Are you ready for Thunder Opening Night?

[Laramie]

Are you ready for Thunder Opening Night?

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We have got to raise the roof off the Ford Center this Wednesday.

Let's make Loud City the most tragic and hospitable arena for visiting NBA teams & their fans!

[dmoor82]

Hell yeah I'm ready!!!!! I got some awesome tix for Nov. 15th for when the LA Clippers come to town and now I hear that Blake Griffin will be out up to 6 weeks due to a broken kneecap!man that sux!

[Laramie]

dmoor82:

I've got tickets for the Clippers game and I am looking forward to seeing Blake Griffin.

I was two grades behind Tommy Griffin who was on the same swim team at Douglass High School with my older brother.

[nighttrain12]

Hell yeah I'm ready!!!!! I got some awesome tix for Nov. 15th for when the LA Clippers come to town and now I hear that Blake Griffin will be out up to 6 weeks due to a broken kneecap!man that sux!

Look at it this way, we will kill the Clippers now for sure!

[metro]

Anybody else think the atmosphere was weak last night, especially for a home opener? Wayyyy too many empty seats, and that concerns me.

[sgt. pepper]

The Thunder has a winning season so far!!

[Laramie]

Anybody else think the atmosphere was weak last night, especially for a home opener? Wayyyy too many empty seats, and that concerns me.

I agree that the atmosphere was a little weak compared to our first year as the Thunder in the NBA despite our bad start. Metro, there were empty seats; however, I was pleased with opening night!

We can contribute much of this to last year's record and the fact that we were playing the Sacramento Kings. I would estimate the actual seats filled to be right at 16,000-17,000; however, a sellout is a sellout (18,203 paid).

We drew 15,400 & 16,000 for preseason and I hope they give Tulsa and Wichita (new arena) all the preseason games. Nick Collison could be honored in Lawrence, KS, and I'm sure he would get a much better receiption than Durant received in Austin. Preseason game consideration could also be give to Kansas City and St. Louis.

I'm still a believer that two-five regular season games could be played at the BOK Center in Tulsa.

As this team becomes competitive with the upper tier of teams (East: Boston, Orlando, Cleveland; West: LA Lakers, Dallas, San Antonio, Denver...) only then will you see this arena filled and the excitement that OKC can truely exhibit.

[VintageRacer]

I enjoyed the game, but was real disappointed with the fans mass exodus with 6 minutes remaining to the buzzer. I just hope they were wanting to get home to watch the world series game. Some games will be close enough that the team will need a full arena at the end.

[Laramie]

I enjoyed the game, but was real disappointed with the fans mass exodus with 6 minutes remaining to the buzzer. I just hope they were wanting to get home to watch the world series game. Some games will be close enough that the team will need a full arena at the end.

Like you VintageRacer, I was surprised at the mass exodus. I've seen past games where there we more fans there watching us take a beating. Especially, the night they booed the team in 2008.