Starting 5 (2024) s01e08 Episode Script

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[Sabonis] Tigey,
did Daddy light the beam yesterday?
- [Tiger] I I wanna see the video.
- [Sabonis laughs] You wanna see the video?
Look. Five
[announcer] Four, three
[Sabonis] Two
One
Light the beam!
[Sabonis] Whoa!
- Look at the beam.
- [upbeat music playing from video]
[Shashana] He's always
looking at the beam.
Like a hundred times. [laughs]
- Whoa, look at it. You see it, Tigey?
- Yeah.
Do you wanna light the beam next time?
You wanna press the button?
[Sabonis] It was a big win.
You know, it was a do-or-die game.
It felt good getting that win
just just to move forward
and to not lose
against the Warriors again.
[Sabonis] Tigey, can I get a
[Sabonis] We move on.
We just focus on the next game,
and it's the Pelicans.
Beating the Pelicans
would advance us to play, uh, Thunder,
the number one seed in the West.
- [man] Light the beam.
- [man 2] Light the beam.
We got rid of the Warriors.
We'll get rid of the Pelicans tonight.
- We gonna win in they home court!
- [laughs] Cowbells, baby! Cowbells!
- Domantas Sabonis! ♪
- Whoo!
Domantas Sabonis! ♪
[commentator] Welcome
to the NBA play-in tournament.
The New Orleans Pelicans
hosting the Sacramento Kings.
[commentator 2] Today, no Zion Williamson.
Left hamstring strain.
Suffered that injury 3:13 left
in the fourth quarter against the Lakers.
- [man] Domas.
- Hi.
- [man] How you feeling about tonight?
- Excited. Excited.
We need it. We need it desperately.
Got a lot of confidence in the group,
and I believe
they have confidence in each other.
- Yeah!
- I need that Kings pace!
Yeah!
Let's show
we're the best team in the world!
[team] Yeah!
- [player] One, two!
- [team] One, two, three! Yeah!
- [ball bouncing]
- [sneakers squeaking]
[light drum music playing]
[commentator] And here we are.
Tonight's winner will earn
the eighth seed in the Western Conference,
while the loser will be eliminated.
H! H! H!
Ah!
[commentator] Sabonis goes
around Valančiūnas and rocks the rim.
Steal.
Sabonis takes it in
and slams it down hard for the Kings.
What's up, baby?
Come on. Come on.
Same confidence like last game.
By that point, we were very excited
'cause I feel like
we, uh we had a good first quarter,
good run there for a second, you know.
Like, maybe things are gonna be different.
- [player] Defense, one, two, three.
- [team] Defense.
[Sabonis] Let's go, boys.
No turnovers. Come on.
[crowd] Defense.
[commentator] Murray falls down.
Taken away. Cookies for Marshall.
Upstairs for the slam.
Come on. Let's do it. We need a stop here.
Get back. Get back. Get back. Get back.
[Sabonis] I don't know if we
ran out of gas or whatever,
but then, you know, they just
flipped the script straight away.
[Sabonis] Ah.
I'm loading.
[commentator] Where's
the offense coming from?
Alvarado to Murphy on the move.
[announcer] Murphy!
[commentator] Nothing is going right
for the Kings.
[Sabonis] We go. We good.
Take over, Foxy. I'm going to come
set step-up. I'll set step-ups.
[man] A lot of game left.
Let's fucking lock in. Let's go!
[Sabonis] Big bucket here. Come on.
Be ready. Be ready.
[commentator 2]
Boy, somebody has to step up.
It's been all Fox and Sabonis.
[Sabonis] Come on, guys.
[commentator] Under five minutes
to go now. Winner goes to the playoffs.
The loser's season is over.
[commentator 2] Flips it up. It bounces
three times, but it doesn't fall in.
And the rebound
is corralled by Naji Marshall.
[commentator] Valančiūnas
gets it to go and a foul!
- [Sabonis] Fuck.
- [commentator] Wow. Look out.
Ingram. Kick. Extra.
- Alvarado. Oh yeah!
- [cheering]
And that's it.
They are the Playoff Pelicans.
New Orleans knocks off Sacramento.
[somber music playing]
[Sabonis] Tough end of the season for us.
Just couldn't get it done.
Everyone wanted to be in the postseason.
It really just sucks.
