Starting 5 (2024) s01e07 Episode Script

1
[car engine revs]
[man] What's up? I just pulled out.
[man 2] Where you at, Dad?
[Edwards] What you say?
[man 2] How far?
[Edwards] Uh, five minutes.
[man] Yeah.
We on our way!
[man 3] Anthony.
I couldn't put my shit on.
Shit. I was in a rush.
- [woman] You can do this, okay?
- [woman 2] She ready to push.
[Shannon] You made it!
Push! Push! Push!
- [Shannon] Oh my God!
- [woman] Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
- You got it!
- [Edwards] You got this, Shay Shay!
[overlapping chatter]
- [woman] Yes! Yes!
- [Edwards] Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
- [woman 3] Oh my God!
- [man 4] Go, Shannon! Go, Shannon!
[man 5] Here we go!
- [woman] Come on. Keep pushing.
- [Shannon screams]
- [woman 2] She's here!
- [woman] There you go.
- Nicely done, Shannon. Great job.
- [woman 2] Hey, girl!
[woman] You crushed it.
- That's your baby!
- [woman 2] Oh my God!
[baby cries]
- Let's see how big you are, sweet girl.
- [woman 3] Wow. She's really big.
[baby cries]
[overlapping chatter]
[woman] You crushed it.
[Shannon] I'm so happy.
- [woman] Perfect.
- [baby crying]
Twenty-six seventy.
[woman 3] Five pounds, fourteen ounces.
[woman] Five pounds, fourteen ounces! Wow!
[overlapping chatter]
- [woman 3] We got more.
- [baby crying]
[overlapping chatter]
Shit. Shit crazy.
[woman] Let me put the cap.
[Edwards] Oh my God.
[overlapping chatter]
- [Edwards] Oh Lord.
- [woman] She is early at 32 weeks.
[man 5 laughs]
[Edwards] Oh my God.
She pushed one time.
They was like, "Take a deep breath."
She pushed the second time.
They said, "We see her head."
She pushed, like, two more times,
the baby was out.
- Lord.
- That's crazy.
- She's 5 lbs, 14 oz.
- [woman 4] She's big!
She, uh she got some good head of hair.
- [man 5 laughs]
- No, she do.
- [woman 4] Came from you, right?
- I don't know.
[overlapping chatter]
- [Edwards] I don't know how to hold her.
- [Shannon] They're gonna help you.
- [woman] Sit down and go that way.
- [Edwards] What this shit here? I can't.
- [woman] Oh no. I'll cover it.
- No.
It's over. It's over.
It's over. It's over.
- It's over. It's over. It's over.
- [woman 4] What?
What? What happened?
- Bruh, they got some shit in a cup!
- [man 5 laughs]
- What happened?
- [man 5] Afterbirth?
- Like her fucking liver is in a cup.
- [man 5] Afterbirth.
- [woman 4] That's a placenta.
- [woman 5] She can eat it.
- [man 5] Oh, that's what
- [woman 5] That kept the baby alive.
- [man 5] That's the
- Bruh.
Bruh, that was crazy.
Bruh, they got some shit in a cup
that look like her insides.
[man 6] Did it look like a plastic bag?
No. It look like
You seen, uh, Men in Black?
[emotional music playing]
- [woman] Hello!
- Hey, how you doing?
Good! Whose happy day is it today?
- As far as that's my baby girl.
- [woman 2] It's his.
- It's your it's your happy day?
- Yes, ma'am.
- Happy father's day.
- Thank you so much.
- Do you not wanna open your eyes?
- [woman] No.
- [baby whimpers]
- Ah!
- [woman] Oh!
- You wanna open your eyes?
Wanna open 'em up?
You can just open them up for me.
Ooh.
There you go! There go your papa!
There he go!
- Yeah!
- [cries]
- Yeah.
- [woman] What do you think?
You's a pretty girl, Aislynn.
What do you have there, that little clip?
[woman] That?
So that is from her umbilical cord.
