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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Andrew Lawrence

‘Go Knicks!’: from Wu-Tang to Trump, New York is gripped by basketball fever

A group of Knicks fans celebrate together on a street, with two women embracing and smiling
New York Knicks fans celebrate in the streets of Manhattan after the Game 4 victory. Photograph: Jaysun Silver/Shutterstock

After the New York Knicks’ furious comeback over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday night, the last place anyone in the city wanted to be was at home. Taylor Swift and Larry David were among the celebrities who lingered at Madison Square Garden after the final buzzer sounded on the 107-106 victory as Frank Sinatra’s New York, New York washed over the arena.

The former Knick Iman Shumpert, sporting his old No 21 jersey, made a beeline from the arena to Times Square to join the stunned celebration. All over the city, car horns blared, raucous watch parties spilled on to the streets and perfect strangers greeted one another by barking “Go Knicks!”. As they might put it on Broadway: it was just one of those nights.

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