Starting 5 (2024) s01e10 Episode Script

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[indistinct chatter]
- [man] How you doing?
- Happy birthday, my boy. You good?
[Brown chuckles]
[Tatum] Appreciate it.
Yo, Phil, can you turn that speaker on
for me, please?
[Phil] You got it.
Living the life ♪
In Boston, you wanna have the same impact
that your favorite players had on you.
You wanna have that
on the next generation.
- Thank you so much, Tatum.
- You're my hero.
[boy] Tatum! Tatum!
Tatum! Hey, Tatum!
[Tatum] And I know, to be that person,
winning the championship
will kinda put the cherry on top.
[ball bouncing]
[man] So when you
look at that blank banner up there,
what does that mean to you?
Uh, I mean, that blank banner's
what we're chasing.
You know, trying to get number 18,
trying to add,
you know, to the the ones before us
and, uh, trying to make history.
Living the life ♪
[Tatum] I've been putting this jersey on
for so many years,
and it's kind of like a room
of Larry Bird and Russell
and Paul Pierce and KG.
You know, they have one thing in common.
They won a championship.
[Garnett] Banner 18 is everything, man.
That means the tradition still lives.
That big oval in the sky
ain't a Batman symbol.
It's a fucking lucky It's a lucky charm.
[chuckles]
The joint you looking up at the sky,
it's a big shamrock, motherfucker!
[man] What are you willing
to sacrifice to win a championship?
I'd cut off one of my fingers
to to win a championship
if that's what it meant.
Always thought I was living a lie ♪
- [ball bouncing]
- [sneakers squeaking]
No enhancements.
No black Bigen
None of that.
[man] Jules, how long
you been cutting his hair?
Since he was a kid?
Yeah. Eleven, right?
- Eleven, twelve?
- Like, seventh grade.
Cut my curls off if we win a championship.
Just for the summer.
[Tatum] For me,
I mean, it sounds cliché, but, like,
I look back to, you know,
being a kid in St. Louis,
dreaming of this life.
[man] Whoo!
- Getting ready to play here.
- [man] Who?
- I'm 14.
- Don't bounce.
- Oh, KG!
- [man laughs]
KG!
I had it!
His heart was in my hands.
[Justin] Growing up,
I needed him to understand
that how he looks is very important.
It's the first thing they notice, how
how well-dressed,
how well-mannered you are,
how upkept you are.
So I was trying
to drill it in there a little bit.
His style right now is just who he is.
I'm just proud of who my son has become.
Everything he's having right now
is a testament of, like, what he's
been through, the work that he's put in.
[Brandy] He's just had
this tenacious spirit,
unwavering in what he wanted to do.
What'd Deion say?
Look good, feel good, play good.
He's always said there was no plan B.
When he sets his mind on something,
he never stops.
[humming]
[commentator] It's late May in Boston,
so the NBA Conference Finals
must be in town.
The Celtics face
a deep and talented Pacer team.
Game 1, best of seven,
to see who moves on to the NBA Finals.
- [man] What's up?
- [Tatum] You all right?
Good to see you. Everything good?
Go get 'em tonight, man. Go get 'em.
- [Tatum] How you doing?
- Yeah, hanging in, man.
Excited. I'll be sitting courtside.
If you hear somebody hollering, that's me.
We are back!
Waited all summer,
all preseason,
regular season,
All-Star break,
In-Season Tournament,
first round, second round
We back.
All we gotta do, we gotta do our job.
We do our job, it'll be all right.
Believe that.
[commentator] Quickly,
Tatum down the other end.
Scores.
Tatum goes inside.
Switches to the left hand.
Gorgeous move from Jayson Tatum.
Tatum throws it ahead to Brown.
Brown throws it down.
I'mma get money
Like four or five ways ♪
[commentator] Nembhard pulls back,
inside-the-arc jumper.
It's good. Nembhard with a big bucket.
Nembhard ain't traveling
when he caught that ball?
I don't think so.
It looked like a Jayson Tatum move.
He ain't Jayson Tatum.
[commentator] Tatum goes inside.
Lays it up and in.
And Rick Carlisle
once again wants to call time.
Talk to me. If you get in a jam
with Haliburton or whatever
and you need to switch,
just be like, "Al, take it. Take it."
I'll talk to you more. I'll be better.
Talk on defense.
[crowd chants] Defense!
[commentator] Nembhard goes with Horford.
Pulls up, jumper.
Puts it in!
Nembhard with another big bucket.
[commentator 2] The Pacers here
with a chance to not only steal one
but earn one.
Jrue, you're off the ball,
looking to make a play there.
Let's get a steal. Let's try to get
a steal before we foul, all right?
- Here we go. Defense, one, two, three.
- [Tatum] Defense.
[commentator] Fouled with ten seconds
remaining, Pacers leading by three.
Nembhard looking. Looking. Looking.
- Finds Siakam. Knocked out of bounds.
- [crowd clamors]
[commentator] No official call.
The officials
- [announcer] Celtics ball.
- [commentator] Celtics ball!
And with 8.5 remaining,
Boston will get another chance.
[Tatum] I've been in so many games
where we probably should've lost,
and we found a way
to make some things happen.
The game is never over until it's over.
[commentator] Thrown in the corner.
Brown fakes, fires up the three.
- Bang! Bang!
- [crowd cheers]
[commentator] Jaylen Brown
knocks down the three to tie the game.
Overtime here in Game 1.
[Tatum] You never know
what's gonna happen,
but we truly believed it.
I was like, "I know we gonna do
everything that it takes to win,
and I believe that we can."
[upbeat music playing]
[commentator] This place
is bonkers right now.
It looked like
the Celtics might fall in Game 1
and still might.
Haliburton.
Three-pointer.
Got it! Pacers back up by three.
Brown drives down a lane.
Stops, pops, and banks it home.
Haliburton chasing White.
White continues down a lane. Up to Tatum.
Side step, three-pointer. Puts it up.
- Bang!
- Come on! Ooh!
[commentator] And that'll do it.
The Celtics survive in overtime
and take Game 1.
[Tatum] That was a big game for us to win,
um, especially at home.
[commentator] It certainly was
"Sweet Emotion" for the Celtics.
