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Just in case there was any doubt Madison Square Garden would bring the noise to start the Knicks’ playoff run, such curiosities evaporated before the end of the national anthem Friday.
Grammy winner Tori Kelly hardly made it through the first two lines of the Star Spangled Banner before her rendition became largely inaudible. Microphones and speakers can only amplify a voice so much when there are more than 19,000 people eagerly shouting through it, in hopes of fast-forwarding to the main event itself. After all, while it’s only been two years since the Knicks reached the playoffs, due to COVID restrictions, it’s been a full decade since they’ve been able to welcome a full home crowd in the postseason. And, as virtually everyone around here knows, in a few weeks, it will have been 50 years since the last time New York claimed an NBA title.
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