So the umbilical cord is
what was connecting her to her mama.
- So you can go ahead and do that.
- Nah, I'm okay.
- [woman laughs]
- [chuckles] I'm good.
Uh, 115-114. Monk just scored.
A minute 30 left.
[commentator] Anthony Edwards
out for the remainder of the game
due to personal reasons.
He got 35 points in the second half, bro.
- [man speaks indistinctly]
- Yes, bro.
If I was out there,
they wouldn't have nothing like that.
I'd be packing them up.
He nice though.
I don't know why my heart beating so fast.
I'm mad as hell I ain't playing.
[commentator] So now it's Reid on Monk.
Long-distance three.
Air ball.
[commentator 2] And we
are going to overtime.
Aislynn, I'm sorry.
I'm trying to make sure we win too, baby.
He missed both.
[chuckles]
Aislynn, he missed both. Aislynn. Aislynn.
He missed both, baby.
[commentator] Still a one-possession game.
That pass, too high.
We just turned the fucking ball over.
[commentator] Conley across the timeline.
Fires the three. No good.
[buzzer sounds]
[commentator] And that'll do it.
[indistinct chatter]
- [Edwards] You need to hug me.
- [woman] Thank you.
We just lost.
I won the war, but I lost the fight.
[emotional music playing]
[overlapping chatter]
[Edwards] Hey, I'm already sweaty.
[Shannon] Hey, she know your dada voice.
- Oh Lord.
- [woman 2] Look how cute she is.
Your own beautiful baby.
- [woman 2] She got a name?
- Aislynn.
[woman 2] Aislynn? That's beautiful.
- Let's get a diaper on you.
- It's okay.
- [woman 3] Ready?
- How am I supposed to hold her?
- [woman 3] You're gonna lean back.
- [Edwards] Okay.
[woman 3] With your hand, she's gonna
- Feel good?
- [Edwards] That's perfect.
[woman 3] That's it.
- Aw. Right there.
- [Edwards] Mm-hmm.
[Aislynn cries]
Oh, you gonna cry when you get to me, huh?
[woman 3 laughs]
C'mon, now. We know better than that.
- [Aislynn cries]
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- [Aislynn cries]
- [woman 4] How'd it go tonight?
- [man] Terrible.
[woman 4] She's opening her eyes!
- What's up, mama?
- [Shannon] She know his voice.
- What's up?
- [woman 4] She's so calm with him.
- What's up, pretty girl?
- [woman 4] She's obsessed.
[Shannon] Probably like, "Him?"
- [ball bouncing]
- [sneakers squeaking]
[Edwards] This is this
this my little girl.
I can't speak on fatherhood as a whole,
but I mean, as of right now,
it's just the best feeling
right now in the world, for sure.
[gentle music playing]
[Edwards] That's my little girl.
I gotta pick her up and walk around
and hold her and talk to her, so
Easy, son, don't you grow up too fast ♪
Make those days you're living last ♪
You wanna go outside?
Do you wanna go outside?
[Butler] My kids, they really set
everything in in, like, proportion,
the way that I look at things,
because when I come home,
they don't care if I had a triple-double
or if I fouled out
in the first three minutes of the game.
I'm just their dad.
They could care less about anything else.
So whenever I'm at home,
I try, to the best of my ability,
to be their dad first.
- Oh, look. What color are they?
- Look, Tigey, look.
- Here.
- Look it, baby.
Come. Look. Look. Look.
- We'll just pass him back and forth.
- Wow.
[Sabonis] Now I have a family.
I gotta provide for my family,
for my wife, for my kids.
[imitates chewing]
It's like Cookie.
Do we let go when they grab on to it?
That's just an ongoing thing
you're always thinking about, you know.
You wanna be the best on the court,
the best husband, the best father.
For me, I don't know. It's a mindset.
I don't even think twice about it.
- Yay!
- [Savannah chuckles]
[LeBron] I love my kids, for sure.
