Knicks at night

My friend Tyler and I went to the Knicks game a Madison Square Garden tonight. We've been to three Knicks games in the last twelve months or so, and the Knicks lost all three games. I said it the other day, so you already know: it hasn't been good for New York sports fans of late.

Still, watching the game was enjoyable, aside from having to tolerate the boorishly loud trio of Cantonese-speaking spectators sitting immediately behind us, and the home team, you know, losing the game. The visiting team was the Houston Rockets, notable for employing the greatest Chinese basketball player in the world, Yao Ming. Yao is also currently the NBA's tallest player, which is sort of like being the smartest student at Harvard. Some of his dunks were so impressive that even Knicks fans cheered despite themselves.

Oh yeah, and a number of celebs were in the crowd, including Zhang Ziyi, Ron Howard (who smiled amiably as the Happy Days theme song played over the arena speakers) and New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs.