The Gambler Page #7
Gets to the basket, throws it down.
Cats looking
to make something out of this.
He's got Lamar Allen.
Turnaround jumper.
Yes, he's got it!
Lamar Allen
throwing down the nastyjam!
Here comes Allen taking it
up the court on his own.
Throwing it down with
a left-handed slam!
Hang on, hang on, hang on.
This sh*t ain't right.
Does well in terms of
looking for his shot.
Lamar Allen throwing down a dunk!
What is he doing?
Right now the Wildcats
are in control of this game.
There's Allen driving down
the left-hand side,
and he's got it.
A little kiss off the glass...
Man, he better start performing
and less scoring.
I don't get it. Ain't that your man?
Yeah, if he don't handle his business,
I'm a handle him.
Here's the Wildcats from the other end,
Lamar Allen from about 16 feet!
That's not gonna go.
Yeah, that's better. That's better.
Come on! Move your ass! Come on!
Lamar usually makes that shot
in his sleep.
The Wildcats up by 14
with a little bit left
to play in this half.
Bulldogs back on offence,
trying to cut into that Wildcat lead.
Here comes Brodey, right around Allen
for the double-handed slam!
That's a hell of a crossover by Brodey.
That's more like it.
That's what I'm talking about.
Wildcats up by 12
with nine minutes to go.
That's no effort, Lamar!
Fast-break situation. Two on one.
Allen lob to Aldinger!
What was that?
Did you see that?
Coach also not pleased
with what he saw.
Chester Moore checking in
for Lamar Allen.
Coach not happy,
pulling him out of the game.
Ironically, not to catch his breath
but to really, I think,
figure out what is happening.
That's all right. That's all right.
Yeah, Lamar!
He's blown possession the last four
times he's touched the ball.
Not what we're used to
seeing from this kid.
You're going to watch the game
with me. Take a seat.
The bench is the great persuader,
the great teacher.
And this is what Coach is doing,
giving Lamar Allen a chance to refocus,
get his head together.
Started off the game
with spectacular play,
but over these past few minutes,
has not been the Lamar Allen
that we're used to seeing.
Stay on that bench, Lamar.
What the hell's wrong with you, Lamar?
Here comes the Dogs back on offence.
He's got Cunningham.
Cunningham finds Wilhelm in the paint!
And a foul!
Take it to the house, motherf***er.
Yeah, okay, we good, we good.
There you go.
Look at his face.
This is humiliating for Lamar Allen...
...in the conference semi-finals
against their rivals.
Bulldogs now have
the lead for the first time!
And here comes Lamar Allen.
Stay on the bench, Lamar. Stay
on that f***ing bench, Lamar!
Stay on the f***ing bench!
Lamar!
Bulldogs score again!
They now have a three-point lead.
The fans purring Allen's name,
looking for him to do something.
Here comes Allen
on the left-handed drive!
He's got it.
Come on!
What this motherf***er just do?
Under two minutes to go in the game.
Here's Lamar Allen looking to
make some magic. Goes around.
Splits the defence! Throws it
down with a left-handed jam!
Wildcats have the lead now, 64-63,
and Allen with another turnaround.
It is in! Lamar Allen singlehandedly
going on a 6-0 run!
Under a minute to go.
Allen throws it down again!
Wildcats up by 5. This has
been the Lamar Allen show
in these final minutes.
Bulldogs miss the lay-up.
Allen's got the rebound.
Oh, come on!
He's on fire!
He's f***ing up like that.
He knows
what he supposed to be doing.
You say that's your man. He's scoring.
Yeah, too damn much!
But that's not what Lamar Allen does.
Takes it around and to the hole!
Cats up by seven.
Come on, man. This some bullshit!
I told him less than 8.
Right now, Lamar Allen
is playing the game of basketball
at the highest level one can play it.
Ten...
Nine, eight,
seven, six, five,
four, three, two, one.
Yes, sir!
Yes, sir!
Our boy delivered.
You delivered.
You know how rare that is?
A man delivers?
So we square?
You going to stop threatening the girl?
How about I tell you, you get to keep
your job at the university? Forever.
Just so long as you keep
teaching English 101
to a whole lot of tall brothers.
Oh, I'd tell you to kill me.
Have a drink.
Don't want one.
Thanks, sweetheart.
I see the Koreans f***ed your face up.
Yes, they did.
And you just move on
to the next phase of bullshit.
You know,
the only trouble is with the game today?
What's that?
Someone also bet
an eight-point spread in Vegas
for a whole lot of f***ing money.
You wouldn't happen to know
who did that, would ya?
No idea.
You ain't tipped nobody?
No.
What's your life's plan, Jim?
Make part of it never seeing me again.
I don't need you no more, brother.
I know that.
Think I want you out there knowing that?
Knowing this?
I'm going to tell you that
I'm not going to do you
the discourtesy of assuming
what you're thinking,
but I know you'll do the right thing.
Why is that?
That's the whole amount.
And points.
Where'd you get that?
I borrowed it from Frank.
The f*** you did.
- Ask him.
- I will.
Then you will find out that I did.
You know, Jim,
everybody's ready to be bent.
Some are ready to be straight.
Personally, I'm ready to be straight.
I'm going to get myself an avocado farm.
Or a winery.
Do what I got to do, you know?
Not a huge fan of low company.
A man can transform his sh*t, Jim.
You know, I've never done
anything like this before.
I mean, I didn't think
I was going to make it
out of there alive, you know.
Open it.
Take out 50 grand, that's yours.
Man, I'm going to have
my f***ing picture
on a Wheaties box within months, dude.
Suit yourself.
What was the point
of me going to Vegas?
Obviously it wasn't to earn 50 grand.
Time to get away from me, Dexter.
Far away.
I got your money.
But I'm not coming there.
You got to meet me.
Koreatown. You know the place, right?
Everybody knows the place.
Whether or not
I want you around that place
with my money in your hand
is another f***ing story.
Well, that's the only place I'll meet you.
You have all my money,
plus everything?
Yeah, I have all your money,
but I don't have everything.
You got to meet me there.
What do you do when you're
in the "f*** you" position?
Oh, we've had that discussion,
and I understand your point,
but you got to meet me there.
If there's a list of places
where nobody gets ripped off,
I believe that's at the top.
- You have my money?
- Yes.
Then you must come outside.
No.
I owe him, too.
You gonna play?
It's the only way I could pay you both.
You can't take the money off me
in here and neither can he.
Red or black, all or nothing,
all the money down.
That's all I'll do.
Move.
Take a very sizable bet?
That is what this room is for.
- What the f*** are you doing?
- No!
F*** are you doing?
All on black.
and for that gentleman over there.
I'm not actually a gambler.
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