Night with the Nuggets

This evening was the school district's night at the Denver Nuggets game. Marina has only been to one Nuggets game before and she was excited to go. One of my coworkers and her girlfriend decided to join us.

At the last game we went to, Marina was part of the “High-Five Squad,” where she got the chance to high five the players as they entered the court before the game. She told me she’d like to do that again. As luck would have it, I got an email with the chance for her to do that again and she was picked!

We have to arrive early so Marina could join the group. When we arrived, she got a yellow t-shirt and hung around with the other kids as we waited. One little boy seemed a bit scared and, of course, Marina was there to encourage him.

When it was time, Marina happily joined the group to line up for the high-fives. I got close for pictures and despite trying to get her attention, she never looked at me. The players went through quickly. Marina was thrilled that she got a high-five from Kenneth Faried – her favorite player.

We met our friends at the door and went to our seats. I was amazed at how into the game she was. In fact, the watched the whole thing. She and the girl seated next to her because fast friends. During breaks they danced to the music and cheered loudly throughout. Marina almost won Bruno Mars tickets for screaming loudly.

The game went into overtime, but unfortunately the Nuggets lost to the Raptors 113-111. Marina said her throat hurt from all the yelling, but she had a fun time!