The ACC was rocking, you could feel the electricity as soon as you entered the building. From gate one all you could hear were chants of "VC Sucks!" and "LETS GO RAPTORS" clap-clap clap-clap-clap. The crowd was ready and they(we) wanted blood. The Raps fans were rabid and you could tell there was definitly a lot of negative energy being sent towards a certain player on the Nets, whats his face. Just the fact that there were so many cameramen walking around with ESPN just added to the excitement.
As Game 1 of the series started, the arena went dark and the Raptors showed an awe-inspiring intro for the post season, that would make every Raptors fan pledge allegiance.
The crowd showed its class by applauding the American national anthem. the crowd really gave it to Wince every time he touched the ball, even breaking the D-Fence chants just to get a quick boo in. The Sea of Red was out in full effect during the game.
Towards the end of the game the crowd was really into it and you could tell that the Raps were starting to get past the first game playoff jitters. If CB didn't pick up those quick two foul the outcome would have been different I'm sure. TJ was definitely ready to play and was abusing Kidd whenever he could. I read that Bosh and Co. actually was scared/overwhelmed by the crowd, since it was so crazy. Could the crowd of had a detrimental to the performance? Possibly...but probably not. We were upset that we didn't get the win, but some of the boys did get onto TV, Newspaper and other forms of media representing the Raps and the Raptors Nation.
Onto Game 2, The crowd again was bloodthirsty to say the least. An example of how crazy the fans were was from a video from the Score. Who's that guy in the back? :P
I told people to look out for me on TV, I'd be one wearing red.
We had better seats for this game. The crowd was loud as ever, I couldn't even hear my brother who was sitting beside me. I honestly thought the top of the building was gonna blow off. Sam Mitchell got the coach of the year award presented to him.
Then it was onto tip off, both clubs were shooting atrociously and combined for 26 points in the first q. This clearly was not gonna be a run an gun game. The crowd really got to Vince since he'd brick the first free throw, to the crowds delight. TJ and Jose played the PG position well. One of my favourite parts of the game was after Jose scored a layup he turned and looked at our side of the arena and let out a primitive yell as if to say 'LETS DO THIS!!'. We in turn got up an screamed back in reply. It was almost a primitive thing, it reminded me of the movie 300 where the soldiers were responding to King Leionidas's inspiring speech. This just showed how intense the game was and how the players like Jose respond and feed off the intensity of the crowd. Another time Jason Kidd had some words with Jose and we all stood like we had Jose's back. 20,000 fans backing up one of their players in a fight. There's only one word for that Awesome. Another highlight were when the Raptors shoot a 3, the crowd will stand in anticipation so when it goes down we're ready to yell as loud as possible. There were a couple of sequences where Nick and I were going Crazy, literally screaming and getting super intense. He almost ripped my shirt, while he was jumping around. Anthony Parker and Bosh both ripped it and we let them hear our cheers and how much we appreciated rim rattling slam dunks and the money ball 3's. I feel like AP can drop numbers like this every game, he is just that nasty. Both of these games were the best Raptors game experiences I've ever been to, and I'm still contemplating on whether to go to Game 5. After we got the win we were outside the ACC chanting LETS GO RAPTORS and VC SUCKS. I even yelled out a couple of times "Lets tear this city apart!!!", as to insinuate a riot but everyone laughed it off. Oh well, next time.
LETS GO RAPTORS
I'm out.
peace!
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