,827 This could... work. 330 00:17:57,244 --> 00:17:59,955 Fuck, god damn it, dude! This is the fuckin' business! 331 00:18:00,038 --> 00:18:02,249 Why the fuck you standing there, Bill? I got work to do. 332 00:18:02,708 --> 00:18:04,084 - It's hot in LA, right? - Hot. 333 00:18:04,167 --> 00:18:06,545 - Sun is all over you. - All over you. 334 00:18:06,628 --> 00:18:09,089 So what do you want when it's hot on the outside? 335 00:18:09,506 --> 00:18:11,717 - You want ice. But not just any old ice. - Ice. 336 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:13,594 No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 337 00:18:13,677 --> 00:18:15,596 You want some ice with some taste in it. 338 00:18:15,679 --> 00:18:16,680 Tell him what they want. 339 00:18:16,763 --> 00:18:19,224 - You want... Tasty Ice. - You want... Tasty Ice. 340 00:18:20,684 --> 00:18:25,355 [Christine] Ladies, you should see this gift that my Earvin gave me. A tub! 341 00:18:26,315 --> 00:18:27,774 Just like the white lady on TV. 342 00:18:27,899 --> 00:18:29,568 [women exclaiming] 343 00:18:30,652 --> 00:18:32,237 - This soap leave me soft and... - Yeah. 344 00:18:32,321 --> 00:18:35,490 Yeah? Like yeah, you in? 345 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:39,328 Hey, why don't y'all hit me with a business plan? 346 00:18:39,411 --> 00:18:40,787 Then we can see what's what. 347 00:18:40,871 --> 00:18:43,081 We just told you the business plan. 348 00:18:43,165 --> 00:18:45,542 People's gonna eat ice and give us money. 349 00:18:45,626 --> 00:18:48,503 No, we'll be right back with that business plan. 350 00:18:48,587 --> 00:18:50,881 - Right. - We'll be right back. We'll be back. 351 00:18:52,049 --> 00:18:53,258 Hello, Earvin. 352 00:18:53,925 --> 00:18:55,886 Hey, Cook. Glad you came. 353 00:18:59,806 --> 00:19:00,806 Hey, EJ. 354 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:04,561 'Sup, Brian? 355 00:19:04,645 --> 00:19:06,480 I saw your mother at Bible study. 356 00:19:06,897 --> 00:19:08,565 Said we should stop by. 357 00:19:08,649 --> 00:19:09,858 Wanted to see you off. 358 00:19:09,941 --> 00:19:10,984 Yeah? 359 00:19:11,943 --> 00:19:13,543 Don't you work at Happy Shoes on Sunday? 360 00:19:14,446 --> 00:19:16,615 When you're the manager, you make the schedule. 361 00:19:16,698 --> 00:19:18,659 - Yeah, you is the manager. Yeah. - Yeah. 362 00:19:18,742 --> 00:19:21,078 Congrats on the draft, by the way. That's a big deal. 363 00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:24,039 - Hey, congrats on manager. - Yeah. Yeah, thanks. 364 00:19:24,122 --> 00:19:26,792 Maybe you could stop by the store sometime before you leave. 365 00:19:26,875 --> 00:19:29,336 - The kids would love it. - I'm sure they would. 366 00:19:29,419 --> 00:19:30,921 They see you every day, so... 367 00:19:31,004 --> 00:19:34,091 Brian, is that you? Son, get in here. 368 00:19:34,174 --> 00:19:35,967 I need your big brain on this fish fry. 369 00:19:36,051 --> 00:19:38,303 - Come on! - Be right over, Sister Johnson. 370 00:19:38,387 --> 00:19:40,764 - Okay. - You got a great mama, man. 371 00:19:40,847 --> 00:19:42,474 Love her to death. Excuse me. 372 00:19:46,311 --> 00:19:47,729 So that's why you came through? 373 00:19:48,397 --> 00:19:50,065 To show me up with that sucker? 374 00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:53,735 [Cookie] I came... 375 00:19:53,819 --> 00:19:56,196 to say how proud of you I am. 376 00:19:57,739 --> 00:19:59,908 And that if you need anything, I'm here. 377 00:20:03,829 --> 00:20:04,829 Anything? 378 00:20:06,540 --> 00:20:08,959 I almost forgot who I was talkin' to. 379 00:20:09,668 --> 00:20:10,836 But, for real, 380 00:20:11,795 --> 00:20:13,588 you need an ear or a friend, 381 00:20:14,381 --> 00:20:15,424 you know where I'm at. 382 00:20:16,591 --> 00:20:17,592 Cook... 383 00:20:18,301 --> 00:20:20,220 Okay? You already know. 384 00:20:20,303 --> 00:20:22,180 [Larry Johnson] Man, EJ, you were right. 385 00:20:22,264 --> 00:20:25,100 You were right. We did need a business plan. 386 00:20:25,183 --> 00:20:26,727 - And we sure enough got one. - Boom. 387 00:20:26,810 --> 00:20:28,895 - Two words. - [Larry Johnson] Two. 388 00:20:28,979 --> 00:20:30,063 Blue... 389 00:20:30,188 --> 00:20:31,104 [men chuckling excitedly] 390 00:20:31,106 --> 00:20:33,734 - [Quincy] Berry. - Ooh, ain't nobody got that. 391 00:20:33,817 --> 00:20:36,737 - [Quincy] Nobody! Nobody... - Not Tastee-Freez. 392 00:20:39,239 --> 00:20:41,342 [Claire] Well, it took all night and my pisher grandson 393 00:20:41,366 --> 00:20:42,826 spit up on the revenue distinction, 394 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:44,846 but I think I cracked a budget that might do the trick. 395 00:20:44,870 --> 00:20:47,914 - Maybe the barf will cover the red ink. - [scoffs] No hiding that. 396 00:20:47,998 --> 00:20:49,708 But run down to my car and check the math. 397 00:20:49,791 --> 00:20:51,209 I've got a hot date with the books. 398 00:20:52,043 --> 00:20:53,253 Love of my life. 399 00:21:04,139 --> 00:21:05,348 Where the fuck are the books? 400 00:21:05,432 --> 00:21:07,559 [officer] So this burglary, there were no valuables. 401 00:21:07,642 --> 00:21:10,645 - It was just files? - Not just files. Our financials. 402 00:21:10,729 --> 00:21:12,773 It's 20 years of budgets, balance sheets. 403 00:21:12,856 --> 00:21:13,856 - Frank took them. - It's everything. 404 00:21:13,857 --> 00:21:15,137 It's the whole goddamn business. 405 00:21:15,734 --> 00:21:16,902 Frank took them. 406 00:21:17,444 --> 00:21:19,404 - What? - Uncle Frank? 407 00:21:19,488 --> 00:21:22,073 - Frank Mariani, my dad's... - Yeah, I know who he is. 408 00:21:22,157 --> 00:21:25,076 Yeah, he came by after hours with a few guys and some boxes. 409 00:21:25,827 --> 00:21:27,827 - He said it was okay so... - [Claire] Okay by who? 410 00:21:28,205 --> 00:21:30,749 Um, I don't know. I figured that he talked to you... 411 00:21:30,832 --> 00:21:32,501 Jeanie, it's not your job to figure. 412 00:21:32,584 --> 00:21:33,877 Your job is to pour coffee. 413 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:36,338 Your job is to refill the fucking stapler! 414 00:21:36,421 --> 00:21:39,090 And your job is to make sure that people don't break into my office 415 00:21:39,174 --> 00:21:41,802 like the Watergate burglars and make off with my goddamn books! 416 00:21:41,885 --> 00:21:42,928 I didn't know he hadn't... 417 00:21:43,678 --> 00:21:44,678 Fuck! 418 00:21:50,018 --> 00:21:51,353 [mouthing] 419 00:22:01,238 --> 00:22:02,906 Sorry. It'll be just a minute. 420 00:22:07,744 --> 00:22:09,079 [Claire] Don't try number six. 421 00:22:09,162 --> 00:22:10,872 Unless you want to burn the bedspread. 