Yesterday Jan. 26th has been planned and paid on my agenda for a month to go with a few people from my church to go and watch a basketball game at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. We went to watch the Toronto Raptors play against Cleveland Cavaliers. Toronto lost against Cleveland 98 to 99. Too bad. I've never been at a basketball game and didn't understand all the rules so I didn't know what to expect. For the first half I couldn't really enjoy the game because I didn't understand the scoring and the reason for the fauls and we were on the balcony so in this huge statium which in itself was very impressive to me, the basketball field and players were so small and far away. I didn't understand that the game was divided into 4 quarters each being 12 minutes long and after the first two quarters the break was 16 minutes long. Each Team was allowed 6 timeouts in each half of the game for a total of 24 timeouts if they use them all which usually they do, and during the timeouts and 16 Minutes break and everywhere else in between the game there was cheering and hyping up of the crowds and the fans were loud. There was just as much or more entertainment and making a big show out of it to say the least with more breaks and comercialism than actual just playing the game staying at it and get it over with. Especially toward the end. It frustrated me more than anything and I don't know if given the chance I'd go to a game again, unless now maybe I know what to expect.
One thing that impressed me the most is the fact is that the Air Canada Centre I was in they use both for basketball playing and hockey playing. In otherwords they convert the basket ball field into a ice rink, and back again, depending on what's being played. What also impresses me is how huge those stadiums are and that I was in the actual statium that manytimes I watched on TV with my dad watching hocky with him.
Overall I was a bit disappointed, but I'm glad I went and experienced something new, and know more about how basketball works. The rules, the atmosphere, and everything inbetween.
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