02x07 - What the Hali

[bunniefuu]

[pundit] The most overrated player,
according to other players,

is Tyrese Haliburton.

[pundit 2] …the poll calling Haliburton
"the most overrated player in the league."

[pundit 3] Haliburton's overrated.

He's one of the most overrated players
in the league.

People that say just "overrated"…
'cause it's bitter.

-[man] Yeah.
-Somebody's hating.

I said that the truth of the matter
is he's blessed.

And if God is for him,

who could be against him?

[Haliburton] My dad, my whole life,
my grandma always used to tell me,

"You're just a spitting image
of your dad."

So we're very similar.

He's a little bit more of a yapper.
He be yapping though.

Uh, he be at the games, yapping.
He be yapping.

Tyrese gonna make sure we win this game.

You better watch it. You better watch it.

♪ What the ♪

♪ What the helly? ♪

♪ What the helly? What the helly? ♪

[commentator] Welcome to the first round.

And the 2025 NBA Playoffs are underway.

It is a gold-out
here at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

Hard to imagine
two teams more evenly matched.

The Pacers were in a surprising place
after how they looked entering the year.

You can make an argument
that they were the hottest team in the NBA

going into the postseason.

Tyrese!

[Haliburton] I think
the Pacers are gonna be in the Finals.

That's the mentality
that I have going into the playoffs,

and our team has it.

If you don't have that mentality,
honestly, get off the bus.

Right back to me! Right back to me!

[commentator] Haliburton.
Clock winding down.

♪ What the helly? ♪

[commentator] Haliburton
working on Portis.

Pull-up!

Got it!

And he has some words with Bobby Portis.

I mean, it's just, like,
through the flow of games.

Like, dudes wanna talk sh*t.

I wanna talk sh*t.

All those things are…
are part of basketball

and how I was raised to play the game.

[commentator] Indiana takes Game 1
of this best-of-seven series.

[Haliburton] One down.

One down, baby. One down.

♪ What the helly? What the helly? ♪

[Jade] Honestly, I think playoff Tyrese is
more aggressive and confident

because I feel like
the competitiveness comes out in him.

[commentator] Haliburton hesis.

Haliburton drives.

Haliburton rises to the playoff occasion!

[commentator 2] Oh my.

Good defense by Nembhard.

Up ahead, Siakam!

Yes, sir.

[Haliburton] Yo, yo, yo!

We had to figure out ways to win.

We did it tonight,
so let's enjoy this one tonight.

-Be ready to go.
-Hey, Pacers! One, two, three. Pacers!

[player] What's up, y'all?

♪ Wrist on Presi', Presi'
Necklace on baguettey… ♪

I'm spamming this. Yeah!

[player] What the Hali?!

♪ I get too cranky, what the hell? ♪

♪ In the S5 and the S80 ♪

♪ What the hell? How you go on drills
And oppers still make it? ♪

[commentator] Game 4, Indiana.

Two games to one.

[Haliburton] Mom and dad are right there.

My dad's jacket is ridiculous.

[commentator] Haliburton.
The three goes for Tyrese Haliburton.

And he and Bobby Portis

jawing back and forth.

-Haliburton spins it in.
-And one! And one!

♪ What the hell? ♪

♪ What the helly? ♪

♪ What the helly? ♪

♪ What the Heliantte? ♪

♪ What the helly on? ♪

♪ What the helly Berry? ♪

♪ What the helly Burton? ♪

[cheering]

[woman] They need to sell the Ames ones.
Are they gonna make those?

-[Haliburton] No.
-[woman] Oh, people… yeah.

-Those were talked about.
-[Jade] Reese's, gold rush.

-And then these two are wrestlers?
-[woman] Those are fire.

-[Haliburton] What wrestlers? Green one?
-Undertaker, and this one is Triple H.

Did I get it right?

Yes, I'm learning!

I tried to design some WWE kicks.

These I designed after The Undertaker.

It's a goal of mine
to eventually have my line

be connected to WWE in some way,
through colorways.

-But I haven't worn these yet.
-[Jade] I love these.

-[bell tolls]
-[commentator] Game 5.

Indiana looks to advance
with a win tonight.

-Let's go, man. We ain't going back.
-[player] C'mon.

I love Wisconsin, but I ain't going back!

C'mon.

[man] You worried
if they don't close it out?

It's not even a thought.

We closing it out tonight.

Don't leave the sh**ter.

[Smith] Don't forget
his contemporaries called him overrated.

That was highly insulting and something
he absolutely positively did not deserve.

But he also has to be a man about it.

Is he gonna show up in Game 5
in order for them to win the series?

[commentator] Giannis on the attack,
lays it up and through.

[Haliburton] Bad start, man. f*ck!

[man] Long game!

We let our foot off the gas pedal
a little bit to start the game.

Before you knew it,
we were getting blown out.

[commentator] Here's Porter.

Topple! Jericho Sims.

How about that
opening quarter by the Bucks?

We got some work to do.
We got some work to do.

We just got some work to do. C'mon.

No lead is safe in the NBA,
especially come playoff time.

So we tried to walk them down.

How can we get a 20 to 15,

a 15 to 10, a 10 to 5,

and 5, ultimately, take the lead?

[commentator] Haliburton drives in.
What a pirouette.

Wide open.

For three.

ba*ls to the wall right here.

Hey, you go get it to 10.
I'mma get it to 5. We go.

[crowd chanting] Defense!