Like, all three of them.
They can't do no wrong in my eyes,
to be completely honest.
I mean, obviously, my daughter.
- She gets away with way more than my boys.
- Breakfast for two!
Ooh!
- Day with my baby!
- [chuckles]
[LeBron] Rightfully so.
That's my baby girl.
She can do no wrong. That's my princess.
One time, it was April Fool's Day.
Then, like, I said, "Oh, Dad, I broke
one of the, um, plates in the hallway."
And he's like, "Oh, it's fine."
"But if it was one of your brothers,
I would definitely, like,
say something to them."
Something was probably said
other than "say something to them."
It was probably something different
than that. [chuckles]
I have three unbelievable,
beautiful, selfless humans.
[chuckles]
Like, they really just,
like, super-duper dope.
Like, if you ever was around them
or been around them,
they're just super cool.
I love the the young man
that you've become, um,
you know, to this point in your life.
You have a bright future.
Whatever you wanna do in life,
you can accomplish.
And the fact that you've been such
an unbelievable kid for these 18 years,
man, it's a unbelievable thing.
And me and your mom cannot believe
that your ass is 18 years fucking old.
[laughing]
'Cause my daddy told me so ♪
Guess what, Daddy?
[Tatum] What?
I'm on 2K.
Just kidding. You're on 2K.
Mmm ♪
Oh shit.
[Brandy laughs]
[Deuce chuckles]
- For real?
- [Brandy] Yep!
- Swear to God.
- [Brandy] Swear
[Tatum] I had all these checkpoints
that I wanted to accomplish,
like be on the cover of video games.
And to share that moment
with my mini-me and my best friend,
that is a special moment I had with Deuce.
[Brandy] Aw.
[Deuce chuckles]
Appreciate it.
[Tatum] No matter how down or tired I am,
I'm not "Jayson Tatum"
when I pick him up from school
or when I'm with him.
I'm just I'm Dad.
And it's a unbelievable feeling.
[magical music playing]
[Tatum] Thinking back to
Jayson that was in St. Louis,
that grew up in a house with his mom
Like, wow, um
Made it to a place in life
where I can have my son experience things
that I, you know,
didn't get to as a child.
We are in U City, where I grew up.
This street, this house, my whole life.
That's locked. [chuckles]
So many memories growing up.
My mom room was right there.
And then that's the basement.
I would just, like,
come out here and shoot.
And I'd just always
I remember I would count down to myself.
Like, "Three, two, one."
And I was just doing all type of,
you know, game-winning shots, fadeaways.
Just, you know,
just daydreaming, envisioning,
you know, one day, I'm gonna be
on the NBA court doing this.
[Justin] The co-parenting thing was tough.
When Jayson was born, I was
a 18-year-old, hard-headed young man.
I was a little harsh
and tough on him at times,
but it was for the fact
that I needed him to understand
that life is not gonna be easy.
And so if you wanna love this game,
put your all into it.
There is a button Jayson has
that needs to be pushed,
and when it's pushed, unbelievable.
[Tatum] We had our ups and downs,
but I give him credit
because he pushed me, for sure.
[Justin] He took away
from some of the things that I did right
and I did wrong.
It's satisfying because he's pouring it
all into his son right now.
[Deuce] I pulled it out.
[Tatum] Let me see.
He always said, "When I have my own son,
I'm gonna, you know,
do it a different way."
I just talked to the Tooth Fairy.
They say they coming tonight.
Ooh.
- [chuckles]
- [Tatum] Did it hurt?
Kind of.
[line ringing]
- [in Lithuanian] Hello.
- Hello. Hi.
[chuckles]
[Arvydas] Are the little ones growing?
Growing, yes. Eating.
Talking little by little.
[Arvydas] So what about today?
Just sent an email.
Brown and White will not play.
[chuckles] Let's see how it will go today.
[Arvydas] Let's see how it will go today.
With Boston, you know.
- Against my Boston is always
- Yeah. Yeah.
