Proud to say I went to my first ever Springfield Armor game just to watch Antoine play.
Got tickets at the box office for $5 apiece, and could basically sit anywhere in the upper bowl you wanted (which is pretty good considering the lower bowl was only like 15 rows).
Saw 4-5 people wearing Antoine jerseys (one of them being me
). Crowd was announced at under 2,843. Definitely loud cheers for Antoine all night. At first I thought he got more of an applause then the home team, but as the game went on, I felt like both Antoine and the Springfield Armor got a lot of cheers from the crowd.
The Springfield Armor led for most of the game, but then Antoine and the Stampede made a run in the 4th and took the lead late. The Armor hit a 3 to tie the game with .7 seconds left. Idaho calls a timeout, Antoine gets the ball, has to shoot a turnaround 18 footer, gets off a decent shot. I thought it would be awesome if Antoine hit the game winning shot. Airball. And then Idaho loses in overtime.
Classic Antoine, he took 12 threes, but at least he made 6 of them. Antoine’s line, 27 points, 10-22 from the field, 6-12 from three, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 turnovers, but his team lost in overtime. He even did the wiggle at one point in the 4th during a timeout as the crowd was chanting something like "do the wigg-le" Antoine definitely seemed like he was making the best of his situation, he was smiling, friendly with the refs and crowd, always high-fiving his teammates, etc.
An overtime game, with some big shots hit by both teams. Definitely well worth the $5 each I paid for my tickets.