November 13, 2006
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What A Cavs Game!
On Saturday morning I called my parents. Hadn’t seen them in a while and I was wondering what they’ve been up to. Ended up that Dad stumbled on some Cavs tickets from his boss. So he asked if Sondra and I wanted to go. Of course we did, especially since we had nothing to do that day. We got over to my parents house and I noticed the tickets setting on the counter. I glanced at them to see where we were seated and noticed the cost of each ticket, $300/each. We had four! I almost felt like we should just sell them. They were 4th row tickets, can you believe that. I have had the opportunity to play a HS game at Gund Arena (now the “Q Arena”) , yet somehow sitting 4th road courtside was more exciting. Here’s how the game went.
Arrived just in time to hear the starting 5 announced. Got to our seats to find a nice magazine of what’s going on with the Cavs and other teams.
The seats were amazing, so easy to see how freakishly large and sweaty the guys were.
<<Lebron and Paul Pierce pictured above>>
The Cavs got off to slow start and where down 25-15 to the Celtics at the end of the 1st
<<Made us sad.>>
By half they were down 34-48. Sondra and I went to the bathroom and when we came back they had the 1st half stats print out for us.
The 3rd quarter had it’s ups and downs falling behind by 25pts but gained some of the ground back going into the 4th. At the beginning of the 4th it was 78-60 with the Celtics on Top. Cavs went on a mad run making and got on top with 3mins left in the game, but only by 2 or 3. It came down to 1.3 seconds and it looked like a for sure victory for the Cavs. Cavs shot a free throw and missed (on purpose) so the clock would run out and it did!
Confetti everywhere! It was great. Then I thought to myself… I wonder what they’d do if they shot of the
confetti to early? Would they clean it up. Then I hear a few seconds later, put 1.3 seconds back on the clock. Do to a foul line violation the Celtics will have the ball with 1.3 secs left. They were struggling to get all the
confetti of the court, but got it after a few minutes of hustle and bustle. The Celtics in bounded a little over half court to Paul Peirce who shot it. It went halve way down before hits bounced around and wiggled out. Cavs one after all. What a night, what a game, what seats!