[Arvydas] Don't hurt Boston too much.
- Okay, yes. Bye-bye. Kisses.
- [Arvydas] Bye.
Okay. Bye-bye.
[Arvydas chuckles]
[commentator] The Celtics
clinched the NBA's best record.
Will they finish out the string
in the same dominant fashion
tonight against Domantas Sabonis
and the Sacramento Kings?
[reporter] The Celtics
shorthanded tonight.
Probably won't matter. Why?
It means more to the Kings
than it does to the Celtics. Rest is okay.
Ah! C'mon, Foxy!
[commentator] Sacramento Kings,
they're two games out of fifth
in the Western Conference,
but now they're only a half-game
ahead of the Lakers for that nine spot.
[announcer] Round two
[Sabonis] If they pop, it's a red.
Remember. Be aware.
[Sabonis] It's been
a long year with ups and downs,
and we're trying
to play our best basketball.
And now we're at a point
where we have to win it.
[commentator 2] Interesting game.
One team really needs it.
The other team
just wants to keep playing well.
[energetic music playing]
[commentator] The Kings
need to bounce back and be really strong.
[commentator 2]
They're in the play-in situation.
They're trying to stay out of that.
The teams in the play-in are really tough.
Red. Red. Red.
Run.
- [whistle blows]
- [buzzer sounds]
[announcer] That's the end
of the first half with the score,
the Boston Celtics
[Sabonis] Let's go. We're in the game.
Hope everyone's up now.
Three fifty-one, but I want Sabonis first.
I know you don't have to.
- [Tatum] I want Davion Mitchell out of it.
- So with Davion, just pop to the top.
- So pop to the top so they can't ice it.
- [Tatum] So they can't ice it.
[suspenseful music]
[commentator] Right now right now,
like, right now, Sacramento was flowing.
Then Tatum made a big big play.
- My bad. I thought you were going away.
- [Fox] Nah. You're good.
[Sabonis] Keegan, don't go backdoor.
Don't go backdoor.
- It's for you.
- They're trying
Coach, so you know,
I'm I'm I'm not tired.
Just letting you know
I can play the whole game.
He knows you're not going,
so he's just going.
If you fake something,
he might turn around, and you know
I know. I'm always going
[Sabonis] Okay, okay, okay.
No, I'm just letting you know.
[commentator] Celtics by 15.
Celtics can take their largest lead here
with 6:55 to go.
If you're the Kings, you're trying
to get into position to make the playoffs.
It comes down to are you willing
to do whatever it takes to win?
[commentator] Here's a steal.
Sabonis picks off Brissett,
goes the distance.
Two-hand slam.
Five straight for the Kings.
- [man] Plenty of time, Do. Plenty of time.
- [Sabonis] Yeah.
[man] Disperse yourselves!
[commentator 2] A three. Goes.
Yeah, Foxy!
Yes, sir. Take over, baby.
[commentator 2] Kicked to the corner.
Looking for a three,
and knocking down a three.
[Sabonis] Go, run, run, run!
[commentator 2] He's quick.
He's got two. It's 99-97.
- [Sabonis] Stay up!
- [commentator 2] Takes a three.
Banks it home!
[commentator] And the Kings have the lead!
A 21-to-1 run
for Sacramento down the stretch.
[commentator 2] Stuck there.
[Sabonis] Hey, get him.
[commentator 2] Hauser, can he be the man?
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator 2] No whistle.
[Sabonis] Hey!
If you miss one game
and don't play your best and drop it,
it definitely has
an effect on the standings.
Everything is so competitive.
Every game counts more than ever.
[commentator] Looking for Fox.
Fox gets free.
He's got it. Fox down the right side.
Pulls up. Mid-block. Jumper rims out.
Scramble for the rebound.
Put back up. No good.
Third chance by Jones. That won't go.
[commentator 2] Boston wins the game!
- [in Spanish] Good luck in the playoffs.
- Same to you. Okay.
