Humans have been putting spherical objects in hoops for centuries, but until the invention of the dunk, the fast break, and face dribbling, it wasn't an activity worth watching. See if "basketball" lives up to the hype with today's Groupon, which scores you your choice of game and ticket packages to see the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center:

• For $27, you get one upper-level ticket to the game against the Phoenix Suns at 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 28, plus a Nuggets T-shirt (a $62 value).
• For $27, you get one upper-level ticket to the game against the San Antonio Spurs at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 16, plus a Nuggets T-shirt (a $62 value).
• For $43, you get a lower-level ticket to the game against the Phoenix Suns at 6 p.m. on Sunday, November 28, plus a Nuggets T-shirt (an $88 value).
• For $43, you get a lower-level ticket to the game against the San Antonio Spurs at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 16, plus a Nuggets T-shirt (an $88 value).

Superstar Carmelo Anthony and 13-year veteran Chauncey Billups lead this season's dribbling and driving squad of golden ingots against its Western Conference rivals. Exercise your seldom-used yodeling muscles by vociferously cheering on the team as they face off against the Suns—or join an audience of millions as the Nuggets take on Tim Duncan's Spurs on national television. During breaks amid the fast breaks, fans can admire the choreographed routines of the Nuggets dancers, break out a Running Man to sedimentary tiers of beats laid by Pepsi Center DJs, or gaze in awe at Rocky the super-mascot as he dances, dunks through flaming hoops, climbs the stands, and occasionally fills in as head coach.