Dave’s dozen can dream again
High in the rafters of Madison Square Garden back in January, the extraordinary athleticism of the Knicks and the Spurs was almost lost in “the show”. Cheerleaders, acrobats, singers and hotdogs fought for billing with giants like Tim Duncan and Amar’e Stoudemire. Magicians like Tony Parker and Raymond Felton cast as chorus line to the main event; the razzmatazz.
In contrast, stripped to its bare bones by ad breaks on ESPN last Sunday night, the NBA came alive. Enormous, powerful men performing ballerina pirouettes to gain inches of leeway. Three-pointers from downtown make you gasp even harder when you can see close-up 18 stone of muscle plant a giant hand in the shooter’s face.
