Watching the NBA Playoffs wasn't quite in the itinerary, but with our strong dollar, closeness to the US (relative to Australia) and a special on the US-Ecuador flights how could I resist! Back to the US I went while Elise headed to Bolivia to do some more Spanish study.
Note: the following may bore non-NBA fans (the majority of readers)
After a 3 hour pat down by US security (I am now on the watch list for sure after they didn't believe that I was in the US just to see the basketball!) I arrived in Chicago to see Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Bulls and Heat. It turned out to be an incredible game and well worth the side trip to Chicago! Miami won the game so I headed down south to Miami to watch Games 1 & 2 of the NBA Finals against the Dallas Mavericks.
Luckily enough, both games were fantastic with Game 2 being one of the most incredible come-backs in NBA history by the Mavericks. I managed to sneak into the lower section ($2,000 seats!!) for the start of the 4th quarter and all was well for me and my scalper friend but unfortunately with 9 minutes to go, 2 rappers with more money than sense decided to show up and finally claim their seats - back to the nose bleed section for me : (
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