I will leave the hoops talk to others tonight.
Obviously it's heart-breaking. It sucks. It hurts.
But on the way out it was great to spend an evening with our great
fans at the Q. I'd rather watch a win, but if I have to see a
loss....I want to split the grief with 15,000 of the greatest fans in
the NBA.
The watch parties are aptly named. We watch. We party. And as the
clock ticked down it was easy to be bummed....but instead I tried to
focus on all the highlights and on the ride we took this year.
The tip off to the season. The win streaks. The MVP. Coach of the
Year....and losing just twice while winning 39 (think about that).
Rolling the Pistons was so rewarding and shooting the Hawks out of the
sky put us on cusp.
The end sum of the Magic series...well it sucks. But you'll never
take the magic of the Game 2 1.0 second shot away. The Q may have
never rocked like that. The passion of our fans and the greatness of
the shooter was never framed better.
The story book had all the trappings of a Pulitizer Prize winner, but the ending sucks.
Animal Control took 150 photos with fans all over the Q. So the
story book can have a rather meaty glossy center section of photos.
And in case our story book editor decides to fill that important
section of photos with more photos of LeBron, The Optimist and
Ahmaad.....
I have posted all the photos here for your personal enjoyment.Thank you Cleveland for the amazing ride. Get some sleep and
sharpen the dream....we will be here again and when we are the story
book ending will be even sweeter.
--dog