I think this was, like,
a wake-up call for the team
and how we gotta treat every practice game
moving forward to get to our goals.
I always believe there should be
a setback before you really rise.
[Arvydas] From the time he was young,
he is always go for his goals.
I believed he would be a good player.
Now he show he is.
I don't know where
where he is top, you know.
I mean, where is his top, you know.
We need to wait. We see. [chuckles]
[Tiger] Daddio.
- [man in Spanish] Cold?
- [Sabonis] Cold. I like it cold, yes.
[man] That is fine.
[Sabonis in English]
We're gonna listen to one song.
[man in Spanish] Oh, my love ♪
And you take away my hair ♪
But there you are ♪
But there you are ♪
[Shashana in English] He did amazing.
I watched all the effort
that he put in in the offseason,
and I saw it come to fruition this year,
which was really, really cool.
In honor of Domas.
He had such an amazing season.
We're so proud of you
and all of your amazing accomplishments.
I think, every single night,
you broke another record.
It was so cool to be a part of,
and we're all so proud of you.
We love you so much.
No, we did not make playoffs,
but next year, here we come.
- [Sabonis] So, everybody, drink.
- [Shashana] Two, three, cheers!
[Sabonis] Ooh!
[Javypablo singing in Spanish]
[Sabonis] The goal
is to win a championship.
- [Shashana] Good job, guys.
- [Sabonis] Our focus is there.
As each season goes on,
we love going out there,
playing in front of the fans.
My family is very loved
here in Sacramento.
That's what makes it special here.
- Clap, Tigey, clap!
- [Shashana] Yay!
Cheers.
[Butler] Yeah,
I'm ready to start competing.
I haven't hit a tennis ball in forever.
[curious music playing]
Slice. Look at that.
That's how they do it in the pros though.
Get your ass outta here.
That's pretty good.
Come on.
Aha, that's in!
Fuck you.
Down the line. Come on, Serena.
My backhand is normally better than this.
See, but the thing is,
when I get in competing mode
That's a point too.
When I get to competing, I'm way better.
Get outta here.
Let me get some water.
[Andres] How are you playing this season?
We're okay.
Yeah, we're okay.
[sniffles]
Um
We're in the plan. We're like
We're not playing bad,
but we're just not playing good.
We're literally mediocre.
Really mediocre. [sniffles]
[Andres] What do you think is missing?
What do you think?
Uh, probably just connectiveness, man.
Just We're
we're in, like, a rut, like, a funk,
and it just seems like we're not together.
We're not playing for one another
on offense or on defense,
so we gotta
we gotta get back to doing that.
[Butler] We're staying
for a little bit, okay?
And you're gonna take a nap.
- [boy] No.
- [Butler] Can you hear me?
You wanna take a nap?
I love you, boy.
Can I have kisses?
Kisses for me? And huggies. Huggies too.
Thank you.
I love you.
[Montgomery] If you've never experienced
Playoff Jimmy or what that could mean,
Jimmy Butler,
when he crosses the finish line
So the finish line,
let's say is the regular season.
Once the regular season,
we draw a line in the sand,
and we're entering into this new world,
the playoffs. We got a new guy,
and it's Playoff Jimmy.
[commentator] Butler. And he hits again.
He is putting Miami on his back.
[commentator 2] Butler, steal and slam!
[commentator 3] Jimmy Butler
moonwalks back to half-court.
[man] This is what he lives for.
The teams wanna stop you.
"Okay, you guys think he can guard? Okay."
And go out there and score 30, 40, 50.
Like, some super heroic shit
is about to go down.
Game 4. Bucks.
[commentator] Butler.
Long shot good!
[cheering]
[scoffs] Then you had that two-hand dunk
where you tried to break the fucking rim.
[commentator] It's loose.
The lead Jimmy Butler!
[Butler] That's why they fucking, uh,
started giving people techs
for hanging on the rim.
'Cause of me.
I don't remember nothing
about the New York series.
- Me neither. That's what's crazy.
- Nothing.
Nothing about it.
The only one thing
I remember is the block.
[commentator] Wow!
Grimes tried to dunk it,
and Jimmy Butler meets him
right at the top!
The block?
On, like, McBride or somebody.
Somebody tried to dunk on you.
- [Butler] Quentin Grimes.
- [Ernie] Oh yeah, Quentin Grimes, yeah.
