{"id":2001,"date":"2010-01-17T11:10:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-17T17:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/17\/nba-new-orleans-hornets-at-indiana-pacers\/"},"modified":"2010-01-17T11:10:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-17T17:10:00","slug":"nba-new-orleans-hornets-at-indiana-pacers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/nba-new-orleans-hornets-at-indiana-pacers\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA: New Orleans Hornets at Indiana Pacers"},"content":{"rendered":"
After buying my ticket for the Colts playoff game, buying my ticket for the Pacers game was easy. On my walk looking for Colts tickets, I had already checked in with the Conseco Fieldhouse box office \u2013 cheapest ticket was $10. I was planning to buy a $10 ticket from the box office when I walked by a few scalpers. I offered them $5 for a ticket and the guy asked for $10. I looked at the ticket and the face value was $125. I paid the $10 immediately.<\/p>\n

I realized that everyone downtown was planning to attend the Colts game only and that nobody could sell a Pacers ticket. It was the perfect day to attend a Pacers game if wanted cheap seats.<\/p>\n

Pre Game<\/u>
After buying my ticket, I walked over to the first bar I saw near the stadium \u2013 The Pub Indianapolis. The place was packed with Colts and Ravens fans as was the rest of downtown Indianapolis \u2013 the main reason I had a $125 ticket for $10.<\/p>\n

The Game
<\/u>The seat I bought was 19 rows up from center court. One of the best seats I have sat in (legally) for an NBA game. When I attended the Pacers home opener, I noticed a fan who sits directly next to the basket. Tonight that same fan was there wearing a Colts jersey with name \u201cPacer Guy\u201d on his back. He held up a sign that read \u201cTailgating at the Pacers Game\u201d which was in fact what I was doing. I am not sure if this guy is paid by the Pacers or not, but his signs are very professional looking.<\/p>\n

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Half of the fans at the game were wearing Colts jerseys and the Conseco Fieldhouse was at least half empty. My main concern was that the game could maintain a swift pace and end with enough time to run to Lucas Oil Stadium for the Colts game.<\/p>\n

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The game was surprisingly good as the Hornets defeated the Pacers 101-96. However, I had to check the final score on my phone as I left the game after New Orleans called a timeout with 2:24 remaining in the fourth quarter. I estimated that was the best time to leave so I would miss a minimum amount of time from both games.<\/p>\n

Triple-Doubles<\/u>
Chris Paul nearly had a triple-double (22 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists). This was the closest I have been to seeing a triple-double for awhile. I have seen four triple-doubles in the past:<\/p>\n

1) Chris Mullin \u2013 Golden State Warriors vs. Seattle SuperSonics on January 14, 1994<\/a>.
2) Tim Duncan \u2013 San Antonio Spurs vs. Cleveland Cavaliers on March 25, 2000<\/a>.
3) Jason Kidd \u2013 New Jersey Nets vs. Toronto Raptors on February 2, 2002<\/a>.
4) Lamar Odom \u2013 Los Angeles Lakers vs. Denver Nuggets on April 3, 2007<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After buying my ticket for the Colts playoff game, buying my ticket for the Pacers game was easy. On my walk looking for Colts tickets, I had already checked in with the Conseco Fieldhouse box office \u2013 cheapest ticket was $10. I was planning to buy a $10 ticket from the box office when I walked by a few scalpers. I offered them $5 for a ticket and the guy asked for $10. I looked at the ticket and the face value was $125. I paid the $10 immediately.
\nI realized …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[151,164,177,205],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anygame-anywhere.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}