"jimmy kimmel live nba finals game night"! tonight -- samuel l. jackson, and mean tweets: nba edition. wth cleto and the cletones. presented by heineken. and now, jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: hi everybody. welcome to monday night basketball on nbc. we are coming to you in prime time after the nba finals. i'm jimmy kimmel. this is that magical time of year where i'm on tv when people are awake. so, it's refreshing for all of us here. we have a new and all-star-studded nba edition of "mean tweets" on the way, and samuel l. jackson is with us too.

samuel l. jackson. do you know what the "l" stands for? turns out, lisa. true. so for all you kids watching with your folks, uncle samuel's here to teach you some fun new words! it's game five between the warriors and the celtics, and the fans in boston are very fired up. >> it's a big day for the celtics. sure fun to be out in full force and see if we can bring this one home. >> that was bill belichick, coach of the cross-town new england patriots shortly after he had his morning nyquil. boston has been in the finals a lot. they are tied with the lakers for most titles of all time, but two of the guys on this year's team, jaylen brown and jayson tatum, have shattered the celtics record for most three pointers in a postseason by a duo or group. they could make 150 threes this post season alone. by comparison, the great larry bird only made 80 three pointers in the postseason in his whole career. of course, threes were harder to make when you had a sweet,

fluffy mullet weighing you down. but still. it's amazing. three pointers have changed the game so much, the nba might have to do something about them to make them harder. the warriors live or die on threes. and with that in mind, there was some suspicious activity before game three. one of the coaches from the warriors noticed the rim seemed a bit higher than usual. so, they measured it. turns out, tfts 2 inches higher than regulation. they measure using a piece of wood with a hook on it, which is weird. these teams are worth $5 billion a piece, but when they check the height of the hoop, they yell "hey, randy, get the stick!" some warriors fans believe this was an attempt to fix the game. they think it was a good old fashioned rim job. but -- fans for both of these teams are very passionate. but are they loyal? that's what we'd like to put to the test. so, we went a crew to san francisco to chat with fans outside the chase center. we told them we were shooting nba promos. and we asked them to pretend to also be fans of the other team

in a new warriors/celtics edition of "traitor smoes". >> warriors! >> how long have you been a warriors fan? >> oh, since 1949. >> are you a big warriors fan? >> i'm a big warriors fan. came all the way out here to see game one from new jersey. let's go. >> we're doing some promos for the big game. can you do me a favor. look right in there and say commitment, dedication, ride, or die, warriors. >> commitment, dedication, ride or die, warriors. >> 3, 2, 1. >> i would never turn by back on the warriors. >> look right in there and say, west is the best, east is the least. >> west is the best, east is the least. let's go warriors, baby. >> that was perfect, rob. that was perfect. come back up here. i hate to ask you this -- >> don't hate. >> thank you, rob. we need to shoot the other side of this. all our footage fell out of the

van. so, we've got to get boston fans -- any chance i can just throw that on top of that and do the same thing and we throw you the ball and you say, i'd never turn my back. >> no. >> no, no. it's okay. it's for tv. it's not for tiktok. no one is going to see it. 3, 2, 1. >> i would never turn my back on the celtics. >> throw that on. >> traitor. traitor. >> she doesn't mean a thing by it. >> i can do this. i can do this. >> how long you been a celtics fan, sir? >> oh, since 1949. >> that's a long time. >> oh, yeah. >> what do you hate about the warriors? >> steph curry. everything to do with him. >> are you committed to your team? >> committed to my team. >> let me hear you say, warriors fans are filthy, disgusting animals. >> no. >> here we go. >> the warriors are filthy, disgusting animals. >> and you guys are committed to your team. >> absolutely. >> yeah. >> loyal.

