02x08 - Everything Goes Away

[bunniefuu]

You ain't got no trash can?

There are trash bags underneath the,

um

Right behind the refrigerator.

You ready?

Yeah.

Have you touched

all the 48 states yet so far?

Pretty close.

I can probably name

the ones I haven't touched better.

Minnesota, Maine,

Connecticut, Rhode Island.

Just that patch up there

in that top corner?

Pretty much.

I've pretty much hit the rest of 'em.

That's my dad.

Right now, he's a truck driver.

Just drives a truck around the country,

dropping off loads.

But before that, my dad played basketball.

He coached at Pasadena City,

West LA, Mount SAC, and Oxnard.

During season,

he's working out with me,

no matter what team it is,

trying to help me,

giving me tips and pointers,

just making sure I can be

the best player I can be.

Oh, he did ask me

about Cal Poly Pomona today.

- What about it?

- Just asked me how do I like it.

Cal Poly's got a good program.

They got a good program.

That's what he said.

He was like, "It's not so much"

He said that it's not always

about going D1 and stuff like that.

I was like, "Coach, I understand."

That's why I chose to go D2

the first time.

Everything you trying to do,

civil engineering,

that's a perfect school for that.

I know. I already

There's me coaching.

He was just always around in the gym.

That's my little road dog,

my little buddy.

But then when everything happened

between me and his mom,

he came with me.

They did a good job hiding

the problems they had

'cause I didn't know

no problems was going on literally until

middle of the night,

my dad came into my room,

and I just woke up,

and my dad was standing there.

He just told me everything

was gonna be all right, and he loved me,

and just to go back to sleep.

And he was gone in the morning.

I had no clue what was going on.

I mean, I didn't realize

until later on that day or the next day.

I went looking on my bike

just around the neighborhood.

I was a kid.

I didn't know what I was doing.

But just riding my bike looking for him,

thinking like I would find him.

My mom still had the house,

but, even to this day,

that house never has felt the same.

It just felt empty.

It just never felt right.

Something missing.

Was it your choice

to live with your dad?

It was my choice.

He was my best friend,

like, out of everybody.

When stuff started going south,

he was the only person I found comfort in.

Me and my little sister

were joint custody.

After it first happened,

he moved somewhere.

He medically retired,

like, eighth, ninth-grade year.

We got evicted junior year.

We wasn't getting

his full retirement check

that he was supposed to get.

We had no place.

So I was at my teammates', or

And he was in his car,

or sleeping in the gym

at one of the schools in the office.

I was like, "I'm gonna do whatever I can

to make sure I'm there for my kids."

Um, so if that meant

you know, a lot of hotel stays

If that meant, like, "Okay, you go here,

or you stay with this friend,

or you stay with this relative,

and I'm in a car,"

I did what I had to do

to make sure I was around.

So I never felt like I had a home.

That's pretty much it.

Sorry.

I mean, on my mom's side,

they still had the house,

but like I said, it felt empty, and then

my dad, bouncing around

between house to house,

trying to get back on his feet.

Just living with him,

there was a few times where

we found apartments

and stuff like that, but

nothing ever consistently for a long time.

My 24-hour gym membership was my shower.

The basketball court was

where I worked out.

Used the shower to shower some days,

and just sleep in my car.

My parents thought

I was staying with my teammate,

but one thing they always taught me

was, "Don't overstay your welcome."

There would be days

where, yeah, I'm over here,

but, you know, I'm going

to the 24-hour parking lot.

I'm working out for hours,

and at nighttime,

till, you know, time to shower,

get a couple hours in of sleep,

and then pop back up

for school the next morning.

When I'm playing basketball,

everything goes away.

Everything.

It's peaceful out there, like,

it takes my focus off of

everything I have in life.

I think that's why I love it so much.

I think that's why it's my therapy.

Did you take a trip

before you went to Portland?

Nah, Portland kinda pressured me

into "don't take no visits."

- How'd that work?

- They wanted me to decide on the spot.

- Right.

- They said, "Oh yeah."

- "Two weeks, the offer might be gone."

- Right.

But I got kinda rushed into it, I guess.

Made a bad decision.

- That's business.

- Yeah.

You know, they try to talk all this

"We care about the kids" stuff.

- They're competing for talent.

- Yeah.

And do you have a clearer picture of

what you want this time versus last time?

Yeah. Learning more about that.

How many years they got?

What type of role?

- Who's coming off this next year?

- Right.

- How long this coach about to be here?

- There you go.

Or is this coming

from a style of play too?

Mm-hmm. It's just not like,

"I'm so happy to be here."

Yeah, "I'm so happy to be here.

Oh my God, I'm going D1."

Right.

I think Bryan might've said

something similar happened to him

like that at SC.

- Yeah.

- Season is not over yet.

Still wheeling and dealing

that needs to take place.

Trying to just close it out.

We're almost done, so

Couple weeks left,

just trying to stay positive.

'Cause, like, honestly, I know

none of us here really want to lose that,

just because of what we've been through

over this past year.

We know no other team

has done what we've done. So, like

Kinda got that chip on the shoulder a bit,

so I'm excited to go into this next week.

I was on the phone with Rutgers yesterday

and Drexel the day before that.

So I'm just looking at my options

right now,

trying to get these visits set up

for after the season, so

I'm trying to get right on it.

As soon as the season ends,

I'm about to start going on visits, so

'Cause all my classes are online,

so I got all this time.

You feel

you're gonna be comfortable with

the opportunities you have?

Oh yeah, definitely.

I'm happy with the options

I have right now, so

Looking good. They're only gonna go up

when we close the season,

so it's gonna look a lot better.

- What's up?

- What's up, Coach?

Coaches will be coming in,

and then we'll go from there, man.

