>> announcer: from hollywood it's "jimmy kimmel live game night." tonight -- don cheadle, tracy morgan, and make it for a million with karl-anthony towns. presented by state farm. and now from the three point strut -- here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you. i'm jimmy. i'm the host of this nba game night special broadcast, thank you for watching. thank you for joining us on this sacred sunday of basketball in the united states tonight on abc. game two of the nba finals from oakland. the golden state warriors host the cleveland cavaliers. i don't know about you guys, but i'm excited to watch these

ball through the ring. [ cheers and applause ] i really am. i don't know the terminology. the first two games are in oakland, which is bittersweet for oakland fans because the warriors are moving to a new arena in san francisco, but not until 2019. so, this is kind of like when your spouse tells you she met someone new, but she's going to be living with you for a few years until -- [ laughter ] they get their place built. so, for games three and four, the series moves to cleveland. steph curry though may just stay in oakland and shoot from there. [ cheers and applause ] golden state, as you know, is looking to repeat and bring another trophy home, but the city of cleveland is looking for their first title in a very long time. cleveland has not had a professional sports victory in 52 years. not since the cleveland shuttlecocks took home the american badminton leagues coveted mcstannish trophy. [ laughter ] in a hotly contested battle with the sacramento shafts, have they won anything. [ laughter ] so

this is also a big night of television in general. the game, "game of thrones" and "the miss usa" competition are all on at the same time. and if you're not sure what to watch, do what i do. i put every tv on in the house on and i run from room to room watching all of them. the good news for the fans of the nba and "game of thrones" is the warriors just signed a new back-up center, hodor. [ laughter and applause ] that kills two birds -- tonight on our show, from "house of lies," which also airs tonight -- don cheadle is here with us. [ cheers and applause ] also tonight, from the minnesota timberwolves, karl-anthony towns is here to play make it for a million. [ cheers and applause ]!@ this is exciting because karl-anthony will attempt to make a full court shot across hollywood boulevard. and if he does, our studio audience -- you here tonight will get the chance to split a million dollars between you. [ cheers and applause ] that's the good news. the bad news is we tried this on

the chicago bulls, and here's how that went. it's a long distance. it's all the way across the street. he did get the distance, but he was just -- so the pressure now is on karl-anthony towns. this is a big deal. [ cheers and applause ] we had to get insurance for this and everything. we typically go uninsured. you know, throughout the years, there have been some exceptional nba playoff games. history is potentially being made before our eyes. to celebrate those magic moments, i asked my friend tracy morgan to take us in a time machine of sorts, to take us all the way back to the year 1995. ♪ >> i went to chuck e. cheese with a group of friends to watch the pars/knicks eastern conference finals. the one where reggie miller went off for eight points in the last nine seconds. >> reggie miller scoring eight points in the final seconds. >> one of the most remarkable comebacks in all of basketball. >> anyway, i missed that because they didn't have the game on. [ laughter ]

for 14 hours straight. at the end of the night, i had 47,000 tickets. i was going to use that to get a bel biv devoe mirror, but they were out. so i got a teenage mutant ninja turtle lunchbox. i gave that to me memaw to keep her pills in, but i kept the thermos. i still use it to this day. to this day! [ laughter ] ♪ >> jimmy: thank you, tracy. [ cheers and applause ] powerful stuff. to this day. we're going to take a break, but we have something that i think you are going to enjoy. when we come back, there is a guy named brandon armstrong. we found him on youtube. he impersonates nba players on the court, not -- well like this. this is james harden. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] so when be come back, brandon and colby and shaq and lebron and all his alter-egos will join us in the stio

