This blog could also be called "Grizzlies Vs Knicks" or "How I almost I got thrown out of FedExForum".

Anyway, my dad won two free tickets to the Grizlies' season opener against the NY Knicks. So yesterday we left two hours early got to downtown Memphis and hour and half before game time, cruised around Tower Records before heading to the arena. This was our first time "inside" the 'Forum. And I gotta say the arena is as nice as any in the NBA. It has all the features you'd expect in a basketball arena, but with a Memphis flair. We found our seats and the game started. It was great right off the bat. Mike Miller nailed three 3-pointers in the first quarter and was on fire. Hakim Warrick and Rudy Gay were dominating the glass. At the end of the first quarter it was Grizz:25 Knicks: 20. It looked like we were on our way to starting the season 1-0.

Then the second quarter started, and the Knicks dominated.  Halftime flew by and the third and fourth quarter were amazing. The Grizz were down by 18 or 19 points and they cam back and forced the game into overtime. Then double overtime, and finally a third overtime. We started the third overtime like the first quarter. We were up by four before the Knicks cut it to 1. 

With five seconds left, Quentin Richardson drives down the lane. Mike Miller slide into position to take the charge. Q-Rich hits him and the ref blows it. He calls a blocking foul!! They show the replay and the arean goes nuts. They issued some sorta of sideline warning becuase a fan or player stepped to far on to the court. Q-Rich hits both free throws and the Knicks go on to win 118-117.

So I'm mad at the call. I mad that the 10 Knicks' fans sitting behind us are celebrating. We head out and are in the stair well when this idiot behind us goes: "LET'S GO KNICKS!!" No one says anything, but it pisses me off. These guys come into our city, our arena win on a phantom call, and then our going to taunt us in our arena. And no one said anything!! It was like he was testing to see if Memphis fans could stand up to him. so he says it again: "LET'S GO KNICKS!!!" No one says anything. So I turn around and say: "Yeah. Enjoy your one victory this season!!"

He mummbles something and his friend grabs him and says "let it go, let it go". I half wanted him to say something back, or come at me. Why I don't know. I guess I just wanted to prove that Memphis could hang with big boys(not the Knicks are big boys).

Next UP is Charlotte. We should win that one.