Yeah, there's a lot of people

that like you, but it's up and down.

And then, right when you started

getting going, then you tweaked your leg,

right when it was a big role

was starting to be carved out.

So, where do you want to go?

I want to go

Like, realistically right now,

where do you wanna go?

Well, I don't have

any specific colleges I want.

But I definitely want somewhere

where I'mma have a big role.

- I mean

- Like what? Give me a conference, school.

- If I was to call a school

- Pac-12.

Who would you want me

to call right now, that's realistic?

- Like, if I call

- Pac-12.

If I call UCLA,

they're not listening to me.

- I don't care who I got on my roster.

- Yeah.

Give me realistic.

If you say I need to do my job

and call these schools and say,

"Demetrius Calip is available."

"He played at Taft.

He played at Illinois Chicago."

"He played here,

and this is what I think of him."

"What do you think of him,

and do you guys have

an opportunity for him?"

Is that what should happen?

Them to get their eyes on me?

Yes.

Them to think about me.

'Cause if nobody thinks about me,

then I can't go nowhere.

- What's up, bro? What's the latest?

- Just chillin'.

Let's see

what you looking like, bro.

So I mean, it ain't You're not too bad.

I mean, you 35% from three.

52% from the floor, which is good.

I talk with There's a bunch of guys

that have shown interest.

You just gotta make sure

that you finish the academic stuff.

That's my biggest concern right now.

March 13th discussion,

April 3rd discussion due.

That's two classes I looked at. You got

I'm doing it.

I just missed some.

You in a desperate situation

where you can't miss nothing.

You trying to go Division I,

even Division II,

you gotta pass this stuff.

I'mma get it done.

Don't worry. I'm getting on that.

I'mma get it done.

I heard that before, Dez. Come on.

I'm not thinking about trying

to win to get to the state championship.

I need to win Saturday

so that I can communicate more.

And what better time than right now,

when there's one game and you're done,

and I have their undivided attention?

I can make

a big impression on 'em right now.

Us coaches can speak into

their lives right now.

I only got a couple days to do it.

You coming. You here.

With that part, I give you credit for.

You show up.

I can see in your face every day

what you looking like.

I just want some minutes.

I'm trying to get some minutes.

I mean,

it's hard to just come in here

and be like You feel me?

I know you feel me. I still

I can't help but see

the desperation and see the fear

that they're gonna be left out,

and I can't help but do what I need

to do to help 'em get a scholarship.

At times, bro, I do be sitting

on that bench like,

"Damn, why didn't I just go

to this school and score 30?"

But then I be thinking, "No,

maybe God trying to teach me something."

But you just gotta make it work, bruh,

'cause ain't no point to stop now.

All I want is

a good scholarship for me.

That's been my focus the whole time.

I want to get out of ELAC,

not look back, go to a winning school.

It's concerning 'cause, like,

am I gonna get something out of this?

If I do somewhere like,

in f*cking New York or, like, Florida,

when I have to be out here for my son,

I gotta make something happen.

At the beginning,

I was sitting there crying

whether or not

I was gonna play again or not.

But now, it's whether or not

I can get to the next school.

A lot of my life

has been filled with work,

but just not translatable work.

You know what I mean?

Like, it doesn't go anywhere.

With things starting

to fall into place more,

it's easier to look back on the work

that you've put in and be proud of it.

'Cause now you see the reason for it.

I'm looking in your eyes.

I still don't believe you think

you know that you can play.

If I didn't think I had a future in this,

I would've quit basketball

a long time ago.

You gotta trust,

and if you can finish, bro,

you got a you got a legit shot.

Coming here before the season started,

I was like,

"This is only gonna be a one-year trip."

So I do not plan on coming back.

I plan on going to a D1.

High major. I mid major.

I just want to go to a school

that wants me.

I'm not really concerned

with personal stats

'cause they've gotten people off

that average four points.

I average eight.

If you don't win, you don't go nowhere.

You can average 30.

If you don't win,

you don't get to a good school.

As the playoffs go by

and we keep winning games,

it's definitely gonna open up

a lot of opportunities for everybody.

That's what we working to, for real.

sh*t. Win so everybody can eat.

I believe in us.

Everybody wants to see

other people succeed,

which, you don't

find that on a lot of teams.

It's a little bit different

than it was two years ago.

It's even worse

in terms of the scholarship situation.

There is a hair chance

that you get a scholarship.

All right, I've been doing this

for 20 years. I was a Division I coach.

There's a language

that needs to be spoken.

Coach Ken's got it. I got it. Coach Rob.

And, if there's not communication there,

you can mess it all up.

Anybody calls you, you talk to

and act like you want to go there.

It could be a Division 30 school,

Division whatever.

The lowest of lowest,

you know what I'm saying?

It could be whatever.

You talk to 'em, and you make them

want you, and you let us know.

Yeah, it's a big deal.

We want to win State.

I want to say

that I'm a state championship coach,

and we're a state championship program,

and raise the banner,

but I'mma have another chance

to win a state championship.

I'mma still be coaching.

Some of the guys,

their careers will be done.

But guess what? If we win a game,

I have more time

that their eyes are wide open,

and I can speak more life into 'em.

They still need

more direction and instruction.

They're gonna listen right now

because there's this desperation

that we have to win against West LA.

It's one game and done.

That's a steal, man!

Rebound!

- You got me!

- Good rebound!

Hey! Good pass, good cut!

Listen to me. I'm not gonna get all deep,

but put it in perspective.

This potentially could be

the last time you ever do this drill.

For some of you guys, y'all gonna move on.

For some of you guys are gonna stay.

But for this season,

all the work that you've done,

it is March.

It's now March.

We shouldn't be talking about energy.

We shouldn't be talking about intensity.

We shouldn't be talking about

what this game means for us.

