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Adam Sandler on shooting hoops with Kevin Garnett, getting punched in the face for ‘Uncut Gems’

Adam Sandler has a history of playing pickup basketball wherever and whenever he can. So naturally when he did a movie with Kevin Garnett, the longtime New Hampshire resident jumped at the chance to shoot around with the Big Ticket.

Sandler and Garnett stopped by “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday to discuss their upcoming movie “Uncut Gems,” which hits theaters Christmas Day, as well as their time together on set.

In the film, which takes place in 2012, Sandler plays a Manhattan jeweler named Howard Ratner who thinks he’s found his next big payday when Garnett (who plays himself) becomes obsessed with Ratner’s uncut black opal.