1/10/2011

Appoinment TV (Sorry Honey!)

Everyone knows I'm a die-hard Heat fan.

When Lebron made "his decision," I was torn about it.  While I wasn't sure how I'd feel about the Heat being the favorite/villain -- I was looking forward to the opportunity to watching the team play.  For my birthday, my father-in-law bought me the NBA package.  When this happened, I expected to catch many of the games - but I was never one of those guys that revolved my schedule around NBA regular season games. For NFL football - ok - there are only 16 games that happen at the same time each week - but there are 82 games in the NBA - no way that's reasonable....  

This said - over the last 21 games, "my Heat" have only lost only once - and I think I've caught 18 of those games. Last night, I was riveted by a true overtime show in Portland ... I don't remember the last time I'd stay up way past my bedtime to catch a west coast regular season game (and let me tell you - it was worth it!) .... Now I don't know when the next time is that I won't do stay up.....

Having Lebron and Wade on the same team is just an insane thing to watch as a fan of that team.  They haven't totally shown just yet that they've got what it takes to win when it counts, but they've shown that they are worth the price of entertainment and then-some.  Rooting for this team is definitely more fun than I thought it would be and I recommend the Heat as appointment TV for any fan of NBA basketball - it's unquestionably the best show in town any night they play.....