"## Hand a double-O-P, said crank it up ##" "## Shoot it up ##" "## Hand a double-O-P, come on, come on ##" "## Shoot it, shoot it ##" "## Sweep the faith, steal the ball ##" "## Turkey, what they are ##" "## Get out the way, fancy turn ##" "## Fake like Johnson, boss like Bird ##" "## Pass the rock like Jason Kidd ##" "## He got the scoop, that's what you done ##" "## And the crowd goes wild ##" "## Hand a double-O-P, said crank it up ##" "## Shoot it up ##" "## Hand a double-O-P, come on, come on ##" "## Shoot it, shoot it ##" "## Gonna listen to the whole light eight ##" "## I know we're facin' a 3-point situation ##" "## With the face of time and with the game on the line ##" "## Go for a free throw, the championship's mine ##" "## Take it to the hole, let me do my duty ##" "## Perfect swish ##" "Hey, punk." "I been thinkin'..." "You been thinkin'?" "That's a change of pace." "Got a pretty big mouth for someone so..." " Don't say it." " So short." "He ain't short!" "I'm not short." "I'm just height-challenged." "What's height-challenged?" "Better than bein' brain-challenged." "You wanna back that big mouth up of yours and play me one-on-one for your jersey?" "Ox, leave him alone!" "What's the matter, Calvin?" "Don't push Murph, man." "Would you guys just stop this?" "Calvin, let's just go." "No, no." "Let me handle this." "Exactly how are you gonna handle this?" "Listen, if I say no..." "He beats you up." "OK." "Now, if I say yes..." "He still beats you up." "And you'll lose your jersey." "Listen..." "I can take him." "I mean, Kobe wouldn't back down from no challenge." "Allen Iverson wouldn't back down from no challenge." "And Michael Jordan sure as heck is not backin' down from no challenge," "And neither is Calvin Cambridge." "E-Excuse me." "Take a number, Ox," "Because you're about to be served." "They just don't make these things for... normal-sized people, you know?" "That's gotta hurt." "Go on ahead and laugh if you want, but you guys won't be laughing when I get 5 new jerseys from the family who's gonna adopt me." "You ain't gettin' adopted." "Yes, I will, 'cause I have a destiny." "All orphans are special." "All orphans have destinies." "Maybe in books, but you wanna name a real one?" "Moses." "And Nelson Mandela and Marilyn Monroe and Daunte Culpepper." "Who plays in the NFL." "James Avery:" "This calls for champagne." "Man..." "I want a family like that to adopt me." "Look how they just get along with each other." "That's what I really want." "Kid:" "Oh, man, why'd you do that?" "All right." "Kids... let's get to work." "Murph:" "Fresh candy." "Reg:" "Please?" "Right here." "Hi." "Would you like to buy some candy, ma'am?" "Hi." "What about you?" "Fresh candy. $2.00." "Hey, you guys wanna buy some candy?" "If you don't buy, I don't eat." "Hey, you want some candy?" "Reg:" "It's for the Chesterfield group home." "Calvin:" "Candy bar, anybody?" "Can we have some candy?" "Please, Daddy?" "No." "We'll get treats inside." "Girls, don't ever give money to a kid like this." "It's a big scam." "Joad is down low!" "He's open.!" "Tracy Reynolds, you need to pass the ball!" "But Tracy shoots!" "Both:" "And it's nothin' but... rim." "And the Knights lose by one." "What was Tracy Reynolds thinking?" "No!" "No!" "Man!" "Look at the coach." "He's on fiire!" "Let's go back to work, man." "Go back to work?" "Nobody buys when we lose, Murph." "Man, you didn't even sell half your candy." "We could lose our TV privileges... again." "Is that Coach Wagner?" "I think so." "S-Stay right here." "I'll be right back." "Valet:" "You have a good one." "Thank you." "Hey, coach." "Bet you could use some candy after that one." "Tough loss." "You shoulda seen it up close." "You had it won!" "You diagrammed the perfect play!" "Sure, Harrison didn't set the low pick, but why didn't Tracy pass the ball?" "Son... that is one for the ages." "Hey, wait a minute." "It's 10:00." "It's a school night." "Do your parents know you're out this late?" "I'm an orphan." "And I'm out here selling candy so that I can raise money for the group home." "Oh." "Well... listen, how 'bout this, uh... will that get me a chocolate bar?" "No." "I can't charge you, coach." "I don't even know if the money really goes to the..." "to the group home." "What's your name, son?" "My name is Calvin." "Calvin Cambridge." "Calvin, have you ever seen the Knights play in the arena?" "No, sir." "Well, since you won't take my money, how about if I get you some tickets for Sunday's game?" "Really?" "You can pick 'em up at will call." "I will!" "Thanks, coach." "Nice talking to you." "Murph!" "Hello." "Good to see you." "There's, uh, children everywhere, so..." "He's so adorable." "I'm feelin' good about this, y'all." "Today's the day I'm gonna get adopted." "You ain't gettin' adopted." "None of us are." "Face it." "We're like dogs." "Parents only want the puppies." "So much for me being special." "Hey, things could change." "I mean, your destiny could be right here and you don't even know it." "Calvin!" "Where are you going?" "Off to do that history homework you owe me since yesterday?" "Yes, Sister Theresa." "OK, Murph, there is a winter coat here that's just right for you." "Try it on." "Sister Theresa, do you know anything about these shoes right here?" "I'm not sure." "It's a perfect fit." "Well, the guy who dropped them off said they used to belong to some famous basketball player when he was a kid." "Um... which..." "which basketball player?" "Uh... you know, the... the tall bald one." "MJ." "Murph, Reg, come here, look." "Look at the shoes." "MJ." "MJ?" "MJ?" "All:" "It can't be." "Michael Jordan?" "Was it Michael Jordan?" "Go." "Do your homework." "It's gotta be!" "Michael Jordan wore these sneakers, man." "Did you say..." "Michael Jordan?" "Yeah." "I said Michael Jordan." "Give 'em back." "They could be anybody's." "Let me take a look." "No, man." "They're his, man." "Yeah, how do you know they're not?" "'Cause no one ever gives us nothin' good." "Just abandoned junk that no one wants." "Like us." "Murph:" "We're not junk." "Well, I want 'em!" "Oh, yeah?" "Then go get 'em." "I want those sneakers." "Murph!" "Murph!" " Hmm?" " Wake up!" "I gotta get those sneakers." "Suppose Ox is right and they're not MJ's." "They are MJ's sneakers." "I know they are." "Then we'll get 'em in the morning." "Not in the morning." "Not while Ox is around." "Besides, they'll get ruined in the rain." "I gotta get 'em now!" "Well, Calvin, seems like a really great idea." "Unh." "Aah!" "Calvin, be careful!" "Don't fall!" "Ohh." "Oh." "Ohh!" "Whoa." "The tickets were there just like Coach Wagner said." "I can't believe we're gonna see a real NBA game." "Oh, me, neither." "How'd you get those tickets?" "We just did." "I'm telling Bittleman." "Ox, you can rat on us to Mr. B, but, uh, you'll miss the game, too." "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "He just dunked the ball!" "He dunked the ball!" "Geoff Witcher:" "The Knights have one more chance here to chip away at this lead before halftime." "They're not shooting well." "Open at the wing is Reynolds." "He puts it up..." "Oh, no good." "Oh, man." "Reynolds misses another shot, and that's the end of the first half." "Minnesota Timberwolves out in front of the Knights by 12, and once again, the Knights did not play very good basketball in the fiirst half." "Hey, good half." "Good half." "Good half." "We're in great