spearsy23 wrote:The big part of the run actually came with the starters still in. In one minute they gave up a 9-0 run that cut the lead to 8, then Russ went out and the Bucks would edge closer but not quite get over the hump. The bench ended up holding off their third quarter rally then extending in the 4th. KD was a big reason they got back in it for sure, even in the highlights you can tell he is barely engaged.
Yeah, I meant to note that it wasn't all on the bench, and I just forgot Adams actually played longer into the 3rd quarter than I thought; but I was typing all that on my phone and it's a pain in the butt to go back up and try and find the exact right spot to make edits. The bench actually, for the most part, did a pretty deccent job of keeping the Bucks at bay. The starters let the lead go from 17 to 9 and I believe the bench eventually let it get as close as two before going on their fourth quarter run to regain control of the game.
spearsy23 wrote:man, I know exactly how you feel. I'd never been to anything larger than an NAIA basketball game until my then fiancée (now wife) got us tickets for Christmas one year. I was always a HUGE D-Wade fan and got to watch the Heat lose to the Nenad Kristic lead team, since experiencing that energy I haven't even been able to actually root for any other team, I just root against the one I like less
we've been to 5 games now and had seats throughout the building (well, besides the super expensive ones) and I've never felt like it was a bad seat. The 10 dollar 300 level tickets are almost as good as the lower level ones. I live over 5 hours away and haven't been able to go any of the last three years including this one, if you don't live very far away I wouldn't even hesitate to recommend sitting in loud city on the cheap. That's assuming tickets haven't went up too much that is.
Also, Toby Keith's bar and grill in bricktown has some nice ribs!
Yeah, my parents both were teachers so they always had summers off, two weeks off for Christmas break, and one week off for spring break and we always went on some sort of vacation in the summer centered on going to an MLB game. That eventually evolved into going to a couple of NBA games during Christmas break or spring break. We went to a Grizzlies game their first or second year in Memphis (it was Pau's rookie season) and got to see them play the Spurs. Since the Grizzlies were new in town and sucked, we were able to get lower section seats right by the visiting team's tunnel. I was 14 and was in awe of the players when they came out. Then a year or two later we went and saw the Mavs and Suns in Dallas. The Suns still kinda sucked butt he Mavs had Dirk, Nash, and Finley and that was a lot of fun, too. But the atmosphere of those two games didn't match my first Thunder game six years ago. Last night there were some scattered empty seats which isn't a surprise given the recent weather in the area and it being a "dog days" game against a 12-20 Bucks team, but the atmosphere was still great. I sat in Loud City the first two Thunder games I went to in 2009-2010 and it was a lot of fun. If we want to keep coming back pretty regularly, we may have to sit up there which isn't a bad thing, but I'm afraid those club level seats last night may have spoiled us. They were awesome. We live in Fort Smith, Arkansas, which is less than a three hour drive to OKC. It's all interstate so it's a very easy, quick drive.
We talked about Toby Keith's but we had to hit up Tapwerks this time. I got to try a few beers before game and had their bratwurst which was really good. We made a deal that if the Thunder won we'd stop back at Tapwerks on our walk back to the hotel, so I was able to get one last beer and we had an appetizer. I really wanted to try Mickey Mantle's Steakhouse, but we looked up their prices online before we came and they were pretty outrageous.
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