Suddenly, the ghost-version of Steph Curry pulled up for a shot. Marcus leaned in, his nose inches from the screen. Just as the ball left Curry's hand, the screen flickered.
He opened the NBA app and looked at the "League Pass" pricing page. NBA Streams | Error 404
He clicked the first link. A flurry of pop-ups exploded across his screen: "Congratulation! You are the 1,000,000th visitor!" and "Hot local single-digit scorers in your area!" He swiped them away with the precision of a digital ninja. Suddenly, the ghost-version of Steph Curry pulled up
Marcus clicked the Albanian link. A grainy, pixelated image appeared. It was upside down, the commentary was in a language that sounded like a blender full of marbles, and the lag was so bad the players looked like 8-bit ghosts. But it was basketball. He opened the NBA app and looked at
8:59 PM. The "Live" button appeared. He held his breath and clicked.
He dove into a Reddit thread, his fingers flying. “Links are down everywhere. The league finally nuked the servers,” one user posted. “Try the Albanian stream!” another suggested.
He jumped to his backup link. The video was removed due to a copyright claim. He tried the "Russian Mirror." Loading... Loading... 404.