Not so sure for the Indiana Pacers,
but they're ready for Game 2.
What a
Hey, everybody, we all just
gotta bring the fight in the paint.
Gotta bring the fight in the paint.
That's where it's won.
[commentator] As Tatum
goes inside and finishes.
Boston up 2-0 here
in these Eastern Conference Finals.
[Edwards] Right here. Down there.
- I'll do all that.
- [man] Let's begin.
- That smile on your face ♪
- Misfitz ♪
I gotta listen to that one
before the game.
I'mma be stalking you tonight ♪
I'mma be all over your body ♪
I'mma be calling you tonight, girl
Come with me ♪
Anthony loves music.
We're always listening to music, like
He can listen to a song for, like,
30 minutes, and he know the words.
If you know him,
there's always music on. He dancing.
I don't have the rhythm like that, but
Oh, come with me, girl ♪
Just funny. You just never know with him.
Just never know what you gonna get.
Oh, I'll be calling you tonight ♪
[Shannon] He can brighten a room.
I think that's his best quality.
I'm gonna be all over you, girl, on me ♪
[Shannon] I'm definitely proud
of where we are now.
Like, seeing him
from getting drafted to now,
his home life
and his game life, like, basketball-wise,
it just wows me because I saw the work.
I was there. Like, sometimes,
I used to rebound for him.
Like, seeing him now
and just seeing how he's transitioned,
it's amazing.
They gonna think I'm cheating
when I do this one. Look.
Off the wall to the eight to the corner.
[man] If you can hit the black,
I'll be shocked.
- You'll be shocked?
- [man] Yeah.
Don't be shocked. Don't be shocked.
Don't be shocked. Don't be shocked.
Don't be motherfucking shocked!
Don't you be shocked.
Don't you be shocked.
Don't be shocked.
[Edwards] I'm feeling good right now.
It just fun, man.
If we healthy, it's it's gonna be scary.
I'm excited to see it. That's why
I'm happy about talking about it, so
In his post-game interview, after they
close out the defending champions,
he said, "I want Kyrie Irving."
We're looking forward to
getting to Minneapolis this week.
Early thoughts on playing the Mavs?
It's gonna be fun, man. You know, um
My my matchup gonna be Kyrie,
so that's gonna be fun.
We're gonna see what I
what I can do versus him.
After the game, it was funny
'cause he said it right there.
I think the whole world was like,
"Okay, you know, yeah
Better know what you talking about, Ant."
[commentator] Anthony Edwards,
understanding he's playing Dallas,
"I want Kyrie Irving."
Must-see TV.
[commentator 2] It's Game 1,
Western Conference Finals.
- Bust they ass and laugh about it.
- You already know it.
- It's all I can do.
- Bust they ass and laugh about it.
[Edwards] Yeah. Say no more.
- Laugh about it.
- Say no more.
[commentator] Timberwolves riding high
after taking the defending champions
to seven games
and winning in Denver in Game 7.
Anthony Edwards.
[cheering]
- [Edwards] Hey!
- Irving in the corner.
Got by Edwards.
Infiltrates the lane and gets it to go.
[Miller] What a tough shot.
[commentator] Irving will drive hard.
[Miller] What a finish.
[commentator] And the other end,
Kyrie puts it up and in.
[Miller] What a first half.
Jaden, you got Kyrie. I'm tired.
- [Jones] You tired?
- Yeah.
[Jones] I know.
Yeah, I should have left Kyrie alone.
Yeah, going saying that right after being
dog-tired fighting back from a Game 7,
I wish I could go back
and take that back. [chuckles]
[Miller] Edwards is resting in that corner
over there in front of the Dallas bench.
I don't know if Edwards can give them
anything offensively
'cause he's so tired. Look at him.
[commentator] It's claimed inside.
Jones hustling, vacuums it in.
Irving.
Corner three for the lead.
Good!
What a shot!
[Edwards] Ah shit.
Fuck.
[Edwards] I was fucking tired. I was
I ain't gonna lie.
It's some bullshit, but I was tired.
[chuckles]
[commentator] Dončić with McDaniels there.
Shot clock at seven.
Luka will make a move.
Lets it rip.
[buzzer sounds]
[commentator] And the Dallas Mavericks
have come from behind
to beat Minnesota in Game 1.
[Edwards] We was a little
a step behind everybody,
especially myself. Um
Kyrie just outran me.
I was just exhausted, man.
So yeah, for sure.
Um, but we'll be all right.
[curious music playing]
[Justin] Uh, headed up to Indy.
Game 3, man, Eastern Conference Finals,
to hopefully see that these Celtics boys
keep on that mission what they on.
Oh, but these road trips, you know,
just bringing up memories,
like where it began and us going
every weekend or every other weekend
to major tournaments.
Indiana, Kansas City, Chicago, Memphis,
somewhere, uh, Midwest.
Uh, we went to Dallas a lot too.
How competitive we were
when we did hit the road.
It was a business trip.
You know, day of the games,
there was no ice cream, no french fries.
We were always training
and preparing ourselves.
He didn't go swimming the whole week
while we was down there.
Other kids got in the pool.
He knew he couldn't get in the pool,
'cause he played a lot of minutes.
The pool wears you down.
It was business, you know.
And it took some time
for him to get adjusted.
The journey up and down the roads with him
when he was younger
and the stories that we have
is just a very big reason
to why he's on the trail,
on the track to where he's at today.
[man] Is there another level
to unlock with Jayson Tatum?
Yeah, a asshole type of Jayson
that has not been displayed yet.
Like, a
Somebody who just has a nasty demeanor
about themselves and that can also,
you know, kick your ass on the court,
and I think that's what, you know,
critics, people, even myself at times
wanna see from him.
You know, I just think
that level of competitiveness is in him,
but it hasn't been unlocked yet.
So I think that asshole part of him
is the one that everybody wants to see,
along with, you know, all the other
great attributes that he has.
[overlapping chatter]
- [man] It's his birthday.
- [man 2] You ain't looked up yet.
- It's me.
- [man] Right here, please. Tatum!
- What's up, baby?
- All right.
- Sitting over there.
- My pop's gonna be at the game.
[boy] Thank you, Jayson!
