Last Chance U: Basketball (2021–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Colby Ranch - full transcript
With my puppy.
He a good pup.
That's a good walker.
Over here's a very mean
and bad-acting dog.
He's huge.
Causes disturbances and problems.
We don't like him.
Woof! Ruff, ruff, ruff!
This world is so different
from East Los Angeles.
This is a completely different world
I live in out here.
And then I get in the car and...
I switch modes,
and then I just go to... go to that place.
It's stressful up in that gym sometimes.
In that weight room or that game.
I'd probably go crazy
if I lived down there close to it,
'cause you could never turn it off.
Take a minute. Come on.
I want to show you what I got.
Every day I gotta do this laundry.
I do it at night.
Then I gotta come back and finish it.
For the last 20 years, I've been a...
head high school basketball coach
in the Inland Empire.
I've won seven league championships.
State finalist.
Last year at this time,
we were LA Times top ten,
playing some of the best teams
in the country.
These fools be taking advantage of me.
Look at all this stuff, yo.
Like, they got me in here,
like, doing they laundry, yo.
But last spring, our principal got fired.
And then, a week later, they terminated
the president of our school.
Well, the top two guys are gone.
And so, like, the train was comin'.
Like, I was like,
"Oh, shoot. I might be next."
I walked in, they were like,
"Hey, Rob, we need your keys."
Uh, so, I was a coach without a team.
Obviously, I always gotta put
the hoops down, everywhere I go.
So, a mutual friend said,
"You know anything about East LA?"
I hit John up, like, "I heard
you might be lookin' for somethin'."
So he asked me to come down.
I'm drivin' to get here.
I'm like, "What am I doin'?"
You need to get out of here.
Take somebody to dinner or something.
No, I left my daughter
at the softball game, man.
But we met for six hours that day.
And at the end of the six hours I said,
"Well, hey, you know, let...
let me kinda think about
what direction I'd like to do."
So I went home
and I told my wife about it.
She goes, "Do you like the guy?"
I was like, "He's a great dude."
"He's a... he's a good, strong Christian
man, and passionate about helping kids."
You gotta play cat and mouse.
It's cat and mouse!
Boom. Get rid of it. Get it back.
He be wearing me out
just watching him.
It's somethin' I wanted to do. But it's
my wife who said, "You're doing it."
I didn't have a choice. She said,
"Get in the car, you're gonna do it."
"That's your opportunity."
Thank God, we could do this
with a ginormous pay cut.
Like, I don't want you to just be like,
"Well, we're about to have
three kids in college."
"I gotta go take a teaching job
at a high school."
This is your... your heart.
You've always wanted to do this.
It can't just be about the money.
It has to be about, like, accomplishing
what you really wanna accomplish.
Community colleges,
they're not kind to assistants.
They don't pay you. They don't give you
very many opportunities to be full-time.
I thought about not coaching last summer,
when I was let go from my job.
Just like in a relationship, your...
your love affair with hoops evolves,
and it becomes something different.
Like, in the beginning of a relationship,
it is hot, and it is heavy,
and it is exciting,
and then it just becomes
a part of your life.
And when you love somethin' like that,
now you just...
you literally can't
see your life with... without it.
If you're just joining us,
a poor shooting performance
- from the Huskies.
- No help, John. No help.
East LA still clinging on
to a three-point lead.
Four minutes, 16 seconds to go.
Highler from the corner.
Off the right side of the rim,
and goes over the backboard.
Unbelievable, bro.
Hey, commit, commit, commit!
- Wilson for three.
- No!
Malik Muhammad fouls Wilson
on the three-point attempt.
Dude, he hit the ball!
- What the hell?
- What are you talking about?
It's been that kind of night. Just sloppy.
Dude, stinking the gym up
defensively.
- We're on upset alert all of a sudden.
- Spread! Spread!
Tries to go around Highler.
Highler nearly clotheslines him.
He's in dismay.
- Shaun.
- They calling it, you gotta get off.
Zebras always know best
as Highler will sit down.
Just leave me fuckin' in.
I have two!
I'm good, bro. I'm fucking good. I ain't
fouled out yet, bro. Not once, bro.
You know how he is.
I know.
- That's why it's fucking frustrating.
- Damn!
Shaun, sub.
That's fucked up, man.
That's fucked up.
It's now a 70 to 66 lead,
with the South Coast Conference title
on the line for East LA.
But not a sense of urgency
from the star players.
Oh, my God, bruh. Fuck.
Spread! Spread!
Go get the ball!
Hampton drives. The runner, good.
- Fool caught my hand.
- Fuck! Let's fucking go, Joe!
Quick swing of momentum,
back into the hands of East LA.
KJ gets a steal.
Go boom some shit!
Go boom some shit!
Tomahawk jam. And possibly the nail.
Fifteen seconds to go.
Off the left iron
and quickly into the front court.
- Dunk it!
- It's Highler.
Highler will dribble the ball out
instead of making a layup.
I would've dunked it.
And a backcourt violation
is actually called.
What? The game is over, bro.
The game is over.
The game, Coach, can you tell...
- I knew he was gonna do that, too.
- Wait, wait.
- The game is over.
- The game is over.
So, .8 will be put on the clock,
as Highler was trying
- to give the ball to the official.
- Throw it in.
- Throw the ball in.
- What?
This ugly ass motherfucker
wanna take it out on me.
Deshaun tried to be a asshole,
and tried to knee the ball.
Take it out on me. Blow the game.
- What is .8 going to determine?
- Come on, bro.
People wanna go home, dawg.
- It's over.
- There we go.
That will do it.
He's sorry as shit.
Shaun, you know
why they called that?
'Cause he's a bitch.
It was not pretty, but that will do it.
What's up with that last play, G?
- Did...
- Zero point zero.
What's up with that last backcourt call?
That shit was ugly as fuck.
Can we get our car
off the emergency brake? Pump the gas?
At this point in the season, our identity
is that we're a second half team.
Going five miles an hour, man.
That's not good, though.
We gotta fix it.
We're saying what the problem is, bro,
but let's come up with a solution,
you feel me?
- What's yours?
- I don't have one.
I'm just sayin' man, like, c'mon.
There it is.
Let's try to figure someth...
As a group, though, you feel me? We can...
- I don't know what to say.
- As a group, we can figure it out.
What, you think I was gonna
come up with some shit?
You don't listen to me.
Let's talk about it.
- I be trying. You don't listen to me.
- Bro...
- Tell me, then. Explain.
- You want me to now?
- Since it's a show now?
- You making it a show.
- No, I'm good, bro. I'm good.
- All right.
See that shit right there.
That's the shit right there?
- You the one, idea guy. Come on.
- All right, bro.
Solution man.
- You the captain, dawg, like...
- Solution man.
Capt... Capt... Lead us, bro.
That's exactly
what I'm worried about.
What about these other dudes?
It ain't about that, dude.
It's about tryin' to get it done.
Y'all held it together this long.
Don't shut it down mentally now.
Your livelihood is on the line right now.
The goal is to see you playin' on TV.
And that approach will not get you on TV.
It's going to take more for you
to get what you wanna get.
"Ah, okay, yeah, whatever."
Get mad 'cause I call you out.
It's your life.
It's over in a couple of weeks.
You can do somethin' special.
Gosh, man.
When you gonna figure it out?
When, bro?
Man, come on.
Gosh!
Look what y'all got.
Look what the hell you all got.
Them dudes over there,
if we said, "Hey, give us $200
and you can be... You can just hop in."
Pfft! I'd guarantee they'd find $200,
even though we all broke.
This is it.
Just lock in and focus. Come on, man.
Love you too, Coach. Love you too, Coach.
- "Family" on three. One, two, three.
- Family!
- Keep your head.
- Let's get out of here.
Let's go. Let's get outta here.
Damn!
Most teams, it's normal
to have a little bit of friction.
Like, that's normal.
You're supposed to have friction.
Our season's eight months,
where there's a constant grind
on the body, on the mental.
It's hard as hell here. It's hard.
Like that form!
- Give me that. Give me that.
- Whoa!
- What are you doin'?
- What are you talking about?
Coach, he smacked all face.
- Everybody on the line.
- What happened?
- Five in a minute.
- Whoa, what the fuck?
With all the characters
and the different personalities,
it can just destroy your team.
Let me get three over here.
We gonna play or complain?
- I'm good. I'm trying to play.
- Up the line. Let's play.
Let's play!
Don't come out with
that hacking bullshit. Play defense.
- Yes, sir, man. Yes, sir, Ron!
- Come on, man!
You should have punched that nigga.
Stupid dumbass
slapped me in the face.
I wanted to just beat the shit out of him.
Like I said,
you should've punched him.
We have some real A-holes on our team.
Like, some guys who are some real A-holes.
Stop the ball! Close out, run back!
What the fuck is wrong
with your passes today, dawg?
Deshaun is the most likable A-hole
I've ever met in my entire life.
It's not just about you.
Give me the ball back.
It ain't never
been about me, nigga.
I'd fuckin' shoot 20 times a game
if it was about me, nigga.
When is it gonna implode? That's
what happens in junior college basketball.
You have guys on the team, like,
"You gotta get me the ball
because this kid
already has a scholarship."
"What about me?" 'Cause that's what JC is.
Just a holding pattern
so you can get to something better.
So, we're waiting the whole year
for the... for the shoe to drop.
Fuck.
Deshaun's numbers last night, oh, my God.
Him and Joe, yo.
We fallin' apart at the wrong time.
That's his frustration. He's thinking
it's something else. It's him.
He can't make a shot.
Everybody need to get out
of here and everybody'll be all good.
Once everybody's out of here,
everybody'll be all good.
Fuck, bruh,
I don't feel like doing this shit, dude.
I think everybody been
around each other a bit too much.
It's gettin' to niggas, man.
People assume you've got one loss,
that you have none of that.
No, it's the same.
We've just been fortunate
that we won games in spite of.
It's frustrating 'cause, like, all the way
until I cut my finger I felt all right.
- It threw you off a bit.
- I'm still coming back from that.
- It's just frustrating, bro.
- I know.
- I shouldn't be having these slumps.
- It's okay.
Not if I'm as a good as I think I am.
Yeah. We're just gonna work on it.
You know, go hard, and just make sure
you're good...
- Yeah.
- ...mental-wise.
- There's things you have to go through...
- I'm tired of feeling like this.
I know.
- Tired of this...
- You'll be okay.
- Tired of this feeling.
- Yeah.
Like I'm always trying
to come back from something.
- Go get some donuts.
- Where they at?
Out there on the table.
What's good, what's good?
Krispy Kreme.
Donuts outside!
Krispy Kremes before practice?
It's about to be a good day. Goddamn it.
They glazed!
What else would you get from there?
Oh, you said that!
You foul!
At least Deshaun brought donuts, dawg.
That's his peace offerin' right there?
Nothing to us.
- At least he gave the team an offering.
- That's cool.
Fuck y'all yesterday.
- But here's some donuts.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Come here.
- Got a donut?
Come here. I'll get a donut.
- Shaun...
- They're gone.
All right, look.
Bro, you missed three days.
I like to have two or three guys that
can play freakin' 40 minutes straight.
You supposed to be one of 'em.
I'mma not sub you
when you're conditioned to do that.
But you were not conditioned to do that.
Whenever you get the snot
and boogers coming out of your nose...
- What are you talkin' about?
- You ain't...
- That's when I'm sick.
- No, but I'm just sayin', though.
- You know?
- Yeah...
You not trusting me, you assumin'
it's like I'm trying to come at you all...
You know, no.
- No, I just be wonderin', like...
- Yeah.
- I don't know what's goin' on, though.
- Don't try to figure it out, though.
You trying to figure out
what's goin' on in the subs,
and I'm sitting like,
"Shaun, it ain't nothin'..."
It's only certain ones, though.
Certain ones, I could tell...
It seemed like I did somethin' wrong,
- so I just be wonderin'...
- No!
- ...if I did somethin' wrong.
- It was like...
I just was like,
"I'm not answerin' that right now."
I shouldn't have to answer it.
You gotta trust what I'm doin'.
And I'mma tell you this, man.
Portland... Portland came to see you.
They came to see only you.
Now, you need to clean up the turnovers.
Because it was just,
"All right, Coach, I'll holler back."
- You know what I'm sayin'?
- Yeah.
It should have been,
"Let me see the transcripts. Let me..."
That's where... That's where...
That's where I'm like, "Gosh."
You know what I'm sayin'?
Yeah, all right.
Just to explain to you,
since you wanna know now.
- All right.
- You don't trust me still,
after a year and a half.
- You still got...
- What do you want me to say?
- You still got runnin' to do, though.
- I'll do it.
He brings Krispy Kreme
and everybody, "Deshaun!"
"You brought Krispy Kreme.
You the man! You the man!"
That's his way of apologizing.
You gotta have a feel, man,
just the temperament of the team and...
when the team is down, when the team needs
to be lifted up, picked up.
So I gotta be
a little bit more understanding.
It's not always the kids, man. We gotta...
you know, be a little bit more...
We gotta approach 'em a bit different.
