I crossed Reno Avenue about 5:30 p.m. Monday, some 100 minutes before the Thunder-Hornets game. A fan called out to say hello, then he held up his hand to reveal a stack of tickets. “Can’t give ‘em away,” he said.
That ticket demand didn’t rise after the Thunder’s 116-103 loss to Charlotte.
Just a few minutes earlier, I had a conversation with Gideon Hamilton, my colleague at The Sports Animal, and a Chesapeake Arena worker. We were debating the low point of the season. The Chesapeake employee said Mexico City, where the Thunder got handled by Brooklyn 100-95 last week in a game not that close.