dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live -- game night"! tonight -- kevin hart, nba hall of famer karl malone, and "mean tweets" -- nba edition, presented by flonase sensimist allergy relief. and now, at the buzzer, here's jimmy kimmel! >> jimmy: thanks for joining us in primetime for our tenth annual nba finals game night special. thank you very much. once again, it comes down to the golden state warriors and cleveland cavaliers. this is the third straight season the awars and cavaliers have played in the finals. the most successful series we have here at abc at this point. billing it the first-ever three-match. something has happened too much.

three match is one of them. this final series could not have come at a better time whether you're from cleveland the bay area, or any place, this is a chance for all of us to take a break from watching our president grab ass with russia and have fun with something [ laughter ] >> for lebron james this is his sefsht year in a row at the finals and his eighth appearance overall. lebron has been in as many finals as vin diesel has been in fast and furious movies. it's a lot. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: kind of makes you wonder if he's there for the right reasons or maybe i have been watching too much bachelorette. last year the warriors blew a 3-1 series lead. the warriors, you know, had the best record in the nba last year and then they added kevin durant. it's like the beatles adding

mick jagger to the band, it's overkilled. but they're fired up. draymond green said the mindset in this organization is to go back take back what they took from us. avenging their loss to the cavaliers has been on the warrio warriors' mind for a long time. here's draymond green. >> if cleveland comes out of the east i want to destroy cleveland. no ifs or butts about it. >> jimmy: dry cleveland, i assume he's meaning the cavaliers. according to vegas, the warriors are heavily favored to watch it. golden state has won every playoff game so far, they swept the trail blazers, the jazz, the spurs. they even swept the parking lot, these guys are ocd.

i'll tell you. kevin durant, second trip to the finals. he's milking this, his new shoe which he's wearing game one will be sold during the game only when he's playing. the shoe will be on sale when kevin durant is on the court and then he comes out of the game, when he sits down, it will be unavailable. when he's in the game it's available. like nike is playing an expensive game of musical chairs with us. i don't know why. speaking of wealthy and talented kevin, the very funny kevin hart is here with us. new movie called captain underpants and later, kevin is going to take a three-point shot. if he makes it, everybody in the studio audience will get a prize. kevin hart -- i know it's like being on "ellen." [ laughter ] kevin will go home as your favorite or least favorite

comedian. the special part of this game night special. one athlete that fascinates me most it's nba hall of famer karl malone. now, karl malone's one of the great forward thinkers and he has many interesting takes on life. i decided to give him an opportunity to share some of those. with that said, this is all alone with karl malone. ♪ >> i'm here with karl malone, karl malone, want to ask you a question about god. do you think god could create a basketball so big that even he or she couldn't dunk it. >> nope. god the creator can do all things. >> jimmy: you're saying god can't do that. >> i didn't say that. >> jimmy: you said no. >> i'm saying no.

>> jimmy: yeah, you said no. do you think god -- >> god can do whatever. all things is possible with god. >> jimmy: right. is god so powerful that god create something that even god couldn't do? >> no. he could do whatever. >> jimmy: you answered the question three different ways. [ laughter ] >> where is this going? someone is about to get their ass kicked. where is this going? >> jimmy: well, then, we probably should end this. there he is, karl malone. [ cheers and applause ] thank you, karl malone. we're taking a break. we have much more on the way. kevin hart is here. and we'll be back with an all-nba edition of "mean tweets." so, stick around. [ cheers and applause ]

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] jimmy: welcome back to our game one "game night" special, in primetime. kevin hart is backstage going crazy. later on, kevin will attempt to make a three-point shot on hollywood boulevard. and if he makes it, everyone in this audience goes home with a valuable prize. if he misses, you get a crappy prize. but it's the thought that counts. [ cheers and applause ] remember that. sports fans, as you know, are among the most passionate fans of all. they're not shy about expressing their love -- or the opposite of love from time-to-time. we shine a light on these

trash-talking trolls. and tonight, we did it again. it's time now for a special all-nba edition of "mean tweets." [ cheers and applause ] zach lavine rooks like the type guy that tried his girlfriend's bra on in college as a joke but then kind of liked it. >> i bet deandre jordan is so bad at free throws because his eyes are so close together. >> you and your pineapple head mike conley. >> pers fally, i think paul george could be traded for, like, a half a bag of saltine crackers. >> the donest thing about karl anthony-towns is that he looks like a gigantic baby. >> devin booker likes like a fancy lesbian.

