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The Knicks have taken over more than Seventh Avenue. Streets across Manhattan are being temporarily co-named after Knicks players to celebrate the team’s electrifying playoff run, as the franchise is set to begin its first Eastern Conference finals appearance since 2000 on Wednesday night at the Garden.
To celebrate the team’s deepest playoff run in a quarter-century, the city temporarily renamed 15 streets after the Knicks’ players.
Tyrese Haliburton smiled widely as he envisioned the scene Sunday when the Pacers host Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals to cap a daylong sports celebration in Indiana. Yet along with the Pacers' excitement after winning the first two games against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden came a word of caution.
If you notice an uptick in blue-and-orange street signs around Manhattan, don’t adjust your glasses—you’re not dreaming. As the New York Knicks charge into the Eastern Conference Finals, New York City is going all-in on the hype, temporarily co-naming streets after every active player on the team.
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.
Streets across the borough have been temporarily co-named after New York Knicks players ahead of the first game of the Eastern Conference finals on Wednesday.
The team really is best friend vibes! They just wanted to celebrate together and they really love each other,” a source exclusively tells Page Six.
Before their Game 5 loss in Boston, people around the Knicks noticed their lack of intensity. A meeting before Game 6 shifted their focus.
Former NBA player suggested that New York Knicks star Jalen Brunson might already be on the path to becoming the greatest player in franchise history.
The New York Knicks’ Cinderella story isn’t just a rags-to-riches story for the team, as postseason home games could generate up to $832 million for city businesses, the mayor’s office announced Thursday.