Oklahoma City Thunder vs Memphis Grizzlies: Where Manchester Watches Thunder vs Grizzlies
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Oklahoma City Thunder vs Memphis Grizzlies: Where Manchester Watches Thunder vs Grizzlies

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Oklahoma City Thunder vs Memphis Grizzlies: Where Manchester Watches Thunder vs Grizzlies

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Oklahoma City Thunder vs Memphis Grizzlies has been all over my feed since the NBA Cup opener this week (Thunder won 128-97, apparently a proper rout, the kind of lopsided scoreline that makes you suspect one team read the script and the other didn't get the memo). I don't follow American basketball religiously, but I do love an excuse to sit in a pub at an odd hour nursing a pint while a tiny corner of a giant screen quietly runs through NBA highlights. So this is my list of where in Manchester you can actually catch Thunder and Grizzlies games, plus the places that let you pretend you're the kind of person who understands the shot clock.

The list

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Oklahoma City Thunder vs Memphis Grizzlies: Where Manchester Watches Thunder vs Grizzlies — 6 items
NameTickVenue typeAddressCityMy take
1Courts ClubSports bar with basketball and tennis courtsGoods Yard Street, Manchester, M3 3BGManchesterShows NBA on giant indoor and outdoor screens, which feels almost unfair to the Thunder when they're already up by thirty.
2Box DeansgateHigh-end sports bar3 Hardman Square, Spinningfields, Manchester, M3 3EBManchesterThe kind of place where you could absolutely convince yourself you're in a Michael Mann film, just with more basketball.
3Walkabout Manchester Printworks————
4Walkabout Manchester PrintworksSports pub27 Withy Grove, Printworks, Manchester, M4 2BSManchesterLoud, bright, built for chanting — basically the opposite of my usual quiet-corner-with-a-book energy, in a good way.
5The WaldorfTraditional pub with Sky Sports12 Gore Street, Manchester, M1 3FPManchesterProper old pub energy. If the Grizzlies were a novel character they'd have a rough chapter here and a redemption arc by last orders.
6Freight Island————