You know? We gotta learn
a little bit about these kids, and...
you know, rules without relationships
equal rebellion.
Oh!
My shit!
And one. Nigga, he just held me.
Nigga, what the fuck!
Send his shit back!
Send his shit back!
You just held me
to block my shot, nigga.
- Say you ain't hold me to block my shot.
- No. You know I do this shit.
- You know I do this. Come on, Joe.
- You know you weak, nigga.
Malik was here
longer than I have been.
Closer relationship with Mosley than I do.
And if I'm speaking selfishly for myself,
yes, I mean, I wanna start.
I mean, that's my role
that I've been used to all my life
is start and put the team on my back.
I think I should start, come playoffs.
Look at Malik, man.
Fucking dead tired, don't even know
what the fuck to do with the ball.
I can't fold under pressure.
I can't give up that starting role.
I work hard for that just as much
as he worked hard
for whatever position he's in.
Do you feel him breathing
down your neck a little bit?
Uh, yeah, a little bit.
I'm not sayin'
I'm shakin' in my boots or anything
but if he starts,
he can average, like, 20, easy.
Are you content with what you got?
That's what it seems like to me.
It's just my opinion.
It seem like you're content with, "I got
about eight, nine offers. I'm cool."
I feel like I'm still not
where I need to be at, but...
At some point, Coach gonna have to bench
you if you continue to play like that.
I told him that last night.
- Come here, bro.
- I'm being real, like... Pfft.
It was so bad.
I was just, like, "Get him out the game,
man. He don't look good."
If it ain't you,
then figure out a career real quick.
Because if you don't love this, dude,
you're not gonna make it long.
You've really gotta embrace this, 'cause
at the next level, it's all business.
You look at it like,
"I'm 19, I'm 20, I got time to fix it."
But what you don't realize is you don't.
The next thing you know,
you're 30 and it's over. It's over.
You got a chance to set yourself up
or you got a chance to be the 6'9" dude
in the factory or on the dock
or in the grocery store.
I know what I'm capable of.
So, I don't wanna be looked as one of
the people on the bottom, you know?
I ain't no loser.
As soon as he was born everyone used to,
"Oh, my God. He gonna be another Shaq."
I knew he wasn't gonna be like Shaq.
He's too skinny for Shaq.
But he was just always tall.
I knew that he was gonna be big.
When he was born, I knew he was gonna be,
you know, a ten-pound baby.
You know what I mean?
I think I was just born
with a ball in my hands.
I can't remember
not being involved in basketball.
Like, I remember having
the little hoop you get as a kid.
I was, like, the best player,
but that was
always 'cause I was the tallest.
People would just throw the ball up to me,
and I'd go up and score.
Yeah!
High school, I just didn't care.
Whoo!
The grades, laziness. And a lot of it,
and I'mma be totally honest, it...
it's... it's... it's my fault
for not being there
as much as I was supposed to be.
I remarried when Malik was four.
When his dad would come over,
I wouldn't tell him his dad was coming,
I didn't want him to get disappointed.
I knew how that felt with me. With my dad.
So, I would never tell him.
But when he came, oh, man.
You could just... He loved...
One time, he almost cried
and just hugged him.
You know, he just loved his dad so much.
My dad, like I say,
he was just out doing his own thing.
I... I guess he was just...
I don't know, just trying to find himself.
I really... I really have no clue.
But, you know, I mean, it is what it is.
I mean, it's not like I have any...
any hate toward him or anything.
No, like, I still love him. He loves me.
I mean, it's all good.
He had decent exposure.
It was just, you know,
the grades wasn't there.
So, now it's, you know,
the junior college route.
He don't know how good he can be.
And he hasn't
experienced enough yet to believe it.
So, sometimes I just feel like
I had to shake him to,
"Okay, get up. Okay, do this! Do this!"
- What?
- I'm talking about $245 for you.
- Okay. That's...
- And then you quickly took it out
without thinking about
your bills that come in.
- Okay.
- That's what I'm trying to...
You gotta learn to spread your money out.
I'mma jam his ass up about school.
I'mma jam his ass up about
not workin' hard enough on the court.
You're scorin' two points
in the game and your ass is 6'9"?
I'm gettin' on your ass.
A 6'6" fat dude cleaned your ass up.
And you won't even drive to the rack.
Dominate these motherfuckers, man.
- Don't I tell you this all the time?
- Yeah.
- Is this new?
- No.
Work out!
Stop giving people excuses to be like,
"Oh, no. He's lazy."
I'm tired of hearin' that.
No, bro. You got...
You got... This is on you.
This is on you.
You not workin' hard enough.
We're all for you, bro.
If we was against you, we'd make
you feel like it was okay to do that.
And not wanna get better.
If we was against you.
Dude, Coach Rob
looking for dudes to work out.
- I told him that.
- He a pro.
He ain't makin' no money right now.
He drivin' from Riverside every day.
He ain't makin' no money.
You should be,
"Hey, Coach Rob. Can I get some shots up?"
Forget NBA, I'm just talking about
six-figure guys playing overseas
and making money like that,
them dudes is like, "I'm get it in."
Everywhere you go,
you're gonna be asked, "You play ball?"
"You play ball?"
So, what are you gonna do with it?
It's a blessing. And a curse.
I always felt like I was
just an average guy.
I always knew I was, like,
better than other people,
but not like... not like how they...
not like how they told me how I was.
If he wanted to make it to the NBA,
he can make it to the NBA.
He still has no real idea
of how close he is
to bein' anywhere in the country
he wants to be.
Get out the truck.
Take a team trip.
- Did you find a spot?
- Yeah.
- Gotta get fools there.
- Figure out how to get there.
Or they get there on they own somehow.
Shaun's got three.
- I got three.
- Mm-hm.
- Erick, what kind of car you got?
- Versa.
- A Versa? That's a little car.
- Versa, yeah.
They are little,
but there's some good leg room in...
- What year is it?
- They got leg room.
2013.
- You big ballin', man. You got the...
- Yeah.
It works.
Yeah, it does.
You got a car that works.
We might have to throw
two or three in his.
I'll get the minivan, the swag wagon
and get... You'll be in the minivan.
- I can get that.
- Yeah.
And then, uh...
so that's eight seats right here.
The problem is
fools is 6'9" gettin' in your car.
- That's true.
- They all ain't like this.
- Yeah.
- Joe and Quis ain't gettin'
- in the back of a car.
- No.
- So, we'll practice and then go?
- Yep.
We felt like a field trip
was important.
I just think they need to see each other
away from basketball
and see each other in a different light,
see me in a different light.
They get a chance to be uncomfortable,
and the only comfort is each other.
So, that's similar to being on the court.
You know, once you get on the court,
it's just us.
I'm scared
of getting caught up by a bear.
- If we run into a bear, everybody's toast.
- For sure.
- I'm running for a hill.
- Everybody's toast. Whoever he picks.
A bear can run,
like, 20 miles an hour.
- That's crazy.
- Without breakin' stride.
You pullin' up in the woods
in a Beemer, man. Oh, my gosh.
- With the sunshades on, oh, yeah.
- With the sunshades.
I don't like
to bring attention to myself.
It's best that you follow,
because once you get up in there,
once you're up off the freeway,
it's different.
And then when you get close,
it's like a narrow road.
It's gonna look different.
So, it's probably...
it's probably best to be together.
You gonna be, like, "I'm goin' home."
Wait a minute. Hold up.
- "Family" on three. One, two, three.
- Family.
Keep goin'.
You'll be like, "Ain't nothin' here."
Keep goin' until you see the cabin.
What y'all think
we about to do up there?
Some bullshit.
I seen how the nigga said
bring a pen or pencil.
I seen that too.
I was like, "We about to be
writing letters and shit again."
We up there for sure.
Goin' straight up.
We are in the hills for sure.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
- We just goin' up.
- Where the fuck are we?
Look how high
that power line is.
Bro, what the fuck?
- I don't like this road.
- It's getting scary. I'm fake scared.
Ohhhh!
- Shit!
- ♪ Fire! ♪
- This is wildlife out here.
- Hell, yeah.
- Oh, shit.
- Oh...
- No... Don't go up there.
- Don't go up there.
That's somebody property.
Get your ass shot.
As soon as
we drove past the line.
"What are you niggers
doin' on my land?"
Oh, yes, sir.
- Yes, sir!
- Yes, sir!
We're safe.
- Look at Mo! "Aaaah!"
- He mad as shit. He mad as shit.
Look at his ass like, "I told them..."
- Hurry up, park!
- "I told them niggas."
I told y'all...
I told you to follow me, dawg.
Look, I told...
- Where do I park, nigga?
- Look at your face.
- Aaaah!
- Hey, I told you to follow me.
This is why Black people
do not come camping.
- You ain't got sweats on or nothin'.
- Hell, no, I'm out here thugging.
Phew! That was somethin' there.
This is nice, though.
- Joe, take this stuff to the kitchen.
- Yup. Got you.
What the fuck? We on The Real World?
Is this Bad Girls Club?
- What's going on in this bitch?
- He said Bad Girls Club.
Ohh! And I don't got no service? No!
- Oh, my God, no service.
- Oh, you in trouble.
My Android work.
- He talking about, "My Android work."
- If y'all had an Android...
- Let me call somebody. Let me see.
- Huh?
- Let me see yours.
- You ain't makin' no call. No.
- He ain't got no service.
- If you've got service...
- Hold on. I'll call my wife.
- He ain't got no service.
Yup.
Is there, like, any...
- No.
- Any...
No, there's just not.
Whatever you're looking for...
- There's not, Shaun.
- He said, "Is there any..."
- "Any..." No, there's just not.
- No. Nothing.
I'm loving this.
I'm really fucking with this, bro.
You hear that barking,
nigga?
That's why I got my walking
stick. What are you talkin' about?
Also a weapon.
- This a workout. Phew.
- Oh, hell, no. That a gravestone?
Oh, yeah.
That's a old motherfucker, too.
Hell, yeah.
Niggas die up here, we in the forest!
- Niggas die up here?
- Ohh!
- What?
- Nope. No more sticks for me.
Fucking bugs and shit.
I ain't too good with nature.
Do you know what poison ivy
looks like? We smooth? Whew!
- What the fuck?
- What?
- Fuck.
- Is that shit?
- Somethin' fell on me.
- Probably a acorn or somethin'.
- Fuck.
- Y'all lookin' at that bird shit?
- Bird shit, that's what that was?
- Huh?
- Yeah, I think so.
- Aww!
Hold the fuck up!
I'm sweatin'.
- Think we gonna get to the top?
- We're not.
♪ Love that's come through this again ♪
♪ Can find a way back home ♪
- Even the same music.
- I like the artist.
- Oh.
- This is what I'd be listening to.
- That's my grilling... my grilling list.
- Grillin'?
- Yeah.
- I called God.
I said, "Lord, I ain't got no assistant."
Then Rob was like, "Hey, man."
As soon as he walked through the door,
I was like, "I can tell he got it."
- He's got that presence.
- Yeah!
- Oh, man.
- He said, "Let's do it."
I'm sitting in the gym, day one.
I saw KJ walk in the door.
I was like "Whoa."
- Yeah!
- I was, like, "Wait a minute."
- Yeah.
- "Wait, this is different."
So, yeah, man.
We'll see if Coach Rob stick around.
I don't know why he would.
- Help us win a championship.
- Yeah.
- If he can do that...
- Yeah. I'm known for that.
I'm forever grateful, though,
for... for as much as we got.
It's taken a lot off of my plate.
It's a savvy that you have
to have to be at this level,
and Rob got it.
So, I guess this might be
the season, 'cause...
we got all the... the... the dynamic pieces.
I just... I just... Coach Mosley
just can't screw it up.
I mean, I'm just gettin'
stability here, bein' a faculty.
- Yeah.
- I mean, I was an assistant coach,
bounced around, and the assistant pay
is never... it's never enough.
The wife support a brother.
- Oh...
- She's... she's puttin' it down.
- Similar to what yours did.
- Oh, man. She was, like...
- I was working part-time at East LA.
- Yeah.
She's like, "What the heck?"
We trying to make ends meet.
Wasn't nothing but 15 grand.
- Yeah.
- I'm a grown...
- Sit there and say I'm a grown man.
- Grown man, yeah.
- Right.
- I'm a grown man,
trying to do that in my late 30s.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- That's crazy, man.
- But my wife was like, "Go on."
- Yeah.
Tryin' to minister to 'em,
tryin' to stay relevant.
Look at these dudes.
We went to the peak of the mountain.
- Joe?
- And it's so beautiful. Gorgeous.
No, that shit really was lovely.
- I can't lie.
- Sensational.
- Y'all had a moment?
- All kinds of good stuff.
Joe done pulled the braids out.
No, but some dirt fell in my hair.
I had to take my hair out.
Coach Rob,
you doing the damn thing, ain'tcha?
- That puzzle big as fuck.
- What kind of puzzle is it?
We lookin' at this, right here.
Ooh.
- Found Shrek's face.
- I haven't done puzzles in so long.
No internet.
- What am I gonna be doing?
