I love playoff games! I love watching them and more than that I love being there, watching it all live and in-person and getting caught up in all the passion and energy. I am not simply talking about sitting in the AT&T Center watching the Spurs play, but any playoff game.

This fall I went with my family to watch the Southwest Dragons (my alma mater) take on the O’Connor Panthers in the first round of the high school football state championships. The game was held at the Alamodome and as soon as we entered I could feel the change of energy. It’s the same way that the AT&T Center feels different when you walk in to watch round one of the Western Conference finals from when you go during the regular season. The entire atmosphere has changed and somehow you just know…it’s really game time!

The road to winning any title, whether it’s at the pee-wee, high school, collegiate, or professional level, is marked with amazing plays, Cinderella stories, come-from-behind victories, and tragic losses. Each game contains the same passion, the same drive and insane want to do anything possible to end up on top. The fans can even sense this in the teams and seem to cheer louder and be just a little more vocal about calls and such.

So take some time to watch a game or two of the NBA playoffs. I can promise you won’t be left feeling like you wasted two hours of your life. After all, it’s the playoffs…what else needs to be said?