422 00:22:10,956 --> 00:22:13,166 [Buss] It's a win-win, I'm telling ya. 423 00:22:13,250 --> 00:22:16,336 You get yourself a beautiful oceanfront building, 424 00:22:16,419 --> 00:22:17,838 and my team gets a rebounder. 425 00:22:18,296 --> 00:22:20,006 Maria, you remember Arn? 426 00:22:20,590 --> 00:22:21,590 Hi, Arn. 427 00:22:22,592 --> 00:22:23,592 Hi, Arn... 428 00:22:24,469 --> 00:22:26,847 I mean... I'm Arn. 429 00:22:27,597 --> 00:22:29,237 Let's close this thing, all right? Claire. 430 00:22:30,725 --> 00:22:32,352 She closes more deals than the lawyers. 431 00:22:33,228 --> 00:22:34,646 I'll bet she does. 432 00:22:34,729 --> 00:22:37,357 Sounds like you're trying to free up some capital. 433 00:22:38,567 --> 00:22:40,151 Can't take it with you, Claire. 434 00:22:40,235 --> 00:22:41,653 What's your drink? I'm buying. 435 00:22:42,237 --> 00:22:44,114 I'm just a little bit concerned. 436 00:22:44,197 --> 00:22:45,197 What for? 437 00:22:45,824 --> 00:22:47,075 It's after breakfast, isn't it? 438 00:22:48,326 --> 00:22:51,580 See, ordinarily, with Mr. Cooke, I'd walk him through the books myself. 439 00:22:51,663 --> 00:22:52,823 - But your partner... - Right. 440 00:22:52,873 --> 00:22:56,293 ...Mr. Mariani, came by my office unannounced. 441 00:22:56,376 --> 00:22:57,794 [Buss] Are you kiddin' me? 442 00:22:57,878 --> 00:23:00,130 God damn. I told him 443 00:23:00,213 --> 00:23:02,382 to talk to you about that first and, you know, 444 00:23:02,465 --> 00:23:05,552 you can't control everything they do. That's Frank for you. 445 00:23:05,635 --> 00:23:08,680 So, anyway, you strike me as a gin gal. 446 00:23:08,763 --> 00:23:10,515 - I get that right? - You got me. 447 00:23:10,599 --> 00:23:13,393 Talent of mine. I can always tell. Have a seat. 448 00:23:13,476 --> 00:23:14,728 Look, Mr., uh... Dr. Buss... 449 00:23:14,811 --> 00:23:16,438 Jerry. Jerry. 450 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:19,876 I don't know how you run your business, 451 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:22,152 but those books are how I do my job, okay? 452 00:23:22,235 --> 00:23:26,197 Keeping the balance sheet in check, overseeing expenditures, protecting you. 453 00:23:26,281 --> 00:23:27,481 These are my responsibilities. 454 00:23:27,866 --> 00:23:29,868 Those were your responsibilities. 455 00:23:30,368 --> 00:23:32,078 See, if I have her lookin' after the books, 456 00:23:32,162 --> 00:23:34,039 then she'll see we're stretched a little thin, 457 00:23:34,122 --> 00:23:36,291 and that kind of thing is not great for morale. 458 00:23:36,750 --> 00:23:39,586 Claire, forget about the numbers. I already have somebody for that. 459 00:23:39,669 --> 00:23:41,379 You've asked me to stay on. 460 00:23:41,463 --> 00:23:43,465 Because I see a bigger role for you. 461 00:23:44,174 --> 00:23:47,802 I want you innovating. Now, you have the Forum booked for, 462 00:23:47,886 --> 00:23:49,763 what, 220 nights a year? 463 00:23:49,846 --> 00:23:51,723 - 217. - Not bad. 464 00:23:51,806 --> 00:23:53,099 But the way I see it, 465 00:23:53,183 --> 00:23:57,520 if we can just boost that number up a little bit, say, to 260 nights, 466 00:23:57,604 --> 00:23:59,314 well then, we're turnin' a profit. 467 00:23:59,397 --> 00:24:02,192 And if you can get me to 365 days a year, 468 00:24:02,275 --> 00:24:04,653 - well then, we're cookin' with gas. - Dr. Buss, 469 00:24:04,736 --> 00:24:07,155 no arena in the country is booked every night, okay? 470 00:24:07,238 --> 00:24:10,158 Madison Square Garden, Caesars Palace. Every place goes dark. 471 00:24:11,826 --> 00:24:14,371 Well, they're not in the city of sunshine, right? 472 00:24:17,165 --> 00:24:18,166 Claire... 473 00:24:20,418 --> 00:24:21,461 let's talk turkey. 474 00:24:24,381 --> 00:24:25,674 What turns you on? 475 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:30,011 What gets your blood pumping? 476 00:24:31,513 --> 00:24:35,475 Because, me, I don't even get out of bed unless I have a hard-on about something. 477 00:24:36,810 --> 00:24:38,478 - So, what excites you? - All right. 478 00:24:38,561 --> 00:24:42,774 What is it going to take for you to turn the Forum itself into an attraction? 479 00:24:43,233 --> 00:24:44,442 Money. 480 00:24:44,526 --> 00:24:46,569 Advertising, marketing, refurbishments. 481 00:24:46,653 --> 00:24:48,172 - All of those are expensive. - How much? 482 00:24:48,196 --> 00:24:50,323 It would help if I had access to a budget. 483 00:24:50,407 --> 00:24:51,825 You have access to me. 484 00:24:51,908 --> 00:24:54,911 I'm the budget. Now, be creative. 485 00:24:55,620 --> 00:24:57,539 No idea is too big. 486 00:24:57,622 --> 00:25:00,709 We are building Shangri-La. 487 00:25:01,710 --> 00:25:04,087 [woman] Well, you have really done it this time, Gerald. 488 00:25:04,170 --> 00:25:07,173 Bought your way into a grade-A money pit. 489 00:25:10,176 --> 00:25:11,594 Ma, it's the Lakers! 490 00:25:11,678 --> 00:25:14,347 It's gonna be like a family business, but bigger and better. 491 00:25:14,431 --> 00:25:16,182 I thought you already got bigger and better. 492 00:25:16,266 --> 00:25:19,978 That's why you and little meatball moved me on to greener pastures. 493 00:25:20,061 --> 00:25:21,604 I know where the bodies are buried. 494 00:25:21,688 --> 00:25:23,231 Because she's the one who buried 'em. 495 00:25:23,314 --> 00:25:24,314 Lot of thanks I get. 496 00:25:25,442 --> 00:25:27,110 Make mine a bourbon and soda. 497 00:25:27,193 --> 00:25:29,320 - You've had enough. - Since when? 498 00:25:29,988 --> 00:25:31,156 1962? 499 00:25:32,449 --> 00:25:34,576 [Jessie] You want me old before my time. 500 00:25:34,659 --> 00:25:35,660 Dee! Dee! Dee! 501 00:25:35,744 --> 00:25:38,288 I did it. I poured you one. You don't have soda. 502 00:25:38,371 --> 00:25:39,581 You're just lazy. 503 00:25:39,664 --> 00:25:41,708 Gerald, Gerald. 504 00:25:41,791 --> 00:25:44,002 And why the Lakers? There's no lakes around here. 505 00:25:44,085 --> 00:25:45,503 I can't believe you're not excited. 506 00:25:45,587 --> 00:25:49,090 This puts our family in a very elite club. 507 00:25:49,174 --> 00:25:51,009 Okay? Tycoons. 508 00:25:51,092 --> 00:25:53,178 You know, the people who actually run the country. 509 00:25:53,261 --> 00:25:54,804 Captains of industry. 510 00:25:54,888 --> 00:25:56,556 What industry? Sweat socks? 511 00:25:56,639 --> 00:25:57,807 No. Show business. 512 00:25:58,683 --> 00:25:59,768 Forget Louis B. Mayer. 513 00:25:59,851 --> 00:26:01,571 We're gonna be the next moguls in this town. 514 00:26:02,187 --> 00:26:05,774 You, me, Jeanie, the boys, when they come back. 515 00:26:05,857 --> 00:26:07,067 We're gonna be a dynasty. 516 00:26:07,150 --> 00:26:08,735 And then you'll be satisfied? 517 00:26:08,818 --> 00:26:10,445 - I'm gonna be thrilled. - Hooey! 