1 00:00:12,208 --> 00:00:15,041 - Come here, bitch! Get back here! 2 00:00:17,666 --> 00:00:18,916 Woman: He was my son, too. 3 00:00:19,000 --> 00:00:21,416 Bullshit! Your son is breathing! 4 00:00:21,500 --> 00:00:23,500 He's not rottin' in a box in the front room. 5 00:00:23,583 --> 00:00:26,583 Damn it, I wish them gooks had killed you both instead! 6 00:00:26,666 --> 00:00:28,166 Woman: Leave me alone and go to hell! 7 00:00:28,250 --> 00:00:30,333 Man: Your son is still alive out there, 8 00:00:30,416 --> 00:00:32,958 - just sniveling like some bleeding mutt! - Don't touch me! 9 00:00:33,041 --> 00:00:35,208 Man: Ah, he's going nowhere. He never will. He's a nobody. 10 00:00:35,291 --> 00:00:36,833 He's not my son. He's yours. 11 00:00:36,916 --> 00:00:38,625 - Bitch! Come here! 12 00:00:40,750 --> 00:00:44,250 Come back here, you bitch! I'll get your ass! 13 00:00:44,333 --> 00:00:45,958 You're next! I said, come back here! 14 00:00:46,041 --> 00:00:48,125 Woman: Leave me alone, don't touch me! 15 00:00:52,875 --> 00:00:54,666 Get away from me! 16 00:01:03,708 --> 00:01:06,333 Chick Hearn: Lakers win! Lakers win! Lakers win! 17 00:01:06,416 --> 00:01:09,708 And Jerry West, long denied, is finally a champion. 18 00:01:09,791 --> 00:01:13,375 My goodness, after all those years and all those losses, 19 00:01:13,458 --> 00:01:15,416 here he is, in the Promised Land. 20 00:01:15,500 --> 00:01:18,958 And, oh, Lakers fans, he must be on top of the world. 21 00:01:19,041 --> 00:01:22,458 Crowd: Lakers! Lakers! Lakers... 22 00:01:34,416 --> 00:01:36,375 - I'll have another. - Sure thing. 23 00:01:44,416 --> 00:01:46,958 Still doesn't feel real, does it? 24 00:01:52,500 --> 00:01:54,500 I was just thinking that. 25 00:01:55,541 --> 00:01:58,083 I'm really going to miss him. 26 00:01:59,625 --> 00:02:01,250 Huh? 27 00:02:02,625 --> 00:02:04,083 Bob? 28 00:02:09,291 --> 00:02:12,000 Oh. Oh, f... 29 00:02:12,083 --> 00:02:15,625 Fuck, Jerry. I'm sorry. I'm here alone. 30 00:02:15,708 --> 00:02:17,916 I didn't know him. 31 00:02:19,625 --> 00:02:21,333 Oh, I just... 32 00:02:23,333 --> 00:02:25,375 You looked like one of us. 33 00:02:28,250 --> 00:02:29,333 Hm... 34 00:02:30,541 --> 00:02:33,000 Oh, I'm sorry for your loss. 35 00:02:33,916 --> 00:02:36,041 Woman: I'm sorry for yours. 36 00:02:37,250 --> 00:02:39,375 Whatever it is. 37 00:02:40,750 --> 00:02:42,375 I actually... 38 00:02:42,458 --> 00:02:45,166 didn't lose for once. I won. 39 00:02:46,875 --> 00:02:49,666 To happy endings then. 40 00:02:49,750 --> 00:02:51,958 - Yeah, happy endings. 41 00:02:52,875 --> 00:02:54,500 So, what's next? 42 00:03:23,458 --> 00:03:25,083 Uh... 43 00:03:25,166 --> 00:03:29,208 - Sure you won't stick around? - Mm. I better get home. 44 00:03:30,833 --> 00:03:33,750 Hm. Were you at a party or something? 45 00:03:35,625 --> 00:03:37,208 Hm? 46 00:03:38,958 --> 00:03:41,875 I've been looking for this my whole life. 47 00:03:41,958 --> 00:03:43,500 Woman: Happy to help. 48 00:03:44,291 --> 00:03:46,291 See you around sometime. 49 00:03:50,333 --> 00:03:52,416 Peggy Lee: I remember when I was a little girl... 50 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:55,083 - ...our house caught on fire. 51 00:03:55,166 --> 00:03:57,500 I'll never forget the look on my father's face 52 00:03:57,583 --> 00:03:59,375 as he gathered me up in his arms 53 00:03:59,458 --> 00:04:02,833 and raced through the burning building onto the pavement. 54 00:04:04,291 --> 00:04:07,083 And I stood there shivering in my pajamas 55 00:04:07,166 --> 00:04:10,625 and watched the whole world go up in flames. 56 00:04:10,708 --> 00:04:13,958 And when it was all over, I said to myself... 57 00:04:15,375 --> 00:04:18,083 is that all there is to a fire? 58 00:04:20,375 --> 00:04:23,666 : Is that all there is? 59 00:04:30,375 --> 00:04:33,208 ("My Favorite Mutiny" by The Coup playing 60 00:05:58,500 --> 00:06:00,166 Jerry West: There you go again, Bill! 61 00:06:00,250 --> 00:06:02,875 Pissing on a flat rock and telling me it's raining! 62 00:06:02,958 --> 00:06:04,458 Bill Sharman: I just drafted you two power forwards. 63 00:06:04,541 --> 00:06:06,458 I just coached those scrubs in summer league. 64 00:06:06,541 --> 00:06:08,291 Shit, fuck, I'd do better with 65 00:06:08,375 --> 00:06:09,958 two pin-dick toddlers from your summer camp. 66 00:06:10,041 --> 00:06:11,833 - You know what I'd do. - Fuck off, Chick. 67 00:06:11,916 --> 00:06:14,666 - We're not trading Kareem! - Alright then! 68 00:06:14,750 --> 00:06:16,583 We're not trading the MVP! 69 00:06:16,666 --> 00:06:18,583 Sounds like smart basketball, Bill. 70 00:06:18,666 --> 00:06:22,041 This is Maria, by the way. Have a seat, honey. 71 00:06:22,125 --> 00:06:24,625 Chick, do you mind mixing me up a rum and Coke? 72 00:06:24,708 --> 00:06:26,875 - What are you having, hon? - Sex on the Beach? 73 00:06:26,958 --> 00:06:28,458 - Frank Mariani: That's what I like to hear. 74 00:06:28,541 --> 00:06:31,041 You know, we're, uh, really just getting started. 75 00:06:31,125 --> 00:06:33,791 Uh, nothing too exciting yet. You know, 76 00:06:33,875 --> 00:06:36,916 might be best to let us hack the tall grass 77 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:39,625 and come by and give you the big picture later. 78 00:06:40,916 --> 00:06:43,583 Yeah. Leave the gardening to us, huh, Bill? 79 00:06:43,666 --> 00:06:45,583 That's what we used to do for Cooke. 80 00:06:45,666 --> 00:06:47,250 Right. Well... 81 00:06:49,250 --> 00:06:50,666 I like to be a little more hands-on. 82 00:06:50,750 --> 00:06:53,416 I've got the owners meeting coming up, 83 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:55,125 so if you tell me what we're looking for, 84 00:06:55,208 --> 00:06:58,291 I can keep my ear to the ground, and see if I can help us out. 85 00:06:58,375 --> 00:07:00,166 No, no, no, no. You don't do that. 86 00:07:00,250 --> 00:07:02,125 Sharman: No, what-what Jerry is trying to say is that 87 00:07:02,208 --> 00:07:05,416 these owner characters, they're just a little slippery. 88 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:07,666 Come on, boys. 89 00:07:07,750 --> 00:07:10,041 I'm talking about a championship! A ring. 90 00:07:10,125 --> 00:07:13,333 The record books. That is what we're all doing here, right? 91 00:07:13,416 --> 00:07:14,750 Since when? 92 00:07:16,083 --> 00:07:18,083 Since God invented basketball! 93 00:07:18,166 --> 00:07:19,958 Since God invented basketball. 94 00:07:20,041 --> 00:07:21,458 - Jerry, Jerry... stop. - No, Bill, no. 95 00:07:21,541 --> 00:07:24,833 Bill, he wants to pretend we're playing basketball. 96 00:07:26,583 --> 00:07:28,125 Why don't you ask him 97 00:07:28,208 --> 00:07:30,500 why this is the third year straight 98 00:07:30,583 --> 00:07:32,541 I've been begging for a solid four, 99 00:07:32,625 --> 00:07:34,000 but he won't buy me Spencer Haywood. 100 00:07:34,083 --> 00:07:35,208 He's too expensive. 101 00:07:35,291 --> 00:07:37,291 Not to mention he attracts a certain element, 102 00:07:37,375 --> 00:07:39,708 you know, that whole "back to Africa" malarkey. 103 00:07:39,791 --> 00:07:41,541 Jerry West: That sound like basketball to you? 104 00:07:41,625 --> 00:07:44,708 - It's business, Jerry. - Bingo. Ding-ding. 105 00:07:44,791 --> 00:07:46,833 That's what you won't read in your sports pages. 106 00:07:46,916 --> 00:07:49,625 Every year, I tell these jokers what I need to win it all. 107 00:07:49,708 --> 00:07:52,583 We game it out, we get all fired up and hard. 108 00:07:52,666 --> 00:07:55,250 Then the man in your shoes walks in... 109 00:07:55,333 --> 00:07:57,541 and we're right back where we started. 110 00:07:57,625 --> 00:08:00,500 Sellin' popcorn, sitting on our fuckin' thumbs. 111 00:08:00,583 --> 00:08:03,500 And Jerry West is out there with the same three stars, 112 00:08:03,583 --> 00:08:04,958 nine scrubs, trying to squeeze 113 00:08:05,041 --> 00:08:06,708 a diamond out of fuckin' pig shit. 114 00:08:06,791 --> 00:08:09,041 - You know what, fellas? Fucking do myself a favor... - Jerry-- 115 00:08:09,125 --> 00:08:11,375 - and fucking spare myself the emotional... - Indulge me, Jerry. 116 00:08:11,458 --> 00:08:15,166 - Indulge me. Jerry, tell me what you need. - Jesus Christ. 117 00:08:17,333 --> 00:08:19,083 More than you're willing to spend. 118 00:08:24,166 --> 00:08:25,583 And you know that how? 119 00:08:25,666 --> 00:08:28,750 - Oh shit. - You're a businessman. 120 00:08:28,833 --> 00:08:31,708 Y'all want pee from a tree, but when you see the price, 121 00:08:31,791 --> 00:08:34,541 your sphincter puckers. 122 00:08:38,125 --> 00:08:40,208 Oh. Alright. 123 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:43,083 Bill, is this last year's budget? 124 00:08:43,166 --> 00:08:45,041 Yeah, we're still working on the new one. 125 00:08:45,125 --> 00:08:47,166 - Alright, well, don't bother. 126 00:08:47,250 --> 00:08:49,208 Jerry, I told you 127 00:08:49,291 --> 00:08:51,041 when we drafted Johnson, 128 00:08:51,125 --> 00:08:52,791 all the other basketball was up to you, 129 00:08:52,875 --> 00:08:56,125 and I will give you whatever you need. 130 00:08:58,041 --> 00:09:01,750 Now, take the week and come back to me about what that is. 131 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:03,625 In the meantime, Maria... 132 00:09:04,750 --> 00:09:06,541 you leave the price tag, 133 00:09:06,625 --> 00:09:09,625 and my beautiful sphincter, up to me. 134 00:09:11,583 --> 00:09:13,125 Come on, Frank! 135 00:09:13,208 --> 00:09:14,625 Sharman: Shit, Jerry, 136 00:09:14,708 --> 00:09:17,291 I think you just got everything you always wanted. 137 00:09:21,833 --> 00:09:24,333 Jerry Buss: Now we can do as much as we want with a stadium. 138 00:09:24,416 --> 00:09:27,333 David Stern: Well, th-that's a good point, Dr. Buss. To my mind, 139 00:09:27,416 --> 00:09:29,250 the NBA should be competing with the top-tier leagues. 