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: hi there. welcome back to our sunday night "nba game night" special. don cheadle and karl-anthony towns are on the way. but first, i am joined by brandon armstrong. this is brandon. [ cheers and applause ] brandon does impersonations of nba players. but not verbal impersonations, physical impersonations. i have seen many of your videos on youtube. you have your own youtube channel? >> yes, yes. @bdotadot5. >> jimmy: i don't understand what you said, but we will put it up on the screen. [ laughter ] oh, there it is on screen. s uncanny abilities live nstrate tonight. you brought your friend kj to help. hello, kj. how are you? >> i'm doing well. how about you? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: so how did this get started? >> just one day i was in my backyard, and i decided to do a westbrook video. >> jimmy: and you're russell westbrook, and then he tweeted it or something like that? >> yeah, he actually retweeted it and started laughing. and that's when it just we

really started looking at it. which is your most popular of all the videos, impersonations? >> the james harden video. >> jimmy: james harden. okay, we saw a little bit of that earlier. it's excellent. you're going to do some of these live for us now. who will we start with here? >> we're going to start with the man that made it happen. >> jimmy: we will start with the man who started it all. russell westbrook. you need a basketball for this? >> yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: all right, here we go. >> how i visualize russell -- i see him very -- expression. a lot of charisma. loud, screaming. >> the screams. >> the scream. >> jimmy: kj talks all of a sudden. [ laughter ] >> that's what i'm going to display right here. >> jimmy: okay, show us. here we go, all right. kj, loosen up. [ cheers and applause ] russell westbrook. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well done. like you're turning into a werewolf. all right. [ cheers and applause ]

lebron james. what's the key to lebron? >> so how i visualize lebron. he takes a lot of steps that's illegal. [ laughter ] in the game of basketball. and he's known for his flopping. >> jimmy: he is known for his flopping and his traveling. >> that's what i'm going to display on this court. >> jimmy: we are going to see some flopping. okay, good. here we go. all right. look at kj. he's underrated. [ laughter ] >> i'm active. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: well done. that was even better flopping than lebron actually does. [ cheers ] all right, next up, the mvp, steph curry. >> so, we know steph is known for his shooting and not looking.

back on defense. >> jimmy: once the ball leaves his hands, he's not looking at all. >> he never misses. >> the key to him is the mouthpiece. >> jimmy: oh, yeah. right, right, right. you have to have the mouthpiece. all right, here we go. steph curry. >> i forgot about his shimmy too.qd >> jimmy: i'll be right here, don't worry. [ cheers and applause ] well done. that's kind of how i dance at weddings. [ laughter ] there's a basketball for you. and you have the jersey of kobe bryant -- no, shaquille o'neal. sorry, yeah. [ audience oohs ] all right, relax. [ laughter ] i'm on the side. i thought it was a 2. all right. >> so when we see, shaq, for his terrible free throw shooting. [ laughter ] his stare down on his left hand and obnoxious run back he has. j

and albums. [ laughter ] >> you said it, not me. >> jimmy: okay, all right. >> okay, kj, will you rebound for me? >> i will rebound for you. >> jimmy: all right, this is shaquille o'neal. >> have to pay attention. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: what is that? why does he do that? >> left hand. i look at my left hand. >> jimmy: his looking at his rings. all right. next up, you've got the jersey of -- you're stuck. all right. [ cheers and applause ] there we go, kobe bryant. modern style jersey. >> yeah, kobe bryant is known for shooting over a lot of players without passing the ball. he has the jersey bite. >> jimmy: right.

>> and the fade away with hand leave up. so that's what i'm going to do right now. >> jimmy: okay. here we go, koby bryant. >> i'll need your assistance though. >> jimmy: what should i do? >> just pass me the ball. >> jimmy: pass the ball. all right, tell me when. >> hey, hey, hey. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that was great. we got one more. this is your best one, i think. this one is pretty great. you got a basketball already. this is the one that is the most popular on youtube. james harden. what's the key to james harden? >> the key to james harden is his over exaggerated euro step. he takes more than two steps. his way to step back, looks like it may be multiple times. because it's so effective. the cooking of course. he's a great cook. >> jimmy: okay, all right. here we go. james harden.

