The Rush: Jimmy Butler goes berserk on Boston, The Rush celebrates episode 1000
In a rough night for Boston sports fans, the Miami Heat cooled the Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals while the Red Sox found themselves on the wrong side of history, as the Astros scored a MLB record-tying five home runs in a single inning at Fenway Park… with one fan going above and beyond the call of duty. Boston legend Tom Brady announced a new business venture (how many jobs does this guy have?!?) and The Rush celebrates its 1000th episode with outtakes, fond memories and a tribute to our collective experience over the last four years.
Video Transcript
- --the lead wound up losing in the final seconds. Shot clock winding down. Butler has to put it up.
[BUZZER SOUNDS]
Oh, he knocks it down, a 2-pointer, as the shot clock expires!
[WHOOSH]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
JARED QUAY: Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals end up being a trap game for the Celtics. They were coming in hot from a Game 7 win over the Bucs. They stayed hot for a minute leading the Heat at halftime of Game 1 and promptly melted it in the second half thanks in large part to Jimmy Butler going insane logging a stat line of 41 points, nine rebounds, five assists, four steals, and three blocks. Woo, good game.
- --switching PJ Tucker. Oh, Bam with another strip.
- And Butler, down the end, throws it down!
[CHEERING]
JARED QUAY: The game lacked some star power from the start, with Miami's Kyle Lowry still hobbled with a bad hamstring, and Boston's Marcus Smart injured, while ageless wonder Al Horford entered health-and-safety protocols.
- It was COVID related.
JARED QUAY: It was a rough night for Boston, to be honest.
The Red Sox found themself on the wrong side of history, as the Astros hit five home runs in a single inning against them at Fenway.
[CRACK]
- Yuli Gurriel drives one deep to left field, number five on the inning! Incredible! The Astros have pummeled five home runs in the second inning.
JARED QUAY: That ties the MLB record for the most home runs in a single inning. But the craziest part is that the same fan caught two of the home-run balls.
- --which the guy catches on the ricochet.
- That's unreal.
- And this-- this one he catches on the fly.
JARED QUAY: What is this, "Groundhog's Day"?
- It's nothing, ma'am. I had the tire and the jack.
JARED QUAY: Yo, that dude's a lot better off than the guy who bought the Tom Brady's last-touchdown-pass ball at the auction. That's for damn sure.
In the NFL, Tom Brady is about to become the GROAT.
- A what?
JARED QUAY: GROAT, the "Greatest Roast of all Time" is a new Netflix show that Tom Brady is producing.
- Dear, god, don't quit your day job.
- Don't worry, Dwight. TB12 ain't writing the jokes. He's just paying the people to make us laugh. The best part is Brady's actually going to be the subject of the first roast in the series.
- This is going to be good.
JARED QUAY: Yeah, it's going to be pretty cool. But we've been roasting Brady for years here on "The Rush." And we ain't stopping anytime soon. This is episode 1,000 of "The Rush."
- You're kidding me?
- No.
- You're kidding?
JARED QUAY: No. We've really done 1,000 episodes. And it's been a hell of a journey. We've enjoyed championships, World Cup titles, and Olympic goals together. Since our show began, we found love, built homes, and welcomed babies in the world. I got a girl. Together, we've experienced a global pandemic, social reckoning, elections, and an insurrection.
Our crew has made a daily sports show when there were no sports happening on the planet for three months. Through Zoom, doom, and gloom, we still here, babies. To you at home, thank you for watching and allowing our little "Rush" family to do what we love to do every day and do it together. Happy 1,000.
(SINGING) This is how we do it. It's Friday night, and I feel all right.
Boom! This is how we do it. Me and Jackie Pepper in this mug.
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
Yeah.
- Yeah.
JARED QUAY: It's probably like black jelly beans [INAUDIBLE]
- Just make sure our kids get to sleep.
- [LAUGHS]
JARED QUAY: Like I would be endorsed by Krispy Kreme, because I was sweet. And I'd be like, yo, yeah, we can make the-- I'm the pour it on beer, pour it on, y'all. I hit you with it hard now.
First of all, I just want to know, man, how you got the biggest neck on the team? Man, you the strongest one on the team?
- I got the biggest neck, really?
JARED QUAY: 30,000 people have knife-related injuries working with guacamoles. That's a dangerous snack. What do you think is the most dangerous snack in the game?
- The most dangerous snack in the game, hummus.
JARED QUAY: Do you hold your breath?
- No, no, no, you got to breathe.
JARED QUAY: You got to breathe through it?
- [INAUDIBLE]
JARED QUAY: It's only 13 seconds. I can hold my breath for 13 seconds, man.
- No. When you run, it's different.
JARED QUAY: OK.
- It's not underwater, bro. We're not underwater.
JARED QUAY: Besides that, the team's video-- video-ographer-- video-grapher-- videographer-- tune in tonight 8:00 Eastern-- Eastren-- Eastern.
- You know which nation has-- [BURPS] excuse me. [LAUGHS]
JARED QUAY: We're not putting that on air. All right.
[INTERPOSING VOICES]
JARED QUAY: [INAUDIBLE] win one Monopoly game and act like [INAUDIBLE]-- who got-- you won the [INAUDIBLE] in your heart, man. You know, you don't know the [INAUDIBLE], man, when you win one time. [INAUDIBLE]
[UPBEAT MUSIC]
[WHOOSH]