>> jay williams is a perfect studio analyst. his left eye is looking at his co-host while his right eye is looking at the camera. >> doc rivers hairline fufu as hello, that's just his forehead wrinkled up. >> tell walt frazier to sit his old porkchop sideburns ass down. >> michelle beadle's hair looks like it hasn't been washed since the late '90s. >> pretty sure joel em biid has the iq of a squirrel. hmm, okay. >> james harden always looks like he's just about to lead the israelites through the red sea. >> magic johnson becoming gm is

just another reminder that any stupid person can do anything they set their mind to. >> i don't think shaq is dumb, but he sure sounds like it. >> no. karl malone ain't doing this. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: we'll be right back with kevin hart. >> dicky: portions of "jimmy kimmel live -- game night" are brought to you by flonase sensimist allergy relief. powerful relief in a gentle mist. cindy, you don't even have a dress. no dress. ♪ uh-uh, you're not going anywhere in those rags. ♪ cindy? ♪ introducing an all-new crossover,

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] jimmy: hello, again, and thank you for joining us our special "game night" special, in primetime. this is part one of a double-header tonight. we have a new show later with jimmy butler of the chicago bulls, sarah silverman will be here and music from post malone. not to be confused with karl malone, they're different. okay? our guest tonight is not a professional basketball player, but he looks great in a tank top. he's the world's highest-paid comedian with a new book called "i can't make this up: life lessons" and a new film called "captain underpants: the first epic movie." >> can we take a moment to acknowledge what's happening here? captain underpants is hanging out that tree house. >> a hero's work is never done. time to fly again. >> no! >> where am i?

where are my pants? >> jimmy: "captain underpants" opens tomorrow. please welcome kevin hart. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: they know, kevin, they're relying on you to make a shot. >> what do they get. >> jimmy: we're going to reveal the prize. but it's a good prize. the reason i'm being cagey is i don't remember. [ laughter ] >> how are you doing? >>. >> jimmy: i'm doing well. you got a new baby coming. >> yeah, i do. [ cheers and applause ] >> got a boy, a boy on the way. >> jimmy: have you decided a

name for the boy. >> definitely going to be a "k" in it. i'm trying to make a stand. i really wanted it to be kevin, i doubt that's going to be the name. >> jimmy: this isn't a decision you can push through? >> i'll be honest with you, jimmy, i don't run nothing in my house. so, you know, you start out tough. i started out real tough. honestly it's a boy and i need it to be a kevin jr. i'm like, what's going to be good for both of us. >> jimmy: very reasonable. >> no leverage. >> jimmy: i have a son named kevin. yeah, yeah, named after you. >> i don't know you did it. >> jimmy: it's called foresight. i have it. your book is very funny. i was looking through this book today. not one of those books you had

someone come in and write the whole book for you, this is really your deal here. first of all, explain the puppies on the cover. i wondered what -- >> let's use the word genius and let me break it down for you. what do people love the most? people love puppy. you go oh, my god, look at those puppies. i want one of those puppies. when you put those puppies next to kevin hart, people love kevin hart and people love puppies. they'll say, oh, my god, i want the puppies, kevin hart -- i want this book. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: are you like a dog owner, did you have dogs growing up? >> growing up i had a dog for 15 minutes. i'm not playin', my dad stole a dog and acted like it was our dog. it was a grown dog.