- Facts.
An eye-opening moment. I don't know
what to do with myself with no Internet.
God damn it.
You don't know enough.
First of all, you're not even supposed
to have your dominoes like that.
- I fail...
- They supposed to be like this.
Hold it.
This is my first time playin'. I guess
I don't know what the fuck I'm doin'.
- What you got?
- Don't worry about what I got.
Come on, drop that ho.
You wash.
- You definitely washed.
- What the fuck is this, man?
For real, you got a wash.
Niggas get fucked up.
You done washed. That's for real.
Guess we really about to
get to know each other, for a day.
The precedent is set.
- You are the griller. It's a wrap.
- I got this.
- I got a system.
- This is great.
Grab one. Tell me what you want.
Chicken or beef?
Give me a chicken.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
What's going on at the house?
Getting some English done?
- Yes, sir.
- That's what I like to hear, bro.
Mmm! I should've grabbed
a hot piece. Look at that.
- Yeah, it's smoking.
- Smoking!
- Mmm!
- Yeah, it's smoking. Where they...
- Where the rest of them dudes at?
- They tripping.
- Yeah, man.
- That's good meat.
We got the activity
about to jump off that I put together.
- What activity?
- Oh, it's real. yeah. It's real.
Somebody win this game first.
All right, first thing you gotta do
is figure out what group you're in.
Aaah! Ha-ha!
You gotta figure out what group you're in,
all right, guys?
It's like nicknames,
so you gotta find your group.
"Game Day" is Joe. Game Day, that's you.
"The Franchise."
- "The Franchise"?
- KJ?
- KJ, the Franchise?
- Yeah, man.
Who's "The Black Fist"?
Shaun's "The Black Fist."
Aaah, Shaun!
Who's "Sideshow"?
Jordan?
Figure out what group you in,
and I need you to sit together.
We gotta go together
so the bears don't get us.
I'm bringin' my blanket.
Gotta watch out
for them bears out there.
You can have an encounter, bro.
Let's go! I'm by myself now. God.
- Hip-hop artist of what?
- It just says all-time.
Rappers.
Hip-hop artists.
Who's your top five?
When I point, give me 20 seconds as to
why that guy you picked was the best.
Rap is like subject matter,
lyrics obviously, and, like, your flow.
And the best to me at that
is, like, probably Nas.
So, yeah.
Joe. Who you got, Joe?
Drake. Drake is the best representation
for our generation right now.
He doesn't associate himself as,
like, a gangsta rapper, so to speak.
- He doesn't glorify the drugs, the money.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He doesn't... For the most part,
I don't hear him disrespecting women.
- Yeah.
- So, uh...
He did it a different way.
- Yeah.
- Hold up, y'all.
KJ's ready to speak.
- KJ... KJ's ready to speak.
- Franchise!
- Franchise is gonna say something.
- Come on, Franchise!
- What you say about Lil Wayne?
- Lil Wayne is the best.
He has no bad albums, that I've heard.
- All his albums are good.
- He does.
- No, he don't.
- Rebirth?
- Yes, seriously.
- Okay, that's...
All right. One! One!
- He got one.
- At least he accept it.
- Okay.
- Because...
He has the best wordplay.
- Mm-hm.
- Yeah.
He loves rhymes.
Everybody listen to Lil Wayne here?
- Still?
- Yeah.
- Mm-hm.
- Longevity. Okay, KJ.
I'mma end it right there.
Who's your player, guys?
We'll start with this group.
- We got James Harden.
- I'm listening.
First of all, he got the best
in-game performance in NBA history.
He's better than
every single person on this list
as far as shooting percentages,
offensively.
Kawhi... Kawhi Leonard, right?
He gonna win games
when it come down to it.
- Facts.
- In the crunch.
- Facts.
- Efficient. Three-level scoring.
- He can lock anybody up.
- LeBron reign is over.
I would just like to add this, bro.
It's LeBron James, man.
He bring so much financial boom
to each city that he plays in, for one.
- Oooh.
- Two,
he speaks up on national issues.
- Ooh! Wow.
- Three...
Not China.
He is the perfect role model for a kid
to aspire to be. Period. Point-blank.
I rest my case. Drop the mic.
It was interesting to get to hear
y'all's voice on basketball.
It explains a lot. How you play and
how you see the game. It explains a lot.
Now, y'all... y'all got a Mosley skit?
This is your one chance
to come at Coach Mosley.
This is your shot.
Yeah, this is your shot.
Before we came...
Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it.
- Let's do it.
- I'm gon'... I'm gonna go crazy.
They too excited, man.
They way too excited.
They gonna re-enact
their best Coach Mosley moments.
Um...
Um...
It's halftime.
We gotta...
We gotta...
I just don't know, man. I don't know.
I just don't get it!
I don't get it!
I don't understand!
We got one time!
This is our time!
We gonna do this!
All right, let's bring it in.
Your ener... Come on, your energy.
You gotta... you gotta stay like this!
That was the funniest shit!
- That's it, right? It's over?
- Nah!
Are we up? All right, bet.
What y'all laughin' for? What's funny?
What's funny?
Hold on, hold on. Ho... ho... ho...
Hold on. What's funny? What's funny?
I sense some bad spirit in here.
No! No! Hey! Hey! I'm not playin'.
It could be over, KJ.
It could be over, KJ!
Hey. Listen to me.
Hey. Listen to me. Hey. Hey.
You got this moment, you understand?
Hold on, hold on. Taj. Hold on, Mark.
Mark, get out of here.
Hey, that was...
I'm not that weird. All right?
No way, dawg. I mean,
that was fun, but I'm not that weird.
Just not that weird.
Hey, come up with a out-of-bound play
and we'll run
that out-of-bounds play next game.
Oooh! You get to come up with your own.
Come up with your own play.
That's OD. I got some Oak Hill sets.
Come on.
Let's go.
Look at these fools,
they're really running plays there.
Them dudes is runnin' plays.
Here's the basket right here.
Let's see what we got goin'.
So, we got Lik and KJ right there.
All right. Go.
So, it's like this. Double screen.
Lob.
- Come off the flare.
- That ain't bad.
Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.
That shit looks beautiful.
- I like that.
- That's nice, that's nice. I like that.
- Go on, then.
- Here it is...
- Oooh-eee!
- I feel it on my face now.
- Yes, sir.
- That feels good.
Yes, sir!
- You get the crackers.
- I don't want it to burn.
- It's good when it burn.
- Nice and golden.
- That's me. I don't want that shit burned.
- You gotta get it puffy.
Then you get your little chocolate pieces,
you sit that on there.
- Can I get the cracker?
- And then you smash it.
You know, I just wanna
eat the marshmallow.
That's too much energy, bruh.
I'm straight.
I ain't trying to have diabetes.
- There we go. That was really good.
- That shit was good. Oh, my God.
♪ Do it again ♪
♪ Do it again, do it again ♪
- ♪ Do it again, do it again ♪
- ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
For the record, I'm the first
to brush my goddamn teeth.
Hey, bro, I fell asleep with
my shoes on last night, though.
Oh, God.
♪ Walkin' in sunshine ♪
♪ Movin' in sound ♪
We gotta keep this pushing.
Here we go.
Get you a rock, here like this.
Go find your rock.
What do we need this rock for?
I'll explain it.
Looks like we're goin' with this one.
Let me see.
All right...
- That's kind of little.
- That's a writing rock, you feel me?
Oh, this is a solid one right here.
Everybody go and get a Sharpie.
Put your name.
This is what we'll do.
I need a couple of words.
Everybody got somethin'
that get 'em goin'.
One quote or one thought
can lift up a teammate next week.
Somebody's runnin' a five in a minute
and then you feelin' down.
Maybe that rock can lift you up.
Joe got a big rock. He got a lot to say.
Ooh, that's nice. I like that.
- Who wrote that?
- Joe.
Nice. All right.
Um, I do want to share...
You all... you all know
y'all wasn't gettin' outta here.
- We gettin' a Mosley story.
- Uh...
- Everybody grab your goddamn stool.
- Oh, man.
Everybody get your stump.
We're about to get it poppin' in this ho.
So, a lot of times,
we get a little restless.
Sometimes we have trouble
embracing the grind, embracing adversity.
Because we don't know
what that adversity is gonna bring.
We feel like we don't have
control of the situation.
And we feel like people
don't understand you.
All of us got these
different emotions going on that...
causes us to maybe respond
in a way that we shouldn't.
We shut down sometimes.
We close ourselves to our teammates,
to coaching, to other people.
But a lot of that is because of
the uncertainty of what the future holds.
The uncertainty of
what's happenin' in that moment.
A lot of times it's in ourselves.
It's an inner conflict.
The drama that you're dealing with
is this inner conflict.
What are we doing to relieve stress?
Some of us go smoke.
Drink. Social media.
It puts a Band-Aid on it.
It's instant gratification,
right there at that moment.
But a hour later, two hours later,
that same stress is there.
There's a peace in knowing
that tomorrow's gonna be all right,
regardless of what's goin' on today.
Tomorrow, for me, I'm good.
And if tomorrow's a little jumbled up
and a little jacked up,
then I'm pretty sure the next day
is gonna be okay.
And if I go through a whole year
that's jacked up...
Some of us go through a year.
Some of us go through two years.
As young men,
we gotta learn how to come out of that.
We have to learn how to come out of that.
You gotta be leaders.
So, we can't respond in a way
to bail out emotionally.
We gotta lock in, in our purpose.
God, he gave you 6'8", he gave you hops,
and he gave that to you freely.
God did that for you.
I've never asked him to win.
I say, "Lord, just let you
be glorified with our efforts."
So with that, we glorify him.
Lord, we just thank you
for this opportunity.
Thank you for this group of guys.
Our safe travels up here, oh, God.
Father, we ask that you just give us
the right character, spirit, oh, God,
whatever we need to do to come together.
We thank you. We praise you.
In your son Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
- Hey, "Family" on three. One, two, three.
- Family!
Listen,
y'all can hang out if you want.
For sure, I'm hanging out.
- I'mma soak all this shit in, nigga.
- Might as well.
I needed that. Low-key.
A little Saturday sermon.
We'll be back. If we win
the state championship, we back here.
- Bet. I'm teed up.
- We partying right here.
State championship.
♪ Just a lonely child ♪
♪ Need someone to help him out ♪
Out here. Post it.
Like, I'm real right on top of this shit.
This is fake OD.
I fake wanna go higher.
Out here. Post it.
- What's that, you took notes?
- Oh... Yeah.
- Get the hell outta here.
- What do you mean?
- What notes? You took some notes?
- Oh, yeah!
- Get out of here.
- Got colors, Coach.
I ain't seen this fool
take no notes yet, though.
I take... I take notes.
Who notes is those?
Lik, who notes is those?
You ain't write those.
- Took a picture. Copied them.
- Exactly.
- You didn't even finish.
- I did!
Come on. I have to say this, you've
been known for doin' stuff like this.
- Rob.
- Or you won't do the last two.
- I'm done.
- Then in May,
- you'll be showing me a paper...
- It's done, Rob.
- What about the back?
- Oh, there's a bac...
This...
Can I do this at home? This not even hard.
You're not even gonna do it at home.
You're not gonna do anything at home.
Come on. Finish those three for me, dawg.
Even if you put down the wrong answer.
- Can I put down the wrong answer?
- Try the right one.
"My pleasure.
You guys are having a great year!"
- Aah!
- Whoever text you, tell them... Hey.
If they can't help you do this,
they don't need to be texting you.
- This the assistant coach.
- From where?
- Central Michigan.
- Oh, the Chippewas are legit.
- Three questions, Lik.
- Oh, my God.
Come on, man.
I'll do this when I get home.
- Uh-oh.
- That's on Crip.
You can't say "on Crip"
and wear a red do-rag.
You right. You absolutely right.
How do you get to your spot?
I can't stop you
from getting to your spot.
- What you mean?
- In the post, bro.
I can't stop you from goin'
where you wanna go, you feel me?
All right, so... come on, like posting up?
Like posting up, on a drive,
like, wherever.
I use my body.
- So, like, I'm not the fastest person.
- Yeah.
So, I'm not about to get...
get past you with my speed.
So, like, I have to figure out ways
to get by niggas on moves
and using my body.
- So if I got you on my hip...
- Yeah.
...I'mma keep you on my hip.
I'mma bump you
or ride you all the way to the basket
and lean into you type shit.
- Right, okay.
- I'm not fast. You faster than me.
So, you can probably
get by a nigga off the first step,
so you might not have to use
your body that much.
You use your speed.
But for me, I'm not that fast.
So, I have to make a move,
like, you see my jab.
- I gotta always jab...
- Yeah.
...to get the nigga out the way, at least.
Because I'm not about
to just go by a nigga, you know?
Yeah. I got you. I got what you sayin'.
Use your body, still, like. You gotta
spread your arms, spread 'em.
- Know what I'm sayin'?
- Yeah.
- Use your body as much as you can.
- I got you. That was a good talk. Yeah.
Shit, Joe. Joe has it.
Joe's basically a pro
at this point, you know.
The type of handle he has.
