2020.August.Watched

I last watched basketball in 1998. After the Bulls beat the Jazz (again), and the team was inexplicably disbanded, I didn’t feel like watching the game without my favorite player – Jordan – and didn’t feel like watching the team I’d been a fan of for so long – the Bulls – struggle for however long they ended up on life-support. (The lockout in ’99 did nothing to change my mind.)

Fast-forward ~22 years and I’m listening to Bill Simmons’ podcast and hearing him talk about how different the game is these days, so I decided I’d tune in when the playoffs rolled around. I figured, if I’m gonna dive back in, I’d rather watch the best the game has to offer than slog thru possibly meaningless regular season games.

Then the virus and Rudy Gobert ended the season. Around the time I expected to watch more basketball, there was none to watch. So instead, I went back and watched a bunch of old Finals (see prior month-recaps). It was a lot of fun.

So by the time the Bubble was announced I was more than ready to go. When it started I watched nearly all of the games. Then the playoffs started and I’ve watched – well, nearly everything. I only skipped a few of the games since the restart – either games that didn’t interest me (a lot of unfun-to-watch Rockets’ games, for example), games I didn’t have time for (early on, there were four games daily), or game-results that were spoiled.

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Lakers-Clippers (iMac)
Bucks-Celtics (iMac)
Rockets-Mavericks (iMac)
Clippers-Pelicans (iMac)
Raptors-Lakers (iMac)
Boston-Trail Blazers (iMac)
Rockets-Bucks (iMac)
Raptors-Heat (iMac)
Pelicans-Grizzlies (iMac)
Lakers-Jazz (iMac)
Nets-Bucks (iMac)
Celtics-Nets (iMac)
Thunder-Lakers (iMac)
Clippers-Mavericks (iMac)
Bucks-Heat (iMac)
Rockets-Lakers (iMac)
Celtics-Raptors (iMac)
Hannibal Buress’ Miami Nights (iMac)
Pelicans-Wizards (iMac)
Clippers-Trail Blazers (iMac)
Mavericks-Bucks (iMac)
Manhatta (iPhone)
Nets-Clippers (iMac)
Raptors-Bucks (iMac)
Lakers-Nuggets (iMac)
Celtics-Grizzlies (iMac)
Trail Blazers-Mavericks (iMac)
Bucks-Wizards (iMac)
Raptors-Sixers (work computer, iMac)
Clippers-Nuggets (iMac)
Trail Blazers-Nets (iMac)
Wizards-Celtics (iMac)
Raptors-Nuggets (iMac)
Trail Blazers-Grizzlies (Play-In game) (work computer, iMac)
30 for 30 (episode 8) (iMac)
A Rainy Day in New York (iMac)
Nuggets-Jazz Game 1 (work computer)
Raptors-Nets Game 1 (iMac)
Celtics-76ers Game 1 (iMac)
Clippers-Mavericks Game 1 (iMac)
Magic-Bucks Game 1 (iMac)
Trail Blazers-Lakers Game 1 (iMac)
Raptors-Nets Game 2 (iMac)
Jazz-Nuggets Game 2 (iMac)
Celtics-76ers Game 2 (iMac)
Mavericks-Clippers Game 2 (iMac)
Heat-Pacers Game 2 (iMac)
Lakers-Trail Blazers Game 3 (iMac)
Raptors-Nets Game 3 (iMac)
Jazz-Nuggets Game 3 (iMac)
Celtics-76ers Game 3 (iMac)
Clippers-Mavericks Game 3 (iMac)
Bucks-Magic Game 3 (iMac)
Lakers-Trail Blazers Game 3 (iMac)
Heat-Pacers Game 3 (iMac)
Celtics-76ers Game 4 (iPhone)
Mavericks-Clippers Game 4 (iMac)
Raptors-Nets Game 4 (iMac)
Jazz-Nuggets Game 4 (iMac)
Bucks-Magic Game 4 (iPhone)
Lakers-Trail Blazers Game 4 (iMac)
Heat-Pacers Game 4 (iMac)
Nuggets-Jazz Game 5 (iMac)
Clippers-Mavericks (Game 5) (iMac)
Straw Dogs (iMac)
2020 Tour de France Stage 1 (iMac)
Rockets-Thunder Game 5 (iMac)
Lakers-Trail Blazers Game 5 (iMac)
2020 Tour de France Stage 2 (iMac)
Celtics-Raptors Game 1 (iMac, iPhone)
Clippers-Mavericks Game 6 (iPhone)
2020 Tour de France Stage 3 (iMac)

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January (44 different titles)
February (21)
March (34)
April (55)
May (65)
June (37)
July (26)
August (72)

354 title for the year – for an average of 44.25 titles per month.

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