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New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that for the duration of the team’s playoff run, streets across Manhattan would be co-named for current players. That included a sign outside Madison Square Garden before Game 1 against the Pacers at the corner of Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street.
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Fadeaway World on MSNObi Toppin Calls Out Knicks Fans For Trash-Talking; Gives Hotel Address As Open ChallengeObi Toppin, the former Knicks player, claps back at New York fans for trash-talking to him during Game 1 of the Pacers' series with the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Knicks made the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time since 2000, and Mayor Eric Adams paid homage to the 15 players in orange-and-blue uniform by naming New York City cross street after each member on this year’s rolling Knicks roster.
Player after player pointed inward at their own team rather than praising anything the Pacers did following the Knicks’ 138-135 Game 1 overtime loss to Indiana Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.
Jared McCain’s viral reaction to Haliburton’s clutch shot vs. the Knicks lights up social media following Pacers’ epic Game 1 comeback.
Before their Game 5 loss in Boston, people around the Knicks noticed their lack of intensity. A meeting before Game 6 shifted their focus.
As the lead kept expanding, all the way up to 41 points, Knicks fans got louder. It was earsplitting when Jaylen Brown fouled out with 2:50 remaining in the third quarter. Somehow the roar became even more thunderous when Josh Hart beat multiple Celtics to an offensive rebound near the 3-point line and found OG Anunoby for a 3-pointer.