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Best Seats Ever

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2 years ago on January 15, 2006

For Christmas I bought my friend Alex tickets to see the Los Angeles Lakers play basketball against the Golden State Warriors. However, instead of going with regular priced seats, I decided to splash out and bought tickets just a few rows back in the lower tier from StubHub. The game was this Saturday and it was awesome!

We were sat directly behind the sports reporters next to one of the baskets and, while I knew the tickets would be great, I did not realize how much they would change what you see of the game. Being that close to the action allows you to see and hear the players much more clearly and makes you really appreciate the physical nature of the game.

Dunks

The game itself was fantastic - although the Warriors lost - with a number of ridiculous dunks from Kwame Brown, Baron Davis, Smush Parker and Jason Richardson. One of Jason Richardson’s dunks in particular was a breakaway where he appeared to be coming straight toward us in our seats.

I have uploaded some photos from the game, including a few taken from the television coverage of the game with Alex and I in our seats in the background. I have used notes on Flickr to show where we were seated, including a close-up of Alex while Kobe hits the shot of the game.

While I certainly cannot afford to buy these tickets on a regular basis, I would love to do this again in the future.

6 Comments

Dustin Diaz

2 years ago

January 15, 2006

Dude. Awesome. Go Lakers!
Next time see if you can get some seats next to Jack!

Walter

2 years ago

January 15, 2006

You lucky bastard. Too bad ya can’t add sports event tickets to your Amazon wishlist.

Leenus

2 years ago

January 16, 2006

Awesome. How much were the tickets? If i ever go to the US again i’d love to see a game. The Swedish basketball league sucks. (But I still go to the games.)