Here's Dallas superstar Dirk Nowitzki taking a free throw. He never seems to miss!
The Nuggets are over on their side of the court. The Pepsi Center was totally packed. There were no seats available... not even single seats. I think there were 20,000 people there.
The Nuggets mascot, Rocky, had his hair done just like Birdman! Chris "Birdman" Andersen is not exactly a huge scorer, but he has a cult-like following here in Denver. He is called Birdman because he flaps his arms to celebrate when he makes one of his trademark stylistic dunks... and he has feathers tattooed on his arms. Anyway, Rocky put his hair in the mohawk-style hairdo that Birdman has become known for lately. He's shown here with a t-shirt gun to launch t-shirts out at whoever can catch them in the crowd. That thing has some range!
Nuggets win! The final score is at the top of the picture. "NUGGETS ADVANCE" was in lights all across the arena. The media is on the court to interview everyone they can get a hold on. The towel on the right belongs to the guy in front of me. He could not stay sitting down, and waved his towel all over the place. You can see that since the towels were a game freebie, almost everyone else had one too.
Confetti is fun! We were so excited that the NUGGETS WON!!