shape." "Great shape." "We'll win it back." "Yeah." "Henderson, attaboy." "It's permissible to run in this game, incidentally." "Yeah." "Dvigatsya, Krilov." "Dvigatsya." "Yeah." "Man:" "Tracy." "Tracy Reynolds, hey, what a wizard." "You're a magician out there tonight." "Small favor." "Oh, no." "No, no." "I don't do halftime shows, man." "I'm not some chalupa giveaway." "Hey, those chalupas upped attendance by 4,000." "You're familiar with Mr. Granger, the man who owns the team?" "I have a very good relationship with Mr. Granger." "He hasn't called me in 4 years." "He called this morning." "And he's ready to clean house if we don't put some asses in those seats." "Hello, Los Angeles!" "And welcome to your halftime show!" "Tonight, some lucky fan will get the chance to go one-on-one with Tracy Reynolds, the straw that stirs your L.A. Knights." "Yeah, T-time, baby!" "Yeah!" "Check your ticket stubs." "If your number is called, come on down!" "And bring your "A" game!" "Drumroll, please." "Come on." "Whoa." "Oh, jeez." "I have the winning ticket." "Getting excited, Tracy?" "Yeah." "Yeah, very excited." "Well, so am I." "And here we go." "Section 4... row 14..." "That's our row, that's our row." "Seat 2." "I got the ticket!" "Come on down!" "Show us what you got!" "Naw, I got the ticket." "Listen, you little runt, if you can't score on me, how you gonna get by a Knight?" "Oh, shoot, here come a redcoat." "Security." "Psych!" "Stop." "And here comes our winner now." "All right." "Heh heh." "Well... boy, this is gonna be some contest." "Well, son, what's your name?" "Ahem." "Ca..." "Calvin Cambridge." "Well, Calvin, I'd like you to meet Tracy Reynolds." "Man, this is... this is crazy." "This is so cool." "How you doin', little man?" "Tracy." "All right." "I'm playing Tracy." "I'm playing..." "I can't even say it." "I'm so happy." "I'm playing T-time." "Wait a minute." "Was this supposed to do that?" "Man, this is kind of loud." "Hey, stand up." "Can you hear me?" " Murph, stand up." " Calvin!" "I can't hear you." "Calvin, up here!" "I still can't hear you." "Jump up and down like a rabbit or something." "The crowd is eating this up." "Don't embarrass the kid." "Let him score twice." "Once." "Twice!" "Once." "Hey, Murph, we gotta get one of these." "OK, OK, Calvin." "Very good." "Now, you're gonna have 60 seconds, OK?" "Let's get the show on the road!" "All right, all right." "You ready, little man?" "Man:" "Hey, kid, tie your shoe." "Thank you, sir." "We like our players to be loose, not their laces." "Make me like Mike." "OK... go!" "Good luck to you, all right?" "Here we go." "Whoo-hoo." "Hoo-hoo." "Aw." " You like that?" " I'm jealous." " Whoo-hoo." " Aw, OK." "Got that?" "Very nice." "Calvin has just won himself an L.A. Knights sweatshirt." "Computer:" "Chessmaster 2000." "Would you like to play a game?" "And we begin." "Pawn to queen 4." "That was really nice." "That was really nice." "Really?" "Thanks." "Can't go that way." "Can't go that way." "I didn't know it was like that." "Yeah, you didn't know it was like that?" "Uh-huh, can't go that way, either." "Come on, now." "Tracy Reynolds." "Man, I play "D."" "That's what I'm playing." "Oh." "Whoa." "Oh." "Whoo!" "How did I do that?" "Now, how did he do that?" "He just won a signed basketball with an impressive 30-footer." "That one was sweet, wasn't it?" "Nobody said nothing about this kid embarrassing me out here." "That's your last shot, little man." "Recess is over." "Bernard:" "One more shot, and he wins $1,000." "Tracy Reynolds, baby." "You got what, 9 seconds?" "Let's do it." "I'm really sorry..." "It's all right, little man." "Come on, little man." "Come on." "Come on, what you got?" "It's my gym, baby." "Uh-huh." "Uh-huh." "Back." "OK." "Uh-huh." "Y... es." "Computer:" "Pawn takes Knight." "Hah!" "All right, Calvin!" "Whoo!" "Yeah." "Go, Calvin!" "I guess this would be a bad time for me to ask for your autograph, huh?" "Hi there!" "Oh." "Playing a little checkers I see, huh?" "Computer:" "Error." "Error." "I was about to win." "So, are you the man I see about Calvin Cambridge?" "OK, let me get this straight..." "You guys want to have Calvin play for the Knights?" "Right." "Why?" "I been coaching 35 years." "This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard of." "Well, you didn't see him play at halftime." "Hey, coach." "Hi... again." "Am I gonna be a Knight?" "He's 4 1/2 feet tall." "I know." "Can you imagine the press we're gonna get?" "Look, coach, I know attendance is in the crapper, OK, and I'm not averse to using the word "gimmick"." "This is about making money." "I see." "And speaking of money..." "Ah, yes, money." "Mr. Bittleman, I'm prepared to make you an offer of $5,000 for a one-day contract." "Ah... well." "Uh, seeing that I'm Calvin's guardian, uh..." "I do have to make certain that nobody takes advantage of him." "You mean except for you?" "Hey, I resent that." "Uh, Mr. Bittleman, uh, perhaps, uh, perhaps, uh... an extra 2,500 might help ease your worries." "Deal." "Good." "I always knew that there was something special about Calvin." "Wow, man, you're on the Knights." "I can't believe you're gonna get to play in the NBA." "I still can't believe what happened to me yesterday." "Whatever I wanted to do with the rock, I could do." "Whatever I wanted to do on the court, I could do." "And there he was..." "Tracy Reynolds, NBA superstar... and I outplayed him." "Yeah, man." "And you hit that "J." Fade-away." "Calvin:" "That was a swish." "That was a swish." "You alley-ooped yourself off the backboard." "Reg:" "Yeah, that was hot." "But... how?" "That's a good question." "I don't know." "All I know is that before I had these..." "All:" "Sneakers." "I couldn't play like that if my life depended on it." "Murph, hand me that ball." "Man... you're like some weird basketball Cinderella." "Yeah, and the clock's gonna strike midnight if somebody finds out." "Wow, I wish I was going with you." "Me, too." "We'll be rooting for you." " Come on, let's go." "Yeah." "Hey, everybody." "Hey, Trace, you need to get your notebook out 'cause the kid is back to school you again." "Ha ha ha." "Your mama." "Hey, Tracy, look, I'm sorry about the other day." "No, no, no." "It's all right, little man." "No need to be sorry, all right?" "You got lucky." "It's all right." "Hey, I'm Joad." "Why don't you take the locker next to mine?" "Here's your uniform, Calvin." "Special ordered..." "ofiicial shirt, shorts, socks, and sneakers." "Uh, but I like my own sneakers." "Oh... ours aren't good enough for the kid." "No, it's nothing like that." "It's just that I play better in mine." "Play?" "You just have to look good." "What do you mean?" "Coach, may I please ask you a question?" "Sure." "Coach, I have a lot of friends here tonight, and, uh..." "I was just wondering..." "wondering, am I here to play... or am I just here for show?" "Calvin, I'm gonna be straight with you." "You were hired tonight just to increase attendance, not to play." "Man." "But..." "I saw the tape of that halftime show you put on." "You got some game." "I am honored to have you on my team." "Thanks, coach." "You bet." "Whoo.!" "Whoo.!" "Geoff:" "We've got a bigger than usual crowd tonight, and a lot of it is curiosity." "The Knights have a brand new player." "He's 4-foot, 8-inch Calvin Cambridge, joining us straight from the playground of the Chesterfield group home." "Reggie, your reaction." "Geoff, this is unprecedented." "I can't imagine what the Knights players are thinking." "We'll see what happens." "We're gonna fiind out shortly." "Both clubs are taking the court as we get ready for tonight's opening tip." "Go Knights!" "What was that?" "!" "Admiral!" "Admiral!" "The admiral just waved at me." "He just waved at me." "Admiral!" "Hey..." "Come on!