518 00:26:10,528 --> 00:26:12,655 Then you'll just start chasing something else. 519 00:26:15,658 --> 00:26:17,869 - [sighs] Ma... - What? 520 00:26:17,952 --> 00:26:20,288 I love you, and I will see you 521 00:26:20,371 --> 00:26:22,624 whenever I don't remember what it's like to see you. 522 00:26:23,124 --> 00:26:25,085 Leave the books, I'll do the taxes. 523 00:26:29,798 --> 00:26:32,550 Best to keep your dirty laundry in the family, don't you think? 524 00:26:33,760 --> 00:26:35,595 This is a big deal. And you should be happier. 525 00:26:35,678 --> 00:26:36,930 [Jessie] Oh, I'm thrilled. 526 00:26:38,598 --> 00:26:41,309 I'm gonna stick his fuckin' ass right in the post. 527 00:26:41,392 --> 00:26:42,685 Fuck, I love this shit... 528 00:26:42,769 --> 00:26:44,229 ...point guard, I'm the coach. 529 00:26:44,312 --> 00:26:47,357 Yes! It's fucking showtime! Come on, showtime. 530 00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:50,819 I've always had a soft spot for you, Norman. 531 00:26:50,902 --> 00:26:54,030 You've always had a place right here. 532 00:26:54,114 --> 00:26:57,033 God fucking damn it! Get your fucking eyes up! 533 00:26:57,117 --> 00:26:58,576 Trade you for a fucking mule! 534 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:00,912 But I swear to God, there is no one, 535 00:27:00,995 --> 00:27:02,956 and I mean it, fuckin' no one I would rather have 536 00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:05,667 running my offense than Stormin' Norman Nixon. 537 00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:06,876 Stormin' Norman Nixon! 538 00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,212 What kind of fucking name is that anyway? 539 00:27:10,505 --> 00:27:12,173 What's all this shit about, Jerry? 540 00:27:12,257 --> 00:27:14,467 See, that's why I like you, Norm. A straight shooter. 541 00:27:14,551 --> 00:27:18,429 Come on! Been a lot of chat, a lot of bullshit in the fuckin' press. 542 00:27:18,513 --> 00:27:20,807 This new kid comin' in, snug-buggin' with the owner. 543 00:27:21,266 --> 00:27:23,268 I see how that agitates a guy like you. 544 00:27:23,893 --> 00:27:24,894 Seasoned pro. 545 00:27:25,353 --> 00:27:28,064 A man who worked damn fuckin' hard to make it in this league. 546 00:27:28,148 --> 00:27:30,817 I want you to rest assured, Norm, you're on solid ground. 547 00:27:33,611 --> 00:27:35,363 You're the point guard, Norm. Not him. 548 00:27:35,446 --> 00:27:37,046 You call yourself a fuckin' point guard? 549 00:27:37,115 --> 00:27:38,116 Says who? 550 00:27:38,741 --> 00:27:41,661 Me, Coach. The guy who decides. 551 00:27:41,744 --> 00:27:44,831 So, Buss is cool with paying half a million bucks 552 00:27:44,914 --> 00:27:47,584 to sit this motherfucker on a bench and watch him smile? 553 00:27:47,667 --> 00:27:49,502 Buss is giving me free rein. 554 00:27:49,586 --> 00:27:51,629 No more meddling, man. Shackles the fuck off. 555 00:27:51,713 --> 00:27:53,548 - Shackles off. - He's giving me the control. 556 00:27:53,631 --> 00:27:56,176 I need to get this team over the fuckin' hump. 557 00:27:57,802 --> 00:27:59,387 'Cause that's what we've been missing. 558 00:27:59,470 --> 00:28:01,431 Fuckin' jewelry on a fuckin' basketball court! 559 00:28:02,098 --> 00:28:03,266 More control from you. 560 00:28:04,934 --> 00:28:05,935 Exactly. 561 00:28:06,895 --> 00:28:08,229 Okay, so my uncle 562 00:28:09,105 --> 00:28:11,941 owns a store in Simi. It's called Patio Brothers. 563 00:28:12,025 --> 00:28:14,819 They are looking for a venue for their annual convention. 564 00:28:14,903 --> 00:28:18,740 And he's considered by many the king of chaise lounges. 565 00:28:18,823 --> 00:28:19,908 What else? 566 00:28:19,991 --> 00:28:21,951 First AME would take the Forum every Sunday. 567 00:28:22,035 --> 00:28:24,245 What if the Lakers are playing on a Sunday? 568 00:28:24,329 --> 00:28:26,539 - They'd have to find another venue. - The church? 569 00:28:26,623 --> 00:28:28,333 - The team. - Next. 570 00:28:28,875 --> 00:28:30,752 [Jeanie] I have something. Maybe. 571 00:28:32,879 --> 00:28:34,756 I've been digging through the Billboard charts, 572 00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:36,758 and it's been three years since any top-ten acts 573 00:28:36,841 --> 00:28:37,842 toured through the Forum. 574 00:28:38,426 --> 00:28:39,594 It's our acoustics. 575 00:28:40,178 --> 00:28:44,140 Right. Right. And I know we've seen some bids on a new sound system, 576 00:28:44,224 --> 00:28:46,976 but, I mean, honestly, I don't think that's the point. 577 00:28:47,727 --> 00:28:49,395 This is Hollywood. 578 00:28:49,479 --> 00:28:51,159 We don't need to make the Forum sound good. 579 00:28:51,189 --> 00:28:52,607 We just need to make it cool. 580 00:28:54,484 --> 00:28:56,903 I have a few ideas, if you're interested at all... 581 00:28:56,986 --> 00:28:58,154 We're out of creamer. 582 00:29:03,034 --> 00:29:04,035 Right. 583 00:29:11,834 --> 00:29:14,045 Just to be clear, that's a no on Patio Brothers. 584 00:29:14,420 --> 00:29:15,660 [Claire] That's a fuck no, Lon. 585 00:29:16,798 --> 00:29:19,425 [Lon] They're coming out with a Rocky Il, apparently, 586 00:29:19,509 --> 00:29:21,928 so I'm thinking giant screening at the Forum. 587 00:29:22,929 --> 00:29:24,055 We can get Stallone. 588 00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:27,016 - We could... - You got his number? 589 00:29:40,029 --> 00:29:41,669 - Hey, Jer. He's ready for you now. - Huh? 590 00:29:41,698 --> 00:29:43,199 Oh. Good, good. 591 00:29:45,493 --> 00:29:47,093 - You two have fun. - Here's the big guy. 592 00:29:47,578 --> 00:29:48,663 Ooh-wee. 593 00:29:49,914 --> 00:29:50,915 Look at this. 594 00:29:51,416 --> 00:29:52,542 Nice and peaceful, huh? 595 00:29:53,459 --> 00:29:55,086 You know, I come by 596 00:29:55,795 --> 00:29:57,297 'cause I want you to know that I'm... 597 00:29:58,172 --> 00:30:00,174 Well, I'm sensitive to your frustrations, Cap. 598 00:30:01,843 --> 00:30:04,053 I mean, shit, ever since we traded Kermit, 599 00:30:04,137 --> 00:30:06,139 you've been out there gettin' fuckin' rag-dolled. 600 00:30:07,015 --> 00:30:08,349 Respectfully, of course. 601 00:30:09,058 --> 00:30:10,601 But that don't make it fuckin' right. 602 00:30:11,394 --> 00:30:12,729 Everybody beatin' on you. 603 00:30:13,354 --> 00:30:14,814 Double and tripling you in the post, 604 00:30:14,897 --> 00:30:17,442 eating six elbows for every fuckin' rebound! 605 00:30:17,525 --> 00:30:19,777 Then, taking it up the ass from the fucking press 606 00:30:19,861 --> 00:30:21,738 when you're the one carrying the goddamn team! 607 00:30:22,155 --> 00:30:24,595 Fuck, I respect you too much to see you go through that again. 608 00:30:26,034 --> 00:30:27,035 Which is why I'm here. 609 00:30:27,994 --> 00:30:29,037 You have a proposal? 