-Trent.
-[crowd] Defense!

-[Haliburton] Oh!
-[commentator] Haliburton with the denial!

[Haliburton] C'mon!

Indiana just kept hanging around,

chipping away.

[commentator] The Pacers just seek
the best shot on every possession.

[commentator 2] Shot clock down to five.

-Obi Toppin, a corner three!
-[Haliburton] Come on, baby.

-Right where we want to be.
-Yes, sir.

Let's go!

[commentator] Twenty-two seconds left.
Indiana down by two.

Haliburton moving to his left,
driving with his right hand.

He's in the lane.
He's at the goal, and he dunks!

-[commentator 2] How about that?
-[commentator] We go to overtime.

Win the game! Let's win the game!

[commentator] Right side of the floor.

Trent. And he hits another three.

Goodness sakes.

[crowd chanting] Defense!

[commentator] Trent. The three.

Oh, it continues!

He's got a dozen in overtime.

[commentator] This place is stunned.

[Miller] Watching that game live,
you're saying to yourself,

"There's no way
Milwaukee's gonna blow this game."

[commentator] Seven-point lead.

Nembhard with a three.

Good!

Doc Rivers calls a timeout.

And then I'm saying to myself,
"You could still find a way to win."

[commentator 2] You'd like to get a trap,
but it's much easier said than done.

[commentator] Got it in. Trent has it.

And he'll get rid of it. He threw it away!

The lead is four.

♪ What the helly? ♪

I know that I'm looked at
to be the closer of this group.

I think that I've established myself
as one of the best closers in the NBA.

It'll come back to me,
and I'll have to make plays.

[commentator] There's still lights
in the building.

-Haliburton drives in.
-[whistle blows]

[commentator] Gets the shot with a foul!

[player] Thatta boy! Thatta boy!

[commentator] 17.1 to go.

It's not over yet.

To Green.

Trent with it.

He fumbled it out of bounds!

[Miller] The ball went
through Gary Trent's legs.

I mean, how?

What? Are you kidding me?

Right away, I'm like, "Oh sh*t."
Like, "It's destined."

"This happening right now."

[commentator] And now
the Pacers can go ahead.

♪ What the helly? What the helly? ♪

[commentator 2] I am in shock.

Here we go!

Haliburton!

[Haliburton] I get the switch,
me and Giannis.

And all I'm thinking is, "Don't settle."

They had been forcing me left,
heavy left, and I'd been taking it.

So now I'm thinking,
"This might be the time."

Finally, I've set them up
to get back to my right hand.

[commentator] Five seconds.

Four seconds.

Haliburton for the lead!



Pacers by one!

Here's Gary Trent Jr.!

Lets it fly!

-And the Pacers are moving on!
-[yells]

All right!

C'mon!

That's it!

Yeah, I blacked out in the moment.

I've been waiting to jump on that,
do the D-Wade celebration,

jump on the, uh, scorer's table,
for a while.

Got up there. I was hype.

C'mon! [yells]

That's what I'm f*cking talking about!

You a f*cking k*ller, boy!

You a k*ller, boy!

You a k*ller!

You a f*cking k*ller, boy!

[Haliburton yells]

C'mon!

Whoo!

Man!

Yeah! That's right.

-[Brenda] Yes!
-That's right!

[Johnson] Overrated!

[rhythmic clapping]

Overrated! [laughs]

f*ck are they talking about?
What the f*ck are they talking about?

I'm trying to get a moment!

They don't understand The Moment!
They don't understand The Moment!

[player] Yeah! Yeah!

-12 more!
-[player 2] What the Haliburton?!

C'mon!

Bro, way to hang tough, boy.
That's what you gotta do.

Hang tough, you got to the rim.

-Just had to figure it out, man.
-[Carlisle] It was awesome.

Golly, bro.

[indistinct chatter]

Yo. Yo.

My pops got into it with Giannis?

Once I checked my phone,
there's a bunch of texts of like,

"What happened between
your dad and Giannis? What happened?"

I'm like, "What?"

I never saw anything happen
with my dad, Giannis.

I never saw anything.
I didn't know that happened.

Guys are starting to tell me, like, "Yo,

your dad and Giannis,
went face to face, got into it."

And then I saw kind of
the whole discourse behind everything.

[Antetokounmpo] A lot of people are like,
"When you win the game, you gotta

talk sh*t and be disrespectful towards
somebody else."

Emotions run high.

Having a fan, which at the moment,
I thought he was a fan,

but then I realized he was Tyrese's dad.

Coming in the floor and with his face,
this is what we effing do.

Cursing at me,
I think it's totally unacceptable.

Totally unacceptable.

But I talk with him at the end.

I think we're in a good place.

-Man.
-[man] I think that was well said, though.

For sure, on his end.

-[man] I think you're on his side too.
-Yeah.

-I hate that that's what this has, like…
-[man] Become.

[pundit] Tyrese Haliburton's father, John,

will not be in attendance
for the foreseeable future.

The Pacers, by the way,
open round two in Cleveland on Sunday.

To be honest with you,
like, I think it is what it is.

Like, my dad's came to games,
not come to games.

I think if we make it to the…
to the Finals, he'll be able to come.

So, you know, for me, that's…
that's my focus, get to the Finals

so he can come watch.

[mysterious music playing]

[Brown] Before the playoffs,
I don't really get nervous.

Maybe it's a form of nervousness,
but it's more like antsy.