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Geoff:" "Coach Wagner of the Knights has seen enough." "He wants and gets a time-out." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Good hustle, baby." "What?" "Come on, guys." "It's not funny." "Now, offense, is there any play that's gonna work for us tonight?" "I have an idea." "Oh, man." "I've been watching, and they're vulnerable from the weak side, especially to a pick set away from the hoop." "Why don't we run the give-and-give-and-go?" "You mean the give-and-go?" "No, see, they'll be expecting that." "Have Tracy feed the ball to Henderson." "Henderson's gonna feed the ball to Joad." "Joad's gonna pass it back to Tracy." "As Henderson sets the pick," "Tracy's gonna take the shot." "I like it." "Oh, no." "No." "I'm not gonna run some play by some snotty-nosed kid, man." "Damn straight, coach." "Fine." "Henderson, you're out." "Tracy, you take Henderson's slot." "Calvin, you take the shot." "What?" "Have you lost your mind?" " You said I could play anybody I want." " Yeah, well, I didn't mean him." "Am I the coach or not?" "You are." "For now." "Can you believe it, Reggie?" "It looks like the kid's gonna play." "A rousing welcome for the man they came to see, the little fella, Calvin Cambridge, into the game for the Knights." "Calvin!" "Run the play!" "What's he doin'?" " Run the play." " No." "Would you just run the play?" "Time out!" "White!" "Why'd you call time out?" "Uh..." "I gotta pee." "He's gotta pee." "Announcer:" "Calvin Cambridge is calling for a bathroom break?" "I guess when you gotta go, Reggie, you gotta go." "Yes!" "The crowd is roaring." "That can mean just one thing." "That little guy, Calvin Cambridge, has taken care of business in the locker room and is back on the court." "He's done." "Ladies and gentlemen, this kid's for real." "He can play some basketball." "## Tied up, tied up ##" "## You got me so ##" "## You got me so ##" "Slam dunk over David Robinson!" "Unbelievable!" "12 seconds to go, the Knights trail by 2." "Trying to find some way to actually come back and win this thing." "It's good!" "The Knights win!" "Am I a genius or what?" "Huh?" "Tell me I'm a genius!" "Announcer:" "This is the NBA on NBC." "The big story in the NBA:" "Calvin Cambridge, the 4-foot-8 dynamo, has now signed a lucrative contract with the Knights." "And no wonder, after he led them to a come-from-behind win over the Spurs with 27 points?" "That kid was unbelievable." "Did I just see the admiral saluting him at the end of the game?" "You know, Cambridge's contract makes him the youngest, and the shortest person ever to sign a deal with the NBA." "He's lean, he's mean, he's 13." "Yeah, now all the kids are gonna be saying," ""I wanna be like Calvin"." "Well, I guarantee you one thing, this orphan will not be an orphan for long." "I can't believe you're going on the road with the Knights." "Can I fit in your suitcase?" "Hey, what about me?" "Bittleman." "Hey, Calvin, this is great." "Well, uh, I'm proud of you." "Listen, uh, when you're on the road, uh, people might want to adopt you." "But you should realize it's, uh, only because you're a celebrity now, and, uh, they're just after your money." "Besides, your contract forbids it." "Wait a minute." "Forbids it?" "Oh, yeah." "Didn't I tell you?" "Uh, I signed your contract as your guardian, so, um, as long as you're playing for the Knights, that can't change." "Hey, coach, check this out!" "Pretty good." "Welcome to Self-Hypnosis for the Fearful Flier." "During today's peaceful flight, you'll transport yourself into a state..." "Tracy." "What?" "Relax." "Flight's fine." "Just came by to say hello." "OK, my bad." "I'm sorry." "You are familiar with the NBA mentoring program, are you not?" "Oh, no." "No." "No." "No." "You don't even know what I'm gonna ask." "No, I do know what you're gonna ask, and it's not gonna happen." "You're trying to punish me." "No." "The kid's rooming with you." "I think it would be good for both of you." "We're goin' down!" "Whoa." "Whoa." "No." "No." "No." "There is no way in the world" "I'm gonna be rooming' with that kid." "I'm callin' my agent." "You know why?" "'Cause it ain't gonna happen." "This gonna be so cool rooming' together." "Uh, my boy Murph says I snore." "I think he has to be trippin' sometimes." "Maybe we could rent NBA Street." "Or if you don't like that, we could play Monopoly." "Or if you don't like Monopoly, then we could just sit around and rap, because I love to talk." "Oh, yeah, I noticed." "Have fun, Tracy." "All right, look." "Coach says I gotta room with you, so let me set down the rules right now." "First of all, I ain't your boy, OK?" "I'm not gonna be playin' Monopoly with you," "Game Cube, Rubik's Cube..." "Anything with a cube, I ain't playin'." "Third, you know, I'm not gonna be tucking' you in at night, and I'm defiinitely not gonna read you the Three Little Bears, you got that?" "Whoa!" "Look at this!" "Do we always stay in places this fancy?" "Mm-hmm." "OK." "All right, I'm goin' out." "Oh, um, w-would you like some company?" "No." "No, I wouldn't like company." "Well, what do I do?" "Uh, well, um... oh, call room service, get some food." "But what's room service?" "Right." "Right." "OK." "Here's what you do." "You pick up this phone, right?" "Mm-hmm." "And you dial "6"." "Tell them what you want and they'll bring it to the room... for free." "For free?" "For free." "You got it." "Eat up." "No, you gotta be messin' with me, right?" "No, I'm not." "Try it yourself." "For free." "Hello?" "Uh, yes." "Um, is this room service?" "Yes, it is." "And will you really bring me up some food for free?" "Well, sure." "Anything you like, sir." "You will?" "OK, um, in that case, I'll have a pepperoni pizza, french fries, and cake, ice cream, and lobster tails." "Lots of lobster, lots of seafood." "Chicken fingers, french fries..." "Ah, man." "Um, you know what?" "Let me..." "I just want to clean up just a little, OK?" "Well, that's OK." "No." "No." "No." "I just want to clean up this..." "Hey, you're so beautiful, I have to clean up for you." "No, it's all right." "OK, so I'll be right back." "Calvin, I need you..." "Calvin, what are you doing?" "What are you making such a mess for?" "You were right about room service." "OK, Calvin." "Calvin." "Know what?" "I need you to get lost." "OK?" "I don't care where you go, just get lost." "Joad wants to play NBA Street." "No, Calvin, not in there." "Calvin, no!" "Calvin!" "Calvin!" "Calvin!" "Hey." "Hey, you know what?" "The maid forgot to come today and, you know, maybe we could go to your place?" "Is someone else in here?" "Because I thought I heard some voices." "Oh, there's..." "Really." "There's no one in there." "Oh, my God." "Oh, where'd he come from?" "You're Calvin Cambridge, aren't you?" "Oh, my God." "Are you OK?" "We're gonna get you out of these clothes and get you some air, OK?" "Oh, brother." "Here we go." "Oh!" "You are just the sweetest thing!" "Isn't he just the sweetest thing?" "Tracy, you should have told me Calvin was