The Drubbing

The Man, the Myth, the Legend, oh yeah there is a MJ statue infront of the United Center too.

Tuesday, March 17th, i decided would be a good day to visit the Mecca of NBA in the 1990′s, The United Center.  Also, my Boston Celtics were in town and it just so happened to be St. Patrick’s Day.  I really had no option but to go to the game.  The first thing you notice about the United Center is the amount of parking available, I’m not kidding.  If you drove, you had no issues finding a spot, unreal for a sporting event.  Inside, the arena was nice, a little old, but overall it was comfortable.  The food stands were plentiful, and while they lacked cotton candy, the rest of the event food was good.

I had club level seats behind one end of the basketball court, and sat in the first row, lucky for me right in front of Super Fan 23.  Sporting my green Paul Pierce jersey, i immediately got “boo’ed” as soon as i sat down, awesome.  Then, the killer.  A man who had to be about 6’2 300lbs sat right next to me.  Well, in reality he sat in his seat and half spilled into my seat, lovely.

When the Bulls were introduced, it was pretty amazing.  I can only imagine what the scene would have been like live back in the day when the announcer said, “And from NORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRTH CAROLINA…”.  I found myself caught up in the intro’s and actually clapped a bit for Derick Rose (in my defense he is on my fantasy team).

The game itself was pretty sloppy, lots of fouls – 41 FT attempts by the Bulls which is outrageous, and 3 Technical fouls on the Celtics.  Including, Doc Rivers being ejected from the game, which was pretty hysterical on two fronts.  One, because everyone in green was cheering, both the Bulls fans in their horrible green jerseys, and the Celtic fans in their historical green jerseys.  And second, because moments before Doc was tossed, there was a timeout on the floor.  During the timeout, the PA announcer made it a point to tell everyone that Doc is from Chicago and had done some charity work, and a group of kids sitting in the upper deck sponsored by him, with “Doc River” signs were highlighted and half boo’ed by the home crowd.

The Celtics ended up losing the game 127-121, much to Superfan’s enjoyment.  With about 30seconds left he even said very loudly and I am pretty sure right in my ear, “Boy, I’d rather be up 4 than down 4.” Really, buddy?  I’d rather have a million dollars, than nothing at all, jackass.

I also took away one other thing from the game.  Jakim Noah looks like he should be in the WNBA, and shoots the ball like a 8year old kid who cannot reach the

I don't care what day of the year it is, the Bulls should not be wearing Green while playing the Celtics.

10ft basket.  He shoots it two handed, his shot is almost as ugly as he is.  This may not be news to many of you NBA fans, but if you contrast that with Ray Allen’s pure jump shot, wow.  I don’t think i have seen such extemes in shooting.  If i have a kid, i am going to take a video of the Tranny, and of Jesus Shuutlesworth and show my kid the right and wrong way to shoot, because it will be blantantly obvious.