I remember Game
Game 2 in Boston.
[commentator] A bump, the grind,
the gyration, and the two
- [Butler] The one I remember.
- [Ernie] The grab?
[Butler] Yeah.
Because that's when I was talking to y'all
when y'all were sitting
in the front on the court.
[car horns honking]
[Butler] In the playoffs,
they really need me to be a lot better.
Y'all code-name it Playoff Jimmy,
but when my best is needed,
I wanna always answer to that call.
[Butler] Tally boy!
I don't think there is magic.
I think that's just the work.
You go out there, and you do what you do.
One, two, three, four, five, Sixers ♪
Ten, nine, eight, 76ers ♪
Postseason is officially here
for your Philadelphia 76ers.
They'll be hosting the Miami Heat tonight
in the NBA play-in tournament game.
The winner tonight will get
the seventh seed in the postseason.
The loser is gonna have to duke it out
for the eighth seed.
The winner of that game
is gonna go on to play Boston.
[Montgomery] We talk a lot
about Playoff Jimmy.
Right now, they gonna need Play-in Jimmy
because they're gonna have to
not only win these play-in games,
but go on one of those type of runs
that they went on last year
that propelled them all the way along,
pushing the playoffs.
So Jimmy has to come back,
and Jimmy has to be Jimmy.
[commentator] Jimmy Butler,
it's his favorite time of the year.
[commentator 2] We have
no idea what'll happen tonight,
but one thing is for certain.
This building and these fans,
they are ready.
- [Butler] Homeboy. One time.
- Yo.
[Shelburne] You could reach out
and touch the atmosphere.
That's how thick the air is.
[Butler] Get up. Get up!
[commentator] Lowry's on Butler,
two pugnacious players.
Here's Tyler Herro.
Lowry pokes it away.
Maxey in the open floor.
Butler in pursuit.
Oh, Maxey, the burst of speed to the rim.
[whistle blows]
Hey.
Come back right away.
Three up.
Come back right away.
Hey, you want me to go to the rim
and go out this way?
- [Spoelstra] Either way.
- Okay.
And next time, let's go.
Got two good looks.
Go over there.
Hey!
[commentator] Embiid drives down a lane.
Running shot is good.
[announcer] Embiid.
[whistle blows]
[Butler] Hey!
Come on. We okay.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] Butler with a steal.
And Butler with a dunk.
We talk about his offense
and his aggressiveness.
He is a great defensive player.
Yeah.
- We gonna win this game.
- Yeah.
We gonna win this game.
[commentator] Heat have
their first lead after trailing by eight.
Hey! Under. Under. Under.
[commentator] Shot clock at six.
Up to Maxey.
Maxey off the bounce. Highsmith got him.
The shot is good.
Nice, soft touch from Maxey.
Butler down the other end,
snuck behind the defense.
The head fake, the bank
[Butler screams]
[groans]
[groans]
[groans]
[exhales]
[blows raspberry]
- [grunts]
- [whistle blows]
[Butler grunts]
[exhales]
My fucking knee.
[exhales]
Uh-uh.
Ah.
[exhales]
- [man] You good?
- [Butler] No, I landed on my shit. Oh.
Oh yeah.
[grunts]
[exhales]
[groans]
Oh God.
[announcer] Ruling on the floor.
Common foul, the player's
[commentator] Oubre with his second foul.
Now, Butler is still limping,
and because it's a common foul,
for him to stay in the game,
he has to take the free throws.
[Butler] Tweaking my shit. I'm okay.
Yeah.
[ref] Oh, you gonna hurt someone.
You didn't do that shit on purpose.
You didn't. We're straight.
- [ref] Wanna take them?
- Yeah.
[exhales]
Fucked my shit up.
- [ref] You all right?
- Yeah, yeah.
- [announcer speaking indistinctly]
- [commentator] Clearly, still in pain.
You can tell how gingerly
he's even just stepping up to the line.
- [net swooshes]
- [buzzer sounds]
[Butler] Ooh shit!
What we in?
Twenty-two.
[commentator] Butler misses.
Embiid, the rebound.
Gets it off.
Fires it the length of the court.
Oh, not a bad attempt.
Oh my God.
[commentator] Jimmy Butler
noticeably limping and shaken up.
[Butler] Yeah.
