Good morning and welcome to the NBA Daily for December 15th, 2024.

Coming up, we are at the NBA Cup, so we're going to talk about it. Good morning, everybody. Good morning, S. Good morning, Zena.

Good night because it is 10 p.m. And we're sitting on the court. We just finished up Rocket's Thunder. Our finals is set. We're going to get to the games in a minute. But guys, I really want to talk about the vibe here. I wasn't here last year. Our producer and co-host, Andrew Schlect, was here. And, you know, he told me a lot about how it felt in the arena and

it was weird you know no fans for the teams but how did you guys feel about this year um you know

I know that some people were saying it was quiet on TV but in here it also was quiet yeah the

reaction on social media uh definitely mirrored what we saw in person to because it was quiet. Some people talked about how it was like, you mentioned a high school match, right? It felt like an AAU game sometimes. It did give off summer league vibes, which is fitting because we're in Vegas and that's the home of the summer league. I think it got better towards the end of that Rocket's Thunder game and maybe we've kind of over-corrected

here on the bad vibes, the quietness. It was actually pretty good. I thought the vibes were what

you would expect for a game, by the way, that like it, they had to organize them 48 hours. Yeah,

like no one had any, yeah. And none of these games had of a close fan base either.

It's not like an L.A.

It's an hour away.

But then there's, you know, the fact that the first game started at 1.30. Yes. And if you know Vegas, most things don't get started until 12 a.m. Most of the people in here weren't planning to be awake. Correct. Exactly. Exactly. So I think that there is something to be said about the game, the first game being so early.

And then I agree. By the time that there was something to be said about the first game being so early.

And then I agree. By the time that you got to the 530 game, vibes were up a little bit. Things were a little bit louder. And I don't know much about acoustics. Maybe people listening to us do. But this is a hockey arena. It's not meant for basketball. all.

Yeah.

And from what I know about the crossover arenas, like the L.A. Kings and, you know, that's a different.

It's a different vibe.

And if it's made, like the, even just the way they go up, the chairs go up in this arena, I feel like there's something to be said about it just being a little bit quieter. What's funny is you saying that it has me right here spitting my head around, which I'm sure is great to watch on video.

But there are actually acoustic treatments that are oddly shaped.

So there's something going on.

I don't know, but it also was quiet.

The fans, you know, they're not fans necessarily of these teams.

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