Confessions of a Basket Wife

Here is a confession: I actually like “watching” games on a game tracker.  For those of you who don’t know what a game tracker is, it is basically a virtual scoreboard of the game that you follow along on the internet.  It usually gives you the play-by-play along with the stats of the players on each team.  And it is usually in the language of whatever country the teams are playing in.

I know fellow basket wives who are reading this may think I am crazy.  Most of them despise the game tracker and having to wait until it refreshes to see if the team won or lost in the last 30 seconds of the game (the game tracker is usually about 2-5 minutes behind the actual game as well).  But let me share a picture with you to show you why I like the game tracker so much:

That is my husband Joe shooting in his game on Saturday.  Now can anyone see the 3-point line?  No, the guy who is guarding him isn’t even standing at the 3-point line, that is how far out Joe is when he is shooting.  It is these sort of shots that make me want to have a heart attack when I am sitting and watching the game.  As I watch him take these kinds of shots I think, “What in the world are YOU DOING?”  Of course, then about half the time it goes in and the crowd erupts like he is some kind of magician.  But for me, even though I have seen him hit that shot hundreds of times, it is too stressful.

But when I can just watch what he is doing behind the comfort of the game tracker, it is much easier!  See why I love the game tracker?

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