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Now, onto the discussion of the game. I hate when the Mavericks show up because Dirk Nowitzki gets on my last nerve within seconds. I recall one playoff game I attended in person where KG and I were seated next to a very loud Mavs fan in a Nowitzki jersey. He made our lives miserable for the first half. When the Kings were able to take control of the game late in the third quarter, the tables turned. As fate would have it, it was a night when plastic megaphones had been passed out to the crowd. KG and I made appropriate use of the megaphones to point out to the Mavs fan that our team was now showing superior skills in the game of basketball and that his team had fallen somewhat in their performance. (Okay, those might not have been the exact words.
) The guy complained to the usher about us. (And yes, we were loud.) One of my fondest memories was created that night, when the usher shrugged and walked away. The Mavs fan left soon after, to a rousing chorus of laughter and catcalls from the people who had been listening to his tauntings for far too long. And yes, the Kings won. 
Hopefully a word to the wise will suffice and the moderating staff here at KF will not have to resort to stern measures.
Now, onto the discussion of the game. I hate when the Mavericks show up because Dirk Nowitzki gets on my last nerve within seconds. I recall one playoff game I attended in person where KG and I were seated next to a very loud Mavs fan in a Nowitzki jersey. He made our lives miserable for the first half. When the Kings were able to take control of the game late in the third quarter, the tables turned. As fate would have it, it was a night when plastic megaphones had been passed out to the crowd. KG and I made appropriate use of the megaphones to point out to the Mavs fan that our team was now showing superior skills in the game of basketball and that his team had fallen somewhat in their performance. (Okay, those might not have been the exact words.
) The guy complained to the usher about us. (And yes, we were loud.) One of my fondest memories was created that night, when the usher shrugged and walked away. The Mavs fan left soon after, to a rousing chorus of laughter and catcalls from the people who had been listening to his tauntings for far too long. And yes, the Kings won. 
