In New York over the weekend we caught the Knicks' game against the Bulls and let's just say, the biggest surprise was that the "Fire Isiah" chants didn't start until the game's final minute. My lord, what a horrible team.
Other highlights of the game, which somehow was the first time I ever saw the Knicks at MSG:
- Stephon Marbury showed up, but didn't play. Jamal Crawford didn't play either, so Nate Robinson was the starting point guard- and they play that annoying "hey bay-BEE" song every time he scores.
- The Knicks City Kids, a dance troupe that seems to consist mostly of 10-year-olds, did a choreographed routine to... "Soulja Boy." I sure hope none of them have figured out what "Superman Dat Ho" means.
- As a special promotion, MSG gave away Allan Houston replica jerseys to everyone in attendance- though I suppose "unloaded" would be a more accurate word. I'm guessing they had about 15,000 of them left over in their pro shops and related retail outlets from around the time of Houston's $100 million contract, and didn't sell them through all of the years of injuries, or his abortive comeback earlier this year. My dad seems to like his, though.
- And when they showed the trivia question on the scoreboard at the World's Most Famous Arena, the text message address was "MSGNY." Did you notice that that's "misogyny" without the vowels? I bet Anucha Browne-Sanders did.
Posted by Stephen Silver at January 1, 2008 11:36 AM