- Paula Cole ("Where Have all the Cowboys Gone") sang the National Anthem. You literally could not hear her by the end the crowd was so loud.
- Celtics introductions - The Celtic's intro is so freaking cool live. It's madness with everyone screaming along with KG and Paul Pierce on the jumbotron.
- Crowd chanting De-Fense . . De-Fense . .every defensive possession, all game long, even when up by 40.
- Ray Allen, Posey, and House draining threes it felt like on every shot (looking at the box score, House was 1-5, but for some reason I don't remember those 4 misses).
- Thinking to myself this game is not over... this game is not over... this game is not over. It wasn't until we entered the fourth quarter up by 29, I was like... Ok, even if the Celtics don't score this quarter, they still have a good chance at winning.
- You got Rondo'd! You don't get a good appreciation of his speed watching on TV. Sitting up in the balcony, you get a better perspective of how quickly he moves with and without the ball.
- Na, Na, Na, Na... Hey, Hey, Hey... Goodbye. That was the loudest crowd cheer I've ever heard at a sporting event. Hands down. I hope it translated on TV.
- Booing David Stern. This was so satisfying. Don't even get me started on how messed up the finals schedule was. Having 2 days off between home games and only 1 between away games, NO Friday night or Saturday night games, 9:15pm start times...etc. Despite what I've read, I really don't think it had anything to do with the referee scandal. I mean, we had just won the Championship, right?
- The crowd breaking out yet another De-Fense chant during Doc's speech on the Garden floor after he mentions how the season started with defense. Couldn't hear the rest of his speech, but I am sure it was pretty awesome. I also missed Pierce dancing on his chair to Gino - I'm hoping to find a youtube clip of that sometime.
- So yeah, all in all a good time. The riot police were out in force outside the Garden. It was kind of funny. They would all of a sudden just march forward in unison without warning for about 10 steps and then stop. During one of their marches, I got a bunch of people singing the Darth Vader entrance music as we took pictures of them and retreated. Good times...
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Highlights from Game 6
Before I completely turn my attention back to baseball (Christ, we're 75 games into the baseball season and basketball is just ending) I wanted to share some of the highlights of Game 6.
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Where have all the cowboys gone? I think we all know that Paula Cole is really known for "I don't want to wait", featured on one Dawson's Creek show. Perhaps it was not featured on the 1996 grammy cd however...
also, that's a pretty terrible artist for game 6 of the nba finals. what was steven tyler doing, watching the game?
Where have all the cowboys gone was not featured on the classic 1997 grammy nominees CD featuring the likes of Toni Braxton (Un-break my heart), Garbage (Stupid Girl), and the Tony Rich Project (Noboby Knows). However, the 1998 CD did feature Paula on the FIRST track, which definitely makes her 2008 NBA finals game 6 national anthem worthy.
Mark and Spencer- why do you guys know so much about Paula Cole?
Lets just say I *may* have had the 1997 and 1998 grammy nominee CDs. And, if you are wondering, the 1997 edition was much much better despite not having Paula Cole.
oh man, tony rich project (nobody knows) -- may have to download that STAT.
Also -- why does no one else remember that billie myers song from the mid-90's ("Kiss the Rain"). Am I wrong in thinking that song was huge?
I remember that song. It took meforever to decide whether or not it was a guy or a girl singing. If I remember correctly, the music video wasn't even enough to clearly tell.
kiss THE rain....kiss THE rain...
Hello... Hello... Helloooo
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