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It had been a few years since I had been to the Garden for a basketball game. In fact, the last live Knicks game I saw was back when Jeff Van Gundy was the coach and the Heat still had Alonzo Mourning. This was just a few months after the Van Gundy clinging to Zo's leg incident, so it was a really charged atmosphere and a great game.
Last night, the halftime game between Parks Department under-10 league teams was more entertaining than the real game. We got there a little late, since it was a last-minute, Make-a-wish related dealie (long story, I won't explain), plus it was sleeting out; but when we got to our seats the Kings were already up by 15. It went downhill from there. The knicks not only were ice cold from the field but their play was sloppy, they committed tons of fouls, the Kings couldn't miss, and by the end the crowd was actually chanting "Tom Hanks! Tom Hanks!" because he had been shown on the jumbotron earlier. He got a bigger ovation than anything the Knicks did.
Wasn't the best first-time experience to which you would want to take your child. I fear my son will now grow up a Sacramento fan. I didn't have the heart to tell him that under normal circumstances, they'd be considered one of the shittiest teams in the league, they only looked like Finals contenders by comparison. But he got to see some future Knicks legends like...uhhh...some skinny guy named Shved...Um....Quincy Acy...Oh, oh yeah! Timmy Hardaway, Jr. ...Cole Aldrich...so many stars, too many to name without leaving somebody out.
Plus, the arena was so empty that they were giving away boxes of free popcorn while we were filing out.
Last night, the halftime game between Parks Department under-10 league teams was more entertaining than the real game. We got there a little late, since it was a last-minute, Make-a-wish related dealie (long story, I won't explain), plus it was sleeting out; but when we got to our seats the Kings were already up by 15. It went downhill from there. The knicks not only were ice cold from the field but their play was sloppy, they committed tons of fouls, the Kings couldn't miss, and by the end the crowd was actually chanting "Tom Hanks! Tom Hanks!" because he had been shown on the jumbotron earlier. He got a bigger ovation than anything the Knicks did.
Wasn't the best first-time experience to which you would want to take your child. I fear my son will now grow up a Sacramento fan. I didn't have the heart to tell him that under normal circumstances, they'd be considered one of the shittiest teams in the league, they only looked like Finals contenders by comparison. But he got to see some future Knicks legends like...uhhh...some skinny guy named Shved...Um....Quincy Acy...Oh, oh yeah! Timmy Hardaway, Jr. ...Cole Aldrich...so many stars, too many to name without leaving somebody out.
Plus, the arena was so empty that they were giving away boxes of free popcorn while we were filing out.