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3/5 Misti's Game Reports - Courtside!!!
San Antonio Spurs at Los Angeles Clippers
Staples Center, Monday, March 5, 2007
by: MistiLynn
Sometimes the stars align just right and you get to have a night like I had tonight. Courtside seats and tickets to the Chairman's Room, it was perfect.
Doors opened at 6:15pm, most of the players were on the floor or would come out but I didn't see Duncan. My seat was next to the Spurs bench, I was 2nd one in from the right so everyone had to walk past me to go to/from the tunnel.
Jackie Butler sat on the bench the entire pre-warm ups, except for the time he was leaning against the scorer's table. I knew he was inactive but thought he'd at least get out there with the team. Horry even came by at one point and threw the ball at him, it just hit Butler and came bouncing back to RoHo, who had a few words for him.
Manu is amazing, he signed autographs for the longest time, every single person he could get to. He came over and said hello, as did Horry. Beno saw me and came over to give me a hug (I could have died happy at that moment).
When the players all came running out from the locker room, I was standing up with my hand out so they all slapped my hand as they were running by.
Sam Cassell and Brent Barry were chatting for quite a while. Jason Hart came over and was talking to several of the Spurs players, it was good to see him again. Beno and Duncan usually have a thing where they both shoot a 3-pointer at the same time and see whose goes in. This time, Beno shot with Manu - Beno won.
Tim Duncan walked over to Sean Elliott, who was broadcasting near the scorer's table, took Sean's earpiece out of his ear and then walked away. Sean was looking around like, "What happened?"
You know the divider thing that is along the baseline and has the ads that scroll? Michael Finley was using that to stretch, he had his leg up on it and then the endcap part fell off. Finley looked at the security guard, Joshua, who standing right there and Joshua told him he wasn't going to fix it. Finley bent down, fixed it, kinda kicked it into place and then resumed stretching.
Game Time - We could hear Pop talking to the players, we could hear the players talking on the court - we could hear everything. I admit to not-so-secretly wanting one of the players to come crashing into my seat, and almost got my wish. Corey Maggette landed about 2 feet in front of me on one play.
At halftime I got to slap hands with all the players as they ran to the locker room as well. This is when my friend and I decided to check out the Chairman's Room, which sounded really cool from what I'd heard but is nothing special. It's down the tunnel and to the right, it's basically just a room with a bar and a couple TV's in the corner. I'd heard there were "appetizers" but all they had were peanuts and popcorn. Not my idea of VIP appetizers but oh well. I got a $13 cup of white wine (after waiting forever to be helped) and went back to the court.
We got a stat sheet at halftime and I noticed that Horry was the only Spur who hadn't scored. Figures.
Tony Parker never arrived at the game but Eva did show up at the start of the 3rd quarter, she sat just behind us and more towards center court. She left a couple minutes into the 4th quarter.
The announcer guy was trying to get the fans pumped up during one of the timeouts but no one was listening to him, the crowd was DEAD. And this was before it became a blow out game.
Shooting was terrible, Spurs took too many 3-point shots and seemed to get beat on offensive boards quite a bit. It's weird though how you lose all sense of the score from down there, I remember looking up at one point and was surprised to see we had a 20-point lead.
The Clippers tried to make a 4th quarter push but never got close, just a couple minutes left in the game the coaches cleared the bench. Fabricio went in and I was worried that he was going to sub for Horry, but he subbed for TD instead. Then Bonner got called and I knew RoHo was coming out of the game, and he was not happy about it. He was still scoreless. The towel boy handed him a towel and his jersey, Horry just threw them on the ground and sat on the bench.
The players were all leaning back except Horry who was leaning forward, so my friend called over to him. Horry sat there and let my friend take his picture, laughed a little then leaned back.
Bonner had a nice dunk in the couple minutes he was in there at the end - the Spurs bench exploded when he got that. It was good to see how much they all support each other.
The game ended way too quickly, I was having the time of my life but eventually it ended. We kinda hung out a bit to see if they would make us leave, they eventually did tell us we had to go since we didn't have post-game passes. I went over to say good-bye to one of the ushers that I've gotten to know there and managed to hang out just long enough chatting with him. I them moved over to where everyone was and looked like I belonged so no one said anything to me.
I had been texting with Angel_luv all through the game so I called her and chatted while waiting for the players to come out. Horry was the first but he had a lot of people waiting to talk to him. Bowen came out and was talking with friends directly behind me, then I started seeing all the players.
I was giving Angel the play-by-play of who was where and talking to who. Marc Blucas (http://imdb.com/name/nm0089456/) was there and talking to Timmy for a while. Beno came by so I said hi to him. Angel asked, "Who were you talking to?" I said, "That was Beno." Surprised her!
Security started telling people they need to leave so they could shut down. I had my picture with me of Brent Barry and I together, it was taken at the Spurs Tip-Off Luncheon. Angel was with me, she was going to take the picture of Brent and I but Brent's friend jumped in and took the picture of us.
