In their simple convent, where rows of chairs are arranged in front of a television and a crucifix, the 23 nuns of the Salesian Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province briefly put aside their pleas for the sick and the poor to pray for the San Antonio Spurs.
With basketball players’ names pinned to white smocks beneath their habits, the sisters faithfully gather at game time in the convent’s community room, yelling “Make that basket!” and “C’mon!”
San Antonio is probably the most heavily Catholic city in the U.S. (some say New Orleans is, but SA is significantly larger than the Big Easy and farther removed from the Bible belt) so stories like this are taken as a matter of course. On the other hand, the Cleveland Cavaliers may feel that the NBA is stacking the metaphysical deck against them come tomorrow night at tip-off time:
On Thursday, four of the nuns will attend the opening game of the championship series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The tickets were a gift from the NBA.
Boy oh boy, I love it when the small market teams make a good showing in the playoffs. You just don't get this kind of color with L.A. or N.Y.
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