He jumped to his backup link. The video was removed due to a copyright claim. He tried the "Russian Mirror." Loading... Loading... 404.
He opened the NBA app and looked at the "League Pass" pricing page. NBA Streams | Error 404
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 jumped to his backup link
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. Loading
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.
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.