Wednesday, May 9, 2007

GET LOUDEREST!

Oh my god. My hands hurt from clapping. My throat hurts from screaming and laughing. My tummy hurts from that giant bowl of ice cream Dad wanted at half-time. But my first NBA Playoff Game was f-ing awesome!!! You frequent readers know I can't resist creating a list... So here it is - my favorite parts of the game:
  • There was an X-large Utah Jazz t-shirt on every seat in the lower bowl, which resulted in this amazing sea of light blue. My faves were all the business men who pulled the t-shirts over their collared shirts. And Larry Miller, stuffed into his XL like a pig in a blanket.
  • The crowd was crazy intense agro mad at the refs from the get-go. It was funny.
  • Right after half-time, the kid in front of me pointed and excitedly said, ''There's Fisher!" as the entire Center Formerly Known as Delta erupted in cheers and applause. There was so much energy in there!
  • Said kid was with, I think, his dad and his grandpa. They were three generations of intensity. The dad was yelling things like, "you're not a ref, you're an idiot," and "what game are you watching, ref?" into his megaphone. But when he yelled, he was kind of shaking and it made me nervous that he was going to have an aneurysm or embolism or something that pops in your brain. And when the Warriors were taking a foul shot and the crowd was booing, the grandpa would wait until the crowd was quiet, and then boo really loudly into his megaphone, and then look really proud of himself.
  • I've never slapped so many high-fives in my life.
  • Golden State Warrior Davis has a sweet beard even though he hardly has hair on the top of his head. And he is a whiny baby, even though he has good moves and scored a career record high of 36 points. (I just want to clarify that I don't know anything about sports. I just enjoy attending sporting events, and heard someone on the radio on the way home say "career record high of 36 points.")
  • The Jazz Bear was driving a segue, like Gob. And towards the end of the fourth quarter, one of the songs they played was "Final Countdown," like Gob uses at the beginning of his magic show.
  • The end of the fourth quarter was incredibly stressful , but we got an overtime!
  • And the Jazz won! By 10!
It was so much fun! I would love to post my pictures on flickr, but its 11:00 and I'm tuckered out. Maybe tomorrow. Or Friday.

GO JAZZ!

9 comments:

Weber said...

You certainly captured the excitement of the game. Glad you had fun.

Anonymous said...

i knew you were there!!! i was watching the game on tv and i just knew you were in the stands. im so happy to know that you really were! wasn't it an awesome finish? yay!! GO JAZZ!!! -laine-poo

Anonymous said...

I had no idea you were such a sports fan! I don't claim to be one myself, but the recap on ksl news gave me a teary eye of happiness when I saw the sea of bloo shirts. woo hoo jazz!

Kate said...

You got to go?! You were there? Lucky brat!

Anonymous said...

Goooooooooo Jaaaaaaazzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!
DAD

Anonymous said...

I should add: I think this was the most exciting and tiring basketball game I've ever been, too, including a game seven NBA championship victory by the Lakers over the Celtics in L.A. Unf---ingbelievable!
DAD

Anonymous said...

Yeah, I'm always completely exhausted at 11:00 "am" everyday as well. hehe.

Hey, don't our folks share the same seats down there right behind the "I'm only sitting in these seats so people know I've got money coming out of my ass" section? Those are awesome seats! Did you get into the "high five with everybody around you after every point" routine? Good times.

Trav

Anonymous said...

sorry, don't know why I thought you typed "11:00 am". Please disregard. Thank you, have a nice day!

Chelsey said...

Glad you made the list. Made me laugh out loud in the internet cafe. And glad the Jazz won! See you in about a week!!!