The type of IQ he has.
He's like a dude I would...
I take notes from.
I try to see the game how he sees it.
He'll, like, motivate me in the game, too.
Like, "Bro, like, all right, come on, Lik.
Turn it up, turn it up, man."
I appreciate Joe just for that
'cause, I mean, I'm starting over him.
In the game, you just gotta say,
"Fuck it," in your head
and just turn around and just score.
Just go up and just do it.
It really is that simple,
but you're just not thinkin' about that,
like, in that moment.
Don't reach. Yeah, you on the towel too.
- Oh, no!
- He's in the paint, though.
Here we go.
He's always a high major defender.
But he'll play down to the level,
which is probably a negative.
When his best is needed, he steps up.
Nobody ever taught him how to learn.
So, he's teaching himself.
Just do it. Just do the work.
- Go in there and do it.
- Yeah.
We'll bring Malik on an unofficial
when the time's right.
- See what that is.
- Yeah.
I just overthink these things.
I just gotta figure it out.
That's all it is.
It's tiring. Dude, we tired.
You... We start digging into
your knees in August, right?
- Yeah.
- Lik like, "Hell, yeah."
So, your knees... We been diggin' into
your knees since August.
If you a good team,
it don't end until March.
Some sophomore seasons is over tomorrow.
Done. Like, not being recruited.
Don't have a chance to be recruited.
Don't have a chance to do nothin'.
That's all they got is sophomore night.
That's they last game.
We beat they ass by 50!
What are you talking about?
Let's crush these niggas' dreams!
Right the fuck up!
- Hell, yeah.
- What are y'all talking about?
- Ain't no celebrations!
- Hell, yeah!
Put them flowers in some water!
And... and, you know, I appreciate y'all,
man.
Y'all... y'all done a good job,
bein' here and grindin'.
'Cause it's a whole lot more good
than... than bad right now.
It's a whole lot more good than bad.
- Everybody text me they shoe size.
- Oh!
- For the Paul Georges.
- Family!
- He put his...
- Family.
Hey, hey, hey, let's go.
Get it up. Get it up.
- "Family" on three. 1, 2, 3.
- Family.
Get a free throw in.
♪ And it hurts me, I have seen a vision ♪
♪ Through the bad times ♪
♪ In my head, but I won't let them
Take control of me ♪
♪ Every single night, I will... ♪
And now we would like to have
our presentation for sophomore night.
Our first sophomore departing us
wears number 35 out of Washington DC,
Mr. Marquis Copeland.
Wearing number 42 for us this season,
Mr. Joe Hampton.
♪ Every day
But no one said this would be... ♪
Our next player, forward center,
wears number 33, Malik Muhammad.
Our last player to be honored tonight,
he wears number 11,
let's hear it for Deshaun Highler.
Deshaun is accompanied by Kiera Lusk.
Let's have a proud round of applause
for Coach John Mosley
and the 2020 varsity
ELAC men's basketball team.
Ready to play hard.
Box out. Box out.
It's East Los Angeles
on sophomore night.
This is the 27th game of the season
for East Los Angeles.
The big question,
can East LA finally get over the hump
- and win a state title?
- I'm through!
Mosley and the Huskies are finding
different ways to get better and better.
I'm back. Good shot.
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!
Yeah! You too big, boy!
Hands up, hands up, hands up!
Ranked number three in the state,
East LA has to win out
the rest of the season
to secure
a number one ranking in the south.
Highler struggling with his
own shooting right now.
KJ nearly comes away with the steal.
- Jastrab rattles one home.
- Dang!
Highler will pull up from 18. No.
And like we've seen all season long,
East Los Angeles,
just not a first-half squad.
I almost get a sense this team
really just lacks that energy.
They really need that scare.
That jolt from another squad.
Gotta box out! Gotta box out!
Inside easy bunny hop by Mount SAC.
The hell was that?
We need to be more assertive.
They tryin' to take somethin' from you.
Can't let 'em take it from you.
What the hell they doin'? Hell they doin'?
You can't let those dudes
in the game like this.
A storm is comin'.
You guys gotta get ready. Here we go.
Go, Huskies! Go!
Colby Ranch.
Here we go. Colby Ranch.
Malik, right there.
Coach Mosley,
the old skipper, changing plays.
...put inbound at the baseline.
- You got him. I knew it.
- Beautifully done.
I'm 'bout to say,
he was wide the fuck open after all that.
Impressive display of offense.
Highler now.
- Drives. Muhammad, a power jam.
- Yes, sir, yes, sir!
Spinning. Fade away. Off the mark.
- I got it.
- Rebound, Muhammad of East LA.
- Push! Push!
- Shit, make 'em play defense.
Inside to Muhammad. Muhammad is contested.
Able to put it up.
Off his missed shot, Malik brings it down.
- Oh, shit!
- Good fight, boy!
- Oh, yeah, Lik?
- Yeah.
- What's got into him today?
- No, Malik bouncin' today.
- Not like last week.
- He's ballin', dawg.
♪ I be gettin' to the money ♪
♪ Everybody mad... ♪
Go! Get up there! You get up there!
♪ Everybody mad... ♪
Yeah!
♪ I done spent a whole lotta time
Overseas ♪
♪ Doublin' my money ♪
- ♪ 'Cause you know I wanted cheese... ♪
- Yo, it's your time, Joe! It's your time!
♪ I been in my home town
Playin' with the keys... ♪
Joe Hampton finishes strong.
And a technical is called.
Ref, you cannot call those calls!
You cannot bail that team out!
Boland, who will fire. Yes!
♪ Bitches feelin' us
I was zooted in the six ♪
♪ So I had to stay patient... ♪
♪ All my niggas pull up
Please don't let me bend the line ♪
♪ And they super extra
When they niggas off the line ♪
♪ All I see is 20s... ♪
♪ 50s, hundreds ♪
♪ If it ain't quarter mil
Fuck the whip... ♪
- East Los Angeles is a different team.
- ♪ Niggas sick to they stomach ♪
♪ I be gettin' to the money... ♪
- It's done.
- ♪ Everybody mad... ♪
Let's go home five minutes early.
The win streak of the Huskies
now up to 22 games.
- They go to 26 and 1.
- You like my dunk?
What was your favorite move
you did?
Oh, definitely the rebound put-back.
Everyone's been saying that that was
their favorite move during the whole game.
♪ She was actin' stingy
Now she wanna give it up... ♪
Don't let this get away.
We ain't lettin' this get away.
Fellas, everybody is going to play
their best game against us, all right?
You gotta love dominating.
♪ Heard a couple niggas
Talkin' like they got beat ♪
♪ I be gettin' to the money ♪
♪ Everybody mad... ♪
- One more!
- ♪ Think I'm gettin' too much money ♪
That's why I don't like "let's go."
"Let's go!"
Man, be a real dude.
When the buzzer sounds,
you say "Let's go" after it's all over.
Should've already been going.
Big bull's-eye on our back.
There's a lot of people jealous.
You can play fast
'cause you know what's coming.
There's a lot of points
to be had in this game.
There is a lot of meat on this bone
out there, fellas. A lot out there.
What is it?
Y'all niggas is afraid
of a fucking roach, man.
- Y'all niggas is bitches.
- What the heck?
- It's just a roach, bro.
- I thought it was a rat.
I know for a fact that half of y'all
got roaches in your crib.
- So, relax, bro.
- Not in my crib!
Relax, bro.
♪ You ain't payin' no bills
Buyin' no bags ♪
♪ Buyin' no heels
God damn, let a bitch live ♪
All they sayin',
"Effing your B. And B and your F."
"Effin' your B and suckin' my..."
"Effing my ho. Ho, my ho."
"Suckin' my, effin' my, effin' my ho."
All I'm saying, look,
y'all gotta get praise and worship goin'.
KJ brings down the hammer.
♪ Gotta get myself together
'Cause I got some place to go... ♪
- KJ Allen on a fast break.
- ♪ And I'm sayin' when I get there... ♪
- Got off a jumper.
- I did score two.
I need that for the Gram.
- ♪ Yeah, fine... ♪
- That's right.
♪ Go to heaven ♪
- ♪ And I wanna go to heaven... ♪
- Don't touch it, bro.
♪ I wanna go to heaven
I wanna go... ♪
Everybody love KJ.
Dudes ain't even mad
when they get dunked on by KJ.
- ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ Can you picture ♪
- That's a foul!
- Where we at?
- I'm gonna protect y'all.
- Where we at, Coach?
We lockin' up. Listen.
- ♪ All the stressin', all the pressure... ♪
- We just pulled up to the school.
- Get a room!
- ♪ Go get down a street that's golden ♪
♪ And sing in perfect weather ♪
♪ Everybody's got a mention
No, it just don't get no better... ♪
They have now won 28 games in a row!
- Is that wonderful?
- ♪ Gotta get myself together... ♪
Oh, hey, tomorrow.
Free food tomorrow after practice.
- What do you got?
- Churros and a hibachi.
Wait, no. What are we puttin'
in our stomachs? Seriously.
- Hibachi.
- ♪ I wanna go ♪
- ♪ Yeah, I wanna ♪
- ♪ I said I wanna go to heaven ♪
Go.
- ♪ I wanna go ♪
- ♪ To heaven ♪
♪ Do you wanna go... ♪
Nine, eight, seven, six, five...
♪ The only way I can explain it
Is that in life we go through changes ♪
♪ But we know it serves a purpose... ♪
Yes.
♪ Just sometimes it just seems worthless ♪
- ♪ But this way that I am runnin'... ♪
- Set! Set!
Set, hurry up! Hurry up!
East Los Angeles,
the number two team in the state.
♪ I'm gonna make it there some day... ♪
KJ cuts to the basket.
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Gotta get myself together
'Cause I got someplace to go... ♪
Give me one! Whoo!
♪ And I'm prayin' when I get there... ♪
♪ To see everyone I know ♪
- ♪ I wanna go ♪
- ♪ To heaven ♪
Oh, and a steal by Highler,
cutting to the basket is Hampton.
He is fouled.
Oh, Hampton getting
in the face of Yonas Gedlu.
- Both players being separated right now.
- We need you, dawg. We need you.
That's not what you wanna do
to Joe Hampton.
I think in a one-on-one match,
Joe Hampton wins this one.
- I'm good. I'm shooting my free throws.
- He's good.
That's bullshit, man.
- We ask you to help us with 30...
- That's why I called a timeout.
- I'm getting 'em... You mean 40, right?
- Yeah, 40.
40, okay.
- Hey, way to keep your head, bro.
- We straight.
- Everybody just keep their head.
- We straight, yeah.
- Hey, you wanna go get dressed?
- I'm good, Coach. I'm chilling.
- I ain't gonna do nothing. I swear.
- You sure?
- Early shower...
- They got security...
They got security
and everybody waitin' for you.
He's side-eyein' you!
He's side-eyein' you!
They got three of 'em right there.
They ready.
East LA will win it.
Their best performance
of the year thus far.
The historic win streak
just keeps getting better and better.
We wanna get you down to campus
and it's... it's spectacular.
Beautiful campus. Beautiful college town,
and we got a great opportunity for you,
for two years of play, to come in
and play right away and have an impact.
Absolutely. Yes, sir.
The other part of that is,
beyond basketball,
when the ball stops bouncin',
what are you gonna do?
And we're startin' with our guys,
it's not, "Hey, graduate
and good luck, see you later."
We're the fifth-best public school
in the country.
Okay? So that degree is not only a degree,
but it carries some weight.
Let's goooooo!
Let's gooooooo!
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Yeeeeeeeah!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
We got an opportunity
to show the world what it takes to win.
♪ Let's do it again... ♪
There's no way it can be duplicated.
Can't do it.
The parts. The pieces. The people.
I pray every night that they can
at least keep it together,
- hold it together enough to finish up.
- ♪ Let's do it again... ♪
But there's a lot of variables
that I have no control over.
You know, I can control what plays we run.
I can control
what condition the players are in.
We gotta have faith.
That little bit of faith of
a mustard seed, it can move a mountain.
♪ Sometimes rain ♪
♪ Groovin' when I hear the sun ♪
♪ Like you and me, baby ♪
♪ Gettin' down with the sounds around ♪
♪ Oh, the smell of the mornin' flower ♪
♪ As we pass away the hours ♪
♪ I wanna do it again, do it again ♪
♪ Do it, do it ♪
♪ Let's do it in the mornin' ♪
♪ Sweet breeze in the summer time ♪
♪ Feel your sweet face ♪
♪ Oh, lay them next to mine ♪
♪ Sweet love in the midnight ♪
♪ Good sleep come mornin' light ♪
♪ No worry about nothin' ♪
♪ Just gettin' good, just gettin' good ♪
♪ Just gettin' good love, yeah ♪
♪ Do it, do it again ♪
- ♪ Do it again ♪
- ♪ Do it ♪
♪ Do it a... ♪
♪ Now, I like you, lady ♪
♪ So fine with your pretty hair ♪
♪ If you don't mind a compliment ♪
♪ Just diggin' on the clothes you wear ♪
He a good pup.
That's a good walker.