140 00:09:29,333 --> 00:09:32,125 I mean, we-we have the most exciting sport on the planet, 141 00:09:32,208 --> 00:09:33,625 the best athletes. 142 00:09:33,708 --> 00:09:35,916 There's no reason we can't be just as popular as golf or tennis. 143 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:37,083 - Mariani: Hey, who knows? 144 00:09:37,166 --> 00:09:38,458 Maybe we'll catch up to bowling. 145 00:09:38,541 --> 00:09:41,000 You're joking, but they're killing us in the Nielsens. 146 00:09:41,083 --> 00:09:42,125 We're on thin ice with CBS, 147 00:09:42,208 --> 00:09:44,000 and no one else is beating down the door. 148 00:09:44,083 --> 00:09:46,166 If we're going to survive, we need big thinkers. 149 00:09:46,250 --> 00:09:48,541 Well, Dave, here we are. 150 00:09:48,625 --> 00:09:51,166 - Let's go say hi. Fred! 151 00:09:51,250 --> 00:09:53,000 Dr. Jerry Buss, pleasure to finally meet you. 152 00:09:53,083 --> 00:09:55,166 - How's the old lady? Good. Vince! - Great. 153 00:09:55,250 --> 00:09:57,666 How do you do? Dr. Jerry Buss. Coming out with us tonight? 154 00:09:57,750 --> 00:09:59,375 I don't know. I'll have to see, Jerry. 155 00:09:59,458 --> 00:10:01,583 You ever had a blow job with champagne in her mouth? 156 00:10:01,666 --> 00:10:03,333 You're going to love it. Mr. McComb! 157 00:10:03,416 --> 00:10:05,000 Welcome to Los Angeles, partner. 158 00:10:05,083 --> 00:10:06,500 Texas is bigger, but we're more fun. 159 00:10:06,583 --> 00:10:08,625 - Welcome to the club. - Oh, thank you. It's a great honor. 160 00:10:08,708 --> 00:10:10,208 Hey, I want you to know I voted for you. 161 00:10:10,291 --> 00:10:11,833 Thank you, Bill. I appreciate that. I really do. 162 00:10:11,916 --> 00:10:13,666 - He didn't. - He didn't vote for me? 163 00:10:13,750 --> 00:10:15,458 - He didn't vote for you. 164 00:10:15,541 --> 00:10:17,166 A lot of people were against you buying it. 165 00:10:17,250 --> 00:10:19,458 - Mm-hmm. - See, we've seen some real estate types before 166 00:10:19,541 --> 00:10:21,541 that buy low, sell high. 167 00:10:21,625 --> 00:10:24,625 No long-term investment in the future of the league. 168 00:10:24,708 --> 00:10:27,041 Well, the Lakers are your future, Dave. 169 00:10:27,125 --> 00:10:29,375 - Oh? - But I'd still like to meet the past. 170 00:10:29,458 --> 00:10:32,583 - Where's this Auerbach? - Oh, you mean the Pope? 171 00:10:32,666 --> 00:10:34,250 Follow the white smoke. 172 00:10:38,125 --> 00:10:39,541 Jerry Buss: Red Auerbach. 173 00:10:39,625 --> 00:10:43,125 Winner of 13 rings, seven of them against our club. 174 00:10:43,208 --> 00:10:45,333 No losses. If you're a Laker, 175 00:10:45,416 --> 00:10:46,583 he's the devil incarnate. 176 00:10:46,666 --> 00:10:48,625 If you're from Boston, chances are you're Catholic, 177 00:10:48,708 --> 00:10:50,125 but you'd sell your soul for him. 178 00:10:50,208 --> 00:10:54,000 The networks are turned off by all this street ball. 179 00:10:54,083 --> 00:10:56,000 The thugs, the fighting. 180 00:10:56,083 --> 00:10:57,500 It scares away decent families. 181 00:10:58,541 --> 00:11:00,125 Don't you worry. Decent families 182 00:11:00,208 --> 00:11:02,291 have creamed their shorts for Larry Bird. 183 00:11:02,375 --> 00:11:04,000 The hick with the funny haircut? 184 00:11:04,083 --> 00:11:06,750 That hick is gonna win me 10 more rings. 185 00:11:06,833 --> 00:11:08,833 - Yeah. He got a brother? - Hell, I'll take a sister. 186 00:11:08,916 --> 00:11:11,375 - I'll take the guy who'll beat him! 187 00:11:13,333 --> 00:11:15,541 - Dr. Buss! - Commissioner. Red! 188 00:11:15,625 --> 00:11:19,125 - Jerry Buss, big fan. - That won't last long. 189 00:11:19,208 --> 00:11:22,000 Well, I doubt that. I love a winner. 190 00:11:22,083 --> 00:11:23,416 Well, then you bought the wrong team. 191 00:11:23,500 --> 00:11:25,583 No one loses quite like the Lakers. 192 00:11:27,666 --> 00:11:28,916 Jerry Buss: Well, 193 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:30,625 I'm fixing to change that actually. 194 00:11:30,708 --> 00:11:32,375 Was hoping to pick your brain a little bit about it. 195 00:11:32,458 --> 00:11:34,625 You know, me and the boys are gonna go out on the town tonight. 196 00:11:34,708 --> 00:11:38,500 I got the keys to Hefner's place, if you wanna come along. 197 00:11:38,583 --> 00:11:41,041 I bet you do. 198 00:11:42,958 --> 00:11:45,458 You fellas go get your kicks. 199 00:11:45,541 --> 00:11:48,166 - I got a basketball team to run. 200 00:11:48,250 --> 00:11:49,875 Commissioner. 201 00:11:51,416 --> 00:11:52,875 Sure thing. 202 00:11:56,041 --> 00:11:58,166 Earvin Johnson: Aight, y'all. Take care of me now. 203 00:11:58,250 --> 00:11:59,750 No scratching up my mama's walls. 204 00:11:59,833 --> 00:12:02,166 - Don't worry, man, we got you. - Aight. 205 00:12:02,250 --> 00:12:05,458 Yo, what I heard true? They give you 500,000? 206 00:12:05,541 --> 00:12:07,416 - : Fuck's wrong with you? - What? 207 00:12:07,500 --> 00:12:09,375 Just wanna know what it feels like. 208 00:12:09,458 --> 00:12:12,041 - All that money. - It feels good, man. 209 00:12:12,125 --> 00:12:15,583 Feel real good. 210 00:12:15,666 --> 00:12:18,083 For me though, it ain't about the money. 211 00:12:18,166 --> 00:12:19,875 It's about the love. What's up, Mikey? 212 00:12:19,958 --> 00:12:22,250 Tell your brother I owe him that rematch too. 213 00:12:22,333 --> 00:12:26,500 - Big bro! What's up, baby? 214 00:12:26,583 --> 00:12:27,833 Man: When you going to training camp? 215 00:12:27,916 --> 00:12:29,750 - Earvin Johnson Sr.: Hey, Junior! - What's up, Pop? 216 00:12:29,833 --> 00:12:32,166 - Settle something for your old man. - Yes, sir. 217 00:12:32,250 --> 00:12:34,208 What's the most points you scored in high school? 218 00:12:34,291 --> 00:12:35,666 - Forty-eight. - Johnson Sr.: See? 219 00:12:35,750 --> 00:12:38,250 See what? I got 12 in a quarter. 220 00:12:38,333 --> 00:12:40,166 - Friend: You was king of the air ball! 221 00:12:40,250 --> 00:12:41,625 I used to dunk on him so much, 222 00:12:41,708 --> 00:12:43,291 his head used to smell like my nuts. 223 00:12:43,375 --> 00:12:45,333 That's why he lost all that hair! 224 00:12:47,250 --> 00:12:50,083 - Folks in Lansing love their boy. - Hey, EJ. 225 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:51,666 Mm, Cindy. 226 00:12:53,875 --> 00:12:57,000 What I tell you? They all just rootin' me on. 227 00:12:57,083 --> 00:12:58,791 All one big, happy f... 228 00:13:03,208 --> 00:13:04,916 family. 229 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,833 We-we right here. Look. 230 00:13:06,916 --> 00:13:09,500 - Hold on, hold on, hold on. Don't look actually. 231 00:13:09,583 --> 00:13:11,500 Alright, one more step. 232 00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:14,875 Okay. Turn a little bit. Alright. 233 00:13:15,791 --> 00:13:17,416 Open your eyes. 234 00:13:18,291 --> 00:13:19,583 What you think? 235 00:13:23,333 --> 00:13:25,083 I think I know how my wall got scuffed. 236 00:13:25,166 --> 00:13:26,791 Don't worry about none of that, Ma. 237 00:13:26,875 --> 00:13:29,458 Them construction cats, they gonna put it in real nice, 238 00:13:29,541 --> 00:13:31,458 and they gonna clean up your walls. 239 00:13:31,541 --> 00:13:34,666 And trample all my floors and tear my bathroom to pieces. No. 240 00:13:34,750 --> 00:13:37,333 - Where-where'd you get this thing from? - I bought it. 241 00:13:37,416 --> 00:13:40,000 Look, Ma, it got these fancy jets and everything, 242 00:13:40,083 --> 00:13:41,541 just like the one in that commercial 243 00:13:41,625 --> 00:13:42,833 that was always liking. 244 00:13:42,916 --> 00:13:45,416 Camay leaves me looking clean and creamy. 245 00:13:45,500 --> 00:13:46,666 Everywhere. 246 00:13:46,750 --> 00:13:48,958 You bought this house, too, with that Laker money, 247 00:13:49,041 --> 00:13:50,500 or is this still mine to see to? 248 00:13:50,583 --> 00:13:52,958 - 'Course it is, Ma. - Hmm. 249 00:13:54,416 --> 00:13:56,625 You should have consulted me. 250 00:13:56,708 --> 00:13:58,000 Ma, how am I supposed to surprise you 251 00:13:58,083 --> 00:13:59,583 when I go sayin' what I'm gonna do 252 00:13:59,666 --> 00:14:01,791 - before I do it? - Oh, I see. So this is for me then? 253 00:14:01,875 --> 00:14:04,708 So I can forget about you skipping school this summer. 254 00:14:04,791 --> 00:14:08,583 Ma, it ain't got nothin' to do with my diploma. For real! 255 00:14:08,666 --> 00:14:09,916 Right hand to God. Soon as-- 256 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,708 As soon as the season over, I'm back at it. 257 00:14:11,791 --> 00:14:13,708 Oh, well, that sounds good. 258 00:14:13,791 --> 00:14:16,291 So, I can just take your word for it 259 00:14:16,375 --> 00:14:18,583 and soak my cares away? 260 00:14:19,875 --> 00:14:22,625 - You're supposed to be happy. 261 00:14:22,708 --> 00:14:25,125 You know what? You were baptized in a tub 262 00:14:25,208 --> 00:14:27,541 just this size. 263 00:14:27,625 --> 00:14:29,458 And the water hit, 264 00:14:29,541 --> 00:14:33,791 and you didn't cry. You didn't make a sound. 265 00:14:33,875 --> 00:14:35,916 And I thought to myself, well, this kid 266 00:14:36,041 --> 00:14:37,375 is in lockstep with the Lord. 267 00:14:37,458 --> 00:14:40,666 All I got to do is raise him right. 268 00:14:43,666 --> 00:14:45,791 And Lord knows I tried. 269 00:14:47,125 --> 00:14:49,625 Just 'cause I ain't takin' no geography this summer? 270 00:14:49,708 --> 00:14:53,083 Because you think you can buy me with a bathtub and a smile. 