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After noticing new hoops in the warehouse, Michael comes into work prepared to play basketball with Jim and Ryan against the warehouse workers. Dwight is also prepared to play but Michael distracts him by assigning him to work on the weekend work calendar. Michael challenges the warehouse crew to a match with the losers having to work on Saturday. Michael picks Jim, Ryan, Stanley (Michael's "secret weapon" on account of his race), and, reluctantly, Dwight and Phyllis (as an alternate).

The game begins and Michael discovers that Stanley, despite being black, is a horrible player. Furthermore, he himself can not make a shot, nor is he a fan of passing or defending. During the game, Roy and Jim start gradually becoming aggressive toward each other, with Pam looking on. At a crucial point in the game, Michael is accidentally hit in the face. He pettily stops the game and declares the office winners since they were winning when the foul occurred. The warehouse finds the call unfair and Michael caves under pressure, stating the office would come in on Saturday instead. As everybody is returning to work upstairs, Kevin shoots hoops with Jim and Ryan, making every shot.

Afterwards, Michael, in a rare (and short-lived) moment of heart, tells the office that they don't have to come in on Saturday either. However, his justification does little to calm them: "Like coming in an extra day is going to prevent us from being downsized."

• This episode was inspired by a cut interview with Michael from the "Pilot" episode where he brags about playing basketball in the warehouse.
• Jim's response to Michael's line to "try not to be too gay on the court" was genuine; the line was improvised by Steve Carell.
• Michael suggests the winner of the game gets treated to "dinner at Farley's", which is a real restaurant in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Steve Carell also stated that if Farley's made a "Steve Carell Burger," he would personally fly to Scranton to "cut the ribbon".
• When Roy hits Jim during the game, it was an actual accident: David Denman really elbowed John Krasinski in the lip, so much that he bled and ended up missing a photo shoot the next day due to the swelling. Denman reportedly felt horrible.
• Although only a few made the final cut, Brian Baumgartner actually made fourteen shots in a row during the filming of Kevin's scene on the court after the game.
• According to her blog, this episode contains Jenna Fischer's favorite Pam line of all-time: "Please don't throw garbage at me."

Dwight: So we need someone to work this Saturday and I think that that should be (flings tie over his shoulder) … Jim.
Jim: God, this is so sad. This is the smallest amount of power I’ve ever seen go to someone’s head.

Pam: My fiancé has plans for us this Saturday. So I really hope Dwight doesn’t make me work. Maybe I should sleep with him. I’m kidding, kidding. Totally kidding.

Michael: And this is Roy. Roy dates Pam. You know, the uh, the best lookin’ one upstairs.
Ryan: Yeah yeah.
Michael: You still getting it regular man? Huh? I mean, I can tell her it’s part of the job. (Roy laughs nervously.)

Jim: Pam gets a little down. Her toaster oven broke. Uh, which she got at her engagement shower. Um, for a wedding that still has yet to be set. And that was three years ago.

Michael: Okay, so let’s put together a starting line-up, shall we? Stanley, of course.
Stanley: I’m sorry?
Michael: Um, what do you play, center?
Stanley: Why “of course”?
Michael: Uh …
Stanley: What’s that supposed to mean?
Michael: I don’t know. I, I don’t remember saying that.
Jim: Uh…I heard it.
Michael: Well, people hear a lot of things, man. Um … other starters … me, of course. I heard it that time.

Michael: Yes, this is business. The, uh, the business of team building and morale boosting. Uh, who else?
Oscar: I can … help out if you need me.
Michael: I will use your talents come baseball season, my friend. Or if we box.

Dwight: Can I be team captain?
Michael: No, I’m team captain.
Dwight: Can I be team manager?
Michael: No, I am the team manager. You can be assistant to the team manager.
Dwight: Assistant team manager?
Michael: No.

Pam: Please don’t throw garbage at me.

Jim: I’ll do it. Wear a little … flouncy skirt if you want, and …
Michael: Yeah, I bet you would. Just try not to be too gay on the court. And by gay I mean, um, you know, not in a homosexual way at all. I mean the uh, you know, like the bad-at-sports way. I think that goes without saying.

Pam: Maybe Angela would cheerlead.
Michael: Ooh, yeah, right.
Phyllis: I’ll do it.
Michael: Oh, yuck, that’s worse than you playing.

Jim: You gonna wish me luck?
Pam: Yeah, you’re gonna need it.
Jim: Whoa, is that trash talk from Pam?
Pam: I’m just saying, Roy is very competitive.
Jim: Oh.
Pam: And he wants to take the wave runners to the lake this Saturday, so…
Jim: Well, I’m going to the outlet mall on Saturday, so if you wanna save big on brand names … (Pam laughs) … and Roy has to work, which he will, because I’m also competitive, you should feel free to come along.
Pam: Um, I think I’m gonna be up at the lake …
Jim: I think I’ll see you at the mall … yeah.

Michael: Uh, Pam? You kind of have your foot in both camps here, why don’t you do the, jump ball okay?
Roy: Don’t listen to him Pam. Trust me, tip it my way or you’re sleeping in the car.

Michael: Who am I, am I Michael Scott? I don’t know. I might just be a basketball machine.

Ryan (after Dwight steals the ball away): Same team, Dwight.

Michael: Like coming in an extra day is gonna prevent us from being downsized. Have a good weekend.