this is before rescuing dogs was a thing. this is just a grownlike dog. he showed up. he said, you've been asking for a dog. we were like, what's his name. he made up a name. knocked on the door, we're not going to do this. came in our yard and took our dog. my dad was standing there, he was like, i don't know what you're talking about. our dog is right there by the leg. they called the dog a different name like zeus or something. come here, zeus. we had a dog for a little bit. i guess. >> jimmy: this is a dream fu fulfillment you got going on here. when you go to game, i see you sometimes at the games, you're always in the front row, what are you saying to the players? >> i'm talking [ bleep ] -- i'm

sorry. no, man, i talk a lot of trash. i go there to sit courtside, to mess with the players. that's literal lly all i go for. you're not going to make that shot. [ laughter ] >> a funny story, i pissed james harden off. i'm in philadelphia, we're filming untouchable. i had a day off, went to sixers game. harden the whole first quarter he's off. i said, you know why you're off, you're many my city, i think you got -- i think you got -- i was saying a bunch of stuff to him. he got mad. i'm about to cook you. he i said, cook me? i don't know why he's paying me this much attention. at some point, it's very

unprofessional. you're not supposed to be talking to me this much. he went on to score 55 points. the bad part they beat us by 30 points. he was at half-court and he was staring at me and he said, tell your team what you did to them. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: that's unblooelievabl. >> you get to talk to the guys, i mean, it just add fun to the game. >> jimmy: what level did you get to as far as basketball? >> okay, are we being honest? >> jimmy: yeah. >> you can find footage. i played high school basketball. four years of varsity. it wasn't easy. okay, i wanted to play real bad.

this is all i wanted to do. my mom didn't want to try out because my school was like two hours from my house. we had to catch public transportation. the tryouts were at 6:00 a.m. my mom said you're not leaving the house at 4:00 a.m. i'm not sending my son on public transportation at that time. i said mom, i want to be on the team. she's like, it's not going to happen. because i was genius, i set the clocks in the house forward. it was really 4:00 a.m., i set the clocks 6:00 a.m. i woke up my mom and it's time to get up for work. time to go. vcrs, clocks, her watches, everything -- i set every clock and i tried out and i was happy.

my plan worked. and midway through the day i remember being in class, the classrooms had the skinny window. i remember a head popping in the window and there was my mom. she was like, biting her lip. [ laughter ] and i remember, teacher, mr. hart, your mom wants to see you. i said, don't let me go out there by myself. i remember walking out in that hall and i all i heard her say, you had me get to work two hours early. she beat all the way home. every bus we got on she hit me, hit me on the bus with nobody else on the bus. the train i i think i got whooped for 3 1/2 hours straight. there was nothing to say. i was happy i made the team. >> jimmy: you made the team? >> i made the team.

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♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: all right, this is it. welcome back to jimmy kimmel live game night. we're on hollywood boulevard with kevin hart. kevin, the pressure is on you. the mission is simple -- all you have to do is make a three-point shot. if you do, every one in our studio audience go home for a

prize. >> dicky: if kevin makes the shot, everyone goes home with the fitbit alt ya. >> jimmy: what do they get if kevin misses the shot. >> dicky: if kevin misses, our audience gets a fidget spinner. take home the hottest toy of last month today. >> jimmy: so the stakes are high. i know you can play. i know you can do this. when was the last time you made a three-point shot? >> it's been a while. i'm retired. >> jimmy: do you want to loosen up? >> no. >> jimmy: all right, let's do it. make this three-pointer. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: here we go. this is it. come on. >> here we go, people, here we go. >> jimmj hold my wedding ring. >> jimmy: okay. here he goes.

kevin hart with the shot. >> jimmy: unbelievable! let's see that in slow motion. instant replay. way to go, you made it. i'd like to thank kevin hart and karl malone. we ran out of time for matt damon. we have a new show later tonight with jimmy butler, sarah silverman and music from post malone. but first, it's time for game one of the nba finals on abc. [ cheers and applause ]

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nothing like this has ever happened before. this has ever never. ♪ i got ♪ i got ♪ loyalty ♪ got royalty inside my dna >> it's been 348 days since last summ summer's shocker. the greatest comeback, and collapse, in nba finals history. >> it's over! it's over! cleveland is the cities of champions once again. >> and tonight, for the first time ever, two teams meet in a third consecutive championship. the ultimate tie breaker. >> oh, he throws it down.