S01E01 · SCENE 6/32 · 04:23
Pilot · Office bullpen
Michael tells basketball story

Michael tells Dwight and Jim a fabricated story about winning a basketball game against two black men.

04:23→05:56
in the episode · 1m 33s · S01E01
Michael tells basketball story

What happens

04:23–05:56

Michael tells Dwight and Jim a story about playing basketball, claiming he and Dwight beat two aggressive black men, in a clearly exaggerated and racially insensitive tale.

WhereOffice bullpen
DriverMichael Scott
Positionact1 · escalation
ThreadMichael's downsizing crisis

Key lines

from this scene
05:02

And these two guys come up, and one of them's very urban, you know?

05:10

And they're looking at us, thinking, "Hey, these guys are in great shape, you know?

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lie1.0
social rule violation1.0
absurd1.0
awkward1.0
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Beats

04:49Michael tells the basketball story

Scene in the episode

04:23–05:56
A · Michael's downsizing crisis
B · Jim and Pam's connection
C · Dwight's office rivalry

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