attending NBA games

My friend wants good cheap tix for when the cavs visit :-/

tuff ticket

*punches wall*

I'm in Milwaukee and there are always scalpers. They can usually be talked down a fair amount. We once got 6 rows from the floor for $45 apiece. Obviously this shouldn't be a shock but it was pretty funny to see that the players who look short on TV are still taller than just about everyone you know.

man I really wanna see this Bulls team when they come to Phoenix but now shittiest ticket is going for 3x an avg game's on Stubhub (cheapest available is $92 for upper level, 14th row, corner). Who is paying these prices? Fuck that.

bulls must have fans everywhere left over from jordan days

That's insane

paid ~2x for today's game

have they always sold liquor at nba games? i got seriously lit on jack n cokes at the Wiz/Hawks game a month ago.

i live like 1.5 miles walking from the AAC in dallas and still only make it to a couple games per yr BC the tickets can get p steep. saw Lakers mavs earlier this season which was great from the nosebleeds being basically surrounded by some loud Lakers fans. Mavs won by 30 and we had many opportunities to trash talk Kobe.

i saw Bron with the cavs down here a few years back and he ran a clinic on us. We got blown the fuck out but it was a ton of fun to see him at the start of his prime

attending NBA games is pretty awesome. The United Center is so huge but also possesses the feel of a Midwest high school gym as you get to hear the fan reactions. Butler and Rose were incredi-bull (so many horribly formed 'bull' puns from the CHI marketing throughout), but seeing Davis live was a real highlight. He seemed to come out of nowhere with some of these blocks. Like the drive was happening at a certain fast speed, but then Davis just used some otherworldly hyperspeed for one half second to extend and swat it. Though it was also fun to see Aaron Brooks and Butler make some circus layups on him. The two best nuggets from attending the game are: 1. The Bulls do a scoreboard bit during timeouts called "deep thoughts by joakim noah" that rips off Jack Handey. It probably makes people who hate Noah so irate. 2. Some dopey fella sitting court-side was heckling Austin Rivers all game, and Rivers would stare him down after he made any shots. It was like a funny-or-die reenactment of the classic Reggie Miller vs. Spike Lee moments.

Celtics vs Pelicans at the garden was p incredible even from the nosebleeds. it was nice to see sully and crowder do enough damage to get the W but even if they'd lost, seeing AD bordered on a religious experience and woulda been worth it. artistic might seem like a trite term but accurate imo. any ILHers who have a chance to see him in action this season should make it a priority to do so.

glad Sufjan had a good time at the UC.
prices for Bulls/Suns in PHX fell a lil...so I caved and bought tickets for $68 ea. That weekend in Phx has this game, whatever that PGA event is where Tiger is attending, and the Super Bowl. $$$$$$ for local biz, sheesh. Supposed to be busy day ever at airport.

for a sec, thought to myself I need to get my Bulls hoodie washed but realized it'll be too warm for that and a tshirt will do :DDDDDD

tix prices falling nicely for the shitty Nets, may still get to see some good teams cheap

I bought a nice D. Rose bulls shirt to wear to the game, and US Airways lost the bag it was in on my return flight. ;_;

yeah this upcoming week will be insane in phoenix. i work right next to the waste management open and have to get a special parking pass and stuffs. I've got tix for suns/dubs on march 9!

nice! I saw them play Suns last year, would be up for it again this year if can snag a good deal.

would love to see an nba game at some point. never been.

do it!

I dreamt last night that I went to a Knicks game, worst nightmare I've had in a while. :o

lol, I was at Knicks-Warriors, got free suite tix through work. It wasn't a completely terrible game, especially considering Melo didn't even play. But Curry also wasn't particularly exciting, and he was who I wanted to see most.

Luxe experience was fun, never done that before.

so far away from the court tho

MSG box seats aren't bad

http://i.imgur.com/yA93PhD.jpg

200's in this chart

Much better than Yankee Stadium box suites, for example

http://i.imgur.com/Ct9JVWX.png

Better proportions

Suite in the 30's -- view was great actually, towards the corner, pretty close-in.

MSG box seats aren't bad

― 龜, Monday, February 9, 2015 1:31 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i mean i support the ripping off of corporations but true nba luxury is being close to the court

guess its better than being all the way up how they are in a lot of arenas but directly beneath the beginning of the upper bowl + snacks ehh

needless to say strictly for corporate dbags who get off on being treated special/dont know/care abt basketball

if ur job really cared abt u they wld invest in some better seats

Vendor fwiw, not my employer.

Think what u want but they were good seats. Thing is there are also only two rows of seats in the boxes so you're right at the front of the level.

It's the front of the 200 level.

aka directly below the upper bowl (the 300 level)

i mean the upper deck pretty much just hangs over them

http://i.imgur.com/avq2sKA.jpg

i mean theyre fine id take em for free just wanted to point out how they are the epitome of garbage corporate culture that has ruined the live game experience

well that's MSG especially, yeah, but they are not far from the top of the lower bowl and with an unobstructed view, so they're pretty good -- as good as the seats I splurged for at Barclay's. Actually the worst thing about them imo is the way they feel a little bit cut off from the bowls -- makes the game feel a lot lower energy. Or maybe that was just Knicks fans at an inevitable blowout.

yeah i mean they cut you off from the riff raff ~on purpose~

I really want to go to an NBA game in OKC or somewhere where the crowd gets ridiculously loud, tired of these blase NYC crowds

if either of the ny teams ever get good lol

I really want to go to an NBA game in OKC or somewhere where the crowd gets ridiculously loud, tired of these blase NYC crowds

of course my standing offer to take any ILH poster to a blazer game at a moments notice exists in perpetuity, one must simply come to Oregon in the winter

Don't know if I can brave that parking lot

yes obv the one problem being it must be on a day where I don't want to feel particularly cold

If I do go I will bring you your very own Canada Goose