610 00:30:30,413 --> 00:30:32,415 I'm playing Johnson at the fucking four. 611 00:30:34,125 --> 00:30:37,045 I mean, he'll spell Norm a little off the bench, 612 00:30:37,128 --> 00:30:39,773 but his main duties would be carrying your water, watching your back, 613 00:30:39,797 --> 00:30:41,717 eating those fucking elbows so you don't have to. 614 00:30:42,508 --> 00:30:44,302 We're gonna kick his ass in training camp. 615 00:30:44,385 --> 00:30:46,346 I'll feed him so much fuckin' steak and gunpowder, 616 00:30:46,429 --> 00:30:48,097 he craps the happy out. 617 00:30:48,181 --> 00:30:50,975 Look, the point is, this is our year, Cap. 618 00:30:51,059 --> 00:30:52,226 You and me. The brass ring! 619 00:30:52,310 --> 00:30:55,021 The guys who live and die for it, married to the game! 620 00:30:59,734 --> 00:31:01,277 Let me know when training camp starts. 621 00:31:02,862 --> 00:31:04,238 What you readin'? Good book? 622 00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:07,367 Yeah. 623 00:31:07,950 --> 00:31:08,951 It's on my list. 624 00:31:10,578 --> 00:31:11,996 Well... 625 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:13,081 [greeting in Arabic] 626 00:31:23,007 --> 00:31:25,385 [Magic] I seen her looking at that tub since I was little. 627 00:31:25,468 --> 00:31:27,095 Every day, she'd be watching her stories, 628 00:31:27,178 --> 00:31:29,430 and there she is, drool all down her chin. 629 00:31:29,514 --> 00:31:30,765 Now I go and get it for her, 630 00:31:30,848 --> 00:31:32,534 and from the look on her face, you would've thought 631 00:31:32,558 --> 00:31:34,727 I called her everything but a child of God. 632 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:36,789 Wouldn't know it from the outside. 633 00:31:36,813 --> 00:31:39,732 - You think I'm playin'? - I think I know your mama. 634 00:31:39,816 --> 00:31:40,983 She gives you that cold side. 635 00:31:41,067 --> 00:31:42,568 Meanwhile, she's all around town, 636 00:31:42,652 --> 00:31:44,862 telling everybody with ears how great you are. 637 00:31:44,946 --> 00:31:47,407 "Oh, my son Earvin this. Oh, my son, Earvin that." 638 00:31:47,490 --> 00:31:50,368 If she was a peacock, her tail feathers would have been fell off. 639 00:31:50,451 --> 00:31:52,412 What you sayin', I don't know nothing about. 640 00:31:53,037 --> 00:31:55,224 - You know she loves you. - Then why her love always got 641 00:31:55,248 --> 00:31:57,125 a big ol' carrot dangling in front of you? 642 00:31:57,792 --> 00:32:00,628 Everything I do gotta be her way or she ain't having none of it. 643 00:32:01,712 --> 00:32:03,548 Can't imagine what that must feel like. 644 00:32:03,631 --> 00:32:06,092 - What's that supposed to mean? - You. 645 00:32:06,634 --> 00:32:08,678 On top of the world, but just can't stand it. 646 00:32:08,761 --> 00:32:11,681 Coming here on Brian's day off, get me to talk about your mama. 647 00:32:12,306 --> 00:32:13,306 Then what? 648 00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:14,809 Get me in the stockroom? 649 00:32:17,937 --> 00:32:18,938 He hit it yet? 650 00:32:20,189 --> 00:32:22,066 I know this game, Earvin. 651 00:32:22,150 --> 00:32:24,902 Want everyone your way, just like your mama. 652 00:32:24,986 --> 00:32:27,113 Now, don't tell me he's saving it for marriage. 653 00:32:27,196 --> 00:32:30,450 All goody-goody up in church, smiling and whatnot. 654 00:32:31,075 --> 00:32:32,827 Now, he'd make my mama happy. 655 00:32:32,910 --> 00:32:36,038 Last you said you wasn't gonna be alone. Why should I be? 656 00:32:36,122 --> 00:32:38,541 I ain't sayin' you should be. You do you. 657 00:32:39,167 --> 00:32:41,169 But that don't mean that we can't do us though. 658 00:32:43,463 --> 00:32:44,464 Cook... 659 00:32:45,047 --> 00:32:46,257 Don't be like that. 660 00:32:47,842 --> 00:32:49,177 Hey, hey. 661 00:32:51,137 --> 00:32:52,138 I love you. 662 00:32:53,764 --> 00:32:55,475 Not as much as you love you. 663 00:32:56,392 --> 00:32:58,478 The rest of us just comin' off the bench. 664 00:33:05,610 --> 00:33:06,944 [couple moaning] 665 00:33:11,157 --> 00:33:12,992 - [church bell rings] - Hoo! 666 00:33:13,534 --> 00:33:15,578 Come on. Church about to let out. 667 00:33:16,621 --> 00:33:17,830 Ooh-wee. 668 00:33:18,372 --> 00:33:19,373 Shit... 669 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:22,001 Needed that. 670 00:33:22,126 --> 00:33:23,377 Hoo! 671 00:33:23,586 --> 00:33:25,379 [upbeat blues music playing] 672 00:33:35,097 --> 00:33:36,390 What's up, Brother William? 673 00:33:36,474 --> 00:33:37,600 Basketball man! 674 00:33:37,683 --> 00:33:40,186 - Hey, sunshine. - Good day for a fish fry. 675 00:33:40,353 --> 00:33:42,104 [indistinct chattering] 676 00:33:44,649 --> 00:33:46,984 [Magic] What's up, Cook? Looking lovely, as usual. 677 00:33:47,485 --> 00:33:49,946 Hey, Ma. Sorry, I had to get some fresh air. 678 00:33:50,488 --> 00:33:54,575 [stutters] You know, our stained glass window of the Savior 679 00:33:54,659 --> 00:33:56,053 can use a little tender loving care... 680 00:33:56,077 --> 00:33:57,745 Say less, Pastor, say less. 681 00:33:59,539 --> 00:34:01,249 Let's fix that Jesus now. 682 00:34:02,792 --> 00:34:04,043 Look at that. It don't fit. 683 00:34:06,295 --> 00:34:08,506 [Pastor Greene] Lord, Junior! God bless you! 684 00:34:08,589 --> 00:34:10,859 God bless you too, Pastor Greene. Anything for the church. 685 00:34:10,883 --> 00:34:11,883 Anything for the church. 686 00:34:11,884 --> 00:34:14,388 [Pastor Greene] You got a fine son there, Sister Johnson. 687 00:34:14,470 --> 00:34:17,014 Yes. Yes, he is. 688 00:34:17,098 --> 00:34:18,307 Yes, he is. 689 00:34:18,391 --> 00:34:20,494 - [Pastor Greene] Working in the kingdom. - [Magic] Yes, sir! 690 00:34:20,518 --> 00:34:22,645 I'm about to get a plate, Ma. Love you. 691 00:34:22,728 --> 00:34:24,957 [Pastor Greene] God bless you again, Junior. God bless you. 692 00:34:24,981 --> 00:34:26,023 Amen, amen. 693 00:34:29,443 --> 00:34:32,280 Waiter? What's this fly doing in my soup? 694 00:34:32,363 --> 00:34:33,656 The backstroke, sir. 695 00:34:34,740 --> 00:34:37,326 Dr. Buss! Welcome, sir. 696 00:34:37,410 --> 00:34:38,411 Bruno! 697 00:34:38,911 --> 00:34:40,871 Red. I am so glad you called. 698 00:34:40,955 --> 00:34:43,165 I'm a little surprised you did, but I'm glad. 699 00:34:43,249 --> 00:34:45,501 - Had to eat somewhere. - Well, we picked a good place. 700 00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:47,396 - Come on in. - We have your regular table, sir. 701 00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:50,506 Fantastic. I feel like I just won a date with the Playmate of the Year. 702 00:34:50,590 --> 00:34:52,717 Linda. That lawsuit is embarrassing. 703 00:34:53,175 --> 00:34:55,720 Billy! You know what I'm asking for, right? 