your roommate." "Yeah, well, it must have slipped my mind." "See, me and Tracy are tight." "So that's why I call him T-time." "So cute." "So, what's your nickname for Calvin, T-time?" "I don't have one yet, but, oh, so many of them come to mind." "Is that better, baby?" "Yeah, I think T-time needs some, too." "Oh!" "Ha ha!" "$2,000 jacket." "Gettin' water on a $2,000 jacket." "Couldn't you just eat him up?" "Sorry about taking your girl." "She's not my girl, and you didn't take her." "I don't know what it is." "It's like some type of curse." "The girls just like me." "Can we go to sleep?" "Well, aren't we gonna say our prayers?" "'Cause at the home we always say our prayers." "We're not at the home." "Well, I can't go to sleep until I say my prayers." "Then say your prayers." "All right." "Well, aren't you gonna say 'em with me?" "Bow your head." "Bow your head." "Both:" "Now I lay me down to sleep," "I pray the Lord my soul to keep." "If I should die before I wake," "I pray the Lord my soul to take." "Amen." "God bless Murph, God bless Reg," "God bless Coach Wagner," "God bless Michael Jordan, and God bless Tracy." "Amen." "Anybody that you want to bless?" "A girlfriend, or your parents, maybe?" "No, my parents are gone." "Hey, um..." "I'm sorry." "I guess that makes you an orphan like me." "Yeah, I guess." "Why don't you get in bed?" "All right." "Good night." "There's just one thing." "Can we sleep with the light on?" "'Cause at the home we always sleep with the light on." "OK, we'll sleep with the light on." "Satisfiied?" "I don't wanna hear another sound tonight, OK?" "Good night." "Oh, man." "What's the matter, Tracy?" "Late night?" "Yeah, real late night." "Heh." "Ain't that right, Trace?" "Really?" "How late?" "See, there's this girl named Janet Kelly came up to the room, fine as can be." "She picked me and Tracy up." "We didn't come back to the room about 1:00 in the morning." "He doesn't know better, but you know the rule about the ladies in the room, and last time I checked, curfew was midnight." "No, it was his snorin' that kept me up all night." "Oh, you always got an excuse." "Look, if you think helping him break curfew is gonna get you out of being his mentor, you're mistaken... and if you miss curfew again," "I'm gonna have to suspend you." "Got it?" "Yeah, I got it." "You know what, man?" "You got to learn how to chill." "Tracy, I'm so sorry." "I didn't know." "Don't worry, man." "I won't mess up again." "I promise." "Yeah, I know it's not gonna happen again." "You know why?" "Because you're gonna go your way, and I'm gonna go my way." "Tracy, we still gonna be cool on the court, though, right?" "Man." "Um, Mr. Iverson, sir, uh, you're one of my favorite players." "Who are you, the mascot?" "I was wondering, may I please have your autograph, man?" "Players don't ask players for autographs." " Player?" " After the game?" "How'd he do that?" "## They're playin'basketball ##" "## We love that basketball ##" "## They're playing basketball ##" "## We love that basketball ##" "## They're playin'basketball ##" "Calvin Cambridge, 25 points a game." "Not tonight." "You just need to get back to that sandbox where you came from." " Sandbox?" " Yeah." "How you gonna say I gotta go to the sandbox?" "Your last name's Kidd." "Look at the back of your jersey." "Look." "Relax." "See what you got." "Pat Croce:" "All of a sudden, things are clickin'for the Knights." "Ever since Calvin's arrived, there's teamwork." "So what's is it like for you two playing together?" "Well, um, it's been, uh..." "It's been great!" "Really great!" "## We love that basketball ##" "## Now basketball is my favorite sport ##" "## I like the way they dribble up and down the court ##" "## I keep it so fresh on the microphone ##" "## I like no interruption when the game is on ##" "## I got the rock in my hands ##" "## Ain't no tellin' what I'm gonna do with it ##" "## When I got possession, I'm gonna have to fool with it ##" "Personally, I'm worried about stepping' on Calvin Cambridge tonight." "## ...and fake one way ##" "## Turn around and hit you with the MJ fade-away ##" "Come on, ref!" "Jump ball.!" "## ...passes like J-Kidd, taking cats to the rack ##" "## And I'm dunkin' over them like T-Mac ##" "## When I'm in the paint ##" "## I play with that Alonzo style ##" "## My favorite play is the alley-oop ##" "## I like the pick-n-roll, I like the give-n-go ##" "## And it's basketball, bow wow, let's go ##" "## They're playin'basketball ##" "Calvin, these people are not your friends, OK?" "They're like..." "They're like a pack of tigers, you know, chasing those things with the stubby little horns." "You know, you've seen those deer-like things, and they isolate one of them, and then they pounce!" "Good to see ya." "Female Reporter:" "Calvin, over here.!" "Male Reporter:" "Calvin.!" "I've seen Calvin play, and, uh, he's nothin' that I can't handle." "Reg:" "Thanks, Calvin." "These are great." "Wow, thanks, Calvin." "No problem." "Enjoy it, everybody." "Get Bittleman!" "Reg and Murph:" "Yeah, get him!" "## Basketball ##" "## We love that basketball ##" "We have twins." "Hey." "Hey, Calvin." "Listen, man." "Uh, can I get your autograph?" "Sure, Dirk." "Uh, it's actually for my niece." "What's her name?" "Uh, it's, uh, Dirk." "Yes, it's Calvin Cambridge bobblehead doll night, but everybody's wondering what's keeping the Knights?" ""Who were the U.S. Presidents of the 20th century?"" "Can't she wait till after the game for his homework?" "No homework, no game." "But I've gotta get Cal..." "You got a problem with that?" "I got dogs bigger than him, man." "Look like a little chihuahua or somethin' like that." "Come on." " Oh!" " Oh!" "## They're playing basketball ##" "## We love that basketball ##" "Announcer:" "Welcome to the NBA slam dunk competition." "Beautiful!" "Oh!" "Announcer:" "Big vertical leap!" "Next up, 4-foot 8-inch Calvin Cambridge." "The little guy is flying!" "Cambridge wins it!" "Calvin." "Calvin." "Calvin." "I was wondering." "What is it like to be famous?" "Ah." "It's all right." "You know, um..." "You know the celebrities you see on Oprah complaining'about how tough it is?" "They must be crazy." "I mean, I'm gettin'paid to play in the NBA." "The crowd loves me." "I get room service." "I got everything I ever wanted." "Well, almost." "Go back to sleep, all right?" "What are you doin'?" "Get off!" "I'm takin' a look at these MJ sneakers." "Man, you ain't gettin' em." "Gimme the sneakers!" "Gimme the sneakers." "Come on, Ox." "Get off." "Get off!" "Hold Murph." "Stop!" "Gimme the sneakers!" "You can't have 'em!" "Get off my sneakers, man!" "Get off him!" "Gimme your sneakers, Calvin!" " Get off my sneakers!" " Hey!" "Hey, hey!" "Stop!" "Get off!" "Get off Calvin!" "Do not hurt Calvin!" "What are you doing?" "Are you OK?" "Look, do not hurt him." "Do you know how valuable he is to me?" "It's his sneakers." "That's how he can play so well." "You lay one more hand on him, and you're sleeping in the basement." "All right, everybody." "Go to sleep." "It's all over." "Good night." "Joad:" "Come on." "Get outta the way." "No, I'm in first place." "Why would I let you by?" "Oh." "I ain't see, why you got your..." "My hand ain't all in your face." "What's with the bumpin', man?" "I'm about to win the Daytona Cup." "Get outta the way." "Oh!" "Whoo!" "Who's your daddy?" "That's only 5, man." "You can't get me 6 in a row." "No