Spike Lee still has his courtside seat, though the New York Knicks had to tell their superfan to find another way to get there. Director Spike Lee went ballistic Monday after being denied entry to Madison Square Garden, where his beloved New York Knicks hosted the Houston Rockets. Oscar-winning director and SuperKnicks fan Spike Lee gets into an argument with Madison Square Garden security. Die-hard New York Knicks fan and famed director Spike Lee said Tuesday he's being "harassed" by team owner James Dolan. Spike Lee's Meltdown With Knicks' Arena Security Caught On Video. By Ron Dicker. The Knicks and Spike Lee have one of the most recognizable team-celebrity unions in all of professional sports, but something happened Monday that … Spike Lee still has his courtside seat, though the New York Knicks had to tell their superfan to find another way to get there. UPDATE: Spike Lee is calling BS on the New York Knicks’ explanation of why he was denied entry into Monday’s game against the Houston Rockets.. The director Spike Lee argues with security officers who didn't want to permit him to get to his courtside seat before the start of a Knicks game in New York on Monday, March 2, 2020. Lee went into the employee entrance according to Knicks' spokesman. Spike Lee doesn’t think the Knicks are doing the right thing and says he won’t be back at Madison Square Garden this season. You forgot that one side in this disagreement is the New York Knicks, and the other side is Spike Lee. There's perhaps no single basketball fan—celebrity or otherwise—more closely associated with the New York Knicks than Spike Lee. Spike Lee has been a courtside fixture during New York Knicks games at Madison Square Garden for more than a quarter-century.. After news of the altercation began circling online, both parties made their case to the media. Lee said he won't be sitting there the rest of this season, anyway. Lee said he won’t be sitting there the rest of this season, anyway. Rumors then swirled around whether or not he was thrown out of the arena. Lee and Knicks owner James Dolan met at halftime of the game, but that wasn’t the end of it. Spike Lee has long been the New York Knicks’ most notable celebrity fan. The Knicks released a statement, and a pair of photos, to further support their claim that Spike Lee has no right to enter at the spot he's entered at Madison Square Garden for several decades. Spike Lee is mad.. Mad about being told to use a different entrance to Madison Square Garden last night. Really, it's all he knows. More NY Knicks drama ... this time involving their biggest fan, Spike Lee -- who got into an altercation with security at MSG and told 'em, "You wanna arrest me like Charles Oakley?!" "I've been using the same entrance for the last 28 years," Lee told Stephen A Smith on ESPN's First Take. All Spike Lee wants is to use the employee entrance at Madison Square Garden.