704 00:34:55,803 --> 00:34:57,680 - Little bit of Louis Prima. - Great choice. 705 00:34:57,763 --> 00:34:59,974 How are you, pal? I wanna introduce you to some people 706 00:35:00,057 --> 00:35:01,934 before we sit down, if that's all right, Red. 707 00:35:02,018 --> 00:35:05,563 Ladies, may I introduce the great Red Auerbach. 708 00:35:06,522 --> 00:35:08,691 The winningest man in basketball right here. 709 00:35:09,984 --> 00:35:12,612 This is a very special moment you're having. Trust me. 710 00:35:13,154 --> 00:35:15,424 We'll get to know these gals a little bit later, all right? 711 00:35:15,448 --> 00:35:17,884 The girls are gonna join us for dessert, you know what I mean? 712 00:35:17,908 --> 00:35:19,702 What do we got here, Bruno? 713 00:35:19,785 --> 00:35:20,786 Corner table? 714 00:35:22,913 --> 00:35:23,913 Rum and Coke, sir? 715 00:35:23,914 --> 00:35:25,458 Yes. Keep 'em coming, Bruno! 716 00:35:25,541 --> 00:35:27,293 - Red, what're you having? - Scotch. 717 00:35:27,376 --> 00:35:29,920 - The good stuff. Thank you. - Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. 718 00:35:31,005 --> 00:35:32,882 That play work for you in real estate? 719 00:35:33,549 --> 00:35:34,465 What's that? 720 00:35:34,467 --> 00:35:36,927 Get the sucker thinking with his little head, not his big one? 721 00:35:38,262 --> 00:35:40,181 There's that famous Celtic defense. 722 00:35:40,681 --> 00:35:42,224 No. Come on. 723 00:35:42,308 --> 00:35:44,560 You're a student of the game, I take it. 724 00:35:46,395 --> 00:35:48,022 Yeah. Look, Red... 725 00:35:49,815 --> 00:35:52,401 I know I'm still the freshman of the class, 726 00:35:52,485 --> 00:35:55,029 and you're the big man on campus. I get that. I respect it. 727 00:35:55,988 --> 00:35:58,199 But I wanted to meet because I'm asking for your help. 728 00:35:58,991 --> 00:36:02,244 I'm trying to build something out here like you built in Boston. 729 00:36:03,079 --> 00:36:04,872 Like a real dynasty. 730 00:36:04,955 --> 00:36:07,166 And frankly, I think that would be good for the league. 731 00:36:08,793 --> 00:36:10,419 [laughing] 732 00:36:10,711 --> 00:36:11,962 What? 733 00:36:12,046 --> 00:36:13,881 You think you're the guy to do that, do you? 734 00:36:13,964 --> 00:36:16,258 Well, I wouldn't count me out. 735 00:36:17,385 --> 00:36:18,552 [sighs] 736 00:36:19,887 --> 00:36:21,389 You strike me as a happy man. 737 00:36:22,264 --> 00:36:23,766 You only get so many summers, right? 738 00:36:24,392 --> 00:36:26,352 - Then here's my advice. - Okay. 739 00:36:26,435 --> 00:36:28,312 Enjoy this thing. Milk it. 740 00:36:28,771 --> 00:36:30,940 For the nookie, for the attention. 741 00:36:31,899 --> 00:36:33,150 Leave the dynasties to me. 742 00:36:35,194 --> 00:36:36,320 Come on now, Red. 743 00:36:37,321 --> 00:36:38,906 You afraid of competition? 744 00:36:38,989 --> 00:36:39,990 [chuckling] No. 745 00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:43,327 I live for competition, but you're no competitor. 746 00:36:44,161 --> 00:36:46,664 It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's just not who you are. 747 00:36:46,747 --> 00:36:48,582 - It's not your nature. - All right. 748 00:36:49,250 --> 00:36:51,210 You know, Red, we just met... [clears throat] 749 00:36:52,545 --> 00:36:54,255 so you don't know me. 750 00:36:55,673 --> 00:36:58,050 But I grew up dirt-poor, on breadlines. 751 00:36:58,134 --> 00:36:59,593 Made all the money in the world. 752 00:36:59,677 --> 00:37:02,096 - And you think you can buy this too? - No. 753 00:37:03,556 --> 00:37:05,641 I think I can win this. 754 00:37:11,355 --> 00:37:12,815 Championships aren't won. 755 00:37:13,733 --> 00:37:14,734 They're taken. 756 00:37:15,776 --> 00:37:17,111 By men like me, 757 00:37:17,194 --> 00:37:19,864 who'd cut your heart out and still sleep like a baby 758 00:37:19,947 --> 00:37:21,949 for one more banner in the rafters. 759 00:37:23,284 --> 00:37:26,036 Because I don't want to win. 760 00:37:26,829 --> 00:37:27,829 I need to. 761 00:37:28,330 --> 00:37:30,249 And it doesn't make me happy. 762 00:37:30,332 --> 00:37:32,585 It makes me a miserable fucking bastard. 763 00:37:32,668 --> 00:37:34,253 Well, you can say that again. 764 00:37:34,336 --> 00:37:36,922 Say it all you want, pal. I'm fine and dandy with it. 765 00:37:37,006 --> 00:37:39,175 You're the one who's doing this shit to feel good. 766 00:37:39,258 --> 00:37:41,844 I'm gonna feel very good when I have that trophy in my hands. 767 00:37:41,927 --> 00:37:42,843 [Auerbach] For a minute. 768 00:37:42,845 --> 00:37:44,513 Then it's on to next year. 769 00:37:44,597 --> 00:37:47,850 You and all the other wannabes who do it for the pussy in your lap. 770 00:37:48,768 --> 00:37:51,854 And brag that you won 50 games and made the playoffs. 771 00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:54,190 Pretty soon, you'll realize it ain't worth it. 772 00:37:54,648 --> 00:37:58,319 You'll find another shiny toy, a little poorer for your troubles. 773 00:37:58,819 --> 00:38:01,071 - I can afford a lot of trouble. - Horse shit. 774 00:38:01,655 --> 00:38:03,365 I know what you spent. I know what you got. 775 00:38:06,076 --> 00:38:07,870 But maybe I can help you out with that too. 776 00:38:08,454 --> 00:38:09,663 How's that? 777 00:38:09,747 --> 00:38:11,749 You have some nice pieces on your roster. 778 00:38:11,832 --> 00:38:13,375 How about you unload a few to me? 779 00:38:14,335 --> 00:38:15,753 That's why you came to dinner? 780 00:38:16,253 --> 00:38:19,006 Red, I may be new, but I'm not, you know... 781 00:38:19,089 --> 00:38:23,093 Then you're dumber than you look because this decade is mine. 782 00:38:24,011 --> 00:38:26,514 That Celtic pride, that luck of the Irish 783 00:38:26,597 --> 00:38:28,599 your boy West thinks stole his lunch money? 784 00:38:30,184 --> 00:38:32,061 It's never been a fuckin' leprechaun. 785 00:38:33,270 --> 00:38:34,271 It's me. 786 00:38:38,067 --> 00:38:39,068 Have we decided? 787 00:38:40,236 --> 00:38:42,530 - Say the porterhouse was good? - Yes. 788 00:38:44,657 --> 00:38:46,242 I've decided I lost my appetite. 789 00:38:47,451 --> 00:38:49,411 - You wanted my advice. - Put it on my tab, Sammy. 790 00:38:49,453 --> 00:38:52,456 Take the offer, fill your coffers, and enjoy yourself! 791 00:38:53,249 --> 00:38:54,834 Let's put another lobster on that. 792 00:39:03,133 --> 00:39:04,593 Gotta say, it ain't the worst thing. 793 00:39:05,219 --> 00:39:07,012 Yeah. He says he got it for me. 794 00:39:11,141 --> 00:39:12,768 Safer than talking to you outright. 795 00:39:13,269 --> 00:39:14,353 Mmm. 796 00:39:14,979 --> 00:39:16,188 'Cause you got a way, baby. 797 00:39:17,481 --> 00:39:18,899 It's a lovely way, 798 00:39:20,192 --> 00:39:22,152 but that don't make it nonetheless scary. 