Surprisingly, I’ve never been to a Raptors game before even though I grew up in their demographic (i.e., asian, 20s) when they were good. To be honest, while I did watch basketball in the past, it just wasn’t as interesting as hockey so I never pursued it as a spectator (and you can’t really say it’s because the Raptors weren’t very good because, well, look at the Leafs).

This all changed this week when I went to not one, not three, but exactly two games! Why did I go to two? well I had a group discount that eliminated the fees (take that Ticketmaster), and because the Raptors have been doing so poorly at selling out, I received two free tickets for buying >2 tickets as part of the discount. Good deal, I love free tickets!

It was good for the Raptors because they ended up winning both games that I watched. The first was a Sunday evening versus the Washington Wizards which was great because I at least knew a player on their team (John Wall). The game wasn’t very close (Raptors were leading by 15 in the 4^th quarter) but the Wizards made it interesting in the last minutes by coming within 3. It was also entertaining because there were several alley-oops! I don’t think crowd yelling DEFENSE had any effect really. The Raptors ended up winning 99-92.

I also went to the game after that, and it wasn’t so good because the Raptors were playing the Bobcats and I knew exactly 0 people from that team. I think the most interesting thing that evening was a TV timeout game where two people tied together via a bungee cord had to reach opposite ends of the court. The game itself should have been more interesting because the Bobcats were within 1 point in the dying minutes, but I just have no compelling in the sport. In any case, the Raptors won 97-82 for their first two game winning streak at home since 2010. I think they need to pay me to be their good luck charm in the future.

Posted by Kevin in Blogs Tags: basketball, sports, toronto