Okay.
[McMenamin] The Kings
now slide with that loss.
It's gonna come down to the end here.
The Kings can clinch a top-ten berth,
but the Kings aren't thinking about tenth.
They're thinking about as high as they
can get, but these two losses hurt.
[commentator] We're wondering,
"Where is this roller-coaster ride
gonna take us next?"
It's just been crazy.
It definitely sucks.
You know, especially tonight.
We thought we could've had
We had a chance there are at the end
to steal this game away from them,
and, uh, we just couldn't
couldn't convert on the last play.
[Aislynn crying]
- [Shannon] Where are her towels?
- Huh? I got one right here.
- [Shannon] Huh?
- What kind of towel?
- [Shannon] Her bathing towel.
- I got one here.
- The bathing or the one to dry off?
- [Shannon] The little towel.
- [Aislynn crying]
- [Shannon] Hello, mama.
[Edwards] It takes a village
to raise a child,
so once you understand that,
having people help you raise your child,
then nothing is challenging.
I mean, because I'm young
I don't know everything,
especially when it comes to children.
Where's it at?
I'll never have your children ♪
Nobody said you would ♪
If I don't look what's better ♪
Gotta be the sunshine
Shine, shine, shine ♪
[Edwards] Parenting and basketball,
I mean,
I got a life over here.
I got a life over here.
So yeah, it's pretty simple.
I go here, and I'm one person.
And I come home,
and I'm a whole nother person.
I think the best thing about Aislynn is
that she smiles every time she see me.
If I wake up in the morning and I'm tired
and she right there next to me,
she gonna smile, and Imma get up,
and Imma be happy, and Imma go work out.
[curious music playing]
[commentator] Tonight, the Denver Nuggets
take on the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Without question,
the biggest game of the year.
Whichever team wins
this game this evening in Denver
will more than likely be
the number-one seed
in the Western Conference.
[Edwards] They are the defending champs.
They're a hard team to beat.
Um, they got the best player
in the league with Nikola Jokić.
- [man] "Wolves" on three. One, two three.
- Wolves!
[commentator] Whoever wins this game,
you get to have
all the game sevens in your building.
[dramatic music playing]
[Edwards] Hey!
Hey!
[commentator 2] Oh, what a play
by Anthony Edwards.
You gotta blow your whistle, man.
[Montgomery] You got the Timberwolves
against the Nuggets,
which could easily be a playoff matchup.
[Edwards] That's it, boy.
[Montgomery] That moment
where we wanna see,
do the Timberwolves really got
what it takes to be a champ?
Because to be a champ,
you gotta beat the champ.
[Edwards] Scram!
[Montgomery] And the Denver Nuggets,
we know, are the reigning champs.
Hey!
Run, uh
What's the play when you give it to me
and then they oppose me?
- Oh, hey, Rudy! 72!
- Rudy!
[commentator 2] Three-minute mark,
3rd quarter.
Intensity heating up here.
- Hey, ref!
- [commentator] Teams tied atop the West.
- Count it! He falls to the deck!
- Fucking right!
[man] Go!
Do this shit, man. Let's go.
Oh yeah, we good.
We just gotta guard Jokić.
That's it.
[commentator 2]
Watson got caught in the air,
finds Jokić,
going again at Gobert, and finishes!
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] He's making it look easy
on the best defensive player in the NBA.
[man]put me on 99 'cause
- Let me run 99s.
- [Morris] Okay. Yeah.
'Cause they gonna put two on me. When I
hit you in the pocket, you got Reed.
[Montgomery] Questions flying
of this Timberwolves team.
Are they too young?
Do they need another year to grow?
Can Ant lead them
to a long run in the playoffs?
[commentator 2] Edwards misses the three.
Rebound Watson.
Denver right now
with its largest lead of the night.
[Edwards] I'm not gonna lie.
I hate y'all in the fourth quarter.
[overlapping chatter]
[Edwards] Y'all be double-teaming
the fuck out of me.
