It was a cold day in January and Ben and I had the spontaneous idea to go to StubHub and see if there were good tickets to the Nets game. There were and so off we went to see what turned out to be a good game from very good seats. As a result we could see the dancers well ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060963 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060964 and noted the score which went our way when the first quarter was over. ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060965 As the game continued, I recorded the action (notice the ball in the photos) ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060966 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060967 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060968 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060969 pausing to see the celeb-cam highlighting John Amos ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060970 before getting back to the game ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060971 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060972 as the half approached with a less pleasant score. ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060973 At half time, we learned that it was Latin Family night which explained the Los Nets T shirts we had been given on arrival ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060974 and the presentation to Goya on their 75th anniversary at half time ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060975 and then the NETS flags made their way around the court (with many many anagrams possible) ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060976 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060977 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060978 before the action resumed ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060979 and I turned to capturing foul shots ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060980 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060981 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060982 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060983 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060984 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060985 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060986 before the Celeb-Cam brought us Snooki (that NYTimes best selling author) ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060987 as the game continued ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060988 with Jason Kidd posing on his homecoming ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060989 as the action ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060990 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060991 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060992 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060993 rounded out the 3rd quarter in a tie ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060994 and the people on stilts ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060995 and dancers ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060996 welcomed the fourth quarter and its action ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060997 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060998 before the cheerleaders were flung into the air ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1060999 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070001 and a protested call ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070002 let the dancers come out ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070003 as the referees conferred ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070004 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070005 and play resumed with more free throws ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070006 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070007 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070008 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070009 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070010 with the dancers ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070011 leading to a jump ball that was so exciting, my camera blurred ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070012 and then we were down beyond crunch time with the Nets ahead by 1 ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070013 and then the Mavericks took the lead with 6 seconds left ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070014 and so the Nets huddled ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070015 but it wasn't to be ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070016 so that the Mavericks celebrated ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070017 as we recorded our tickets ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070018 and the game poster and made our way home on the train. ../../../Sabbat/2011/01.22.11NetsVsMavs//P1070019