TD Garden.

You know, my favorite banner up there is,
like, the space.

They know it's another one coming.

And it's pressure.

But from the formation of pressure,

scientifically,
great things have happened.

So pressure is needed.

Before the playoffs started,
I had developed some cysts

in the back of my knee.

Couldn't get up and down the court.

The diagnosis is torn meniscus.

[grunts]

When you're injured,
your superpowers are stifled.

Injuries have this, like, unique ability

to make you question at times,
and I hate that.

[crowd chanting] Let's go, Celtics!

[commentator] For Boston,
a world title defense begins

in Game 1 with the Orlando Magic.

[commentator 2] Of course,
the Celtics with the high expectations

to win another title.

To prepare for playoffs for JB,
we become even more militant.

Every game is maximal effort,

getting ready for that w*r.

[Montgomery] The Celtics
enter the playoffs nursing injuries.

They're matching up with the Magic.

Everyone knows
it is gonna be a physical matchup.

-Ain't gonna be an easy game.
-Yeah.

Jaylen Brown, he's a fighter.
He's gonna fight through injuries.

He's gonna fight through adversity.
He's gonna fight.

[Brown] Oh!

I'm him!

[commentator] The Celtics barge their way
through the door

with a dominant win.

Don't sleep. Physicality.

You see his defense. That's all it is.

Energy, effort, intensity.
That's all it is.

Hey!

The Magic are a physical team.

There you go. Make them call that sh*t.

[commentator 2] They defeat
the Magic 109-100

to take a 2-0 series lead.

[commentator] Orlando playing physical
and pushing that to the very limit.

What happened on the play?

[reporter] Cole pulled you down
and had the flagrant foul.

Um, I fell on… dislocated my index finger.

Um, but I got nine more.

It's starting to feel like,
you know, it's not even basketball.

Refs is not controlling the environment.

We wanna fight it out, we can do that.

We can fight to see
who go to the second round.

[commentator] The defending champs
go up 3-1.

[commentator 2] They go to Boston,
trying to close it out.

[Brown] For the most part,
physicality is a part of the game.

Nobody expects to not get touched.

[commentator] They made Boston
feel them in this series. No doubt.

Their defense, their grit,
their physicality was impressive.

But the experience showed out
for the defending champs.

Boston is bound for the second round.

[Montgomery] Celtics won 4-1,

but did that physicality
take a toll on the future?

[Brown] When you're injured,
it gets… it gets dark.

It gets hard,
and athletes have spoke about it.

Like, that sh*t is real.

But you accept it. I embrace it.

And my mindset is ready for what's next.

-[cows moo]
-♪ This ain't Texas ♪

[pundit] When it comes
to winning a championship,

there was a lot of talk about OKC's youth.

[pundit 2] Oklahoma's a bunch of kids.
I didn't pick OKC to win this year.

I just said they're too young.

[SGA] Hands up.

[Joe] Today is Ares' first birthday.

Shai's first child.

All the teammates gathered here
as a family.

[woman] The entire team came, right?

[Caruso] Yeah. It's really cool.

Like, nobody has to be here.
We're choosing to be here to support him.

-[man] Why are you…
-Stay well.

Yeah.

-Yeah, he--
-[SGA laughs]

-Your aura's going down.
-[Caruso] He's a bad influence.

Everybody chill.
We had a cowboy-themed birthday party.

It was candy cigarettes.

I do not smoke.

You guys can calm down. I don't smoke.

We got an early game tomorrow,
so you have to sleep good tonight.

-Nice jacket. Where'd you get that?
-I know. I bought it for myself.

[Hailey] I don't know. Shai got it.

-He's gonna eat a smash cake right now.
-[SGA] Okay.

[woman] Hi!

-Look!
-I don't know.

Eat it!

-[Hailey] Yes!
-[woman] Yay!

[SGA] He did it?

You want more? You like it?

[Hailey] Yay!

[laughs]

Okay, so put your foot up on that leg.

-I got you, big bro.
-Here we go.

-[man] Five, four, three, two--
-Yo, just sh**t.

Just sh**t. Don't worry about him.

Yo. He like, "Yo, me, bro." [laughs]

Off the court,
we have a lot of fun, good times.

And then when it's time to go to work,
we… we can flip the switch.

[woman 2] Anything else you wanna say?

-Happy birthday, Ares.
-Happy birthday, Ares. Say hi to Ares.

[SGA] Appreciate it. Thanks for coming.

I'll see you guys tomorrow.

Tomorrow. Ain't no left, no right.

-Straight, like…
-Right here.

Yeah. No matter what, bro.

[commentator] Oklahoma City opens up
its quest against the Memphis Grizzlies

in a packed house here at Paycom Center.

Putting it on the floor,
the floater from SGA drops through.

[pundit] They dominated
the regular season,

and they are starting out
dominating the postseason.

[cheering]

[pundit] Is there anything left
that they need to show you?

[pundit 2] No,
they are going to the NBA Finals

and have a legit chance of winning it all.

[Spears] From the beginning of
the regular season, they've been in first.

If they don't win this whole thing,
that'll be a failure and a disappointment.

This is
a championship-or-bust season for them.

[commentator] We welcome you
to downtown Cleveland,

where the lights are
about to get even brighter.

[Montgomery] Beating the Bucks
should've validated the Pacers,

but they were about to match up
against Cleveland, the number one seed,

and no one picked Indiana to beat them.

