February 1, 2003. At the time I was working at a company just outside Albany (actually living in East Greenbush, a stone's throw from the Forth house...). I was planning to go to that game with my Dad, but the company I was working for had made some process changes a couple weeks before (changes I'd lobbied against but got overruled) that finally caught up to us on Friday night. I spent from around 2AM to 4PM Saturday at work; since there was no way to make the game I'd called and told my Dad to take Mom to the game. I went home, got about an hour of sleep, woke up and watched one of the top three basketball games I'd ever seen.
Sunday I updated my resume and started looking for a new job; by the end of the summer I'd moved on. So that's my memory of this game...
(PS - how in the hell was this game not on Orange Glory? Not sure what I'd have pulled out, but IMHO this not being included was a travesty)