Get active. Be a leader.

Get active! Get active! Get active!

Get in somebody's face.

Set the tone defensively.

Set the tone defensively.

I would consider

our program elite.

We're winning over 20 games a year.

We're in the top 10 in the state.

It's like seeing your vision

come to light.

You know, you win a big game,

or you start winning some playoff games,

and then you make a little bit of noise,

and it's, um

You know, it's like, okay, all right,

this is exactly what we planned on.

We gotta rebound

every freaking possession!

Everything matters!

I've always been known for being

a program starter or a program changer.

When I took this job as a head coach,

I'm looking through archives,

trying to find

when did they have good seasons.

I got here in 2015.

You know, year by year, it's slowly been

this slow grind, this slow process.

And now I think we're where we wanna be.

Coach Mosley and myself, I've known him

from when I was a Division II coach,

and he was at Cal State Bakersfield.

No one can ever understand

what we go through

as far as a college coach

or a younger, you know, Black male coach.

Just the pressure we put on ourselves,

what we're trying

to get out of our students.

What we see with our vision.

It's so many emotions

that you can't explain.

There's a handful of us, you know,

African-American coaches.

West LA coach, we call him "Truck,"

being one of 'em.

But just like myself, Truck had

a situation where he's part-time.

They gave him this part-time job.

There's not as much support as you need.

It's just kind of a mirror

of what I've gone through myself.

He went in and fought and clawed and said,

"We gonna do whatever it takes to win."

And he has the same vision to see

those young men be successful,

whatever it takes.

Let's talk about ball pressure.

We wanna be in pressure.

We wanna be in people's faces.

I didn't come

to this program to say,

"I just roll out the ba*ls

and let me do my time."

I came here to start a program

and to actually win.

So this game is

it's gonna be one for the ages.

Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop. This is

the difference between winning and losing.

- Call Press O.

- O. O.

Right there. That's where we lose.

Right? You're not gonna beat anybody

from here on out.

Like, it's gotta be locked.

It's gotta be like this.

- So, if you call Press O Call Press

- O! Press O!

Wait. Now pop. Boom.

Okay? So, your urgency

every single time. All right?

Playoffs, man. I mean, I don't know.

Everything has to be sense of urgency

to get the separation. Here we go.

- Come on!

- Let's go!

- C'mon.

- Corey!

It's gonna be a good one. If they

win this game, a lot of dreams come true.

Yeah. This is huge.

This would be

the toughest game they got left.

- Right.

- I don't care who else we play.

This'll be the toughest game we got left.

- This is the state championship.

- This is state championship, so

Good.

Good job, DC!

Cut!

Stay behind me! Stay behind me!

Fellas, this is what

we didn't do against Cerritos.

When we had them dudes

on the rope, we got sloppy.

We can't get sloppy

because they're going to make a run.

They are going to make a run.

But when they make the run,

okay, make it run,

and we still up nine or ten. Okay?

Not, make your run,

and now the game is a one-point game.

I'm telling you.

Let me tell you something.

If you don't make a shot,

just rebound the hell out of the ball

and get stops,

and then, all of a sudden,

shots will start going into the basket.

Trust me. Dez knows.

Dez knows. You know what I'm saying?

At the beginning, Dez started rebounding.

All of a sudden, this fool is wet,

making threes and doing all that.

Rebound the ball.

Rebound the ball. Rebound.

You cannot take our life away

and give them life by allowing them

to get putbacks and all that kinda stuff.

Play how we need to play

to win the state championship.

We have to win. We have to win

to get to that state championship.

We gotta be in the state championship.

There's no other option.

All right? That's just what we do.

We're going tonight, when we finish,

they gonna send me the email tonight

with the hotel so I can book our hotel

so we can be ready to go.

Everybody pursue rebounds

and let our length lead it back.

Here we go. Let's go.

We got food in there. Here we go.

- "Family" on three! 1, 2, 3!

- Family!

Let's go eat.

Eat it all, guys!

One, two, three, four ♪

Hello and welcome

to Culver City, California,

on the campus of West Los Angeles College.

Tonight, it's the Sweet 16

with round three

of the SoCal Regional Final.

This game will determine who goes

to West Hills Lemoore

for the state championship tournament.

So many people in here

that want us to lose.

I agree. You can feel it.

So many people in here

want us to lose, man.

It's a hood game right here.

This is a hood game.

Let's get it! Let's get it!

Let's get it! Almost showtime.

Let's get it. Let's get it.

With roughly ten minutes

to go till tip-off,

we want to welcome everybody again

to West LA College

Let's go!

You feel me? Yeah.

- Come on, man.

- They know we here.

They know we here.

I don't want to talk too much.

The biggest thing tonight is playing hard.

Don't get caught into the highs and lows,

and let them be rah-rah, they rah-rah.

Let them scream and holler

and all that kinda stuff.

But we gotta play hard, and you guys

gotta rebound the hell out of the ball.

I'm just telling you, you gotta rebound.

If you miss, that might be

the rebound that puts us in trouble.

Yesterday after shootaround,

I kind of, um

I got to the point where I started

to have to turn my phone off

because everybody wanted to put

their own little story line.

They're talking about the best recruiter

we got at West LA versus

the best recruiter they got at East LA.

Myself versus Coach Mosley,

who I've known for a long time.

East versus West.

Y'all don't owe me nothing.

You guys have already done your work.

You guys played a heck of a season.

You guys are third round of playoffs,

Sweet 16.

You guys don't owe me anything.

You guys owe it to yourselves.

Let's go out there

and have a f*cking hell of a game.

My expectation is,

I'm preparing in my mind for next week.

We gonna take care of business tonight.

Bring it in.

- "Family" on three. One, two, three!

- Family!

Let's go!