Anyway, seeing my window of opportunity closing, I hung up the phone with Angel, walked up to Brent and asked if he'd sign the picture. Everyone around him was saying, "Nice picture!" and Brent said, "Nice sweater." (it was my pink Spurs sweater) Then a guy to his right said, "You're from XXX!" (fill in company I work for) I looked at him surprised and said "yeah, you've got a good memory" but I didn't know who he was. He looks at the picture and says, "I took that picture." Then I remembered that he was Brent's friend from the luncheon, we had chatted for a bit and he mentioned that he's from the LA area but I didn't expect to see him again.
I then called Angel back and told her, "Remember that guy from the luncheon?? He was here!" :lol: She and I ended up talking my entire drive home.
So, that was my courtside experience. Now I get to start working on my pictures and there are a lot of them. I was bummed that TP wasn't there but hey - I got a hug from Beno so it's all good!
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GREAT read Misty, Thank you.
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I saw you there!!!
I've seen your pic on here before that either you or someone else posted, but I wasn't sure if it was a fellow Spurstalk member...
I was in the sixth row, seat 13 -- right behind you!
It's so amazing to be in LA and have as many Spurs' fans attend the games as there are. Another nice little plus is that the Laker/Clipper fans here aren't quite dedicated, to it's always easy to get in and out of the Staples area (unlike the AT&T Center, where's it's not so much a hassle caused by the crowds as it is by the ridiculous access to the highway). I think about half the crowd started ushering out with six minutes remaining in the game...
I wish I'd remembered to bring my camera, cause I could share some angles very similar to the ones you've posted here.
Also, somewhat in regards to the other thread posted about players signing autographs, I noticed that all the Spurs who were out there were very gracious about taking the time to mingle with the crowd...Manu especially.
As he walked to the stands with maybe 30-45 minutes to game time, he stood and signed as many as possible before the ushers cleared the fans away -- and I got him to red-ink my hat. He said "thank you" as I wished him a good game.
Aside from that, a few other notes --
I was very interested to see the still very close bond that Horry has with Sam Cassell. In pre-game shootarounds, they hugged and talked for a long time around center court.
I also noticed Timmy messing with Sean before the game...it looked like he also started pulling down Sean's tie as he tried to figure out what happened to his earpiece. I didn't catch Bruce doing his normal 'towel-on-the-head' bit, but he did bounce the ball off Sean's back a few times as they were jogging through their normal layup routine. I love watching that comraderie even as Sean tries to stay as professional as possible.
Oh, and I always thought Eva was a good-looking girl...but holy christ! In person, she's absolutely off the charts! Kind of interesting to see her there, even though Tony wasn't in attendance. I take it he probably didn't leave San Antonio...? Does anyone know about that?
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Nice writeup.
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Jackie Butler sat on the bench the entire pre-warm ups, except for the time he was leaning against the scorer's table. I knew he was inactive but thought he'd at least get out there with the team.
If he was inactive, he should have been in street clothes. Why would you expect him to be out there for warmups?
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Where Was Tony? Iin Locker Room?
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thanks for the report and pix, Misti.
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so are you really from xxx?
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Originally Posted by TDMVPDPOY
so are you really from xxx?
:lol Good one.
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[QUOTE=MavTalker]Don't forget to Post pictures of when you lose to the Dallas Mavericks also.
mouse... you're back!
And Misty... awesome game report as always! I love all the little details you give, despite whottt implying that you are tooting your own horn. Keep em coming when you get the chance!
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nothing like spamming your website on someone elses. :rolleyes
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cool experience cool pics....thanks
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Great Report as always Misti.
It was fun texting/ talking throughout the game. It was almost as if I was sitting courtside myself. :)
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Originally Posted by angel_luv
Great Report as always Misti.
It was fun texting/ talking throughout the game. It was almost as if I was sitting courtside myself. :)
Great... the next level of stalker devices.
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http://www.mistilynn.com/game/03-05_spurs18.jpg
Beno Udrih (this is for you Angel!)
:toast
Fantastic pics!!!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by SequSpur
Great... the next level of stalker devices.
:lol You are too predictable Sequ. I knew you were going to say that. :lol
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Thanks Misti! I love reading your Game Reports :)
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if I may add to that since I got center court seats ahem lol mmm some other interesting that happened was brent barry's shootaround, dude was dropping in threes like layups.
also that annoying ''lets go clippers lets go!'' guy was moving all around this time. he didn't stay in his usual 107 section...grr
I was surrounded by clippers fans (all season tix holders), it was like they were a family. they all knew each other...most of the time they kept their heads on their foreheads...embarrassed at the clips.
I was a row above this guy who yelled out ''sit down bowen!'' as bowen came to the scorers table. bruce turned around ad gave a funny disgusted look that gave our crowd a laugh.
dude these people were picking on chris kaman I was so funny. among the illustrious comments directed at him were ''kaman, look at maggette, that's called going to the hole''...and the funniest one of the night, as kaman was about to go in during the 4th ''hey kaman, we're going to the left''
they kept chanting for this guy ''davis'' to come in. in the waning minutes they got their wish.
by the last minute, my dad and I were about the the only people in row 101, wearing our duncan spurs jerseys, fact that helped making us be seen on tv back home lol.
live and up close, I dunno how the clips ever scored. the spurs' D looked very very harassing.
early before the game I saw sean elliot standin alone. then I yelled ''sean!''. he turned around and I yelled ''you're the greatest, I still remember that shot.'' he smiled and pointed at me as in acknowledgment..great moment ...for me.