799 00:39:22,236 --> 00:39:25,114 Well, if you're scared it's 'cause you're doing something wrong. 800 00:39:25,197 --> 00:39:26,615 I call it like I see it. 801 00:39:27,366 --> 00:39:28,366 Yeah. 802 00:39:28,742 --> 00:39:31,412 And how you see it makes the boy feel bad. 803 00:39:31,996 --> 00:39:34,331 I mean, you're frowning on that carefree way he moves, 804 00:39:34,957 --> 00:39:36,792 like the only time he has is forever. 805 00:39:37,585 --> 00:39:39,503 Just like you did once. 806 00:39:40,212 --> 00:39:41,297 The lies you tell. 807 00:39:41,881 --> 00:39:43,841 Before you found the Lord. 808 00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:48,178 When we were both out in the rain, 809 00:39:48,262 --> 00:39:49,972 free spirits, 810 00:39:50,055 --> 00:39:52,641 getting down to the newest tunes 811 00:39:52,725 --> 00:39:56,979 and dances, and you was putting it on me like no one else! 812 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,107 Hey, it worked. 813 00:40:01,025 --> 00:40:02,234 Look at all these kids we got. 814 00:40:02,318 --> 00:40:03,444 [sighs] 815 00:40:04,153 --> 00:40:07,448 All I'm saying is you seeing where he is 816 00:40:08,490 --> 00:40:09,825 reminds you of where you were. 817 00:40:11,493 --> 00:40:14,538 And just may conjure up that green-eyed devil. 818 00:40:14,622 --> 00:40:17,041 I'm happy with my life. 819 00:40:17,875 --> 00:40:20,044 Not saying otherwise, Christine. 820 00:40:21,003 --> 00:40:22,755 Just saying this is yours. 821 00:40:23,505 --> 00:40:24,506 Ours. 822 00:40:25,424 --> 00:40:26,425 That's his. 823 00:40:27,968 --> 00:40:29,386 Can't live it for him, baby. 824 00:40:30,137 --> 00:40:31,555 [moaning] 825 00:40:31,722 --> 00:40:32,973 Why not? 826 00:40:33,098 --> 00:40:34,308 [moaning] 827 00:40:38,604 --> 00:40:42,232 You ever gonna take me somewhere nicer than this hoopty. 828 00:40:43,108 --> 00:40:46,070 I know you ain't talking about the Big Brown Deuce now. This is my girl! 829 00:40:46,153 --> 00:40:48,197 Just sayin', my daddy got the dealership. 830 00:40:49,031 --> 00:40:51,742 He got Mercedes. Could drive one to you in LA. 831 00:40:55,537 --> 00:40:57,873 I got into UCLA Medical School. 832 00:40:58,582 --> 00:41:02,503 But I was thinkin', you know, since I'mma have a friend out there, 833 00:41:02,586 --> 00:41:05,506 - maybe we could hang out sometime... - Yeah, yeah, yeah. 834 00:41:05,589 --> 00:41:08,550 Well, you know, when the time right, I'll call you. 835 00:41:09,176 --> 00:41:12,471 But, you know, with basketball, I'll be busy and everything. 836 00:41:12,554 --> 00:41:15,557 So it might be a while. Yeah. 837 00:41:15,641 --> 00:41:18,143 You know, usually I'm beating boys off with a stick. 838 00:41:20,187 --> 00:41:22,022 But maybe you still hung up on Cookie. 839 00:41:22,773 --> 00:41:24,608 Ain't nobody thinkin' about no Cookie. 840 00:41:25,359 --> 00:41:27,212 If anything, Cookie should be thinking about me. 841 00:41:27,236 --> 00:41:29,530 - I'm the one doing big things. Yeah. - Oh, yeah? 842 00:41:29,613 --> 00:41:31,448 - Yeah. Yeah... - Yeah. 843 00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:34,743 [inaudible] 844 00:41:38,956 --> 00:41:40,874 [indistinct chatter] 845 00:41:54,722 --> 00:41:56,598 [hip hop music playing] 846 00:42:08,235 --> 00:42:09,778 [music stops] 847 00:42:09,862 --> 00:42:11,447 I ain't trying to bum-rush, fellas. 848 00:42:11,530 --> 00:42:13,633 It'd be nice to get a run here before I jet off to LA. 849 00:42:13,657 --> 00:42:15,826 Yeah, well, we in the middle of a game. 850 00:42:15,909 --> 00:42:17,119 You could take my spot. 851 00:42:17,703 --> 00:42:19,747 - Gotta go to work anyway. - My man. 852 00:42:19,830 --> 00:42:21,874 - Anytime. - Yeah, y'all do. 853 00:42:22,875 --> 00:42:24,877 - What's up, Cook? - Hey. 854 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:26,420 Hold this right quick. 855 00:42:26,503 --> 00:42:27,796 Can you watch that for me? 856 00:42:28,922 --> 00:42:29,922 Thanks. 857 00:42:31,467 --> 00:42:32,676 Don't be like that, Cook. 858 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,596 Y'all ready to win? I got you. 859 00:42:36,305 --> 00:42:38,348 - A'ight. Your ball. - Bet. 860 00:42:41,393 --> 00:42:42,853 You know Cook's my girl, right? 861 00:42:42,936 --> 00:42:44,938 Yeah? I ain't see you with us at the movies. 862 00:42:45,647 --> 00:42:47,751 Man, you just there 'cause I'm about to jet off to LA, 863 00:42:47,775 --> 00:42:48,793 and she don't wanna be alone. 864 00:42:48,817 --> 00:42:50,402 I'm just there 'cause you're a dog. 865 00:42:50,486 --> 00:42:52,071 And the whole town knows it. 866 00:42:52,154 --> 00:42:53,840 Man, you run through girls like they're nothing. 867 00:42:53,864 --> 00:42:56,658 - 'Cause to you, that's what they are. - So you know me? 868 00:42:57,367 --> 00:42:58,368 Yeah, she does too. 869 00:43:00,329 --> 00:43:01,723 You know I'm about to fuck you up, right? 870 00:43:01,747 --> 00:43:04,083 You ain't gonna have a friend in Jesus after this. 871 00:43:06,126 --> 00:43:07,336 [men exclaiming] 872 00:43:08,587 --> 00:43:09,797 In your face! 873 00:43:11,006 --> 00:43:13,383 Brian, I'm just glad we gettin' a chance to talk. 874 00:43:13,467 --> 00:43:14,676 Let's discuss this. 875 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,554 See, I've been putting it on Cook for a minute now. 876 00:43:17,638 --> 00:43:19,139 And from what I hear, 877 00:43:19,223 --> 00:43:21,100 you ain't smell hide nor hair of that pussy. 878 00:43:21,183 --> 00:43:22,392 I'm not with her for her body. 879 00:43:22,476 --> 00:43:23,953 That's the difference between you and me. 880 00:43:23,977 --> 00:43:26,021 Yeah, that's right. You think about her soul! 881 00:43:26,647 --> 00:43:27,856 Well, quiet as it's kept, 882 00:43:28,398 --> 00:43:29,483 I fucked that too. 883 00:43:34,822 --> 00:43:35,948 [men exclaim] 884 00:43:37,491 --> 00:43:41,078 Get back on deep, Brian! Let's go! It's coming my way? Swing! 885 00:43:41,745 --> 00:43:43,872 Let's say you and Cook get married and all that. 886 00:43:43,956 --> 00:43:45,975 You think she gonna look on the life you provide for her 887 00:43:45,999 --> 00:43:47,876 and not think on what it could've been with me? 888 00:43:48,418 --> 00:43:51,004 [men exclaiming] 889 00:43:52,047 --> 00:43:54,258 Think about that when you can't pay a bill. 890 00:43:54,341 --> 00:43:56,426 Or get that Christmas gift our girl really wants. 891 00:43:56,510 --> 00:43:57,510 'Cause she will. 892 00:43:57,553 --> 00:43:59,513 - Ball! - Hate to be you, my dude. 893 00:44:07,020 --> 00:44:08,147 Damn! 894 00:44:08,730 --> 00:44:10,732 You look like our girl down there. 895 00:44:10,816 --> 00:44:12,151 Face and everything. 