Crossover

- Good evening, sir. - What's up, gorgeous? Thank you.

- Where are we at? - A lot of action on Platinum.

Move the line. I want to hold the pointspread.

All right, people, bring them up.

How many times did the Lakers play against the Celtics in the finals?

Ten.

Which Knick became a United States senator?

Bill Bradley.

Hold up. It's the money calling.

What it do?

Yo, Tech, it's on. Midnight.

Cool. I'll be there.

- Hey. - Dawg, it's going down tonight at midnight.

Yo, man. I don't know about this.

Come on, man. What is there to know? You promised.

I know I promised, man...

Look, you owe me, man.

You owe me.

All right. All right. I'll be there.

I'll see you there. Let's go.

Pay attention, y'all, something about to delight you. Watch your heads!

Is that the money?

Let's roll.

Three grand on Platinum.

Come on, hurry up! Yo, I don't want to miss Jewelz! Come on!

Three Gs on Platinum.

All right, listen to me.

I don't want you calling every single foul this game, okay?

This is street ball, not the NBA.

- All right. I got you. - All right.

All right.

What? Look at you. Come here, girl.

Was it hard to get away?

No. Being a partner of a law firm has its perks.

Of course, it does. Look at you. Look at you. Come here.

Damn. How is your mom?

She was surprised that I came all this way to see you.

Of course.

So what happened to dinner and a quiet evening in?

Well, I was thinking that we could get dinner at my club.

But there's something I really want to show you first.

- Okay. - Right over there. Come on. Come on.

Yo. I'm sorry I'm late. My class ran late.

This is my man Cruise right here.

This is Stretch, Double A, Big Man, and you know Up.

Hope you're worth the wait.

Oh, snap. Is this a new ride?

Oh, yeah. It's a graduation present from my grandmother.

Well, let's do the damn thing.

- Yeah, come on. - Oh, for sure.

I don't care what anybody says about Jewelz.

- Yeah. - This is our house tonight.

We got your back.

Enemy of the State, baby.

Double A! Double A! Right here, baby! Here! Hustle down!

Hustle down! Open it up, Big man! Get in the paint!

That's my boy right there! That's my boy right there! That's Tech!

- Tech! Give Tech the ball, man! - Cruise, I see you.

Split them, Tech! Split them!

Oh! New kid on the block!

- The man is good. - Yes, I know.

Time to go to work. Give them the business, baby.

Here you go I.V. Yeah. Let me see that thing.

- Okay. This isn't like the pros. - No.

Oh, oh! Putting on a show! Putting on a show!

What are the rules?

Okay. The name of the game is 21, by ones.

You get to 19, your last shot is worth two, 21.

Well, what about fouls, traveling, stuff like that?

This is street ball. See, the players have a lot of leeway.

Maybe they can razzle-dazzle, overhand palm,

but no four, five steps to the hole, and no flagrant fouls.

If they foul, they forfeit the game. If they fight, they forfeit the game.

And if they argue with any of my referees, they forfeit the game.

Other than that, it's good, clean fun.

Dead ball! Dead ball!

I'm off to a good start on that ass!

Get off me!

Ball in!

- This is my house! - Come get some of this, baby.

Throw it, Tech! Over here, man!

- I own this court, man! I own this. - You got nothing, man.

- There it is! - Yeah! That's what I'm talking about!

I got that.

What did I say, man? Don't turn this into a thing.

Man, just 'cause you say it don't make it right!

Now, I came to break him, and he gonna be broke! Come on.

You got them, Tech.

My turn now, baby boy. Yeah. Yeah.

Oh, my God! The Violator!

Help me out!

Cruise!

I taught him everything he knows right here, ref.

Yo, Tech, give it up.

- What, now? - They got nothing.

- What, what now? - Do something with it.

Tech!

17-15. We've got it.

- I got Jewelz! - Let's see some defense on here.

Hey, they fouling. Ref, they foul...

No fouls? No? Not in this game?

All right, here we go! Here we go, let's push!

Okay, pass the ball to Tech! Tech, got that jumper!

Where you at?

Off their head! Off their head! What the fuck?

All right, baby!

Yeah!

Cruise! Bring the ball up man! Come on!

Okay, that's what I'm talking about!

- Come back! Come back down here. - You got him. You got him.

Who the hell is that kid?

19-17. Two more points, we win. Let's do it!

We have an upset here. We have an upset in the making.

Hold him! Hold him!

Come on, Big Man. I'll make you big. Come on.

And two to us.

Here we go, y'all! 19-18! Next basket wins!

Let's go. Where you going?

Where you going with that weak-ass handle?

Throw it!

Come on, Ref!

He's faking! Look at him!

Man, watch the game!

Go, Jewelz! Go, Jewelz!

And it's a tied game, y'all. But the game is 21.

Go, Jewelz. Go, Jewelz.

If he misses one, we can take these chumps!

You turned this into a thing.

Miss it! Miss it!

19-up, y'all. 19-up.

One time. One time. One time.

Just miss it! Come on, you're going to miss it!

Just miss it!

Yeah, that's what I'm talking about! Come back. Come back down here!

Ball. Ball up.

Here we go. We got this.

Let's do it. Let's do it.

Yo, Tech! Tech! Over here! Pass the ball!

You got them, man!

All right, Tech, shoot the ball! Shoot! Tech, shoot!

- Tech! Tech! Tech! - Defense. Defense.

And game!

Defense! Come on!

- Hey, right down there. - Come on, end it, right here.

Defense! Defense!

- Come on, baby. Let's go now! - Defense!

Tech, go!

Do that move, man!

Y'all know we could really use the win here, right?

Come on, Big. Not today, man.

What happens on the court stays on the court.

Yo man, I'm just saying.

Ain't no "l" in "team", you hear me.

Ain't no "we" in team neither, so you need to chill out with all that B.S., man.

When I say Platinum, y'all say Jewelz!

- Platinum! - Jewelz!

- Platinum! - Jewelz!

When I say Platinum, y'all say Jewelz!

- Platinum! - Jewelz!

- Platinum! - Jewelz!

Good game, man.

Let me know when I have a bad one. Sucker.

When I say Platinum, y'all say Jewelz!

- Platinum! - Jewelz!

- Platinum! - Jewelz!

When I say Platinum, y'all say Jewelz!

Yo, look, man. We took an "L", but overall I think we did all right.

Good ball movement. Good teamwork.

Well, come on, you've got to love this.

I'm impressed.

Nice? See, Greek meets Urban.

- It's hot, right? - It's hot.

So, this is your life now?

This club and underground basketball games?

- It's a living. - You were making a living.

I was a sports agent in Los Angeles, emphasis on the "lost".

Yo, I was a doormat, Nikki.

Look, the World Series and the NBA finals

are the two most bet-on games in the country.

But I bet you that they're not all made in legal houses in Las Vegas.

See, at least this way, I'm giving these kids an opportunity to make money

doing what they love to do.

- How much are you paying them? - A G a player. Two, if they win.

And you always know who's going to win?

You don't think they always know who's going to win in Las Vegas?

Nikki, I didn't go to college to work in some mailroom and answer phones.

At least here, I run the place. They don't run me.

- Hey, Ma! - Yeah?

Hey, Ma.

Hey.

I got some milk and stuff from the store

for Melanie and Malik to have with their breakfast.

- What's up with the candles? - They turned off the lights.

I thought Joe was gonna take care of that.

Joe's in jail.

What happened?

They say he robbed a liquor store or something.

Whatever, he didn't pay the light bill.

I made some extra cash,

so, I'll take care of the lights tomorrow before I go to class.