I don't know, but he gonna be here.
- [man] Tatum, please!
- I got you.
Tatum!
[Justin] I walk around this arena,
and, you know, 70% of the Boston jerseys
has my name on the back, right?
Because of my son's hard work.
It's good for me to be here to support,
uh, and see my son play.
[Brown] Set the tone.
If you start off aggressive,
driving, getting fouled early,
it'll set the tone for the whole game.
They gonna try to come out
and put it on us,
and they ain't gonna call shit.
Gotta get shit done.
Come on, man.
I got two. I got two. Middle!
[commentator] The spin move
from McConnell. Kicks it out.
Nembhard hoists up the three.
[crowd cheers]
[commentator] And an 18-point lead
for the Pacers.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] Tatum misses another.
That's his fourth miss from the line.
[Justin] Right back. Right back.
- Right back.
- [crowd chanting] Defense!
[Justin] Don't play with your food.
Don't play with him.
[commentator] Tatum. Jump shot.
Got it.
Let's keep going.
He can't guard you. He can't guard you.
- Foul.
- [whistle toots]
Ah!
Come on!
[Tatum] Indiana's, like, one of
the fastest-paced teams in NBA history.
They made us work for it.
They might not have the superstar names
or whatever you wanna call it,
but that was a team
that made it to the Conference Finals.
[Tatum] Woof, woof!
[commentator] To Brown.
Tatum straight on with the three.
Puts it in.
Jayson Tatum from downtown.
- The Celtics with their first lead.
- Let's close it out. Let's close it out.
[commentator 2] Can he be
the energy shifter here?
[commentator] Horford with three.
Fucking shot!
[commentator] The Celtics,
with the inspired comeback,
take a 3-0 lead
in this best-of-seven series.
- Way to play.
- Yes, sir.
- Come on.
- [man] Way to fucking play.
[Tatum] Great job today, all right?
Good game.
[Justin whispers] Free throws.
- [clears throat]
- [Brandy] Well
[Brandy] You ain't gotta whisper that.
Free throws.
- [Justin] Free throws.
- [Brandy] Wanna get some up tonight?
- Might as well.
- [laughing]
I understand one,
but you missed two in a row.
[Brandy] Three?
What'd you miss, three tonight?
- I think maybe four.
- Maybe four.
- [Justin chuckles]
- Hey, you guys, we've won tonight.
[Tatum] Growing up with my mom and my dad,
there's things I didn't understand
when I was younger.
Now our relationship,
it definitely has evolved,
overcome so many things.
Never crossed my mind
that it would be like this.
[commentator] We're set to go
here for Game 4.
Pass goes inside, and Tatum with the slam.
That's it. It's over.
The Celtics are heading back
to the NBA Finals.
Well, the drive
for banner number 18 will continue.
[Tatum] Happy to be back in the Finals.
You know, you don't always get
second and third opportunities.
Um, it's not a given that after you go
to the Finals that you're gonna go back.
[sneakers squeaking]
[Edwards] Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh.
[indistinct chatter]
[Edwards] I'm going to drive.
[man] Get that. Get that shit outta here.
Oh, too high.
- [indistinct chatter]
- [Edwards grunting]
- [cheering]
- [Edwards] Ah!
[Edwards] The Dallas series,
I ain't gonna lie.
It's been tough.
[commentator] Dončić maneuvers.
For the lead
Got it! Got it! What a shot!
The Mavericks go up two games to none.
Regardless of how many games we lost,
how much we lost by,
my confidence was
always at an all-time high.
[commentator] That's it.
Dallas is gonna go up three games to none,
and as we said, no team has ever come back
from that kind of deficit
in NBA playoff history.
Through. Through. Through.
Through, Daishen.
Lock in, KAT. Lock in, KAT.
KAT. Lock in, KAT.
Rudy. Rudy, I'm taking the curl.
[Edwards] You gotta keep
the right mindset because
Like I said, we we thought
we was the better team. Like
We was like, "We not worried"
We was down 3-0.
We was like,
"We finna We gonna win four to three."
Like, that's what we were saying
in the locker room.
I fucked up the triple?
[Edwards] At this point, you gotta go out
and win a fucking game.
So, at that point, it was it
it wasn't about, like, me leading.
It was about, like,
"Hey, we just gotta win, y'all."
- That's a foul.
- Exactly. Even if you get
We can't slap down like that.
- He hit his whole forearm.
- That's a foul.
We always ready to go,
but, I mean, fuck what I gotta say.
Fuck what you gotta say.
Fuck what Coach gotta say.
We gotta go win a game.
"Peace, king" on my song ♪
[commentator] Welcome, everyone,
to the Western Conference Finals,
where it's Game 4,
and the Timberwolves
are facing elimination
and the possibility
of getting swept by the surging Mavericks.
You know, Mike Conley told me after Game 3
that in order for them to survive,
Superman has to arrive.
So let's see if Superman got his cape.
They better get rid of us.
They better get rid of us, Lu!
[indistinct chatter]
[whistle toots]
[Edwards] Let's get it done.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Mavs!
Let's go, Mavs!
[crowd cheers]
Come on, man!
[Miller] They need to go on
a little spurt here.
[commentator] Here comes Edwards
the other way.
Nice transition from Minnesota.
- [Edwards] Hey!
- [whistle toots]
I got that from you, dawg.
[commentator 2]
Edwards needs to attack here.
[commentator] He does with a side step,
a Euro step, and two as he takes it
into the teeth of that Dallas D.
[man] Naz, high wall.
Yeah. What I was saying,
I told you it was my bad on the court.
We can't have that, bro. Come on.
- He was running. He just stopped.
- You run with him.
I was a step late.
Hey, come here. Come here. Come here.
We gotta fucking rebound, man!
We gotta rebound.
[commentator] In the corner,
a Jones triple.
Rebound, Edwards.
Yeah, I'm him ♪
I'm him ♪
[Edwards] In Game 4,
I was able to close that game.
I don't know what it was. I just had
a different juice about myself.
Set the screen like this.
Come here. Come here.
Hey, come guard me, J-Mac.
I mean, you handle the ball.
You setting it like this, Rudy,
so they can go under. They can go over.
- Set it like this.
