by missmyzte on Sat Oct 28, 2006 12:31 am
Jackie and I were sitting directly behind the Mavs bench, about 5 feet away from Avery Johnson (that was dangerous!). Our waiter, Steve, offered to get us beer so we could throw it at AJ, but we refrained.
We got to talk to most of the guys before the game. Matt Bonner came out of the locker room and looked around like, "Someone, please, ask for my autograph." I think he signed for one kid. He did have one good move in the game where he had a one-handed bank shot that was nice.
Bruce Bowen talked with the kids from Bowen's Buddies for a while. Jackie told him that 14Dave said hi, he said, "Who?" Jackie said, "The guy that does the wallpapers for you" and then he knew who Dave was. He said thanks!
When Tim Duncan came by, we yelled out "Crucian Shaman!". He smiled. He yelled at the guy next to us though, he said, "You and your buddy across the way are going to ruin it for everyone." You could tell they were collecting autographs to sell them and TD was not happy about it.
I didn't know who Francisco Elson was before the game (I think Jackie got his autograph) but we certainly did by the end, wow! He had a fabulous game. He walked by us after the end of the game when we were talking to Greg Moore, we congratulated him. I kept calling him KG because he looks a lot like KG.
Michael Finley missed the game because he had the flu. I saw Beno Udrih sitting on the bench so I went over to talk to him. He remembered me from meeting on the sidewalk in LA, we talked about the luncheon a bit but then security told me I had to go back by the railing by the lockerroom.
A few minutes later, Horry was sitting next to Beno on the bench. I went back there and the same security guy told me I had to leave again, but Robert saw me so I got to talk to him. He mentioned that he's working on creating an official website - I can't wait to see what that looks like.
Tony Parker was the sweetest he's ever been. He saw me and asked how I was doing and how my summer was. I told him the Spurs are coming to LA for back-to-back games, he said, "Oh yeah, in December." (he must know because of Eva). I told him I'd be there and he said, "Of course!" Then he continued signing autographs and when he was all done, he came back to me and said, "I'll see you in December." Isn't he too cute??
Oh yeah - 14Dave, we told him you said hi.
Manu Ginobili, as he always does, signed every autograph. When he got close, I yelled out, "The Butcher!" He got a big smile on his face. I asked him when we'd see him on his forums again, he admitted that it's been a while since he's been on there but hopefully soon.
Our seats were incredibly good, I had thought they were 4th row seats but apparently the first row is the 4th row so we were basically courtside. At halftime, Bruce came up to Avery Johnson and gave him a big BEAR HUG and make a comment about bear hug defense. I almost fell over laughing.
Great game, GREAT win!
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