- No, I can't bend my shit, cuz.
- [man 2] Are you good?
Man!
Ah.
[man 2] You good?
[Butler] I mean, I gotta be,
but man, my shit
- [indistinct chatter]
- [Butler] No.
'Cause I'm finna stay in, yeah.
I'm gonna light their ass up.
Get out. You good. Hit him with the ball.
Hit him with the ball!
I knew, from my pain tolerance,
something was for real wrong.
My leg was really out there hurting,
and adrenaline would kick in
every now and again,
but it was a it was a real pain
just because I couldn't move,
and my mind started to know
that my body couldn't move
and it started to believe it.
I was just like,
"Oh well, we're gonna go."
I'd die out there
on that basketball floor.
Basketball has given me
everything and some,
so I gotta give it back.
[commentator] Butler, another steal.
That's his third.
Butler drives inside, kicks it out.
Caleb Martin has
all the time in the world.
Yeah!
Nails the three.
Butler drives on Maxey.
Double-team and throws it away.
Stay over here! Stay over here!
Stay corner. Corner!
Corner. Come on.
I need you. I just got you one.
[commentator] Herro. In the corner.
Butler, line drive.
Nails a three-pointer.
Butler will try again.
It's good.
Jimmy Butler's second three-pointer.
H! You can cut. I promise. I promise.
He's facing me.
If you cut on the baseline, it's a dunk.
[commentator] Butler with his fifth steal
of the night.
Gets a layup down the other end.
Three of them
have led to wide-open layups.
And another clutch defensive play
from Jimmy Butler.
He's grabbing that right leg again.
Again, that's the leg he went down hard
in the end of the first quarter.
And boos raining down
from the frustrated Sixer fans.
This crowd desperate for a Sixer run.
Batum to Embiid. Kicks it out.
Buddy Hield, a three.
Puts it in!
Hands off to Maxey.
Maxey kicks it out in the corner.
Nic Batum connects on a three!
Third three-pointer of the game for Batum.
It's back to two.
Sixers playing now with some tenacity.
Back to Batum.
Fakes. One dribble.
Puts up another three.
It's good!
It's a Batum bonanza here
in the second half.
You just never know on games like this
who's gonna emerge as the hero.
And that'll do it.
The game is over, and the Sixers survive.
And Miami will have to play
in another play-in game Friday.
The key for Miami,
how will Jimmy Butler's leg respond?
He's been limping
ever since the end of the first quarter.
[indistinct chatter]
[Butler] Right after the game,
we went and got the MRI,
and it said a severe MCL sprain.
He was like, "I can't believe
you actually went back out there
and started running and playing on this."
I was like,
"I thought I could do something."
"I thought I was superhuman."
We're not superhuman.
Man, how you feeling?
[Butler] I already know. It's just hard.
[indistinct chatter]
I don't know why he was doing
Power Ranger moves in the air.
He jumps up, Crouching Tiger legs
on your neck and shit.
You should've upended his ass.
"What the fuck is you doing?"
Fucking Kelly Oubre jumping in the air
doing wrestling moves on people,
which is crazy.
I heard that bitch right away. Boom!
- You heard it?
- I heard it. I know what it is.
[Butler] I was just so confident
in my ability.
[mysterious music playing]
I was like,
"Yeah, we got this one in the bag."
Injuries happen, man.
Damn, injuries happen.
[reporter] We have significant news here.
It's not a surprise, but it's terrible.
Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is expected
to be sidelined for several weeks
with a right knee MCL injury.
[Butler] And, yep,
there we go.
End of season for me.
[mysterious music continues]
I knew that my guys
could go out there and win.
I've seen 'em do it time and time again
throughout the year
of me not being there to play.
[reporter] Quick turnaround to face off
against the top-seeded Celtics.
What are you anticipating
about this matchup this time around?
It's gonna be a huge challenge for us.
Um, but we're built for it. We're excited.
Um, and we gotta
we gotta cover for Jimmy,
so we're gonna go into Boston
with a great mentality mindset,
and we will be ready to roll.
Congrats on the win,
and good luck on Sunday.
I'm down 24, Jimbo.
This could be 48 or even.
Let's do this.
[Ernie] Gotta learn Chinese.
[Jimmy] O for one.
O for two.
Oh my God, you don't make this one
- [man] You made one?
