Sunday's Alright For OT

Life as an honest-to-goodness NBA reporter is alright with me. That was my view in the first half last night. Not too shabby, eh? I sat in the press section behind one of the baskets, the nearest one to the floor. I was about eight rows back. Free wi-fi. Food and drink before the game. And free ice cream at halftime (although I did not partake). During the second half I moved farther down the row, towards the outside of the section and had a great vantage point for the shot Vince Carter hit to send the game to OT. I hate Vince with a passion, but he has incredible body control when he's in the air.

The whole night was a bit surreal. That was the closest I'd sat to the court since high school. Chris Ford was sitting beside me, doing some scouting for the Sixers. I was geeking out pretty hard about that. It looked like he had his 1981 championship ring on but I couldn't confirm. Before the game I sat a table over from Marv Albert and Mark Jackson in the break room. They were in town to broadcast the game for the YES Network. It's weird to hear Marv Albert discuss football with the voice you're used to hearing him call NBA games with.

My game recap is online over at DCist. I'm going to hit the Cleveland game on Saturday and bring my camera. Some guy was sitting in our section and taking photos from there, so I'm going to give it a shot if they'll let me. Stay tuned.