basketball office basketball fifth episode season american comedy television series office fifth episode overall episode aired nbc united_states april episode written directed producer marking solo writing credit directing credit series episode marks appearance comedian episode michael_scott steve_carell office staff workers warehouse basketball game owing racist stereotypes michael chooses skilled office workers team talented peers michael claims personal intentional foul stops game declares team winners warehouse finds unfair michael caves pressure victory warehouse staff episode inspired deleted scene episode michael talks pick basketball game days cast office played actual basketball games effect continuous game addition lines episode fan cast favorites basketball viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages episode received positive reviews critics synopsis michael steve_carell comes work prepared pit office staff warehouse game basketball having work saturday michael picks jim john_krasinski ryan stanley believes possesses significant basketball skills based racial stereotype addition reluctantly picks dwight rainn_wilson refuses pick oscar kevin game begins stanley proves horrible player furthermore michael shot fan passing defending gaining possession ball michael intentionally acts stupid opponents results roy ball scoring michael team despite fact michael lost ball blames scoring teammates jim switches michael defense defends roy jim begins prowess game roy jim gradually aggressive pam jenna fischer looking crucial point game michael accidentally hit face claims personal intentional foul stops game declares office winners winning foul occurred warehouse finds unfair michael caves pressure conceding victory warehouse staff everybody returns work kevin demonstrates excellent shooting skills michael rare moment heart tells office come saturday justification little calm like coming extra day going prevent production basketball written directed producer wrote episode daniels originally scheduled direct basketball rainn_wilson remarked pushed daniels direct episode john_krasinski applauded daniels writer characters office daniels later said favorite shot episode michael takes ryan tour warehouse got basketball set editors cut episode minutes long commentary episode steve_carell argued american version office difficult shoot british version minutes long american version minutes inspiration episode deleted scene pilot episode michael talks pick basketball game filming cast crew filmed playing real basketball games days takes appear game taken place nbc worried episode pilots basketball episodes network lot pressure cast crew episode appear realistic designed warehouse set described amazing detailed actors basketball experience played high school team portrays kevin actually succeeded making free throw shots included final footage steve_carell later said basketball skills thing looking like bad basketball like incredibly good order look bad case basketball bad joked kick ass hockey episode reference real life hockey skills basketball contained lines fan cast favorites michael lines hand strikes gives flower blessed sit wait described wilson biblical respectively joked michael_scott self publish book inspirational jenna_fischer revealed line don throw garbage favorite line season michael line try gay court improvised reaction real idea going reception ratings original american broadcast april basketball viewed estimated million viewers received rating share adults ages means seen year olds year olds watching television time broadcast episode airing retained percent lead audience reviews episode received moderately positive reviews critics ign gave episode signifying good episode commented basketball different episodes fledgling series pointing lack sub plot characterization michael_scott discussing singled moment michael hurts feelings telling play basketball writing moment played straight feel realistic uncomfortable way feel series great moment feels like different overall wrote bit funny stuff basketball ways episode suggests like taken slightly different direction terms tone style television pity gave episode news referred basketball time favorite episode office article steve_carell episode series reviews positive club awarded episode highly criticized characterization michael largely felt michael antics series worked showing truly isn complete adams noted michael truly force staff work saturdays truly fire winning basketball game outrageous abuse legitimate power isn funny ultimately argued basketball scenes went long said episode original cut ran long air obvious basketball scenes boxed threads episode
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