Our AD

has already got your rooms.

I have already packed

my underwear and packed my discipline.

You guys can pack, do the same tonight.

What is left to do?

Destroy ELAC.

"West" on 3, "Dubs" on 6!

- 1, 2, 3!

- West!

- Four, five, six!

- Dubs!

Yes, sir!

Thankful and grateful

you could join us

as we are about

two and a half minutes away from tip-off.

The battle for Los Angeles

will be tonight.

The road to State

runs through Culver City.

Let's lock in. Let's lock in.

Everybody came here for an opportunity,

right?

- Be on a big m*therf*cking stage, right?

- Yep.

It don't get no m*therf*cking bigger.

We the king of LA. They say they run LA.

They full of sh*t. They full of sh*t.

Top foot up, help your brother.

Help your brother.

They get one f*cking shot,

and we going the other way. We executing.

And we playing grown man ball.

We in the paint all f*cking game.

All f*cking game. Let's go.

C'mon, all right?

Don't go until I go, all right?

Don't go until I go. Get it!

We are under way!

Round three fight!

Whitlock passes it left side to Cofield.

Cofield to the corner to Whitlock.

Whitlock will dribble out of the corner.

Kicks it to the corner Cofield.

Cofield, three, way off.

Rebound, Wildcats.

Wildcats sprinting the other way.

It's Williams from the wing to the lane.

Cofield comes from behind,

but a putback attempt

by the center, Elijah Charles.

- Heads up! Trap!

- Trap!

- Trap!

- Trap!

Here's Whitlock.

Throws a football pass way into the front.

- It goes out of bounds.

- Here we go!

Poor pass.

Get it back, Damani!

That's on me! I'm going!

Let's go, Damani!

D! Guard your man!

Stay! Guard!

Coming, Tyrelle! Shuffle, Tyrelle!

Back screen!

Right wing behind the arc,

it's Davis back on top to Clarke.

Clarke launches a three.

That's good.

Seven to two, West LA.

Can the Huskies survive on the road

and keep the season alive?

Williams is pure from three-point land.

Ten to four now.

Let's go, Damani!

Huskies got numbers, a five-on-four.

Whitlock stops at the elbow, will pop.

What the f*ck is he doing, dawg?

What the hell is he doing?!

- Oh my God.

- Oh my God.

Come on, guys!

Mani Hey. Come here, come here.

I want you to push it,

but, remember, get it back spaced.

- Yeah.

- And make 'em chase us.

You know what I'm sayin'? Have a seat.

Stay in your lane.

You going in the middle, nothing there.

You gotta stay lane, keep it side.

Good shot, Relle!

My bad. My bad. My bad.

Just play disciplined.

I'm telling you, it'll open up later

if you play disciplined now.

Then that'll be there.

number 33, Elijah Charles!

Defense! Defense!

Defense! Defense

X, Dez! X! X, Dez!

- Williams to the corner, Mayes.

- Post up!

He's off the mark.

Washington with the rebound.

Quickly over the logo,

left to right is Washington.

Washington, runner off the glass!

Yeah, Dez!

Huskies into the frontcourt.

They go down low to Phillips.

Phillips, against the double team,

gets rejected.

Hunt goes up, left hand. Does that count?

It does.

So Hunt cuts the deficit to four.

- B.

- Yep?

- Joshy?

- Yeah.

Sub! Sub! Sub! Sub! Sub! Sub!

Let's go, Bryan!

Young on top against Gladney,

pushes it left side.

Dribbling down the baseline,

it's Muhammad.

- Muhammad will lose the dribble.

- Travel! Ah!

And will be charged with a walk.

Turnover.

Langston back to Gladney.

In the corner, it's Sanders.

That is good from three-point land.

- 16 to 14, 11:45 left.

- Defense! Defense!

There's Gladney attacking

on the baseline to Langston.

Langston on the left side,

gets an easy layup.

Tie ball game, 16 all.

- 11:10 left.

- Lock up, guys! Lock up, guys!

- First half.

- Let's go!

Defense! Defense!

- Push off.

- Yeah.

Offensive foul called

against the Wildcats.

Gladney on the far sideline.

It's out.

Attacks the lane,

runner bouncing around everywhere.

Gladney gets it,

right in front of the cup.

- ELAC, 21, Wildcats, 18.

- Defense! Defense! Defense!

9:15 to go.

Husky faithful chanting, "Defense!"

Sideline, Young,

getting locked down in the corner.

Rejected!

Shemar for who?

Gotta be, uh, Jon.

He's been out there the longest.

- It's you.

- One shot.

- Let's go, Mar!

- Let's go, Mar-Mar!

He's gotta defend.

Shemar, you gotta guard.

- Jon!

- In for East LA, number three!

- Huskies 23, Wildcats 20.

- Stack! Stack! Stack!

7:50 left.

Gladney will dribble around the arc.

- He's on the right wing. On top to Morrow.

- Five, four

Five seconds on the shot clock.

- sh**t it!

- Gladney, corner, lifts for three.

Barely grazes the rim.

Poor shot there.

Into the hands of Clarke.

Clarke right to left.

He'll attack from the wing to the lane,

tries to tomahawk it.

Ref,

how you can't call that one?

- He You can't do this stuff!

- Hey!

- DC!

- Gotta get by him.

f*cking block, baby!

And going up with that weak sh*t!

You good?

He grabbed my arm I was gonna Oh my God.

Next time,

kick that m*therf*cker in the face.

Pick it up, folks, for your

Wildcats number two, Justin Williams!

- No, Mar!

- A steal in the backcourt!

And a slam by Roy Clarke!

Two-hand flush off the steal.

Washington on top to Phillips.

Phillips nearly gets the ball stripped

he does!

Into the hands of Mayes.

From the wing to the lane.