way." "Hey, T-time." "I just whupped on Joad again." "See, I call Tracy "T-time." Hey, T-time, how come you haven't given me a nickname yet?" "I don't know." "See, I've been thinkin' about somethin' like" ""C-square," or "C-cam," or "C-bridge."" "I'm gonna pick up some allergy medicine." "I might pick up some sleeping pills so you don't keep me up with your snoring' all night." "Oh, um... well, uh, can I go?" "Heh." "Well, uh, no." "Hey, um, Trace, but, um, well, I..." "Dang." "Don't take it personally, Cal." "He doesn't even like to spend time with his own family." " Family?" " Yeah." "I thought he didn't have any parents." "No, he's still got his dad." "He just doesn't talk to him." "Radio Deejay:" "Sacramento, capital city, hip-hop's super station." "Oh." "Oh, yeah." "This is my song right here." "## Y'all gonna make me lose my mind ##" "## Up in here, up in here ##" "Go, X!" "Ha!" "## Go all out, up in here, up in here ##" "## Y'all gonna make me act a fool ##" "## Up in... ## Oh!" "What you doin' here, Calvin?" "Stairs are faster than the elevator." "Dang, your rapping's despicable." "Terrible." "Sound like Michael Jackson with a sore throat, man." "Oh, my rappin' sucks?" "OK, can you do better?" "Let me see you do better." "## To be messin' with me, you...you ain't strong enough ##" "## So y'all gonna make me act the fool, up in ##" "## What?" "What?" "What-What?" "##" " Cal." "Calvin, Calvin, Calvin." "Stick to playin' basketball, man." "'Cause you know why?" "'Cause you can't rap." "You can do better?" "I can do better." "Let me see you do some." "## Up in here, up in here ##" "## Y'all gonna make me lose my mind ##" "## Up in here, up in here ##" "## Y'all gonna make me...##" " TLC." " There you go." "Fishin' pole on 'em." " Aah." " Uh-oh, pop lock." "OK, can you bring me some?" "Bring some." "Bring some." "All right." " Whoa." " Uh-oh." "Pass it back." "Pass it back." "Oh!" "## Won't you ##" " Oh!" "## Meet me outside with my rough riders ##" "## Meet me outside, meet me outside ##" "## Meet me outside ##" "## Meet me outside, meet me outside ##" " Tracy." " ## Meet me outside ##" "## Meet me ## What's goin' on?" "How come you told me that your dad was dead?" "And he really isn't?" " Calvin, look, look, no." " Why?" "I don't wanna talk about this right now, OK?" "But I don't understand, Tracy." "I would do anything..." "anything... to have a father." "Don't worry about it." "Wait right here." "Ah." "Excuse me." "I'm here to pick up my order." "I can help you with that." "What's the name?" "Reynolds." "Tracy Reynolds." "I thought I recognized you." " Right." " I seen your ads." "You're that, um, accountant, right?" "You comfortable?" "Very much so, yes." "So you know my name." "Um, do you have a name for me?" "Allegra." "Allegra?" "That's a very pretty name." "Allegra." "Is that French?" "Spanish?" "It's your allergy medicine." "See, I knew that." "I knew that 'cause my parents was from France." "Come on." "Now these are your sleeping pills." "Red cap." " OK, OK." " They're very strong." "So take one right before bed." "Got it." "This is your allergy medicine." "Blue cap." "Take one twice a day." " OK." "2 once a day." "I got it." "Thanks for your help." "Oh, and Tracy... that crossover move you do to your left, you're telegraphing it." "Oh." "See, I knew." "I knew you knew about Tracy Reynolds." "I knew you..." "I knew." "See, I knew you would..." "Yeah." "Well, bye." "What-What took you so long?" "It's almost curfew." "Don't worry." "We'll be back at the hotel in a minute." "You all right?" "Yeah." "It's like butter, baby." "What?" "What?" "Are you all right, man?" "Uh, yeah." "I'm good." "You sure?" "Mm-hmm." "Mmm." "I'm good." "I worry about you sometimes, Tracy." "Tracy." "What?" "What's up?" "What's up?" "What?" "I don't want you doin'nothin'crazy like fallin'asleep on me!" "Man, wake up!" "OK, OK, all right." "Put the pool in back, put the diving board in the shallow end." "And I'm all good." "This is all so..." "Tray!" "Tracy!" " Tracy!" "Man." "I can't see squat." "Dang!" "Hmm?" "Allegra." "Huh?" "Tracy... you better hold on for this one." "Dang." "Bellhop." "Hey, Trace." "Trace." "Check it out." "Calvin got benched for goin' out joyriding' last night." "What'd he do somethin' like that for?" "I don't know." "He did it to keep you from getting suspended." "What?" "How do you think you got back last night?" "Listen, um, I'm sorry you got suspended." "And this is really hard for me to say, but..." "I appreciate what you did for me." "You had my back..." "C-dog." "You're welcome, T-time." "All right." "Now listen, the team really needs you to win so why don't you get some sleep, all right?" "You really that afraid of the dark?" "Yeah." "Hmm." "Listen, don't worry about it." "'Cause, you know, we all have our fears." "Like me and this whole flying thing, man." " Yeah." " It scares me." "Well, see, my thing is, you're getting on the plane." "Mm-hmm." "That's brave." "Hmm." "Right." "OK, OK." "So since I'm brave in gettin' on this plane, why don't you be brave... and turn off the light?" "I don't know." "Hmm." "Are you prepared for that big test tomorrow?" "Yes, Sister Theresa." "Reg, you have to help me, please." "I'm not helping you with your geometry." "Why?" "Because I don't understand it any more than you do." "Welcome, everybody, and follow me into the room." "Who are all those people?" "Parents, here to see you." "What's wrong, Murph?" "I mean, that's a good thing, right?" "Good for you." "It doesn't do us any good." "Murph." "Congratulations." "Go get adopted." "What's wrong with him?" "What do you think?" "I don't know." "Bittleman told me that I couldn't get adopted." "And you believe Bittleman?" "Coach Wagner On Phone:" "His contract says nothing about adoption." "Look, why would you send all of these people here?" "Calvin deserves a home." "You're only interested in making money off him." "Look, with all due respect, Coach Wagner, child custody law is very complex." "Mr. Bittleman." "Coach Wagner:" "Just because you signed his contract as his guardian..." "I'll call you back." "I'll call you back." "Coach Wagner:" "Wait!" "I'm not through talkin'..." "Yes, what is it, Calvin?" "You lied to me." "What are you talking about?" "You told me no one can adopt me." "I never said that." "Look, Calvin, bear in mind I have cared for you way before you were rich or famous, and all of those people in there, the only reason that they're interested in you is because you're famous." "I'd like to see for myself." "Well, that's fine." "I will, um... make arrangements with the very best candidates." "What do you think about that, my big man?" "We've been doing musical dinner theater now over 6 years." "... In over 27 cities." "... Mm-hmm." "No more hard-knock life for you, Calvin." "## The sun'll come out tomorrow ##" "## Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow ##" "## They'll be sun ##" "We run a tight ship, Cambridge!" "Roll call 0600!" "I think you're gonna flip for my sugar-free seaweed rice cream." "## I just stick out my chin ##" "## And grin ##" "All right, good buddy." "Now Denise here will home school you 'cause we're on the road 24-7." "## And I say ##" "Ya, Ras Clap, ya have to come back with me, ya seein'?" "## Tomorrow, tomorrow ##" "How tall are you, boy?" "!" "How tall are you?" "!" "You'll learn to hold your bladder." "## We love ya tomorrow ##" "## You're only a day ##" "## Away ##" "You see, Calvin?" "You're best off here... with me." "Hey, yo, Trace." "Tracy:" "Hello?" "It's me, Calvin." "Calvin." "Wait." "You're here?" "Yeah, I'm here, and it took me 4 busses to get here, too." "Uh, all right." "Dang." "Man, this is where you live?" "Calvin, what are you doing here?" "Hey, I just can't wait to see the inside." "Calvin." "Calvin, wait." "Calvin." "Come on, Calvin." "Tell me why you're here." "Aw, this is tight." "Look at all the stuff you got, man." "Yeah." "Yeah, it's tight." "So come on, man, tell me what's up." "Why you here?" "I wanna check your place out." "You know, just look at your crib and everything." "What do you call this game?" "I have no idea." "It came with the house." "Oh, man." "So you're not gonna tell me why you're here?" "We need one of these at the orphanage." "OK, OK." "So I take it you don't wanna tell me what's goin' on with you." "I understand." "It's your prerogative." "That's cool." "No, I mean, nothin's goin' on." "I mean, everything's all right." "Everything's goin' real well." "Everything's perfect." "Uh, everything's, uh, you know, uh..." "All right, man." "Everything's goin' real terrible right about now." "My best friend Murph, he's mad at me." "Bittleman lied to me." "He set up the worst parents in orphan history to come meet with me." "And then, on top of that," "I have a geometry test tomorrow, and I hate geometry." "Mmm." "All right, well, listen," "I'm sure the right parents are gonna show up for you, OK?" "It's just a question of time, so you gotta have a little faith." "All right?" "But in the meantime... call your boy Murph." " Right now?" " Right now, yes." "Good friends are hard to come by, so you gotta keep things straight with 'em." "You have your geometry work with you?" "Yeah." "You know a little somethin' about geometry?" "Do I know about geometry?" "Ha ha ha!" "Do I know about geometry?" "Take-Take your time on that call, and, um, meet me outside." "I gotta..." "I know geometry, but let me..." "OK, now, the key to the whole geometry thing and gettin' the hang of these triangles is to super-size them." " Super-size?" " Super-size." "You painted your house." "All right, look." "Tell me what triangle this is right here." "All right, look." "Tell me what triangle this is right here." "Um..." "I'm not familiar with this one." "I don't know." "All right." "Let me give you a hint." "So you got MJ over there posting up a small point guard, right?" "You got Rodman over there on the other side of the court with his hair." "Now Pippen comes to screen for Michael." "So what do you got?" "Well, this is the Bulls' triangle offense, right?" "Right." "We're just givin' room for Michael to isolate." "Isolate." "Isosceles." "An isosceles triangle." "Exactly." "The Lakers use this triangle offense." "This triangle has equal sides for Kobe and Shaq." "Equal sides." "OK." "This is an equilateral triangle." "There you go." "See, you're gettin' it." "You're gettin' it." "OK." "OK." "Uh, I got this." "You got this one?" " OK, now this is us." " Uh-huh." "And you know the type of triangle offense we use is the acute offense..." "well, the acute triangle offense." " OK." " That's because" "Calvin Cambridge is so damn cute." "Oh, man, give me a break." "I'm the cute one." " No, I am." " No, see." "Look at the picture." "I'm the cute one." " No." " OK, go ahead." "Fine." "All right." "So..." "OK, see, here's Joad, right?" " Right." " This is Joad." "Joad's gonna take the ball out." "He's gonna pass all the way to you." " OK." " You're right here." " Right." " See me?" "I'm gonna be headin' down court for the full-court lob pass just like this, right?" "Oh, hey, Calvin." "Calvin." "Don't put paint on my windows, all right?" "But I'm gonna be wide open." "You gotta pass me the ball." "I'm warning you, all right?" "Don't do it." "And then..." "Wham!" "2 points for me and the assist... to Reynolds." "Oh, OK." "So you think you're cute putting' the paint and then messing' up the house, huh?" "Well, let me see what we've got." "Let's say if I went and did..." "Oh!" "Aw." "Hey!" "Orange looks nice on you, man." "That's not funny." "No, it really is funny 'cause it looks nice." "It goes nice with the blue and..." "Oh, really?" "Yeah." "You kinda look like a rainbow or..." "Well, the orange looks really nice..." "Calvin, I know you're not gonna do that." " Oh!" " On you!" "You really think it's funny?" "No, no, no, no, no!" "What are you doin'?" "Cal." "Calvin." "Calvin." "Whoa!" "Aah!" "You must be Tracy." "You must be Murph." "Yeah, that's me." "What's up, Murph?" "Hey, Cal." "You all right?" "Yeah, I'm pretty good." "But can you believe the cab ride here cost 50 bucks?" "You should have took the bus." "Tracy, can you lend me 49.50?" "Heh." "All right, Murph." "I'll go get my wallet." "So what have you guys been up to?" "Geometry." "Think you could teach me?" "## All I'm tryin'to do is get my dough on ##" "## I'm your boy,you're my girlfriend ##" "## Stop, hold up ##" "## I ain't in no kind of rush to grow up, so slow up ##" "## I'm just playin'the game ##" "## Let me warn you, girl ##" "## Before you get rough with me ##" "## You might think you got me, but you never really get me ##" "## So don't trip if you see me doin'my thing ##" "## I told ya ##" "## I'm just playin'the game ##" "## Yeah ##" "## Playin'the game ##" " Aah!" " Whoa!" "Cannonball!" "When Calvin Cambridge comes to your town, you'd better watch out." "Well, that was the fiinal word from Gary "the Glove" Payton tonight after the Seattle Sonics battled it out with Cambridge and the Los Angeles Knights." "Yeah, now you know what it feels like to be in the glove." "It's more like a mitten, Gary." "Kenny Mayne:" "The Knights rallied around Cambridge after that, and before it was all over, Payton got the gate." "Get him outta here, Ref." "Rich Eisen:" "And Kenny, how about the way" "Reynolds jumped in to protect Cambridge?" "How about that?" "They're startin' to come together, Rich." "The team's gelling at this point, and with 3 games left in the season, they are only 2 wins away from their first ever trip to the play-offs." "## Take it to the top ##" "## Get your head in the game ##" "## Get your head in the game ##" "## Get up out your seats or you got no one to blame ##" "## Rise up, giddyup ##" "## The Knights is flyin'higher ##" "The Knights win!" "Yes!" "Ha ha ha!" "Whoo!" " Oof." " Aah!" "Coach, great game." "Great game." "Fellas, unbelievable." "Hey, guys," "I gotta pinch myself." "One more win and we're in the play-offs, and you know what that means for every man in this organization?" "Bonuses." "Ha ha." "Contract renewals." "We'll all have jobs next year." "You two together... this works." "Come on." "Let's go." "So you still haven't met any parents you liked?" "I don't know." "Nobody seems right." "Murph:" "Maybe nobody seems right because you already met the right person." "What right person?" "Tracy." "Tracy." "Listen, Murph," "Tracy can't even take care of himself." "You like him." "Yeah, so?" "That doesn't mean he wants to adopt me." "Well, why don't you ask him?" "Listen, Reg, Murph..." "Tracy's not big on families." "He doesn't even talk to his own dad." "I mean, how can you have a dad and not talk to him?" "Man, that's nuts." "It ain't cool." "Can you do anything?" "You're back again?" "Yeah, uh, I got a surprise for you." "Somebody I want you to meet." "Oh, OK." "I hope