Knicksnow

May 05, 2012

North Bergen, NJ

Too many to mention them all. But ... one game in the 80s, when my wife and I went in on a Saturday night, and had seats behind the basket on the second half - the Knicks' basket - we watched people get up and leave in big numbers, with a couple minutes to go. Yes, it was before the end of the game, and the Knicks were down by about 10 or so. So, we started moving closer to the edge of the court - we had been at the top of those bleachers - as people continued to leave. The Knicks tied the game, and won in OT! I still don't understand why people leave before the game ends. Didn't they come to see the whole game? Even when it looks bad, the Knicks can - when they have a true Team - come back and win. Especially since the Knicks are the only NBA team that the refs make underdogs in their own arena! -a.

It's gonna show my age ... but it was a game in the 50s or so, in Hershey, PA. We lived a few towns to the east, in Lebanon, PA, and my father would take my older brother and me to games in Hershey. (I even liked Ice Hockey back then, cheering for the Hershey Bears.) One night, we saw a player from the Philadelphia Warriors score 100 or so points against the Knicks! I didn't even remember that we really were there, until my big brother told me about it years later; told me we were there. Though I lost it long ago, I had a great autograph book, with Wilt's autograph, along with so many others. I guess these days, it would have sold on eBay for a fortune <BG>! -a.

Patrick Ewing, Bernard King