| Director | Tom DeCerchio |
|---|---|
| Genre | comedy film |
| Runtime | 87 min |
| Country | United States |
| Box office | $9.3 million |
Physical education teacher Mike O'Hara has recently moved back in with his best friend Jimmy Flaherty after Mike's wife Carol left him and took their son Tommy with her, due to Mike's obsession with the Boston Celtics. Mike and Jimmy, on the other hand, are united by their love of Boston and its sports teams, especially the Celtics, who are playing their last season in the Boston Garden. When the Celtics lose Game 6 of the NBA Finals to the Utah Jazz, setting up a deciding Game 7 in Boston, Mike and Jimmy find themselves depressed and hopeless.
Jimmy and Mike stumble upon the Jazz's selfish, arrogant shooting guard Lewis Scott at a Boston nightclub. Hoping at first to get him so drunk that he will be hungover for Game 7, Mike and Jimmy pose as Utah fans. However, the pair get more than they bargained for when the next morning they end up kidnapping Scott after he wakes up at Jimmy's apartment. The two decide to hold Scott until after the game, reasoning that if they are going to prison, they might as well help the Celtics win in the meantime.
Scott derides them for being washed-up losers and insinuates Mike (who had played college ball but was not good enough to go professional) is only after him because he is jealous of Scott's fame and ability. Mike, on the other hand, berates Scott for his behavior on and off the court, including starring in a campy Oscar Mayer hot dog commercial, skipping practices, and disrespecting his teammates. Scott attempts to turn Jimmy against Mike and manages to free himself, only to be foiled by an antagonistic cabbie and a local cop, Kevin, both fellow Celtics fans.
Ultimately, Mike challenges Scott to a game of one-on-one; the canny Scott is able to subdue him and Jimmy with Jimmy's gun. Before he runs off, Scott presents the pair with a dilemma: they must root for him and the Jazz to win, or he will turn them both in to the police. Mike reconciles with his wife and son, knowing he might be going to prison, and Jimmy says goodbye to his grandmother. At the game, the two convince the other Celtics fans they are only pretending to root for the Jazz to jinx them, and the first half ends with the Celtics leading. Mike, who knows the Jazz are losing because Scott refuses to pass the ball, gives him a pep talk from the stands, and Utah closes the gap to one point with a little over 7 seconds remaining.
With one play left and the Jazz seemingly on the verge of defeat, Mike and Jimmy choose life over the Celtics, rooting for Utah and rushing the court after they win. Approached by Kevin, who earlier ignored his cries for help, Scott denies Mike and Jimmy committed the kidnapping, saving them from prison.
A few months later, Mike has reconciled with his wife by promising to never interfere with an NBA Finals game again. When football season begins, however, he and Jimmy sneak into Deion Sanders' hotel room at 3:00 a.m., presumably to kidnap him.