An evening that started with impatient youthful fits & frustrated traffic-jam sighs, quickly changed into excited anticipation as we entered the Toyota Center to see the Houston Rockets take on the Charlotte Bobcats.
With smiling faces we joined into the sea of red fans making their way to their seats until we broke away from the current to the elevator taking us to the suites level. We both entered filled with first-time jitters, his due to his anxiousness to see his first basketball game (worth remembering) and mine caused by my first time to see a basketball game from this perspective. When we finally made it to our seats, after checking out all the amenities, it took no time at all for both of us to revert into our energetic and very verbal fan mode. It's Game Time!
As we cheered & chanted, the Rockets (despite the Bobcat's Henderson challenging our goal for a victory both offensively & defensively) answered back with a high energy point-scoring 1st half. Expecting this energy to flow right into the 2nd half, the game seemed to simmer early in the third quarter to a less aggressive tempo. Yet, this did not stop the excited "defense" yells & impromptu dances that were happening in the seat next to me. As fourth quarter came to a close (even through some close call plays by the Bobcats) the Rockets came out on top 109-95 and as my son would say, "Whoa, they have 109 points!"
While this game gave the Rockets another victory for the season; it also gave my son and I a greater victory in another shared experience that neither one of us will be forgetting any time soon.