Euro step gets blocked,

but the putback attempt

right side by Clarke.

Separate! We need to separate!

Hey, bring Jon back!

- Hey! Hey!

- Bring Jon back for, uh

- Shemar.

- Shemar.

Down low left side, good!

Jon. Jon.

Five-point lead in favor of West LA.

5:35 left.

28-23.

Morrow left alone in the corner,

way too strong.

Airballs it

straight into the hands of Mitchell.

- Mitchell right to left, attacks the lane.

- Hey! Ref! No way! No way!

Can't get the friendly roll.

Just looking at Coach Mosley.

Still looks calm, collected,

as the first free throw

by Mitchell sunk in.

Shemar f*cked

this entire game up, man.

Eight-point lead now, 37-29.

- Wildcats in control.

- What the f*ck?!

That brings us to halftime

as the Wildcats are in control, 42 to 31.

Don't get outside of

what you're good at.

Don't get outside That whole

Your whole mentality messed us up, Damani.

You got outside of what you're good at.

Ain't nobody making

those type of passes and doing that.

You feel heat, what do you do?

- Jump stop and pivot.

- Just jump stop and pivot, man.

The key is we turned the ball over.

Y'all know what to do.

We know what to do to come back.

We do the right things,

we'll be fine. We'll win.

We just can't turn the ball over,

and we have to rebound when we get stops.

We go little by little and whittle away.

You got plenty of time.

You don't have to rush nothing.

I wanna play fast, but I don't wanna rush.

Attack the glass, get on two feet,

and we freaking finish the play!

Freaking finish the play!

Finish the play! Finish the play!

Here we go. C'mon.

"Finish" on three! One, two, three!

- Finish!

- Let's go!

West!

- Four, five, six!

- Ubuntu!

Let's go, y'all!

We got 20 minutes guaranteed!

And a steal by Mayes.

Mayes tomahawks it down.

Wildcats, 44, East LA, 31.

Two-hand push pass to Washington.

Washington to Phillips.

Phillips puts it on the floor

with one hand, runner way off the mark.

Charles comes down with the rebound,

gets it into the hands of Davis.

Turnaround jumper no.

Saved, into the hands of Charles.

- Charles gets fouled.

- Bryan, sub!

I need you, Joshy!

Yeah.

Second free throw whips the net.

Wildcats, 46.

- ELAC, 31.18:25 to go.

- Let's go.

Wildcats running away with this one.

Here's Jon Sanders lobbing it up,

throws it out of bounds.

Penn-Johnson, miscommunication.

Defense! Defense

Here's Davis

pushing it on top to Mayes.

Mayes to the left side to Williams.

Three-pointer is good.

Let's go, Justin!

Defense!

Here's Penn-Johnson.

Jump ball!

Oh, a jump-ball possession arrow

in favor of West LA.

Everything going in the direction

of the Wildcats.

Same f*cking play.

It's a Wildcat ball.

Defense! Defense!

Here!

Good ball distribution

by the Wildcats.

They swing it around,

and another three-pointer!

Roy Clarke extends the lead.

Coach John Mosley calls time-out

with 17:38.

Wildcats, 52, Huskies, 31.

Don't do a disservice

to yourself and let the foot off the gas.

Do not let off the gas right now!

Keep that energy the whole damn game!

Keep that sh*t going! Do not relax!

How much time we got? 17 minutes.

Little by little, we get stops.

We gotta get one stop at a time.

Come down, don't rush the shot.

Don't rush our shots. Finish.

All right, here we go.

- "Finish" on three. One, two, three!

- Finish!

We'll come back.

There's a lot of time.

Huskies trail.

Is the deficit too big

for the Huskies to return?

Short! Short!

Rich Wilson, three off the mark.

Sanders, rebound.

Enoch, your father's just detoxed

My callin' is right on time ♪

If there's one game

where Penn-Johnson will have to step up

and take over, it's here this evening.

as myself, I'm a demigod ♪

Every thought is creative

Sometimes I'm afraid of my open mind ♪

sh*t on my mind ♪

Lob into the hands

of Penn-Johnson for a slam.

My diamonds, the choker is heavy ♪

Gladney, three-point attempt,

no good.

Putback. Penn-Johnson with the slam.

Who gotta heal 'em all?

Us, us ♪

Mani.

Wilson will go to the bench

as Whitlock checks in.

If it ain't 'bout the business

Shut the door now ♪

- Get on him!

- Stay in front, Damani!

And an offensive foul

called on Clarke.

Steppin' out when ♪

Coast-to-coast.

He's called for a charge.

We going the other way!

Float, float ♪

Steppin' out when the weight lifts ♪

East LA! East LA!

East LA! East LA!

Uzzi, your father's in deep meditation ♪

My spirit's awakened

My brain is asleep ♪

Whitlock, rebound.

Whitlock running.

Into the hands of Cofield.

Cofield, reverse lay-in.

Good! Left to right.

As Coach Mosley

and the Huskies call time-out.

5:27 left.

Wildcats, 73.

East LA down, 59

here on the Huskies

basketball radio network.

Listen, we gotta get stops,

and we gotta rebound.

Listen! The game is about to turn over.

Just make sure we rebound the ball.

Hey, because we small, we gotta make sure

all the guys gotta be down there

rebounding the ball.

Get to the free-throw line

every possession, every possession.

Get more buckets!

All right, here we go.

Ready. "Finish" on three. One, two, three!

- Finish!

- East LA! East LA!

Justin, get taller!

Poor pass stolen by Sanders.

Sanders on the two-on-two.

Here's Washington

from the wing to the lane.

- Good block there!

- That's goaltend!

Wide open!

Jackhammer!

Be ready! Be ready!

Hey, bro! Response!

We need to be ready!

Be ready, Dezmond!

