I went to my first Thunder basketball game last night. My brother-in-law has season tickets and was nice enough to ask my father-in-law and I if we would like to go to the game against the Rockets. I enjoy watching sports, but I am not a fan of being in crowds of LOTS of people. I have been to a few sporting events in my life. Our family used to go to Kansas City and watch Royals games when I was younger. I got to see George Brett and Bo Jackson hit home runs and Bo broke a bat over his knee. I have only been to a couple of Sooner football games. One at Norman and the Big 12 Championship in 2004 at Kansas City. That being said, I think one of the best parts of going to the event is the crowd. Yes, it is fun to watch the stars shine on their stage, but when the crowd gets into a good game, that is what I enjoy most. There were some good crowds at Kansas City, but in an open park like that, it was not overpowering. The big 12 championship was almost all Sooner fans and when AD ran for a touchdown to our endzone, it got pretty nuts. I was hoping the crowd would be "electric" for the game last night and for the most part I was dissappointed. Do not get me wrong, I really enjoyed the game, but the crowd seemed flat for the most part. The team played a good 1st quarter and a decent 2nd quarter to trail at half 56-50. I thought the 1st half was a good showing and more than I expected against a team as good as the Rockets. The 3rd quarter was brutal. The Thunder could not hit anything and by the time they started to score, they were down by about 15. Through all this time it seemed to me the crowd was not as loud or excited as I had expected. The 4th quarter was better and the Thunder looked like they could make a run. I started to feel the crowd coming alive and there were critical points that could have turned the game. First, early in the quarter, the Thunder trimmed the lead to 8 and had a chance to get it to 6. After a steal, we had the ball and the crowd was into it. The Rockets fouled us and called timeout before the free throws. Our best player was still on the bench for his start of the 4th quarter rest. The coach did not put him back in, we missed both free throws, Houston made a couple of buckets and in no time we were down by 12 instead of 6. Then, later in the quarter the team started playing good defense and the crowd started to pick up. THE play that could have "Blown the roof off the dump" was a breakaway after a Houston turnover. We were pushing the ball up and I could see Kevin Durant (our best player) coming on the backside for an alleyoop that would have been HUGE. But the pass was behind him and we turned the ball over and the crowd just fizzled. I had a good time and I think the team can be good, they are just young.
I went to my first Thunder basketball game last night. My brother-in-law has season tickets and was nice enough to ask my father-in-law and I if we would like to go to the game against the Rockets. I enjoy watching sports, but I am not a fan of being in crowds of LOTS of people. I have been to a few sporting events in my life. Our family used to go to Kansas City and watch Royals games when I was younger. I got to see George Brett and Bo Jackson hit home runs and Bo broke a bat over his knee. I have only been to a couple of Sooner football games. One at Norman and the Big 12 Championship in 2004 at Kansas City. That being said, I think one of the best parts of going to the event is the crowd. Yes, it is fun to watch the stars shine on their stage, but when the crowd gets into a good game, that is what I enjoy most. There were some good crowds at Kansas City, but in an open park like that, it was not overpowering. The big 12 championship was almost all Sooner fans and when AD ran for a touchdown to our endzone, it got pretty nuts. I was hoping the crowd would be "electric" for the game last night and for the most part I was dissappointed. Do not get me wrong, I really enjoyed the game, but the crowd seemed flat for the most part. The team played a good 1st quarter and a decent 2nd quarter to trail at half 56-50. I thought the 1st half was a good showing and more than I expected against a team as good as the Rockets. The 3rd quarter was brutal. The Thunder could not hit anything and by the time they started to score, they were down by about 15. Through all this time it seemed to me the crowd was not as loud or excited as I had expected. The 4th quarter was better and the Thunder looked like they could make a run. I started to feel the crowd coming alive and there were critical points that could have turned the game. First, early in the quarter, the Thunder trimmed the lead to 8 and had a chance to get it to 6. After a steal, we had the ball and the crowd was into it. The Rockets fouled us and called timeout before the free throws. Our best player was still on the bench for his start of the 4th quarter rest. The coach did not put him back in, we missed both free throws, Houston made a couple of buckets and in no time we were down by 12 instead of 6. Then, later in the quarter the team started playing good defense and the crowd started to pick up. THE play that could have "Blown the roof off the dump" was a breakaway after a Houston turnover. We were pushing the ball up and I could see Kevin Durant (our best player) coming on the backside for an alleyoop that would have been HUGE. But the pass was behind him and we turned the ball over and the crowd just fizzled. I had a good time and I think the team can be good, they are just young.
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yawn. :)
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