The One with the Players Wives

As some of you know - I am a big basketball fan, so when the NBA released the tickets for the game at the O2 arena I was probably one of the first in line for tickets. The teams playing were the Bulls and Jazz. Neither team was particularly of any interest to me at all, especially with Korver being injured and not able to throw up a few long bombs, but an NBA game is an NBA game and thus, a must.

I took the girl as she quite enjoyed the Kobe show we had seen at Madison Square Garden during our trip to New York. What she hadn't expected was the remarkably close seats I had gotten us - 5 rows behind the Bulls bench. What thrilled her even more was when she learnt the row in front of us seated the Bulls players wives/girlfriends/family. As quick as you like she stopped taking photos of the players for me and whizzed the camera around at the ladies. No not the ladies themselves but their accessories. The diamond rings, jewellery, handbags and shoes. Naming brands and prices I could hear the excitement in her voice. She couldn't believe her luck until she realised the unfortunate situation of being unable to discuss it with anyone.

The game itself was of a fairly good standard considering it was pre-season. The buzzer beater at the end came from the unlikely hero, rookie James Johnson, who has played limited minutes for a bad Bulls team so far this season.

We both walked away from this encounter happy, me with the show on the court and the girl with the show off the court.