>> loi. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> dedicated? >> dedicated. >> i think it's important that the legacy of your team follows through to your kids. >> we're celtic fans. >> you're committed to your team? >> oh, yes, sir. >> ride or die. >> ride or die. commitment, dedication, loyalty. warriors. commitment, dedication, loyalty. celtics. >> i bleed blue and gold for the golden state warriors. i bleed shamrock green for the celtics. >> go warriors. boo warriors. >> i'm from san francisco and the boston celtics make me throw up my rice-a-roni. >> okay. let's fill up your mouth with rice-a-roni. >> let's fill it up, all the way. all the way. oh, perfect. >> i'm from boston, the warriors

make me throw up the boston baked beans. >> the beans, get the beans. get a big mouth. and let's see it, those baked beans. >> go celtics. >> we have a great show tonight. we have a new nba edition of "mean tweets" tonight, and we'll be back with samuel l. jackson. ♪when you're too tense it's common sense to relax-ay-voo♪ ♪the more you earn the less you learn to relax-ay-voo♪ ♪we french you'll find are more inclined to relax-ay-voo♪ ♪relax, relax♪ ♪relax, relax-ay-voo♪

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>> jimmy: welcome back to "jimmy kimmel live: nba finals game night." coming up imminently we have an all new nba edition of "mean tweets." and then later tonight at our

regular time tonight, a new show with kevin bacon and mike epps. our guest tonight is a great actor. his movies have grossed more than 27 billion dollar. his moving new miniseries, "the last days of ptolemy grey," is on apple tv+ now. please say hello to samuel l. jackson. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i love having you here. i want to thank you also because the last time you were here you were hosting the show, filling in for me. >> oh, yeah, that was 2020 in the house. that was really nice. nice house. i liked that. that was a great show. i talked to john david that night. >> jimmy: that's right, that's right. >> thanks for letting me do

that. i know i'm no anthony anderson. >> jimmy: who is really? i'm glad you mentioned anthony anderson because anthony anderson is a mutual friend of ours. and anthony anderson was on the annual trip you take magic johnson. >> no, he was not. >> jimmy: well, he said he was on that trip. >> no, he was not. >> jimmy: was he not in italy for a couple of days? >> he was but that was because irvin and cookie had a birthday party. a lot of people who were in france because it was -- and he was there -- it was a lot of people there. it was like a four-day party. >> jimmy: so, he wasn't on the yacht with you guys. >> he was not on the yacht. no, he was in a hotel. >> jimmy: i looked it up today, actually. you know how long i've been asking both you and magic if i can come on your vacation with you. >> no. >> jimmy: it's been six years. >> is that all? >> jimmy: and each time you say yes and magic dodges the question. and each time summer comes and i'm sitting at home and

eventually i look at instagram and there you guys are on the trip. and i notice that i'm not on it with you. in fact, we have a photograph, i believe, of the trip last year, which is -- looks like a beautiful trip. i just want you to just -- just take this in for a second. just imagine -- just imagine this. [ applause ] just take this situation in. [ cheers and applause ] wouldn't this be great? >> yep, yep. >> jimmy: i mean, i'll dress down. i'll swear shorts and stuff like that. >> perfect, yeah. that's sorento >> jimmy: yeah, i'd like to go to sorento with you. >> so, you're not going this year? >> jimmy: it seems my invitation has been lost at sea because magic has not followed up. he said, this might be the year. >> he told me that was some new, like surprise.

my bad. that surprise person's not me. there may be surprises, but i'm not one of them. >> jimmy: i get it. >> i was so hoping it was you. >> jimmy: you guys are old friends, and i understand it. but i do feel like i've known you both for a long time, and i'm thinking this. think about this. >> okay, okay, okay. >> jimmy: let's have a test trip, just the three of us. we'll go to the lake, get a houseboat or something -- >> not the same thing. >> jimmy: that doesn't sound good? okay. how about you come over, we'll watch "the love boat" together and we'll see -- we'll do something so you get a sense of how much fun i'll be on this trip. >> no doubt about it. you take, like, a christmas break? >> i do. but little kids, you don't want them on this trip with you, do you? >> no. >> jimmy: yeah. i feel like i'm getting farther away from being invited on the trip. >> i -- look, i -- if it were up to me -- >> jimmy: magic is the guy that i have to convince?

