Playoffs!

So the time has come (again).  The Thunder are in the playoffs!  This year we actually get to go, and it does not disappoint.  The atmosphere is even crazier than regular season home games, and that is saying something.  Game 1 was Sunday night and we got downtown pretty early to check out everything that was going on.  There was a lot of people in front of the Center formally known as Ford in Thunder Alley as they call it.  And this was 2 and a half hours before the games started.  They had bleachers set up in front of a big screen for people who didn't have tickets to sit and watch the game.  They did pre-game and post-game broadcasts for Fox Sports outside.  Here's just a couple pics:

Both Game 1 and Game 2 were "blue out" nights.  Every seat had a blue Thunder shirt on it and it looked pretty cool once the entire crowd was there with their shirts on.  Like I said, we got there pretty early....



The game itself was pretty intense, a close game with some questionsble calls (what else is new) but a Thunder victory in the end. 

Game 2 was completely different.  The Thunder dominated this game.  At one point I looked up and it was 42-17.  Yeah, I had to look twice to make sure that was right.  We had a 15 point lead at half time and Denver never got closer than 10.  Thunder ended up winning by 17 points.  A really fun game to be at. 

Here's a little taste of the game.  Its just a little back and forth, and about the only semi-sloppy play from the Thunder the whole game, but there is a pretty sweet pass from Eric Maynor to Nick Collison about the 30 second mark.  And its not the best audio of the crowd noise but you can tell how much the they get into it. 

And here is the end of Game 2 as they start playing the victory song and the streamers fall.  Thunder up 2-0 in the series and head to Denver for Game 3 Saturday night.  Sorry its so shaky.