[pundit] Top to bottom,
the Cleveland Cavaliers should win.

[pundit 2] They're the best team
in the Eastern Conference.

I feel really good
about them in this series.

[Haliburton] People weren't gonna pick us.

I mean, that's who we are.
We've been the underdogs.

I've been the underdog my whole life.
It's just more fuel to the fire for us.

[commentator] The breakneck pace picks up…
Haliburton!

Beautiful teardrop floater!

No, get out!

[commentator] Haliburton doing his dance.

Crosses over, steps back.

-And he connects!
-[commentator 2 laughs]

[commentator] Pacers make
their early statement

in this Eastern Conference semifinal.

[Haliburton] Good sh*t, boy!

I knew we would get one.

-Didn't know which one.
-Now we can get two?

We'll go 2-0 here, go back home.

-Might be a sweep. Might be a sweep.
-[laughs]

I've been saying all year
we're going to the Finals.

I'm rolling with a sweep.

What do you think?

-[man] Oh, look who it is.
-[Jade] What do you think?

Sweep?

I like that, babe. Talk that sh*t.

It's good sh*t right there.

[commentator] Mitchell stops on a dime.
The spin, the fake.

Offensive brilliance!

Here comes Mitchell
with what is a scary sight.

Unreal.

Wow. How'd he make that?

The way the game was going was ugly.
They couldn't miss, and we couldn't score.

And Donovan had, like, 50.

[commentator] Donovan Mitchell!

[cheering]

[commentator] Taking their breath away
here in Cleveland!

[commentator 2] The Pacers
appear to be finished.

[commentator 3] Dead in the water.

Our biggest thing was,
again, just a walk down.

Yo, it's at, whatever,


Now we're really good.

[commentator] Haliburton into the corner.
This is Mathurin.

-Big shot!
-[Haliburton] Ooh! sh*t!

[commentator] Wow,
that's a nine-point game.

[commentator 2] Pacers
still have a heartbeat.

Hey, that's a big-time f*cking shot, boy.

That's huge, bro.

[commentator] Can they hold them off here?
Final 60 seconds.

Haliburton into the paint.

Masterful play by Haliburton.

[commentator 2] Well, the Pacers
were down 7 with 40 seconds to go

in Game 5 of the Milwaukee series.

They're down 7 here
with 48 seconds to play.

-[commentator] Haliburton!
-[whistle blows]

[commentator] Plus one!

How did he finish that shot?

[crowd chanting] Overrated! Overrated!

First I'm thinking,
"Damn, like, I didn't know we had beef."

I'm going to be honest.
Cleveland is a hard team to not like.

'Cause they got good dudes there.

And then it was like, "Overrated."

Boom, perfect.
Now we got something to not like them.

[crowd chanting] Overrated!

-[commentator] 12.4 on the clock.
-[crowd] Overrated!

[commentator] Misses!

Haliburton, the rebound!

This is how you know if someone
really has a clutch gene or not.

Follow the eyes of Tyrese.

Gets it, comes back
to the three-point line.

And what does he do?

Looks at the clock.

"Oh, okay, I got X amount of time."

Now you're in the backyard.

Ten, nine, everyone played this game.

[commentator] Nine seconds.

They do have a time-out.

Carlisle's gonna let 'em play.

Haliburton steps back!

[crowd chanting] Overrated!

Overrated!

[commentator] And hits!

♪ Back to put rappers on one knee… ♪

[commentator] Tyrese Haliburton
trying to take Cleveland's heart!

-[buzzer sounds]
-[commentator] It is over!

Shut it down. Shut it down.

[commentator 2] Wow.

[commentator] The Indiana Pacers
in a Game 2 stunner.

[commentator 2] This rivals
the Milwaukee finish.

[Miller] You have got to be kidding me.

[Montgomery] You can't make this stuff up.
It's crazy.

But he did it again.

Tyrese did it again.

-♪ Let's go ♪
-♪ Yeah, baby… ♪

[Haliburton] I wish I could be Kobe.

Like, make a game winner and look at
the crowd and just be straight-faced,

but that is not me.

I'mma talk my sh*t.

C'mon!

♪ Whoo… ♪

[Miller] We always used to say,
on the road,

you wanted to make like
it was a rat pissing on cotton.

-That's how quiet it was in Cleveland.
-f*ck they say?

A rat pissing on cotton!

That's how quiet it was!

[laughs]

-C'mon! C'mon!
-That's what I'm talking about!

I would've loved
to have been there when he hit that shot.

Now that was very hard.

Very, very hard for me.

But like I said, I…

I have to accept it and move on.

[woman] What do you think about
his "monkey ba*ls," he called it?

[John] Me as a father,
I already gave him a call and let him know

you don't have to do that.

Because little kids are watching you.

I'm a basketball official.

Some kid do that in front of me,

he gonna have a problem.

[Carlisle] It's pretty amazing,

you know,
when a guy can rise to the moment

with a microphone on

and cameras following him
all over the place.

You know, the Netflix people
are driving me nuts.

-They're everywhere.
-[crowd chuckles]

You know, and it's…
it's a pain in the a*s.

[Jade] Are you guys just gonna follow us?

-[man] Yeah, we'll follow you.
-[Jade] Okay.

[man 2] Knicks-Celtics in round two.

-I mean, Boston should beat them, right?
-Yeah.

[Jade] The Knicks fans are,
like, going crazy.