271 00:14:53,166 --> 00:14:55,125 It ain't that, Ma. 272 00:14:55,208 --> 00:14:57,750 I want you to stand on your feet. 273 00:14:57,833 --> 00:15:00,916 I want you to have something to fall back on. 274 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,583 And your soul. 275 00:15:02,666 --> 00:15:04,458 Because when these fans are gone and, believe me, 276 00:15:04,541 --> 00:15:07,125 - they will, mark my words-- - Ma, they ain't going nowhere! 277 00:15:07,208 --> 00:15:10,166 Whole city full of love! Why that ain't enough for you? 278 00:15:11,458 --> 00:15:13,875 I was tryin' to make you happy. 279 00:15:16,750 --> 00:15:18,875 I was happy with my old tub. 280 00:15:28,833 --> 00:15:31,833 Karen: Good luck. He's been in there since yesterday. 281 00:15:31,916 --> 00:15:34,666 Hasn't said a word, just locked the door. 282 00:15:34,750 --> 00:15:36,500 He gets this before the season. 283 00:15:36,583 --> 00:15:39,291 Karen: And after the season and during the season and All-Star break, 284 00:15:39,375 --> 00:15:41,958 - and sometimes just because it's Tuesday. - Yeah, well, he lives 285 00:15:42,041 --> 00:15:43,958 and breathes basketball. That's why we love him. 286 00:15:44,041 --> 00:15:45,791 - Fuck off, Bill. 287 00:15:45,875 --> 00:15:47,500 Jerry West: Fuck off, Bill. 288 00:15:47,583 --> 00:15:49,625 The love in this house. 289 00:15:49,708 --> 00:15:51,375 Karen: I'm leaving lunch! 290 00:15:51,458 --> 00:15:53,083 You're welcome. 291 00:15:58,208 --> 00:16:01,416 Oh shit. Are you kidding me? Jesus fuckin' Christ. 292 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:04,916 Ah! Ah! Fuck! Shit! 293 00:16:10,875 --> 00:16:13,375 Leave me alone. I'm working. 294 00:16:13,458 --> 00:16:15,916 I see that. 295 00:16:19,125 --> 00:16:22,708 This place reeks like a gym sock farted. 296 00:16:25,125 --> 00:16:26,666 Get out then. 297 00:16:26,750 --> 00:16:28,833 Have you thought about showering? 298 00:16:28,916 --> 00:16:31,291 Good thoughts come in when you're showering. 299 00:16:31,375 --> 00:16:32,708 What's the point? 300 00:16:32,791 --> 00:16:35,833 Who wins, who plays, who loses. 301 00:16:35,916 --> 00:16:38,500 We all end up the same anyway. 302 00:16:38,583 --> 00:16:40,833 Fuckin' worm food. Dead. 303 00:16:40,916 --> 00:16:43,375 Well, that's one perspective. 304 00:16:43,458 --> 00:16:45,916 - The only one. - Jerry... 305 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,291 - I've listened to you bitch for 10 years. 306 00:16:50,833 --> 00:16:53,333 About wanting the right ingredients, 307 00:16:53,416 --> 00:16:56,333 and this guy is giving you carte blanche for the perfect meal. 308 00:16:56,416 --> 00:16:59,125 I will give you whatever you need. 309 00:16:59,208 --> 00:17:02,041 Fuck. As long as there's a fuckin' onion in it. 310 00:17:02,125 --> 00:17:05,041 What, are you still on about Johnson? 311 00:17:05,125 --> 00:17:08,500 You know what I think? It ain't Johnson. It's you. 312 00:17:08,583 --> 00:17:10,416 You're afraid if you get everything you asked for, 313 00:17:10,500 --> 00:17:11,708 you won't have an excuse. 314 00:17:11,791 --> 00:17:14,625 Fuck you, Bill! Fuck you! I don't need no excuse! 315 00:17:14,708 --> 00:17:16,333 And I fuckin' sure as shit don't need 316 00:17:16,416 --> 00:17:18,708 no fuckin' six-foot-nine-inch forward 317 00:17:18,791 --> 00:17:21,083 playing dress-up as a fuckin' point guard! 318 00:17:21,166 --> 00:17:24,333 No, if it was up to me, I'd take the ball out of his hands 319 00:17:24,416 --> 00:17:27,416 and stick him in the fuckin' post where he belongs. 320 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:29,333 Then do it. 321 00:17:31,541 --> 00:17:35,500 - Buss' never gonna-- - He said you had to play the kid, not how. 322 00:17:35,583 --> 00:17:37,208 What are you afraid of? He's gonna fire you? 323 00:17:37,291 --> 00:17:39,375 I mean, this job makes you fuckin' miserable. 324 00:17:39,458 --> 00:17:41,875 It's a win-win situation! 325 00:17:41,958 --> 00:17:43,958 - Fuck you, I love my job. - Then do it. 326 00:17:46,625 --> 00:17:48,458 Could work. 327 00:17:48,541 --> 00:17:50,458 It could be fucking-- It could be good. 328 00:17:52,250 --> 00:17:53,666 I'll have to talk to Kareem first. 329 00:17:53,750 --> 00:17:56,125 This could... work. 330 00:17:56,208 --> 00:17:58,916 Fuck goddammit, dude! This is the fuckin' business, huh?! 331 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,750 Why the fuck you standing there, Bill? I got work to do! 332 00:18:01,833 --> 00:18:03,083 - It's hot in LA, right? - Hot. 333 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:05,458 - Sun is all over you. - All over you. 334 00:18:05,541 --> 00:18:08,125 - So what do you want when it's hot on the outside? - Tell him what they want. 335 00:18:08,208 --> 00:18:10,833 - You want ice. But not just any old ice. - Ice. 336 00:18:10,916 --> 00:18:12,583 Both: No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 337 00:18:12,666 --> 00:18:15,666 - You want some ice with some taste in it. - Mm-hm. Tell him what they want. 338 00:18:15,750 --> 00:18:19,666 - You want... Tasty Ice. - You want... Tasty Ice. 339 00:18:19,750 --> 00:18:22,416 Ladies, you should see this gift 340 00:18:22,500 --> 00:18:25,333 - that my Earvin gave me. A tub! - Oh? 341 00:18:25,416 --> 00:18:26,916 Just like the white lady on TV. 342 00:18:29,708 --> 00:18:31,291 - This soap leave me soft and... - Yeah. 343 00:18:31,375 --> 00:18:34,375 Yeah? Like... Like yeah, you in? 344 00:18:34,458 --> 00:18:38,458 - Hey, why don't y'all hit me with a business plan? 345 00:18:38,541 --> 00:18:39,833 Then, we can see what's what. 346 00:18:39,916 --> 00:18:42,208 We-we just told you the business plan. 347 00:18:42,291 --> 00:18:44,500 People's gonna eat ice and give us money. 348 00:18:44,583 --> 00:18:47,500 No, we'll be right back with th-that business plan. 349 00:18:47,583 --> 00:18:50,291 - Right. - We'll be right back. We'll be back. 350 00:18:51,250 --> 00:18:53,041 Cookie: Hello, Earvin. 351 00:18:53,125 --> 00:18:55,041 Hey, Cook. Glad you came. 352 00:18:58,916 --> 00:19:00,041 Hey, EJ. 353 00:19:02,666 --> 00:19:03,666 'Sup, Brian. 354 00:19:03,750 --> 00:19:06,000 I saw your mother at Bible study. 355 00:19:06,083 --> 00:19:07,750 Said we should stop by. 356 00:19:07,833 --> 00:19:09,083 Wanted to see you off. 357 00:19:09,166 --> 00:19:10,916 Yeah? 358 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:13,416 Don't you work at Happy Shoes on Sunday? 359 00:19:13,500 --> 00:19:15,666 When you're the manager, you make the schedule. 360 00:19:15,750 --> 00:19:17,666 - Oh yeah, you is the manager. Yeah. - Yeah. 361 00:19:17,750 --> 00:19:20,041 Congrats on the draft, by the way. That's a big deal. 362 00:19:20,125 --> 00:19:23,000 - Hey, congrats on manager. - Yeah. Yeah, thanks. 363 00:19:23,083 --> 00:19:25,750 Maybe you could stop by the store sometime before you leave. 364 00:19:25,833 --> 00:19:28,500 - The kids would love it. - Mm, I'm sure they would. 365 00:19:28,583 --> 00:19:29,958 They see you every day, so... 366 00:19:30,041 --> 00:19:33,208 Christine Johnson: Brian, is that you? Son, get in here! 367 00:19:33,291 --> 00:19:35,083 I need your big brain on this fish fry. 368 00:19:35,166 --> 00:19:37,416 - Come on! - Be right over, Sister Johnson. 369 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:39,916 - Oh... - You got a great mama, man. 370 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,875 Love her to death. Excuse me. 371 00:19:45,458 --> 00:19:47,916 So that's why you came through? 372 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,958 To show me up with that sucker? 373 00:19:51,375 --> 00:19:52,791 I came... 374 00:19:52,875 --> 00:19:55,541 - Mm-hmm. - ...to say how proud of you I am. 375 00:19:56,791 --> 00:19:59,500 And that if you need anything, I'm here. 376 00:20:02,625 --> 00:20:04,000 Anything? 377 00:20:05,625 --> 00:20:07,958 I almost forgot who I was talkin' to. 378 00:20:08,791 --> 00:20:10,916 But, for real. 379 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:13,500 You need an ear or friend, 380 00:20:13,583 --> 00:20:15,750 you know where I'm at. 381 00:20:15,833 --> 00:20:17,458 Cook... 382 00:20:17,541 --> 00:20:19,333 - Okay? You already know. - Mm-hm. 383 00:20:19,416 --> 00:20:21,291 Quincy: Man, EJ, you were right. 384 00:20:21,375 --> 00:20:24,208 You were right. We did need a business plan. 385 00:20:24,291 --> 00:20:25,916 - And we sure enough got one. - Boom. 386 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:28,083 - Two words. - Two. 387 00:20:28,166 --> 00:20:29,958 - Blue... 388 00:20:30,041 --> 00:20:32,708 - Berry. - Ooh! Ain't nobody got that. 389 00:20:32,791 --> 00:20:35,916 - Nobody! Nobody... - Not Tastee-Freez. 390 00:20:38,291 --> 00:20:40,333 Well, it took all night and my pisher grandson 391 00:20:40,416 --> 00:20:41,916 spit up on the revenue distinction, 392 00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:43,666 but I think I cracked a budget that might do the trick. 393 00:20:43,750 --> 00:20:46,958 - Maybe the barf will cover the red ink. - No hiding that. 394 00:20:47,041 --> 00:20:48,708 But run down to my car and check the math. 395 00:20:48,791 --> 00:20:51,083 - I've got a hot date with the books. - Mm-hm. 396 00:20:51,166 --> 00:20:52,833 Love of my life. 397 00:20:56,125 --> 00:20:57,500 Alright. 398 00:21:03,083 --> 00:21:04,500 Where the fuck are the books? 399 00:21:04,583 --> 00:21:06,666 Officer: So this burglary, there were no valuables. 400 00:21:06,750 --> 00:21:09,750 - It was just files? - Not just files. Our financials. 401 00:21:09,833 --> 00:21:11,833 It's 20 years of budgets, balance sheets. 402 00:21:11,916 --> 00:21:13,958 - Frank took them. - It's everything. It's the whole goddamn business. 403 00:21:14,041 --> 00:21:16,458 Um, Frank took them. 404 00:21:16,541 --> 00:21:18,375 - What? - Uh, Uncle Frank? 405 00:21:18,458 --> 00:21:21,041 - Frank Mariani, my Dad's-- - Yeah, I know who he is. 406 00:21:21,125 --> 00:21:24,708 Yeah, he came by after hours with a few guys and some boxes. 