High Above Center Court

It's rare to be able to give your teenaged sons experiences that are as far out of your price range as a $10,000 luxury suite at a pro basketball game, but thanks to the generosity of a friend, I was able to do that tonight.

These games are, as my friend said, amazing productions -- part light show, part rock concert, part cultural spectacle. At the center of it all is the game of basketball, played by athletes with the rarest combination of size and speed plus, at times, the balance and grace of ballet dancers.

On this particular night, the home team Warriors won in the final minutes, 100-94.

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