The sport of basketball has held a firm place among America's most beloved pastimes ever since it spun off from the popular breakfast spread NBA Jam. Spread yourself across a seat with today's Groupon: for $14, you get a sideline ticket (a $20 value), a hot dog (a $4 value), popcorn (a $3 value), and soda (a $3 value) for the Iowa Energy game on Friday, March 18 at 7 p.m. at Wells Fargo Arena against the Sioux Falls Skyforce.

The Energy are defending NBA D-League Eastern Conference champions and local heroes of court destruction led by former Iowa State Cyclone Curtis Stinson. Sideline seats issue a comfy, close-range vantage point from which to view slam dunks and alley-oops. This deal grants spectators a voucher for a hot dog, popcorn, and soda, redeemable at any of the arena’s concession stands during commercial break-simulating timeouts. During halftime, patrons get to take in a show starring Chinese acrobat Red Panda, whose bowl-flipping act atop a 7-foot unicycle pays homage to the Leaning Tower of Pisa and other architecturally ambiguous structures.