Over here's a very mean
and bad-acting dog.
He's huge.
Causes disturbances and problems.
We don't like him.
Woof! Ruff, ruff, ruff!
This world is so different
from East Los Angeles.
This is a completely different world
I live in out here.
And then I get in the car and...
I switch modes,
and then I just go to... go to that place.
It's stressful up in that gym sometimes.
In that weight room or that game.
I'd probably go crazy
if I lived down there close to it,
'cause you could never turn it off.
Take a minute. Come on.
I want to show you what I got.
Every day I gotta do this laundry.
I do it at night.
Then I gotta come back and finish it.
For the last 20 years, I've been a...
head high school basketball coach
in the Inland Empire.
I've won seven league championships.
State finalist.
Last year at this time,
we were LA Times top ten,
playing some of the best teams
in the country.
These fools be taking advantage of me.
Look at all this stuff, yo.
Like, they got me in here,
like, doing they laundry, yo.
But last spring, our principal got fired.
And then, a week later, they terminated
the president of our school.
Well, the top two guys are gone.
And so, like, the train was comin'.
Like, I was like,
"Oh, shoot. I might be next."
I walked in, they were like,
"Hey, Rob, we need your keys."
Uh, so, I was a coach without a team.
Obviously, I always gotta put
the hoops down, everywhere I go.
So, a mutual friend said,
"You know anything about East LA?"
I hit John up, like, "I heard
you might be lookin' for somethin'."
So he asked me to come down.
I'm drivin' to get here.
I'm like, "What am I doin'?"
You need to get out of here.
Take somebody to dinner or something.
No, I left my daughter
at the softball game, man.
But we met for six hours that day.
And at the end of the six hours I said,
"Well, hey, you know, let...
let me kinda think about
what direction I'd like to do."
So I went home
and I told my wife about it.
She goes, "Do you like the guy?"
I was like, "He's a great dude."
"He's a... he's a good, strong Christian
man, and passionate about helping kids."
You gotta play cat and mouse.
It's cat and mouse!
Boom. Get rid of it. Get it back.
He be wearing me out
just watching him.
It's somethin' I wanted to do. But it's
my wife who said, "You're doing it."
I didn't have a choice. She said,
"Get in the car, you're gonna do it."
"That's your opportunity."
Thank God, we could do this
with a ginormous pay cut.
Like, I don't want you to just be like,
"Well, we're about to have
three kids in college."
"I gotta go take a teaching job
at a high school."
This is your... your heart.
You've always wanted to do this.
It can't just be about the money.
It has to be about, like, accomplishing
what you really wanna accomplish.
Community colleges,
they're not kind to assistants.
They don't pay you. They don't give you
very many opportunities to be full-time.
I thought about not coaching last summer,
when I was let go from my job.
Just like in a relationship, your...
your love affair with hoops evolves,
and it becomes something different.
Like, in the beginning of a relationship,
it is hot, and it is heavy,
and it is exciting,
and then it just becomes
a part of your life.
And when you love somethin' like that,
now you just...
you literally can't
see your life with... without it.
If you're just joining us,
a poor shooting performance
- from the Huskies.
- No help, John. No help.
East LA still clinging on
to a three-point lead.
Four minutes, 16 seconds to go.
Highler from the corner.
Off the right side of the rim,
and goes over the backboard.
Unbelievable, bro.
Hey, commit, commit, commit!
- Wilson for three.
- No!
Malik Muhammad fouls Wilson
on the three-point attempt.
Dude, he hit the ball!
- What the hell?
- What are you talking about?
It's been that kind of night. Just sloppy.
Dude, stinking the gym up
defensively.
- We're on upset alert all of a sudden.
- Spread! Spread!
Tries to go around Highler.
Highler nearly clotheslines him.
He's in dismay.
- Shaun.
- They calling it, you gotta get off.
Zebras always know best
as Highler will sit down.
Just leave me fuckin' in.
I have two!
I'm good, bro. I'm fucking good. I ain't
fouled out yet, bro. Not once, bro.
You know how he is.
I know.
- That's why it's fucking frustrating.
- Damn!
Shaun, sub.
That's fucked up, man.
That's fucked up.
It's now a 70 to 66 lead,
with the South Coast Conference title
on the line for East LA.
But not a sense of urgency
from the star players.
Oh, my God, bruh. Fuck.
Spread! Spread!
Go get the ball!
Hampton drives. The runner, good.
- Fool caught my hand.
- Fuck! Let's fucking go, Joe!
Quick swing of momentum,
back into the hands of East LA.
KJ gets a steal.
Go boom some shit!
Go boom some shit!
Tomahawk jam. And possibly the nail.
Fifteen seconds to go.
Off the left iron
and quickly into the front court.
- Dunk it!
- It's Highler.
Highler will dribble the ball out
instead of making a layup.
I would've dunked it.
And a backcourt violation
is actually called.
What? The game is over, bro.
The game is over.
The game, Coach, can you tell...
- I knew he was gonna do that, too.
- Wait, wait.
- The game is over.
- The game is over.
So, .8 will be put on the clock,
as Highler was trying
- to give the ball to the official.
- Throw it in.
- Throw the ball in.
- What?
This ugly ass motherfucker
wanna take it out on me.
Deshaun tried to be a asshole,
and tried to knee the ball.
Take it out on me. Blow the game.
- What is .8 going to determine?
- Come on, bro.
People wanna go home, dawg.
- It's over.
- There we go.
That will do it.
He's sorry as shit.
Shaun, you know
why they called that?
'Cause he's a bitch.
It was not pretty, but that will do it.
What's up with that last play, G?
- Did...
- Zero point zero.
What's up with that last backcourt call?
That shit was ugly as fuck.
Can we get our car
off the emergency brake? Pump the gas?
At this point in the season, our identity
is that we're a second half team.
Going five miles an hour, man.
That's not good, though.
We gotta fix it.
We're saying what the problem is, bro,
but let's come up with a solution,
you feel me?
- What's yours?
- I don't have one.
I'm just sayin' man, like, c'mon.
There it is.
Let's try to figure someth...
As a group, though, you feel me? We can...
- I don't know what to say.
- As a group, we can figure it out.
What, you think I was gonna
come up with some shit?
You don't listen to me.
Let's talk about it.
- I be trying. You don't listen to me.
- Bro...
- Tell me, then. Explain.
- You want me to now?
- Since it's a show now?
- You making it a show.
- No, I'm good, bro. I'm good.
- All right.
See that shit right there.
That's the shit right there?
- You the one, idea guy. Come on.
- All right, bro.
Solution man.
- You the captain, dawg, like...
- Solution man.
Capt... Capt... Lead us, bro.
That's exactly
what I'm worried about.
What about these other dudes?
It ain't about that, dude.
It's about tryin' to get it done.
Y'all held it together this long.
Don't shut it down mentally now.
Your livelihood is on the line right now.
The goal is to see you playin' on TV.
And that approach will not get you on TV.
It's going to take more for you
to get what you wanna get.
"Ah, okay, yeah, whatever."
Get mad 'cause I call you out.
It's your life.
It's over in a couple of weeks.
You can do somethin' special.
Gosh, man.
When you gonna figure it out?
When, bro?
Man, come on.
Gosh!
Look what y'all got.
Look what the hell you all got.
Them dudes over there,
if we said, "Hey, give us $200
and you can be... You can just hop in."
Pfft! I'd guarantee they'd find $200,
even though we all broke.
This is it.
Just lock in and focus. Come on, man.
Love you too, Coach. Love you too, Coach.
- "Family" on three. One, two, three.
- Family!
- Keep your head.
- Let's get out of here.
Let's go. Let's get outta here.
Damn!
Most teams, it's normal
to have a little bit of friction.
Like, that's normal.
You're supposed to have friction.
Our season's eight months,
where there's a constant grind
on the body, on the mental.
It's hard as hell here. It's hard.
Like that form!
- Give me that. Give me that.
- Whoa!
- What are you doin'?
- What are you talking about?
Coach, he smacked all face.
- Everybody on the line.
- What happened?
- Five in a minute.
- Whoa, what the fuck?
With all the characters
and the different personalities,
it can just destroy your team.
Let me get three over here.
We gonna play or complain?
- I'm good. I'm trying to play.
- Up the line. Let's play.
Let's play!
Don't come out with
that hacking bullshit. Play defense.
- Yes, sir, man. Yes, sir, Ron!
- Come on, man!
You should have punched that nigga.
Stupid dumbass
slapped me in the face.
I wanted to just beat the shit out of him.
Like I said,
you should've punched him.
We have some real A-holes on our team.
Like, some guys who are some real A-holes.
Stop the ball! Close out, run back!
What the fuck is wrong
with your passes today, dawg?
Deshaun is the most likable A-hole
I've ever met in my entire life.
It's not just about you.
Give me the ball back.
It ain't never
been about me, nigga.
I'd fuckin' shoot 20 times a game
if it was about me, nigga.
When is it gonna implode? That's
what happens in junior college basketball.
You have guys on the team, like,
"You gotta get me the ball
because this kid
already has a scholarship."
"What about me?" 'Cause that's what JC is.
Just a holding pattern
so you can get to something better.
So, we're waiting the whole year
for the... for the shoe to drop.
Fuck.
Deshaun's numbers last night, oh, my God.
Him and Joe, yo.
We fallin' apart at the wrong time.
That's his frustration. He's thinking
it's something else. It's him.
He can't make a shot.
Everybody need to get out
of here and everybody'll be all good.
Once everybody's out of here,
everybody'll be all good.
Fuck, bruh,
I don't feel like doing this shit, dude.
I think everybody been
around each other a bit too much.
It's gettin' to niggas, man.
People assume you've got one loss,
that you have none of that.
No, it's the same.
We've just been fortunate
that we won games in spite of.
It's frustrating 'cause, like, all the way
until I cut my finger I felt all right.
- It threw you off a bit.
- I'm still coming back from that.
- It's just frustrating, bro.
- I know.
- I shouldn't be having these slumps.
- It's okay.
Not if I'm as a good as I think I am.
Yeah. We're just gonna work on it.
You know, go hard, and just make sure
you're good...
- Yeah.
- ...mental-wise.
- There's things you have to go through...
- I'm tired of feeling like this.
I know.
- Tired of this...
- You'll be okay.
- Tired of this feeling.
- Yeah.
Like I'm always trying
to come back from something.
- Go get some donuts.
- Where they at?
Out there on the table.
What's good, what's good?
Krispy Kreme.
Donuts outside!
Krispy Kremes before practice?
It's about to be a good day. Goddamn it.
They glazed!
What else would you get from there?
Oh, you said that!
You foul!
At least Deshaun brought donuts, dawg.
That's his peace offerin' right there?
Nothing to us.
- At least he gave the team an offering.
- That's cool.
Fuck y'all yesterday.
- But here's some donuts.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- Come here.
- Got a donut?
Come here. I'll get a donut.
- Shaun...
- They're gone.
All right, look.
Bro, you missed three days.
I like to have two or three guys that
can play freakin' 40 minutes straight.
You supposed to be one of 'em.
I'mma not sub you
when you're conditioned to do that.
But you were not conditioned to do that.
Whenever you get the snot
and boogers coming out of your nose...
- What are you talkin' about?
- You ain't...
- That's when I'm sick.
- No, but I'm just sayin', though.
- You know?
- Yeah...
You not trusting me, you assumin'
it's like I'm trying to come at you all...
You know, no.
- No, I just be wonderin', like...
- Yeah.
- I don't know what's goin' on, though.
- Don't try to figure it out, though.
You trying to figure out
what's goin' on in the subs,
and I'm sitting like,
"Shaun, it ain't nothin'..."
It's only certain ones, though.
Certain ones, I could tell...
It seemed like I did somethin' wrong,
- so I just be wonderin'...
- No!
- ...if I did somethin' wrong.
- It was like...
I just was like,
"I'm not answerin' that right now."
I shouldn't have to answer it.
You gotta trust what I'm doin'.
And I'mma tell you this, man.
Portland... Portland came to see you.
They came to see only you.
Now, you need to clean up the turnovers.
Because it was just,
"All right, Coach, I'll holler back."
- You know what I'm sayin'?
- Yeah.
It should have been,
"Let me see the transcripts. Let me..."
That's where... That's where...
That's where I'm like, "Gosh."
You know what I'm sayin'?
Yeah, all right.
Just to explain to you,
since you wanna know now.
- All right.
- You don't trust me still,
after a year and a half.
- You still got...
- What do you want me to say?
- You still got runnin' to do, though.
- I'll do it.
He brings Krispy Kreme
and everybody, "Deshaun!"
"You brought Krispy Kreme.
You the man! You the man!"
That's his way of apologizing.
You gotta have a feel, man,
just the temperament of the team and...
when the team is down, when the team needs
to be lifted up, picked up.
So I gotta be
a little bit more understanding.
It's not always the kids, man. We gotta...
you know, be a little bit more...
We gotta approach 'em a bit different.
You know? We gotta learn
a little bit about these kids, and...
you know, rules without relationships
equal rebellion.
Oh!
My shit!
