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* ActorAllusion: Phyllis offers to be a cheerleader for the game but Michael turns her down. Phyllis Smith really was an NFL cheerleader in her younger days.

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* ActorAllusion: Phyllis offers to be a cheerleader for the game but Michael turns her down. Phyllis Smith Creator/PhyllisSmith really was an NFL cheerleader in her younger days.

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* WrongGenreSavvy: Michael picks Stanley for the game because he expects the black employee to be good at basketball. When Oscar volunteers, Michael tells him he'll enlist him for baseball.

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Michael picks Stanley for the game because he expects the black employee to be good at basketball. When Oscar volunteers, Michael tells him he'll enlist him for baseball.



** Michael also refuses the slower-moving Phyllis and Kevin, who both turn out to be better basketball players than Michael.

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** Michael also refuses the slower-moving Phyllis and Kevin, who both turn out to be better basketball players than Michael.
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* ActorAllusion: Phyllis offers to be a cheerleader for the game but Michael turns her down. Phyllis Smith really was an NFL cheerleader in her younger days.
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* HiddenDepths: Kevin turns out to be a sharpshooter when it comes to basketball.
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* OneHeadTaller: Roy, Sea Monster, and Darryl are all significantly taller and bulkier than Michael. The three of them use this size difference to get him to back down.
* ScaryBlackMan: Both Darryl and Sea Monster are laidback guys, but you can tell Michael is afraid of them...especially when he tries to get them to work on Saturday.

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* OneHeadTaller: Roy, Sea Monster, Lonny, and Darryl are all significantly taller and bulkier than Michael. The three of them use this size difference to get him to back down.
* ScaryBlackMan: Both Darryl and Sea Monster Lonny are laidback guys, but you can tell Michael is afraid of them...especially when he tries to get them to work on Saturday.
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* BaseballEpisode / TheBoxingEpisode : In this case a basketball episode, but what other work place has people playing basketball? The purpose is the same: it brings out Michael's insecurities and acts as team-building.
* DisqualificationInducedVictory : Michael uses this to cheat. One of the warehouse workers nudges him and Michael calls foul...just after he finds out the office is ahead.
* OneHeadTaller : Roy, Sea Monster, and Darryl are all significantly taller and bulkier than Michael. The three of them use this size difference to get him to back down.
* ScaryBlackMan : Both Darryl and Sea Monster are laidback guys, but you can tell Michael is afraid of them...especially when he tries to get them to work on Saturday.
* WrongGenreSavvy : Michael picks Stanley for the game because he expects the black employee to be good at basketball. When Oscar volunteers, Michael tells him he'll enlist him for baseball.

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* BaseballEpisode / TheBoxingEpisode : TheBoxingEpisode: In this case a basketball episode, but what other work place has people playing basketball? The purpose is the same: it brings out Michael's insecurities and acts as team-building.
* DisqualificationInducedVictory : DisqualificationInducedVictory: Michael uses this to cheat. One of the warehouse workers nudges him and Michael calls foul...just after he finds out the office is ahead.
* OneHeadTaller : OneHeadTaller: Roy, Sea Monster, and Darryl are all significantly taller and bulkier than Michael. The three of them use this size difference to get him to back down.
* ScaryBlackMan : ScaryBlackMan: Both Darryl and Sea Monster are laidback guys, but you can tell Michael is afraid of them...especially when he tries to get them to work on Saturday.
* WrongGenreSavvy : WrongGenreSavvy: Michael picks Stanley for the game because he expects the black employee to be good at basketball. When Oscar volunteers, Michael tells him he'll enlist him for baseball.
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* TheBaseballEpisode / TheBoxingEpisode : In this case a basketball episode, but what other work place has people playing basketball? The purpose is the same: it brings out Michael's insecurities and acts as team-building.

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* TheBaseballEpisode BaseballEpisode / TheBoxingEpisode : In this case a basketball episode, but what other work place has people playing basketball? The purpose is the same: it brings out Michael's insecurities and acts as team-building.



** Michael also refuses the slower-moving Phyllis and Kevin, who both turn out to be better basketball players than Michael.

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** Michael also refuses the slower-moving Phyllis and Kevin, who both turn out to be better basketball players than Michael.
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Air date: April 19, 2005
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Michael challenges the warehouse crew to a lunch time basketball game.

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* TheBaseballEpisode / TheBoxingEpisode : In this case a basketball episode, but what other work place has people playing basketball? The purpose is the same: it brings out Michael's insecurities and acts as team-building.
* DisqualificationInducedVictory : Michael uses this to cheat. One of the warehouse workers nudges him and Michael calls foul...just after he finds out the office is ahead.
* OneHeadTaller : Roy, Sea Monster, and Darryl are all significantly taller and bulkier than Michael. The three of them use this size difference to get him to back down.
* ScaryBlackMan : Both Darryl and Sea Monster are laidback guys, but you can tell Michael is afraid of them...especially when he tries to get them to work on Saturday.
* WrongGenreSavvy : Michael picks Stanley for the game because he expects the black employee to be good at basketball. When Oscar volunteers, Michael tells him he'll enlist him for baseball.
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** Michael also refuses the slower-moving Phyllis and Kevin, who both turn out to be better basketball players than Michael.

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