407 00:21:24,791 --> 00:21:27,125 - He said it was okay-- - Okay by who? 408 00:21:27,208 --> 00:21:29,791 Um, I don't know. I figured that he talked to you-- 409 00:21:29,875 --> 00:21:31,625 Jeanie, it's not your job to figure. 410 00:21:31,708 --> 00:21:33,166 Your job is to pour coffee. 411 00:21:33,250 --> 00:21:35,458 Your job is to refill the fucking stapler! 412 00:21:35,541 --> 00:21:37,125 And your job is to make sure that people 413 00:21:37,208 --> 00:21:39,375 don't break into my office like the Watergate burglars 414 00:21:39,458 --> 00:21:40,916 and make off with my goddamn books! 415 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,625 - I didn't know he hadn't-- 416 00:21:42,708 --> 00:21:44,833 - Fuck! 417 00:22:00,291 --> 00:22:02,750 Sorry. It'll be just a minute. 418 00:22:06,791 --> 00:22:08,166 Rothman: Don't try number six. 419 00:22:08,250 --> 00:22:10,250 Unless you want to burn the bedspread. 420 00:22:10,333 --> 00:22:12,166 Jerry Buss: It's a win-win, I'm telling ya. 421 00:22:12,250 --> 00:22:15,541 You get yourself a beautiful oceanfront building, 422 00:22:15,625 --> 00:22:17,041 and my team gets a rebounder! 423 00:22:17,125 --> 00:22:19,250 Maria, you remember Arn? 424 00:22:19,333 --> 00:22:20,833 Hi, Arn. 425 00:22:21,833 --> 00:22:23,583 Hi, Arn... 426 00:22:23,666 --> 00:22:26,625 I mean... I'm Arn. 427 00:22:26,708 --> 00:22:28,625 Let's close this thing, alright? Claire. 428 00:22:29,833 --> 00:22:31,916 She closes more deals than the lawyers. 429 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,666 Ha. I'll bet she does. 430 00:22:33,750 --> 00:22:36,833 Sounds like you're trying to free up some capital. 431 00:22:36,916 --> 00:22:39,208 Can't take it with you, Claire. 432 00:22:39,291 --> 00:22:41,250 What's your drink? I'm buying. 433 00:22:41,333 --> 00:22:43,083 I'm just a little bit concerned. 434 00:22:43,166 --> 00:22:47,291 - What for? It's after breakfast, isn't it? 435 00:22:47,375 --> 00:22:49,125 Uh, see, ordinarily with Mr. Cooke, 436 00:22:49,208 --> 00:22:50,666 I'd walk him through the books myself. 437 00:22:50,750 --> 00:22:51,833 - But your partner... - Right. 438 00:22:51,916 --> 00:22:55,416 Mr. Mariani came by my office unannounced. 439 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:56,916 Are you kiddin' me? 440 00:22:57,041 --> 00:22:59,250 Goddamn... I told him 441 00:22:59,333 --> 00:23:01,416 to talk to you about that first and, you know, 442 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:04,666 you can't control everything they do. That's Frank for you. 443 00:23:04,750 --> 00:23:07,791 So anyway, you strike me as a gin gal. 444 00:23:07,875 --> 00:23:09,625 - I get that right? - You got me. 445 00:23:09,708 --> 00:23:12,583 Talent of mine. I can always tell. Have a seat! 446 00:23:12,666 --> 00:23:13,958 Look, Mister, uh, Dr. Buss-- 447 00:23:14,041 --> 00:23:15,958 Jerry. Jerry. 448 00:23:17,583 --> 00:23:18,875 I don't know how you run your business, 449 00:23:18,958 --> 00:23:21,208 but those books are how I do my job, okay? 450 00:23:21,291 --> 00:23:22,791 Keeping the balance sheet in check, 451 00:23:22,875 --> 00:23:25,333 overseeing expenditures, protecting you. 452 00:23:25,416 --> 00:23:26,833 These are my responsibilities. 453 00:23:26,916 --> 00:23:28,958 Those were your responsibilities. 454 00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:31,125 See, if I have her lookin' after the books, 455 00:23:31,208 --> 00:23:33,083 then she'll see we're stretched a little thin, 456 00:23:33,166 --> 00:23:35,708 and that kind of thing is not great for morale. 457 00:23:35,791 --> 00:23:37,083 Claire, forget about the numbers. 458 00:23:37,166 --> 00:23:38,708 I already have somebody for that. 459 00:23:38,791 --> 00:23:40,500 You've asked me to stay on. 460 00:23:40,583 --> 00:23:43,333 Because I see a bigger role for you. 461 00:23:43,416 --> 00:23:45,125 I want you innovating. Now, 462 00:23:45,208 --> 00:23:47,000 you have the Forum booked for, 463 00:23:47,083 --> 00:23:48,958 what, 220 nights a year? 464 00:23:49,041 --> 00:23:50,916 - 217. - Not bad. 465 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:52,208 But the way I see it, 466 00:23:52,291 --> 00:23:54,500 if we can just boost that number up a little bit, 467 00:23:54,583 --> 00:23:56,666 say, to 260 nights, 468 00:23:56,750 --> 00:23:58,500 well then, we're turnin' a profit. 469 00:23:58,583 --> 00:24:01,166 And if you can get me to 365 days a year, 470 00:24:01,250 --> 00:24:03,625 - well then, we're cookin' with gas. - Uh, Dr. Buss, 471 00:24:03,708 --> 00:24:06,125 no arena in the country is booked every night, okay? 472 00:24:06,208 --> 00:24:09,500 Madison Square Garden, Caesars Palace. Every place goes dark. 473 00:24:10,875 --> 00:24:13,916 Well, they're not in the city of sunshine, right? 474 00:24:16,333 --> 00:24:17,416 Claire... 475 00:24:19,541 --> 00:24:21,250 Let's talk turkey. 476 00:24:23,250 --> 00:24:25,583 What turns you on? 477 00:24:27,958 --> 00:24:30,541 What gets your blood pumping? 478 00:24:30,625 --> 00:24:33,083 Because, me, I don't even get out of bed 479 00:24:33,166 --> 00:24:34,875 unless I have a hard-on about something. 480 00:24:35,916 --> 00:24:38,291 - So, what excites you? - All right. 481 00:24:38,375 --> 00:24:41,875 What is it going to take for you to turn the Forum itself into an attraction? 482 00:24:41,958 --> 00:24:45,333 Money. Advertising, marketing, refurbishments. 483 00:24:45,416 --> 00:24:46,708 All of those are expensive. 484 00:24:46,791 --> 00:24:49,458 - How much? - It would help if I had access to a budget. 485 00:24:49,541 --> 00:24:50,875 You have access to me. 486 00:24:50,958 --> 00:24:54,666 I'm the budget. Now, be creative. 487 00:24:54,750 --> 00:24:56,666 No idea is too big. 488 00:24:56,750 --> 00:24:58,791 We are building 489 00:24:58,875 --> 00:25:00,333 Shangri-La. 490 00:25:00,416 --> 00:25:03,208 Jessie Buss: Well, you have really done it this time, Gerald. 491 00:25:03,291 --> 00:25:06,625 Bought your way into a grade-A money pit. 492 00:25:09,375 --> 00:25:10,625 Ma, it's the Lakers! 493 00:25:10,708 --> 00:25:13,416 It's gonna be like a family business, but bigger and better. 494 00:25:13,500 --> 00:25:15,250 I thought you already got bigger and better. 495 00:25:15,333 --> 00:25:17,083 That's why you and little meatball 496 00:25:17,166 --> 00:25:19,083 moved me on to greener pastures. 497 00:25:19,166 --> 00:25:20,708 I know where the bodies are buried. 498 00:25:20,791 --> 00:25:22,583 Because she's the one who buried 'em! 499 00:25:22,666 --> 00:25:23,583 Lot of thanks I get. 500 00:25:23,666 --> 00:25:26,166 Make mine a bourbon and soda. 501 00:25:26,250 --> 00:25:28,208 - You've had enough. - Since when? 502 00:25:29,125 --> 00:25:31,416 - 1962? 503 00:25:31,500 --> 00:25:33,708 - You want me old before my time. 504 00:25:33,791 --> 00:25:35,000 Dee! Dee! Dee! 505 00:25:35,083 --> 00:25:37,416 I did it! I poured you one. You don't have soda. 506 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:38,708 You're just lazy. 507 00:25:38,791 --> 00:25:40,708 Gerald, Gerald. 508 00:25:40,791 --> 00:25:43,041 And why the Lakers? There's no lakes around here. 509 00:25:43,125 --> 00:25:44,583 Jerry: I can't believe you're not excited. 510 00:25:44,666 --> 00:25:48,291 This puts our family in a very elite club. 511 00:25:48,375 --> 00:25:50,083 Okay? Tycoons. 512 00:25:50,166 --> 00:25:52,375 You know, the people who actually run the country. 513 00:25:52,458 --> 00:25:53,958 Captains of industry. 514 00:25:54,041 --> 00:25:55,750 What industry? Sweat socks? 515 00:25:55,833 --> 00:25:57,791 No! Show business! 516 00:25:57,875 --> 00:25:58,958 Forget Louis B. Mayer! 517 00:25:59,041 --> 00:26:01,291 We're gonna be the next moguls in this town. 518 00:26:01,375 --> 00:26:03,916 You, me, Jeanie, the boys, 519 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:04,958 when they come back. 520 00:26:05,041 --> 00:26:06,208 We're gonna be a dynasty. 521 00:26:06,291 --> 00:26:07,791 And then you'll be satisfied? 522 00:26:07,875 --> 00:26:09,416 - I'm gonna be thrilled. - Hooey! 523 00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:11,916 Then you'll just start chasing something else. 524 00:26:14,750 --> 00:26:16,916 - Ma... - What? 525 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,625 I love you, and I will see you 526 00:26:19,708 --> 00:26:22,083 whenever I don't remember what it's like to see you. 527 00:26:22,166 --> 00:26:24,125 Leave the books, I'll do the taxes. 528 00:26:28,833 --> 00:26:32,666 Best to keep your dirty laundry in the family, don't you think? 529 00:26:32,750 --> 00:26:37,583 - This is a big deal! And you should be happier! - Oh, I'm thrilled. 530 00:26:37,666 --> 00:26:40,333 I'm gonna stick his fuckin' ass right in the post. 531 00:26:40,416 --> 00:26:42,833 Fuck, I love this shit... ...point guard, I'm the coach! 532 00:26:42,916 --> 00:26:46,791 Yes! It's fucking showtime! Come on, showtime. 533 00:26:46,875 --> 00:26:50,208 I've always had a soft spot for you, Norman. 534 00:26:50,291 --> 00:26:53,083 You've always had a place right here. 535 00:26:53,166 --> 00:26:56,125 God fucking damn it! Get your fucking eyes up! 536 00:26:56,208 --> 00:26:58,125 Trade you for a fucking mule! 537 00:26:58,208 --> 00:26:59,958 But I swear to God, there is no one, 538 00:27:00,041 --> 00:27:01,958 and I mean it, fuckin' no one I would rather have 539 00:27:02,041 --> 00:27:04,791 running my offense than Stormin' Norman Nixon. 540 00:27:04,875 --> 00:27:05,875 Stormin' Norman Nixon! 541 00:27:05,958 --> 00:27:08,333 What kind of fucking name is that anyway?! 542 00:27:08,416 --> 00:27:11,250 What's all this shit about, Jerry? 543 00:27:11,333 --> 00:27:13,583 See, that's why I like you, Norm. A straight shooter. 