Growing up Grizzlies: How I fell in love with the NBA (Eh Game)

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My life changed on March 18, 1999. Well, really, my life changed whenever my dad thought it was a good idea to take his overly energetic five-year-old watch the Vancouver Grizzlies host the Minnesota Timberwolves for his birthday. But the transformation itself took place on that first night at the arena then called General Motors Place. We drove from our home in North Vancouver over the bridge and into the city, heading toward my greatest adventure yet. The noise. The lights. The energy. Even from our seats behind the basket way up in the upper deck, I was transfixed by the action on the court. The combination of power and grace . The speed and quickness. I'd never experienced anything like it. Two things happened that night: The Grizzlies won – I'd realize later how rare that was – and I fell in love with basketball. There was no turning back.

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