she's wearin' a bikini." "Nah, it's not a woman." "It's-It's your number-one fan." "Well, it has to be a woman, right?" "Calvin, why'd you bring him here?" "This is your dad." "You don't want to talk to him?" "Listen to me." "Now stay out of my business and get him out of here." "Now." "How could we lose to the Bulls?" "!" "We were out of synch, especially Cambridge and Reynolds." "What's the matter with you two?" "This was your gimme." "Now you have to beat the Raptors or we're out, you got that?" "We're gonna have to tighten it up, guys." "Pull this thing together." "Damn it!" "All right, listen, Cal..." " What's wrong?" "I give up on ever finding somebody to adopt me." "Well, I wouldn't do that just yet." "Well, hello, Calvin." "We've been waiting for you." "We're the Boyds." "We're from Bel Air." "Hoo-ooh." "Hmm?" "What's the matter?" "You've had something on your mind all night." "Nah." "No, I haven't." "It's Calvin, isn't it?" "As we hit the end of the regular season, the big story is this weekend's showdown between the Los Angeles Knights and the Toronto Raptors." "Both teams need a victory to make the play-offs." "Man, this is personal." "It's play-off time, and my job is to shut Calvin Cambridge down." "Besides, what does a little kid know about the play-offs?" "For the Knights to have any shot at winning this game," "Reynolds and Cambridge better get back in synch, and Cambridge better bring every weapon in his arsenal." "Ha." "Hey, man." "How you doing?" "Fine." "Cool, cool, cool." "Hey, I wanted to ask you, uh, is it true what you said about Calvin's, uh, sneakers?" "I guess." ""I guess?" Don't "I guess" me, you idiot." "Is it because of the sneakers?" "Huh?" "Huh?" "Uh-huh?" "Yes?" "Yeah." "Yeah, yeah." "OK." "All right, hey, thanks." "Ha ha." "Cool, cool." "Cool." "But I have to wear my sneakers." "Right, right." "But-But they're sneakers." "They're not..." "They're not proper attire for brunch at the Boyds." "You just want to make your best possible impression." "So put on these shoes, look good, and maybe you'll get adopted." "Go on." "All right, Murph." "Guard these with your life, all right?" "I will." "Good luck with the Boyds." "I hope they're the right ones." "Yeah, me, too, man." "See you later, man, all right?" "Make me like Mike." "I guess they don't fit me, Mom, huh?" "Where are they?" "Where are what?" "The sneakers." "I don't know what you're talking about." "Bittleman:" "I don't want to do this." "No!" "Not my mom's picture!" "No!" "All right." "I'm gonna ask you one last time." "Where are Calvin's sneakers?" "All right, you're not gonna tell me?" "OK, all right, here we go then." "I'm gonna light it." "Say good-bye to mom!" "Bye." "There she goes." " Bye, Mom." " No!" "No!" "Stop it!" "Burning." "This is your fault." "It's your fault." "No!" "They're in the attic!" "Attic!" "Attic..." "Ow!" "Ah!" "Good!" "All right." "Good." "In the attic." "Good, good." "Good." "All right." "Now, you want to see this again?" "Do not say anything to Calvin." "I'll get it!" "l-It's all right." "It's all right." "I'm-I'm really sorry." "It's OK." "I know." "It's OK." "Excuse me, uh, Mr. Williams?" "It's possible." "My dentist, Frank Nister, said that I might be able to find you here." "Who's Nister?" "You know, the guy with the ear." "Um, my name is Stan Bittleman." "What can I do for you, Mr. Bittleman?" "I'm looking for a, uh, sports broker, uh, to make a sizable investment in the Raptors to beat the Knights." "Why are you speaking in code?" "You want to place a bet?" "How much?" "$100,000." "That's a lot of money." "You good for it?" "Of course I am." "What makes you so confiident?" "Well, let's just say I have a good feeling that Calvin Cambridge is going to have... an off game." "Tell me more." "We were gonna wait till later to tell you this, but, um, well, I can't wait." "Calvin, tomorrow we're going to finalize your adoption, and you will oficially become a Boyd." "A Boyd?" "Yeah, a friend of mine told me this would be a pretty good place to come." "Any place would have been great." "Calvin?" "I want to talk to you about something, man." "Something, um..." "something pretty big." "What?" "Well..." "I don't know." "I've been doing a lot of thinking." "Just thinking about what's best for you and-and for me." "Yeah?" "Well, I..." "Absolutely, coach." "Oh." "Um, Tracy," "I would like you to meet the Boyds." "The Boyds are gonna be my..." "My parents." "Mr. and Mrs. Boyd:" "Hi." "Mrs. Boyd:" "Very nice to meet you." "It's..." "It's nice to meet you, too." "Um... you guys are very, very lucky." "Don't we know it?" "What-What was the big news that you wanted to tell me?" "Oh, oh, right." "Right." "Um, you know the pick-and-roll, right?" "I'm gonna do the pick, but I ain't..." "I ain't gonna do the roll." "That-That was the big news?" "Yeah." "It's nice to meet you guys." "Nice to meet you." "Same here." "Ooh!" "Dear, we better claim our seats." "Oh, yes, yes." "Well, uh, we'll see you after the game, son." "God, that sounds great." "Hello?" "Here." "Yo, is anybody there?" "Tell him." "l-It's Murph, and I got something to tell you." "I screwed up big time." "I didn't mean to tell him, but then..." "But then Bittleman was gonna burn my mom's pictures." "I had no choice." "Murph, just slow down, man." "Tell him what?" "I told him about the sneakers, and now they're in Bittleman's safe." "That-That's just crazy." "The sneakers are right here in my gym... bag." "Oh, no!" "What are you gonna do?" "The game starts in 20 minutes!" "Wait." "I have an idea." "I'll meet you ASAP." "ASAP." "Got it." "Wait." "What's ASAP?" "All right!" "Bring it in, gents, bring it in." "Let's go." "Wait a minute, wait a minute." "Where's Cambridge?" "What, man?" "He's not here?" "Check the bathrooms." "Oh, man!" "Dang!" "Geoff:" "And the opening tip goes to the Raptors." "With Calvin Cambridge nowhere in sight, a lot of things may be going the Raptors'way today." "OK, look, if you guys were gonna ask me what I'm about to ask you, I'd run." "So if anybody wants to run, I understand." "Geoff:" "Here come the Raptors again." "They're making it look easy on a breakaway." "Slam dunk by Vince Carter." "The Raptors are red hot in this one." "Toronto already leading by 9, and here they come again." "The question the Knight fans are asking is "where the heck is Calvin?"" "Here come the Knights on offense, up from the back court to the front court." "Tracy Reynolds..." "Calvin:" "Get him, guys!" "Come on, tie him up!" "Hey, hey!" "Stop it!" "Get him, get him!" "Ow!" "Aah!" "Stop!" "Stop, I say!" "Stop!" "Give me the combination to the safe." "Geoff:" "He's going towards the basket." "Windmill slam dunk!" "We better think of something else." "Get him with those!" "Oh, yeah, get them." "Those are the hard chess men." "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "I got his head." "Whoa, whoa, whoa, what's going on?" "Oh, good, oh, good." "I am glad to see you." "All right, yeah, I'm really glad you're here." "What are you doing?" "I'm getting my sneakers back." "Let me out of this." "Wait." "No, no." "Just hear me out, Ox." "Please." "You may hate me, you may hate the world." "But whatever our differences, you're still one of us." " Yeah." " Yeah." "You're not one of him." "Well, heh heh, don't listen to him." "No, Ox, don't listen to Bittleman." "He doesn't even care about you, Ox." "Oh, right, yeah, I don't care about