...and yeah tim kept bugging sean all throughout his broadcast haha.
the bastards didn't let me in with my camcorder...I had to go back to the car to drop it off....not cool!
oh n how to forget the critiques towards the ref...I was laughing my ass off with all the things they were tellin him...I felt bad for him when they cheered in mockery after he FINALLY called a foul on the spurs.
a guy with a blindfold made a free-throw, and everyone got 10 % off at 'Sit n' sleep'....what is that?
James white did a cool dunk before he went into the locker room.
hekp me out here misty...coming out in the second half while in warmups, pop seemed mad at something while he was talking to tim, but tim was smiling so I thought maybe they were joking and it was just some acting on pop's part. the rest of the bench were laughing too...since u were courtside maybe u caught that little episode?
thank u
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sucks you got snubbed by timmy and bruce after the game...but at least you were there
good shit as usual
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They showed some Spurs fans in the stands and talked about how they go to San Antonio alot to watch Spurs games, was that you? Im pretty sure they where sitting front row. I remember one of the girls was wearing glasses with a Ginobili jersey.
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Thanks for the recap Misti! Awesome as usual!
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Originally Posted by phyzik
They showed some Spurs fans in the stands and talked about how they go to San Antonio alot to watch Spurs games, was that you? Im pretty sure they where sitting front row. I remember one of the girls was wearing glasses with a Ginobili jersey.
I saw them too- that wasn't Misti, although from the broadcaster's description it sure sounded like her. :lol
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Great as always Misty
Thanks
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Originally Posted by zocool16
also that annoying ''lets go clippers lets go!'' guy was moving all around this time. he didn't stay in his usual 107 section...
Darrell was all over the joint... I suppose he was trying to get the arena going since the Clipper Nation was MIA last night.
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Thanks Misti, Very cool, very cool. :clap
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[QUOTE=MavTalker]Don't forget to Post pictures of when you lose to the Dallas Mavericks also.
hhahahahahaa i laughed at that.
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Beno saw me and came over to give me a hug (I could have died happy at that moment).
so this is his formula to get the girls huh? :lol
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Beno and Duncan usually have a thing where they both shoot a 3-pointer at the same time and see whose goes in. This time, Beno shot with Manu - Beno won.
:lol
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Tim Duncan walked over to Sean Elliott, who was broadcasting near the scorer's table, took Sean's earpiece out of his ear and then walked away. Sean was looking around like, "What happened?"
:lol
you make me feel I'm inside the arena while reading your report, Misti :reading
thanks!
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Originally Posted by ShoogarBear
If he was inactive, he should have been in street clothes. Why would you expect him to be out there for warmups?
Pre-warm ups, not shoot around. He was on the floor, he was wearing warm ups but he just sat on the bench.
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Originally Posted by angel_luv
Great Report as always Misti.
It was fun texting/ talking throughout the game. It was almost as if I was sitting courtside myself. :)
It was definitely fun! It was good to get the texts saying, "I see your feet!" LOL
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Originally Posted by angel_luv
:lol You are too predictable Sequ. I knew you were going to say that. :lol
I can testify that she called that one, she said that you were going to say that Sequ.
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Originally Posted by zocool16
hekp me out here misty...coming out in the second half while in warmups, pop seemed mad at something while he was talking to tim, but tim was smiling so I thought maybe they were joking and it was just some acting on pop's part. the rest of the bench were laughing too...since u were courtside maybe u caught that little episode?
thank u
I was in the chairman's room, I wasn't on the floor when the players came out after halftime. Sorry
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Originally Posted by DannyT
sucks you got snubbed by timmy and bruce after the game...but at least you were there
good shit as usual
I got snubbed by Timmy and Bruce? You mean in the post-game thing? I didn't go up to them, I was just reporting on what I saw. I only talked to Beno and Barry after the game.
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Thanks for the recap Misti! Awesome as usual!
Nope, sorry, wasn't me (though from that description it sounds like me).
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you make me feel I'm inside the arena while reading your report, Misti :reading
That's the idea, glad you liked it!
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Misti, You are the greatest! Love it when you share your expiriences and the pics! You got to hug Beno....how awesome! Hell, how did he feel? :D
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Excellent narrative.... top quality as always.... :tu
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Originally Posted by Jules
Darrell was all over the joint... I suppose he was trying to get the arena going since the Clipper Nation was MIA last night.
I took this little video of Clipper Darrell behind the basket trying like hell to get Melvin Ely (ex-Clipper) to miss his free throws.
Ely just stands there and calmly sinks two. :lol
http://rapidshare.com/files/19809434/MOV00047.MPG.html
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How do you get those seats? I've never been so envious