- [Gobert] A little flatter.
So he got to go over the screen,
so I can get down here.
I'm him ♪
- [commentator] Gobert will set a screen.
- [commentator 2] Gotta go!
[commentator] Edwards.
Another screen. A two.
Good!
And Minnesota wins it 105-100.
We'll see you in Minneapolis for Game 5.
[Towns] Good shit,
but don't get fucking funny, all right?
Just take that shit.
Wait. Come here. When you showed me
Come on, like that.
We still found a way to win.
We can win three more.
This is the best they got.
Come on. We got 'em.
[overlapping chatter]
[woman] Tell 'em go home! Bye-bye!
- Ain't no sweep on Ant résumé!
- See you in Minnesota!
Ain't no sweep on Ant résumé!
[woman] See y'all in Minnesota!
[man] One game at a time.
Great job out there, okay?
Uh, totally outplayed them. Good job.
Fight through all the adversity.
All the fucking adversity.
[Edwards] Man, that's now.
Now, in the fourth quarter, give it to me.
I got y'all.
Shake this shit up a little bit now.
Let's go.
[Shannon] Y'all, I don't see him.
[chuckles] Oh my!
He so childish,
he probably be 20 minutes away, y'all.
[Edwards] We, uh, extended the series
to a extra game,
avoided getting swept,
and we was ready, man,
'cause felt like we supposed to beat
we feel like we supposed to win.
[Shannon] I'm so proud of you.
[Aislynn whimpers]
Took my heart.
[Shannon] Look how she good with him.
[Edwards] Momentum is all about,
like, one player, one spurt.
I think we tired. [chuckles]
But we was ready to fucking go.
We're the better team.
But, uh, me, I'm not worried.
I still think we'll come back and win.
[commentator] Minnesota made its stand
in Game 4. They didn't wanna be swept.
Can the Wolves do it again
and push this best-of-seven
back to Dallas?
[Edwards] For Game 5, I was ready to go.
We always ready to go.
Like, when we got in the locker room,
we was ready to bust they ass.
[commentator] Open, McDaniels.
Corner three.
Off the rim.
Slam follow from the weak side!
It's Anthony Edwards soaring in!
[Edwards] We gotta push.
We gotta put our foot on the gas, man.
[commentator] Dončić
against Kyle Anderson, right side.
Kyle reaches around,
pokes it free from behind.
Ant's got it, crosses over on Kyrie.
[Edwards] Hey, ref!
[commentator] Got the shot to drop
and drew the foul!
But Luka had other intentions. [chuckles]
For sure, he had other intentions.
[commentator 2] Luka,
along the left side, the hash mark.
Over Edwards for three.
He hits again,
and I think Luka wants to send
a message to Anthony Edwards here.
The motherfucker came out
and made four threes
from one step inside half-court.
[commentator] Luka on the logo.
- Good!
- [Miller] What is going on here?
[commentator] Dončić again. Another three.
Got it! He's a flamethrower.
Half-court treys is crazy.
At that point, we ain't got no energy.
[chuckles] He took it off.
[commentator] Edwards.
He'll thrust his way to the line
and fire over Gafford.
Rebound, Luka Dončić.
Off the glass. Off the glass.
[Miller] And, look, he gives
the Jordan shrug roll running down.
This shit got me so fucking mad, bro.
[commentator] The Western Conference
champions are the Dallas Mavericks.
They're going to the NBA Finals.
[buzzer sounds]
[Edwards] Next year, bro.
Next year, when we get in this position,
we gonna be right back here.
And whoever we see,
whoever their best player is, bro,
we not letting these
Bro, they don't let me get shit.
[chuckles]
[reporter] And the crowd
that is left here,
"Let's go, Wolves" chants.
It's been a magical season.
It's disappointing to see it end
in this fashion,
but what a run.
[Edwards] We thought we'd sweep them.
As soon as we won Game 7,
we like, "Yeah, these boys cooked."
"We know what's going on."
We did underestimate 'em.
That's honestly what happened.
That's why we lost.
[overlapping chatter]
[Edwards] Good job, boy.
Go win it.
Thank you.
[fans cheering]
- [man] You'll get it next year, Ant.
- Next year. Next year.
[overlapping chatter]
- [man 2] I know we got it. We got it.
- Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Damn, bro.
I'm happy for them though.
I ain't gonna lie. I'm happy for Kyrie.
But we we just don't make
other players beat us.
At this point, it's too late
to talk about it, so it don't even matter.
But I'm happy for Kyrie
that, like, he get a chance to go back
to the Finals without Bron
to show people, like, he don't need
- [Shannon] He don't need him.
- Yeah. So I'm happy for him.
I'm mad I ain't get to chop it up with him
after the game, but it's all good.
I'm happy for Luka too.
I'll be back. I've got a lot of years.
- I'll be back. Back and better, man.
- [Shannon] Next year.
I'm good. Truth.
Told my teammates, "Pick y'all heads up.
Take your losses how you take your wins."
"Chin up, man. Let's move on."
It'll be all right.
Oh, what the fuck is that?
- [man] What up?
- That's a frog.
[croaks]
[dog barks]
[Edwards] Who you barking at?
Who is you barking at, girl?
I might go upstairs
and go to sleep right now.
That's how tired I am.
- I'm exhausted.
- Yeah.
[indistinct chatter]
[Edwards] Ah.
Yeah. Luka and Kyrie shot the ball
every time they touched it.
We went down 12.
In the time-out, I just threw my arms up,
like, "All right."
Don't want no championship when you young.
You win, you win. You lose, you gotta
Pack your bag at eight.
Hey, no excuses, buddy.
I don't step
I don't walk, I don't dance ♪
I just love ♪
Love ♪
[Edwards] I feel like
after you lose a series,
like, you sit and mope around.
Like, you had every chance
to prove to win the game.
I mean, you didn't win. Fuck it.
I just think about it like,
"Shit, we'll be back."
I'm light as a feather
I'm light as a feather ♪
Yeah, baby, I float ♪
It's hard to look at my résumé, hoo ♪
The preparation now for me
is just getting in better shape.
I think that's just the number one thing.
'Cause I don't eat the best, you know?
You want a piece of chicken wing?
