Franchises

DID HEAT TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN CURBING SPIKE LEE?

5.22.2000

          Spike Lee "claims he was told by the Heat he not only
     could not sit courtside" during yesterday's Knicks-Heat Game
     Seven, but "also he could not wear a [Knicks] jersey, or the
     season tickets he used for the game would be revoked,"
     according to Ira Winderman of the Ft. Lauderdale SUN-
     SENTINEL.  Lee "instead spent the game seated directly
     behind the Heat bench and taunted" Heat President & coach
     Pat Riley throughout.  Lee: "Because of their pettiness, by
     winding up behind the Heat bench, I was able to torment the
     whole game and they got what they deserve."  Lee said that
     actor/Lakers fan Jack Nicholson "never would have received
     similar treatment from Riley" (SUN-SENTINEL, 5/22).

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