March 7th, Rockets @ Nuggets Roll Call? (with a cool story bro, story)

How many Clutchfans-ers are going to be in attendance at the Pepsi Center this weekend? I ask because last time I was blown away by the turnout of Rockets fans vs Nuggets fans. And without further adieu, my story.

I've been a proud Rockets fan since I was just a little kid watching The Dream lead us to the back to backs in the 90's. I hopped on the bandwagon just before our title run, because at 6 years old I asked my dad the name of some of the teams. The conversation basically went like this, "there's the Warriors, the Knicks the Sonics, the Jazz, the Rockets..." and I immediately stopped him and said, "that's my favorite team!" My sister intrudes, "you only said that because you like their name" (she was right). Still I countered with, "Nooo!! That's always been my favorite!" From that moment on I was infatuated with the team. As a little kid growing up in Montana, you have three main choices. Pick the closest team (Sonics, Nuggets, Jazz). Pick the Bulls because everyone loved Michael. Or just pick some random team. Looking back at my fandom that became an obsession with the Rockets, I'm so glad it happened that way and can't even imagine having picked another team (imagine me stopping him at Jazz and picking them!).

Anyways, fast forward twenty years, it's 2013 and I had finally moved out of Montana , but still never seen my Rockets live in person (believe it or not, the Rockets don't have any road games in Montana), despite watching them religiously on national TV and then league pass as soon as that was invented. At this point I'm living in Denver and immediately looking at the schedule to see when the Rockets come. To my disappointment, last season they only came once, but of course I was there. That game felt surreal finally seeing them live, but it wasn't an overly exciting game. Harden was held quiet. Dwight and Bev sat out. It was a bit of a breakout game for Troy Daniels (4 fourth quarter treys). By the fourth quarter I'm chanting "Let's go Vipers! Let's go Vipers!!" as we fielded a line up that included Daniels, Canaan, and Covington and nearly had us back in the game. Alas, we lost, but I still was blown away finally seeing them live.

Let's fast forward one more time to this season, and here comes my favorite part and the moment that made me so proud to be a Rockets fan. I'm sure you all remember the epic game, in which we came back in the fourth quarter, Afflalo hit the three to force overtime until the Rockets finally pull away. What blew me away was the atmosphere. I am often times a little disappointed watching home games, because I'd like for it to always be what it was against Cleveland on Sunday. I realize it's hard to create a playoff atmosphere every game when you get to see up to 41 regular season games per year, while I get two. Regardless, I personally only know one Rockets fan. So to go to a Rockets road game and be surrounded by so much red is an awesome experience for me. I literally high five and shout "Clutch City!!!" at every Rockets fan I see. The best part came in overtime with the PA announcer trying to get the fans doing some "Let's go Nuggets!" chants to get them back into it. What blew me away was that all I could hear was "Let's go ROCKETS!! Let's go ROCKETS!!" With that being an ESPN game I was wondering (and still unsure) if it's something the announcers noticed. Either way it gave me chills and made me so proud to be a fan of this team.

tldr; cool story bruh, Rockets DO have the best f'ing fans in the world (Bev was right), and I LOVE THIS TEAM!!

So if any of you loud Rockets fans were the one's drowning out the sorry Nuggets fans last time in town, let's grab some beers at Brooklyn's before the game. Be loud and proud. I love Red Nation, and I want you to love it too. :grin:

 

I hope everyone realizes that I'm taking full credit for the back to back finals run by becoming a fan midseason, because I liked the name "Rockets" as a little kid.

Yeah, last year's game. That was pretty funny. I definitely don't think that was staged, but like you said if it was then it was great acting. That game was memorable for me, because it was my first live Rockets game, but the one from this year was even more memorable because we won in such epic fashion.

 

Bumpty Dumpty. I know you exist, Denver Rockets fans. Where ya at?

 

Game day bump. Last one, I promise. Anyone else going tonight? Or just me and Luther Head in sandals?