My taste buds haven't turned the corner.
People say your taste bud
changes over the years.
I haven't got there yet.
Where the biscuits at?
[Edwards] I definitely feel like I've
grown up a lot throughout this season.
- Be nice.
- [Edwards] All right.
- Teddy, be nice, okay?
- [Edwards] Okay.
- I already talked good about you.
- Okay.
It doesn't matter. But don't just say
Okay. Be nice though.
'Cause now you finna go too far,
and they gonna witness it on camera.
What are they gonna witness?
[Edwards] My family is
the most important thing
besides, like, uh, basketball.
Like I said, they my backbone.
I don't even know how to explain it.
They just mean the most to me.
Look at the camera, Mama, and say cheese.
[commentator] Edwards through the lane
Oh my gosh!
Anthony Edwards just climbed
to the top floor! Dunk!
[cheering]
Anthony Edwards, so awesome!
He's so awesome.
[Antoinette] He's beasting.
They say, "Who the best player
in the NBA right now?"
He is, to me. I don't think nobody better.
Let's fucking go! Let's fucking go!
[Garnett] I look forward
to Anthony Edwards' growth
in his basketball journey
and also in his journey in life.
I think he has the potential
to be the face of the league.
[Edwards] When you're in your prime,
you're, like, 26.
The shit I'm doing
I'm doing this shit at 22.
[commentator] Anthony Edwards skies!
[Edwards] Imagine when I'm 25, 26,
when this shit is perfect,
everything is perfected.
[commentator] Anthony Edwards
just defied everything!
[Edwards] If I could fast-forward
my next season to the playoffs,
I would come back better
and work a little harder,
and we'll be all right.
So let's go for a good ride.
Buckle the fuck up.
[car horn honking]
[classical music playing]
[pundit] We finally know
who is in the NBA Finals.
It's the Celtics. It's the Mavs.
[pundit 2] I still haven't seen anything
to make me think the Celtics
not gonna win the championship.
[pundit 3] They're arguably the best team
in the NBA. Their record says they are.
[pundit 4] The path is paved.
The Celtics just need to take it.
Come on, Calvin.
Make a toast, bro, with our lemonade.
- Bred, what we cheersing?
- Cheers. More life. More success.
More wins. No Ls.
You said, when we were at the gym lifting,
"Would you add two inches on your height
for a million a year
for the rest of your career?"
I said, "Yes."
[Bred] We can't do no money talk with him.
No, we asked him too.
"If you could be a billionaire but never
go to the NBA, would you?" He said no.
[Tatum] I wouldn't have thought
twice about it. No.
[Bred] Never thought twice?
You'd have broke your mother's heart.
[Tatum] My mom,
she would've been like, "I get it."
And not to say that I knew I was gonna be
exactly who I am today
and make as much money
Like, if I could
I couldn't play in the NBA?!
- [Bred] You would've said yeah, right?
- Are you serious?
"Write the check."
[laughing]
As the good book says, ha ♪
Every beat shall bound, ha ♪
And every song connect, ha ♪
This is God ♪
This season, from day one
- Good luck this season.
- My man.
Great things.
[Tatum]everything has been
about the ultimate goal.
[commentator] Tatum,
the crossover, the spin,
the layup is good.
He gets the first points of the season.
[Tatum] To get to the Finals.
[commentator 2] The Celtics
are just eating and eating well.
Clinching the Eastern Conference
and having the best record in the league,
it's a testament
to how hard we worked this season.
Essentially get better every single day.
[commentator 3] What the Celtics are doing
is just silly.
It must be in the shoes.
[Tatum] It was a long nine days in between
Conference Finals and the Finals.
It was just every day
I turned the TV on, it was
you know, there was just a lot of debates
and speculations
and people giving "hot takes."
Who has the early edge in the series?
Mavs? Celtics?
- [man] Mavs. Yeah.
- I think I like Dallas in this series.
I got the Dallas Mavericks
pulling the upset and winning this series.
People have their own opinions.
I didn't understand why.
- Who do you like to win the series?
- I like Dallas.
I didn't know if, for lack of
better terms, they were, like, trolling.
The two players in this Finals
that I know are gonna play well.
Luka and Jaylen Brown.
Kyrie, I'm not sure.
Tatum, a lot of pressure, I'm not sure.
Slightly disrespectful takes, uh, about me
or about what I, uh
what I've accomplished,
or what they think I can or can't do,
or they really thought
that the Mavs were gonna beat us.
Jayson Tatum.
I think he's facing more pressure
than any other player in this series,
including Luka,
even though Luka's the best player.
It was just "Jayson Tatum,
Jayson Tatum, Jayson Tatum" every day,
but I guess it felt good
to be the underdog. First time in a while.
So I was just like
I was ready to play basketball
because it's a long layoff to have
from the Conference Finals to the Finals.
Um, I was happy to be back.
- [cheering]
- [air horn blows]
[man] Yeah!
[commentator] Welcome
to the NBA Finals, everybody.
For the third time in the 44-year history
of the Dallas Mavericks,
they will play for the NBA championship,
and they are playing against arguably
the most tradition-laden team of all,
the Boston Celtics.
[Tatum] We really back.
We really back.
We gotta be ourselves, do what we do,
and have fun.
Uh, it feels great, but this was our goal
from day one when the season started, so
[commentator] It's the Dallas Mavericks
and the Boston Celtics.
Game 1 of the NBA Finals.
[Tatum yells]
They ain't got a shot blocker,
so you gonna dunk, go dunk it.
But if not, we kicking it out.
[commentator] Now to Tatum. To his right.
Tatum. Green ran away from him.
Gafford out the play.
And Tatum will take the three,
and he makes it.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Celtics!
[Tatum] Clear!
[commentator] Tatum. Side step left,
off the bounce for three.
He hits over Kleber.
[crowd cheers]
[commentator] Backing down on Kyrie.
He's trying to knock it away from him.
And then will step back
and take a 20-footer, and he makes it.
Way to play, fellas.
[commentator] Boston takes Game 1.
They've won all the Game 1s.
The only two games they've lost
in these playoffs
were Game 2s.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Celtics!
[commentator] And Brown cuts.