- [Butler] Yeah.
Ah!
Yes!
O for three.
[Ernie] I knew you were real.
[Butler] One for four.
[man] You need a key, Ernie.
[Butler] Hey, baby.
What are you doing?
- [Rylee] Daddy?
- What?
[Rylee] Daddy, are you at the house?
No, I'm at the arena getting treatment.
- "I wanna come."
- [Rylee] Then you're coming back home?
Yeah, yeah, then I'm coming back home
after my treatment, buddy.
I come to see you.
Uh, can I play with you? Can I play
in your playroom when I get home?
- [Rylee] Yeah.
- Oh, thank you.
[Rylee] Can I go with you
in the in the treatment place?
In the what?
[woman] I'll take you
to Daddy's treatment place. Brother just
When we came to pick you up,
Brother was just about to eat.
He actually got mad
when I took him out of the chair.
So maybe we could eat first.
[Butler] Yeah, you eat first, and Daddy
will be home in, like, 30 minutes, okay?
Okay, I love you, guys.
- [Rylee] Okay. Bye.
- Okay. Bye.
[commentator] It's that time once again.
The Miami Heat facing off
against the Boston Celtics
in the NBA playoffs.
Derrick White, we are back.
Time of the year.
We waited long enough.
All summer.
Preseason.
Regular season. All-Star break.
- Play-in tournament. We back.
- All for this.
- We back.
- All for this moment.
[whistle blows]
[Butler] When they traveled to Boston,
I had to stay back in Miami.
It was just a lot of rehab, you know.
I would watch the games
on the TV in the training room.
So I was locked in. I just wasn't there.
I wasn't playing, like I wanted to be,
and I don't I don't wish that on anybody.
I don't want anybody to ever get injured.
I wish everybody
could stay 100% all the time.
Obviously, I know that that's not
how sports and and and competing works.
But injuries are no good.
[somber music playing]
[crowd clamoring]
[commentator] Put the ball in play,
and that'll do it.
And the Boston Celtics
advance to round two.
They beat the Heat in five.
[Butler] Man, I'm not finna
keep talking about Boston, man.
Fuck Boston.
Fuck Boston.
I'm not finna keep talking about Boston.
It was a tough season
for more reasons than one.
[birds chirping]
[Butler] Basketball
is very, very important,
but it's not nearly as important
as your people and as and as your family.
[kids laughing]
[Butler] The people you have,
the people you get to call family,
that is your home.
That is all the love that you need
in this particular moment
because, like I said,
life changed so incredibly fast.
I'm very fortunate. I'm very blessed
to have the people,
the family I have, the kids I got.
I want to really have fun and enjoy life.
I really, really, really try to live
in the now and just go do stuff,
um, 'cause you never know
when you can do it again
with the people that are your family.
Oh, it's 'cause my butt ain't on it.
Okay, okay. That's it. Ready?
One, two, three, four,
five, six, seven, eight.
Shake your ass, shake your ass ♪
Shake your ass, shake your ass ♪
Don't look at your dominoes.
So you wanna play?
- [man] I don't have six.
- Yeah, I know.
[man 2 laughs]
Me and you, buddy boy.
[Butler] I'm a team guy in life,
and I I I really adore
and love my people.
And I need I need, need, need my people.
Hey, baby.
Hello.
[man] Hello.
[boy] Oh.
[indistinct chatter]
[boy] This one's for my grits.
Are you eating cheese in your grits?
Wow, you a real country boy.
[man chuckles]
[Shannon] That's
some country shit right there.
[Shannon] Home life for me and Ant
is pretty chill right now.
He's very self-contained.
His obsession with the game is crazy.
I think this year, he's
really, really focused into basketball.
Like, he's very competitive.
He's really good when he gets competitive.
He want this to be his big year.
The fire has been lit. He coming.
[mystical music playing]
[Edwards] If we gonna beat Phoenix,
we gotta change this shit up.
They gonna fucking send us home
in four games.
I know Finchie
got something up his sleeve.
He just trying to keep it in his pocket
right now 'cause he a good fucking coach.
When they take Nurkić ass out
and put Eubanks in the game,
we're gonna switch one through five.
All that little bullshit
they doing, switch, switch, switch.
"Hey, how you doing? My name is Ant."
"Hey, how you doing? My name Jay."
