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OLD SKOOL HQ · #91 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by crastinator

I went to the game last night.

Started off in the nosebleed section but then some people my husband know (who work there) got us down to the 8th row of the first section of risers. It felt pretty much like being on the floor to me.

It was an amazing game to be so close. It felt almost like a movie what with the tight game and overtime and I guess because of being so close.

I wish I had some good stories but I was so mesmerized by the experience, it all seems like a blur right now.

The one thing I did notice is that up close the players look even better. Their athleticism is more impressive, their quickness is astounding, their force in bodying each other so palpable that you feel it.

From so close, Nash looked shockingly efficient - like not one wasted movement at all. And Sheed also had the efficiency of movement plus he is graceful in a way I hadn't noticed from TV. The block on Amare was amazing and I had just the right angle.

What a game to get that kind of upgrade!

The blur part is so true. i went to Isiah JLA game vs The Knicks and it was 90degrees in there..and as great a game as it was and Ive seen it on Tv 10 times, all i physically remember is meeting Dave Bing, high fiving the entire section I was sitting with and the Isaih 90 second blur. I REALLY do NOT remeber us losing this game...

Dumars4Ever · #92 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by OLD SKOOL HQ

If Flip hadnt any boiledeggs, he'd give Rip the first 7 minutes of the first, the last 3 of the second, the first 6 of the 3rd and the last 5 of the 4th. I dont see why he needs to play more tahn 28 MPG!

Your numbers add up to 21 minutes, not 28. Are you following in the footsteps of that notorious Barbie doll version that said "Math is hard"?

Dlev59 · #93 (**permalink**) 03-25-2008, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by crastinator

The one thing I did notice is that up close the players look even better. Their athleticism is more impressive, their quickness is astounding, their force in bodying each other so palpable that you feel it.

From so close, Nash looked shockingly efficient - like not one wasted movement at all. And Sheed also had the efficiency of movement plus he is graceful in a way I hadn't noticed from TV. The block on Amare was amazing and I had just the right angle.

What a game to get that kind of upgrade!

You are so right on. That is why I don`t like sitting to far from the action at a basketball game. You see things that you just don`t see watching on TV!!

LA Dre · #94 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by mikhail1973

Officiating has been pretty inconsistent both ways. Just Pistons got calls at the end, when it was really standing out.

The Suns think they got the short end of the referrees stick

Suns lose to Pistons in OT, 110-105 | EastValleyTribune.com

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Afterward, talk wasn’t so much about what the Suns didn’t do to seal the win but rather the sour aftertaste left in their mouth by a handful of questionable calls and noncalls.
“It’s just hard five against eight,” Hill said.
“I feel like we got screwed. We got hosed down the stretch. You guys saw it. ...
“There were about four or five calls. It was just bad. They even got (Detroit center) Rasheed (Wallace) out there like, ‘Man.’ When Rasheed is agreeing with you about the foul situation, you might have got screwed.”

lpgrl26 · #95 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 03:37 AM

I didn't really see Sheed all that concerned about PHO and their foul situation. He looked more interested in demonstrating the size of Amare's manhood.

Also, i don't remember GH being the whiny type. Must be in the PHO water.

Dlev59 · #96 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 07:51 AM

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Originally Posted by LA Dre

The Suns think they got the short end of the referrees stick

Suns lose to Pistons in OT, 110-105 | EastValleyTribune.com

Wow.

A win against the Pistons would have put them 1/2 game out of 1st place in the west, the loss put them in 5th place.

I would have been fuming too!!!!!!!!

Delfino Delivers · #97 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by OLD SKOOL HQ

it was hilarious,,,,Sheed backed up saying "You cant stop me".. and then gave the "u have a teenyweenie" sign....

While he was doing it he said "U too small to guard me!" and then turned to their bench and said "he too small to check me".

OLD SKOOL HQ · #98 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Dumars4Ever

Your numbers add up to 21 minutes, not 28. Are you following in the footsteps of that notorious Barbie doll version that said "Math is hard"?

No, Mr Grevey....I was just 'concluding' that Rip needs not play 'more ' than 28 minutes. How are the Wildcats doing in your bracket btw??

Dumars4Ever · #99 (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 10:52 AM

If I had done a bracket, I sure wouldn't have had them going very far...actually, in the PF.com challenge last year, I picked against them in the first round, and they ended up losing in the second round, so it didn't hurt me too much.

OLD SKOOL HQ · #**100** (**permalink**) 03-26-2008, 10:53 AM

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Originally Posted by LA Dre

The Suns think they got the short end of the referrees stick

Suns lose to Pistons in OT, 110-105 | EastValleyTribune.com

I say this is in alll seriousness! Shaq HAS to be the classiest man to ever play sports. Blaha said it just right when he said " Shaq has been fouled more than any man in the history of this game" and the day he 'explodes, I 'd hate to be under the basket". This is so true. I've only seen ,maybe two, occassions when he did an embarrasing scene on the court. He is so respectful of his mom and an excellent example of a man who was respectfully raised by a good man.

He got absolutely WHACKED on that 4th qtr play, though...DanAntoni was hilarious. He is so frenchy-wussie that as mad as he got, he still wasnt tough enough to get kicked out

Like a child being ignored...