Which home game would you choose?

by pdxrob on Aug 16, 2009 4:18 PM PDT

I have the option to get 2 tickets to ANY home game of the 2009-10 season - so many great games to choose from, but the standouts seem like:

Cavs

Nuggets on Christmas night

Home opener vs. Rockets (less exciting w/o Artest, Von Wafer, Yao)

Which one would you choose?? I'm leaning towards Lakers, mainly b/c we tend to play them so well, and I'd much rather see a W vs. LA than a L vs. CLE. Obviously no guarantees, but still...

That Xmas night Nuggets game would be pretty sweet as well.

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Go with your gut

Lakers, quite clearly

Dictated, not read. The management.

by Samsara on Aug 16, 2009 4:31 PM PDT reply actions

I don't think this is much of a debate

You go see Cleveland, because everyone should see Lebron in person whenever they get the chance, and you see LA so that you can see the Blazers kick the L*kers ass. It seems pretty simple to me, but again I have season tickets, so I don’t have the debate you have.

I want Greg Oden to tuck me in at night and tell me stories about the old times

by Juiceman76 on Aug 16, 2009 4:31 PM PDT reply actions

I can only get one, though...

I’m in a group of season ticket holders, I’m in for a 1/4 season but the way we draft games works, I’ll only get ONE of the “big” games.

I think Lakers makes the most sense, Kobe’s another one you need to see play once, and I never have, and he’s 30. Lebron’s gonna be around for awhile so hopefully I can catch him next year… :)

by pdxrob on Aug 16, 2009 4:43 PM PDT up reply actions

Go with LA and SA

Those are two of the games I hope to attend this season. Although the last game I went to was game 1 of the playoffs, so maybe I would go to the opener and watch the Blazers beat on anyone wearing a Rockets jersey. Definitely go to the LA game, though, and be LOUD!!!

by vanceanthony on Aug 16, 2009 4:34 PM PDT reply actions

L.A. and Denver on Christmas

l*kers vs blazers is a no brainer every year, and Christmas games only come up once a year if you get lucky..

by jontwin on Aug 16, 2009 6:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

+1

Still on the Rex bandwagon.

by dan_the_man on Aug 16, 2009 7:11 PM PDT up reply actions

bingo

Anyone who has not been to a PDX vs. LA showdown in the garden has missed out BIG TIME. They are always the best games of the year. The crowd gets so into it, and you get to watch the bandwagon LA fans cry and leave early every time.

Christmas games are also fun, and being against the nuggets means its going to be pretty exciting.

by Bskey on Aug 16, 2009 8:30 PM PDT up reply actions

yea,

I would agree. I personally love opening night games myself, but I think in this case the christmas game is more important and may end up matching two of the 3 teams with the best records in the WC.

"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"

-Ron Artest

by premthegrem on Aug 17, 2009 9:39 AM PDT up reply actions

Lakers games are good

There’s always something special about the home opener too. I’d go for that over the Christmas game.

by Corvid on Aug 16, 2009 9:00 PM PDT reply actions

L*kers and Cavs.

L*kers cause those are always fun games to be at. Cavs because of LeBron. Even if the Blazers lose, it will be exciting. I overpaid a scalper for a ticket to last years game. The Blazers lost, but LeBron almost put up a triple double. It was worth overpaying.

by DrivetheLane on Aug 16, 2009 9:20 PM PDT reply actions

You can only go to one game, right?

I think people are confused by the “2 tickets” part, but it sounds like that is two tickets to one game…

I would say the Laker game… the feeling in the Rose Garden after beating the Lakers is priceless.

by ostateblazer on Aug 16, 2009 9:33 PM PDT reply actions

Lebron for sure

The cavs only come once a year, where you can watch LA at least twice most years. Lebron is unreal to watch live for how big and athletic he is. Then there is Shaq that only has a couple years left to even watch play. so for this year, its got to be Cleveland.

by asimms21 on Aug 16, 2009 9:47 PM PDT reply actions

L@kers fo sho.

The Kings have the best bench I’ve seen. There are easily 14 guys on this team good enough for every bench in the league. Now if we could only get some starters, I’d totally jizz in my pants.

Kings fan

by dyshooter182 on Aug 16, 2009 10:19 PM PDT reply actions

Laquours

"I'm tired" -Me

by 92wastheyear on Aug 16, 2009 10:44 PM PDT reply actions

Lakers without a doubt

No other game at the rose garden, no other team, nothing is comparable to a lakers game.

by RipCityforLife on Aug 16, 2009 11:07 PM PDT reply actions

Nugs just so you can hold the sign......."Blaze the nuggets"

No just cause were both gonna be good teams and it will be christmas and division rivals and last time we played them we stomped them and jr smith is a punk and billups vs dre dre and i love to hate the birdman but he is acually cool in an uncool way and rebecca harlow will probably wear nugget blue.

by tevisthe4th on Aug 17, 2009 12:17 AM PDT reply actions

I brought a sign to the Denver game last year that said "Toast them frosty Nugs"

Great minds think alike, but unfortunately so do shallow ones.

I know less than half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

by haildablazer on Aug 26, 2009 5:46 PM PDT up reply actions

LA, but I really want to see LeBong lose in the Rose Garden.

by BRoyInThe4th on Aug 17, 2009 5:05 AM PDT reply actions

Laker games give you hearing loss

…and you don’t care… thats how good they are.

by In Walks Rudy on Aug 17, 2009 8:18 AM PDT reply actions

What? huh?

"I'm tired" -Me

by 92wastheyear on Aug 17, 2009 9:25 AM PDT up reply actions

laker games are truly spectacular.

I went to the first one last year and it was an absolute joy to watch. We will annihilate the lakers again this year.

"B-Roy is the best shooting guard I have played against"

-Ron Artest

by premthegrem on Aug 17, 2009 9:42 AM PDT reply actions

hmmm

opening night usually has some giveaways. I have a hate from last year which is pretty cool except for the ugly wells fargo logo.

The laker game will likely be the most intense game you’ve been to. Go if you’re going to be on the edge of your seat booing and cheering.

The Celtics game was pretty good last year, but nothing will compete with the lakers game for crowd energy.

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on Aug 17, 2009 3:01 PM PDT reply actions