NBA Finals Game 6

A month ago an opportunity presented itself to be able to go to the NBA Finals. This was an event that I had on my bucket list and it just so happened that my favorite team was playing at home for game 6. There were a few problems with this opportunity. First Jennifer had to work, so I needed someone to watch the kids. Just a quick call to my parents and they were more than happy to come up and watch the kids. Secondly, I didn't have anyone to go with me so I sent out a few messages to see if any friends were interested in making the journey with me. I had some people interested until they found out the price of the tickets. So, I made the decision to make the 5 hour trip by myself.

Ready for the big game!

My first pictures after arriving at the stadium were with the huge Lebron picture on the side of the building. Growing up I was a huge Michael Jordan fan and Lebron is the only player that has come close to filling that void in my eyes of the greatest basketball player of all time. I can't believe that I was going to get to see one of the greats on the biggest stage.

View from my seat. I was literally the top seat in the building. If I turned around there was the wall of the back of the stadium.

Since I got to the game about an hour and a half early I spent some time walking around the stadium and seeing everything. It was also free t-shirt and towel night. I really felt sorry for the people that had to put out all 20,000+ of the freebies.

Let's do this! Ready to cheer on Cleveland to the win!

Since I had some extra time before the game I decided to Facetime the kids to make sure they were being good for Grandma and Grandpa. They were happy to see me and I was glad to see them too, even though it had just been about 5 hours since I had seen them.

Little recap of each quarter's score. The first quarter started off with a huge momentum swing to the home town Cavs. They were firing on all cylinders and broke out to a 31-11 lead. From then on I could breathe a little sigh of relief, but I knew that the Warriors were a tough team and could quickly put together a run. Thankfully the game never got closer that 6 points before the Cavs would pull back out in front.

This trip was worth every penny that I spent on it and I still can't believe that I actually went to the NBA Finals. It was a fun and action packed game with lots of highlights and most importantly it forced a game 7 for a winner take all game out in California.

I usually take quite a few pictures, but I was just really living in the moment and kept forgetting to take as many during the game. Most of my pictures were taken during a dead ball or timeout.

Only one more game for the Cavs to become the World Champs! I was so pumped after the game that I really couldn't believe that it had just happened. The only thing that would have made it even better is if this was actually the winning game for the Cavaliers!

After the game I headed back out to the car and the city was going absolutely crazy. People were everywhere and celebrating the win. I knew that I would be awake after the game because I figured that my adrenaline would have kicked in so I decided to start the journey back home. I drove a couple hours until I was just outside Columbus. I decided to take a quick nap before heading out again. Well, 5 hours later I woke up to the sunrise and a couple of people talking outside the car next to me. I started up my car and backed out and then completed the rest of the three hour drive home. I was so glad to be home, but I was extremely excited to mark something else off my bucket list. I was even more excited a few days later when the Cavaliers won the championship and ended a 52 year drought for the city of Cleveland. It was great to be a part of history too because it was the first time a team came back from a 1-3 deficient to win the NBA Finals. Thanks for reading and God bless!