[Haliburton] You think they're gonna win?

Hey, Ty. If the Knicks somehow beat them,
you guys better k*ll the Knicks.

[Haliburton] Get the f*ck… Yo.
Get off my… Get off the phone, bro.

-[Hanlen] Bye.
-[Haliburton] Bye.

This sh*t empty, though.
I can't show you much.

-MTV Cribs of an empty house.
-[Jade chuckles]

-[Jade] New crib!
-[Haliburton] Hey, it does have that.

[Jade] What? For a TV?

-We didn't think it was there.
-[Jade] Nice.

It's empty right now 'cause we're
not moving in until after the playoffs.

-It's too much.
-Tyrese just couldn't let it go.

[man] This some Fresh Prince stairs.

[Haliburton laughs]

-This is one closet.
-[man] Whoa.

We're gonna make this into a closet.

So hopefully,
one of us can fit all of our stuff

'cause I use
every closet in our house right now.

[men laugh]

[Haliburton] The upstairs in here
is crazy too.

[Jade] So many room for activities.

[chuckles]

[Haliburton] I have no idea
what this is gonna be.

This is a future playroom for the kids.

Okay, you amped her.

-Now she's talking about kids.
-This is where…

[man] Three acres.
What you thought it was gonna be?

-Yeah. Just for me and him?
-[man 2] Perfect.

Anything to avoid ring talk.

[man 2 laughs]

-[Haliburton laughs]
-[Jade chuckles]

Not funny.

Oh, sorry, that was a joke.

-That wasn't funny. That wasn't funny.
-Boo!

-Corny.
-Actually, this is the perfect moment.

I'm just… I'm bullshitting. I'm sorry.

[man 2 laughs]

[man] What's the latest with the ring?

Latest with the ring? Ring is bought.
Ring is secured.

It's been funny 'cause Drew asked Jade,

"If Tyrese won a championship,

you were guaranteed not
to get a ring for another 10 years."

"Would you do it?"

She said, "Yeah."

And little does she know
that the ring is already… already secured.

I told Jade we should go all out
and build a lazy river.

[Jade] I want a slide or a diving board.
A diving board would be cool.

Oh, there's a swing!
I didn't even notice that there.

-In the tree. That's cute.
-[Haliburton] Yeah.

[Haliburton] We don't wanna think about
starting a family until we're married,

but I'm definitely thinking about,
you know,

this is where our room is,
this where the kids' room is.

This is where our nanny's gonna be.
Like, I'm definitely thinking all that.

The lazy river could go right there.

[Jade] Circling the fire pit.

Say, "Bye, Dad."

[commentator] Haliburton
has ignited Indiana's offense.

[commentator 2] Toppin coming back door.

[commentator] And it's all Pacers.

Indiana, like a runaway freight train.

Wide-open three. Nesmith… sticks it!

Tyrese Haliburton, the heat check.

Punched their ticket
to the Eastern Conference Finals

for a second straight year.

[commentator 2] The Pacers
are for real, folks.

[phone ringing]

[Willie] Jaylen!

-Why are you in bed?
-What's up? Have you…

[Willie] Anything you say
will be held against you.

This thing right here
gonna be held against you.

Uh, uh, uh, uh… You got that on film now.
He know how to use it!

[Brown] How you feeling, heavyweight?

All right.
You didn't get my 42 points too.

Can you get them tonight for me?
All right?

[Brown] Yes, sir. You ready?

-[Willie] Yeah.
-All right.

[man] I just want to ask you about…
about Papa.

He's going in for surgery.

Um, he has to get his gallbladder removed.

They have good resources in Boston,

some good doctors that I've been able
to build a relationship with,

so I can give him the best treatment
that he can possibly get

to keep him around as long…
'cause, like, you know, that's my dawg.

[Brown] Let's get it done today.

All right.
I thought you were gonna be there.

I gotta play.

I play, you play.

[Willie] Holy Mother said, "I don't care."
I didn't say I'm ready for it, right?

I play, you play.

-Good luck.
-[woman] We'll keep you posted.

All right. Appreciate you.

I'll see you tomorrow.

-Love you.
-[Brown] Love you too.

[commentator] Good evening, everyone,
from Boston

for the start of
the most talked-about second-round series

of these playoffs,

with two original NBA franchises meeting
for the first time in the postseason

in 12 years.

[pundit] The Celtics
should not worry about this at all.

The Knicks don't have a chance.

[pundit 2] They beat them 4-0
in the regular season.

[pundit 3] There's no reason
they can't win it all again.

[Brown] The Knicks looked decent.

They look like
a new team trying to figure it out.

But the fans go crazy out here.

Jaylen Brown, Charlie Brown, Larry Brown,
Knicks in 5.

-Can you say one nice thing about Boston?
-A nice thing?

Don't got anything to say nice.
There's nothing nice about the Celtics.

f*ck Boston!

Brady's gone. Garnett's gone.
It's New York time now.

Boston, we on that!

[bleep] …big ba*ls!

[commentator] Jaylen Brown starting
to cook a little bit here.

-Back-to-back buckets by Brown.
-[announcer] Jaylen Brown!

[crowd chanting] Defense!

[commentator 2] Brunson, a three. Good!

First New York lead!

Some call it
the "basketball gods" or whatever.

But sometimes things go your way,
and sometimes things don't.

[commentator 2] White will inbound.
It's off to Brown.

Bridges there. They hold it.

