Mid-April means one thing… NBA playoffs. Since, as i have touched on previously, life in Paris is tremendously hard, i have no veritable access to NBA games, not to mention that they come on at 2330 or 1130 pm at the earliest. This leaves me in a terrible position since i like to catch the lakeshow on the lateshow since the west coast games usually come on around 1030 when im at school (at Amherst) and are always the later games. But, as i wondered aimlessly around a certain Canadian bar named after an animal from Rocky N Bullwinkle, there was a break through. First, i caught a glimpse, NBA stats central. The channel that every satellite tv provider has around playoff time. Scores and times for games to come, everything in EST, of course. So i went back to my table, consulted with Tim, and tired to figure out what time in Paris EST was. As we concluded that it was not a time close to ours, which was 1 am, we headed for the exit. Then a scream. from me. and a perplexed look from tim. As he turned the corner in the L shaped bar, he was enlightened and screamed as i did. There it was 6-2 Philly over the Pistons in the first quarter. Finally, i got my taste. Tim and I sat, ordered some more beer, and watched to our hearts content. As we watch the first half unfold, we decided that, since the game would not be over till about 3, we were going to leave after the first half. Two min left. Then disaster. There was no volume, so we sat and watched a few clips from WIRED, the portion where u can hear what the player/coaches are saying. It was reggie evans, who has the smallest ears ever, talking to referee Joey Crawford about an earlier call. As big ass reggie slapped Crawford on the butt, the screen froze. There i was, thinkin the night would be great, catch some hoop, chicken wings (ya crazy i found some quasi-real chicken wings in paris) and i was left without my last two mins and with the image of Reggie Evans cupping another mans butt etched in my mind. As it is, life is truly a struggle in Paris. Tant Pis!
I really dont think we moved the whole first half, cept for a TayPrince dunk
