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Two-Up Tuesday - NBA Action & some sight seeing around Charlotte NC

Charlotte Bobcats vs Denver Nuggets

Featuring Carmelo Anthony for Denver, who is one of the top forwards in the NBA, as well as an Olympic Gold Medalist the game should be an entertaining one for the kids. More pics and info to come...

On a very wet and misty evening we ventured out into the Charlotte night to catch some NBA action. Given the weather, there weren't too many people in attendance at the 19,000 seat venue although we did manage to bump into Ballarat Highschool who are also touring throughout the Carolinas playing different teams. Tonight's game was a close contest for the majority of the game but was riddled with mistakes making it difficult to get any flow in the game. In the end, despite being in the "nosebleeds" the home team came away with a 107 - 95 win, which was helped with 2 Technical fouls given to Denver's two superstars, Carmelo Anthony and Chauncy Billups. Anthony did lead all scorers with 34 points. Below are some pics from the game itself.









Tomorrow we're off to Concord Mills Outlet Shopping Centre, which is the largest Outlet Shopping Centre probably on the East Coast. We then head off in the afternoon to play Burns High School, Lawndale NC which will be our toughest game so far. We'll have to raise our level of play quite significantly to compete so it will be a real challenge.

The boys have 4 games in 4 days plus several hundred miles of bus travel so now the "real" tour begins so the hard part begins!! Should be a lot of fun for all concerned. More pics and video footage to come.