[man] I'm going. I already know.
[commentator 2] Open.
Over that dunk, now a miss by Edwards.
Denver, again in transition.
Oh yeah! Why not?
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] For the number-one seed
in the West,
Denver made a statement and said,
"Right now, you're not in our class."
"At least you weren't tonight."
[commentator 2] With two games left,
Denver is all alone
atop the Western Conference standings
with a 116-107 win tonight over Minnesota.
[man] Is it deflating that they're
in the driver's seat for the one seed?
Do you not care that much about it?
We we knew what this was gonna determine.
So I mean, if we won it,
we knew we was gonna probably,
possibly be the one seed.
And if we lost it, we knew they possibly
You know, I mean, so
I mean, at this point,
I think we cared before,
but now that we lost,
you know what I'm saying?
- We can't do nothing about it.
- [reporter] That's right.
[Edwards] We just gotta win games now
so we can have a chance to see 'em again.
We just gotta win.
We dropped to, like, three,
but I mean,
I don't really care about none of that.
I just wanna win.
Get out of the first round
of the playoffs.
[suspenseful music playing]
[reporter] The Lakers are now
the eighth seed in the Western Conference.
[McMenamin] The Lakers, over the last
several seasons, have found themselves
fighting up to that very final game,
where the final two months
of the regular season,
every game is kind of do-or-die
to assure that they at least
get into the Play-In Tournament
so they can make the postseason.
[reporter] If they win, they will play
in the first round of the play-in.
If they lose, they are the ten seed,
and they will play
on the road in the Play-In Tournament.
We have an opportunity to continue,
and that's what you play all year for.
And that is the whole mindset
while I'm there in New Orleans.
How can I put myself in a position
to be like, "Okay, we win this game,
we at least give ourself an opportunity
to play for the postseason"?
That's what it's about.
[commentator] Lakers trying to finish
the regular season with a win
and improve their standing
in the postseason.
[commentator 2] Zion getting downhill.
[commentator] Three ball
goes for Hachimura.
- Great start for the Lakers.
- Step wide, which you can see.
You got the layup
'cause I went toss game for you.
But Herb Jones is picking in the paint.
And you could've screened your own
for a smash screen for DLo.
- [man] Yeah.
- But just read it, but still.
I want you to know what's open.
[commentator] Another turnover though
by the Pelicans.
James, a lob, Davis gets the finish!
LeBron with six assists already.
Hey! Hey!
Red that shit. Play one-on-one.
We know who they going to. They going
to the same fucking guy every time.
[commentator] Here's Ingram with two.
Gets it away over Davis.
And it's good!
[crowd cheering]
[commentator 2] That is a sight
for the Pelican fans
going into the postseason.
[LeBron] Fouling ass. Yo fouling ass.
Stop fouling so much.
Fuckin' big, strong-ass Rui
pushed me into TP.
- [LeBron] Yes, he sure did.
- [man] He's strong as shit.
I saw that on the bench.
He pushed you into TP.
Matty Ice. What's up?
- [Nance] They blamed me for that shit.
- [LeBron] Yeah.
Is it, or was it a correctable call?
I think it's bullshit after the fact.
Yeah. Yeah. [laughs]
- [commentator] James got position deep.
- [LeBron] Ah!
[commentator] Puts it up and in, plus one.
[LeBron] Run the chin again.
Right here. Wide, wide, wide chin.
Same wide chin
'cause now they redding me and AD.
- I'mma stay high
- Yes.
So they can't see, then you go.
As you roll, I'm diving right back.
It don't matter. Any route.
AD, come set it.
They're gonna red.
I'm going right to the toss game with AR.
- [Davis] Stay high.
- You stay high.
And then you dive after, okay?
[commentator] James soars and flushes
with the left hand.
It's up to a 28-point lead.
Wow, power move.
- [LeBron] Hey!
- [whistle blows]
[commentator] Just playing
absolute bully ball.
