Most children that dream of becoming a professional athlete want to play for their local sports team and Roger Mason, Jr. is living that dream.

             Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers, is the NBA’s MVP for the 2008 regular season and rightfully so, but many people are not happy with that. 

It is one thing to see an arena packed with fans wearing the same color and waving towels, but to see it in person can be breath taking.  When I first walked along courtside and looked up, I instantly got nervous.  I can see how NBA players get intimidated by a large crowd but that’s one thing that makes NBA players professionals, the ability to ignore the circumstances around them and perform.  I hoped the Cavaliers would have been intimidated Friday night, but they weren’t.  The Cavaliers will play on while the Wizards stay home. 

             When the game began, it was white out upon the sold out crowd in the Verizon Center.  With under three minutes left in the game, the Verizon Center became a blue out.  The blue presented the color of the chairs as the fans were leaving the building because the Washington Wizards were down by 25 points.  The Wizards season ended with a 17 point lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers, 105-88.