544 00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:15,791 Come on! Been a lot of chat, 545 00:27:15,875 --> 00:27:17,458 a lot of bullshit in the fuckin' press. You know, 546 00:27:17,541 --> 00:27:20,291 this new kid comin' in, snug-buggin' with the owner. 547 00:27:20,375 --> 00:27:23,041 I see how that agitates a guy like you. 548 00:27:23,125 --> 00:27:24,500 Seasoned pro. 549 00:27:24,583 --> 00:27:27,041 A man who worked damn fuckin' hard to make it in this league. 550 00:27:27,125 --> 00:27:30,166 I want you to rest assured, Norm, you're on solid ground. 551 00:27:32,666 --> 00:27:34,708 You're the point guard, Norm. Not him. 552 00:27:34,791 --> 00:27:37,708 - You call yourself a fuckin' point guard?! - Says who? 553 00:27:37,791 --> 00:27:40,666 Me, Coach. The guy who decides. 554 00:27:40,750 --> 00:27:43,791 So, Buss is cool with paying half a million bucks 555 00:27:43,875 --> 00:27:46,666 to sit this motherfucker on a bench and watch him smile? 556 00:27:46,750 --> 00:27:48,500 Buss is giving me free rein. 557 00:27:48,583 --> 00:27:50,791 No more meddling, man. Shackles the fuck off. 558 00:27:50,875 --> 00:27:52,666 - Shackles off. - He's giving me the control. 559 00:27:52,750 --> 00:27:56,833 I need to get this team over the fuckin' hump. 560 00:27:56,916 --> 00:27:58,500 'Cause that's what we've been missing. 561 00:27:58,583 --> 00:28:01,208 Fuckin' jewelry on a fuckin' basketball court! 562 00:28:01,291 --> 00:28:02,666 More control from you. 563 00:28:04,166 --> 00:28:06,000 Exactly. 564 00:28:06,083 --> 00:28:08,083 Okay, so my uncle 565 00:28:08,166 --> 00:28:10,916 owns a store in Simi. It's called Patio Brothers. 566 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,875 They are looking for a venue for their annual convention. 567 00:28:13,958 --> 00:28:16,750 And he's considered by many the king 568 00:28:16,833 --> 00:28:18,625 - of chaise lounges. - What else? 569 00:28:18,708 --> 00:28:21,000 First AME would take the Forum every Sunday. 570 00:28:21,083 --> 00:28:23,208 What if the Lakers are playing on a Sunday? 571 00:28:23,291 --> 00:28:25,666 - They'd have to find another venue. - The church? 572 00:28:25,750 --> 00:28:28,375 - The team. - Next. 573 00:28:28,458 --> 00:28:29,875 Jeanie: I have something. Maybe. 574 00:28:31,875 --> 00:28:33,791 I've been, uh, digging through the Billboard charts, 575 00:28:33,875 --> 00:28:35,958 and it's been three years since any top-10 acts 576 00:28:36,041 --> 00:28:37,541 toured through the Forum. 577 00:28:37,625 --> 00:28:39,291 It's our acoustics. 578 00:28:39,375 --> 00:28:41,083 Right! Right. And I-I know 579 00:28:41,166 --> 00:28:42,833 we've seen some bids on a new sound system, 580 00:28:42,916 --> 00:28:44,625 but, I mean, honestly, 581 00:28:44,708 --> 00:28:46,833 I don't think that's the point. 582 00:28:46,916 --> 00:28:48,583 Th-this is Hollywood. 583 00:28:48,666 --> 00:28:50,291 We don't need to make the Forum sound good. 584 00:28:50,375 --> 00:28:52,083 We just need to make it cool. 585 00:28:53,500 --> 00:28:56,041 I have a few ideas, if you're interested at all-- 586 00:28:56,125 --> 00:28:57,875 We're out of creamer. 587 00:29:02,208 --> 00:29:03,666 Right. 588 00:29:10,458 --> 00:29:13,166 - Just to be clear, that's a no on Patio Brothers. 589 00:29:13,250 --> 00:29:15,833 - That's a fuck no, Lon. - Uh, 590 00:29:15,916 --> 00:29:18,541 they're coming out with a "Rocky 2," apparently, 591 00:29:18,625 --> 00:29:21,250 so I'm thinking giant screening at the Forum. 592 00:29:22,125 --> 00:29:23,791 We can get Stallone. 593 00:29:23,875 --> 00:29:26,250 - We could... - You got his number? 594 00:29:38,583 --> 00:29:40,833 - Hey, Jer. He's ready for you now. - Huh? 595 00:29:40,916 --> 00:29:43,875 Oh, good, good. 596 00:29:43,958 --> 00:29:47,833 - You two have fun. - Here's the big guy. Hoo-wee! 597 00:29:47,916 --> 00:29:50,458 Huh? Look at this. 598 00:29:50,541 --> 00:29:52,500 Nice and peaceful, huh? 599 00:29:52,583 --> 00:29:54,791 You know, I come by 600 00:29:54,875 --> 00:29:57,208 'cause I want you to know that I'm... 601 00:29:57,291 --> 00:29:59,500 well, I'm sensitive to your frustrations, Cap. 602 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,125 I mean, shit, ever since we traded Kermit, 603 00:30:03,208 --> 00:30:05,000 you've been out there gettin' fuckin' rag-dolled. 604 00:30:06,208 --> 00:30:08,083 Respectfully, of course. 605 00:30:08,166 --> 00:30:10,500 But that don't make it fuckin' right! 606 00:30:10,583 --> 00:30:12,416 Everybody beatin' on you. 607 00:30:12,500 --> 00:30:13,833 Double and tripling you in the post, 608 00:30:13,916 --> 00:30:16,500 eating six elbows for every fuckin' rebound! 609 00:30:16,583 --> 00:30:18,833 Then, taking it up the ass from the fucking press 610 00:30:18,916 --> 00:30:21,041 when you're the one carrying the goddamn team! 611 00:30:21,125 --> 00:30:23,875 Fuck, I respect you too much to see you go through that again. 612 00:30:25,166 --> 00:30:26,708 Which is why I'm here. 613 00:30:26,791 --> 00:30:29,416 You have a proposal. 614 00:30:29,500 --> 00:30:33,041 I'm playing Johnson at the fucking four. 615 00:30:33,125 --> 00:30:35,416 I mean, he'll... he'll spell Norm a little off the bench, 616 00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,916 but his main duties would be carrying your water, 617 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,583 watching your back, eating those fucking elbows 618 00:30:39,666 --> 00:30:41,541 so you don't have to. 619 00:30:41,625 --> 00:30:43,333 We're gonna kick his ass in training camp. 620 00:30:43,416 --> 00:30:45,541 I'll feed him so much fuckin' steak and gunpowder, 621 00:30:45,625 --> 00:30:47,291 he craps the happy out. 622 00:30:47,375 --> 00:30:48,916 Look, the point is 623 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,250 this is our year, Cap! You and me! The brass ring! 624 00:30:51,333 --> 00:30:54,583 The guys who live and die for it, married to the game! 625 00:30:58,791 --> 00:31:00,875 Let me know when training camp starts. 626 00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,583 What you readin'? Good book? 627 00:31:04,833 --> 00:31:06,208 Ah. Yeah. 628 00:31:07,125 --> 00:31:08,750 It's on my list. 629 00:31:09,750 --> 00:31:11,125 Well... 630 00:31:11,208 --> 00:31:12,875 assalamu alaikum. 631 00:31:12,958 --> 00:31:14,541 Wa-alaikum salam. 632 00:31:22,041 --> 00:31:24,500 Johnson: I seen her looking at that tub since I was little. 633 00:31:24,583 --> 00:31:26,208 Every day, she'd be watching her stories, 634 00:31:26,291 --> 00:31:28,625 and there she is, drool all down her chin. 635 00:31:28,708 --> 00:31:29,791 Now, I go and get it for her, 636 00:31:29,875 --> 00:31:31,583 and from the look on her face, you would've thought 637 00:31:31,666 --> 00:31:33,833 I called her everything but a child of God. 638 00:31:33,916 --> 00:31:35,791 Wouldn't know it from the outside. 639 00:31:35,875 --> 00:31:38,833 - You think I'm playin'? - I think I know your mama. 640 00:31:38,916 --> 00:31:40,500 She gives you that cold side. Meanwhile, 641 00:31:40,583 --> 00:31:42,458 she's all around town, telling everybody with ears 642 00:31:42,541 --> 00:31:43,833 how great you are. 643 00:31:43,916 --> 00:31:46,041 "Oh, my son Earvin this. Oh, my son, Earvin that." 644 00:31:46,125 --> 00:31:47,333 If she was a peacock, 645 00:31:47,416 --> 00:31:49,333 her tail feathers would have been fell off. 646 00:31:49,416 --> 00:31:51,916 - What you sayin', I don't know nothing about. 647 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,208 - You know she loves you. - Then why her love always got 648 00:31:54,291 --> 00:31:56,666 a big ol' carrot dangling in front of you? 649 00:31:56,750 --> 00:32:00,750 Everything I do gotta be her way or she ain't having none of it. 650 00:32:00,833 --> 00:32:02,666 Can't imagine what that must feel like. 651 00:32:02,750 --> 00:32:05,666 - What's that supposed to mean? - You! 652 00:32:05,750 --> 00:32:07,333 On top of the world, but just can't stand it. 653 00:32:07,416 --> 00:32:09,541 Coming here on Brian's day off, 654 00:32:09,625 --> 00:32:12,333 get me to talk about your mama. Then what? 655 00:32:12,416 --> 00:32:14,375 Get me in the stockroom? 656 00:32:17,125 --> 00:32:19,208 He hit it yet? 657 00:32:19,291 --> 00:32:21,208 I know this game, Earvin. 658 00:32:21,291 --> 00:32:23,833 Want everyone your way, just like your mama. 659 00:32:23,916 --> 00:32:26,125 Johnson: Now, don't tell me he's saving it for marriage. 660 00:32:26,208 --> 00:32:29,958 All goody-goody up in church, smiling and whatnot. 661 00:32:30,041 --> 00:32:31,791 Now, he'd make my mama happy. 662 00:32:31,875 --> 00:32:35,083 Last you said you wasn't gonna be alone. Why should I be? 663 00:32:35,166 --> 00:32:38,125 I ain't sayin' you should be. You do you. 664 00:32:38,208 --> 00:32:40,041 But that don't mean that we can't do us though. 665 00:32:42,708 --> 00:32:44,166 Cook... 666 00:32:44,250 --> 00:32:46,250 Don't be like that. 667 00:32:47,083 --> 00:32:49,166 Hey, hey. 668 00:32:50,333 --> 00:32:52,875 I love you. 669 00:32:52,958 --> 00:32:55,458 Not as much as you love you. 670 00:32:55,541 --> 00:32:58,000 The rest of us just comin' off the bench. 671 00:33:11,083 --> 00:33:12,500 - Hoo... 672 00:33:12,583 --> 00:33:15,083 Come on. Church about to let out. 673 00:33:16,041 --> 00:33:18,916 Hoo-wee. Shit... ooh. 674 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,750 - Needed that. Hoo! 675 00:33:34,208 --> 00:33:35,583 Johnson: What's up, Brother William? 676 00:33:35,666 --> 00:33:37,291 Brother William: Basketball man! 677 00:33:37,375 --> 00:33:39,375 - Hey, sunshine. - Good day for a fish fry! 678 00:33:43,750 --> 00:33:46,458 What's up, Cook? Looking lovely, as usual. 