Be ready, your response, baby!

Sanders on the right side.

Loses the dribble, falls down, slips.

Turnover against East LA

with 4:29 to go.

- Near steal. Mayes.

- Get a rebound!

To the left side of Williams.

Williams against Rich Wilson.

Three-point attempt by Clarke.

It's good!

That might be the dagger!

number 5,

Kalique Mitchell!

The last time the Huskies

made the state championship

was in the 2014-15 season,

as the Huskies turn it over

right in front of their bench.

In for East LA

I just scored six in a row

for what?

How many points in a row?

No f*cking reason. g*dd*mn!

f*ck!

83 for the Wildcats,

67 for East LA,

as the Wildcats

will try to milk the clock.

Tick, tick, tick goes the clock

on East Los Angeles.

Here's Young, step back.

No. Mitchell, putback!

To the frontcourt is Young.

Young will try to run out the clock

as the West LA faithful will stand up.

It's y'all!

- Thirty seconds to go.

- It's for y'all up there!

All y'all!

West LA

wins the Battle of Los Angeles.

They will travel

to West Hills, Lemoore, California.

Wildcats win it, 85-73.

East LA, their season is now over.

- Nice show. Credit, bro.

- I appreciate it.

Their 17-game win streak

comes to an end.

The road to State finishes here

in Culver City, California.

We wish the West LA Wildcats

the best of luck up north.

f*ck!

Hold your heads.

Y'all had a good year. We okay?

Hold your head, bro.

- I don't wanna hear that.

- We ain't no m*therf*cking losers in here.

You ain't gotta hear it,

but you gonna hear it.

- Had a good year, you serious?

- Going at it.

- We don't have sh*t unless we win.

- We won.

- We lost to bum-a*s n*gg*s.

- We gonna get scholarships

and get dudes out.

We might not win a championship,

but we winning.

You're good.

Ain't nothing about it. Be straight.

Take it easy.

Coach Rob talking. Come on.

Come on.

Come on. Come on. Stand up, yo. We good.

f*ck, man!

You should remember

this type of hurt.

You should remember this type of hurt

and not want to feel it again

wherever you at next.

What are you doing? Don't do that

Now you gotta pick yourself up.

You gotta get up right now. Come on.

Come on. We don't stay down.

We don't ever f*ck' stay down.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

It's a hard lesson.

It hurts, but it wasn't our night

to be the better team.

On the wrong night, it wasn't our night.

And so, whatever lesson

comes out of that, it's

I don't know.

I don't know.

Hey, your effort was real

for seven straight months.

Seven straight months,

sacrifice, being here six days a week.

Hey, man, y'all worked hard.

That's that's why it hurts.

And I learned a lot from

Hey, from all of you.

Thank you. Thank you, thank you.

We are blessed to play this game, fellas.

It's a blessing to play it. And I'm just

I'm honored and happy

to be a part of it with all of you.

That don't mean I ain't gonna miss

the hell out of Dez though, 'cause I am.

Dez was like the first kid I saw

when I came in that first day.

Gotta get up, man, and bounce back.

Some days, I don't even want to get up.

I'm in so much pain.

But I get up.

Y'all motivate me to get up, man.

Then watching y'all

motivates me to get up.

It ain't one quitter in here.

Not one quitter in here,

and that's the most important part to life

is to just keep bouncing back.

Keep bouncing back. Keep bouncing back.

Keep bouncing back.

I'm sorry, Coach.

Appreciate you, Coach.

f*ck!

I'm sorry

Keep your heads up.

Don't let nobody see y'all down, bro.

- Come on, y'all.

- Last time, bring this family in.

Let's go, Chris.

Last time.

- Loud.

- C'mon.

One last time,

make it the loudest.

- Who got us?

- I got it.

- "Family" on three, man! One, two, three!

- Family!

Yeah.

We gonna meet at the bus right now.

I saw my love ♪

Let's clear out so I can clean up.

Put this thing back together.

Let's go, Mani!

And as he passed me by ♪

He turned to me ♪

And gave me a smile ♪

Then the preacher ♪

Then the preacher ♪

The preacher joined their hands ♪

And all the people ♪

The people began to stand ♪

Welcome, everybody,

to West Hills College

in Lemoore, California

for the CCCAA Semifinals.

West Valley wins it, 67-63.

"Baby, how can you do this to me?" ♪

Mmm ♪

"You made a promise

That we'd never part" ♪

"Then you turned around

And you broke, no, my heart" ♪

"Now you're standing there

Saying 'I do'" ♪

"Holding hands with somebody new" ♪

"When you know

That it should have been me" ♪

San Francisco has done it.

They win it 91 to 66 over West Valley

to conclude a tremendous season.

"Oh, it should have been me" ♪

"Baby, how can you do this to me?" ♪

Then the preacher ♪

Whoa, yeah ♪

The preacher asked

That there be silence please ♪

"If any objections to this wedding" ♪

"Speak now or forever

Forever hold your peace" ♪

And I stood up and said

"It should have been me" ♪

Tough game. Execution was off.

I feel like we just kinda got outplayed.

Like, they were a better team,

honestly, so.

Kind of disappointed about my recruitment,

'cause I don't really know

where I'm going.

I'm kinda still up in the air.

If I go below D1,

I'm gonna be disappointed.

'Cause I know I can play at that level.

What schools are interested?

Alabama State.

Uh talked to Lamar.

Um

Another school in Houston,

but it's nothing like out here, so.

It's really It's pretty much,

I don't really know yet.

We were special this year.

I felt like we should've done it all.

I mean, you want to say that

about every team you've been on, but

Nah. We should've got it done.

Me personally, I felt

I didn't hold up to my end.

Everybody had what they needed to do.

I felt like, for me personally,

I just didn't show up the way I needed to.