896 00:44:12,234 --> 00:44:13,735 Come on, man. Get up. 897 00:44:15,737 --> 00:44:18,073 What, no thank you? What, you don't wanna talk no more? 898 00:44:18,157 --> 00:44:20,426 I know a lot of reporters give their right nut to talk to Magic. 899 00:44:20,450 --> 00:44:21,368 Can you just play ball? 900 00:44:21,369 --> 00:44:22,369 Can you just play ball? 901 00:44:22,452 --> 00:44:24,955 You want me to play ball. Let's play ball. 902 00:44:25,038 --> 00:44:27,958 Give him the ball then! He open! 903 00:44:30,377 --> 00:44:31,378 She watchin'. 904 00:44:32,963 --> 00:44:33,964 Come on, Brian. 905 00:44:35,299 --> 00:44:36,508 Ball! 906 00:44:42,973 --> 00:44:44,016 Yeah, right there. 907 00:44:46,393 --> 00:44:48,812 That's game. Take care of yourself, man. 908 00:44:55,527 --> 00:44:58,197 - I got dirt on my shirt. - What did you say to him? 909 00:44:58,906 --> 00:44:59,907 Cook... 910 00:45:00,490 --> 00:45:02,075 Cook! I was just playin' ball. 911 00:45:02,451 --> 00:45:04,494 Hey, Brian. You okay, baby? Talk to me. 912 00:45:04,578 --> 00:45:07,122 - Brian, talk to me. - I was just playing ball. 913 00:45:15,130 --> 00:45:17,216 New wheels. What you think? 914 00:45:17,966 --> 00:45:19,176 You're an asshole? 915 00:45:20,135 --> 00:45:21,136 Why come? 916 00:45:21,553 --> 00:45:23,889 'Cause I tell dude what everybody know is true? 917 00:45:24,640 --> 00:45:26,099 You was there. You ain't say a word. 918 00:45:26,767 --> 00:45:28,393 That's 'cause you liked it. 919 00:45:29,269 --> 00:45:32,147 You don't like him. You just trying to make me feel some type of way. 920 00:45:32,814 --> 00:45:34,483 And which way is that? 921 00:45:34,566 --> 00:45:37,444 I got the whole damn world on a string, but you got me. 922 00:45:37,527 --> 00:45:38,779 Then why you playin' with me? 923 00:45:38,862 --> 00:45:40,781 I'm here, ain't I? It's me! Earvin! 924 00:45:40,864 --> 00:45:41,865 Now! 925 00:45:44,826 --> 00:45:45,827 Forever. 926 00:45:49,790 --> 00:45:51,416 Wherever I go, you go. 927 00:45:52,209 --> 00:45:53,210 We us. 928 00:46:01,635 --> 00:46:02,678 But if you want me, 929 00:46:03,845 --> 00:46:05,305 then ditch that motherfucker. 930 00:46:06,598 --> 00:46:09,601 Till then, you can watch me on TV with everybody else. 931 00:46:20,153 --> 00:46:22,322 [commentator] 103 to 102, Boston in the lead. 932 00:46:22,406 --> 00:46:25,659 2:22 to go. And Westjust waved everybody away. 933 00:46:25,742 --> 00:46:27,077 He wants it to himself. 934 00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:29,621 Lakers are gonna win or lose this series on... 935 00:46:29,705 --> 00:46:32,499 [West] This is your year, Jerry. This is your fucking year. 936 00:46:33,083 --> 00:46:34,843 [commentator] When you shut out Jerry West... 937 00:46:46,930 --> 00:46:47,931 Stay. 938 00:46:53,562 --> 00:46:54,896 That's a funeral arrangement. 939 00:46:55,564 --> 00:46:56,564 Is it? 940 00:46:56,982 --> 00:46:58,066 I thought they looked calm. 941 00:46:58,984 --> 00:47:00,027 They're for you. 942 00:47:02,321 --> 00:47:03,530 What do you say... 943 00:47:04,948 --> 00:47:06,742 to some Italian, huh? 944 00:47:07,159 --> 00:47:09,202 You get dolled up, take you to Barone's, 945 00:47:09,828 --> 00:47:11,705 some Chianti, some Bolognese... 946 00:47:11,788 --> 00:47:14,708 I see you're talking to me now. 947 00:47:14,791 --> 00:47:16,376 I know. I've been a little in my head. 948 00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:18,680 You haven't said a word to me in three days. 949 00:47:18,712 --> 00:47:20,632 - I'm better now. - You haven't slept in our bed. 950 00:47:20,672 --> 00:47:22,341 You haven't even stepped inside the house. 951 00:47:22,424 --> 00:47:25,552 I just had to get my feet wet. The hardest part's getting started. 952 00:47:25,635 --> 00:47:28,930 - And what's the easy part? - Karen, there's ups and downs, you know. 953 00:47:29,014 --> 00:47:31,391 Okay, this is an up. I'm happy now. 954 00:47:33,101 --> 00:47:36,355 All right, I'm optimistic, but I can see it all, Kar. 955 00:47:36,438 --> 00:47:39,149 We got a shot at winning it all this year, a championship, 956 00:47:39,232 --> 00:47:41,432 and that is the happiest I've ever been, I swear to God. 957 00:47:43,695 --> 00:47:47,282 No! No. I mean, outside of you and I, of course. 958 00:47:47,366 --> 00:47:51,244 - I'll have to take your word for it. - Karen, don't, don't, don't, don't. 959 00:47:51,328 --> 00:47:52,704 - Let's just... No... - Jerry! 960 00:47:52,788 --> 00:47:55,290 They're your ups and downs. I understand that now. 961 00:47:55,374 --> 00:47:58,460 But if I ride that roller coaster with you, I will go crazy. 962 00:47:58,543 --> 00:48:00,143 [West] You think I wanna live like this? 963 00:48:00,504 --> 00:48:01,731 You're acting like I got a choice. 964 00:48:01,755 --> 00:48:03,399 I fuckin' hate this shit, Karen, but you... 965 00:48:03,423 --> 00:48:05,133 This is basketball. That's what it takes. 966 00:48:07,511 --> 00:48:10,013 ["Out of Sight Out of Mind" playing] 967 00:48:36,289 --> 00:48:37,833 [grunting] 968 00:48:50,303 --> 00:48:51,823 [Magic] Sophomore year of high school. 969 00:48:52,556 --> 00:48:55,517 We was picked to lose against this real state powerhouse. 970 00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:57,269 Instead, we blowed 'em out. 971 00:48:58,353 --> 00:49:03,733 Finished the game with 36 points, 19 rebounds, 18 assists. 972 00:49:04,901 --> 00:49:09,823 Everybody said, "What a game by this young man, Earvin Johnson Jr." 973 00:49:12,534 --> 00:49:13,535 Yeah. 974 00:49:14,035 --> 00:49:16,746 But this one writer, he said... 975 00:49:17,998 --> 00:49:20,041 ..."Earvin Johnson ain't no fun in black and white. 976 00:49:22,461 --> 00:49:25,464 You want the real love, you need a better name." 977 00:49:26,590 --> 00:49:28,091 Big E, Dr. J... 978 00:49:29,593 --> 00:49:30,760 Already taken. 979 00:49:32,137 --> 00:49:33,930 He said, "How about I call you Magic?" 980 00:49:35,390 --> 00:49:38,768 [crowd] Magic! Magic! Magic! 981 00:49:39,478 --> 00:49:40,770 Guess I said yes. 982 00:49:41,313 --> 00:49:42,313 [Earvin] Careful, Jun. 983 00:49:43,023 --> 00:49:45,525 Keep rubbing on it, you gonna wash the paint right on off. 984 00:49:47,861 --> 00:49:49,863 Just tryin' to keep that shine on, Pop. 985 00:49:50,572 --> 00:49:52,365 Yeah, that's my boy. 986 00:49:53,158 --> 00:49:54,534 Keep everybody squinting. 987 00:49:56,495 --> 00:49:57,954 - Pop? - Yeah? 988 00:49:59,623 --> 00:50:00,916 You think I'm a good man? 989 00:50:02,918 --> 00:50:04,127 What kind of question is that? 990 00:50:06,505 --> 00:50:07,839 Not sure if Mama do. 991 00:50:09,090 --> 00:50:10,342 Your mama is your mama. 992 00:50:11,176 --> 00:50:12,176 All right? 