679 00:33:46,541 --> 00:33:49,416 Hey, Ma. Sorry, I had to get some fresh air. 680 00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:52,125 You know, uh, our-our stained glass window 681 00:33:52,208 --> 00:33:55,125 of the Savior can use a little tender loving care-- 682 00:33:55,208 --> 00:33:57,083 Say less, Pastor, say less. 683 00:33:58,625 --> 00:34:01,375 Let's fix that Jesus now. 684 00:34:01,458 --> 00:34:03,375 Oh, look at that. It don't fit. 685 00:34:05,416 --> 00:34:07,541 Pastor: Lord, Junior! God bless you! 686 00:34:07,625 --> 00:34:09,750 God bless you, too, Pastor Greene. Anything for the church. 687 00:34:09,833 --> 00:34:13,500 - Anything for the church. - You got a fine son there, Sister Johnson. 688 00:34:13,583 --> 00:34:17,333 - Yes. Yes... Yes, he is. 689 00:34:17,416 --> 00:34:19,500 - Working in the kingdom. - Yes, sir! 690 00:34:19,583 --> 00:34:21,666 I'm about to get a plate, Ma. Love you! 691 00:34:21,750 --> 00:34:24,125 Pastor: God bless you again, Junior. God bless you. 692 00:34:24,208 --> 00:34:25,458 Amen, amen. 693 00:34:28,458 --> 00:34:30,583 Waiter? What's this fly doing in my soup? 694 00:34:30,666 --> 00:34:33,791 - Waiter: The backstroke, sir. 695 00:34:33,875 --> 00:34:36,500 Dr. Buss! Welcome, sir. 696 00:34:36,583 --> 00:34:37,916 Bruno! 697 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,916 Red. I am so glad you called. 698 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,125 I'm a little surprised you did, but I'm glad. 699 00:34:42,208 --> 00:34:44,458 - Had to eat somewhere. - Well, we picked a good place. 700 00:34:44,541 --> 00:34:46,333 - Come on in. - We have your regular table, sir. 701 00:34:46,416 --> 00:34:48,000 Jerry: Fantastic. I feel like I just won a date 702 00:34:48,083 --> 00:34:49,625 with the Playmate of the Year. 703 00:34:49,708 --> 00:34:52,208 Linda. That lawsuit is embarrassing. 704 00:34:52,291 --> 00:34:54,750 Billy! You know what I'm asking for, right? 705 00:34:54,833 --> 00:34:56,666 - Little bit of Louis Prima. - Great choice! 706 00:34:56,750 --> 00:34:59,041 How are you, pal? I wanna introduce you to some people 707 00:34:59,125 --> 00:35:00,625 before we sit down if that's alright, Red. 708 00:35:00,708 --> 00:35:03,208 Ladies! May I introduce 709 00:35:03,291 --> 00:35:05,416 the Great Red Auerbach. 710 00:35:05,500 --> 00:35:08,875 - The winningest man in basketball right here. 711 00:35:08,958 --> 00:35:12,166 This is a very special moment you're having. Trust me. 712 00:35:12,250 --> 00:35:14,291 We'll get to know these gals a little bit later, alright? 713 00:35:14,375 --> 00:35:16,958 The girls are gonna join us for dessert, you know what I mean? 714 00:35:17,041 --> 00:35:18,791 What do we got here, Bruno? 715 00:35:18,875 --> 00:35:20,541 Corner table? 716 00:35:20,625 --> 00:35:22,958 Rum and Coke, sir? 717 00:35:23,041 --> 00:35:24,500 Yes. Keep 'em coming, Bruno! 718 00:35:24,583 --> 00:35:26,208 - Red, what're you having? - Scotch. 719 00:35:26,291 --> 00:35:30,083 - The good stuff! Thank you. - Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir. 720 00:35:30,166 --> 00:35:32,083 That play work for you in real estate? 721 00:35:32,166 --> 00:35:33,875 What's that? 722 00:35:33,958 --> 00:35:36,041 Get the sucker thinking with his little head, not his big one? 723 00:35:36,125 --> 00:35:39,833 There's that famous Celtic defense. 724 00:35:39,916 --> 00:35:41,333 No. Come on. 725 00:35:41,416 --> 00:35:44,125 You're a student of the game, I take it. 726 00:35:45,583 --> 00:35:47,708 Yeah. Look, Red... 727 00:35:48,916 --> 00:35:51,500 I know I'm still the freshman of the class, 728 00:35:51,583 --> 00:35:52,791 and you're the big man on campus. 729 00:35:52,875 --> 00:35:54,875 I get that. I respect it. 730 00:35:54,958 --> 00:35:58,083 But I wanted to meet because I'm asking for your help. 731 00:35:58,166 --> 00:36:00,041 I'm trying to build something out here 732 00:36:00,125 --> 00:36:02,125 like you built in Boston. 733 00:36:02,208 --> 00:36:03,833 Like a real dynasty. 734 00:36:03,916 --> 00:36:06,541 And frankly, I think that would be good for the league. 735 00:36:08,083 --> 00:36:09,833 Sor-- 736 00:36:09,916 --> 00:36:11,083 What? 737 00:36:11,166 --> 00:36:13,083 You think you're the guy to do that, do you? 738 00:36:13,166 --> 00:36:15,666 Well, I wouldn't count me out. 739 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,291 You strike me as a happy man. 740 00:36:21,375 --> 00:36:22,916 You only get so many summers, right? 741 00:36:23,000 --> 00:36:25,541 - Then here's my advice. - Okay. 742 00:36:25,625 --> 00:36:27,791 Enjoy this thing. Milk it. 743 00:36:27,875 --> 00:36:30,708 For the nookie, for the attention. 744 00:36:30,791 --> 00:36:32,875 Leave the dynasties to me. 745 00:36:34,333 --> 00:36:36,375 Come on now, Red. 746 00:36:36,458 --> 00:36:38,041 You afraid of competition? 747 00:36:38,125 --> 00:36:39,583 No. 748 00:36:39,666 --> 00:36:43,041 I live for competition, but you're no competitor. 749 00:36:43,125 --> 00:36:45,708 It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's just not who you are. 750 00:36:45,791 --> 00:36:48,208 - It's not your nature. - Alright. 751 00:36:48,291 --> 00:36:50,500 You know, Red, we just met... 752 00:36:51,708 --> 00:36:53,875 so you don't know me. 753 00:36:54,875 --> 00:36:56,500 But I grew up dirt poor, 754 00:36:56,583 --> 00:36:58,708 - on breadlines. - Yeah. Made all the money in the world. 755 00:36:58,791 --> 00:37:01,416 - And you think you can buy this, too? - No. 756 00:37:02,791 --> 00:37:05,458 I think I can win this. 757 00:37:10,541 --> 00:37:12,833 Championships aren't won. 758 00:37:12,916 --> 00:37:14,833 They're taken. 759 00:37:14,916 --> 00:37:16,125 By men like me, 760 00:37:16,208 --> 00:37:18,916 who'd cut your heart out and still sleep like a baby 761 00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:22,333 for one more banner in the rafters. 762 00:37:22,416 --> 00:37:25,833 Because I don't want to win. 763 00:37:25,916 --> 00:37:27,375 I need to. 764 00:37:27,458 --> 00:37:29,291 It doesn't make me happy. 765 00:37:29,375 --> 00:37:31,625 It makes me a miserable fucking bastard. 766 00:37:31,708 --> 00:37:33,250 - Well, you can say that again. 767 00:37:33,333 --> 00:37:36,000 Say it all you want, pal. I'm fine and dandy with it. 768 00:37:36,083 --> 00:37:38,375 You're the one who's doing this shit to feel good. 769 00:37:38,458 --> 00:37:39,708 Oh, I'm gonna feel very good 770 00:37:39,791 --> 00:37:41,958 - when I have that trophy in my hands. - For a minute. 771 00:37:42,041 --> 00:37:43,666 Then it's on to next year. 772 00:37:43,750 --> 00:37:45,500 You and all the other wannabes 773 00:37:45,583 --> 00:37:47,708 who do it for the pussy in your lap. 774 00:37:47,791 --> 00:37:50,958 And brag that you won 50 games and made the playoffs. 775 00:37:51,041 --> 00:37:53,666 Pretty soon, you'll realize it ain't worth it. 776 00:37:53,750 --> 00:37:55,583 You'll find another shiny toy, 777 00:37:55,666 --> 00:37:57,833 a little poorer for your troubles. 778 00:37:57,916 --> 00:38:00,666 - I can afford a lot of trouble. - Horse shit. 779 00:38:00,750 --> 00:38:03,291 I know what you spent. I know what you got. 780 00:38:05,125 --> 00:38:07,333 But maybe I can help you out with that, too. 781 00:38:07,416 --> 00:38:10,791 - How's that? - You have some nice pieces on your roster. 782 00:38:10,875 --> 00:38:13,291 - How about you unload a few to me? 783 00:38:13,375 --> 00:38:16,083 That's why you came to dinner? Red... 784 00:38:16,166 --> 00:38:18,125 I may be new, but I'm not, you know... 785 00:38:18,208 --> 00:38:19,791 Then you're dumber than you look 786 00:38:19,875 --> 00:38:23,125 because this decade is mine. 787 00:38:23,208 --> 00:38:25,625 That Celtic pride, that luck of the Irish 788 00:38:25,708 --> 00:38:28,208 your boy West thinks stole his lunch money? 789 00:38:29,416 --> 00:38:31,625 It's never been a fuckin' leprechaun. 790 00:38:32,625 --> 00:38:34,208 It's me. 791 00:38:37,250 --> 00:38:39,166 We decided? 792 00:38:39,250 --> 00:38:42,875 - Say the porterhouse was good? - Yes. 793 00:38:42,958 --> 00:38:46,375 - I've decided I lost my appetite. 794 00:38:46,458 --> 00:38:48,333 - You wanted my advice. - Put it on my tab, Sammy. 795 00:38:48,416 --> 00:38:52,208 Take the offer, fill your coffers, and enjoy yourself! 796 00:38:52,291 --> 00:38:54,500 Let's put another lobster on that. 797 00:39:02,250 --> 00:39:04,250 Gotta say it ain't the worst thing. 798 00:39:04,333 --> 00:39:06,541 Yeah. He says he got it for me. 799 00:39:10,250 --> 00:39:12,541 Safer than talking to you outright. 800 00:39:12,625 --> 00:39:14,208 Hmm. 801 00:39:14,291 --> 00:39:16,000 'Cause you got a way, baby. 802 00:39:16,791 --> 00:39:19,166 It's a lovely way, 803 00:39:19,250 --> 00:39:21,666 but that don't make it nonetheless scary. 804 00:39:21,750 --> 00:39:22,708 Well, if you're scared 805 00:39:22,791 --> 00:39:24,250 it's 'cause you're doing something wrong. 806 00:39:24,333 --> 00:39:26,500 I call it like I see it. 807 00:39:26,583 --> 00:39:27,708 Yeah. 808 00:39:27,791 --> 00:39:30,541 And how you see it makes the boy feel bad. 809 00:39:30,625 --> 00:39:31,708 - I mean, 810 00:39:31,791 --> 00:39:33,958 you're frowning on that carefree way he moves, 811 00:39:34,041 --> 00:39:36,625 like the only time he has is forever. 812 00:39:36,708 --> 00:39:38,666 Just like you did once. 813 00:39:38,750 --> 00:39:40,958 The lies you tell. 814 00:39:41,041 --> 00:39:43,875 Before you found the Lord. 815 00:39:43,958 --> 00:39:46,666 When we were both out in the rain, 816 00:39:47,458 --> 00:39:49,125 free spirits, 817 00:39:49,208 --> 00:39:51,750 getting down to the newest tunes 818 00:39:51,833 --> 00:39:53,541 and dances, and you was putting it on me 819 00:39:53,625 --> 00:39:54,875 - like no one else! - Ooh! 820 00:39:57,666 --> 00:40:00,041 Hey, it worked. 