His next live exam: Thursday night, when the Knicks play host to the perennial power San Antonio Spurs.
It is unlikely he'll be on hand Sunday night, when the Lakers play host to the San Antonio Spurs in Los Angeles.
Another danger is that too much anti-foreign sentiment will scuttle China's effort to play the gracious host in August, when hundreds of thousands of visitors will descend on Beijing for the Olympics.
It is also now thinking of banning the gambling halls which play host to the "numbers game", a Brazilian form of street bingo based on animal names which is hugely lucrative for those who run it.
This year, South Africa, who became world champions by defeating England in the 2007 final in Paris, play host to the Lions in three Test matches that are likely to be played at an intense and passionate level.
The sides are tapered, but still play host to the usual facilities.
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More importantly, Japan will take over the chairmanship of the G-7 in January 1993 and play host to the Tokyo Economic Summit next summer.
When the One Young World conference begins tomorrow, Pittsburgh will play host to the largest international gathering other than the Olympics or the United Nations with emerging leaders from nearly 200 countries sharing ideas about global solutions.
After all, in the summer of next year, as the presidential election looms, Mr Rendell's Philadelphia will play host to the Republicans' national convention.
Finland, which assumes the Union's presidency on July 1st, has indicated its readiness to play host to the launch of such a conference in the second half of 1999 hoping, no doubt, that a new constitutional shindig might proceed with more gusto than the one that dragged ineffectually along in the run-up to the Amsterdam summit of 1997.
On Wednesday, the president plans to play host at a reunion of the so-called tax-cut families he highlighted throughout the presidential campaign, to explain what his proposal would mean for families around the country.
The Glovers will play host to Walsall on Saturday 9 August, the first time Yeovil have started with a home fixture since entering the football league.
Obama will play host to the crew of the Apollo 11.
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"Hopefully you invite people who will play host down the road to even out the costs and all the time and energy you put into it, " he said.
Kingsbarn will play host to the first day's play, with Carnoustie and St Andrews the other two courses being used again, with Sunday's final round taking place at the latter.
But little progress is likely soon, not least because Paraguay, which will play host to the next Mercosur summit in June, has just ousted its president, and Argentina has a presidential election in October.
The Nets have a long break and won't play again until Sunday when they host Atlanta, while the Hornets will travel to play Washington on Friday.
On any given night, the arena might play host to an American Idol concert, a hockey game or a death-metal mini-festival.
The rumors were dead-on -- the Samsung Transform and Sanyo Zio are headed to Sprint this week, and by the end of the month the carrier will play host to an LG Optimus smartphone as well.
In a multiplayer game, one player hosts the game and everyone else connects to that host to join in the play.
Currently second in the Premier League, they host Stoke City on Wednesday then play Birmingham in the Carling Cup final on 27 February before playing a replay against Orient on 2 March, league game against Sunderland on 5 March and then second leg of their Champions League tie with Barcelona three days later.
The 2008 meeting will play host to 6, 000 delegates, 14, 000 Democratic muckety-mucks and 15, 000 members of the media.
So too has the failed bid by the United States to play host in 2022 receiving plenty of press.
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Ramsbottom United play host to Formby at the Riverside, looking to avenge a 4-0 defeat that the Merseysiders inflicted when the teams last met in November.
Nobody thinks of Costa Mesa as being close to bankrupt when they play host to one of the most expensive shopping malls in California, South Coast Plaza.
These operate in such countries as Germany, France and the Netherlands, which play host to most of Europe's 500, 000-plus Kurds, and in Scandinavia, where Kurdish nationalism is popular.
Bath are looking to build a new 20, 000- seater stadium but want to extend their lease on the Rec which would then play host to ladies, mini and youth rugby.
While the top-ranked pros play on the two main courts, junior tennis players compete on a host of side courts.
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The teams will play again on Friday night with Philadelphia finally getting a chance to be the host.
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