Gilbert Is F'ing Back!: A First Hand Account
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
There are very few things that make me happy in this world, and if you break it out I'm sure 9 out of 10 of them involve Sports. If you haven't caught on by this point I always capitalize the word Sports on this site. Do you know why? Sports has given me more joy in my life than any other thing. Sure the Love of your family is a great thing, but tell me the last time you jumped out of your seat and lost all control because your drunk Uncle talked to you at Thanksgiving. It hasn't happened.
Before you jump down my throat.....yes I've graduated College, yes I've had sex, and no I've never had a kid (thought we'd get that out of the way early). The greatest moment I've ever felt in my life was being in attendance during the Wizards defeat of the Bulls during the 2nd Round of the NBA Playoffs and Gilbert Arenas throwing the ball into the crowd as the (then) MCI Center went ballistic (see above). I'm sure a lot of things will top that in the future (Baby Awful?), but that moment combined with my fandome just blew me away. Sure I was at the George Mason-UConn game, but I had no vested interest in that game.
Fast forward to Wednesday night. I don't know how else to say this but I was privy to courtside seats (thanks Maj!) at the most important game of the Wizards season. When I was walking up to the Verizon Center I saw the most perfect and beautiful sign I've ever seen. It was on the giant wall of the V-Center and it featured the quote, "I'll Be Back," with a giant zero painted over the words. At about three minutes into the first quarter I'd learn that sign wasn't just a marketing ploy.
For some reason the crowd started to stir. Wait no....is Gil in uniform??? No g'damn way. Not happening. Against the Bucks?!? (Ed note: I've got goosebumps at this point). It's a timeout so everyone is just waiting and watching......
Fuck me......he's coming in!!! I'm sure that my child being born will blow this out of the water, but Gil walking on the court to the crowd at home was f'ing awesome. I can't even describe the feeling because my favorite player ever proceeded to just destroy the Bucks in the coming minutes. He hit every shot. He got a ball down low, faked, and hit a reverse layup. It's been a long time since I've felt "joy" in my life but this was joy......
Sure the craptastic Bucks won the game on a buzzer beater, and sure Gilbert might have looked a bit slow at times, but I could care less. I was courtside for the best comeback involving DC Sports since.....well ever.
(I greatly appreciate the times you let me drop the "National Veil" and you let me become a complete DC homer. Also many thanks to The Maj who is the f'ing man)
8 Comments:
The proper phrase is "I couldn't care less," not "I could care less."
You're kidding, right? Gilbert plays no defense. He's leaving the Wizards at the end of this season. You should be more excited about watching Butler play. Gilbert's had two knee surgeries and is d-o-n-e.
You do know that Mo Williams was guarding Arenas, right? You could probably go for 20 on him.
But I kid.
I know what you are saying about sports. There is no feeling in the world like being at a big moment involving your team.
AA,
You seen the lead story at espn.com? Fleeting Moments -- talking about Maryland's failure since winning it all in '02.
Good to see Gil back. Now he can experience firsthand the 4-1 first round playoff exit for the Wiz.
Gilbert let that guy have an open 3??? His defense is laughable.
There's no D in Gilbert. There's no D in Arenas. There is I in Gilbert, though. There's no I in Caron Butler.
05 playoffs = First round win for the Wiz over the Bulls. That series was great just for that game 5 which had the Wizards blow an 8 point lead with something like 40 seconds left after Pargo on the Bulls got Hot, Yet the Wiz still won at the Buzzer on surprise Surprise Agent Zero's buzzer beater