821 00:40:00,125 --> 00:40:03,125 - Look at all these kids we got. 822 00:40:03,208 --> 00:40:07,458 All I'm saying is you seeing where he is 823 00:40:07,541 --> 00:40:10,416 reminds you of where you were. 824 00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:13,666 And just may conjure up that green-eyed devil. 825 00:40:13,750 --> 00:40:16,958 I'm happy with my life. 826 00:40:17,041 --> 00:40:20,208 Not saying otherwise, Christine. 827 00:40:20,291 --> 00:40:22,666 Just saying this is yours. 828 00:40:22,750 --> 00:40:24,666 Ours. 829 00:40:24,750 --> 00:40:27,166 That's his. 830 00:40:27,250 --> 00:40:29,166 Can't live it for him, baby. 831 00:40:30,958 --> 00:40:32,166 Why not? 832 00:40:37,625 --> 00:40:41,958 You ever gonna take me somewhere nicer than this hoopty. 833 00:40:42,041 --> 00:40:44,416 - I know you ain't talking about the Big Brown Deuce now. 834 00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:48,000 - This is my girl! - Just sayin', my daddy got the dealership. 835 00:40:48,083 --> 00:40:51,000 He got Mercedes. Could drive one to you in LA. 836 00:40:53,666 --> 00:40:57,541 I got into UCLA Medical School. 837 00:40:57,625 --> 00:40:59,500 But I was thinkin', you know, since I'ma have 838 00:40:59,583 --> 00:41:02,791 a friend out there, maybe we could hang out sometime-- 839 00:41:02,875 --> 00:41:04,625 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 840 00:41:04,708 --> 00:41:06,875 Well, you know, when the time right, 841 00:41:06,958 --> 00:41:08,541 I-I-I'll call you. 842 00:41:08,625 --> 00:41:11,041 - But you know, with basketball, I'll be busy and everything. - Right. 843 00:41:11,125 --> 00:41:13,666 - So it might be a while. 844 00:41:13,750 --> 00:41:17,458 - Yeah. - You know, usually I'm beating boys off with a stick. 845 00:41:19,291 --> 00:41:21,708 But maybe you still hung up on Cookie. 846 00:41:21,791 --> 00:41:24,291 - Ain't nobody thinkin' about no Cookie. - Mm-hmm. 847 00:41:24,375 --> 00:41:26,166 If anything, Cookie should be thinking about me. 848 00:41:26,250 --> 00:41:28,666 - I'm the one doing big things. Yeah. - Oh yeah? 849 00:41:28,750 --> 00:41:31,375 - Yeah. Yeah... 850 00:42:08,916 --> 00:42:10,833 I ain't trying to bum rush, fellas. 851 00:42:10,916 --> 00:42:12,916 It'd be nice to get a run here before I jet off to LA. 852 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:15,583 Yeah, well, we in the middle of a game. 853 00:42:15,666 --> 00:42:16,791 You could take my spot. 854 00:42:16,875 --> 00:42:18,833 - Gotta go to work anyway. - My man. 855 00:42:18,916 --> 00:42:21,833 - Anytime. - Yeah, y'all do. 856 00:42:21,916 --> 00:42:24,000 - What's up, Cook? - Hey. 857 00:42:24,083 --> 00:42:25,583 Hold this right quick. 858 00:42:25,666 --> 00:42:28,083 Can you watch that for me? 859 00:42:28,166 --> 00:42:29,250 Thanks. 860 00:42:30,291 --> 00:42:31,750 Don't be like that, Cook. 861 00:42:31,833 --> 00:42:35,375 - Y'all ready to win? I got you. 862 00:42:35,458 --> 00:42:38,166 - Aight. Your ball. - Bet. 863 00:42:40,541 --> 00:42:41,958 You know Cook's my girl, right? 864 00:42:42,041 --> 00:42:44,583 Brian: Yeah? I ain't see you with us at the movies. 865 00:42:44,666 --> 00:42:46,791 Man, you just there 'cause I'm about to jet off to LA, 866 00:42:46,875 --> 00:42:47,791 and she don't wanna be alone. 867 00:42:47,875 --> 00:42:49,541 I'm just there 'cause you're a dog. 868 00:42:49,625 --> 00:42:51,041 And the whole town knows it. 869 00:42:51,125 --> 00:42:53,291 Man, you run through girls like they're nothing. 'Cause to you, 870 00:42:53,375 --> 00:42:56,416 - that's what they are. - Oh, so you know me? 871 00:42:56,500 --> 00:42:57,958 Yeah, she does, too. 872 00:42:58,041 --> 00:43:00,625 Oh, you know I'm about to fuck you up, right? 873 00:43:00,708 --> 00:43:03,250 You ain't gonna have a friend in Jesus after this. 874 00:43:05,291 --> 00:43:07,708 Crowd: Woo! 875 00:43:07,791 --> 00:43:10,000 In your face! 876 00:43:10,083 --> 00:43:12,291 Brian, I'm just glad we gettin' a chance to talk. 877 00:43:12,375 --> 00:43:13,708 Let's discuss this. 878 00:43:13,791 --> 00:43:16,750 See, I've been putting it on Cook for a minute now. 879 00:43:16,833 --> 00:43:18,250 And from what I hear, 880 00:43:18,333 --> 00:43:20,166 you ain't smell hide nor hair of that pussy. 881 00:43:20,250 --> 00:43:22,000 I'm not with her for her body! That's the difference 882 00:43:22,083 --> 00:43:24,000 - between you and me. - Oh yeah, that's right. 883 00:43:24,083 --> 00:43:25,750 You think about her soul! 884 00:43:25,833 --> 00:43:27,500 Well, quiet as it's kept... 885 00:43:27,583 --> 00:43:28,666 I fucked that, too. 886 00:43:34,666 --> 00:43:36,333 - Woo! 887 00:43:36,416 --> 00:43:40,625 Get back on deep, Brian! Let's go! It's coming my way? Swing! 888 00:43:40,708 --> 00:43:42,833 Let's say you and Cook get married and all that. 889 00:43:42,916 --> 00:43:44,958 You think she gonna look on the life you provide for her 890 00:43:45,041 --> 00:43:47,458 and not think on what it could've been with me? 891 00:43:47,541 --> 00:43:49,375 Crowd: Oh! Oh! 892 00:43:51,125 --> 00:43:53,375 Think about that when you can't pay a bill. 893 00:43:53,458 --> 00:43:55,625 Or get that Christmas gift our girl really wants. 894 00:43:55,708 --> 00:43:56,583 'Cause she will. 895 00:43:56,666 --> 00:43:58,750 - Ball! - Hate to be you, my dude! 896 00:44:01,541 --> 00:44:03,625 Get him, man! Oh! 897 00:44:06,458 --> 00:44:07,750 Johnson: Damn! 898 00:44:07,833 --> 00:44:09,875 You look like our girl down there! 899 00:44:09,958 --> 00:44:11,291 Face and everything. 900 00:44:11,375 --> 00:44:13,083 Come on, man. Get up. 901 00:44:14,708 --> 00:44:17,083 What, no thank you? What, you don't wanna talk no more? 902 00:44:17,166 --> 00:44:18,666 I know a lot of reporters give their right nut 903 00:44:18,750 --> 00:44:20,333 - to talk to Magic. - Can you just play ball?! 904 00:44:20,416 --> 00:44:21,500 : Can you just play ball? 905 00:44:21,583 --> 00:44:24,000 You want me to play ball. Let's play ball. 906 00:44:24,083 --> 00:44:27,083 Give him the ball then! He open! 907 00:44:29,833 --> 00:44:31,333 She watchin'. 908 00:44:32,166 --> 00:44:33,583 Come on, Brian. 909 00:44:34,500 --> 00:44:35,791 - Ball! 910 00:44:39,791 --> 00:44:41,250 Johnson: Mm! 911 00:44:42,166 --> 00:44:44,000 Yeah, right there. 912 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:48,041 That's game. Take care of yourself, man. 913 00:44:54,500 --> 00:44:58,000 - I got dirt on my shirt. - What did you say to him? 914 00:44:58,083 --> 00:44:59,541 Cook... 915 00:44:59,625 --> 00:45:01,416 Cook! I was just playin' ball. 916 00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:03,375 Hey, Brian. You okay, baby? Talk to me. 917 00:45:03,458 --> 00:45:06,458 - Talk-- Brian, talk to me! - I was just playing ball! I just thought I was-- 918 00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:09,583 - Go! 919 00:45:14,250 --> 00:45:17,083 New wheels. What you think? 920 00:45:17,166 --> 00:45:18,791 You're an asshole? 921 00:45:19,375 --> 00:45:20,500 Why come? 922 00:45:20,583 --> 00:45:23,666 'Cause I tell dude what everybody know is true? 923 00:45:23,750 --> 00:45:25,916 You was there. You ain't say a word. 924 00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:28,291 That's 'cause you liked it. 925 00:45:28,375 --> 00:45:29,916 You don't like him. You just trying 926 00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:31,333 to make me feel some type of way. 927 00:45:31,416 --> 00:45:33,541 And which way is that? 928 00:45:33,625 --> 00:45:35,708 I got the whole damn world on a string, 929 00:45:35,791 --> 00:45:37,833 - but you got me. - Then why you playin' with me? 930 00:45:37,916 --> 00:45:39,958 I'm here, ain't I? It's me! Earvin! 931 00:45:40,041 --> 00:45:41,208 Now! 932 00:45:44,041 --> 00:45:45,625 Forever. 933 00:45:48,916 --> 00:45:51,291 Wherever I go, you go. 934 00:45:51,375 --> 00:45:53,000 We us. 935 00:46:00,833 --> 00:46:02,958 But if you want me, 936 00:46:03,041 --> 00:46:05,541 then ditch that motherfucker. 937 00:46:05,625 --> 00:46:08,916 Till then, you can watch me on TV with everybody else. 938 00:46:19,125 --> 00:46:21,625 Announcer : 103 to 102, Boston in the lead. 939 00:46:21,708 --> 00:46:24,791 2:22 to go. And West just waved everybody away. 940 00:46:24,875 --> 00:46:26,041 He wants it to himself. 941 00:46:26,125 --> 00:46:28,500 Lakers are gonna win or lose this series on... 942 00:46:28,583 --> 00:46:32,000 : This is your year, Jerry. This is your fucking year. 943 00:46:32,083 --> 00:46:34,125 Announcer: When you shut out Jerry West... 944 00:46:46,125 --> 00:46:47,250 Stay. 945 00:46:51,791 --> 00:46:54,291 - That's a funeral arrangement. 946 00:46:54,791 --> 00:46:56,041 Is it? 947 00:46:56,125 --> 00:46:57,458 I thought they looked calm. 948 00:46:57,541 --> 00:46:59,375 They're for you. 949 00:47:01,125 --> 00:47:03,875 - What do you say... 950 00:47:03,958 --> 00:47:05,750 to some Italian, huh? 951 00:47:05,833 --> 00:47:08,250 You get dolled up, take you to Barone's, 952 00:47:08,333 --> 00:47:10,833 some Chianti, some Bolognese... 953 00:47:10,916 --> 00:47:13,875 I see you're talking to me now. 954 00:47:13,958 --> 00:47:16,083 I know. I've been a little in my head. 955 00:47:16,166 --> 00:47:17,708 You haven't said a word to me in three days. 956 00:47:17,791 --> 00:47:19,916 - I'm better now. - You haven't slept in our bed. 957 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,583 - You haven't even stepped inside the house. - I just had to get my feet wet. 958 00:47:22,666 --> 00:47:24,583 The hardest part's getting started. 