SI Players Poll: What Arena Is The Most Intimidating To Play In As A Visitor?

[duncan228]

Interesting tidbit.

http://www.fannation.com/blogs/post/145755

SI Players NBA Poll

Which team's arena is the most intimidating to play in as a visitor?

[Based on a survey of 242 NBA Players]

Jazz's (EnergySolutions Arena) ...... 20%
Spurs' (AT&T Center) ...... 18%
Pistons' (The Palace of Auburn Hills) ...... 13%
Knicks' (Madison Square Garden) ...... 8%
Kings' (ARCO Arena II) ...... 6%
Celtics' (TD Banknorth Garden) ...... 6%
Clippers/Lakers' (Staples Center) ...... 5%
Mavericks' (American Airlines Center) ...... 5%
Warriors' (Oracle Arena) ...... 4%
Nuggets' (Pepsi Center) ...... 3%

[FromWayDowntown]

That one actually surprises me. I would think that the Palace would be far more intimidating than the AT&T Center and that, these days at least, a rocking Oracle would also be a somewhat intimidating venue.

[ludda]

Yeah I'd expect the Oracle to be higher...but then you see the Warriors' home record is mediocre. So really, the Orcale is only intimidating for the Mavs.

[Amuseddaysleeper]

I wonder if some players took it as "oh we have to play against the Spurs IN SA" as oppose to "oh , the fans in SA are gonna make this even tougher"

because the fans at the Spurs game seem to be pretty quiet for the most part

[Sec24Row7]

Mormons shouting racial slurs at black players is always going to keep Utah at the top of the list...

Our team just beats the out of them when they come here... oh... and we cheer when someone hits a 3 in the regular season...

[atxrocker]

couple years ago arco woulda been top 2

[m33p0]

wierd. i would think that td banknorth would get the vote this year with the palace in second or vice versa.

[rcs15]

Madison Square Garden

[ploto]

I wonder if some players took it as "oh we have to play against the Spurs IN SA" as oppose to "oh , the fans in SA are gonna make this even tougher"

because the fans at the Spurs game seem to be pretty quiet for the most part

I agree- some players are intimidated about having to face the Spurs as opposed to the fans.

[exstatic]

It must be not about the crowd at all, because the zombies at the AT$T almost never get out of their seats.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I wonder if some players took it as "oh we have to play against the Spurs IN SA" as oppose to "oh , the fans in SA are gonna make this even tougher"

because the fans at the Spurs game seem to be pretty quiet for the most part

QFT.

[ShoogarBear]

LOL that most Spur fans agree the AT&T is not intimidating at all.

[remingtonbo2001]

The Alamodome.

It was so huge. It was a nightmare for opposing shooters. Plus we could cram 30,000+