Rez Ball

All right. Here we go!

All right. Let's go, boys! Let's go!

Come on, Nataanii! Defense!

- Hands up! Hands up! - Let's go, Jimmy!

Get on him. All over him.

Come on. Move those feet.

Let's go, Nataanii! Come on! D it up, D it up!

From the shadow of beautiful Shiprock

coming at you at 50,000 watts.

All right! Let's go! Yeego, boys! Come on!

- We got a nail-biter, folks. - Hands out!

Chuska High School's title hopes rest on this final possession.

Yeego, Nataanii!

Mom, be quiet.

Don't talk to me like that.

He gets it from you.

-Drive it. I dare you. - Put your hands out.

-Come on. Gotta get back on it. - Nataanii with the defense.

Jimmy with the three!

You're done now.

Toast.

I gave you that one.

I gave you a chance like one of those "Make a Wish" kids.

Man, always go hard. Especially for a Make a Wish.

Make a Wish, Jimmy.

You are listening to the Tso & Tso Morning Show on KTNN,

the voice of the Navajo Nation.

The Chuska Warriors ranked number two in the preseason poll.

And I'm saying this is our year.

Our star player, Chuska's own,

the Braided Assassin, Nataanii Jackson is back.

Don't let me cross here. You wish you could stop this.

Jimmy who?

Even with Nataanii sitting out his junior year

due to the tragic passing of his mother and sister,

this season's expectations are sky-high.

That's right. They start their season today

against district rivals the Gallup Bengals.

Tonight's game is completely sold out.

The whole rez will be watching.

No pressure though.

Jimmy Holiday nearly led the state in scoring last year,

but without Nataanii, he couldn't get them into the playoffs.

Hey, man. Come on.

Let's go. Right here. Come on. One more. Come on.

All right, bet, come on. Live by the three, die by the three, son.

Yeah? How 'bout this from downtown?

Come on.

We definitely expected more out of Coach Hobbs,

especially coming off her successful WNBA career.

If the boys don't qualify this year,

she won't be a player or a coach.

Her hometown hero status won't save her from the aunties.

Game point.

Nataanii wins!

Man, I gave you that. One more. Check up. Best two out of three.

-You not ready. -Come on, let's go.

Man, you don't want this.

Hey!

Y'all better not miss that bus. If you're late, Coach is gonna bench you.

Come on, get moving. I'm not giving you another ride.

- Come on, let's go. -Man, you lucky your dad saved you.

Dang!

Nataanii!

Bryson.

Warlance.

Sweaty.

-What's good, Miles? -Same story, different day.

That "dang" story?

She was like, "I'm Water Edge Clan."

So, then I was like, "Dang, we're both cousins."

"We can't keep doing this."

Ah, that's bullshit and you know it, Bryson.

Bro, why you always gotta lie? Why you always gotta lie?

Let me tell you about this.

He found out they was related

and he still made out with her.

- -That's messed up.

Why you do that?

Nah. You know what they say, though.

Cousins are for practice.

Gotta get you a mature one.

-Bro. - That's not a saying.

Yeah, it is.

Hey! Welcome back, Nataanii!

Yo, get them Bengals!

Tomorrow, man, I got you. Best two out of three.

That's what you said last time.

Hey, Jimmy! Good luck tonight! Text me!

Bruh. Do not go there.

Welcome all to the Chuska season opener.

Tonight's game is in honor of Lily and Nizhoni Jackson.

A memorial fund has been created

and all donations will go to the Chuska Chapter House.

Our hearts go out to Nataanii and Ronald

and all families that have been impacted by drunk driving.

Shot! Rebound! Nice, nice, nice. Come on, Jimmy!

Boom!

As time winds down here in the fourth,

Chuska has literally given this game back to Gallup here.

The Warriors holding onto a slim one-point lead, 42 to 41.

Three-two, three-two.

-Nataanii, switch. -Switch! Switch!

-Get down! - Jackson with the block!

It's been Jackson and Holiday. Those two are Batman and Robin.

They are the perfect duo, like mutton stew and fry bread.

Like powdered sugar and fry bread.

Like diabetes and fry bread.

There you go. Good take.

Holiday with the steal!

All the Warriors have to do is slow things down and run out the clock.

Jimmy. Pistol.

Coach Hobbs is refusing to take her foot off the gas.

Nataanii Jackson for the NBA three.

Excellent ball movement from the Warriors.

-Final seconds. -

What the hell are you doing? Get back on D.

Push it!

Gallup looking for the three-and-foul.

- And it's no good! -That was close.

The boys celebrated a little early and they gave Gallup one last shot.

-That was dangerous. -Line up.

Nataanii. Excellent game. How did you feel out there tonight?

I mean, that was a good team effort, you know?

Thirty-one points, 11 rebounds is a great start.

This first game back must be tough for you.

How did it feel without your mom and your sister there?

Nataanii?

Yeah, you know, he misses them, of course,

but their presence was definitely felt.

His mom, his sis, they were like our sixth man tonight.

Do you want to add anything else?

-No, we good. Just happy for the win. -Thank you, guys.

Yeego! Warriors! Yeego! Warriors!

Hey, we won, bro.

Turn that off.

-I said turn that off! -

-Like and follow me on Instagram. -What the hell is this?

Celebrating, Coach.

Celebrating?

We were leading by 16 at halftime.

Coach, a win is a win.

Where's my cross-country runner?

Leland, what does your coach say about finishing a race?

Uh, run through the finish line.

Run through the finish line.

You cannot let up, not even for a second.

Gallup isn't even ranked.

I guarantee you Santa Fe is going to be excited to play us tomorrow.

Team...

what is our number one rule?

Rez ball wins championships.

Exactly. And what is rez ball?

Run fast, shoot fast, we don't ever stop.

We run fast, we shoot fast, we don't ever stop!

Now, I don't know about you all, but I'm here to win a championship.

Are you?

Damn, bro.

-Coach is trippin'. -

I don't know about y'all, but if we can't celebrate here, I'm finna head up to Mesa.

Who's with me? Oh, you with me? Yeah, what's good!

Yeah, dog, you with me? Okay...

Hey, you good?

Let's bounce.

And let's just say Chuska's a long way from Los Angeles.

Players looking a little cocky at the end of the game.

Does Coach Hobbs have a handle on this team?

Is Hobbs really all-in? What do you think, listeners?

You good?

That reporter, man.

You know, I, uh...

I meant what I said back there.

About your mom and your sis.

Bro, they were there tonight.

You know, my sis...

Man, she was just getting started.

I can't believe it's been a year.

All I have left of them are memories.

Like, on that parking lot over there.

That's where my mom taught me how to ride a bike.

And on that hill over there?

That's where me and my sis used to go sledding.

Man, you remember that.

And then we went down that...

That big old hill?

And your mom told you not to do it.

You did it anyway.

Yeah.

I remember that.

I mean, do you ever think about...

getting out?

From the rez? Of course, I do, man.

No.

Like, really getting out.

For good.

What you talking about, man?

Bro, I have an idea.

You want to play college ball. And I want to play college ball.

Why don't we both get out of here,

and bring home this title?