Video footage has caught the moment when Oscar-winning director and New York Knicks fan Spike Lee was denied entry into into Monday night's game at Madison Square Garden by security due to a misunderstanding over which entrance to use.

Lee can be heard in the footage repeating, 'No one told me. No one told me. I'm staying here' during the altercation.

He appears to get more and more frustrated with the guard, as he raises his voice.

At one point he adds, 'Now, if you want to arrest like Charles Oakley, go the f*** ahead. Oh, you going to arrest me, put my head behind my back like Oakley?'

The reference was to when former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley was arrested for allegedly attacking three security guards at the Garden following an incident with Knicks owner James Dolan.

Video footage caught the moment when Oscar-winning director and New York Knicks fan Spike Lee was denied entry into into Monday night's game at Madison Square Garden by security due to a misunderstanding over which entrance to use

In the footage, Lee can be heard raising his voice and increasingly sounding frustrated

Lee was later spotted at his usual seat courtside watching the Knicks go on to defeat the Houston Rockets by a score of 125 to 123

The footage which went viral on the internet fueled rumors Lee had been kicked out of Madison Square Garden, which proved to be wrong.

Lee was later spotted at his usual seat courtside watching the Knicks go on to defeat the Houston Rockets by a score of 125 to 123.

A spokesman for the Garden did not immediately respond when DailyMail.com reached out.

The video footage fueled rumors online like @OfficialNBABuzz's that Lee was 'denied' access to MSG, which were later proved wrong

New York Knicks owner James Dolan is pictured watching the team play the Washington Wizards at Madison Square Garden last month. The video footage of Lee being denied to access to Monday's game was wrongly connected to Dolan

Oakley was accused of shoving and punching the guards while they attempted to forcibly remove him from his seat during the first quarter of a Knicks' game against the Los Angeles Clippers in February 2017.

The removal came after Oakley also spent the opening minutes of the game loudly heckling Dolan.

The melee drew the attention of the players on the court and the crowd, and soon began to chant 'Oakley! Oakley!' in support of the power player.

'F*** that, let me go,' said Oakley in video shot as he was being removed from the arena.

'I didn't do nothing … this is bulls***.'

In the footage Lee makes a reference to the arrest of Charles Oakley, the former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley who was charged for allegedly attacking three security guards at the Garden following an incident with Dolan in February 2017

Tennis great John McEnroe, a man infamous for his on court temper tantrums, could be seen trying to calm Oakley down while he was being taken out of the arena.

The incident resulted in a truce between Oakley and Dolan, which led to a ban of the former Knick from the Garden being lifted.

Oakley, however, would come back at Dolan with a lawsuit, which last month was dismissed.