Yesterday, I happened upon a couple of tickets for the Clippers-Hornets game at Staples Center. The price was right (a nominal charitable donation), the tickets were awesome, and parking was included. Fortunately, the NZS didn't have evening football practice (the HB had no interest in going) so we went to the game.
One good thing about the timing of us hosting the NZS is that he already had a cadre of friends and was well-acclimated to being here. The (minor) bad thing is that he's got a pretty full schedule, so it's hard to fit in all the "LA" things that it would be cool for him to experience. This was a great opportunity to cross something off of the list (see an NBA game).
The NBA is popular in NZ, so he knows a lot of players besides those on the Lakers and Clippers. For some odd reason, he's a Denver Nuggets fan. And it was a treat watching Chris Paul play. He had some great lobs to Tyson Chandler (check this clip out at about the 20 second mark...and that wasn't even his best one).
It was a fun evening and gave us a chance to talk hoops, etc for a few hours. I hoping to get him to the Getty Museum and some other places (Vegas, Grand Canyon) during his last 6 weeks here.
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