Beautiful pass from Jayson Tatum.
Tatum off the bounce. Holiday wide open.
Three in the corner. Got it.
As they say, letting everybody eat.
That's been one of the mantras
of these Celtics.
Brown surveying.
Now attacking. Doubled.
Horford. Pritchard.
Tatum.
Three-pointer. Got it!
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] The game ends,
and the Celtics get the victory, 105-98,
and will head to Dallas.
[Tatum] When we went up 2-0,
I knew we was ready. Like,
I knew we weren't satisfied or relaxed.
[crowd chants] Let's go, Celtics!
[horse galloping]
[Sang] We at, uh, Dallas,
doing our little pregame lift,
morning of.
About to head to shootaround.
Got the work in in the morning
so you can just focus on the game tonight.
Let's get this done.
[Tatum] Game three is always
my favorite game to play in the playoffs
'cause it's their first game back.
They're excited.
Their crowd has been waiting on 'em.
You know it's gonna be loud.
It's gonna be electric,
and there's nothing like winning
a playoff game on the road.
So happy we play at 7:30.
- Kind of weird.
- Such a big difference.
When was our last 7:30 game?
- First round?
- Shit.
- Cleveland.
- Cleveland?
Wasn't it Cleveland?
You can't take any of this time
for granted.
You can't take any of the years
in the league for granted, like
When you're young, especially
the first couple of years in the league,
you just think you gonna play forever.
And, you know,
each year goes by faster and faster.
[reporter] Has Jaylen Brown proved
through these first two games
that he is indeed your best player?
[man] Jaylen's their best player.
You know, he plays both sides,
defense and offense,
at a high high rate,
and he's been doing that
the whole playoffs.
[Justin] He does what a coach
is supposed to do, man, start some shit.
And so, like, anything he can do
to divide the team or divide somebody,
messing with the locker room,
you gotta figure it out.
But that's a strategy everybody's gonna
try with this group.
And it hasn't been working.
So the championship's
the main important thing.
Like, I don't love my life.
I don't even think he cares
if he's the best player.
These guys wanna win
a championship so bad.
I don't think Jayson Tatum cares.
That says a lot about this team.
[Tatum] I know I need JB.
If I have to take less shots
so that other guys can get more touches
and other guys can get in the rhythm,
and we get over the hump
and win the championship,
that's more important
than, you know, me going out there
and trying to get 32 points a game.
Can I come on the court now?
[indistinct chatter]
Yo! Wipe your face.
You got cookie on your face.
[commentator] It's the Boston Celtics
and the Dallas Mavericks
in Game 3 of these NBA Finals.
[commentator 2] Tatum. Step-back.
Tough three.
Bounces out. That was forced.
Rebound for Lively.
Fuck!
I draw a lot of attention
when I have the ball,
and sometimes it's making the game easier
for for everybody else in the team.
[Tatum] Oh!
At his spot! At his spot! DWhite!
Uh, Jrue. Jrue.
[commentator] A hole that no NBA team
has ever climbed out of.
A 15-point Celtic lead
as we start here in this fourth quarter.
Brown continues the barrage.
[commentator 2] Watch Kyrie Irving.
He's in help.
Loses sight of the basketball.
Jaylen Brown wide open.
Game 3, my intensity level
was just so much higher
'cause you know what's on the line.
[indistinct chatter]
[Mazzulla] We're kicking it out.
Al's going cross screen for DWhite.
[Tatum] Yo, we made the right play
nine fucking times.
We gotta keep doing that.
Knowing the moment, understanding that.
Let's not ease into it.
Yo! Yo, White!
Whatever we got, whatever it takes.
- Come on! Come on!
- [Horford] Keep the pace.
Attention to detail, mentally, physically,
makes our team so much more dynamic.
Whatever the defense is doing,
we have an answer for it.
[commentator 2] Tatum.
This time, he's gonna attack,
force it up, and in.
Tatum.
Pull-up. Deep three. Got it.
Ah!
[commentator 2] Jason Kidd speculated on
who the Celtics' best player was.
Spoiler alert. It doesn't matter.
Uh, I'm really tired of hearing about
one guy or this or that guy,
and everybody trying to make it out to be
anything other than Celtic basketball.
And everybody that stepped on that court
made winning plays on both ends.
That's the most important thing.
- [Brown] Ah, I love you, bro.
- Love you too. Way to fucking play.
- [Brown] We're right there. Right there.
- Yep. C'mon.
- We gotta finish this shit, dawg.
- C'mon. C'mon.
- [Brown] All righty.
- C'mon. C'mon.
[Deuce] We almost lost.
[laughing]
Oh, okay! Okay.
Deuce said it out of nowhere.
He said, "We almost lost."
[laughing]
Hey, in the beginning,
when they jumped out,
I looked over to him, and he was crying.
"What are you doing?"
"We losing." "Get yourself together
before you be a meme."
[laughing]
- He was like, "We did almost lose."
- We did almost lose!
- He was crying like
- He was mad. Ooh, he was mad at y'all.
Figured it out.
[overlapping chatter]
[Shelburne] Jayson seems more calm to me
than I would've expected.
He's right there.
They're so close, they can taste it,
and all they gotta do is get one more win.
You know, I'm sure, deep down,
he's feeling some nerves,
but he seems really poised to me.
He seems really centered.
[commentator] The Celtics' chance
to win the championship
and close it out in a sweep.
[Tatum] We wanted to win Game 4.
Like, we wanted to play the right way.
We wanted
No, but, like, most of us
had never been in that situation
of, like, going into a game,
in in in a clinching Finals game.
[commentator] The Dallas Mavericks
came for a competition,
not a coronation.
Dallas was desperate.
They were down 0-3,
and they didn't wanna get swept,
and they still
felt like they had a chance,
and they came out and played like it.
[commentator] And the lead
just gets bigger and bigger and bigger.
It's a 48-point margin.
[Tatum] And not that we relaxed or
thought that it was supposed to be easy.
That's the challenge.
[commentator 2] Might as well get
your worst game out right now
if you're the Celtics.
If they wanna beat us,
they have to do this three more times.
[commentator] Shocking, stunning,
out-of-nowhere beatdown
that the Celtics are taking here tonight.
