crowd goes wild...

so, you don't have to know me very well to know that i LOVE basketball. with a big bright red heart, love it.

when i was growing up, my whole family would spend our evenings watching michael jordan and the bulls play basketball on WGN. now, i know a lot of people who could give a flip about basketball, and the family tv turned to WGN (does that station even exist anymore?) would have sent them to their bedroom with a magazine. but not us scott gals. even at an early age we were lovers of the game, and those seasons we watched the bulls just fanned the flame. this interest has not faded over time, although some of us (ahem...) are a bit nuttier about it than others.

no longer a bulls fan, i've been cheering for the san antonio spurs since college. and a moderate interest in the kansas jayhawks became a full out obsession after living in kansas city for four years.

san antonio has seen some great basketball in the past couple of weeks. to wit:

1. kansas won the championship!
they nearly killed us all in the process, but holy crap, they did it!

as a side note, that steal and shot that sherron made to set up mario chalmers' game winning three? i've heard more than one comparison to miracle at the hands of sean elliott, from the 1999 western conference championships. same court. same corner. same result. swish.

i love the alamodome.

2. tim duncan made a three pointer to send saturday's spurs/suns game into double overtime.
it's already been documented here once, but it deserves a second mention.

the basketball gods are good to me - now that my favorite sporting event of the year is over (with a perfect ending!), at least we have the NBA playoffs to tide us over for the next couple months (which is a bit long, even for me).

so, in summation:
1. rock chalk!
2. go spurs!

p.s. i'm watching game two of the spurs/suns series as we speak, and just want to mention how much i love manu ginobli.