"Hey, how you doing? My name Nickeil."
Just switch all that shit.
Now what y'all gonna do?
[Edwards] Playoffs is gonna be super fun.
It's a whole new season right now.
Everybody start zero-zero.
It's not about what you did
in the regular season now.
It's about what you gonna do.
Like, they beat us three times this year,
but that doesn't mean nothing
going into the game on Saturday.
It's a whole new game plan,
a whole new everything.
[Montgomery] Sometimes,
there's teams that just have your number.
They're your kryptonite.
And that's what the Phoenix Suns are
for the Timberwolves.
If you're the Timberwolves,
you have to be thinking,
"What are we gonna do different this time?
How are we gonna win?"
[commentator] Welcome to Minneapolis
on the banks of the mighty Mississippi.
Keep in mind, folks,
the Phoenix Suns defeated Minnesota
all three meetings
during the regular seasons.
The margin of victory was
double digits each time.
[Edwards] Once I realized we was gonna
play Phoenix in the playoffs,
I definitely was super happy
because I think, as the world know,
KD is my favorite player of all time.
So I was super happy to
to play against him
and and just, you know,
see that eye-to-eye for the first time.
[commentator] Edwards, clean for three.
Butter.
Anthony Edwards said,
"Kevin Durant is my GOAT,
my greatest of all time,"
and he wants to see what it's like
to test himself against the best.
[Edwards] That's my favorite player.
That's my GOAT.
Even in Game 1,
I think this motherfucker, he hit,
like, seven straight shots in a row,
like a trey ball, midrange,
midrange, layup, trey ball.
So, like, I'm starting to see, like,
"Okay, yeah, Kevin Durant is real."
Like, "He real."
I turned into a fan, honestly.
Like, I was just out there
like, "Damn, this is crazy."
But I had to reel myself back in,
and like, "They starting to come back.
We gotta make a run for ourselves."
[commentator] Edwards
with the step-through. Got it to go!
[commentator 2] This is
what you wanna see with this young guy.
Backbone ♪
[commentator] Swings, spins, pivots.
Off one leg. Wonderful footwork.
Edwards.
This time, KD picks him up. What a hesi.
Slams on the brakes.
- Edwards!
- [commentator 2] Nice.
[Edwards] And then he start guarding.
I'm like, "KD. Come on, KD."
Like, "You ain't no defensive player."
But he took the challenge
in guarding me, man. I was happy
because I love to take the challenge
in guarding somebody's best player.
[commentator] Durant trying to guard him.
Edwards around the double-team.
Got a look. Butter.
[commentator 2] He's talking
some trash to Durant
as they're walking
right in front of our table.
[Garnett] Ain't nothing better
than playing against your idol.
Y'all wanted to see the back-and-forth
between him and KD.
Just like how we've all seen
KD put work in and we respected him.
I think that was Ant's version
of putting work in
and establishing himself and saying,
"Yo, hey, you know,
to go through the West,
you gotta go through Ant Edwards."
Uh-oh, who's on greaze? ♪
Said you got the mash ♪
[Edwards] After that little back-and-forth
after the first game,
I think that was just,
like, everything for me.
And then they call time-out.
He was like, "Boy, you so nasty."
I feel like I'm the greatest. [chuckles]
I swear to God.
"I did that to KD? I'm the greatest."
That's just how I feel.
I I did that to Kevin Durant.
Ain't nobody ever did that
to Kevin Durant.
[commentator] Oh, Edwards. It's showtime.
Room service.
"I got it all night long, 24/7."
He's up to 31 for the game.
And a convincing vanquishing
and victory today against Phoenix.
Baby, it's your time ♪
Baby, it's your time, yeah ♪
Show me how you shine ♪
Show me how you shine, yeah ♪
[laughs]
Second half, I came out.
Remember, they left me open.
- Everything, we went
- Muah.
I thought you was open.
Once we did that in the first game,
we unleashed ourselves.
Like we finna to fail.
[commentator] Edwards wants to take him.
Elevates and buries it!
They are playing great,
and they're getting
good opportunities to score.
[Edwards] I think we just did that
for the rest of the series.
Ant, get your mind right.
Let's play the game. Play the game.
[commentator] Edwards.
Into the lane. Edwards lays it in.
And Minnesota is pouring it on.
- Get up!