[Tatum] It happened.
We can't change what happened tonight.
You know, we always say
you lose by two or you lose by 30,
they all count the same.
Excited to to go back home,
uh, celebrate Father's Day on Sunday,
and compete for a championship on Monday,
so it should be a lot of fun.
[energetic music playing]
[man] Baby, 16 years we've waited.
This is
the most prolific franchise in the NBA.
The Celtics are due.
We're due to get back
on top of the mountain, baby.
We'll get banner 18,
beat the tiebreak with the Lakers.
And as KG always said,
"Anything is possible!" Whoo!
Let's go.
[commentator] We all feel sometimes like
something's over our heads judging us.
Well, to be a Boston Celtic
means having ghosts,
having judgment over your head
every time you come to work.
[Tatum] That's what we wanted.
I ain't got much to say.
This shit gonna be fun, I know that.
- [White] Let's do what we do.
- Let's get us one.
[commentator] The Celtics' legacy
is not determined by how many points
they outscore anybody by.
It determines whether
the 18th banner goes up tonight.
[Tatum] They waited long enough
for another championship.
[commentator] Game 5 of the NBA Finals.
The Celtics try to take the final step
of what will be remembered as one
of the greatest seasons in NBA history.
[team barking]
I'm feeling good.
I've been calm all day. I'm relaxed.
I think we're We got it today.
It's time to go.
[Justin] I think he's determined
to get this win today.
I got chills, man. I'm excited for him.
[Mazzulla] Dominate the game, all right?
Defense, rebounding.
You've been doing a great job
on the other end.
Dominate the game, all right?
I'm very conscious
of when and how I communicate to him
because I understand
there's so much communication around him,
and he's being pulled
in so many different directions,
and so before I approach him,
it's well-thought-out,
and it's to make sure
that it's like, "Hey, this is short,
but it's very specific."
"Who are you at the most pressure moments
of the game, of the season?"
"And who are you
when you're about to achieve your goals?"
[commentator] Stripped by Tatum.
Tatum right down the middle against Luka.
Lays it up and in.
[Tatum] And one, motherfucker!
Don't let up. Don't let up.
[commentator] Tatum, right-hand dribble.
Past Lively. Pumps, fakes, scores.
And one!
Come on.
[commentator] The world said what it said,
but Jayson Tatum
has saved his best game for Game 5.
I was not leaving TD Garden
without a championship.
I was not coming off that floor
without holding
the Larry O'Brien Trophy that night.
[commentator] Tatum, left-hand dribble.
Coming strong in the paint.
Kick out to the wing.
Jaylen waiting, open, free
Got it!
Missed free throw. Horford, the rebound.
Here's Pritchard.
Puts it up, half-court on the buzzer.
Bang!
Pritchard at the buzzer
with a three-pointer.
He's done it again!
Ah!
[Tatum yells]
[Tatum] Just knowing what I had to do,
we're not losing.
I'm doing everything
that it takes for us to win tonight.
[commentator] 91-72.
Boston by 19.7:56 to go.
Tatum switches to the left hand, attacks.
Blocks. Stop-and-start on Lively.
Runs it off the window. Score and a foul.
And I did that.
[commentator] Everybody on their feet.
Jayson Tatum has saved his masterwork
for the final game.
[crowd cheering]
[emotional music playing]
[Tatum] Came out the game with, like,
two and a half minutes or so.
- And, uh, I started to get emotional.
- [announcer] Jayson Tatum!
[Tatum] We did it!
- [Mazzulla] I told you. I told you.
- [Tatum] We did it.
[Tatum] This is what I dreamed about.
This is what I've been dying
to accomplish, and it's here.
And it was just, like, a wow moment.
Like, is this real?
- [Horford] Man, you're a champ.
- [Tatum] We did it.
- [Horford] You're a champ.
- [Tatum] We did it. Let's go.
[Horford] Yes, sir.
They can't tell you nothing.
They can't tell you nothing no more.
You're a champ. You did it.
Way to lead us.
[Tatum] Everything that I had to endure
and listen to
[Holiday] Whoo!
I just felt like the weight of the world
was off my shoulders in that moment.
[buzzer sounds]
[commentator] Anything's possible.
Banner number 18 has been secured.
The Celtics are NBA champions.
[Tatum crying]
[heartbeat]
[inaudible]
Daddy!
[crowd cheering]
[Tatum] We did it.
We did it!
[Deuce chuckles]
We did it.
I love you.
- [Tatum] What they gonna say now?
- What they gonna say now?
What they gonna say now?!
- [Tatum] I love you, Mom.
- [Brandy] I love you too.
I'm so proud of you.
Oh, you did it!
You did it!
We have a resilient group.
We've been through a lot as a team
over this last couple of years,
over my seven years.
What they gonna say now?
What they gonna say now?
[Justin] Ah!
[chuckles] I'm
so fucking proud of you, boy.
You're a motherfucking champion.
I love you, boy. I'm proud of you, man.
- You're a champion.
- [Tatum] I love you too.
[Justin] Good job, boy.
[mouths] Oh my God.
[woman] I know. I know.
Now that I won, it was it is like,
"What can they tell me now?"
Like, I really kinda feel that way.
Ray! Yo!
What they gonna say now?
What are they gonna say now?
["Keep Marchin'" playing]
[crowd cheering]
When there's nothing you can do ♪
When there's nothing you can say ♪
'Cause everything just ♪
I gotta pick that trophy up.
I ain't picked that shit up yet.
I gotta pick that trophy up.
[Tatum] We did it.
I finally did
what they said I couldn't do,
what they didn't think.
They didn't believe in me.
That thing that I was chasing
finally happened.
[crowd cheering]
There are things that I still wanna do.
I wanna keep setting and breaking records.
I wanna keep winning championships.
But when you really, like, sit back
and take a step back and look at it,
it's like
I am. I'm one of, like, the best players,
like, to ever play this game.
I've done things
that only the best of the best
have ever done.
The person with the most influence on me
from a basketball standpoint was Kobe
and how much I wanted to do
a lot of things just like him.
You get to the NBA,
and now you're mentioned
in conversations with him.