And one. Nigga, he just held me.
Nigga, what the fuck!
Send his shit back!
Send his shit back!
You just held me
to block my shot, nigga.
- Say you ain't hold me to block my shot.
- No. You know I do this shit.
- You know I do this. Come on, Joe.
- You know you weak, nigga.
Malik was here
longer than I have been.
Closer relationship with Mosley than I do.
And if I'm speaking selfishly for myself,
yes, I mean, I wanna start.
I mean, that's my role
that I've been used to all my life
is start and put the team on my back.
I think I should start, come playoffs.
Look at Malik, man.
Fucking dead tired, don't even know
what the fuck to do with the ball.
I can't fold under pressure.
I can't give up that starting role.
I work hard for that just as much
as he worked hard
for whatever position he's in.
Do you feel him breathing
down your neck a little bit?
Uh, yeah, a little bit.
I'm not sayin'
I'm shakin' in my boots or anything
but if he starts,
he can average, like, 20, easy.
Are you content with what you got?
That's what it seems like to me.
It's just my opinion.
It seem like you're content with, "I got
about eight, nine offers. I'm cool."
I feel like I'm still not
where I need to be at, but...
At some point, Coach gonna have to bench
you if you continue to play like that.
I told him that last night.
- Come here, bro.
- I'm being real, like... Pfft.
It was so bad.
I was just, like, "Get him out the game,
man. He don't look good."
If it ain't you,
then figure out a career real quick.
Because if you don't love this, dude,
you're not gonna make it long.
You've really gotta embrace this, 'cause
at the next level, it's all business.
You look at it like,
"I'm 19, I'm 20, I got time to fix it."
But what you don't realize is you don't.
The next thing you know,
you're 30 and it's over. It's over.
You got a chance to set yourself up
or you got a chance to be the 6'9" dude
in the factory or on the dock
or in the grocery store.
I know what I'm capable of.
So, I don't wanna be looked as one of
the people on the bottom, you know?
I ain't no loser.
As soon as he was born everyone used to,
"Oh, my God. He gonna be another Shaq."
I knew he wasn't gonna be like Shaq.
He's too skinny for Shaq.
But he was just always tall.
I knew that he was gonna be big.
When he was born, I knew he was gonna be,
you know, a ten-pound baby.
You know what I mean?
I think I was just born
with a ball in my hands.
I can't remember
not being involved in basketball.
Like, I remember having
the little hoop you get as a kid.
I was, like, the best player,
but that was
always 'cause I was the tallest.
People would just throw the ball up to me,
and I'd go up and score.
Yeah!
High school, I just didn't care.
Whoo!
The grades, laziness. And a lot of it,
and I'mma be totally honest, it...
it's... it's... it's my fault
for not being there
as much as I was supposed to be.
I remarried when Malik was four.
When his dad would come over,
I wouldn't tell him his dad was coming,
I didn't want him to get disappointed.
I knew how that felt with me. With my dad.
So, I would never tell him.
But when he came, oh, man.
You could just... He loved...
One time, he almost cried
and just hugged him.
You know, he just loved his dad so much.
My dad, like I say,
he was just out doing his own thing.
I... I guess he was just...
I don't know, just trying to find himself.
I really... I really have no clue.
But, you know, I mean, it is what it is.
I mean, it's not like I have any...
any hate toward him or anything.
No, like, I still love him. He loves me.
I mean, it's all good.
He had decent exposure.
It was just, you know,
the grades wasn't there.
So, now it's, you know,
the junior college route.
He don't know how good he can be.
And he hasn't
experienced enough yet to believe it.
So, sometimes I just feel like
I had to shake him to,
"Okay, get up. Okay, do this! Do this!"
- What?
- I'm talking about $245 for you.
- Okay. That's...
- And then you quickly took it out
without thinking about
your bills that come in.
- Okay.
- That's what I'm trying to...
You gotta learn to spread your money out.
I'mma jam his ass up about school.
I'mma jam his ass up about
not workin' hard enough on the court.
You're scorin' two points
in the game and your ass is 6'9"?
I'm gettin' on your ass.
A 6'6" fat dude cleaned your ass up.
And you won't even drive to the rack.
Dominate these motherfuckers, man.
- Don't I tell you this all the time?
- Yeah.
- Is this new?
- No.
Work out!
Stop giving people excuses to be like,
"Oh, no. He's lazy."
I'm tired of hearin' that.
No, bro. You got...
You got... This is on you.
This is on you.
You not workin' hard enough.
We're all for you, bro.
If we was against you, we'd make
you feel like it was okay to do that.
And not wanna get better.
If we was against you.
Dude, Coach Rob
looking for dudes to work out.
- I told him that.
- He a pro.
He ain't makin' no money right now.
He drivin' from Riverside every day.
He ain't makin' no money.
You should be,
"Hey, Coach Rob. Can I get some shots up?"
Forget NBA, I'm just talking about
six-figure guys playing overseas
and making money like that,
them dudes is like, "I'm get it in."
Everywhere you go,
you're gonna be asked, "You play ball?"
"You play ball?"
So, what are you gonna do with it?
It's a blessing. And a curse.
I always felt like I was
just an average guy.
I always knew I was, like,
better than other people,
but not like... not like how they...
not like how they told me how I was.
If he wanted to make it to the NBA,
he can make it to the NBA.
He still has no real idea
of how close he is
to bein' anywhere in the country
he wants to be.
Get out the truck.
Take a team trip.
- Did you find a spot?
- Yeah.
- Gotta get fools there.
- Figure out how to get there.
Or they get there on they own somehow.
Shaun's got three.
- I got three.
- Mm-hm.
- Erick, what kind of car you got?
- Versa.
- A Versa? That's a little car.
- Versa, yeah.
They are little,
but there's some good leg room in...
- What year is it?
- They got leg room.
2013.
- You big ballin', man. You got the...
- Yeah.
It works.
Yeah, it does.
You got a car that works.
We might have to throw
two or three in his.
I'll get the minivan, the swag wagon
and get... You'll be in the minivan.
- I can get that.
- Yeah.
And then, uh...
so that's eight seats right here.
The problem is
fools is 6'9" gettin' in your car.
- That's true.
- They all ain't like this.
- Yeah.
- Joe and Quis ain't gettin'
- in the back of a car.
- No.
- So, we'll practice and then go?
- Yep.
We felt like a field trip
was important.
I just think they need to see each other
away from basketball
and see each other in a different light,
see me in a different light.
They get a chance to be uncomfortable,
and the only comfort is each other.
So, that's similar to being on the court.
You know, once you get on the court,
it's just us.
I'm scared
of getting caught up by a bear.
- If we run into a bear, everybody's toast.
- For sure.
- I'm running for a hill.
- Everybody's toast. Whoever he picks.
A bear can run,
like, 20 miles an hour.
- That's crazy.
- Without breakin' stride.
You pullin' up in the woods
in a Beemer, man. Oh, my gosh.
- With the sunshades on, oh, yeah.
- With the sunshades.
I don't like
to bring attention to myself.
It's best that you follow,
because once you get up in there,
once you're up off the freeway,
it's different.
And then when you get close,
it's like a narrow road.
It's gonna look different.
So, it's probably...
it's probably best to be together.
You gonna be, like, "I'm goin' home."
Wait a minute. Hold up.
- "Family" on three. One, two, three.
- Family.
Keep goin'.
You'll be like, "Ain't nothin' here."
Keep goin' until you see the cabin.
What y'all think
we about to do up there?
Some bullshit.
I seen how the nigga said
bring a pen or pencil.
I seen that too.
I was like, "We about to be
writing letters and shit again."
We up there for sure.
Goin' straight up.
We are in the hills for sure.
- Oh, my God.
- Oh, my God.
- We just goin' up.
- Where the fuck are we?
Look how high
that power line is.
Bro, what the fuck?
- I don't like this road.
- It's getting scary. I'm fake scared.
Ohhhh!
- Shit!
- ♪ Fire! ♪
- This is wildlife out here.
- Hell, yeah.
- Oh, shit.
- Oh...
- No... Don't go up there.
- Don't go up there.
That's somebody property.
Get your ass shot.
As soon as
we drove past the line.
"What are you niggers
doin' on my land?"
Oh, yes, sir.
- Yes, sir!
- Yes, sir!
We're safe.
- Look at Mo! "Aaaah!"
- He mad as shit. He mad as shit.
Look at his ass like, "I told them..."
- Hurry up, park!
- "I told them niggas."
I told y'all...
I told you to follow me, dawg.
Look, I told...
- Where do I park, nigga?
- Look at your face.
- Aaaah!
- Hey, I told you to follow me.
This is why Black people
do not come camping.
- You ain't got sweats on or nothin'.
- Hell, no, I'm out here thugging.
Phew! That was somethin' there.
This is nice, though.
- Joe, take this stuff to the kitchen.
- Yup. Got you.
What the fuck? We on The Real World?
Is this Bad Girls Club?
- What's going on in this bitch?
- He said Bad Girls Club.
Ohh! And I don't got no service? No!
- Oh, my God, no service.
- Oh, you in trouble.
My Android work.
- He talking about, "My Android work."
- If y'all had an Android...
- Let me call somebody. Let me see.
- Huh?
- Let me see yours.
- You ain't makin' no call. No.
- He ain't got no service.
- If you've got service...
- Hold on. I'll call my wife.
- He ain't got no service.
Yup.
Is there, like, any...
- No.
- Any...
No, there's just not.
Whatever you're looking for...
- There's not, Shaun.
- He said, "Is there any..."
- "Any..." No, there's just not.
- No. Nothing.
I'm loving this.
I'm really fucking with this, bro.
You hear that barking,
nigga?
That's why I got my walking
stick. What are you talkin' about?
Also a weapon.
- This a workout. Phew.
- Oh, hell, no. That a gravestone?
Oh, yeah.
That's a old motherfucker, too.
Hell, yeah.
Niggas die up here, we in the forest!
- Niggas die up here?
- Ohh!
- What?
- Nope. No more sticks for me.
Fucking bugs and shit.
I ain't too good with nature.
Do you know what poison ivy
looks like? We smooth? Whew!
- What the fuck?
- What?
- Fuck.
- Is that shit?
- Somethin' fell on me.
- Probably a acorn or somethin'.
- Fuck.
- Y'all lookin' at that bird shit?
- Bird shit, that's what that was?
- Huh?
- Yeah, I think so.
- Aww!
Hold the fuck up!
I'm sweatin'.
- Think we gonna get to the top?
- We're not.
♪ Love that's come through this again ♪
♪ Can find a way back home ♪
- Even the same music.
- I like the artist.
- Oh.
- This is what I'd be listening to.
- That's my grilling... my grilling list.
- Grillin'?
- Yeah.
- I called God.
I said, "Lord, I ain't got no assistant."
Then Rob was like, "Hey, man."
As soon as he walked through the door,
I was like, "I can tell he got it."
- He's got that presence.
- Yeah!
- Oh, man.
- He said, "Let's do it."
I'm sitting in the gym, day one.
I saw KJ walk in the door.
I was like "Whoa."
- Yeah!
- I was, like, "Wait a minute."
- Yeah.
- "Wait, this is different."
So, yeah, man.
We'll see if Coach Rob stick around.
I don't know why he would.
- Help us win a championship.
- Yeah.
- If he can do that...
- Yeah. I'm known for that.
I'm forever grateful, though,
for... for as much as we got.
It's taken a lot off of my plate.
It's a savvy that you have
to have to be at this level,
and Rob got it.
So, I guess this might be
the season, 'cause...
we got all the... the... the dynamic pieces.
I just... I just... Coach Mosley
just can't screw it up.
I mean, I'm just gettin'
stability here, bein' a faculty.
- Yeah.
- I mean, I was an assistant coach,
bounced around, and the assistant pay
is never... it's never enough.
The wife support a brother.
- Oh...
- She's... she's puttin' it down.
- Similar to what yours did.
- Oh, man. She was, like...
- I was working part-time at East LA.
- Yeah.
She's like, "What the heck?"
We trying to make ends meet.
Wasn't nothing but 15 grand.
- Yeah.
- I'm a grown...
- Sit there and say I'm a grown man.
- Grown man, yeah.
- Right.
- I'm a grown man,
trying to do that in my late 30s.
- Yeah. Yeah.
- That's crazy, man.
- But my wife was like, "Go on."
- Yeah.
Tryin' to minister to 'em,
tryin' to stay relevant.
Look at these dudes.
We went to the peak of the mountain.
- Joe?
- And it's so beautiful. Gorgeous.
No, that shit really was lovely.
- I can't lie.
- Sensational.
- Y'all had a moment?
- All kinds of good stuff.
Joe done pulled the braids out.
No, but some dirt fell in my hair.
I had to take my hair out.
Coach Rob,
you doing the damn thing, ain'tcha?
- That puzzle big as fuck.
- What kind of puzzle is it?
We lookin' at this, right here.
Ooh.
- Found Shrek's face.
- I haven't done puzzles in so long.
No internet.
- What am I gonna be doing?
- Facts.
An eye-opening moment. I don't know
what to do with myself with no Internet.
