{NBA} Don't Lose Hope...

You know what drives me absolutely nuts? When a fan is watching a game and drops a line in the 3rd quarter that goes something like, "It's over, we stink." Nothing at a sporting event gets under my skin more than pessimism like that. I mean if it's your team and you bleed their colors, you better be in the game until the final buzzer sounds! Is that so crazy of me to believe?

Here is my messages to all you fans out there watching the NBA Playoffs, or any other sport in the future for that matter. Never give up, not until the proverbial "fat lady" sings. Because you are always just one play away from sparking the crowd, creating a rally that leads to an epic run that could lead to the come back of the century. That is what is so amazing about sports, the ebb and flow of momentum and how in one second, upon one play, everything can change.

Hey New York Knicks fans! Yeah, you, I know you like to grumble about your team blowing it... But it isn't even close to finished yet. Phil Jackson once said "A playoff series doesn't begin until the Home team loses." Never were there truer words. New York lost extremely close games to the Celtics in one of the toughest arena's to play an away game at in the NBA. The first loss came on an incredible shot from one of the best pure shooters to ever step onto an NBA court, Ray Allen. And, the second loss, came in a game where two of the Knicks "big three" were out of the game!

Keep hope alive Knicks fans, all you have to do is win 2 in MSG and the series begins all over again. And I will keep hope alive too, that not only the Knicks pull through, but that my Miami Heat keep on pushing, that they don't believe it's over either. Even more importantly, I will keep my hopes alive that in round 2 of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Heat-Knicks Rivalry will be reignited and the matchup I spent my childhood watching, will return giving this basketball enthusiast, a reason to pay for those outrageously overpriced tickets to a Miami Heat Home Game.

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