Keep marchin' ♪
Keep on marchin' now ♪
[Tatum] I couldn't have fathomed
a world in which
Like, when I was younger,
maybe that was just, like,
out of the realm of what was possible.
This trophy heavy as fuck.
[man] We're the champs, baby!
We're the champs!
- [man 2] Whoo!
- Look! Champagne bath!
Oh shit!
- Keep marchin' ♪
- Keep marchin' ♪
[Shelburne] I thought
the fundamental question for Jason was,
"Does he need to be
more of an asshole to win?"
But I don't think so anymore.
I think he just needed
to just trust the process,
to trust himself,
to trust all the experiences
they've had together,
all of the work he's put in.
Jayson Tatum is a really nice guy,
and that is absolutely
who he needed to be.
He just needed to be
the best version of Jayson Tatum.
- [Tatum] Unbelievable.
- [man] Yeah!
I haven't even processed,
like, everything that happened.
It feels great to celebrate
with your friends, family, and loved ones,
the city of Boston.
[indistinct chatter]
It's everything I dreamed of
times a thousand.
[Garnett] What I loved about Jason's run
is that part of the journey
is that you hear a lot of the noise,
but I gotta say
that that's part of the process.
And part of your process
is shutting people
that are talking like that,
shutting 'em up.
He won now. You know, they got
a real chance of starting a dynasty
and being able to say that we built this
and actually embark another level
of influence of Boston basketball,
ubuntu, Celtic basketball, Celtic Pride,
whatever you wanna label it.
When we get our rings
[overlapping chatter]
World champions.
My personality and who I am,
I'm not changing that for for anybody.
I'm not gonna be somebody I'm not.
You don't have to be like everybody else.
You can be yourself.
And being yourself is good enough,
'cause clearly
I did it.
[cheering]
["Lovin' Man" playing]
[Tatum] The parade was unlike
anything I could've ever imagined.
Driving around Boston,
seeing the million and a half people,
the energy, and how loud,
and just how much green and white it was.
That is motivation enough
to, like, wanna win more championships.
Some call him a hot-blooded mother ♪
[Tiger] Daddy, we landed.
[Sabonis] Where did we land?
[Tiger mumbles]
- España.
- We're in Bubble Land.
[Sabonis gasps]
Offseason goals is we're going to Spain,
where I grew up,
and I'm gonna practice there.
[Christie] Yes.
[Sabonis] I just wanna go out there.
It brings so much joy.
It's obviously something everyone knows
I love to do,
and, uh, I just wanna get back out there.
He's a lovin' man ♪
Lovin' man ♪
[Edwards] We going through this door here?
Lord have mercy ♪
Honestly, I'm not a big fan
of, like, being a celebrity
because I like to go places
by myself or, like, with my buddy.
[Edwards] Oh, that's that's a dope shot.
[Edwards] I'm young right now,
so I look at it the wrong way,
but it's important.
Like, you know, this opportunity
don't come by too often.
Not a lot of people get this opportunity,
so it's definitely fun, and it's great.
The main idea for the first shoe
was to dedicate it to, you know,
my mom and your wife, so
[Edwards] Having my own shoe is probably
the biggest accomplishment I've had,
I'll say.
Somebody asking me
where y'all get y'all coolness from.
- It's in your momma.
- For sure.
- And your momma blood is in you.
- Exactly.
[overlapping chatter]
- [Edwards] Yeah, it's crazy.
- You're a superstar. Did you know that?
- I mean, I'm starting to realize it!
- [laughs]
[man] Yeah, man, you so nice or what?
He is. Ain't that something?
That's good to be humble.
[Edwards] It's going pretty well now,
and it's looking good, so I'm super happy.
People are starting to watch me play.
Ant Edwards.
[Edwards] In today's era, I feel like
I'm the favorite player of the kids.
So I think that's the best thing about it.
Like, welcome to the Anthony Edwards Show.
This is only the beginning.
[cheering]
["Not Like Us" playing]
[man] With the 55th pick
in the 2024 NBA Draft,
the Los Angeles Lakers select
Bronny James.
[cheering]
[LeBron] I was just trying
to keep my composure.
At the same time, I was like
I was jumping for joy
and just, like, thanking the man above
just for even just giving Bronny another
opportunity just to see the light of day.
[cheering]
[Savannah] I was elated for him.
I could not have been more excited.
"Seemed like it was yesterday
when I went into labor," you know,
all the mushy stuff.
[reporter] He's, of course, the eldest son
of one of the greatest players
to ever play the game, LeBron James.
And now we see
the first-ever father-son duo in the NBA.
I think that's everybody's dream,
to be able to work with your kid.
For us to be doing this together,
you know, will it'll be amazing,
and something
that will live on forever, for sure.
They not like us, they not like us ♪
They not like us, they not like us ♪
[Butler] Right now,
injury update, I'm 100%.
I can go. I wish I could turn back
the hands of time.
Step that way, then step this way ♪
[Butler] I know I I owe the city.
I know I owe
the organization a championship,
so I I really have to do this.
I still got a job to do,
and I know that I and my team
will make this happen.
[dog barks]
[dog barks]
[indistinct chatter]
[Tatum] A week and a half later,
it's still an unreal feeling.
Now I just gotta I gotta keep doing.
I gotta keep getting better.
Taco time.
[Tatum] We're the champs.
Like, I'm the champion.
You have a bigger target on your back.
Um, so being prepared for that,
um, you know, coming into next season.
[Deuce] And Bebe makes the best taco.
That's a fact.
It's gonna help you win the championship.
Another one?
It's gonna help me
win another championship?
[Deuce] Mm-hmm.
How many more?
A thousand.
Are you just gonna keep filming me
while I eat?
For the game ♪
The game ♪
For the love of the game ♪
Whoa ♪
The game ♪
The game ♪
It won't be the same ♪
How many miles I gotta run? ♪
I won't stop until it's done ♪
And that's a wrap.
For today.
[clicks tongue]
[laughs]
Ooh ♪
Oh, I wanna see you climb so high ♪
Show 'em that you touch the sky ♪
[vocalizing]
The game ♪
For the game ♪
For the love of the game ♪
Love of the game ♪
[vocalizing]
For the love of the game ♪
[drum music playing]
[emotional music playing]