- [commentator] A twenty-to-six run.
[Edwards] Out on him.
Yeah, give me that shit!
Yeah! Come on! Give me that shit.
[commentator] And for the first time
in franchise history,
the Minnesota Timberwolves
have a 3-0 series lead.
[Edwards] Baby, it's your time, yeah ♪
Show me how you shine, yeah ♪
Baby, it's your time, yeah ♪
[commentator] We join you tonight
from the Valley of the Sun.
Anthony Edwards and his squad can
advance to the second round with a win.
[Shelburne] Anthony Edwards' model
for the entire season
was retire the old guys.
[upbeat music playing]
[commentator] Durant was forced
way outside against Edwards.
No double.
Durant. Back in.
Lost it.
- [Durant] Thank you!
- Hell no!
[Durant] You know that's a foul.
That weak. That's weak, man.
[Shelburne] Go right at your heroes.
[Edwards] Mikey.
[crowd cheering]
[Edwards] Let's fucking go!
[commentator] 43. Edwards.
Count it, for three.
Fuck, man!
You won't get that easy no more, K.
The only way to earn their respect
is go right at 'em,
and that was straight out
of Kobe's playbook.
That's what Kobe did to Michael.
That's what Michael did to Magic.
Find me, Mike!
Stop going everywhere else. Come to me.
You don't wait for them
to pass the baton. You take it from 'em.
[Edwards] I I'm not
I'm here. I'm here. I'm here.
[crowd chanting] Defense. Defense.
[commentator] Edwards.
Oh, Edwards!
A signature slam!
That's it.
The Timberwolves complete the sweep.
[indistinct chatter]
[Edwards] That's what I'm talking about.
Let's go!
- [Hill] That was MJesque.
- [Edwards] What's going on?
- Twenty-two in the second half.
- What's going on? What's going on?
- Hey, save some for the Nuggets.
- Come on, man.
Honestly, I'mma tell the truth.
I kinda felt bad that we swept them
because it's like, "Ah, damn,
I just swept my favorite player."
But we talked
after the game and everything,
and, like, so that was the best shit ever.
He was just like,
"Man, you my favorite player to watch."
He made he made my whole
Like I said, I won in life.
I mean, what more do I need?
He told me during Game 4.
He was like
he was like, "Hey, young, you the truth."
Take y'all ass home! Take y'all ass home!
Whoo!
Let's go after all them Nuggets!
They don't want you.
- [cheering]
- [man] They ain't ready for you!
[overlapping chatter]
Yeah! That's how you fucking play, boy.
Get they ass outta here.
[Edwards] I'm not really
worried about anything
because I always play good
in the playoffs.
I haven't won in a series,
but I've always, like, you know,
took my game to another level.
But, um, I do want smoke though.
I don't know what that mean.
[chuckles]
No, don't take that, y'all.
I want smoke, for sure.
- [woman] What kind of smoke do you want?
- Any of it.
Whatever it come If it comes
with basketball, I want all the smoke.
[LeBron] I'mma Hey, I'mma go off you.
If I see you on the run
if I already see you on the run,
then I know we're in a step-up.
If you stand still,
I'm gonna go to you on the pitch.
[indistinct chatter]
[man] Come on, king.
[LeBron] Red! Red! Red!
- [man] Red right. Red right. Red right.
- [man 2] Whoo.
Listen, that was a a hell of a moment
for us to be able to
ride our ship to the postseason.
But here come the Nuggets again.
[suspenseful music playing]
[LeBron] My mindset is
just get one at a time.
It's only gonna take one,
but make it tough on 'em.
[Montgomery] LeBron, the Lakers,
first round of the playoffs.
Unfortunately, though,
they'll be playing against
the reigning champs, the Denver Nuggets,
whom they've lost eight straight games to.
But how you gonna tell LeBron
he can't beat somebody,
even if he hasn't done it in a year?
I think LeBron,
every single game that he goes into,
thinks he can win that matchup.
[LeBron] Our chances is just as good
as anybody else
that that that cracks the postseason.
But that's just the mindset.
You go in and say,
"Okay, let's make it tough on 'em."
Put ourselves in a position
late game where we can win.
My thoughts is, "Let's go."
I don't shy away from no competition.
It doesn't matter who it is.
So I look forward to the challenge.
[upbeat music playing]