LeBron James, just remarkable.
Played almost 40 minutes in this game.
Had a triple-double.
[announcer speaking indistinctly]
[commentator] The Lakers will be back here
to take on the Pelicans
in the Play-In Tournament.
Winner advances to the playoffs.
Loser gets a second opportunity.
[LeBron] Go back to the hotel. I'mma eat.
Drink some wine. Call it a night.
Tomorrow, we probably have meetings.
Take a good nap.
Get my body worked on.
[chuckles]
Maybe play the video game a little bit.
Might get some fresh air.
I can't be roaming out in the street like
It ain't gonna do nothing but bother me.
I can't
I wish I could go out at times,
but I can't do that.
You told me you love me ♪
All the things I've said ♪
I never meant ♪
No, baby ♪
[LeBron singing along]
I didn't mean to make you cry ♪
I didn't mean to make you say
Bye-bye, baby ♪
Won't you let me look inside your soul ♪
Oh, my baby ♪
Now tell me, girl
What you want from me ♪
Whatever you need as your heart desire ♪
I want to give my baby, Vannah ♪
I didn't mean to make you cry, oh ♪
[Silk vocalizing]
Good old Silk. Good old Silk.
I love you, baby ♪
Yes, I do ♪
[LeBron] On the road,
without family, without kids.
Just, like, get your work in.
And then we go to dinner on the road.
[gentle music playing]
Y'all wanna stay in America,
or y'all wanna go to, uh, France?
You want America or France?
What do they got American?
Opus. Yeah. Pahlmeyer.
- Let me do the Nickel & Nickel, please.
- [Hachimura] You know the name.
Ooh-hoo-hoo!
- You got, uh, marinara sauce?
- [waiter] Yes, sir. It's a little spicy.
That's cool.
And my son used to say "narinara."
- [Hachimura] Narinara.
- [LeBron] Want some narinara sauce?
Yeah, I'm cool.
I like Clark Kellogg though.
- [Hachimura] How much is it?
- [woman] 500.
Tell tell her what your wine name is.
Black Samurai.
It's sold out though.
He has a great bottle too.
Black, red.
I've never done this in my career.
I've never been on a road trip like this
at the end of the season. Never.
- [LeBron laughs]
- [wine pouring]
["Let's Go (Remix)" playing]
So going into the Play-In Tournament,
if you are in the number-seven spot
or the number-eight spot,
the deal is,
you win one game, and you're in.
They're still trying to figure out
Who I am ♪
[Shelburne] From the Play-In Tournament
We saw the Lakers go
to the Western Conference Finals
from the Play-In Tournament last season.
It's about matchups.
It's about how you perform.
When you get to the playoffs,
who cares what seed you are?
It don't matter
if we're in the Play-In Tournament.
It don't matter to me.
And you go out, prepare yourself,
and you just try to become victorious.
That's that's it's that's simple.
He's normal at home,
but then, like, when he, like,
goes, like, to the playoffs or something,
he, like, has his game on.
His whole mood changes
when he leaves out the door.
He knows it's go time.
He knows it's 30 Lock-In.
[commentator] Good evening
from New Orleans.
It's the Lakers
and the Pelicans from Louisiana.
Right about that time, brother.
[commentator] And here we go.
The winner is the seven seed.
Quite the matchup here.
Zion versus LeBron.
Oh, look at this.
[commentator 2]
Spinning, scooping, scoring.
- What a dance right there by James.
- [commentator] That's old-school.
Zion is a beast.
And I take nothing
away from him. He's a beast.
You can't stop him.
You can just try to hope to contain him.
[commentator] Zion, 9 of 15,
he drives inside.
And LeBron didn't flinch.
- Oh yeah, that's a shot.
- [whistle blows]
A guy like Zion,
who's so athletic, so quick, so versatile,
you just try to keep him, um, off-balance
by, you know,
sometimes playing with physicality,
sometimes playing with speed,
sometimes playing with quickness,
sometimes just playing with the mind.
