So as many of you already know I won 2 tickets to the game tonight. Thank you to everyone involved, especially Jeff. We had an awesome time. CelticsBlog or TMobile or whoever was responsible for those seats really outdid themselves.
I got there with my girlfriend expecting to get nosebleed seats. (Wouldn't have been a problem since neither of us have ever been to a game) As it turns out... Each seat at $80 face value, 17th row. It was also pretty cool that other people who won their tickets on CB were seated right next to us. We were all very happy.
Thoughts on my first Celtics game...
- I don't know how loud the Garden normally gets but it didn't seem all that loud compared to some of the games I've been to at Fenway. I don't know what's going on if that was normal, a bad crowd, or if as somebody mentioned earlier maybe the fans have kind of settled with the 2008 banner and are no longer hungry.
- Nate was getting beat up out there. Tough to see the hit he took to the face, the crowd did get loud after they saw that.
- The street performers we saw outside the Garden after the game were amazing.
- My girlfriend and I know one of the Celtics dancers and we didn't even know she was one until we saw her on the court. lol
- Rondo's handles are insane. It was awesome to see him set the Celtic's single season steals record.
- The first half: incredible, second half: not so incredible. Either way it awesome just to be there and to see them get the Division Title.
- Has anybody made a thread for posting pictures and experiences at Celtics games? If not, I plan on starting a new thread tomorrow when I get home from work titled, "The Garden Experience Thread" or something like that. (All of the threads I create start with the word "The" and end with the word "Thread", you would think as a marketing major I would be a little more creative). Anyway, I'll post pictures in that thread and maybe videos if I can find a way to do that... and if the videos I took are even worth it to post. (Digital camera died, was forced to use camera phone.
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