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I've done it again.

It's up to you now.

I told him not to.

Time-out.

You reckon number four

will put up their last shot, Dad?

Yeah, probably.

They've been picking low all night.

Yeah.

Uh...

Rade, let yourself get taken out.

Buddy, you drop down and take his place.

Close that lane.

- All right! OK, team.

- Team!

Come on!

- Time! Time!

- Time-out!

Come over here, come over here.

All right, now listen to me.

This is the last shot that we got. All right?

We're gonna run the picket fence at 'em.

Merle, you're the swingman.

Jimmy, you're solo right.

All right. Merle should be open,

swinging around the end of that fence.

Now, boys, don't get caught

watching the paint dry.

- All right.

- Team!

Yeah! We did it!

You did good, Pop. You did real good.

- You did it, Shooter!

- Good job! Whoo!

SECTIONAL FINAL, DEERLICK, INDIANA

- Where's your father?

- He said he wanted to be alone.

Too much pressure.

- You keep in the game. All right?

- Yes, sir.

- Mentally.

- Yes, sir.

Hey, ref! Call it both ways!

Come on!

He's got his hands all over him!

I've got 12, red.

Oh, come on!

What are you talking about?!

Hey! Hey! Whoa!

Hey! Come on! That was no foul!

No. You were out of position to make

a call. He was charging all the way.

- Get him outta here.

- His feet were planted.

He was charging all the way!

- Norm, his feet were planted.

- We know that, we know that.

Get that bozo to wear glasses!

Come on, come on.

It's OK. He's an assistant coach. It's fine.

- That's a technical foul.

- What are you talking about? Wait!

He just wandered out on the floor!

Don't tell me that! Oh, Jesus!

You keep in the game, Everett.

You understand?

Come on, play hard.

He's cut.

Oh, mercy. Let's get him on his feet.

Forfeit that team. My boy can't

even play. He's all racked up.

Hey, if you lose,

then we'll protest. All right?

That's a gutless way to win!

- Get out of my face!

- Let's play ball.

Get the ball! Get the ball!

Dad!

Shooter!

Shooter!

Dad!

Dad!

Boy, a couple of months in here

and you'll be as dry as the Sahara desert.

It's goblin visiting time, eh?

Oh, come on.

We're gonna be here for you.

Yeah. You and the little green monkeys.

- Oh, God. How's my son doing?

- Oh, he's fine.

He had eight stitches but, boy,

he played his heart out. He was just...

The doc says he's gonna be OK

for the regionals in about a week.

- He's a good boy.

- Yeah.

I'm so proud of you, Coach. I am.

Sectional champs?

I know what that means

to these folks around here.

A lot.

I remember what it meant to me.

You're a big part of it.

No.

Coach, I'm freezing.

Yeah, OK.

Could we have a blanket, please?

Goddammit. You know I didn't mean...

I didn't make a lick of difference.

You know that.

You got yourself a shiftless,

no-account drunk.

Oh, God.

I'm so sorry.

Basketball meant so much to me, Coach.

I'm so proud of you.

- I'm so sorry I let you down.

- Come on, Shooter.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Nurse. I'm so thirsty.

I'm so sorry, Coach.

- You're gonna protect us?

- There's not enough apologising.

- Get the team in the gym.

- I've never seen nothing like this.

I wish they'd wait till after the game.

Does the team feel

they can make it to the finals?

REGIONAL FINALS, JASPER, INDIANA

Let's go. Let us through.

There is a, um... tradition

in tournament play

to not talk about the next step until

you've climbed the one in front of you.

Going to the finals is beyond your wildest

dreams, so let's just keep it right there.

Forget about the crowds,

the size of the school,

their fancy uniforms,

and remember what got you here.

Focus on the fundamentals that

we've gone over time and time again

and, most important, don't get caught up

in thinking about winning or losing.

If you put your effort into playing to your

potential, to be the best that you can be,

I don't care what

the scoreboard says at the end,

in my book we're gonna be winners.

OK?

All right!

Let's go! Let's go!

Let me hear it!

- Let's go!

- Go! Go!

Ref! He's moving his pivot foot!

He's moving his pivot foot!

Block him out! Block him out!

Block 41 off the baseline!

OK.

Come on!

Everett, stop that pass to the low post.

Rade, you come off your man

and give us some help inside.

Buddy, 41 is killing us.

He's just killing us.

Stick with him.

You can think of chewing gum.

By the end of the game I want

to know what flavour he is. OK?

Great shot! Great shot!

Block him off! Block him off the baseline!

Foul on number 25. Butcher.

That's Butcher's fifth personal foul.

His feet were planted! He was there first!

- The stitches are pulled.

- Patch him up.

- I can't do it.

- Patch him up! Are you out of your mind?

- Hey, you keep blocking out.

- Yes, sir.

- We're gonna win this game.

- Yes, sir.

- Call time-out. Time-out.

- Time-out. White.

- On the bench.

- I wanna play.

Come on, you're on the bench.

Strap, you're gonna play for Everett.

Don't shoot unless you're under the

basket all by yourself. Understand? OK.

We got two minutes

and 15 seconds, all right?

Be patient. Work for the good shot. Got it?

Team!

Let's go. Come on.

Let's go, Strap. Let's go.

Strap...

God wants you on the floor.

Hey, that was a great shot!

Time-out!

Time-out, Hickory.

- What's gotten into you?

- The Lord. I can feel his strength.

Keep his strength in the dribble, all right?

On me?! Oh, no!

- Foul on number 14, white.

- Are you joking?

Come on! Give us a break!

Number 14. Walker.

That's his fifth personal foul.

Good game.

Ollie, we need you.

Ollie, we need you now.

Go get 'em.

It was Dentyne.

Substitution for Hickory -

number 13, McClellan.

Let's go!

Foul him!

Orange 1-0.

- Come on! Let's go!

- Let's go. You can do it.

Come on, let's go, Big Ollie.

I got number 10,

orange. Two shots.

Time-out, ref. Time-out.

It's time-out. Orange.

OK, let's go, guys. All right, listen.

After Ollie makes his second shot -

and you will make your second shot -

get back on defence right away.

There may just be time for them

to throw in a desperation toss.

- All right. Let's go.

- Put 'em in, Ollie.

Team!

Make it a good one, Strap.

Didn't know they grew 'em

so small down on the farm.

Don't worry about that.

You just concentrate on what you're doing

and put it in the hole, right? You can do it.

One more. One more and we're going

all the way, all right? Concentrate.

- Ollie!

- Just one more! Just one more!

Pin 'em down. Pin 'em down.

You always garden in the mud?

The Almanac says

it's time to start planting.

Is the Almanac always right?

Always.

The farmer's daughter.

- Miller's.

- Miller's.

Your mother cut my hair.

Yeah, I saw your car.

Like to take a walk?

That's pretty.

Yeah. In the late spring those fields

are so green it looks like Ireland.

How I always imagined

Ireland would look.

I've seen it in pictures and postcards.

Would you like to go to Deerlick

some evening? Take in a movie?

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