Thunder Up, part 1

Over the last 2 years, we've jumped on the bandwagon and become OKC Thunder fans! Since then, we've learned a lot about the backgrounds of the players of the Thunder, especially Kevin Durant's story--he's my favorite. Nick Collison is a close 2nd, with Westbrook in 3rd, especially with his improved attitude this season. Evan's favorite is James Harden. For his birthday, I got him this:

We saved up in our Dave Ramsey Entertainment fund to get tickets to the a playoff game on Wednesday--Round 2 Game 2 vs. the Lakers! We went to a playoff game last year against the Memphis Grizzlies, when they did a "Blue Out", but this year when we went they did a "Checkerboard"--the sections alternated blue and white. It looked really cool!

I love the teamwork that has been evident among them recently. If one the "stars" is having an off-game, they're still committed to doing what they can for the team while someone else takes the lead on scoring.

At this game, we got our bottle of water and snack before we ever found our seats. The previous games, I would ask Evan to get me a snack or drink, but somehow it would always seem to be put off until the end of the 3rd quarter, at which time everything closes. We avoided that situation entirely this time! Once we found our seats, put on our blue shirts (always blue...maybe one of these days we'll get white shirts), and got settled, the seats beside us filled. The man to my left was a little larger and seemed to make himself comfortable, encroaching into my space. I spent most of the game standing up or sitting on the seat folded up so I wouldn't keep bumping legs with him. Towards the end of the 4th quarter, when the game was getting really close (and the couple of random Lakers fans who had been sitting behind us left), I moved up to their seats to have a little breathing room. Those last couple of minutes were intense, ending in a win!

When we left the arena, traffic looked crazy, like it would be a long time before we got out of there. So we went to Reverse Happy Hour at the Melting Pot for half-price cheese fondue after the game. By the time we left there, the streets were clear, and we zipped on home!