you." "Of course I care about you." "We're friends, right, man?" "Right?" "OK." "You just let me out of here, you idiot." "I'm not an idiot." " You got that?" " OK." " OK?" " OK!" "Geoff:" "... will go on to the NBA play-offs, and it will be the first for the Knights..." "Because I'm not the one tied to a chair, am I?" "Geoff:" "If Calvin Cambridge is gonna get here, he better get here quick." "Toronto running away..." "I gotta get back to the game." "You know, if I was an idiot," "I wouldn't be able to remember the combination to your safe, would I?" "42 left..." "Come on, Ox." "Come on, come on." "27 right..." "Come on, one more time." "Come on, one more, one more." "... and 15 left." " Yes!" " Yeah!" "I'm gonna get you, Calvin!" "I'm gonna get you!" "What?" "!" " Hey!" " Whoa!" " Darn it!" "Whoa!" "Aaah!" "No!" "Ha ha!" "Ah!" "Unh!" "Yeah, Murph!" "Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go!" "See you inside!" " Good luck, Calvin!" " Go get 'em!" "Give me the sneakers, Calvin." "Your game... is over." "Aaah!" "Uhh." "My game is just beginning." "Geoff:" "The third quarter comes to an end, and the Raptors leading the Knights big by 21 points." "Woman:" "Yeah!" "It's Calvin!" "There he is." "Ladies and gentlemen, he's here!" "Crowd:" "Calvin.!" "Calvin.!" "Geoff:" "Calvin Cambridge has arrived." "The crowd reacting as he comes onto the court." "However, is it too late?" "The Knights are trailing by 21 points." "They have never been able to make up that kind of a defiicit." "Calvin, where have you been?" "I'm sorry, coach." "So am I." "Nobody shows up after 3 quarters and plays." "Sit on the bench." "Wait a minute, coach." "You gotta play Calvin." "No." "Just listen to me for a minute, OK?" "Now if it wasn't for him, we wouldn't be here in the fiirst place." "Now, listen, we can still do this, but we're gonna need him." "Now, come on, we started as a team, let's finish as a team." "Joad:" "Play the kid." "We could still win, coach." "We can." "Yeah!" "Yeah!" "Geoff:" "Here come the Knights." "Geoff:" "If I didn't see it with my own eyes," "I wouldn't have believed it." "But they're just one point behind the Raptors in this game." "We gotta steal the ball on the inbound play." "And if we don't get the steal, who do we foul?" "They all shoot good free throws, coach." "Well, we better get that steal." "Ready?" " Players:" "Break!" " Let's go." "Geoff:" "The Knights need a steal right here." "Carter being guarded by Cambridge." "He comes in with it." "And he's got the ball..." "It's stolen by Cambridge.!" "What a big play by the little guy!" " Wagner:" "Time-out!" "Break!" "Geoff:" "Time-out called by the Knights." "Oh, no." "What's the matter?" "I'm done, Trace." "What do you mean?" "It really wasn't me that was playing." "It was the sneakers." "Tracy, the sneakers were magic." "Now they're gone." "Come on, now." "No." "Now's not the time for jokes, OK?" "I'm not playing games." "Listen to me." "We're gonna need you to win, so you know what you gotta do?" "You gotta be brave." "I believe in you." "Coach Wagner:" "All right." "Tracy inbounds to Calvin." "Calvin, Joad's gonna set you a pick." "If they double-team you, get the ball back to Tracy." "Listen, guys." "Whether we make the play-offs or not, it's gonna be my last game." " What?" "!" " What?" "!" "Player:" "What are you saying, man?" "I'm ready to be a regular kid again." "It's what I want." "Come on, y'all." "I got faith in you guys." "Let's go out, and let's go win this thing, man." "Come on, now." "Let's go." "Let's go, let's play." "Teamwork on 3." "1...2...3." "All:" "Teamwork!" "Geoff:" "Biggest moment of the season for the Knights." "It comes in to Calvin Cambridge." "The little guy goes to the dribble against Vince Carter." "Drives right, the shake-and-bake..." "It didn't work this time!" "I can't do this." "What are you doing?" "You can do it!" "Calvin:" "Shoot it!" "Yeah!" "Geoff:" "The Knights win!" "The Knights win!" "Ladies and gentlemen, the Knights are going to the NBA play-offs for the first time in franchise history!" "Unbelievable!" "Yes!" "Play-offs, baby!" "We did it, man!" "Yeah, man, we did." "Guess I won't be seeing you anymore?" "Hey, Trace, come on, man." "The press wants to see us, man." "Come on." "Oh, Calvin." "Congratulations, my dear." "We're going to Le Cirque to celebrate." "You'll love the French cooking." "Oh,yes." "Um, I'll meet you guys outside at the car, OK?" "Oh, OK." "All right, dear." "We're so proud of you." "Wonderful, just wonderful." "Play-offs, play-offs!" "Play-offs!" "Yeah!" "Congratulations, Calvin." "I'm gonna miss you, coach." "We're gonna miss you, too." "But I'm glad you fiinally got what you really needed." "There'll always be a place on this team for you." "Thanks, coach." "Good luck." "I wonder what's keeping Calvin?" "Wow." "Never thought you'd turn down the Boyds." "Me, neither." "Somehow, it just didn't feel right." "Welcome back." "Thanks, Murph." "Come on." "So, man... you gotta tell me." "What was the best part about being in the NBA?" "Room service." "Room service?" "What's room service?" "You're in your hotel room." "You pick up the phone, you dial 6." "Tell 'em what food you want, they'll bring the food up to your hotel room... for free." "Nah." "You're just..." "You're just messin' with me, right?" "Nah, not at all." "We should have that around here sometime." "We should." "We should." "Room service?" "Tracy." "So now you're telling me that after everything that we've been through together, that's what you like best?" "Room service?" "What are you doing here?" "I'm here with the team." "You see, the Knights are sponsoring the home now." "That's..." "That's great." "Guys, guys, uh, a little to the left." "How's that?" "That's good." "Good." "Reg, whatever happened to the guy that used to run this place?" "Bittleman?" "No one's seen him since Calvin's last game." "Something about a bet he didn't have the money to cover." "There's gonna be a lot of changes around here." "Yeah." "I can see that already." "Yes." "Yeah." "Too bad you're not gonna be around to enjoy it." "What do you mean?" "Well, things are going great with the team now." "Everything's going well with my father." "I have furniture in the house, but still something's missing." "And I heard it through the grapevine that you're still looking for a father." "Yeah." "Yeah?" "That's great." "Because what I'm missing is a son." "Thanks..." "Dad." "Murph!" "Hey, Murph, come here." "Um, you know what today is, right?" "What?" "It's 2-for-1 orphan day." "You take one orphan, and then you get another one." "2-for-1 orphan day." "I mean, if that's OK with you." "Hey, Murph." "Hey, T-time." "You know, I'm gonna take Calvin home with me today." "Congratulations." "Thanks." "But you know what?" "We were kinda hoping that you'd come, too." "You mean..." "Murph, we're going home." "We're going home!" "Yeah." "That's right, we're going home." " Yeah." " Dad?" "Can we get an allowance?" "Allowance?" " Yeah." "Can I drive the Escalade home?" " You wanna drive the what?" "Do we get season tickets?" "Tracy:" "Whoo!" "Ha ha!" "All right, let's get some sleep, guys." "Here you go." "All right." "Good night, guys." "Good night, Dad." "Good night, Dad." "Hey, you want me to leave the light on for you?" "Nah, I'm cool." "What's up, sucka?" "Ha ha ha!" " Ha ha!" "How was that?" "Which way?" 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