They grapple. It's over!

The Knicks have won!

What a comeback!
And a Game 1 win for New York!

The energy shifts, or the momentum swings.

So now it's fueling them up.

[commentator 2] Brown.
The shot for the lead.

The jitterbug to the rack,
and he got it to go!



Tatum maneuvering.

Oh, the ball knocked away!

Another great defensive play
for the Knicks!

They've got it! They've won it!

New York has gone up two games to none!

If the Celtics lose Game 2 at home,
I promise you. I'm walking here tomorrow.

-I'm walking here.
-[woman] Why you gotta do that?

I bet players didn't know about it
until after it got on social media.

You got a better chance at walking out
of the studio and seeing a dinosaur

than the Celtics losing.

To be honest,
it's a f*cking head-scratcher.

I don't… I don't know how we lost
the first two games at home to the Knicks.

Well, you put yourself in position
to where you were the hunter.

Now you're the hunted.

That's a whole other type of mindset now.

Like, you're still a hunter,

but you're hunted
way more than you ever been

in… in your whole basketball career.

[commentator] Knicks fever is reaching
dangerous levels in the Big Apple.

And they are certainly ready to rock

here in Game 3.

Light this place on fire.

♪ Tick, tick, boom! ♪

[commentator 2] A lot of weight
is being put on the shoulders of Brown,

who, by the way,
is recovering from a torn meniscus,

so we'll see what version we get.

[Brown] Hey!

Where's that foul?

-[whistle blows]
-Damn!

[Brown] The pain was significant.

I feel like I handle pain well,
but I still didn't feel like myself.

Um, I was able to run and jump,
but I just wasn't as dynamic or confident.

-[Brown] Hey! Hey!
-[whistle blows]

[Brown] Thank you!

But, uh, I did what I could
to get myself through the pain.

[commentator] Brown off the bounce.
Goes inside hard.

[Brown] k*ll them!

m*rder them! Come on!

Square! Square! Square! Ready! Ready!

[commentator] He has become
such a vocal leader

in the last couple of seasons.

This is the moment
where we gotta make plays.

They looking to go on a run.

This is where we gotta anchor down,
right here. Let's go!

♪ I know everybody got it… ♪

[commentator] Brown gets it to go!

Celtics threw a haymaker.

-It's now two games to one.
-Okay.

-We up.
-[Brown] Got one. All we needed was one.

[commentator] Boston got
a little of that mojo back.

Tatum, step-back three-pointer. It's good!

Jayson Tatum, his sixth three-pointer,
and the game is tied.

[crowd chanting] Defense! Defense!

[commentator] Jaylen Brown back in,
lost the ball!

Anunoby all by himself, throws it down.

And Tatum is hurt. Tatum is down.

He wants a time-out.
Tatum in so much pain.

Tatum really shaken up.

And you see
the concern on the Celtics' faces.

Just an unfortunate…

an unfortunate play.

[commentator 2] Jaylen Brown
tears his meniscus.

Now another setback here.

Like, you're looking at
a very uncertain Celtics team.

Now JT's out
for an extended period of time, you know,

and we shouldn't have even been down



[commentator] New York
with a 3 games to 1 lead,

and you have a Celtics team
without Jayson Tatum.

That's how quickly seasons can turn.

[Brown] Obviously,
the emotional aspect of, you know,

of JT going down had an impact on just,

not just the locker room,
the fans, the organization.

Everybody, you know?

It's a lot.

[pundit] Eliminating a champion,

the most difficult of all,
and that's what the Knicks face tonight.

[pundit 2] A huge test
for the Celtics tonight,

who are without Jayson Tatum.

[pundit 3] Jaylen Brown
without Jayson Tatum.

He'll have the opportunity to show
that he can be the number one.

♪ We gotta keep punching… ♪

[commentator] Here's Brown to White.

A three!

Brown, three, trying to tie,

and does!

[Brown] It was a challenge.

You gotta perform,
even though you're in pain,

and just try to worry about your body

after the game.

[commentator] Throws himself
into the stands to keep it!

[Brown] You just have faith.

You kind of rely on your guys,
your teammates,

and I did.

[commentator] Boston really showing up.

-Kornet!
-[commentator 2 chuckles] Whoa!

Oh my goodness.

[commentator] The defending champs
remain alive

and will go to New York
and play the Knicks in Game 6.

[video game sounds on phone]

Perfect way to get locked in for a game.

-Online Call of Duty.
-[man in game] Targets in sight.

[g*nshots in game]

Look, the Celtics had success
without Jayson Tatum.

But they need that duo to be special.

♪ the thirll is on… ♪

[commentator] Will this be
the final game of the series,

or will there be a Game 7 in Boston?

That's a nice spin move.

A dominant first half.

You know what I mean?
Like, it ain't the same, man.

[commentator] Karl-Anthony Towns.
Banker is good. What a tough shot.

[commentator 2] Brunson.
Another three. Puts it in.

Knicks on a roll. The lead up to 19.

Half of this crowd is delirious.

Brown gets Kornet. Blocked by Anunoby.

♪ You know I'm free, free now, baby ♪

♪ I'm free… ♪

[commentator 2] This is
just a shocking domination.

♪ Oh, I'm free, free, free… ♪

[commentator 2] Pure joy. Knicks
on their way to the conference finals.

[commentator] The final score.
New York 119, Boston 81.

The New York Knicks are back,

and Madison Square Garden is back.