God damn it.
You don't know enough.
First of all, you're not even supposed
to have your dominoes like that.
- I fail...
- They supposed to be like this.
Hold it.
This is my first time playin'. I guess
I don't know what the fuck I'm doin'.
- What you got?
- Don't worry about what I got.
Come on, drop that ho.
You wash.
- You definitely washed.
- What the fuck is this, man?
For real, you got a wash.
Niggas get fucked up.
You done washed. That's for real.
Guess we really about to
get to know each other, for a day.
The precedent is set.
- You are the griller. It's a wrap.
- I got this.
- I got a system.
- This is great.
Grab one. Tell me what you want.
Chicken or beef?
Give me a chicken.
Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
What's going on at the house?
Getting some English done?
- Yes, sir.
- That's what I like to hear, bro.
Mmm! I should've grabbed
a hot piece. Look at that.
- Yeah, it's smoking.
- Smoking!
- Mmm!
- Yeah, it's smoking. Where they...
- Where the rest of them dudes at?
- They tripping.
- Yeah, man.
- That's good meat.
We got the activity
about to jump off that I put together.
- What activity?
- Oh, it's real. yeah. It's real.
Somebody win this game first.
All right, first thing you gotta do
is figure out what group you're in.
Aaah! Ha-ha!
You gotta figure out what group you're in,
all right, guys?
It's like nicknames,
so you gotta find your group.
"Game Day" is Joe. Game Day, that's you.
"The Franchise."
- "The Franchise"?
- KJ?
- KJ, the Franchise?
- Yeah, man.
Who's "The Black Fist"?
Shaun's "The Black Fist."
Aaah, Shaun!
Who's "Sideshow"?
Jordan?
Figure out what group you in,
and I need you to sit together.
We gotta go together
so the bears don't get us.
I'm bringin' my blanket.
Gotta watch out
for them bears out there.
You can have an encounter, bro.
Let's go! I'm by myself now. God.
- Hip-hop artist of what?
- It just says all-time.
Rappers.
Hip-hop artists.
Who's your top five?
When I point, give me 20 seconds as to
why that guy you picked was the best.
Rap is like subject matter,
lyrics obviously, and, like, your flow.
And the best to me at that
is, like, probably Nas.
So, yeah.
Joe. Who you got, Joe?
Drake. Drake is the best representation
for our generation right now.
He doesn't associate himself as,
like, a gangsta rapper, so to speak.
- He doesn't glorify the drugs, the money.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
He doesn't... For the most part,
I don't hear him disrespecting women.
- Yeah.
- So, uh...
He did it a different way.
- Yeah.
- Hold up, y'all.
KJ's ready to speak.
- KJ... KJ's ready to speak.
- Franchise!
- Franchise is gonna say something.
- Come on, Franchise!
- What you say about Lil Wayne?
- Lil Wayne is the best.
He has no bad albums, that I've heard.
- All his albums are good.
- He does.
- No, he don't.
- Rebirth?
- Yes, seriously.
- Okay, that's...
All right. One! One!
- He got one.
- At least he accept it.
- Okay.
- Because...
He has the best wordplay.
- Mm-hm.
- Yeah.
He loves rhymes.
Everybody listen to Lil Wayne here?
- Still?
- Yeah.
- Mm-hm.
- Longevity. Okay, KJ.
I'mma end it right there.
Who's your player, guys?
We'll start with this group.
- We got James Harden.
- I'm listening.
First of all, he got the best
in-game performance in NBA history.
He's better than
every single person on this list
as far as shooting percentages,
offensively.
Kawhi... Kawhi Leonard, right?
He gonna win games
when it come down to it.
- Facts.
- In the crunch.
- Facts.
- Efficient. Three-level scoring.
- He can lock anybody up.
- LeBron reign is over.
I would just like to add this, bro.
It's LeBron James, man.
He bring so much financial boom
to each city that he plays in, for one.
- Oooh.
- Two,
he speaks up on national issues.
- Ooh! Wow.
- Three...
Not China.
He is the perfect role model for a kid
to aspire to be. Period. Point-blank.
I rest my case. Drop the mic.
It was interesting to get to hear
y'all's voice on basketball.
It explains a lot. How you play and
how you see the game. It explains a lot.
Now, y'all... y'all got a Mosley skit?
This is your one chance
to come at Coach Mosley.
This is your shot.
Yeah, this is your shot.
Before we came...
Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it.
- Let's do it.
- I'm gon'... I'm gonna go crazy.
They too excited, man.
They way too excited.
They gonna re-enact
their best Coach Mosley moments.
Um...
Um...
It's halftime.
We gotta...
We gotta...
I just don't know, man. I don't know.
I just don't get it!
I don't get it!
I don't understand!
We got one time!
This is our time!
We gonna do this!
All right, let's bring it in.
Your ener... Come on, your energy.
You gotta... you gotta stay like this!
That was the funniest shit!
- That's it, right? It's over?
- Nah!
Are we up? All right, bet.
What y'all laughin' for? What's funny?
What's funny?
Hold on, hold on. Ho... ho... ho...
Hold on. What's funny? What's funny?
I sense some bad spirit in here.
No! No! Hey! Hey! I'm not playin'.
It could be over, KJ.
It could be over, KJ!
Hey. Listen to me.
Hey. Listen to me. Hey. Hey.
You got this moment, you understand?
Hold on, hold on. Taj. Hold on, Mark.
Mark, get out of here.
Hey, that was...
I'm not that weird. All right?
No way, dawg. I mean,
that was fun, but I'm not that weird.
Just not that weird.
Hey, come up with a out-of-bound play
and we'll run
that out-of-bounds play next game.
Oooh! You get to come up with your own.
Come up with your own play.
That's OD. I got some Oak Hill sets.
Come on.
Let's go.
Look at these fools,
they're really running plays there.
Them dudes is runnin' plays.
Here's the basket right here.
Let's see what we got goin'.
So, we got Lik and KJ right there.
All right. Go.
So, it's like this. Double screen.
Lob.
- Come off the flare.
- That ain't bad.
Yeah. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.
That shit looks beautiful.
- I like that.
- That's nice, that's nice. I like that.
- Go on, then.
- Here it is...
- Oooh-eee!
- I feel it on my face now.
- Yes, sir.
- That feels good.
Yes, sir!
- You get the crackers.
- I don't want it to burn.
- It's good when it burn.
- Nice and golden.
- That's me. I don't want that shit burned.
- You gotta get it puffy.
Then you get your little chocolate pieces,
you sit that on there.
- Can I get the cracker?
- And then you smash it.
You know, I just wanna
eat the marshmallow.
That's too much energy, bruh.
I'm straight.
I ain't trying to have diabetes.
- There we go. That was really good.
- That shit was good. Oh, my God.
♪ Do it again ♪
♪ Do it again, do it again ♪
- ♪ Do it again, do it again ♪
- ♪ Ooh, ooh ♪
For the record, I'm the first
to brush my goddamn teeth.
Hey, bro, I fell asleep with
my shoes on last night, though.
Oh, God.
♪ Walkin' in sunshine ♪
♪ Movin' in sound ♪
We gotta keep this pushing.
Here we go.
Get you a rock, here like this.
Go find your rock.
What do we need this rock for?
I'll explain it.
Looks like we're goin' with this one.
Let me see.
All right...
- That's kind of little.
- That's a writing rock, you feel me?
Oh, this is a solid one right here.
Everybody go and get a Sharpie.
Put your name.
This is what we'll do.
I need a couple of words.
Everybody got somethin'
that get 'em goin'.
One quote or one thought
can lift up a teammate next week.
Somebody's runnin' a five in a minute
and then you feelin' down.
Maybe that rock can lift you up.
Joe got a big rock. He got a lot to say.
Ooh, that's nice. I like that.
- Who wrote that?
- Joe.
Nice. All right.
Um, I do want to share...
You all... you all know
y'all wasn't gettin' outta here.
- We gettin' a Mosley story.
- Uh...
- Everybody grab your goddamn stool.
- Oh, man.
Everybody get your stump.
We're about to get it poppin' in this ho.
So, a lot of times,
we get a little restless.
Sometimes we have trouble
embracing the grind, embracing adversity.
Because we don't know
what that adversity is gonna bring.
We feel like we don't have
control of the situation.
And we feel like people
don't understand you.
All of us got these
different emotions going on that...
causes us to maybe respond
in a way that we shouldn't.
We shut down sometimes.
We close ourselves to our teammates,
to coaching, to other people.
But a lot of that is because of
the uncertainty of what the future holds.
The uncertainty of
what's happenin' in that moment.
A lot of times it's in ourselves.
It's an inner conflict.
The drama that you're dealing with
is this inner conflict.
What are we doing to relieve stress?
Some of us go smoke.
Drink. Social media.
It puts a Band-Aid on it.
It's instant gratification,
right there at that moment.
But a hour later, two hours later,
that same stress is there.
There's a peace in knowing
that tomorrow's gonna be all right,
regardless of what's goin' on today.
Tomorrow, for me, I'm good.
And if tomorrow's a little jumbled up
and a little jacked up,
then I'm pretty sure the next day
is gonna be okay.
And if I go through a whole year
that's jacked up...
Some of us go through a year.
Some of us go through two years.
As young men,
we gotta learn how to come out of that.
We have to learn how to come out of that.
You gotta be leaders.
So, we can't respond in a way
to bail out emotionally.
We gotta lock in, in our purpose.
God, he gave you 6'8", he gave you hops,
and he gave that to you freely.
God did that for you.
I've never asked him to win.
I say, "Lord, just let you
be glorified with our efforts."
So with that, we glorify him.
Lord, we just thank you
for this opportunity.
Thank you for this group of guys.
Our safe travels up here, oh, God.
Father, we ask that you just give us
the right character, spirit, oh, God,
whatever we need to do to come together.
We thank you. We praise you.
In your son Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
- Hey, "Family" on three. One, two, three.
- Family!
Listen,
y'all can hang out if you want.
For sure, I'm hanging out.
- I'mma soak all this shit in, nigga.
- Might as well.
I needed that. Low-key.
A little Saturday sermon.
We'll be back. If we win
the state championship, we back here.
- Bet. I'm teed up.
- We partying right here.
State championship.
♪ Just a lonely child ♪
♪ Need someone to help him out ♪
Out here. Post it.
Like, I'm real right on top of this shit.
This is fake OD.
I fake wanna go higher.
Out here. Post it.
- What's that, you took notes?
- Oh... Yeah.
- Get the hell outta here.
- What do you mean?
- What notes? You took some notes?
- Oh, yeah!
- Get out of here.
- Got colors, Coach.
I ain't seen this fool
take no notes yet, though.
I take... I take notes.
Who notes is those?
Lik, who notes is those?
You ain't write those.
- Took a picture. Copied them.
- Exactly.
- You didn't even finish.
- I did!
Come on. I have to say this, you've
been known for doin' stuff like this.
- Rob.
- Or you won't do the last two.
- I'm done.
- Then in May,
- you'll be showing me a paper...
- It's done, Rob.
- What about the back?
- Oh, there's a bac...
This...
Can I do this at home? This not even hard.
You're not even gonna do it at home.
You're not gonna do anything at home.
Come on. Finish those three for me, dawg.
Even if you put down the wrong answer.
- Can I put down the wrong answer?
- Try the right one.
"My pleasure.
You guys are having a great year!"
- Aah!
- Whoever text you, tell them... Hey.
If they can't help you do this,
they don't need to be texting you.
- This the assistant coach.
- From where?
- Central Michigan.
- Oh, the Chippewas are legit.
- Three questions, Lik.
- Oh, my God.
Come on, man.
I'll do this when I get home.
- Uh-oh.
- That's on Crip.
You can't say "on Crip"
and wear a red do-rag.
You right. You absolutely right.
How do you get to your spot?
I can't stop you
from getting to your spot.
- What you mean?
- In the post, bro.
I can't stop you from goin'
where you wanna go, you feel me?
All right, so... come on, like posting up?
Like posting up, on a drive,
like, wherever.
I use my body.
- So, like, I'm not the fastest person.
- Yeah.
So, I'm not about to get...
get past you with my speed.
So, like, I have to figure out ways
to get by niggas on moves
and using my body.
- So if I got you on my hip...
- Yeah.
...I'mma keep you on my hip.
I'mma bump you
or ride you all the way to the basket
and lean into you type shit.
- Right, okay.
- I'm not fast. You faster than me.
So, you can probably
get by a nigga off the first step,
so you might not have to use
your body that much.
You use your speed.
But for me, I'm not that fast.
So, I have to make a move,
like, you see my jab.
- I gotta always jab...
- Yeah.
...to get the nigga out the way, at least.
Because I'm not about
to just go by a nigga, you know?
Yeah. I got you. I got what you sayin'.
Use your body, still, like. You gotta
spread your arms, spread 'em.
- Know what I'm sayin'?
- Yeah.
- Use your body as much as you can.
- I got you. That was a good talk. Yeah.
Shit, Joe. Joe has it.
Joe's basically a pro
at this point, you know.
The type of handle he has.