>> very good. >> jimmy: all right, brandon, here we go. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, brandon. and thank you, kj. you're the best one. brandon, everybody. be right back with don cheadle. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ what are you doing right now? making a cake! ayla reminds me of like a master chef and emiana reminds me of like a monster chef. uh oh. i don't see cake, i just see mess. it's like awful. it feels like i am not actually cleaning it up what's that make mommy do? (doorbell) what's that? swiffer wetjet. so much stuff coming up. this is amazing woah. wow. now i feel more like making a mess is part of growing up. stop cleaning. start swiffering.

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back. "jimmy kimmel live game night" is under way.

moments from now, karl-anthony towns of the minnesota timberwolves will take a full court shot across the street, across traffic to hopefully win a million dollars for our studio audience. [ cheers and applause ] on wednesday and friday, we are back in prime-time for games three and four with the cast of the new "ghostbusters" movie will be here. matthew mcconaughey will be here and a beloved nba final tradition. guillermo crashes media day to try to get a word with lebron james, which he never seems to get. our guest tonight is a golden globe-winning, oscar-nominated actor who earlier this year helped to break the box office in "captain america: civil war." you can watch the series finale of his show "house of lies," next sunday night on showtime. please welcome don cheadle. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: how are you? i can't believe it's the series finale. i remember when you we h

>> it was just like yesterday. it feels like that. it went really fast. but we had such a great time. i'm so glad -- >> jimmy: you shot part of the last episode in cuba. >> yes, we did. >> jimmy: you're the first scripted show -- american show -- to shoot in cuba. >> yeah, for 50 years. >> jimmy: how did you make that happen? >> well, it was something that just came up in the writers room. matthew carnahan, our show creator, said we want to do something really big this year. and he said cuba. ality.ee if it would be a about and then, not to brag, i called valerie jarrett, the president's number two. and we, literally, were in the writers room on the phone with the state department and the white house. >> jimmy: were they like, hey, we are trying to do other things here? >> yeah, we're busy. but it got sent through and we were able to pull it off. >> jimmy: wow, that's great. i don't know if people are aware of this, but you were one of the few americans to have played basketball with president obama. [ cheers and applause ] and more importantly, coolio.

>> different games. different conversations. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: really? >> yeah, very different conversations. >> jimmy: but i bet they have a lot in common. >> yes, they do. >> jimmy: it's been a fantastic voyage for both of them really. >> correct. very fantastic voyage. >> jimmy: what's it like playing with obama? are you able to play -- were you on his team or against? >> no, i wish i had been guarding him because the guy who was guarding him didn't want to play defense against the president. >> jimmy: you would have. >> you got to foul this dude. you can't just let him go to the rack. we're playing basketball. >> jimmy: i think it's a felony to foul the president. >> well, the secret service did get a little twitchy when they heard me yell that out loud. >> jimmy: who won? did your team win or -- >> no. >> jimmy: oh, obama's team won. >> he was playing with clooney. speak of the devil. >> jimmy: oh, george clooney was on -- yeah, i'm going to need his help on a project i'm working on. [ laughter ] >> i heard about that. >> jimmy: let me say this. i know it was in the "new york

times." the amc theater in san diego fired these guys, they worked at the movie theater. [ cheers and applause ] according to them they fired them for eating a bucket of popcorn while they were there seeing george clooney's movie. i want george clooney to buy that theater and fire whoever fired them. [ cheers and applause ] >> you can call him, right? >> jimmy: i'm talk to him. >> that is a travesty. that is a travesty. >> jimmy: were you up to any shenanigans when you were a kid? did you have the incidence of this type, like these guys? >> there were incidents. of course in our youth. there are always incidents. >> jimmy: does anything come to mind? anything you can actually tell us. >> anything i can talk about. we had a big high school prank. everybody does high school pranks in their high school, right. well, i think ours was putting a wrecked plane on the field and acting like it was a coke deal gone bad and the plane had wrecked. flowers spilled all over the place. >> jimmy: that's a hel

