Basketball Is Like a Game of Chess – New TNT 2009 NBA Playoffs Commercial

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“The first move requires no pieces. It is the look into the eyes of your opponent. The iron gaze of a warrior. The frozen stare of a man possessed. The piercing glare of a champion.

Feel his years. A lifetime of hunger and hope trifles and triumphs. Search his heart for fear. Show him none in return.

No single piece can win a match. Combine several, move them in constant, and behold a synchronized symphony of force. Push forward. Attack. Retreat. Or is it a trick? A ruse to draw out the opposition.

Be watchful as one avenue closes another opens. Employ tactics and advance your aims while perplexing your rival. Be mindful of time but do not grant a clock authority of your reason.

Defend with vigor. A skilled advisory is beatable when his movements are restricted and his patterns are exposed. Tension grinds at the nerves. Emotion can weigh a man down or lift him in the air!

This is a game of kings! It is ballet of the brave. Choreographed on a wooden slab. Promise your foe one thing; doom. Accept only ultimate glory as your prize. Know that winning and losing are black and white. Master this game and you will make the final move.

After all have fallen you will stand alone, crown intact.”

New TNT commercial for the NBA playoffs. Features Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Paul Pierce, Joe Johnson, Dwight Howard, Deron Williams, Kevin Garnett and many more.

Duration : 0:2:12


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Leave A Reply (25 comments So Far)


  1. LakersDynasty42
    906 days ago

    If you don’t like …
    If you don’t like the NBA now then why did you comment on this video?


  2. Koinuboy
    906 days ago

    Weak. They used …
    Weak. They used Yao as the representative for white. Too bad Nash wasn’t in the playoffs. They would have used him.


  3. Koinuboy
    906 days ago

    KJ and Joe Johnson …
    KJ and Joe Johnson had the best stares. Wade was trying to be funny.


  4. iamashooter
    906 days ago

    ..|..
    ..|..


  5. itsswizzy21
    906 days ago

    i never saww dis on …
    i never saww dis on tv


  6. Pyrusdeltadragonoid1
    906 days ago

    I love it when they …
    I love it when they push the the? i dont know the bishops and the others cool


  7. shawn625
    906 days ago

    They don’t even …
    They don’t even look like winners, they don’t even look hungry for a championship, they look like they are poseing for a rap video cameo. The NBA without Magic,Bird and Jordan = SUCKS I’m watching Golf or Tennis a sport with Love and hard work go Tiger, GO Venus and Serena.


  8. mallarigabe623
    906 days ago

    lol
    lol


  9. lflr4lnco
    906 days ago

    lol the difference …
    lol the difference between chess and bball is that a chess game ends at 1 mistake at the pro level. Comebacks are feasible in the nba.


  10. LuSizzle
    906 days ago

    lmao…too true
    lmao…too true


  11. theimmortal8265
    906 days ago

    or make sure theirs …
    or make sure theirs no video tape of it. ;)


  12. StFuMoThErFuCkEr
    906 days ago

    kobe won the game, …
    kobe won the game, checkmate.


  13. JutifiedGamma
    906 days ago

    Sweet commercial!

    Sweet commercial!

    Too bad none of the players even looked like they knew how to play chess, lol!


  14. im2cool2talk2u
    906 days ago

    lakers just won
    lakers just won


  15. antiiraqwar
    906 days ago

    lebron’s king has …
    lebron’s king has been mated!


  16. LuSizzle
    906 days ago

    i bet if Lebron …
    i bet if Lebron Lost a game of Chess he would walk out without shaking nobodies hand either


  17. kgisthegreatest12
    906 days ago

    what? whats carrot …
    what? whats carrot top?


  18. MixMaster716
    906 days ago

    this is a sick …
    this is a sick commerical


  19. JacobReesor
    906 days ago

    Yeah I can see a …
    Yeah I can see a smile coming on his face lol !


  20. gaaraboy5
    906 days ago

    yeah i no this is …
    yeah i no this is great…….i lov it


  21. johnthecoolguy
    906 days ago

    man i watched this …
    man i watched this like a million times
    never gets old


  22. angwenlong22
    906 days ago

    i dont see vince Q_Q
    i dont see vince Q_Q


  23. angwenlong22
    906 days ago

    look at howard in …
    look at howard in the beginning, im thinking he had many takes on this, he looks like he’s going to laugh lol


  24. gaaraboy5XD2
    906 days ago

    i lov this
    i lov this


  25. bryandeezy
    906 days ago

    how random would it …
    how random would it be if they showed carrot top at the end.

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