The type of IQ he has.
He's like a dude I would...
I take notes from.
I try to see the game how he sees it.
He'll, like, motivate me in the game, too.
Like, "Bro, like, all right, come on, Lik.
Turn it up, turn it up, man."
I appreciate Joe just for that
'cause, I mean, I'm starting over him.
In the game, you just gotta say,
"Fuck it," in your head
and just turn around and just score.
Just go up and just do it.
It really is that simple,
but you're just not thinkin' about that,
like, in that moment.
Don't reach. Yeah, you on the towel too.
- Oh, no!
- He's in the paint, though.
Here we go.
He's always a high major defender.
But he'll play down to the level,
which is probably a negative.
When his best is needed, he steps up.
Nobody ever taught him how to learn.
So, he's teaching himself.
Just do it. Just do the work.
- Go in there and do it.
- Yeah.
We'll bring Malik on an unofficial
when the time's right.
- See what that is.
- Yeah.
I just overthink these things.
I just gotta figure it out.
That's all it is.
It's tiring. Dude, we tired.
You... We start digging into
your knees in August, right?
- Yeah.
- Lik like, "Hell, yeah."
So, your knees... We been diggin' into
your knees since August.
If you a good team,
it don't end until March.
Some sophomore seasons is over tomorrow.
Done. Like, not being recruited.
Don't have a chance to be recruited.
Don't have a chance to do nothin'.
That's all they got is sophomore night.
That's they last game.
We beat they ass by 50!
What are you talking about?
Let's crush these niggas' dreams!
Right the fuck up!
- Hell, yeah.
- What are y'all talking about?
- Ain't no celebrations!
- Hell, yeah!
Put them flowers in some water!
And... and, you know, I appreciate y'all,
man.
Y'all... y'all done a good job,
bein' here and grindin'.
'Cause it's a whole lot more good
than... than bad right now.
It's a whole lot more good than bad.
- Everybody text me they shoe size.
- Oh!
- For the Paul Georges.
- Family!
- He put his...
- Family.
Hey, hey, hey, let's go.
Get it up. Get it up.
- "Family" on three. 1, 2, 3.
- Family.
Get a free throw in.
♪ And it hurts me, I have seen a vision ♪
♪ Through the bad times ♪
♪ In my head, but I won't let them
Take control of me ♪
♪ Every single night, I will... ♪
And now we would like to have
our presentation for sophomore night.
Our first sophomore departing us
wears number 35 out of Washington DC,
Mr. Marquis Copeland.
Wearing number 42 for us this season,
Mr. Joe Hampton.
♪ Every day
But no one said this would be... ♪
Our next player, forward center,
wears number 33, Malik Muhammad.
Our last player to be honored tonight,
he wears number 11,
let's hear it for Deshaun Highler.
Deshaun is accompanied by Kiera Lusk.
Let's have a proud round of applause
for Coach John Mosley
and the 2020 varsity
ELAC men's basketball team.
Ready to play hard.
Box out. Box out.
It's East Los Angeles
on sophomore night.
This is the 27th game of the season
for East Los Angeles.
The big question,
can East LA finally get over the hump
- and win a state title?
- I'm through!
Mosley and the Huskies are finding
different ways to get better and better.
I'm back. Good shot.
Oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!
Yeah! You too big, boy!
Hands up, hands up, hands up!
Ranked number three in the state,
East LA has to win out
the rest of the season
to secure
a number one ranking in the south.
Highler struggling with his
own shooting right now.
KJ nearly comes away with the steal.
- Jastrab rattles one home.
- Dang!
Highler will pull up from 18. No.
And like we've seen all season long,
East Los Angeles,
just not a first-half squad.
I almost get a sense this team
really just lacks that energy.
They really need that scare.
That jolt from another squad.
Gotta box out! Gotta box out!
Inside easy bunny hop by Mount SAC.
The hell was that?
We need to be more assertive.
They tryin' to take somethin' from you.
Can't let 'em take it from you.
What the hell they doin'? Hell they doin'?
You can't let those dudes
in the game like this.
A storm is comin'.
You guys gotta get ready. Here we go.
Go, Huskies! Go!
Colby Ranch.
Here we go. Colby Ranch.
Malik, right there.
Coach Mosley,
the old skipper, changing plays.
...put inbound at the baseline.
- You got him. I knew it.
- Beautifully done.
I'm 'bout to say,
he was wide the fuck open after all that.
Impressive display of offense.
Highler now.
- Drives. Muhammad, a power jam.
- Yes, sir, yes, sir!
Spinning. Fade away. Off the mark.
- I got it.
- Rebound, Muhammad of East LA.
- Push! Push!
- Shit, make 'em play defense.
Inside to Muhammad. Muhammad is contested.
Able to put it up.
Off his missed shot, Malik brings it down.
- Oh, shit!
- Good fight, boy!
- Oh, yeah, Lik?
- Yeah.
- What's got into him today?
- No, Malik bouncin' today.
- Not like last week.
- He's ballin', dawg.
♪ I be gettin' to the money ♪
♪ Everybody mad... ♪
Go! Get up there! You get up there!
♪ Everybody mad... ♪
Yeah!
♪ I done spent a whole lotta time
Overseas ♪
♪ Doublin' my money ♪
- ♪ 'Cause you know I wanted cheese... ♪
- Yo, it's your time, Joe! It's your time!
♪ I been in my home town
Playin' with the keys... ♪
Joe Hampton finishes strong.
And a technical is called.
Ref, you cannot call those calls!
You cannot bail that team out!
Boland, who will fire. Yes!
♪ Bitches feelin' us
I was zooted in the six ♪
♪ So I had to stay patient... ♪
♪ All my niggas pull up
Please don't let me bend the line ♪
♪ And they super extra
When they niggas off the line ♪
♪ All I see is 20s... ♪
♪ 50s, hundreds ♪
♪ If it ain't quarter mil
Fuck the whip... ♪
- East Los Angeles is a different team.
- ♪ Niggas sick to they stomach ♪
♪ I be gettin' to the money... ♪
- It's done.
- ♪ Everybody mad... ♪
Let's go home five minutes early.
The win streak of the Huskies
now up to 22 games.
- They go to 26 and 1.
- You like my dunk?
What was your favorite move
you did?
Oh, definitely the rebound put-back.
Everyone's been saying that that was
their favorite move during the whole game.
♪ She was actin' stingy
Now she wanna give it up... ♪
Don't let this get away.
We ain't lettin' this get away.
Fellas, everybody is going to play
their best game against us, all right?
You gotta love dominating.
♪ Heard a couple niggas
Talkin' like they got beat ♪
♪ I be gettin' to the money ♪
♪ Everybody mad... ♪
- One more!
- ♪ Think I'm gettin' too much money ♪
That's why I don't like "let's go."
"Let's go!"
Man, be a real dude.
When the buzzer sounds,
you say "Let's go" after it's all over.
Should've already been going.
Big bull's-eye on our back.
There's a lot of people jealous.
You can play fast
'cause you know what's coming.
There's a lot of points
to be had in this game.
There is a lot of meat on this bone
out there, fellas. A lot out there.
What is it?
Y'all niggas is afraid
of a fucking roach, man.
- Y'all niggas is bitches.
- What the heck?
- It's just a roach, bro.
- I thought it was a rat.
I know for a fact that half of y'all
got roaches in your crib.
- So, relax, bro.
- Not in my crib!
Relax, bro.
♪ You ain't payin' no bills
Buyin' no bags ♪
♪ Buyin' no heels
God damn, let a bitch live ♪
All they sayin',
"Effing your B. And B and your F."
"Effin' your B and suckin' my..."
"Effing my ho. Ho, my ho."
"Suckin' my, effin' my, effin' my ho."
All I'm saying, look,
y'all gotta get praise and worship goin'.
KJ brings down the hammer.
♪ Gotta get myself together
'Cause I got some place to go... ♪
- KJ Allen on a fast break.
- ♪ And I'm sayin' when I get there... ♪
- Got off a jumper.
- I did score two.
I need that for the Gram.
- ♪ Yeah, fine... ♪
- That's right.
♪ Go to heaven ♪
- ♪ And I wanna go to heaven... ♪
- Don't touch it, bro.
♪ I wanna go to heaven
I wanna go... ♪
Everybody love KJ.
Dudes ain't even mad
when they get dunked on by KJ.
- ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ Can you picture ♪
- That's a foul!
- Where we at?
- I'm gonna protect y'all.
- Where we at, Coach?
We lockin' up. Listen.
- ♪ All the stressin', all the pressure... ♪
- We just pulled up to the school.
- Get a room!
- ♪ Go get down a street that's golden ♪
♪ And sing in perfect weather ♪
♪ Everybody's got a mention
No, it just don't get no better... ♪
They have now won 28 games in a row!
- Is that wonderful?
- ♪ Gotta get myself together... ♪
Oh, hey, tomorrow.
Free food tomorrow after practice.
- What do you got?
- Churros and a hibachi.
Wait, no. What are we puttin'
in our stomachs? Seriously.
- Hibachi.
- ♪ I wanna go ♪
- ♪ Yeah, I wanna ♪
- ♪ I said I wanna go to heaven ♪
Go.
- ♪ I wanna go ♪
- ♪ To heaven ♪
♪ Do you wanna go... ♪
Nine, eight, seven, six, five...
♪ The only way I can explain it
Is that in life we go through changes ♪
♪ But we know it serves a purpose... ♪
Yes.
♪ Just sometimes it just seems worthless ♪
- ♪ But this way that I am runnin'... ♪
- Set! Set!
Set, hurry up! Hurry up!
East Los Angeles,
the number two team in the state.
♪ I'm gonna make it there some day... ♪
KJ cuts to the basket.
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Gotta get myself together
'Cause I got someplace to go... ♪
Give me one! Whoo!
♪ And I'm prayin' when I get there... ♪
♪ To see everyone I know ♪
- ♪ I wanna go ♪
- ♪ To heaven ♪
Oh, and a steal by Highler,
cutting to the basket is Hampton.
He is fouled.
Oh, Hampton getting
in the face of Yonas Gedlu.
- Both players being separated right now.
- We need you, dawg. We need you.
That's not what you wanna do
to Joe Hampton.
I think in a one-on-one match,
Joe Hampton wins this one.
- I'm good. I'm shooting my free throws.
- He's good.
That's bullshit, man.
- We ask you to help us with 30...
- That's why I called a timeout.
- I'm getting 'em... You mean 40, right?
- Yeah, 40.
40, okay.
- Hey, way to keep your head, bro.
- We straight.
- Everybody just keep their head.
- We straight, yeah.
- Hey, you wanna go get dressed?
- I'm good, Coach. I'm chilling.
- I ain't gonna do nothing. I swear.
- You sure?
- Early shower...
- They got security...
They got security
and everybody waitin' for you.
He's side-eyein' you!
He's side-eyein' you!
They got three of 'em right there.
They ready.
East LA will win it.
Their best performance
of the year thus far.
The historic win streak
just keeps getting better and better.
We wanna get you down to campus
and it's... it's spectacular.
Beautiful campus. Beautiful college town,
and we got a great opportunity for you,
for two years of play, to come in
and play right away and have an impact.
Absolutely. Yes, sir.
The other part of that is,
beyond basketball,
when the ball stops bouncin',
what are you gonna do?
And we're startin' with our guys,
it's not, "Hey, graduate
and good luck, see you later."
We're the fifth-best public school
in the country.
Okay? So that degree is not only a degree,
but it carries some weight.
Let's goooooo!
Let's gooooooo!
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Yeeeeeeeah!
Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Hey, hey, hey!
We got an opportunity
to show the world what it takes to win.
♪ Let's do it again... ♪
There's no way it can be duplicated.
Can't do it.
The parts. The pieces. The people.
I pray every night that they can
at least keep it together,
- hold it together enough to finish up.
- ♪ Let's do it again... ♪
But there's a lot of variables
that I have no control over.
You know, I can control what plays we run.
I can control
what condition the players are in.
We gotta have faith.
That little bit of faith of
a mustard seed, it can move a mountain.
♪ Sometimes rain ♪
♪ Groovin' when I hear the sun ♪
♪ Like you and me, baby ♪
♪ Gettin' down with the sounds around ♪
♪ Oh, the smell of the mornin' flower ♪
♪ As we pass away the hours ♪
♪ I wanna do it again, do it again ♪
♪ Do it, do it ♪
♪ Let's do it in the mornin' ♪
♪ Sweet breeze in the summer time ♪
♪ Feel your sweet face ♪
♪ Oh, lay them next to mine ♪
♪ Sweet love in the midnight ♪
♪ Good sleep come mornin' light ♪
♪ No worry about nothin' ♪
♪ Just gettin' good, just gettin' good ♪
♪ Just gettin' good love, yeah ♪
♪ Do it, do it again ♪
- ♪ Do it again ♪
- ♪ Do it ♪
♪ Do it a... ♪
♪ Now, I like you, lady ♪
♪ So fine with your pretty hair ♪
♪ If you don't mind a compliment ♪
♪ Just diggin' on the clothes you wear ♪