nba fans

last friday jon went to salt lake to see the jazz play the lakers. he, tod, sadie, dave stewart and jack bickmore got to enjoy the game. unfortunately, the jazz killed the lakers, but sitting up close and personal, and seeing some amazing plays made it worth the trip. it started snowing friday night and snowed all night, so by the time he was to fly out saturday morning, he was on the plane 3 1/2 hours waiting to be de-iced and everything. not a happy memory.
before i knew he was planning to go to the jazz game, i had gotten tickets to see the lakers play in denver wednesday, as a birthday gift for him. needless to say, i'm not sure he was toooo excited to jump on another plane and fly somewhere where chances of snow were pretty good. after a delay leaving vegas, we arrived during rush hour for the hour taxi ride to the hotel. we dropped our bags off and took off for the game. we got there in time to see them warming up so jon took the camera and went down close to get some good pictures. none of them turned out, bummer. what a great game! iverson scored 51 points, and the lakers won. it was close the whole way, the fans around me were cool, and jon said it was the greatest nba game he had ever been too. finally, a birthday gift that worked!!!
downtown denver is really nice. i wish we had had more time to explore it, but we had a great time, being together and attending a game of a lifetime.