Groovin’ NBA Ad

As a both huge music fan and a dedicated basketball fan, I love this recent NBA commercial:


The athletes’ expressions are a perfect mimicry of musicians’ emotive facial contortions. A good use of Sam and Dave’s classic tune, too.

High Flying

While I appreciate history in all forms, I generally try to avoid nostalgia. But given the state of the Boston Celtics these days — good, but not good enough – seeing this video makes us fans pine for ye olde days ... like this:

Pretty much the definition of “shooting the lights out.” Even the Atlanta bench was falling all over themselves over some of the shots Larry Bird was sinking by the second half. And, to cap it all off, he even nails his shot at the buzzer to end the night. (I like how the compilers included a few awesome passes in with all the scoring highlights. That was such a big part of Bird's game, too.)