959 00:47:24,666 --> 00:47:28,083 - And what's the easy part? - Karen, there's ups and downs, you know? 960 00:47:28,166 --> 00:47:30,791 Okay, this is an up. I'm happy now. 961 00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:35,416 Alright, I'm optimistic, but I can see it all, Kar. 962 00:47:35,500 --> 00:47:38,250 We got a shot at winning it all this year, a championship, 963 00:47:38,333 --> 00:47:40,458 and that is the happiest I've ever been, I swear to God. 964 00:47:42,791 --> 00:47:45,000 No! No, no, co-- No. I mean, 965 00:47:45,083 --> 00:47:46,250 outside of you and I, of course. 966 00:47:46,333 --> 00:47:48,208 - I'll have to take your word for it. - Karen, 967 00:47:48,291 --> 00:47:50,375 don't, don't, don't, don't. 968 00:47:50,458 --> 00:47:51,708 - Let's just-- No-- - Jerry! 969 00:47:51,791 --> 00:47:54,333 They're your ups and downs. I understand that now. 970 00:47:54,416 --> 00:47:56,125 But if I ride that roller coaster with you, 971 00:47:56,208 --> 00:47:59,458 - I will go crazy. - You think I wanna live like this? 972 00:47:59,541 --> 00:48:01,791 You're acting like I got a choice. I fuckin' hate this shit, Karen, 973 00:48:01,875 --> 00:48:04,291 but you-- This is basketball. That's what it takes. 974 00:48:49,416 --> 00:48:51,500 Sophomore year of high school. 975 00:48:51,583 --> 00:48:54,666 We was picked to lose against this real state powerhouse. 976 00:48:54,750 --> 00:48:57,458 Instead, we blowed 'em out. 977 00:48:57,541 --> 00:49:00,500 Finished the game with 36 points, 978 00:49:00,583 --> 00:49:03,958 19 rebounds, 18 assists. 979 00:49:04,041 --> 00:49:06,083 Everybody said, "What a game 980 00:49:06,166 --> 00:49:09,250 by this young man, Earvin Johnson Jr." 981 00:49:11,708 --> 00:49:13,083 Yeah... 982 00:49:13,166 --> 00:49:16,958 But this one writer, he said, 983 00:49:17,041 --> 00:49:19,291 "Earvin Johnson ain't no fun in black and white. 984 00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:24,791 You want the real love, you need a better name." 985 00:49:25,791 --> 00:49:27,916 Big E, Dr. J... 986 00:49:28,791 --> 00:49:30,166 Already taken. 987 00:49:31,333 --> 00:49:33,708 He said, "How about I call you Magic?" 988 00:49:35,083 --> 00:49:38,583 : Magic! Magic! Magic! 989 00:49:38,666 --> 00:49:40,333 Guess I said yes. 990 00:49:40,416 --> 00:49:42,833 Careful, Jun. Keep rubbing on it, 991 00:49:42,916 --> 00:49:45,166 you gonna wash the paint right on off. 992 00:49:46,916 --> 00:49:49,625 Just tryin' to keep that shine on, Pop. 993 00:49:49,708 --> 00:49:51,416 Yeah, that's my boy. 994 00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:54,000 Keep everybody squinting. 995 00:49:55,625 --> 00:49:57,833 - Pop? - Yeah? 996 00:49:58,750 --> 00:50:01,125 You think I'm a good man? 997 00:50:02,041 --> 00:50:04,291 What kind of question is that? 998 00:50:05,750 --> 00:50:08,250 Not sure if Mama do. 999 00:50:08,333 --> 00:50:10,208 Your mama is your mama. 1000 00:50:10,291 --> 00:50:12,666 Alright? Still got some point guard in her 1001 00:50:12,750 --> 00:50:14,208 from her playing days. 1002 00:50:14,291 --> 00:50:17,250 She likes things how she likes them. 1003 00:50:17,333 --> 00:50:20,791 Likes to run the show, but... 1004 00:50:20,875 --> 00:50:22,791 she loves her child more. 1005 00:50:25,250 --> 00:50:27,208 Hoo! Gimme those keys! 1006 00:50:27,291 --> 00:50:30,208 You gonna let me drive this bad boy while you gone or what? 1007 00:50:32,208 --> 00:50:33,916 It's all you, Pop. 1008 00:50:45,666 --> 00:50:48,958 Wyoming has its own kind of cold. 1009 00:50:49,041 --> 00:50:51,458 It's like a thousand needles dipped in fire 1010 00:50:51,541 --> 00:50:52,625 going through you. 1011 00:50:52,708 --> 00:50:55,125 My step-dad Cecil used to send me out in that 1012 00:50:55,208 --> 00:50:58,291 to dig ditches till my knuckles split. 1013 00:50:58,375 --> 00:51:00,583 I used to watch the blood oozing out. 1014 00:51:01,708 --> 00:51:04,458 It was so cold, it would crystallize. 1015 00:51:04,541 --> 00:51:06,250 I couldn't even feel the pain. 1016 00:51:07,625 --> 00:51:09,125 By the time I was done, 1017 00:51:09,208 --> 00:51:11,875 I'd be chattering so bad, I thought my teeth would chip. 1018 00:51:14,083 --> 00:51:16,791 And then old Cecil would show up again, 1019 00:51:17,625 --> 00:51:19,208 look at me, 1020 00:51:20,166 --> 00:51:22,000 and laugh. 1021 00:51:23,125 --> 00:51:24,458 And laugh. 1022 00:51:31,000 --> 00:51:34,666 Last time I set foot in this dump was '69, game seven. 1023 00:51:36,375 --> 00:51:38,125 We were on the ropes that year. 1024 00:51:39,458 --> 00:51:41,333 And I walked in here, 1025 00:51:41,416 --> 00:51:43,541 I looked up, 1026 00:51:43,625 --> 00:51:45,625 and I saw balloons. 1027 00:51:45,708 --> 00:51:47,791 Must've been 50,000 of 'em. 1028 00:51:48,958 --> 00:51:51,750 Cooke had 'em made up special. 1029 00:51:51,833 --> 00:51:53,958 "World Champion Lakers." 1030 00:51:58,083 --> 00:52:01,375 Eleven titles with that squad, and that was the sweetest. 1031 00:52:03,291 --> 00:52:06,000 We kept that hot air right where it belonged. 1032 00:52:08,875 --> 00:52:12,250 We got a deal? I got a flight. 1033 00:52:12,333 --> 00:52:14,083 Won't take long. 1034 00:52:14,166 --> 00:52:15,791 The fact is, Red... 1035 00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:18,625 you were dead on. 1036 00:52:20,083 --> 00:52:24,041 I thought I could waltz in here and spend my way to victory, 1037 00:52:24,125 --> 00:52:26,625 have a grand old time along the way. 1038 00:52:27,958 --> 00:52:30,708 But you got me thinkin' about what I really needed. 1039 00:52:38,416 --> 00:52:41,041 I need to cut your heart out. 1040 00:52:46,416 --> 00:52:48,083 You haven't got it. 1041 00:52:49,625 --> 00:52:51,333 Oh, yes, I do. 1042 00:52:53,250 --> 00:52:56,291 And I'm gonna beat your ass with it. 1043 00:52:56,375 --> 00:52:59,666 This year. Next year. 1044 00:52:59,750 --> 00:53:02,958 Every other year, and every other you, 1045 00:53:03,041 --> 00:53:04,750 until nobody even remembers 1046 00:53:04,833 --> 00:53:06,916 Boston or the Celtics 1047 00:53:07,000 --> 00:53:09,125 or the great Red Auerbach ever won 1048 00:53:09,208 --> 00:53:11,875 a goddamned thing. 1049 00:53:16,500 --> 00:53:19,416 I'll see you when we play you, kiddo. 1050 00:53:50,708 --> 00:53:52,333 Miss Buss. 1051 00:53:52,416 --> 00:53:54,291 - Miss Rothman. - Ladies, 1052 00:53:54,375 --> 00:53:55,833 could you give us the room, please? 1053 00:54:01,250 --> 00:54:04,041 I want to apologize for everything. 1054 00:54:04,541 --> 00:54:05,583 Um... 1055 00:54:05,666 --> 00:54:08,041 - I-I work for you now, not-- - I overreacted. 1056 00:54:09,208 --> 00:54:10,333 Back in Philly, 1057 00:54:10,416 --> 00:54:15,083 the arena I worked for filed bankruptcy. 1058 00:54:15,166 --> 00:54:18,958 And I saw it coming. I looked the other way. 1059 00:54:19,041 --> 00:54:21,166 It's hard enough being the only female. 1060 00:54:21,250 --> 00:54:23,416 I didn't wanna be the scold. 1061 00:54:23,500 --> 00:54:26,166 But, it wasn't them that handed out the pink slips 1062 00:54:26,250 --> 00:54:28,541 when the place went belly-up. 1063 00:54:28,625 --> 00:54:31,833 My dad would never let that happen. 1064 00:54:35,125 --> 00:54:36,458 You left this behind. 1065 00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:41,833 I'd like to read it, if you don't mind. 1066 00:54:43,375 --> 00:54:45,208 No, not at all. 1067 00:54:45,916 --> 00:54:48,083 Enjoy your salad. 1068 00:54:54,750 --> 00:54:56,708 Alright! 1069 00:54:56,791 --> 00:54:59,125 I need everyone out here in the office! Boys, come on out! 1070 00:54:59,208 --> 00:55:02,416 Everybody! You too, Jerry! Let's go! 1071 00:55:02,500 --> 00:55:03,500 I need a word with you. 1072 00:55:03,583 --> 00:55:05,916 No, me first, Jerry. Pardon me, Linda. 1073 00:55:06,000 --> 00:55:08,083 I'm gonna steal your desk here so everyone can see me. 1074 00:55:08,166 --> 00:55:10,250 Everybody! Let's go! Gather around. 1075 00:55:10,333 --> 00:55:13,458 Don't be shy! Listen up. 1076 00:55:13,541 --> 00:55:16,416 The Lakers franchise, as you know it, 1077 00:55:16,500 --> 00:55:19,583 dies right here. Today. 1078 00:55:21,583 --> 00:55:24,041 No more covering our asses. 1079 00:55:24,125 --> 00:55:26,208 No more settling for good enough. 1080 00:55:26,291 --> 00:55:28,875 From here on out, 1081 00:55:28,958 --> 00:55:31,541 we are playing to win! 1082 00:55:31,625 --> 00:55:33,750 Every game! 1083 00:55:35,375 --> 00:55:38,000 Now, it's gonna cost me some money, 1084 00:55:38,083 --> 00:55:40,125 and that's my business. 1085 00:55:40,208 --> 00:55:43,791 But the investment that I need from each and every one of you 1086 00:55:45,083 --> 00:55:47,208 is everything else. 1087 00:55:47,291 --> 00:55:51,375 Whatever it takes to make this organization 1088 00:55:51,458 --> 00:55:53,416 a world champion. 1089 00:55:58,125 --> 00:56:00,208 So, Claire. 1090 00:56:00,291 --> 00:56:03,166 I'm gonna need some big ideas from you, alright? 1091 00:56:03,250 --> 00:56:04,875 I need you. 1092 00:56:04,958 --> 00:56:06,041 Bill, Jerry, 1093 00:56:06,125 --> 00:56:07,958 I understand you're still building the roster, 1094 00:56:08,041 --> 00:56:11,041 but I have one question. 1095 00:56:11,125 --> 00:56:14,708 What's it take to get us to the Promised Land? 1096 00:56:14,791 --> 00:56:17,208 - Well, I think we're almost there. - Almost? 1097 00:56:17,291 --> 00:56:19,958 Jerry West: Yeah, there's, uh, 1098 00:56:20,041 --> 00:56:22,958 just one piece that doesn't fit. 1099 00:56:23,041 --> 00:56:25,166 Do not say Magic Johnson. 1100 00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:28,666 No. It's not him. 1101 00:56:28,750 --> 00:56:30,791 It's not? Fantastic! 1102 00:56:30,875 --> 00:56:34,250 You hear that? That is progress right there! 1103 00:56:35,041 --> 00:56:36,416 Who, Jerry? 1104 00:56:38,666 --> 00:56:40,791 - It's me. 1105 00:56:42,000 --> 00:56:44,916 What did he say? 1106 00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:48,458 You're gonna have to get yourself a new head coach.