[cheering]

It's a part of the game. You gotta accept
both the highs and the lows.

Last year, we were a championship team.
We won the championship.

Duck boats. Champagne.

This year, we gotta listen to
insufferable Knicks fans.

I don't know how we lost in general, but…

we lost. [chuckles]

[line ringing]

-Well, well, well…
-[chuckles]

-Well, well, how are you doing?
-Don't--

I got the cameras on. Don't start.

How you feeling?

[Willie] I'm good.
Where you at? You outside?

No, I'm in LA.

[Willie] Now what in the hell
are you doing in LA

without Papa being there with you?

-You ain't got no clothes on! Man!
-What are you…

I got clothes on, man! [laughs]

[Willie laughs]

Damn, you scared the hell out of me there!

[man laughs]

[Spears] One thing
that bothered me about Jaylen is like…

And I love the Celtics.

I thought Jaylen should've got
more respect going into the season.

But he's so tough,
he won't really tell us.

Probably was in a lot of pain
and a lot of time and energy

to just prepare himself
to be ready to play.

To me, he's one of
the more underrated players in the league.

We're all human beings.
And I battle with things.

I fight with things

all the time.

And sometimes you win,
and sometimes you lose.

You gotta get back up.

It's another fight around the corner.

[cheering]

[pundit] We're underway. Second round.

Denver and OKC for the right to go
to the Western Conference Finals.

MVP finalists Nikola Jokić
and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

going head-to-head tonight.

The weird thing was that
the MVP voting was done at this point.

But the NBA was delaying the announcement.

[pundit 2] Everybody wants to know,
is it Jokić? Is it SGA?

I am going with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

[pundit 3] Let's have a real conversation.
Joker is the MVP.

[man] You know, Shai looks like MVP.

Joker get hurt?

-[man laughs]
-[chuckles]

[energetic music playing]

[commentator] Gilgeous-Alexander shows it
and scores it.

-Jokić.
-[commentator 2] Just give him the ball.

Let him isolate and clear out.

In Game 1, you could feel both of them
trying to impose their will on the series.

[commentator] Fourteen to sh**t.

Jokić. Bullseye!

A three!

One-point game.

[SGA] No fouls. No fouls.

[commentator] 9.5 on the clock.

And it rims out!

[SGA] As he misses it, I'm like,
"Okay, now we have to get a stop."

They come down super fast.
Russ is driving.

Seven seconds left.
Westbrook, five seconds.

They're down by one.

I was just like,

"Chet got a pretty…
I mean, okay, he can test."

Make or miss, let's see it.

As the ball's going up,
it looks like it's going left.

Like it almost looked like a miss.

It hits the rim and starts rattling in.
I'm like, "No way."

And then it drops.

[commentator] Gordon got it!

[cheering]

[commentator] Aaron Gordon
with a deep shot!

Williams, three-quarter court!

No good!

The Nuggets steal Game 1!

They finish the game on a 19-6 run.

[commentator 2] Absolutely incredible.

-[man] Let's go!
-[man 2] Whoo!

It just… It sucks because, like,

in a playoff series, like,
every game matters,

and every game can, like, change…

Like, they just won a game in… in… in LA
by the tip of a finger.

And, like, that game
took them to seven games, right?

So, like, every game matters.

[Paul] When you took the shot,
I was like, "Oh damn!"

That's when he came down
and hit the spin-around.

-When they--
-Yes, I was like, "Oh."

"I wanna go bar for bar so bad."

-Yeah. He going.
-Yes, he's going.

-He going. He going.
-[chuckles]

But you know what? I keep… I keep
watching the games with Lil' Chris, too,

and I keep telling him…

-'Cause I'm trying to change Chris's shot…
-Mm-hmm.

Dawg, Aaron Gordon.

-I got so much respect for him, dawg.
-Brother.

-Back then, you let him sh**t.
-Yeah, completely.

Dawg, I got so much respect for him.

-He put time in to sh**t like he do.
-Yeah.

We were so close from being up 1-0,
and instead, it's complete opposite.

We're down.

And we just, like,
lost home court advantage.

The next game, we knew, like,
our season was on the line, basically.

Like, you can't lose two games at home.

[commentator] Shai, down the lane.

[commentator 2] Upstairs, flip down.

Oklahoma City responds.

This was an old-fashioned blowout.

[woman] What's the most challenging part
of the Denver series?

I mean, Jokić. Probably. [chuckles]

Not probably. For sure.

[Williams yells]

[commentator] Jokić.

Tough shot.

[cheering]

Not only can he score any time he wants,
but he sees every pass and every play.

[commentator] Jokić. Gordon.

Dagger!

[commentator 2] The Nuggets lead
this best-of-seven series

against the top-seeded Thunder
for a resilient victory in Game 3.

[SGA] On my way off the court,

a fan is, like,
waving at me, like, "Goodbye."

He said, "Goodbye,"
or "It's over for you guys,"

and, like, some gestures.

And I just, like, couldn't help but smile.
I mean,

it was funny to me because
there's so much basketball to be played.

He doesn't understand,
but he shouldn't. He's a fan.

You can cheer now and laugh now, but…

Yeah, I mean,
we're the better basketball team.

And it's gonna show.

[commentator] Gilgeous-Alexander
with the middy.

Knocks it home.

-He rejects the screen.
-[whistle blows]

[commentator] Steps through. Got it!

SGA on the J-O-B.