So my dad was reiterating on it.

He said, "It's special to get up there,

just to be in that Elite Eight,

no matter how you guys do."

You lookin' at coaches across the country

who are all in the gym.

I mean, out of those eight teams,

they taking their picking from them.

It hurts that

we don't get there for exposure-wise.

Never like feeling like a failure.

I think I Let me see.

I need a better comb than this.

- You want me to braid it or twist it?

- Ma, which one you think look raw?

- That's why I'm asking.

- I dunno.

Ahh!

How many times

have you been back here?

- Since sixth grade?

- Yep.

Literally twice.

She ain't never even

really seen me hoop, for real.

Like, live. She just seen videos.

Yeah, I've seen the videos.

And that one time.

- You seen me play one time?

- Yeah.

- She came Yeah.

- When I came to California. Yeah.

I have not lost

too many important basketball games.

I was sad we didn't get to finish

how we were supposed to.

That wasn't how it was supposed to end.

This morning, he told me

the coach wasn't letting him play at all.

I was like, "Why?"

And he said he don't know. He was like,

they had some words or something,

and I'm like

I told him,

"In the end, it'll get better, Shemar."

It has to.

Well, he never talks to me about it.

Oh God, honestly, bruh,

I didn't even, like

I didn't tell her nothing

that was going on.

I'll be feeling, at the end of the day,

I got myself in that position,

so like, sh*t,

I gotta figure it out myself anyway.

Yeah, but you still can call and talk

to me about it. I wanna know everything.

I'mma have to leave, bro.

That's just what it is.

Like, I love the whole organization.

I love Coach Mo.

They did a lot for me,

but I can't do that again.

I'm not no n*gga

that's just gonna sit on the bench

and score five points for you,

when I could go to another JUCO,

score 30, and get gone.

Like, I'm not finna do that, bro.

And I respectfully tell him that.

To have that feeling

when it's gonna be over

is, like, the sickest feeling ever.

You just feel like

you have no control of anything.

You have You've lost total control.

It's just an indescribable feeling,

and it's sickening,

and you go home and you can't sleep,

and your stomach is

You're sick.

You feel like you got a stomach flu.

And you're hot, and you feel doubted.

I mean, you literally Every time

the season ends this way for me,

I say, "I don't think

I want to coach ever again."

Every time.

And maybe the only thing

that can keep me going is,

"Well, you know what? I

still gotta feed my family."

Hello?

So then,

how Leah gonna do a birthday party thing?

Is it organized?

Yes.

I already have people coming and stuff.

Let me see your list of who's coming.

- Why?

- I wanna see.

I didn't put their names down.

I just put the amount of people.

You said you had a list of people.

- What'd you say one person, two persons?

- Mm-hmm.

- Oh, I know what we could do.

- What?

Bam! Slideshow.

Why?

- It's not

- That just kills time.

- Y'all ain't gonna dance. I'm tellin'

- All right.

- We ain't gonna dance for five hours.

- Y'all gonna be on the phone like this.

You gonna have a party. Everybody gonna be

on the wall with they phone.

And then, you don't wanna be

like the movies,

the girl that goes in the back and cries.

My party was a b*mb

"There's no one having fun!"

And you go like a Disney movie.

- You go like, "No one's having fun!"

- "Just hate my life!"

And then you gonna be

And then your friends will say,

"Hey, guys, come on!"

- "Moriah's not having fun!"

- Shut

- "Let's all dance!" Then you come back.

- "Let's go get her from the bathroom."

Like a Hallmark movie.

And then you wipe your eyes and be like

"My party's amazing! Thank you, Daddy!"

No.

I think most important right now

is to make sure my family's okay.

I feel like, man, I'm tired.

I'm tired of pressing and making.

And I think, you know what?

Maybe this is the year to kinda hang up

pouring out all of this

and just pouring and pouring and pouring.

Every year, you evolve,

you change, you do different things, so

I'm sure there'll be changes.

Every year you don't win, you'll change.

Look, dawg! Look!

See, I can do it now!

Yeah! Hey! Yup!

- All I gotta do is

- Yeah!

Whoo!

- Moriah, he got it! That's it!

- I told you! I told you!

- He got it!

- I told you! Look!

We take a breath to get physical.

Now two.

If he's there, I go that way.

Boom. Take your drive.

Boom. Ah, now push off,

and then you want to do that

You want to do the exact opposite

out of the back screen.

Talk to me. Let's go.

There you go. Go get your shot.

Go get your shot.

I've decided to take

the head coaching position

at MiraCosta College

in Oceanside, California.

So it's a, um it's an exciting move.

When I go, use that left hand

to make sure I get away from you.

Thinking about not being

at ELAC next year is sad.

It's a sadness. It's a sadness to it

because usually when you're like,

"I'm gonna leave that place."

'Cause you're like,

"Eff that place. I'm outta here."

That's not even the case at all.

I absolutely love

going to that office

and talking to Mo every day.

It's not very often, like,

when you get to our age,

you know, you get to half 100,

to where you meet somebody and become

real good friends with like that.

Me and Mo have become really good friends.

He's like my friend for life.

It's part of the reason

why I was kind of sad

walking to that locker room

that last night,

is because a piece of me, like,

knew that'd probably be the last time.

- Ooh! Hot, babe.

- Yeah, it is hot out today.

It's muggy. I mean,

it's always muggy, but it's like

When it gets over 80,

it's a different feel here.

We come here every year

for vacation. We were here last year.

Walking around, I was like, "Wouldn't it

be great if you got a job here?"

When he called, he was like, "Hey,

MiraCosta," and I'm like, "Oh my gosh."

"We talked about this last year." So

It's just crazy how you have this idea

of how your life's gonna work out.