>> yeah, because, you know, the boat you wat to get on is, like, his boat. >> jimmy: oh. >> because, i mean, even -- >> jimmy: aren't you on his boat? >> i am. i am, i am. and there have been years when i was on that boat between four and six weeks. >> jimmy: right. >> but now, i generally get on and i do, like, two weeks with him. >> jimmy: losing interest because i'm not on it with you. that's happening. >> that aspect. but, yeah, also, you know, i just rent another boat so that, you know, my daughter and her friends can, like, kick it in the summer -- >> jimmy: maybe i'll become friends with your daughter then. hey. >> she's -- she's -- >> jimmy: she has friends? >> wide open. yeah, yeah, yeah. i'm not always there the whole time. so, there is room for you. irvin has room for you. >> jimmy: irvin has room for me. all right. well, he kind of says he doesn't. yeah. you should see me in a snorkel

and a little scuba mask. i'm going to pop up. i'm going to pretend i'm drowning. that's my in, pretend to be drowning. >> i want to see you with water boots, just come out of the water. >> jimmy: listen, i'll be on amazon ordering them tonight. what year would you say this is? michael jordan looking down menacingly at you. >> not me, spike. >> jimmy: spike probably said something. >> i'm sure the knicks weren't winning. >> jimmy: when you're in the front row of an nba game, do all the players talk to you? >> i talk to them. >> jimmy: in an encouraging way? >> it depends. i remember when i used to go to chicago bulls games when i was shooting "long kiss good night" and the first year the raptors were playing. canadian fans didn't know they could talk to them and i was sitting in the front row because i was friends with isaiah.

and the coach of golden state was playing then -- >> jimmy: steve kerr, yeah. >> steve kerr. and i would always tell whoever was guarding to shoot after the dribble. he would say, yes, i can. he would catch and shoot. >> jimmy: you were heckling steve kerr. >> i heckled steve kerr. i ec haheckled a lot of people g that time. i got reggie tossed out of the game once. >> jimmy: is that true? >> he threw some gum and hit the ref in the back and i said, hey. >> jimmy: you tattled on reggie miller. >> portions of "jimmy kimmel live" are brought to you by heineken. visit heineken.com/closer for your chance to win work-life balance rewards all summer long.

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i've got to set things right. that [ bleep ] got to pay for what he done. >> i know you in there, old man. >> who is it? >> you know damn well who it is. >> come on in. it's open. >> jimmy: that is sam jackson in "the last days of ptolemy gray."

it is on apple tv plus. now, that scene is in the first episode. it's in the first minute of the first episode. and you say, a mother right off the bat. and i was thinking about it -- when i saw this, i thought, i wonder if the writers of these things in these movies and stuff think, oh, sam jackson, i get to write those words. >> it's really funny. when people try and help me do it because i already know when i'm gonna do it. it kind of happens. but, yeah, i think that might be only two in the whole series. >> jimmy: the series itself, which is great by the way -- >> thank you. >> jimmy: it's a very serious subject. you mix a man -- i'll let you explain it. but basically, there's a man who's getting older -- how old? >> he's 91. >> jimmy: 91 years old, and he's losing his memory. >> he's in the full throes of

dementia -- not when you see that. that's a flashback. but when you meet him, he's in the full throes of dementia and lives by himself in an apartment and he's a horder. so, there's all kinds of stuff everywhere. and there's this one kid, his nephew, comes to take care of him. and at a certain point his nephew disappears and doesn't come. and he's by himself until this young girl comes and starts to take care of him, a 16-year-old girl, and they create this bond that fixes them. an then he gets a shot that brings his memory back -- >> jimmy: injection. >> an injection that gives him his faculties back, but he's only supposed to live, like a week, when he takes it. so, it's one of those things, would you do that to get all your faculties back to get your things in order? >> jimmy: and i know not having your faculties as you get older is something that personally for you is a meaningful thing because you've experienced this. >> well, my mom had alzheimr's,