[commentator] Lakers on
a 12-to-nothing run.
And it's James again. And he glides!
Oh, LeBron James!
[commentator] And that's it.
The Lakers have won.
The Lakers are the seven seed,
and they'll take on
the champion Denver Nuggets
in the first round.
[overlapping chatter]
- I feel great.
- [man] Oh yeah, 23!
Punch that ticket to the postseason.
[indistinct chatter]
It don't matter.
Whenever y'all wanna leave.
Tonight's win is gonna be the microcosm
of how we gotta play in the postseason.
- Yes, sir. Big shot, DLo.
- [man] Big shot.
Yes, sir. "Together" on three.
- One, two, three.
- [players] Together!
[clapping]
To be able to compete
for the Larry O'Brien Trophy,
that is the most
that's the that's the ultimate.
You know, and you can only
be able to compete for that trophy
if you're able to advance
to the postseason.
Listen, that was a
a hell of a moment for us
to be able to, you know,
ride our ship to the postseason.
But we just gotta fucking win.
It's that simple.
[Sabonis] Mickey.
You wanna make Mickey a coffee?
[Sabonis gasps]
Careful.
Careful. [chuckles]
In this league, the playoffs are
the most important thing.
That's where you start
to gain respect from everyone worldwide.
But it was
a very tough end of the season for us.
And that's when the best basketball
is played, towards the end of the season.
We just couldn't get enough shots to fall,
or get stops on defense
to kind of take these games home with us.
[commentator] Domas just took
an elbow to the face.
That's gonna leave a mark.
[commentator 2] Scriptwriters got in.
Kings-Warriors rematch in the Play-In.
The NBA is thrilled about that.
Are you guys locked in the nine
I mean, you guys are nine right now?
[Sabonis] We are ninth right now.
[intense music playing]
[Sabonis] Tomorrow night, a win or a loss,
if you're playing for the Play-In, can
change the whole outcome of the playoffs.
[commentator]
It's Kings and Warriors again.
[commentator 2] Yeah, it's become
the best rivalry in the NBA.
No disrespect to the Purple Nation,
but you will not
be lighting that beam tonight.
Light the beam! Light the beam!
For Sabonis, it's not just
two wins gets you into the postseason,
but one loss, and you're out of it.
And the first one
is against the in-state rivals,
Golden State Warriors,
the same team that beat them
in seven games
a year before in the playoffs.
- What's up?
- [man] What's up, Steph?
[man 2] Look, baby.
[commentator] Last year,
Warriors took out the Kings.
Can the Kings return the favor tonight
and end the Warriors' season?
C'mon. Aggressive. Aggressive.
They go under, you're shooting that bitch.
[commentator 2] It is a battle royale
of Northern California once again.
Kings lead it by nine,
a chance to go into double figures.
Sabonis, no-look out to Ellis.
- This guy, Keon Ellis.
- [cheering]
[commentator 2 chuckles] Okay.
Oh, Green tapped it right to Sabonis.
Sacramento is rolling.
[crowd chanting] Light the beam!
[commentator 2] And they chant
"Light the beam!" here in Sacramento.
- And they're gonna do just that.
- [reporter] How does it feel, man?
Feels great, man. Feels great.
We're moving on. On to the next one now.
[crowd] Three, two, one!
[announcer] Light that beam!
[commentator 2]
Well, the beam has been lit.
Sacramento keeps their season going
as we start to prepare
for Kings-Pelicans on Friday night.
[commentator 3] The Pelicans
have dominated the Kings
during the regular season.
[commentator 4] Five wins they have
over the Kings.
[Sabonis] The Pelicans
beat us many times all year,
and they have this five-game winning
streak against us this season.
We know this is basically almost like
a game-seven environment for us right now.
If we lose this game, our season's over.
And I'm not ready
for our season to be over.
Uh, there definitely is no excuses.
We just gotta fucking win.
[energetic music playing]