Nous sommes le 15 fevrier 2006, Angelique m'a propose de l'accompagner a un match de basket ball a Madison Square Garden.J'etais ravie de sa proposition, super excitee et surtout tres emue car je ne savais pas a quoi m'attendre si ce n'est a une tres belle surprise!
Donc,Mademoiselle Angelique avait 4 places en VIP en face du terrain, place qui coutait 330$! Amazing...
Ce ne fut que de l'emotion, de la joie et de l'emerveillement! Alors,je tiens a te remercier de tout coeur de m'avoir fait passer un si bon moment et de m'avoir presenter tes amies qui etaient vraiment charmantes et gentilles!
Voici les quelques photos que j'ai su attraper:
Lorsque je suis arrivee devant le Madison Square Garden,il y avait deja une tonne de personnes!
Moi et les filles venions de rentrer dans le stade:C'etait vraiment sensationel...J'avais la chair de poule.
Donc, comme vous pouvez le constater nous etions on ne peut plus en face du terrain. Nous avions carrement le commentataire a nos cotes, les joueurs devant nous et quelques stars aux alentours...
Je n'ai pas su prendre beaucoup de photos mais bon tout est reste dans ma memoire et c'est le plus important. Les blancs s'etaient les Knicks et les rouges les Raptors.
Petit resume:
Raptors lose to woeful Knicks
New York 98 Toronto 96: Despite letdown, team enters break in recovery mode
National Post
Published: Thursday, February 16, 2006
In these, the heady days of February, it is easy to forget how desperate the Toronto Raptors once were. And perhaps convenient to look down upon a team as recently woeful as the New York Knicks.
Last night, then, was seemingly a lesson in not forgetting from where you came, no matter the present circumstance.
Beaten in the final seconds by an acrobatic jumper off the hands of Jamal Crawford, the Toronto Raptors fell 98-96 under unlikely circumstances -- edged by a down-and-out New York Knicks team that had lost 10 straight.
An unwelcome send-off as the Raptors enter the NBA all-star break, the seemingly avoidable setback takes some of the lustre off what has appeared to be a revitalized team.
Chris Bosh led the Raptors with 25 points and seven rebounds, while Mike James added 22 points and nine assists, but the two combined for 10 turnovers.
Playing against his former team for the first time since being traded nearly two weeks ago, New York's Jalen Rose struggled with early foul trouble, but led the Knicks with 11 points in a pivotal fourth quarter that sealed a resilient effort for the struggling club.
Toronto started strong, piling up 32 points in the first quarter against the defence-averse Knicks.
Despite building a 12-point lead, the Raptors let New York pull even late in the second quarter and afforded their hosts a little hope. The Knicks then played the third quarter like a team in desperate need of a win. Which, of course, they were.
After Charlie Villanueva opened the second half with a basket, New York scored eight straight points to build a four-point lead. A few minutes later, a jumper from Crawford gave New York a nine-point advantage.
Toronto closed to within three heading into the fourth quarter, but could get no closer until Matt Bonner hit an open three with 21/2 minutes to play.
That basket made the score 89-87 and a minute later, after a Rose free throw, James made it a one-point game with a driving lay-up.
With less than 40 seconds remaining, another James lay-up made the score 94-93.
Twenty seconds later, a Villanueva three tied the game at 96, but on the next possession, Crawford made himself the hero, hanging in the air to sink the game-winner with three seconds to go.
The Knicks' now-defunct losing streak was the longest for the franchise in nearly 21 years.
The Raptors entered play last night with six wins in their last eight -- the two losses coming in overtime to San Antonio and the Los Angeles Clippers, a pair of powers in the Western Conference -- and a renewed sense of optimism after opening the season 1-15.
In addition to Bosh's ascent to the status of NBA all-star, James, a pre-season acquisition, continues to flourish, leading the team in scoring this month.
Meanwhile, Villanueva seems to have found a second wind and, in addition to creating future salary-cap space, the Rose trade has given Toronto a sorely needed veteran presence up front in Antonio Davis.
From late December to early January, the Raptors enjoyed a similar stretch of fortune, winning seven of nine. They then dropped six of the subsequent seven.
National Post
Published: Thursday, February 16, 2006
During the break they will have plenty of time to think about how they might avoid a similar downswing, encouraged perhaps by an added incentive.
At the start of last night's action, the Raptors were five games removed from a playoff spot, with Chicago and Boston between them and eighth-place Washington. It would be a stretch to say Toronto finds itself at the all-star break in the thick of a playoff race, but if the Raptors continue to play better than .500 basketball over the final 29 games, they might at least make a late run at the post-season.
The schedule will be get no kinder, though. After this weekend's All-star Game, the Raptors play in Memphis before visiting powerhouses Dallas and Miami.
© National Post 2006
Oh!!! les pom pom girls...elles etaient trop belles et elles dansaient vraiment tres bien:
Voila,il est deja temps pour moi de partir,alors j'ai vite fait deux photos souvenirs...
Merci beaucoup Angelique,c'etait une tres belle soiree!