>> huge prank. only three people got arrested. >> jimmy: where do you get a plane? >> i don't know where they got the plane. i was just in charge of getting the cocaine. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: for the record, what was it? what did you use as the fake cocaine? >> fake cocaine? [ laughter ] flour. sure. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: are you a big basketball fan? you go to the games, i see you. lakers or clippers fan? >> you know, i was really -- when i came out of college, we didn't have pay will the of money, a bunch of starving actors. we, all big lakers fans, but we couldn't really watch the game because we couldn't afford a tv. so when we made the playoffs, we all kind of pulled our money and went to best buy and bought a tv, watched the playoffs and then returned the tv afterwards. [ laughter ] when you could still do stuff like that. i don't know if you can still do stuff like that. >> jimmy: i think this is why there are almost no best buys left. [ laughter ]

>> yeah, we passed people who were going, did you whole return tv -- >> jimmy: oh, it was a thing. >> it was a thing. >> jimmy: how big was the tv? >> it was big enough to see a really good game. [ laughter ] big. >> jimmy: and who had the job of returning? was it you because you are a good actor? >> we had to draw straws. >> jimmy: you did this multiple times? >> not just once, the lakers we7b9 -- it was the whole season. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: who do you like in this series? who are you rooting for? >> i think it's going to be a great series, but i just think golden state is going to win it. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: it's great to see you. don't forget the series finale of "house of lies" is sunday night on showtime. don cheadle, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] we'll be right back with karl-anthony towns shooting for a million dollars. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> portions of "jimmy kimmel live game night" are brought to you by state farm. here for you when things go wrong, but also here to help

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: welcome back to the show, we are out on hollywood boulevard with nba rookie of the year karl-anthony towns. thank you for coming. now would you say this is the biggest shot of your life? this shot that you are about to attempt? >> i think definitely the longest. >> jimmy: the longest shot. across the boulevard, 88 feet away from us, which is the distance from the baseline to the basket in an nba regulation court. you can see the basket all the way over there. your job is to put this ball in the basket, and if you do our studio audience will split a million dollars. [ cheers and applause ] okay? but -- i do want to say, they look very friendly. if you don't make it, they will tear you apart like a pack of angry wolverines. all right? so, do you feel good? do you feel like this is a possibility? >> oh, yeah, definitely. i think i got it. >> jimmy: okay, good. i like that confidence. it's time to play make it for a million brought to you by state farm. if karl makes the shot, each eligible member of our studio audience will get a piece of a million bucks. cousin sal is our referee. explain the rules.

>> here's how it goes. karl, you got one shot at this. if you're foot crosses that line before you make the shot, it's no good. we're not counting it. all right? we have a certification expert here to validate it. his name is lowrey robinson, the lowrey robinson. >> jimmy: oh, my goodness, wow. he's here. have you made a full court shot before? >> probably once. >> jimmy: once is all we need. cousin sal, are we ready? >> let's do this. >> jimmy: all right, karl, are you ready? >> i am ready. >> jimmy: all right, here we go. make it for a million. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ audience aws ] >> jimmy: we got to do it one more time, right? ♪ [ cheers and applause ] let's look at the replay. [ cheers and applause ] state farm is here to help life go right. that is there motto, so let's help this audience win a million dollars.

shot. we can't do it again after this. try harder this time. here we go. go get them. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: you know what? you had the distance. i don't want our audience to go home empty handed though. here's the deal, if you make a layup we will give everyone in our audience corn on the cob on a stick. how does that sound? [ cheers and applause ] don't get hit by a car! there he goes, look at that. i have a feeling he is going to make it. that's our show. thanks to karl-anthony towns. he did it. tracy morgan, don cheadle. apologies to matt damon, we ran out of time for him. game two of the nba finals is next on abc. [ cheers and applause ] ♪

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