Caught an NBA game while in New Orleans on business.
Attendees: Me, Neuty, Hollister, Roger, Bill Newton and Lisa Kenney
Money spent: $15 (tickets were $27, but work picked it up. $15 spent on two beers)
Adrometer rating: 0 (actual) 2.5 (in my mind)
I left Adro a VM about the game, but she never got back to me. In my mind, she had been kidnapped in New Orleans. In reality, her and Evey went to bed early.
Overall rating: 2.5
Our seats were pretty high up, and Chris Paul was injured in the previous game. Plus, the home team got thumped and looked pretty inept with their floor leader in street clothes.
I hadn't been to an NBA game in a loooong time. Perhaps the last NBA game I was at in Dallas at the... 2001 GCSAA Conference and Show.
I'm an NBA fan, so it was nice to get back to a game.
The arena -- New Orleans Arena -- reminded me a lot of Kemper. If that was the case, our sears would be comparable to upper-level seats.
It was good to see Kirk Hinrich play again, though he did not start. Julian Wright played an uneventful 12 minutes.
There were a couple good dunks, of course, I missed the highlight of the game -- some crazy Tyrus Thomas alley-oop dunk. I was talking to Roger at the time and we both missed it.
Here are some highlights of the game.
Here is the box score of the game.
One thing interesting about the game... On Monday night, me, Adro, Evey and Judy went to a place called the Royal House Oyster Bar (at the corner of Royal and Saint Louis) for dinner. The best steak I've had in recent memory and the best meal we had in our ten days in New Orleans. Anyway, sitting at the table next to us was Hornets player Devin Brown. I wouldn't have recognized him, I really don't know who he is, but the waiter told us he was a Hornet. So that's kind of cool.
Then, at the game, Brown comes off the bench and plays a hell of a game. He was actually named player of the game with 17 points and 7 assists.
Good time. Me, Neuty and Bill went out afterwards to have a few hurricanes at Pat O'Brien's and a cigar. The post-game partying was actually more memorable/fun than the game itself, but isn't it always?
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