The Office (USA)/Basketball

Basketball
Season 1, Episode 5
Airdate	April 19, 2005
Production Number	R1104
Written by	Greg Daniels
Directed by	Greg Daniels
Stream
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Basketball is the fifth episode of the first season of The Office.

Starring: Steve Carell (Michael Scott), Rainn Wilson (Dwight Schrute), John Krasinski (Jim Halpert), Jenna Fischer (Pam Beesly), B.J. Novak (Ryan Howard)

Guest Starring: David Denman (Roy), Craig Robinson (Darryl), Patrice Oneal (Lonny)

Co-Starring: Leslie David Baker (Stanley Hudson), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone), Matt Decaro (Jerry), Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer), Angela Kinsey (Angela Martin), Oscar Nunez (Oscar Martinez), Karly Rothenberg (Madge), Phyllis Smith (Phyllis Lapin)

Plot Overview

Michael and select members of the staff train for a basketball game against the warehouse workers. Confident that his team will be victorious, Michael bets that the losing side be required to work on a Saturday.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

Tensions run high during the basketball game, with Jim and Roy trading shots on the court in front of Pam.

Trivia

The Show

Of apparently the entire sales staff, the worst player is apparently Stanley. Kevin, Phyllis, and Jim are likely the best of the sales staff.

Quotes

• Michael: This is the foreman, Mi'ter Rogers.

Darryl: That's not my real name.

Michael: No. No, it's Daryl. Darryl is Mi'ter Rogers.

Ryan: Darryl Rogers?

Darryl: Darryl Philbin. Then Regis, then Rege, then Roger, then Mi'ter Rogers.

• Michael: But you would follow me to the ends of the earth, grumbling all the way. Like that dwarf...from Lord of the Rings.

Dwight: Gimli.

Michael: Nerd. That is why you're not on the team.

Dwight: Just trying to be helpful.

Michael: 'I'll help. Elwyn Dragonslayer. Ten points, power sword.'

• Jim: (in reference to needing a team cheerleader) I'll do it. Wear a little flouncey skirt if you want, and...

Michael: Yeah, I bet you would. Just try not to be too gay on the court. ... And by gay I mean...you know, not in a homosexual way at all. I mean the, uh, you know, like the bad-at-sports way. I think that goes without saying.

• Pam: Maybe Angela would cheerlead.

Michael: Yeah right.

Phyllis: I'll do it.

Michael: Yuch. That's worse than you playing.

• Michael: When I am playing hoops, all of the stress and responsibility of my job here just melts away. It's gone. I'm in the zone. Who am I? Am I Michael Scott? I don't know. I might just be a basketball machine.