Mike Ashmore's Great American Sports Tour
Tour Stop #76ers
March 11, 2005 - Charlotte Bobcats at Philadelphia 76ers - Philadelphia, PA

12:00 AM: Well, I'm a few hours removed from having covered my first NBA game.  I got there at about 4:45 and went into the press room.  I hung around in there until the locker rooms opened at about 5:30.  I talked to Kyle Korver, Kevin Ollie, and even got a question in with Jim O'Brien.  After all that, I then proceeded to find my seat, which was 5th row behind the baseline.  I had a great view of Emeka Okafor dunking on Samuel Dalembert and a few ridiculous Andre Iguodala alley-oop dunks.  After the Sixers got done reaming the Bobcats, I walked across the court to a room in which press conferences were being held.  First Allen Iverson was up there, then coach O'Brien.  Then everyone makes their way to the locker room, so I followed suit.  There, I got to talk to Samuel Dalembert, Andre Iguodala, Chris Webber and Allen Iverson.  Getting to interview Iverson was a pretty big deal for me, pretty neat experience.  Hopefully I can get up to another game this year, but if not, this was an incredible experience I'll never forget.
A look from my seat on press row...those are stat monitors on the tables.