If there is one thing that most people know about me, it is that I am passionate about my sports. I have a favorite team in nearly every sport.

• College Football - Auburn Tigers.
• NFL - Green Bay Packers
• NBA - San Antonio Spurs

So the NBA Playoffs started today. The Spurs - Suns matchup tipped off at 2:00pm CST. Well it certainly didn't dissappoint. However, ABC's audio feed did. For some reason, the entire 2nd quarter of the game only had a static noise. The picture was still good, but absolutely no audio. I was not pleased. It wasn't until halftime that someone fixed that problem. So I calmed down and settled in to a spectacular 2nd half. The Spurs trailed nearly the entire game until late in the 4th quarter. After a timeout, the Spurs run a few screens for Michael Finley, who hasn't shot well in this game. Finley curls around a screen and catches a pass. He rises straight up and smoothly hits a 3 pointer to tie and send it to overtime

Now we enter overtime. The Suns look to be gaining momentum and carry it throughout the overtime, but somehow the Spurs hang in there and again find themselves down 3 with seconds to play. Manu Ginobili curls off a Tim Duncan pick towards the goal. Shaquille O'Neal decides to go with Ginobili along with the other Suns defender. This leaves Duncan standing wide open on the 3 point line. Tim hasn't hit a 3 pointer all year so this seams like a good defensive move if you're looking at it in a statistical way. Good thing this is the playoffs and stats don't freakin' matter!!! Timmy lines ups the shot and nails it! The camera switches over to Duncan running the other way pumping his fists in a show of exuberance. On to the 2nd overtime...I'm catching my breathe. This is way too much excitement.

2nd OT. Back and Forth. Back and Forth. Back and Forth. In a reversal of the end of regulation and the 1st OT, the Spurs are up by 3 this time. Nash dribbles the ball into one of the corners and takes a ridiculous 3 pointer that somehow goes in. Nash has the ability to make these shots look simple. The only problem was that he took it too early. There are now 15 seconds left and the Spurs decide not to take a timeout and continue down court. Manu gets a one on one situation and without hesitation takes it straight to the goal. He carries the ball like a running back in these kind of driving situations and this time is no different. He rises up getting separation from the defender by giving him a body bump and banks in the shot with his left hand. Game over. Spurs win. Everyone is allowed to collapse now...This is why I love the NBA Playoffs.