Took my kids to the Nets-Bobcats game last night. It was the same time as the Giants NFL game so the crowd, always lean to begin with, was mighty thin. (Of course, this also let me get tickets for about the price of a box of ramen noodles on StubHub.)
I don't know if it was the lack of bodies to absorb the sound waves, but the PA system was booming. I have been to concerts that wish they were as loud. And there was no one in the place. Unsettling. Anyway, after a few minutes, one of my 4 year-old's starts crying about the noise. He would not stop crying and I realized the PA system was not stopping either, so we left before the first quarter even ended. On the way out, we passed the fuzzy mascot (some type of animal) in the hall who ran up to my sons for a "low-five" -- my son who had been crying earlier was so shaken at that point that he just turned and jumped at me, screaming in terror. In the end, we got what we paid for. This will all play better in Brooklyn, where I do hope they become a force.