993 00:50:12,177 --> 00:50:14,679 Still got some point guard in her from her playing days. 994 00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:17,182 She likes things how she likes them. 995 00:50:18,141 --> 00:50:21,102 Likes to run the show, but... 996 00:50:21,686 --> 00:50:22,979 she loves her child more. 997 00:50:26,024 --> 00:50:28,235 Gimme those keys! 998 00:50:28,318 --> 00:50:31,071 You gonna let me drive this bad boy while you gone or what? 999 00:50:33,073 --> 00:50:34,282 It's all you, Pop. 1000 00:50:36,660 --> 00:50:38,203 [wind whooshing] 1001 00:50:46,545 --> 00:50:48,755 Wyoming has its own kind of cold. 1002 00:50:49,923 --> 00:50:53,176 It's like a thousand needles dipped in fire going through you. 1003 00:50:53,635 --> 00:50:56,012 My step-dad Cecil used to send me out in that 1004 00:50:56,096 --> 00:50:58,306 to dig ditches till my knuckles split. 1005 00:50:59,224 --> 00:51:01,017 I used to watch the blood oozing out. 1006 00:51:02,561 --> 00:51:04,521 It was so cold, it would crystallize. 1007 00:51:05,313 --> 00:51:06,606 I couldn't even feel the pain. 1008 00:51:08,483 --> 00:51:10,151 By the time I was done, 1009 00:51:10,235 --> 00:51:12,696 I'd be chattering so bad, I thought my teeth would chip. 1010 00:51:15,031 --> 00:51:17,617 And then old Cecil would show up again, 1011 00:51:18,451 --> 00:51:19,452 look at me, 1012 00:51:20,996 --> 00:51:21,997 and laugh. 1013 00:51:23,957 --> 00:51:24,958 And laugh. 1014 00:51:25,041 --> 00:51:26,126 [indistinct clatter] 1015 00:51:31,881 --> 00:51:35,510 Last time I set foot in this dump was '69, game 7. 1016 00:51:37,053 --> 00:51:38,430 We were on the ropes that year. 1017 00:51:40,265 --> 00:51:41,391 And I walked in here, 1018 00:51:42,225 --> 00:51:43,226 I looked up, 1019 00:51:44,352 --> 00:51:45,562 and I saw balloons. 1020 00:51:46,521 --> 00:51:48,189 Must've been 50,000 of 'em. 1021 00:51:49,691 --> 00:51:51,151 Cooke had 'em made up special. 1022 00:51:52,694 --> 00:51:54,446 "World Champion Lakers." 1023 00:51:55,822 --> 00:51:57,282 [laughing] 1024 00:51:59,117 --> 00:52:01,870 Eleven titles with that squad, and that was the sweetest. 1025 00:52:04,247 --> 00:52:06,124 We kept that hot air right where it belonged. 1026 00:52:10,587 --> 00:52:13,048 We got a deal? I got a flight. 1027 00:52:13,131 --> 00:52:14,215 Won't take long. 1028 00:52:14,966 --> 00:52:16,176 The fact is, Red, 1029 00:52:17,802 --> 00:52:18,887 you were dead-on. 1030 00:52:21,056 --> 00:52:23,933 I thought I could waltz in here and spend my way to victory, 1031 00:52:25,018 --> 00:52:26,728 have a grand old time along the way. 1032 00:52:28,938 --> 00:52:31,024 But you got me thinkin' about what I really needed. 1033 00:52:39,282 --> 00:52:41,451 I need to cut your heart out. 1034 00:52:47,290 --> 00:52:48,416 You haven't got it. 1035 00:52:50,502 --> 00:52:51,753 Oh, yes, I do. 1036 00:52:54,130 --> 00:52:55,840 And I'm gonna beat your ass with it. 1037 00:52:57,175 --> 00:52:59,511 This year. Next year. 1038 00:53:00,637 --> 00:53:03,056 Every other year, and every other you, 1039 00:53:03,848 --> 00:53:07,811 until nobody even remembers Boston or the Celtics 1040 00:53:07,894 --> 00:53:12,107 or the great Red Auerbach ever won a goddamned thing. 1041 00:53:14,442 --> 00:53:15,442 [scoffs] 1042 00:53:17,445 --> 00:53:19,072 I'll see you when we play you, kiddo. 1043 00:53:51,479 --> 00:53:52,480 Miss Buss. 1044 00:53:53,314 --> 00:53:54,441 [Jeanie] Ms. Rothman. 1045 00:53:54,524 --> 00:53:56,484 Ladies, could you give us the room, please? 1046 00:54:02,198 --> 00:54:04,784 I want to apologize for everything. 1047 00:54:06,286 --> 00:54:08,455 - I work for you now, not... - I overreacted. 1048 00:54:10,081 --> 00:54:14,919 Back in Philly, the arena I worked for filed bankruptcy. 1049 00:54:16,045 --> 00:54:17,255 And I saw it coming. 1050 00:54:17,964 --> 00:54:19,048 I looked the other way. 1051 00:54:19,924 --> 00:54:23,219 It's hard enough being the only female. I didn't wanna be the scold. 1052 00:54:24,471 --> 00:54:27,015 But it wasn't them that handed out the pink slips 1053 00:54:27,098 --> 00:54:28,475 when the place went belly-up. 1054 00:54:30,018 --> 00:54:32,270 My dad would never let that happen. 1055 00:54:35,940 --> 00:54:37,108 You left this behind. 1056 00:54:39,944 --> 00:54:41,529 I'd like to read it, if you don't mind. 1057 00:54:44,199 --> 00:54:45,200 No, not at all. 1058 00:54:46,701 --> 00:54:47,911 Enjoy your salad. 1059 00:54:57,003 --> 00:55:00,006 [Buss] All right! I need everyone out here in the office! Boys, come on out! 1060 00:55:01,049 --> 00:55:03,218 Everybody! You too, Jerry! Let's go! 1061 00:55:03,301 --> 00:55:04,385 I need a word with you. 1062 00:55:04,469 --> 00:55:06,888 No, me first, Jerry. Pardon me, Linda. 1063 00:55:06,971 --> 00:55:09,033 I'm gonna steal your desk here so everyone can see me. 1064 00:55:09,057 --> 00:55:11,059 Everybody! Let's go! Gather around. 1065 00:55:11,142 --> 00:55:13,186 Don't be shy! Listen up. 1066 00:55:14,437 --> 00:55:17,232 The Lakers franchise, as you know it, 1067 00:55:17,315 --> 00:55:20,318 dies right here, today. 1068 00:55:22,487 --> 00:55:24,072 No more covering our asses. 1069 00:55:25,073 --> 00:55:27,075 No more settling for good enough. 1070 00:55:27,158 --> 00:55:32,413 From here on out, we are playing to win! 1071 00:55:32,497 --> 00:55:34,082 Every game! 1072 00:55:36,334 --> 00:55:38,169 Now, it's gonna cost me some money, 1073 00:55:38,878 --> 00:55:40,088 and that's my business. 1074 00:55:41,172 --> 00:55:44,634 But the investment that I need from each and every one of you 1075 00:55:45,885 --> 00:55:47,053 is everything else. 1076 00:55:48,179 --> 00:55:54,018 Whatever it takes to make this organization a world champion. 1077 00:55:58,898 --> 00:56:00,608 So, Claire. 1078 00:56:01,276 --> 00:56:03,987 I'm gonna need some big ideas from you, all right? 1079 00:56:04,070 --> 00:56:05,113 I need you. 1080 00:56:05,780 --> 00:56:08,783 Bill, Jerry, I understand you're still building the roster, 1081 00:56:09,367 --> 00:56:11,035 but I have one question: 1082 00:56:11,995 --> 00:56:14,330 What's it take to get us to the Promised Land? 1083 00:56:15,832 --> 00:56:18,167 - Well, I think we're almost there. - Almost? 1084 00:56:18,251 --> 00:56:19,919 Yeah, there's, uh... 1085 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:22,505 just one piece that doesn't fit. 1086 00:56:23,840 --> 00:56:25,466 Do not say Magic Johnson. 1087 00:56:26,801 --> 00:56:28,887 No. It's not him. 1088 00:56:29,554 --> 00:56:31,764 It's not? Fantastic! 1089 00:56:31,848 --> 00:56:34,058 You hear that? That is progress right there. 1090 00:56:35,727 --> 00:56:36,728 Who, Jerry? 1091 00:56:39,355 --> 00:56:40,356 It's me. 1092 00:56:43,318 --> 00:56:44,360 [woman] What did he say? 1093 00:56:46,112 --> 00:56:48,114 You're gonna have to get yourself a new head coach. 1094 00:56:56,205 --> 00:56:57,205 [scoffs] 1095 00:56:57,373 --> 00:56:59,208 [funk music playing]