my grand father, her brother, her sister, her father's sister. i'm kind of surrounded by it. any time i can't remember something, it's like, oh, here it comes. >> jimmy: is that true? you really have that thought? >> totally, lots of times when i walk into a room and wonder, why am i in here? >> jimmy: do you remember inviting me to come on the italy trip? >> if it happened, that would be -- that would definitely be one of those moments where i would walk out and see you and go, how did he get here? >> jimmy: we worked out the dates and everything. hey, are you finished shooting "secret invasion," the marvel disney plus show? >> there's a new marvel disney plus show? >> jimmy: there is. you're in it. you play nick furry. >> i don't know how old he is either. ptolemy is 91. is that the oldest character you ever played? nick furry might be older than

him. he's been around forever. but he got the good shot. no, i'm not done. i'm on my way back to london, i guess, at some point in august. but i've got to go back and do stuff with the marvels and do stuff for -- >> jimmy: top secret? you can't tell us anything. >> secret invasion. >> jimmy: oh, so you're doing other marvel stuff as well. >> marvel -- captain marvel. but it's called the marvels because it's, you know -- >> jimmy: right. it's hard to keep it all straight. >> hey, it's a big universe. >> jimmy: it's always great to see you. thank you for coming. the show is called "the last days of ptolemy gray." it's on apple tv plus. sam jackson, everybody. mean tweets. it begins a century ago... wait. let's find a better way in. one that's a force for good. and it's got everything -- romance. suspense. setbacks. seatbacks. it's a sci-fi story about a piece of trash

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>> jimmy: welcome back to the 4th quarter of our nba game night show. basketball fans, as you know, are very opinionated and not all of those opinions are favorable.

so with that said, once again, we make lemons into gatorade in an all new all-nba edition of "mean tweets." >> russell westbrook dresses like a 70-year-old uncle with a timeshare in florida. i'm a flesh 70-year-old. i tell you that much. >> morant need to chill. he be going dummy. that don't really hurt my feelings. >> damon green has the basketball iq of a baby hamster. damn. >> evan moegly looks like he growls at people in public. i've never done that. >> darius garland dresses like -- he better ball up. >> [ bleep ] you [ bleep ].

that's a good play on words, i guess. >> he don't run, he don't defend, he don't rebound, he don't shoot. we can start tanking about it right now, whatever that means. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. >> your turkey probably dry as [ bleep ]. no, it's not. >> he has the look of a musician who decided to give pro basketball a try in his early to mid 30s. >> if i see deonte murray one more time on the nba court, my kids will not have dinner tomorrow. sorry, kids. >> why jerry allen look like shaggy when he run? yeah, i see it. >> scotty boar ri looks like a

middle schooler who ain't hit puberty yet. i got a cute little baby face. >> looks like a vienna sausage straight out of the can. i don't eat pork, dog. >> plays like steve erckal when he was dominating that episode of "family matters." i used to watch that on nick and night and that's a compliment. >> why does he look like an aged kanye west. don't ever say that again? >> jimmy: all right. that's our show. we open you liked it. don't forget to rate us on yelp. thanks to samuel l. jackson. apologies to matt damon. we ran out of time for him. see you later tonight with kevin bacon and mike epps. ♪

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> thompson, three-pointer. >> every guy was fantastic tonight. >> one more win to go, the warriors defeating the boston celtics in game five of the nba finals with a true team effort at home, the warriors win 104- 94. we have our team here. good evening, i'm dan ashley. ama: i'm ama daetz. we are joined live from chase center. dan: what an incredible game. reporter: an incredible game it

was, the warriors win by 10 points. they are 3-2 and one win away from another title. your start of the night, andrew wiggins. on a night where stephen curry -- wiggs put up another double-double providing defense and offense. 26 points, 13 rebounds, second consecutive double-double. wiggs with authority. the warriors take a 3-2 lead. >> before i got here, they have been great. i feel like i am easy going. i came in here and playing basketball and playing hard. i feel people respect that. i'm just trying to win.