The Thunder evened this series
at two games apiece.

The OKC-Denver series was gonna be
a shining moment

because we all know
what Jokić is gonna do.

You can trust him.

The question is,
is Shai Gilgeous gonna get his?

Is he going to be that dude?

[commentator] Thunder can grab the lead.
Stop and go.

Gilgeous-Alexander, so smooth!

Of course, Jokić would always come back,
and he would respond. That's what he does.

[commentator] Jokić.
His team is down by three.

Pirouettes, tosses it up.

Oh!

Joker's wild!

We are tied!

[SGA] It just felt like a dogfight.

Two teams just, like, going toe to toe,
throwing their best punch.

[commentator] Shot clock is down to six.

Gilgeous-Alexander. On target!

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
meeting the moment.

This pivotal Game 5
belongs to Oklahoma City.

[SGA] So I don't know if you guys noticed.

They have not announced
an MVP for the NBA as of yet,

which is weird.

I can tell they're waiting for
this series to be done to announce it.

-[man] Is that annoying? Or… whatever?
-Nah. It adds to the drama.

[man laughs]

I know that it's a regular season award,
so the vote's already in.

So it's like nothing you can do right now
is gonna change those votes.

So it's like, for me, it's been done.

[commentator] Here's Jokić.

Now on the move. Jokić gets in the lane.

The thing about Jokić,
he's just, like, a basketball genius.

[commentator] Jokić. Oh, what a pass!

No-look to Christian Braun.

That was some sorcery.

With that being said,
we did a good job on him.

But he puts pressure on your defense
every time down

in a way that nobody else does.

[commentator] Holmgren. Swatted by Jokić.

Ahead to Murray.

Challenged by Williams. And Murray scores!

We've got a Game 7 in the West.

[Smith] Jokić did show up in Game 6.

He did remind everybody

who the hell he was.

[indistinct chatter on TV]

[woman] Game 7 tomorrow.

How do you feel, Shai?

I'm tired.

[groans]

[woman] Any moment in your head, like,
"We can't pull this off?"

-We can't?
-[woman] Yeah.

Oh no, never. But…

There's… there is a…

there is always, like, a…

It's now or never.

If I panic, we're in trouble.

Like, if I…

Especially, like, being a leader.

Like, if I panic,
the rest of them are gonna panic.

So I gotta make sure,
like, we're locked in.

I'm, like, just staying in the moment.

No matter how bad or good it seems.

[sighs] Forget the regular season,
MVP race, everything up to this point.

Tomorrow, we find out everything we can be
or everything we're not gonna be.

And that's all that really matters,
trying to get a W tomorrow.

[commentator] All the clichés apply.
Win or go home.

Do or die. Brink of elimination.

It's a Game 7 to close out
the second round.

♪ As I walk this wicked ground ♪

♪ Keep me aways from the Devil's palm… ♪

-[player] Now or never, man.
-[player 2] Yup.

[player] Right now, man.

Us right here in this circle.
That's all we got.

We're gonna have fun, play together.
Do it at home.

-"Together" on three. One, two, three.
-[team] Together!

[player] Here we go!

♪ I am the… ♪

[commentator] Gordon is stripped
by Dort at midcourt.

Up front… Caruso!

-Big two-hand tomahawk slam dunk!
-Yeah!

[SAG] Game 7.
We've been in this position before.

Uh, it's time to, like, smell blood.

You know, we came out hot,
came out aggressive.

And we just, like, steamrolled them.

♪ As I walk this wicked ground… ♪

[commentator] The Thunder now in control.
SGA… connects on a three!

Time-out Denver.

It's Game 7. And Shai gonna show y'all

why he deserves to be the league MVP.

[commentator] Shai knocks it away!
Has it in the open court!

To the rim!

[cheering]

[commentator] Oh baby, what a play!

[SGA] All season,
whenever our back was against the wall,

we dominated.

Every game where it was like,

all right, it's do or die for these guys,
we showed up.

[commentator] Caruso
with yet another steal.

Caruso throws it back.

SGA throws it down!

[commentator 2] Thunderbolts
from the OKC defense!

[commentator] SGA pulls up, jumper.
Got it!


of his career.

Dada.

♪ Six, don't quit ♪

♪ Keep building it brick by brick ♪

♪ I am the… ♪

[cheering]

[commentator] Even the shots
that are short now going in for SGA.

Thirty-five points.

They'll empty the bench
and listen to this roar.

[cheering]

Let's go!

[commentator 2] SGA says,
"It's my house, and this is our game."

[commentator] The dreams of a title
for the Thunder are still alive.

OKC is going to the Conference Finals.

Like I said, the, uh… the better team won.

Shout-out to the guy that was taunting me.
Appreciate you.

[SGA] Did you have fun?

We got eight more to get.

This ain't the end! Here we go.

[pundit] He'll never have
the numbers Jokić have,

but in every game that matters,

when they play a team that's tough,

they go, "Get us home, SGA."

And I think that matters
whenever you're talking about MVP.

He is getting his team to the finish line.

[SGA] Being in the MVP conversation
is a blessing, but, uh,

I'm at the stage now,
and it just feels like

that trophy at the end of the year
is just a little bit brighter,

a little bit bigger.

They can debate MVP,
go back and forth all they want.

But, um,

I'm… I'm trying to be at the parade.

[funky electronic music playing]

[dramatic electronic music playing]

[suspenseful music playing]