Basketball has all the fast-paced action of soccer, but its much smaller net is defended by five times as many people—it's no wonder that all soccer has been permanently cancelled. Celebrate the king of indoor sports with today's deal: for $25, you get two adult and two youth tickets to a Halifax Rainmen basketball game at Halifax Metro Centre (a $60 value).

Watch Halifax's gaggle of gargantuan hoop shooters spar Premier Basketball League rivals in their natural habitat, a stately 11,093-seat arena. Having sealed the preseason with a triumph over the Quebec City Kebs, the Rainmen return to their home hardwood on January 2nd to open the regular season against the Vermont Frost Heaves. Until then, coaches will busy themselves whittling the Rainmen roster down to ten über-dribblers and priming for a thrilling season of dizzying dunks and rip-roaring-rebounds. Fueled by jolts of crowd-sourced electricity, NBA hopefuls like 6-foot 8-inch forward Eric Crookshank will perform modern variations on the pick-n-roll, alley-oop, and grand plié.

Today's Groupon is good for any 2011 regular season home game for you and three of your dearest family, friends, or homunculi.