boston game

What? NBA Game
Who? Boston Celtics VS Chicago Bulls
Where and when? TD Banknorth Garden @ 21st December

This I must say was the highlight for me coming to Boston. I was just so excited for this very day and it did not let me down. Was surprised I could actually see the court and the ball despite being seated so high up. The whole day I was just waiting for 7pm to arrive which was when the game started. Got to the stadium half an hour earlier and the place was already so crowded. They told us no recording devices or cameras allowed during the game but hehehehe.. obviously I did not listen. How can I just pay 64 bucks to just watch a game and not take any pictures or videos? Plus I'm sure a lot of people will be taking videos and photos. Haha!

The view of the basketball court! Don't even ask how much that jersey is.... i am thinking of selling it on trademe when I get back.. lolx! get part of my money back!! Any buyers? Adidas you know!! No.5!

I was overwhelmed with how big the place is and just couldn't actually believe I am watching an NBA game LIVE, in PERSON! Took quite awhile for everything to sink in.All these basketball stars are like just right there and I am watching them strutting their skills, blocking balls, catching rebounds and making shots not through a TV/computer screen but in real life. Wahahahahaha!! To make it even better, I am watching the Celtics, the top team in the league!! Mind-blowing... simply mind-blowing with many jaw-dropping occasions...

The Celtics and the Bulls doing their warm-up

Plus, I was being told who I should watch out for in the celtics before coming to boston hence I knew exactly who I should place my eyes on. Lolx! It was pretty obvious though. Garnett is the one that was being mentioned by ivan and jeremy. Allen was the one that appeared on my boston tix. And Pierce .... they were selling his shirts everywhere and he's the captain. No doubt they make up the Big 3. Hahahaha!!

The start of the game ... Spot the Big 3 if you can!

A 40 min game was turned into 2 hours of entertainment. You don't only see basketball players strutting their stuff but you get other sorts of entertaintment during time-outs, half-times and at the end of every quarter. Amongst them are the entertainment from ....

sizzling hot cheerleaders/dancers.....(i think they came out after every single quarter!)

kiss cam (the cam aims at random couples and projects them onto the big screen.. whichever couple appears on the big screen, they have to kiss...)

tiny competitions for the audience in knock-out rounds ... the selected audiences line up on the basketball court and take turns to do free throws... if the person in front did not get the ball in and the person behind gets it in before the front person, the front person is out of the game.... winner is the last one standing... hehehe...


stunt show by the mascot of boston celtics ... just look at the video below ... damn cool!!

From the start of the game, the celtics were already leading throughout the game. It was no doubt that celtics will win it. Well, before the game even started, I knew celtics will win just because. ......... just because i'm there! Hahaha! Ok ok, fine.... it was because the bulls were in the bottom of their league and celtics are the top, so yea.... no doubt la....

Final score: 107 - 82...

This is where the regret came in. I should have gotten tickets for the game against orlando instead which will be on the 23rd. The fight would have been much more closer and will be more intense since orlando has been doing pretty good as well. The game against the bulls got kinda boring towards the end since it was so obvious celtics will win. Bulls basically got thrashed la... If I were to watch a game with a closer fight, then it will be more syok. Hehehehe.... Ohh wellzzz.. my fault again for not doing my research properly on the teams. *sigh*. Nevermind, next time, next time. And yes, there will be a next time I hope! I wanna go for another NBA game!

And the next time, I am gonna be smart. Not only will I check out the team stats before purchasing tickets but I will NOT purchase tickets online. It is so much cheaper to purchase it over here since you do not need to pay handling fees and postage. My ticket is actually 25 bucks only but I paid 64 instead. Basketttt... 40 bucks of postage and handling. Next time, I will go to the place a few days earlier before the game and purchase the ticket. Wahahahaha!! Man, I have no idea why I am planning this now. Not like i will watch another nba game in the near future. Lolx! Perhaps the next time will be ermm...... when I start working and earning big bucks!!! That will be.... long long time more la!! HAhaha!! But yea.. definitely would like to watch it again.

Can tell that i really enjoyed myself eh? I did. I really did. I only started learning to play bball this semester and probably won't get to play much when I return auckland. But man!! After watching the basketball game, I really felt like playing bball!! Just wanna shoot some hoops!!!! It's just like when you watch the olympics and you see those people swimming and then you yourself just feel like swimming all of a sudden ... it is that kind of feeling if you know what I mean.

All in all, it was great despite that ridiculous amount of money I paid for the tix. It was still worth it in the end :)