The Warriors Victory: “Do You Believe?”Richard Marquezbyline‚ May. 07‚ 2007Thursday night’s victory by the underdog Golden State Warriors over the heavily-favored Dallas Mavericks scored an explosive 13.1 local rating on TNT. Twenty thousand pumped-up and frenzied fans poured into Oracle Arena in Oakland, making it the largest audience to ever attend a professional basketball game in California history. Ebay auctioned tickets for a hefty ransom; rap star Snoop Dogg flew in and got hyphy; his smile sizzled when Warriors’ point guard Baron Davis, his homeboy from South Central Los Angeles, hobbled-in three-pointers from behind the arc. Wealthier, white season ticket holders assuaged their inner-city fears by exchanging high-fives with anonymous people of color sitting in the cheap seats. |