From Distance: Witness

four point play….1. The downsides of living in Germany are laughably few. Still, one disadvantage has thankfully visited me every June for the last four years. Let us just say watching live NBA Finals games from 3am to 6am is not the best way to have a productive work day.

I was set to go all LeBron “zero dark thirty” and simply not watch the contest until the following afternoon, but I woke up exactly at 3 am, roughly five hours before my alarm was scheduled to wake me from my peaceful slumber.

Like James, my internal clock screamed at me, “it’s game time!”. My regular season viewing analytics went out the window.

I hilariously thought I would just go back to sleep. No way. Instead, I stayed…