The NBA Owners and Players met on Friday, November 25th to try and come up with an agreement to save the 2011-2012 NBA Season. That they did. After meeting for 15 hours on Friday, from 12 Noon until approximately 3 AM, the owners and players were ready to announce that they had finally reached an agreement, ending a 149 day lockout. Both sides did not release many details about the deal just yet, but everyone seemed very optimistic about everything. However, the owners and players felt as if they felt as if they did their job right. The deal now just has to be voted on by both sides in order for it to be official. 15 out of 29 owners need to vote yes for this to happen. As for the players, they need a majority of the vote, as they have many. It seems as if a majority of the players and owners were very relieved and excited about the lockout finally being over. Star player Dwayne Wade commented on the deal by simply saying "All I feel right now is Finally." What he means by that is after all of the time off from basketball, he can finally be re united with his teammates and begin to start training camps as early as December 9th. The NBA Lockout was actually longer than the NFL Lockout, which was 127 days. The NBA's was 149 days. The first games will begin on December 25th, Christmas Day, and there will be a triple header that day as well. The Games that are expected to be played are the Boston Celtics vs New York Knicks, an NBA Finals rematch between Miami Heat and the Dallas Mavericks, and also the Chicago Bulls vs the Los Angeles Lakers. These matchups all seem very interesting, as everyone awaits Christmas day, which is only 29 days away from today. I am looking forward to those games, as well as the rest of the season. All I can say is I hope the Spurs can actually win a championship this year!! Best of luck to the Spurs, and the rest of the NBA in what should be an exciting 2011-2012 season.
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