Like, you're gonna get married,

you're gonna have kids, do this, do that.

And then when it doesn't work out,

and 20 years later, you look,

and you're like, "Oh, I get it now."

It just wasn't supposed to happen then.

Watching it happen now is

It's almost sweeter.

It would come out over there.

Like where that sailboat's going in.

I'm not stressed.

I'm not worried.

I have a I have a solid job.

My kids are grown.

You know? Um, I feel like

the first 20 years were my turn almost,

and he sacrificed.

And now the next 20 are are his.

I'm so proud of him,

and I really do believe that

we will end up where he intends to be,

and we'll be in a better place

with our family first when we get there.

It's a cycle.

It's, like, 12 years now.

There's a new crop of guys come in, and

They may come with a bigger chest,

stuck out or whatever,

but they look the same to me.

It's a baby! It's a baby! It's a baby!

- Hey!

- Can I get a stop, yo?

I definitely didn't think

I was gonna come back, but like,

I just don't want to give up like that

'cause, like, you feel me?

We just been grinding it out for

some months together and it'd just be

You feel me?

I ain't just trying to up and leave.

This season gonna be

a good opportunity for me

to do what I need

'cause I know the system already.

I already know how he trying to rock, so.

That's all that's needed, for real.

And then after that,

you just go from there.

You behind, bro.

n*gg*s working, bro. You behind!

You gotta get your sh*t together.

I expected, when I saw you,

for you to look a certain way.

With what food?

That mean you ain't been doing nothing.

With what supply of food

am I gonna get bigger with?

You're k*lling me right now.

I love you to death,

but that's some bullshit.

- This is why everybody

- Listen.

This is why

everybody went crazy last time.

- Y'all was worrying 'bout

- We want to win.

- We don't want to be regular.

- I I wanna win!

Okay, but you're not acting

like you wanna win.

- I wanna win When you see me

- Look at

When you see me on the court,

you're gonna see I wanna win every time.

I'm gonna I'm definitely gonna see.

You right.

These guys are here

at the junior colleges.

They're still trying to figure that out.

It's not a part-time job,

even at the junior college level.

It's not a part-time job.

You gotta come in and

pretend like you at a university.

And so DC's still learning that.

And Shemar is still learning that.

I'm trying, bro.

Like, I'm not trying to just be that n*gga

that be like,

"Damn, this don't work. Let me skate."

I'm trying to show

I'm not trying to be that n*gga.

I'm trying to work it out. You feel me?

Definitely hard to be optimistic,

but at the end of the day, n*gga,

like, "sh*t. I been through all this."

"Why not? Why can't I still make it?"

I feel like this is what I was here to do.

I have nothing to lose,

and I need everything

that I can get from here.

You know what you can do,

and you know what you can't do.

And if you can do something

to a special level,

you can't let nobody take that from you.

At high school,

the goals that counselors had for me

were being a janitor

or a flight attendant.

Sayin' I shouldn't play basketball.

Shouldn't do this.

Shouldn't even aim for

getting my high school diploma.

I like proving people wrong.

I can play.

I can do this, like, every game.

If you trust me, I could do this.

I know it's in me,

so I don't think about nothing else.

It's just who I am.

Honestly, some days, I think

that some of the little voids I have

probably is what I feel like

could fix it in the future.

I can at least route myself

back into basketball.

It's been an avenue for me to

express what I'm going through

and express what my life has been.

Everybody's got a gift, man.

I have a gift.

And I guess my gift is trying

to inspire and speak to others.

I think that's probably what I wanna do

for the rest of my life.

It just so happens that it's basketball.

The game I played, and the game I love.

I just want to be

where God wants me to be.

At times, I can visualize myself

at a Division I.

At times, I can visualize myself,

heck, in a

maybe in a pulpit

preaching for the rest of my life.

This is where I'm at.

This is where I'll be.

Nothing fancy, man. Nothing fancy.

I've tried it.

Tried to be fancy. I've tried to

live a life that wasn't real.

Now I just gotta live real, man.

We in this little house.

East LA.

I'm just a JUCO coach, man.

Just a JUCO coach.

I don't want nothing more.

People say, "Why are you doing this?"

"You just trying to be a"

I don't want to be a star.

You won't find me on TV no more.

I don't want no part of none of that.

All I want to do is

just be where God wants me to be.

Minister to others.

That's it.

If I fall short ♪

If I don't make the grade ♪

If your expectations aren't met

In me today ♪

There's always tomorrow ♪

Or tomorrow night ♪

Hang in there, baby ♪

Sooner or later ♪

I know I'll get it right ♪

Please don't give up on me ♪

Oh, please don't give up on me ♪

I know it's late ♪

Late in the game ♪

But my feelings, my true feelings ♪

Haven't changed ♪

Here in my heart ♪

I know, I know

I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong ♪

I'd like to make amends ♪

For the love

That I've never ever, ever, ever shown ♪

Just don't give up on me ♪

Every word is true ♪

I'll give you my everything ♪

All of my love, all of my love ♪

All of my love, love, love, love, love

To you ♪

Just don't give up on me ♪

Oh, please ♪

Please, please ♪

Don't give up on me ♪

I don't want you to ♪

I know it's late, but wait ♪

Please, please, please, please ♪

Don't give up on me ♪

Promise ♪

Will you promise me? ♪

Will you promise me? ♪

Please don't give up on me ♪

We can make it if we try ♪

I'm gonna hold on

Hold on with me ♪

And don't give up on me ♪

Oh ♪

Oh, baby ♪

Oh, baby ♪

Oh, baby, please ♪

Don't give up on me ♪

Whatever you do ♪

We gon' make it

We'll make it through ♪

Don't you give up on me ♪

Please, please, please ♪

Promise me ♪

Don't give up on me ♪